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Credit rating agencies are under more scrutiny now than ever before. The fallout from the Parmalat, Enron and WorldCom scandals has led to questions about whether ratings agencies should have picked up on the problems. Consequently, agencies have found themselves under the spotlight and faced with the possibility of state regulation.
Susan Launi, senior European counsel at Fitch Ratings, says the need for state regulation is both unnecessary and impractical. "The view about it is, essentially, that the market is our regulator because if we didn't produce appropriate ratings the market wouldn't use us," she explains.
Launi also refutes any suggestion that rating agencies should be blamed for not spotting the problems with the big blowouts of the last few years. "The most important thing to remember is that there hasn't been a serious flaw with the rating agencies. These cases [such as Parmalat] involved fraud and entities such as accountancy firms that had a legal obligation to undertake due diligence," she insists.
Despite Launi's defence of rating agencies, the EU Parliament recently asked the European Commission to look into rating agencies to see if any action needed to be taken regarding regulation. As part of this process, Launi sent submissions to the Commission on behalf of Fitch.
Regulation accounts for a large part of Launi's work and, although she is responsible for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), she also has to keep an eye on what is happening in the US, as the Securities and Exchange Commission is also conducting its own investigation into rating agencies.
Launi joined Fitch in 2003 to become its first permanent European counsel. Prior to her appointment, lawyers were seconded to London from the agency's New York office. As head of a three-strong team, she oversees all the EMEA-based legal issues for Fitch. She now has two colleagues that work with her, one with structured finance experience and the other with a corporate commercial focus.
Launi has a strong structured finance background, which is vital to her job. After graduating from Yale Law School, she worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell. She later moved to Belgium to work for De Smedt & Dassesse (which was later taken over by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld).
Launi then moved to the Brussels office of Mayer Brown & Platt (now Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (MBR&M)), where she started doing securitisation work, and then later moved to MBR&M's London operation.
Her last job before joining Fitch was at an alternative risk reinsurer owned by Zurich Financial Services.
The main business of Fitch is, of course, ratings, and from a legal standpoint Launi is deeply involved in this area. The analysts at Fitch are split into four teams: corporate, sovereigns, financial institutions and structured finance. It is the last of these that Launi is engaged in and which accounts for a large proportion of Fitch's £2.5m annual legal spend. As Launi explains: "Structured finance is a very lawyer-intensive area. Whenever we rate a transaction that's a structured finance transaction, we typically use outside counsel."
The work of the outside counsel is vital to ensure that Fitch gives the best possible ratings. "The role of the outside counsel is to assist us in the review of the legal structure," says Launi. "It's about letting the analysts know where the structure is not watertight and where there are holes."
For most transactions, Launi and her team will oversee the checking process carried out by the outside firm. But when the agency is asked to rate a new type of financial instrument, Launi gets to play a more active role. "Sometimes we get involved from the beginning if, for instance, a transaction is unusual," she explains. "The analysts will seek our input as to what we think about the structure and what we think are the things they should consider for the purpose of their analysis."
Launi must also step in if the opinions between her own team and those of the outside law firms differ.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood are the firms Launi instructs most frequently, but with the agency working on so many transactions in many different institutions, Launi has a long list of firms she will instruct.
Despite all the safeguards, the ratings process is a tricky business and Launi admits that sometimes Fitch does get it wrong, but says the agency makes sure it covers its back. "We're very clear that what we issue are opinions, they're not facts, and we do the best we can and sometimes we get it wrong," she states.
And Launi has a warning for anybody who may seek to settle the matter through the courts. "Different people will threaten to take you to court because they think that's a powerful thing to do or say – but so far," she says, "nobody's yet defeated us in the courts."
Susan Launi
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This is a interview Dale & Michael had, with David, on his book, "The Education of a Coach", on the makings of Bill Belichick, in which he interviewed Bill, his Dad and others, about how Bill became Bill, on November 2, 2005. Halberstam died Monday night, in the San Francisco Area, in a car accident. This is a 2 part interview, conducted in studio.
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This hour is with a great deal of pride in pleasure that Michael and I have back in our studios bestselling author and the author of a brand new book available in your book stores as of yesterday. It's called the education of a coach and it's all about what's really about Bill Belichick and Steve bell a check more than anything else but David halberstam joins us and it's great to see you. In my view of Michael obviously made my way earlier he's here with his earlier book. -- ask the question I guess to begin the proceedings why. Why do I do the book there was way to learn means a great chance what Drew you to build knowledge that I've been watching him. -- forever you live in New York area and I have been watching and it fails and probably 1940s mean back when it was a minor league sport before television came in in the mid 50s and made it. The year of baseball when it was really you know. When college football was bigger I liked my father took me two NFL games I think the giants played pullover tee and then and then stadium. In IE and when Belichick news in the early 80s he fascinated me first it was a delicate signature. Whatever the other team did in the first. His defenses and take away. And he was so seemingly on -- communion was indeed in under -- -- -- -- But he did and over for a year and in Wesleyan mean we're not talking football power -- And so he introduced to me -- been working human and about a year and a half ago a friend of his. Mentioned to me that he was interest in doing the book. And was shown interest I've never -- and you know Nash told him goes try to but I was an interest. And we began to sort of explore it by phone and it. Both have houses in Nantucket ironically that I always knew it was there for years sort of looked in the phone book though taking wasn't listed -- well. Don't presume don't call and say let's have once and you would you like to meet me for it was a little. Timid about it but we. Talked a couple of times it was clear he was backing off the year and is backing off very -- tacky and reason for. -- typically don't check you reasons first. If if he did the Maine book into a lot of money from a publisher he'd have to promote. In season he's the politics not going to give up 4568 hours. A week in season to a book or -- to -- 20 minutes. The second thing was he's telling everybody. Not to have ego -- and he did a book like this how we won the championship season it would look like he had ego. So by the time we have lunch about on 15 months of -- team news. And in a little bit about him and I civil war about a book. We have enough time to me. If he's really smart he's smart in lots of others he's not mono dimensional and -- curiosity as to what about a book on the educational. -- you know we learn from