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The Powers That Be
"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos
If thats true then **** Larry Legend. He needs to be fired this very second. JOB is part of the problem, not in any way a solution. Keeping him around only entitles him to a false sense of success and hinders the growth of our young players. The only reason Rush isn't being considered a steal at where we got him is because of coaching. Same thing can be said for all of our young guys. Who knows maybe its organizational. But every game we play with Foster and Hansbrough out, and McRoberts is riding the pine, then there obviously is a problem.
DG at the 4 only works for minutes, not games. Murphy and Ford are probably the most under rated players on our team, simply because they play for us. I mean both of them need a coaching change, for everyone's sake. JOBs gimmick ball just exploits their weaknesses IMO and keeps our young guys from progressing. Why keep him?
Unless we are tanking, then obviously he needs to go this summer. We should be able to find a coach with Granger and the guy we've always wanted to play next to him, a top 5 draft pick. Along with Hibbert and Rush and God willing a healthy Hansbrough. Add in Price, our 2011 draft pick, hell who wknos maybe we land a good second round pick this year as well. we are basically picking at the end of the first if we tank it.
Oh then we go out and beat Houston tonight...fml...
Never say **** Larry Bird. You should be proud to have a legend like him to represent Indiana. If it weren't for him and Magic, basketball wouldn't be televised and the likes of Lebron James and Kobe Bryant would be living on buses or trailer homes if they wanted to play basketball as a career. They are the ones that kept the wheels spinning. No one would like basketball, and the glory days of high school basketball in Indiana and those Hoosiers would only be a faint memory, and no one would care just like no one around here cares who wins the rugby national championship. If it weren't for basketball, I at least wouldn't be nearly as close to my friends and my father as I am because of basketball.
"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games
Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.
A guy who is a strong defender like B. Rush isn't lazy.
I totally disagree with this. Remember David Harrison? Their are others who have talent to make the NBA, but were just too lazy to use that talent. They didn't want to work to make it. They just want to slide along w/o putting any effort into it.
COUGH COUGH! There is a major difference between Larry Legend of the BB court, a top 50 all time player, than Larry Legend in the FO. Just b/c Bird was successful as a player doesn't guarantee him as being successful in the FO. Few great players make it as great/good GM's. Great examples of those that weren't are Zeke and McHale. As far as I'm concerned, Jordan is in their league as well.
If Bird doesn't turn this mess around in his tenure in the FO, his Larry Legend's image in INDIANA will be extremely tarnished, b/c people in INDIANA EXPECT the Hick from French Lick to do it. They don't believe their icon can fail. He has set himself up to either be a savior or a failure. If he fails miserably in doing so, people in INDIANA will have a hard time accepting it. The Larry Legend's image will be soiled & tarnished b/c of his icon status. On the other hand if he succeeds, his legend will be talked about in INDIANA with deity status. Like IU fans thought about Robert Montgomery Knight.
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I really liked Sam Young as a sleeper and I would never say Young was close to being a better scorer than Henderson. Young gets to play at Memphis and "amazingly" is doing just fine.
Rush had him on 3P% (41 to 34), but not overall FG% or Points Per Shot. This had a lot to do with Rush taking HALF his shots from 3 while GH only took 1/4 of his shots from 3.
GH took 188 FTA to 473 FGA (ratio of .40)
Rush took 86 FTA to 414 FGA (ratio of .21)
GH scored more PPG last year than Rush did his senior year and the numbers show reasons we've seen in Indy too...reluctant scorer, draws less fouls than GH because GH is more aggressive and capable going into traffic. GH has more one on one scoring moves of NBA caliber. GH has more hops and ability to dunk in traffic than Rush.
AST/TO basically identical, FT% identical (76 to 78).
Other than those results and Brown refusing to use him this year, what is the evidence that suggests Rush is a better offensive player?