and how do you get to be coach what what is the learning process he had two really good 90 year. And he liked it fit well one to comfort. Dinner with unified and if I'm going to do this -- bit of trying to would you trust me like me whenever. Became for dinner and watched very -- Very good cook. On Nantucket -- institute and the funeral offensively or like Jennifer. I never entertain football coach before national he'll be very disciplined he'll go home before 10 O'Clock. Left after midnight is -- very very nice evening. An out of that was his food tentative agreement. To do the book and and they had Super Bowl three years victory. Mercifully and in his offseason Manges them. We started working it do you mean started interviewing my book. No chance for him he would not look at the final version and no money for him but he would know the rough direction I mean he obviously. But the book was going to be how'd you get to where you aren't and I think the fact that so much of it. Would be about as far others do you delicate wonderful man 33 years great coach but who knew his name a -- probably the best scout. These -- should but no when his name and have been the print if there's a photograph of -- this debilitate in anything. But they beat the Baltimore sun at a navy game I'd be surprised I think he wanted it I think he slowed possibly as -- Normal life. Whose father and at the great point you know what I think that the title of the book education -- coach I liked the fact that you put in there. People who know bill politics understand them pair phrase that people who know him understand he is just as much his product of his mom as he has his dad -- talk about his mother's influence on him because as you pointed out she's a wonderful -- She's terrific on the Internet -- him go to Yankees. Was teaching at Hiram College. From college in Ohio football coaches of the generation. Come out of come out of one way -- another of the Paul grounds school which makes what happened to me Cleveland -- particularly satan an ironic. And she was just very pretty very by young woman I think. A notch a class and the scrutiny. One or two above Steve Belichick who's on Corey Croatian immigrants out of this -- moved to Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and only go to college because he was a very good. But he was driven and he's very smart and this unlikely. Marriage of these two wonderful very. Different people -- Steve says all her friends thought she was crazy she liked -- -- why would -- and read the New Yorker. In I was a football coach I was to drop. And if his last more than 50 years in new ones but she was teacher. And bill is a great teacher first and foremost if you go and interview him you're asking a question. Maybe ten times in the you know -- -- and -- group it would drawing board blackboard. And draw something -- you I mean he must just spent three special session stride. Get me to understand cover to -- fourth at the very end I finally have -- especially -- and she's very disciplined. I mean everything is great attention to detail that he's a very interesting combination of both. Via the the most interest in chapter for me in an in an extremely interesting book dealt with the relationship between Bill Parcells and Bill -- something that I think many people don't understand to this day. As you pointed out. They work friends they weren't alike and in any way shape or form except for the fact that they were both football coaches. They they had as each got a loss out of the association with the other I mean it was. It wasn't an on marriage they weren't I mean everybody thought of them together because of the giants took off. When they married up and I mean under the ages the original person who brought them together was ray Perkins. The very tough guy who was to be bear Bryant's. Successor -- about -- brought him in and they couldn't be more different Parcells is. Do living embodiment of -- to the leaders one of the Vince Lombardi prototype of Croat. You know emotional making players to go in hitting the emotion. Getting guys to play harder. You know making them feel they're wins if they can't do it. And then. Bill Belichick who really although on -- -- fancy kind of menial defendant of bill Walsh should read Berle. -- doesn't play with the emotions of his players things that everything can be broken down an analyst. But they came together and it really worked -- mean. Parcells knew how to run a team how to get the emotions and Belichick was the creator of those great defenses with great players. They stayed together to wrong. It got harder and harder are -- thing. The more ballot -- him -- to parity. I mean the -- you know people began to give him credit for putting the mortgage greeted on Parcells. And they probably should have gotten divorced about two years before they did. At one point in the book you talk about. Bill Belichick in -- you talk about his personality how he's unadorned that this report guy. You that you get to answer machine says. Sorry to have missed Q and you say but inside it's hard to have missed it -- that's not like he was delighted -- -- -- -- -- bill. Or commitment to call. Believe -- name I don't know -- I mean it's like. Tanker -- exactly what were you surprised at the the public image that you know built the public image of bill politics Bill -- in the press conferences and a -- you got to know because there is a huge difference. They're very different I think he's extremely cautious and careful in his professional in Carney and he's aware of the scrutiny on him which is in need where. -- me your face actually victories and the fact that the -- brought to millions of this is far too much and I think he has learned. Television is addictive and generally destructive addictive. Through the concept of team and he. Both Houston if he's caught smiling he hopes to track. Or caught making a joke. I think -- maybe -- that when Natalie Stevenson lost to Dwight Eisenhower in in 1952 was because he was found to have had -- good sense of -- made too many jokes with I think he's thinks that he's caught smiling it's a subtraction. And maybe it'll weaken him with these players who would ever so there's a kind of steady NFL game face. I think it's partly what he put on when he first came and when he was young from he was almost too -- he was from Wesleyan. He had played in Italy in big big time school he had to prove to all these regards that he was tough. And he put on a harder. Faith that showed no emotion and it is -- his purpose. In private he's funny he's loose he has old inviting friends that he days where -- The friends and family which brought him first to. Nantucket more than 30 years ago I mean he's he's got great loyalty does an enormous -- very quietly. Pro Bono work for charities that he and his. Wife have been very furious people on the cherry on he's interest you in the law of -- and he's not. The person who coaches and it's very funny immunity and then we did the book we've worked together very -- community initiatives. The book is consistent you ever read one of my book. It's never -- -- it from all he said he said Bobby Knight I've feasted first read was the best and brightest. Bobby Knight basketball coach at West Point -- from Parcells about told me to read because it's the best book every set on so -- But one on Iraq that will be comparable or a that that he couldn't they screwing up to Bobby he. And bit you know I think when you let me which is. And you've used to Michael that he is straight that there is a food in her honor. And ethical fan. That he has he doesn't manipulators players I mean if anything it's almost cold doesn't give them emotion he doesn't play with -- sensitive. Exactly and I in and that reminded me of another section in your book. Which was perfect in Cleveland. When you talk about recruiting the players -- you know free agents in your whining indicting them you'd taken statehouses. I think it was guy -- -- -- -- why are we doing this this is -- who we are and and Rodney Harrison tells the story when they brought him here. They took him to pop Derosa out with Annika hey rod this is the way originally we lately feel this way. Do you accept the deal or not he has a straightforward than -- as we. Play with the emotions that we did in Cleveland you went. Man it is a very good writer. Rights laws for GQ evening Peter Richmond he really really -- one year I was -- one of the judges on the sports writing of the year we reported to have his I want to put him 30 was a good. He did PG like -- very much he did a piece on him and what he says he told me when it column with. Everybody wants him to -- Be more charismatic and -- around I mean a lot of people in the media wanting to be more charismatic do these things have more charm. And their angry at him when he isn't when he is what he is which is a very good football coach and he -- It's almost as if they subtract points in judging him. Because he is what he is an Asian. Characterize they would like him to be more in authentic they'd be more comfortable if he fit what they think. A coach should be rather than just being who. He is an an Ernie Adams whose longtime friend and assistant coaches yesterday the quote George. Young's fingers along owners in this league. They don't care at all how good coaches as long as on the sideline he looks like the Marlboro man and you know that -- shot off and he had a few looks like a leader. And is it in a way he's been judged on that that he doesn't look football coach -- enough. It's interesting you bring that up that in my opinion interest in people are complex characters by definition and I think he's -- very complex character. In you're talking about a sideline demeanor I think he cultivates this. Monk sweatshirt things that the you know he wants all the credit to go to the team he doesn't want to talk about individuals. But he hasn't -- or you can't do what he does and not have a very. There you go after you mean turning down in -- book in all stuffy. Very consciously not doing things but the ego is very considerably you can't do what he did right. And grow all the way to the top and then excel -- he's excelled at the top. For 20 years giants. Jets patriots even actually underneath all -- German drying it Cleveland there is a good coach at work there heat index fell. You can't do that without. -- ego what it is just he's not into self celebration. He's into meeting the challenge to being the best -- pushing himself. Following his desires to -- ultimate. Ability and that's where the satisfaction comes. From being the best growing into the toughest to Urbina and -- and there's a quiet. Satisfaction it's someone that is it any fun for most of -- think -- and applicable word I think it's about. Probably the culture he grew up in the -- farther. Immigrants on raised in the depression very hard times min name. Belichick mangled -- -- all this stuff. Laughter was not a natural gift it was to do well. Not wish to anything and excel in certain Arenas and the match. That he's done and the ego worked there and he doesn't do the would lose players by and large. Celebratory warned him they would they would have to be careful with how I say this because talked to a guy who tears up. During the got a product here an unusual moments under kill people and -- apart though but. I think part of this story I think is very beautiful and sentiment. The relationship between he and bill and their relationship great story between. Bill and Ernie to -- -- about how many times. You were able to have the same careers -- high school buddy you both know your prep school but he you both you'll be coaches. You do it you have entry level positions in the NFL and you go all the way up to the highest point your profession we went three Super Bowls together with when he your best -- 30 years they've been together in 1975. Another great football powerhouse Andover news Ernie Adams who -- -- seemingly nerdy guy not a very good. Particularly good player but a football -- I mean he's already a -- I mean he's been coaching since he went group in Boston at the Dexter -- -- it intramural. Of -- news about ten years old intramural football and he didn't think the teacher was doing a very good -- job coaching start telling the teacher what to do. And the teachers -- -- you coach and so we did and they did better. And he gets to and over he's already he goes to -- north eastern. -- -- goes to the do you practice. Spring practice that he's up the most ultimate top level taking notes he's got these new homes he's read every book. In his senior year they do these things called -- PG post graduate he notices. And he's got a book on. Notice most boring book in the world sold 500 companies that written on when Stephen telecheck. Assistant coach of -- -- how to scout that year football practice in the fall shows up a young man named. Telecheck who's from Annapolis he goes -- can barely contain himself. Our views on of the famous writer coach Steve Belichick and how does that mean they have. Billion in sync. And how -- think the 30 years and and very -- was wonderful on incredibly smart line. Is ballot checked Belcher. I mean as good with no computer like memory of everything that ever happened. In football who did what what the score or what pleased I mean it's a great little computers in there and he's one and Indians need. Friends all these years. We do a showdown at the stadium every Monday and where there every week and and I have been around this team for along time. I wouldn't know earning -- if you watched that door and you know what 99% of patriots fans couldn't pick him out of the lineup. Isn't there one day they were doing things up on the screen in in the patriots won the -- uses the -- definitely they did a huge. Photo -- it is under the caption who is this man and what does he do question Mark. And that is a question that art Modell once when they Cleveland Modell said. I'll give 10000 dollars to anyone who can tell me what Ernie Adams does you know he's on my zero. He's a coach I just would like to know what does well he's. Bill -- alter ego and in the high water Mark of Belichick coaching careers been great for huge bull. Win over saint -- program team that was. On goal and NFL golden team one of those perfect teams I mean on a roll the should've won by 21 points. The game point to -- the rams. Out of there. Playing me. With equally bill. And Gurney and -- mean they both soul with -- that you didn't. -- -- do it timing didn't come from Warner became from the great Marshall fall in if they could pay Paul. Out of his terrorism they could disrupt the whole -- that and that is the great. Coaching job of -- -- they should have been on the same field with the rams. The book is called the education of a coach published by hyperion available in your bookstores right now. David halberstam is the author we're talking to David I was I was. Actually stunned -- little bit as he was describing telecheck few moments don't think and he's describing Theo Epstein. And deal is a huge Belichick fan I think -- try to model themselves try to -- and some ways after the Belgian. -- Zurich the -- that they they sound identical as you were describing him welcome back and talk more with David just a moment Sports Radio WE


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Pacers Coach Frank Vogel Fined $15,000 For Comments About Heat Flopping
Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel has been fined $15,000 for making suggestive comments about officials rewarding flopping in his team's upcoming playoff series with the Miami Heat, the NBA has announced.
"They are the biggest flopping team in the NBA," Vogel told reporters earlier this week. "It'll be very interesting how the referees officiate the series and how much flopping they reward."
Vogel's Pacers took down the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, punching their tickets to the second round of the playoffs. The Heat downed the New York Knicks one round later to lock in their matchup for round two. Vogel may have made his comments knowing full well he'd be fined; it may end up being worth it. It might be worth a few grand for the young Pacers coach to impose his will on the officials through the media before the series gets underway. Indy and Miami tip things off tomorrow in South Florida.