I was BEGGING for them to somehow get Kevin Love and Brandon Rush in that draft, so I'm not unhappy with Rush one bit. But that doesn't mean Henderson is dog crap, unless you ask Larry Brown. And if you want to use Brown's judgment I refer simply to the dreaded year to not be named....1997. His judgment that year was that Rose was DNP-CD caliber. Oddly Bird/Rick disagreed the next year, along with the Chicago Bulls.
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What would happen with him is he would defer to Chalmers and Arthur to be the main attack, but then there were periods of time when it would just be obvious that he needed to be the scorer and he'd suddenly go off with some pretty big plays. He was unbothered by pressure situations IMO.
I don't think he shied from the spotlight at all, he just has an instinct to avoid being a chucker.
I thought BlueNGold made a really good comparison to what Jackson brings at SG, the fire and aggressiveness. But that's not the only way to play SG.
The issue for the Pacers is they never replaced what Jackson brings, so it stands out as missing with Rush. I think some of that is on Granger. If Rush can play next to ALL-STAR Danny rather than what we've had most of the year and Roy or a "set you up" PG, then I think he works great.
Even as a bench SG, he's not going to come in ala Ford/J Terry and take 12 shots in a hurry. Obviously Jackson would. Sometimes that helps, sometimes that hurts. Rush plays from the POV of "avoid hurting the team". That can be frustrating in what is missing, but at the same time we aren't being frustrated by a slew of horrible FG attempts.
I mean I really have been a fan of Jackson's game, but good lord did he have those 4-16 nights that you just wanted him to stop too. You won't get many of those with Brandon.
I can see both Ford and Rush as evidently fine with staying as each has played rather well in the past two games
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In Levelland. (James McMurtry)
Gotcha. But still, dont say **** Larry Bird.
"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games
Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.
Sins of omission, sins of commission. As McGee fan pointed out when someone needs to step up at crunch time he's still deferring to someone else. Brandon plays alot like Dun offensively but Dun will step up when needed.
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I think our standards are different. Harrison made it to the NBA on genetics, but he also worked hard to lose weight....and he was in great physical shape. Those are not signs of a lazy person. Lazy people sit on the couch and continue to get fatter and more out of shape. Harrison did the opposite.
Anyway, there's a difference between being dumb and being dumb and lazy. Harrison was dumb enough to risk his career by doing drugs. I would not put the lazy label on him though. No, he was not a Reggie Miller worker-type by any means. So, the only way I label Harrison lazy is if we compare him to other NBA players.
Now, if you had said Eddy Curry I would probably have to cry uncle.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I hope you are right.
But, let me clarify. Just because Brandon defers doesn't mean he doesn't need to be clutch. In my way of viewing things, all five players on the floor at the end of the game need to be clutch.
I don't see Derek Fisher as a great All-Star player. But that's the kind of guy you need on the court at the end of the game.
I'm less interested if a guy has great stats or great abilities than I am if he rises to the occasion at the end of games like a Derek Fisher.
Regarding McKey, I can remember some games when he choked at the end and a few where he rose to the occasion. But he was at least good enough to be an enigma. Don't know if Brandon can even reach that level.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I think you overrate Brandon....he may end up as a good player, but he's not right now.
Unfortunately dude, I am only 25 years old. I never got to experience Larry Legend being anything great in Indiana. Sure he was from French Lick when I remember him playing in Boston at a very young age. As proud as I am one of the greatest ball players ever was a white boy from southern Indiana, I was never able to be a fan of him as a player. Plus I dislike Boston sports franchises.
I grew up with Bob Knight and Reggie Miller being my basketball heroes. Calbert Cheany, Glen Robinson, etc....Bird only became relevant to me when he took us to the Finals...I became a huge fan of him.
I went to high school where Bob Ford played. I always thought of him as an icon to me...