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Nick Caserio says Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner don't signal change in 'D' philosophy
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FOXBORO — When Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner were brought into the fold by the Patriots in the offseason, there was a presumption that the Patriots were about to alter their defensive approach somewhat, perhaps going with a more physical attack at the line of scrimmage and playing more pure bump-and-run.
But on Sunday, Patriots director of personnel Nick Caserio clarified that thinking. He said Revis and Browner help the Patriots do more defensively but won't change their overall approach.
"I think our philosophy is the same every year," Caserio said. "We try to look at our team, try to improve our team and do what we think is in our best interest. Both guys have been successful in their systems that they've played in. They're in a new system with a new team. No real change in terms of what we look for. Their measurables may be a little bit different but there's really no change in terms of how we approach it."
Steve Palazzolo of Pro Football Focus would beg to differ, arguing that it means more matching up in the secondary than we've seen before.
So, watching Browner help the Seahawks last season on their run to a Super Bowl title didn't factor specifically into his signing?
"No, I think we just look at our team and we try to find players that we think are going to help our football team, regardless of who they played for, regardless of where they come from," Caserio insisted. "I mean, really it has no bearing on it."
But Caserio did admit that when you have a special player like Revis, a defense can perform at a different level because it can do different things.
"When we go into a game, really each week, the game plan changes week to week," Caserio said. "So, you figure out who you're playing against, what are we trying to stop, what are we trying to take away? Then the game plan is implemented based on those types of things. You try to deploy your players and deploy your assets the best you can. Certain weeks it may be one thing, other weeks it may be another thing.
"So, you really just ' whatever their skills, whatever they do well, you try to put them at the position where they can be successful to utilize those. Then look at, 'OK, who are we playing? OK, how does that particular skill, how does that player match up relative to some other players?' So, it's really week to week and it's really based on the opponent, which those get into some more of the game plan type specific things once we get into the season."
Caserio maintained Sunday they are not do anything to accommodate Revis in their defense but rather the other way around.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Two accidents had Hancock closed for about an hour Saturday.
Colorado Springs police say the first one happened around 2 p.m. at Hancock Expressway and Monica Dr. Three cars were involved.
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10 Cities with Rising Rents a Positive Sign
Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by Bryan Ives in News
Although current financial news may not always present the most pleasant outlook, the big picture on the economy is more encouraging – even as to the housing market. Over the course of the recent recession housing prices fell along with rents nationwide. Many young adults found themselves moving back home to stave off the high housing costs. However, today many of these people are finding jobs and now have the opportunity to move out. This increasing trend is steadily sending the high vacancy rates back down toward pre-recession levels, with the consequent effect of increasing rental rates.
The real estate market research firm Reis, Inc. estimates that there will be a 3.6% average rise in rents in 2011. In cities such as Washington D.C. and New York, rent could see as much as a 10% increase. Although at first glance this increased rental cost may be taken as troublesome news for tenants, it signals that more people can afford the expense of housing cost again. Where there are higher rental rates there will also be people willing to justify home ownership and mortgage payments, given the increased monthly check to the landlord. In short, rising rents may spur an increase in new and used home sales. A rebound in the real estate market is, of course, a key component of long-term, sustained economic recovery. The Reis research group compiled a list of some notable cities where rent increases may be most pronounced in 2011.
San Jose, Calif.
Average Rent: 1,635
Annual Increase: 6.8%
Unemployment rate: 10.6%
New York
Average Rent: 3,038
Annual Increase: 6%
Unemployment Rate: 8.4%
District of Columbia
Average rent: $1,521
Annual rent increase: 5.4%
Unemployment rate: 5.8%
Source: http://realestate.msn.com/10-cities-where-rents-are-rising-the-most#1


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Kamen Rider Den-O remains one of my favourite Tokusatsu shows ever, a unique blend of time travelling drama, awesome action and a truly memorable cast. Oh and flying trains. Even six years after it first appeared on our screens it's hugely popular. In their ongoing attempt to reproduce every Kamen Rider ever in S.H. Figuarts form, Bandai have finally reached the ultimate form of Den-O. Liner Form combines all the powers of his basic forms into one damn cool looking powerup, but is the figure version running on the right tracks?
Figure Name: S.H. Figuarts Kamen (Masked) Rider Den-O
Figure Maker: Bandai
Retail Price: ¥3200
Available at: Hobbylink Japan
Den-O's box is a pretty standard S.H. Figuarts box, which means it's very small and thin, but still quite sturdy. It's livened up however by some distinctive touches that characterise the Den-O themed figures, as Andres also noted in his review of SHF Zeronos. We've got Den-O's distinctive 'T' shaped symbol printed over the front window and train tracks over the side ones. Like the other forms there's a ring of colour surrounding the front panel, but since Liner form is an amalgamation of the four basic forms we get all four colours, giving the box a pretty bright and almost garish look.
Out of the box we can see that this particular Den-O is pretty accessory light. There's only two pairs of replacement hands, a tiny replica of his train pass, and two pieces that represent his 'Dengasher' modular weapon. There's also the sword, but we'll get to that.
Freed from his packaging, first impressions are extremely positive. I've had a fair few Figuarts with excessively loose or excessively stiff limbs, but all of Den-O's are solid yet easy to move, and he easily stands on his own as you can see. It's a good job too, as there's still no stand included, par for the course but still frustrating.
The Dengasher parts just pop onto the belt via pegs and can be rotated back and forth to prevent them interfering with posing. It's worth pointing out that the Dengasher components are not separate parts and can't be detached or assembled into a weapon - it's all one mould and they're purely for appearances sake. It makes me wonder why they weren't just added to the main figure mould. Regardless, they're not accessories and shouldn't be considered as such. Poseability is Figuarts standard - that is to say, excellent, with tons of double joints and a great range of motion.
Though it's tiny, the train pass replica is a delightful little addition, allowing you to recreate the transformation sequence. It's also impeccably detailed, with outlines for the hinges and the 'T' symbol all present and correct. One disappointment though is that he isn't provided with a specific hand to hold the pass. The 'gripping' hands don't grip anywhere near tightly enough and this shot was only possible through some painstaking balancing.
OK, let's talk about that sword. Properly known as the DenKamen Sword, it's one of the most impressive accessories I've ever seen packed in with any poseable figure. It's huge for a start, a really solid feeling bit of plastic in it's own right. It's also beautifully detailed to be as show accurate as possible. One issue I did have regarding the sword is the hands, which bend and loosen their grip far, far too easily. It's an issue I've had with every Figuart I own and while it isn't a dealbreaker, it can be very frustrating.
As in the show it's possible to rotate the bottom part of the sword like a carousel. Rather than a simple loose peg there's a really nice damped mechanism for this, with a satisfying click as each 'face' moves into position. Once turned it's rock solid and there's no chance the turntable will spin accidentally.
In another nod to show accuracy, the train pass can be inserted into a slot at the back of the sword. It's naturally pretty fiddly and the slot is extremely tight. I managed to work the pass in flush in the end, but it took tweezers to get it out again, so be careful.
The final little nod to the show on the sword is the large 'handle' at the bottom, which can be pulled out like a plunger. Again, it's not just loose, and there's a nice click that locks it in either the in or out position. Alas, unlike the 'real' version, pulling the handle doesn't turn the carousel, which no doubt would have required needlessly complex mechanisms. Still, I was surprised the handle moved at all.
Even by the already high standards of the S.H. Figuarts range, fit and finish is simply outstanding. Check out the clean lines on the shoulders, with almost zero pain bleed, super impressive at this scale. We can see some impressive detailing on the sword too, like the very sharp silver and gold edges or the four coloured flashes, again with spot-on paintwork. Den-O's main eyepieces are honeycombed translucent plastic as is typical for the range, but the three 'wings' around the eyes are regular painted plastic.
More fantastic detail on the Keitaros phone belt here. Check out how well they've recreated the buttons, and the painting of the 'T' symbol this small is almost showing off. There's paint detail here that would shame 1/6 scale figures.
Scale-wise Liner Form fits in well with the existing Den-O range, such as Sword Form here, which is important since they're all meant to be the same person (sort of...it's complicated). Liner Form might be a little bit shorter but it's so close as makes no odds.
I'm absolutely in love with Den-O Liner Form. Sure, the accessories are a little stingy and there are a few niggling issues, most prominently the hands. But he's absolutely exquisite to look at, has the robust play value of all S.H. Figuarts, and comes with the only accessory that matters, that glorious DenKamen Sword. Den-O fans, I can't overemphasise enough how much you need this guy. At the very least you can use him to think up cooler names for finishing attacks.
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This is a memory play….it will take us to back to a time and place we need to visit in our minds in order to remind us who we are … where we came from … where we are going.
I realize that Jessica has already awarded two tickets to "I Remember Mama" but I urge you all not to miss this exquisite play, it is running until April 20th. I managed to see it some 3 weeks ago, and I still cannot get it out of my head, it so moved me. It's an emotional journey – perhaps even a spiritual one – and well worth taking.
This deceptively simple drama is related through a series of absorbing vignettes. Using the voice of a now mature Katrin (she is the narrator, these slices of life are her personal history and relayed from her point of view) she shares with the audience the experiences of her loving family's daily life during her formative teenage years. She remembers Dagmar, Nils, Papa, Uncle Kris, Aunt Trina….but most of all, she remembers Mama.
These reminiscences are not remarkable, they are not earth shattering, they do not alter the planet…and that is precisely the point. It's the small moments that define us, teach us, form our character and ultimately tell us who we are.
The scenes revolve around an immigrant, extended family from Norway now living in San Francisco in the early 1910s. It is a uniquely American story – remember we are a nation of immigrants with the greatest wave of future citizens arriving in the 1900s – yet it is universal in theme. This is EVERONE'S story – it could very well be a Greek family seeking safe refuge in New York City, a German set of relations following previous relatives to the toils of the Kansas heartland, or a young Swedish couple settling into the oil promises once inherent in Houston. Their hardships and trials were apparent (few traveled to this country with any money) but these families worked long, hard days while silently managing to keep a roof over their head, their families fed and a sense of dignity in their daily life. Their hopes were never for themselves, but for the next generation to succeed. They honored cultural traditions from "the old country" while slowly assimilating into new American homes…and charmingly never quite managed to lose their accents.
As the slogan reads, "I Remember Mama" presents 10 women, 25 roles, 1 family….an American classic reborn."
And it needs to be retold, remembered, and honored. The wonderful Barbara Barrie and magnificent Barbara Andres play the principal parts of Mama and Katrin – both are stupendous, but the entire cast is beyond all superlative adjectives…such a remarkable pantheon of actresses whom I have long revered and respected. There is a level of maturity here in their performances, a depth you rarely find on stage these days – coupled with thoughtful, incisive direction by Jack Cummings.
The production itself is singular – presented in an actual gym with several lengthy rows of bleacher seating setting the parameters of the set – no reserved seats – surrounding an enormous gym floor with approximately 10 dining room table and chairs sets forming the actual production set – all unique and different from the other. Each table contains and evokes memories thru various items – aged typewriters, old china dinner sets, a collection of teapots, a table chock full of old black and white photos – all reminders of days gone by. Such nostalgia – perhaps bittersweet? I swear there was a set of chairs on this gym floor from my Mother's dining room table that she had for some 40 years … and most likely inherited from HER Mother. The spotlight follows Katrin, and subsequently highlights the various scenes which occur at these diverse dining room tables. Daily life always seems to center around a table – be it the casualness of the kitchen or the formality of the dining room. Another circle of life.
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The Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy Subcommittee on a balanced budget will meet today. We'll see if any new budget related news emerges. Stateline says Minnesota isn't the only state dealing with bad budgets.
MPR says a possible date breach exposed the names of state employees and their private information. Minnesota asked state agencies to stop using the company that may have exposed the names.
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The Climate Change conference hits the final week.
The Senate passes the federal spending bill.
The White House says the recession is over and hiring will increase.
The White House says the GOP is rooting against the recovery.
The House passed a historic financial services overhaul.
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Graison Foster: What are some of the important legal considerations that a parent has to consider if their child has been injured due to someone else's negligence?