I really was probably the biggest Bird koolaid drinker in the beginning. This franchise is being driven into the ground or its on its way to being great again. The jury is still out on Larry. Get us back to the top and I will love him. Drive us into the ground like he has since the Finals even further, then I'm sorry bub but I will HATE him. The Indiana Pacers are my team, and I will always be a kool aid drinking homer. We better finish top 5 in the East in 2011-2012 or I will consider this decade long experiment of his a failure. The three year plan is longer than three years.
I believe in every single player he has drafted since Walsh left, and every move he has made. His hands are tied.
So actually what I am saying is if he is really about to trade Rush because of O'Brien, then he needs to go. Rush is part of the solution, O'Brien is part of the problem. So if he is in any way putting O'Brien higher than Rush, Hibbert, Price, Granger, then **** him he needs to go. What don't you get here? This idiot coach should not be coming before any of our players.
Now if Larry traded Rush and it made us better at defending the paint then I wouldn't have a problem with it.
So my plea is to Larry is the Pacers are Indiana's team. Do the right thing and fire O'Brien or tarnish your image forever to us Indiana white boys. Great ball player, terrible GM.
Do it Larry FIRE HIM. Be a GOOD GM. We HAVE a TOP 5 PICK coming if we tank out. next year it will be so easy to get a coach to come play for a team with
My only hope is Larry gave O'brien the extension because he was going to force him to tank it, which means the fans will have his head for seeing Indiana loose more than we ever have. It's like maybe O'brien could have gotten us into the playoffs, but he seems to be doing everything in his power to keep us loosing. I don't know anymore. We have been pathetic ever since the brawl IMO. Thats starting to be a long time. Don't tell me were any good after the brawl when teams literally dunked on us so bad you could have made a room full of posters in a week. The New Jersey playoff loss still comes to mind...Yea that season really got us somewhere. Who did we draft that year?
While I think it is in the best interest to fire Jim O'Brien, it really shouldn't be done until the end of the season. We would have no interim coaches. Lester is Jim's best friend, Harter is too elderly, etc.
And the Brandon trade; we lose one prospect and a bad contract and get two prospects back on top of a good back-up big. Nazr has been key to their success this season, and the only reason they were going to part with them was to get Tyrus Thomas (which makes no sense to trade him for a first round pick).
It's not just Larry that runs this team either. It's Morway too. Just so you guys are aware.
"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games
Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.
I agree Thesterovic. Very nice post. Same to you too Seth.
The one thing I wish Brandon would not do is go back to his hometown in Kansas again this off-season. I think he needs to ask his fellow Kansas alum Paul Pierce if he can work out with him this off-season. I think that PP would help supplement in BR the things he struggles with. PP has go to moves, he has fire, he has a scorer's confidence, and he demands the ball. These are all things BR could develop.
Also, PP is a very hard worker in the off-season, especially having KG and RA around, who are notorious for their great work ethics. BR has a great work ethic but he needs direction from players who are great. Who understand what it takes to be great and BR needs to learn from those kind of players who are veterans that can show him what he needs to become a complete player. Paul Pierce is exactly who BR could use to help him get better.
Yeah, I'm in this boat too. Besides coaching our 2000 Eastern Conference championship team, I have no real allegiance to Larry Bird. I don't care about Indiana St. and I absolutely don't care about the Celtics. He was a good coach (the players respected him, which is half the battle, even if Carlisle was doing the majority of the actual coaching), but as a GM, I can't say I'm a huge fan.
I don't care about Indiana St. /QUOTE]
I wonder if Bird still has any contact with Walker, Nicks, Reed, or Heaton.? I for the life of me can't remember the kid who played center. I can see him in my mind, I just can't remember his name.
And yes, I remember the shot Heaton made to keep State undefeated until Michigan State in the NCAA finals game. I always wished Bird hadn't been injured going into that game.
The game Bird played against, T-Birds big rival in Greene county, Bloomfield was a sell out to see Bird play. That's what I heard.
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What does FTW mean? If it means what I think it does, then I've seen it where it doesn't make sense also.