Chris Davis: Well, legally speaking, because the child is a minor, the minor cannot bring the case on their own so a guardian has to be appointed by the court. Frequently that is the parent but not in every case. For instance, a common argument that we get from insurance companies is that the parent had something to do with the child's injury and that can create a conflict, so sometimes the parent cannot act as a guardian. So, as a lawyer, I have to go to court and actually have someone be appointed. Second of all, when it comes to settlement process, any claim involving a child actually has to be approved by the court, by a judge. To accomplish that, the judge will appoint a person to investigate the child's claim; the person is called a Settlement Guardian Ad Litum. [TR1] All that means is that a person, usually a lawyer with experience in personal injury law, investigates the child's claim, makes sure the settlement is fair and reasonable, that the settlement funds are being appropriately allocated and invested if necessary. Those are probably the two biggest differences when you're dealing with child injury claims versus adult claims.
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Jack Collison scored the only goal as West Ham recorded a long overdue away win against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
Sam Allardyce's side lost both Matt Taylor and Joe Cole to injuries inside the opening 10 minutes of the game but the changes paid off on the stroke of half-time when Ricardo Vaz Te found fellow substitute Collison inside the box and he drove a low shot into the bottom corner.The goal gave West Ham a deserved lead after they dominated the opening 45 minutes. James Collins almost put them ahead earlier in the half when his glancing header clipped the crossbar before Andy Carroll steered a free header wide from eight-yards.Cameron Jerome thought he should have had a penalty at the start of the second half when he went down under the challenge of Joey O'Brien inside the West Ham penalty area and Stoke were again denied a spot kick in the dying moments when Brek Shea controlled the ball onto the hand of Guy Demel.Charlie Adam was inches away from equalising in stoppage time when his crashing drive from 25-yards rattled the crossbar but in the end West Ham hung on for their first away win since November 11, moving them on level points with Stoke who suffered only their second home defeat of the season.


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As I recently wrote, and have occasionally undertaken on this blog, there are many ways to link Shimer to the world beyond what appear to be our boundaries. Indeed, we are "everywhere" if you just know how to look -- and to build the connections. There are historical connections, contemporary connections, connections directly through people or through texts. Since coming to Shimer I have come to see Shimer wherever I look -- and to understand that while humorous and fun, six degrees of Shimer is, in fact, part of our strength. Sometimes the metaphor can be "leaven" -- as in the yeast are everywhere in that loaf of bread, not merely in that one hunk you just put in your mouth. Sometimes the metaphor might be a web or a network moving out from a "center" that itself has a history into the world. Whatever the metaphor, connections, relationships, vary in their importance, of course. And yet, those linkages are what make Shimer.
In any case, here is the Shimerian connection to Lucille Ball -- and Burt Bacharach. It moves through an amazing Shimerian herself, Paula Stewart. Getting to know such wonderful Shimerians, if only through email correspondence, is part of how Shimer reveals itself as deeply connected and, in many ways, deeply influential. In this case, there is a direct link between Shimer and Paula Stewart, who herself attended Shimer. Shimerians, then and now, are the real reason the "game" of six degrees of Shimer is so fun -- and important to understanding why a micro-college is something worth sustaining.
For those like me who do not directly connect the name Paula Stewart to Shimer or to her career, you could, of course, click the link above. Let me, though, fill you in a bit: Paula Stewart (born Dorothy Paula Zurndorfer) is a 1947 graduate of Shimer, then a women's junior college. Like other Shimerians across our history, Stewart is a bit of a polymath, having had a career as actor, producer, entrepreneur, and soon to be published author. She acted on Broadway and in television in such venues as the Lucy Show, the Joey Bishop Show (remember that?), My Favorite Martian, Hogan's Heros, The Big Valley, and Perry Mason. (I admit it: many of these were favorites of mine at the time they first aired.) And, Paula has also been a realtor and entrepreneur.
Her work is what gets us to Lucille Ball in our "game," of course. And, Paula was once married to Burt Bacharach, another person whose music shaped generations. It is the former connection, though, which ia of crucial significant to Stewart, who has written a memoir about their friendship. Keep an eye out for it as another "Book of Shimer"!
Reaching out to Paula was a good thing for me -- as a reminder of the wonderful world of Shimer -- now and in the past. So: I have intruded a bit on her by writing this, and hope she will forgive me!
One of my favorite entertainments since "meeting" Shimer is a game I call (yes, with the obvious pop culture referent and perhaps slightly less obvious theoretical referent -- see here) Six Degrees of Shimer. There are many ways to play, like having someone name a figure and then trying to figure out the minimum number of legitimate (defined variously) degrees between said figure and Shimer.
For example, from Shimer to Jayne Baron Sherman to Cindi Lauper
Or, from Shimer to Phyllis Westberg to J.D. Salinger
Or, from Shimer to Manasha Garcia to Jerry Garcia
Or, from Shimer to Susan Henking to Gabriel Mendes to Cornell West
Or, from Shimer to Robert O. Keohane to Fareed Zakaria
Or, from Shimer to . . . . Lucille Ball? (yes, it can be done -- watch this very blog for that entry)
Great Game. I encourage us all to try it -- for, as a political movement once claimed what seems like long ago:
We are everywhere.
Annually, there is an event called Banned Books Week, sponsored by, among others, the American Library Association (I think). The year the relevant week is September 27 through October 3. This year's theme is Celebrating the Freedom to Read, and includes specific attention to YA (Young Adult) books.
As you may know, Shimer has a new-ish youtube channel, and you can watch videos related to Banned Books Week there, including this one by yours truly. If you spend the time to listen to it, this question may make sense: what author of a banned book grew up in Waukegan, where Shimer spent several decades?
But today, as the week of banned books thinking, reading and etcetera begins, here is a list of 10 banned books from faculty member David Shiner:
Do you have a favorite banned book? Perhaps you want to participate in a banned books read out.
Among many other places there are events at the Galvin Library on the IIT campus, co-sponsored by Shimer, including our annual Banned Books read Out on Thursday, October 1 at 6:30 pm.