Alex Gilbert ??
I did get a chance to see an ISU game during their run to the title game. I came away from it being mildly impressed with Bird. ISU won, Bird had a good game, big deal.
Next day, I saw in the paper that he had something like 40 points, 20 boards, a dozen assists, a bunch of steals .............. it's hard to imagine a guy putting up those numbers 'in the flow of the game', but he certainly did.
He's still bad as a GM though.
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chownah wrote:I just thought of something....didn't the Buddha teach something to the effect that all beings fear death?.....if he taught that then perhaps if an animal is so undeveloped that they can not have the fear of death then they are exempt from the killing precept?....just wondering....never thought of this before....
This way not the antibiotics do the killing, but your body itself kills more.
Nothing wrong with it, though.
chownah wrote:I think that usually the distinction is whether it is sentient or not.....I'm not sure if there is scriptural support for this or not but it is a common view...which of course points us to the question of how to define sentience......also, in a thread in a forum which is no longer functioning it was discussed about whether killing different things had different kamma and I think the scriptures supported the idea that larger animals had worse fruits than smaller ones......it was suggested by some that it was the neurological complexity that was the determinant but no Pali scriptural references were found to support that notion.
Don't kill them, you'll end up with no home and your house will be a blight in the neighborhood and source for the infestation of other homes.cooran wrote:Hello all,
I am concerned because an inspection seems to indicate that my home has borers in the framework of the roof.
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Selena Gomez Performs 'Slow Down' While Leather-Clad on 'X Factor' [VIDEO]
The ratings of U.S. 'X Factor' may be in the toilet, but the producers are still wrangling A-list talent, like Selena Gomez, to perform on the live shows. The singer and actress performed 'Slow Down' while leather-clad on the program last night (Nov. 14).
Gomez and her dancers took the stage for a well-choreographed performance of her latest hit. Sel looked hotter than ever with her cascade of curly hair, red lips, thigh-high boots and fringe skirt. Wowza!
Justin Bieber's ex was smiling the entire time and clearly enjoying herself while entertaining the judge's panel and the hopefuls, along with the anemic viewing audience at home. Hopefully a dedicated faction of Seleniacs who don't normally watch the show tuned in and gave the ratings a little boost.
Sel Go showed the 'X Factor' contestants how it's done with her on point performance. Let's hope they learned something by watching a bona fide superstar take the stage.


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Seven hundred people are one step closer to walking on Mars — and walking away from families, Earth and life as they know it.
The privately funded Mars One mission announced it had cut the 1,058 potential participants down to 705 after some people didn't pass medical standards or had changed their mind.
Ken Sullivan, 38, a Utah husband and father who made the cut, said Monday: "I knew it was going to happen, I wasn't too worried about making it to the next round. … I don't want to sound egotistical or anything, but I wasn't worried about the medical too much."
Sullivan's wife and four children, who range in age from six months to 13 years old, aren't exactly thrilled about the prospect of their dad rocketing off on a one-way trip.
"I don't like it, not at all," said Kaitlyn, 12, earlier this year. "When he leaves, I'd have a way to talk to him, but I can't ever see him in person again."
Her older sister Jocelyn, 13, takes a less-sentimental approach. Some aspects of the mission excite her.
"If he wants to go to Mars," she said, "he should go to Mars."
Sullivan's wife, Becky, has said previously she is still supporting her husband.
Ken Sullivan pilots medical rescue helicopters in New Mexico and works seven days on and seven days off.
He is looking forward to interviews that are slated to take place later this year to continue whittling down the final group to the 24 who will actually make the trip to our solar-system neighbor.
"We're incredibly excited to start the next phase of Round 2, where we begin to better understand our candidates who aspire to take such a daring trip," said Mars One Chief Medical Officer Norbert Kraft in a statement. "They will have to show their knowledge, intelligence, adaptability and personality."
Mars One is a nonprofit based in the Netherlands dedicated to colonizing Mars, which depends on donations and is hoping to televise the mission to help fund it.
The group hopes to launch in 2025, though that may be pushed back as the ambitious project may meet unexpected road bumps – ranging from the technology needed to sustain life on an inhospitable planet to finding people mentally stable enough to handle the thought of never returning to Earth, while getting along for the rest of their lives in a tiny living space.
More than 200,000 people originally applied for a chance to go. The current applicant pool consists of 418 men and 287 women, with the following geographic breakdown: 313 from the Americas, 187 from Europe, 136 from Asia, 41 from Africa and 28 from Oceania.
The plan for the mission is to send several groups of four people up every two years, when the Earth and Mars are at their closest points in their orbits, meaning a six- to seven-month journey. Each mission would bring up more supplies and equipment.
While Sullivan is champing at the bit to explore a new world, he still is conflicted about when he'd like to go.
"I may ask, 'Can I be on one of those last crews so I can hang out on Earth?' The only downside to that is that the very first crew is going to have the most challenges, and what's appealing to me is the challenges," he said. "But if I wait and go on a later mission, and that means I can have some of the challenges and still see my kids grow up a little more, that would be fine with me."


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I've been an avid wrestling fan since my childhood. I'venever seen titles change hands as much as I've seen within this month. Alsosince when does a champion lose on a frequent basis?
My focus is going to be on the WWE and no disrespect to ROHand TNA championships I'm also a fan of them also.
Do the WWE titles have history and prestige? Haven'tlegends held these belts and defended


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How to raise happy toddlers
Welcome to the happy toddler zone that has everything parents need to know about this oh-so special age group. more
Weight loss isn't a simple matter. To succeed, you must change behaviours that are getting in your way. There are small changes you can incorporate into your daily routine to achieve your weight-loss goals.
Running late for work again? Before you bolt out the door on nothing but a cup of coffee, be aware that skipping breakfast can be bad news for weight loss. Chances are, you're going to feel hungry later - and that may be when you have less access to healthy food and are more likely to reach for a doughnut.
Keep something on hand that you can eat on the run, such as fruit, yoghurt or low-fat cereal bars.
When your kids or spouse have a favourite family meal, it's hard to ban it from your menu list. Family favourites, such as lasagna, are often high in fat and kilojoules.
Serve yourself a smaller serving of the main meal and a large serving of vegetables or salad. It's also a good idea to try to find a lower-fat version of the family favourite.
Eating whatever you wanted at a restaurant was OK in the days when people ate out only a few times a year. But these days we dine out every week, if not every day.
Search the menu for meals cooked using low-fat methods, such as grilling or stir-frying, and ask for sauces and dressings on the side. That way you can control how much you have.
A few potato chips while you open the mail. Just a few cookies while you help the kids with their homework. When we snack, we tend to be standing up or have our attention focused on another task. This can lead to thinking the kilojoules "don't count". Unfortunately, they do.
Set ground rules, such as "I don't eat in the car or while I'm watching television." And always, keep track of everything you eat during the day. Knowing you'll have to write it down will make you think twice about having that one bite.
After several months of dedication you're down in the dumps - you feel the scale has barely moved. Expecting too much weight loss too soon is an extremely common blunder. A healthy rate of weight loss is up to one kilo a week. But many people aim for more than that, then feel like failures and give up when they don't reach that unrealistically high goal.
Make "slow and steady" your mantra. If you really don't believe that one kilo lost amounts to much, lift one kilo of butter the next time you're at the supermarket. You'll realise how well you're doing.
Weight Watchers can offer a variety of tips to help you break the bad habits that can keep you from reaching your weight loss goals. Learn more about our food plans.
This content was provided by Weight Watchers as part of Kidspot's Live Your Best Life initiative.
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Jason Akermanis may be one of the most-touted players in Australian Rules football, but he still isn't high and mighty enough to get away with making anti-gay comments.