This guest blog comes to you from Chicago Now Blogger, Rhonda Stern who focuses her blog on gifted education in the Chicago(land) area. Her blog: Gifted Matters. We look forward to a visit from her to the Shimer campus! And thanks for the reflection on who we are -- and how our work connects to yours! As you will see, Rhonda's focus is elementary students and, of course, Shimer is focused on college education. But yes, we do have much in common. I hope we can continue to connect about how what we do -- and what liberal eductaion values -- and what Rhonda does. While we worry about much of what is happening in higher education, and the devailuing of liberal education, here is one beacon of hope.
No. I don't know Kevin Bacon, but I do like the spirit of this concept. I'm a former lawyer/mediator turned educator who works with gifted students and sees some key connections between the philosophies of gifted education and philosophies of higher education. To be clear, when I refer to gifted students, I'm thinking about intense and exceedingly bright elementary students, students who march up to teachers and want to discuss the stock market, a principle of physics, or War of the Worlds. The type who look for invasive plants during recess. Or those who elect to dress up as Shakespeare or Einstein for Halloween.
Why was I attracted to this type of education? I want to work with students who are curious and love to question, challenge, experiment and debate. And I wanted them to study complex materials, like the classics, and value inquiry. I've never advocated teaching to high stakes testing. My goal was to teach gifted students how to think (hopefully the Common Core Standards will promote this, but it's too soon to tell) and how to contribute to their community. In my personal experience and from what I've read about Shimer, this approach mirrors a liberal arts education. There's a natural link to the Shimer blog: Six degrees of Shimer. You get the point. Gifted and Shimer are related.
Six degrees of Shimer: critical thinking is the first shared connection. Take a look at Professor Kotsko's letter on the Shimer website. Faculty strive to provide students with an opportunity to develop as fully as possible as thinkers and citizens." In fact, my colleagues and I turned—and continue to turn--to pedagogies and works from higher education. In large part, we taught critical thinking through literature. Students analyzed: To Kill a Mockingbird, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, the Great Gilly Hopkins, the Giver--even Encyclopedia Brown. As early as first grade, our students were thinking about abstract, universal themes: tolerance, freedom, survival, identity, systems, patterns and hope.
Six degrees of Shimer—another connection: teach students to question. I leaned on my experiences as a lawyer and a mediator when facilitating "Fairy Tales on Trial. Third grade students asked questions, just as a good lawyer or mediator would. They debated whether Rapunzel had been kidnapped and what was the defendant's motive to lock Rapunzel in the tower. They were analyzing underlying issues, or what I like to call, "peeling the onion."
Six degrees of Shimer: teach students how to learn on their own, to become life long learners. I did not know that sequels had been written to Roll of Thunder and the Giver, but my students found this out. On their own time, they read the sequels and reported on them. The students were so involved with these books and their sequels that when the stories were presented as plays, we went to see them. As John Randolph wisely said, "all of us have two educations, one which we receive from others and another and more valuable, which we give ourselves." Gifted students like to apply, extend, and synthesize their learning. Their minds are always working.
Six degrees of Shimer: another shared philosophy: development of voice. Few elementary students enjoy expository writing, but gifted educators do want students to find their "voice," to understand that their opinion has value. There is no better way to show them this than to introduce them to Tinker v. Des Moines. In Tinker, high school students wore armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. Some of those students were suspended; their parents challenged the suspensions. The case went all of the way to the United States Supreme Court. The Court's holding affirmed student expression under the First Amendment: "it can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Inspiring!
Six degrees of Shimer: citizenship. Like Dewy and the faculty at Shimer, we want our students to contribute to the community. A strong sense of morality is a gifted trait. Gifted students love advocating for a cause. They become totally engaged when solving real world problems. One of my students founded a company to feed children in Ghana. Others felt empowered tackling climate change, building alternative sources of energy, like solar ovens and wind turbines. We worked on environmental issues for a number of years. One year in particular, our students won top honors for their work; they made an i-movie on the climate change threat that was presented to District staff, at various elementary schools, and to teachers and middle school students at National Louis University.
Given all of the time devoted to standardized testing in elementary and high school, there is a concern that the purpose behind K-12 education is "muddled." Right now, higher education serves as the beacon for fostering critical thinking and citizenship, for nurturing lifelong learners. Is gifted education connected to (Six degrees of) Shimer? I think so.
So, I love this "game" of figuring out connections between Shimer and . . . the world. Here are a few for you to consider.
How does the game work? Imagine that you count the number of people from you to. . . . Barack Obama. Suppose you know Jane, who is related by marriage to Sam, whose sister is in the FBI, and knows Chris who works on the security detail for Michelle Obama and thus has met Barack. That would be. . . . 5 degrees between you and Barack.
How many degrees of separation from Shimer would you say the following are:
1. Judith Butler (philosopher extraordinaire)
2. Rahm Emanuel (yes, that guy)
3. Jason Vincent (of Nightwood)
4. Cindi Lauper (yes, her)
5. Jackson Pollock (the only dead guy on this list)
See what you can do. And, then, do you have others?
When I arrived at Shimer, some months ago, I started seeing connections. I saw them everywhere. There was a former student's name at the bottom of a hand out, in the footnote. There, on the back of a Shimerian's book -- the name of a dear friend doing a jacket blurb. And there, a donation from a former colleague in honor of another at the time of the latter's death. Six degrees of separation, I thought. I thought of sociometric diagrams. (And no, until this moment of googling, I did not know this was who Moreno was. To my shame.) And, I kept thinking this way for months. I imagined a portion of our website, where you would enter a name and follow the links to find how that person, ultimately, connected to Shimer. I imagined a map, and a cursor, that moved across the map, showing connections -- to authors and readers, to donors and alumni, to friends and . . . to Shimertopia.
So, this new part of this blog will be about connections. Sometimes 6 degrees, sometimes 1. And here, not degrees of separation, but degrees of connection.
This is not the game, six degrees of Kevin Bacon, though that is partly what inspires me. (especially now that he has come to see the game as fun -- and potentially a force for good. Click here for more.)
Nor do I actually have in mind the relevant social scientific research, though I perhaps ought to. (Is it in our curriculum? Hmm. Ought it be?) Nor do I have in mind the play or the film. (Well, maybe I do?)