In a recent newspaper article, Akermanis suggested that gay players in the sport should stay closeted because if they come out it "would be too controversial, and would sully the image of such a macho sport," according to AllHeadlineNews.com.
The remarks earned Akermanis a two-day suspension from his club, the Melbourne-based Western Bulldogs — as well as the anger of fans who reportedly egged his house and car.
How come we never see this type of response when athletes in the U.S. make anti-gay comments?


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L.A. Film Festival
What: The 20th annual event showcases nearly 200 feature films, shorts and music videos from 40 countries, along with signature programs such as the Filmmaker Retreat, Music in Film Nights at The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE, Master Classes, LA Muse and more.
When: June 11-19
Where: Official venue is L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, with many movie screenings at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd. Other downtown venues include The Grammy Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd.; Grand Performances (at California Plaza), 350 S. Grand Ave.; LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; Luxe City Center Hotel, 1020 S. Figueroa St.; Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St.
Tickets: Individual tickets and package costs range from $9-$2,500.
Information: www.lafilmfest.com
For event news and reviews during the festival, be sure to check out www.dailynews.com/topic/la-film-festival.
The official venue for the Los Angeles Film Festival is L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, with many of the movie screenings at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd.
Parking for festival goers is $10 at L.A. Live's West Parking Garage, 1005 Chick Hearn Court. Cash only with no in-and-out privileges.
Festival pass or package purchasers may also buy a festival parking pass for $75 valid during the nine-day event.
Other venues are as follows:
The GRAMMY Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., for festival screenings and events on June 13-15. Parking is $10 at L.A. Live's West Parking Garage, 1005 Chick Hearn Court. Cash only with no in-and-out privileges.
Grand Performances (at California Plaza), 350 S. Grand Ave., for festival screenings on June 13-14. For parking, enter garage from 351 S. Olive Street between 1st and 4th Streets and take elevator to the plaza level. Cost is $7.50 per vehicle after 7 p.m. Cash only.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., for festival screenings June 12-16.
LACMA Parking is available in the outdoor Spaulding Lot, on the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Spaulding Avenue. Cost is $10 and may be prepaid at all Museum Welcome Centers. Credit cards are accepted. Parking is free after 7 p.m.
The Luxe City Center Hotel, 1020 S. Figueroa St., for LA Film Fest Coffee Talks on June 15. Discounted event parking is $10 per vehicle for event attendees. Access the lot through the valet entrance on Figueroa Street across from L.A. Live.
Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., for a festival screening on June 13. Union Station is accessible via Metro Rail, Metro Bus and several municipal bus lines. Use the Trip Planner at metro.net for routes and connections.
Daily parking is also available in front of Union Station at Lot B. Maximum cost for parking is $14 a day. No overnight parking.
Parking is also available at Gateway Plaza behind Union Station at a rate of $6 per day. The Gateway Plaza lot is open 24 hours.


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Thirteen days after Ryan Beale's divorce was finalized, he had to deal with something even more heartbreaking -- his brother's suicide.
One year later, Beale of Huntington Woods realized he never fully coped with these events. Instead, whenever he started to feel anxious, he would jump online and search through social media. After all, looking at other people's Facebook statuses distracted him from what was going on in his life.
And so he challenged himself not to go on Facebook for 40 days and, instead, spend that time reflecting on himself.
"I was ignoring confronting the grief. I noticed I was waking up in the morning. ... Before I knew it, I was plugged in, checking what everybody else was doing on Facebook. I allowed myself to get more involved with what everybody else was doing," said Beale.
"We're always chasing something, and we tend to lose sight of ourselves. ... A seemingly innocent addictive cycle can become dangerous because it distracts you from connecting to your core."
Beale said these 40 days without social media allowed the relationships in his life to strengthen because, if his friends wanted to talk to him, they would have to call him or see him in person. It also allowed him to think about the tragedies he had gone through and made him reassess what he wanted for his future.