Instead: how many links must we find to connect Shimer to:
1. Robert Maynard Hutchins (ok, this is easy, right?)
2. Don Moon (ok, another relatively easy one, right?)
3. Kevin Bacon (hmmm. 6?) See what you can do?
Okay, I admit it. I looked up Phoebe Snow and her Kevin Bacon nnumber is 3. Here you go.
And, yes, our alum who has a book being made into a movie gets us there as well since actors included in the film have low KB numbers. Here's the information on the film; and Olivia Munn's KB number is . . . 2.
4. Bill Clinton (or Hilary)? (I can do this one in 2-3. How about you?)
Okay, now you know the idea. We can do more -- and will. In fact, I recently spent part of an evening with Shimerians (Sandra Collins, Ed Wallbridge, Chris Vaughan, and Joseph Fitzgerald) and was amazed at how we can reach out -- to politicians, celebrities, scientists, authors, and more. Why? Well, I was amazed because I had not thought to ask. I was not entirey amazed though. Why? Because, of course, everything is connected to Shimer, a place with disproportionate impact -- and disproportionate connections!


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Smith:Ban Toxic Dry Cleaning Material
New York State Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith has announced legislation prohibiting the use of chlorinated solvents or products containing any chlorinated solvents. The legislation, introduced on Friday in the State Senate, will amend New York State Environmental Conservation Law, phasing out the use of the dangerous chemical in the State by January 1, 2012."
Known as PERC, tetrachloroethene, is a synthetic organic chemical commonly used by dry cleaning, and auto body businesses.
"PERC has caused major concerns in my own district and I believe it is appropriate to ban the use of this chemical from the entire state and replace it with healthier and environmentally friendly products," said Senator Smith, who was joined by DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis during the announcement.
If it becomes law, Senator Smith's legislative proposal will mandate the New York State Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation to work closely with producers and users of chlorinated solvents and to establish a program to facilitate the transition from these dangerous chemicals to healthier and environmentally friendly products.
PERC is known to be harmful to humans and animals. It has the potential to affect the nervous system, kidney, liver, and possibly the reproductive system. Its impact on the environment has direct effects on human and animal health.
"Knowing that we have alternatives, why should we wait for a health crisis to take the appropriate measures on this issue, the time to move on this is now," continued the Senator.
Three weeks ago, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection detected an alarming quantity of PERC in the water supply of Cambria Heights, Hollis and St. Albans. As reported by the agency, at some points the levels of contamination reached 13 parts per billion, more than double the amount that triggers an alert from the City's Department of Health.
State Senator Shirley Huntley said: "This is a matter of common sense. We have safer alternatives to PERC and the government has the responsibility to facilitate a reasonable transition to get rid of this chemical, for the sake of the health of our community. We should stand with Senator Smith in making this a priority."
According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, people who drink water containing PERC over many years can develop liver problems and may have an increased risk of cancer. At least as of 2003, according to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, PERC has been present in our water periodically.
"While we promote and protect small business and businesses in general, we must make sure that the health of all New Yorkers is not put at risk by routinely using products containing PERC.
New York has already prohibited the use of PERC products in newly installed residential laundry facilities, but our citizens are constantly exposed to PERC related chemicals in the air, and water, due to the use of this product by cleaners, autobody repair shops and other businesses. Let's build a bridge to a healthy New York by getting PERC out of our air and water supply.
"The Federal Government and other states have taken measures to closely monitor the use of PERC and related products but now we should take the leadership in getting rid of this health threat in its entirety," said Smith
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Just want to see if can get a quick review on them? Are they general overviews of the process? or more thorough like Jason Schleifer's Animator Friendly Rigging series?
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The vibrant procession for the 2001 Lord Mayor's Show will pass by an audience of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Londoners, who will line the streets for what the organisers bill as "the greatest free show on Earth".
This unique mix of military parade and carnival - which has taken place every year since 1215 when London was a town of 50,000 people - was originally designed to show the Lord Mayor Elect to the sovereign for his seal of approval.
Today, however, the parade has become a celebration of life in the Square Mile.
This year, the traditional pomp and circumstance will be fused with more up-to-date contributions from young people and London's diverse communities.
More than 130 organisations are taking part, including the new Lord Mayor's charity Square Smile, the livery companies of the City and dozens of community groups.
The Square Smile charity is an umbrella organisation that will benefit five East End mental health groups.
The procession begins at 10.50am when the Lord Mayor leaves Guildhall for Mansion House, and continueson past all the most famous City institutions.
The second leg of the route takes the assembled marchers, riders and floats on past the Bank of England to St Paul's Cathedral. The parade ends at the Royal Courts of Justice, where the Mayor must swear an oath of allegiance.
Some 5,000 civilians and 2,000 servicemen and women will be marching, and among the 20 military and civilian bands taking part will be the Royal British Legion's.
The highlights will include a sequence of "aerialists" - led by Lady Mayoress Sally Oliver - strapped to a trapeze beneath a gasfilled balloon and pulled along part of the 21/2-mile route dangling 20 feet above the crowds.
Her stockbroker husband Michael, 61, will become the 674th Lord Mayor of the City of London. A spokesman for the Lord Mayor's Show said: "Michael Oliver is especially keen for the City to work even more closely with young people, charities and ethnic communities."
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Big Show To Apologize On Raw?, WWE DVDs Pulled, Nash, Birthdays
– As seen on this week's WWE SmackDown, John Laurinaitis is demanding for Big Show to apologize on Monday's RAW for making fun of his voice last week. Laurinaitis wrote on Twitter, "I'm looking forward to @WWETheBigShow's apology on Monday night. I'm sure he'll be sincere. #Raw #PeoplePower"
– WWE's European DVD distributor Silvervision announced that due to production problems, they are issuing refunds to fans who pre-ordered the following DVD and Blu-ray titles: Best of WCW Clash of the Champions, ECW Unreleased Volume 1 and WrestleMania 28.
– Kevin Nash will wrestle Mark Vandy in the main event of EWF Wrestling's Diesel Powered event in Converse, Indiana on June 16th. Visit EWFArena.com for more information.
– Former WWE star Ricky Ortiz turns 37 years old today while Doug Basham turns 41.