He journaled throughout those 40 days, and now he has turned that journal into a book -- appropriately titled "Forty Days Off Facebook." At the end of the book are 40 blank pages for readers to write their own thoughts.
He addresses several issues in his book, such as addiction, family problems, mental illness and, of course, social media.
Beale's brother Steve took his life at age 37 on Dec. 24, 2009, after 20 years of struggling with addiction.
Steve worked for the family-owned real estate business, the Beale Group, and was very well known in the community. Beale said more than 1,800 people attended Steve's funeral service.��
"My first reaction was, I couldn't tell if it was a bad dream. I was in a zombie-state. I talked to my mom and asked, 'Is this a dream or is it real?' And she said, 'It's real, Ryan,'" Beale said. "His death affected a lot of people psychologically."
He hopes his book with show people suffering from depression that they have a chance to renew their lives. He also hopes his book will make people contemplating suicide rethink this by showing what his family went through following his brother's death.
It took two years for Beale to write the book following his 40-day challenge. And his life has completely changed in those two years.
During the 40 days, he met his now-wife Louise at a young singles professional event in Ferndale that his friend dragged him to. She asked if she could add him on Facebook, and he denied her.
"We couldn't stalk each other on Facebook. ... In a normal scenario I would go look at all of her pictures, look at what she was doing, how she looked, who she was with. I would have a whole judgment before I really got to know the person," said Beale. "We spent a lot of time during this period talking. We talked like we were in middle school, on the phone for hours."
Beale and Louise were married in April 2012 in Israel at King David's tomb, on top of Mount Zion. And now, Louise is eight months pregnant with their first child.
And, at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Beale will celebrate the officially release of his first book on Tuesday, which is also the birthday of Beale's brother, Steve -- who he is dedicating his book to.
"(Steve) was very tough on me. He was my oldest brother, and he always pushed me to do something better," Beale said. "When he passed away, there was a void of who was going to push me now. Who was going to challenge me? So me completing this book is a renewal of what he meant -- pushing me to my dream."
Huntington Woods resident Ryan Beale is promoting his book "Forty Days Off Facebook" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Art Theatre, 118 N. Main St. in Royal. His book is also sold on Amazon. For more information, visit 40daysoff.com.


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Santa Cruz police are investigating two cases of vehicle arson that occurred this week.
A 1998 BMW 540 was torched around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of Walnut Avenue. Witnesses reported seeing two suspects flee, one of whom was wearing dark clothing and had a slender build. There was no description for the second person.
The next day, a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban was set on fire on the 200 block of Button Street around 7:30 p.m. Witnesses reported seeing a Latino male with a large build, about 5 feet 7 inches tall with a shaved head. He was estimated to be 25- 30 years old and was wearing a floppy black hat, blue flannel shirt and white T-shirt.
In both cases, the cars were intentionally set on fire and sustained significant damage. Police are working to determine whether the two fires are connected.
Santa Cruz police ask anyone with information to call the anonymous tipline at 420-5995 or leave a tip at www.santacruzpolice.com or on its cellphone application at http://m.santacruzpolice.com.
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Three people charged in an identity theft and burglary ring are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 4.
Erin Boetzer, 26, and Bernard Gomez, 29, were arrested in August on suspicion of possession of stolen property and other charges.
The investigation began after Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputies found two cars in Soquel containing loaded guns, drugs packaged for sale, stolen items, police scanners and burglary tools. The two people who had been driving the cars, later identified as Boetzer and Gomez, fled out the back door of a nearby home.
Gomez was arrested a few days later in Watsonville. Officers found a hotel key in his possession, which they tracked down to a hotel room in Santa Cruz. More stolen property was found there, and a third person, Jovanna Moller, was arrested there on suspicion of possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Boetzer was arrested after a high-speed pursuit down Soquel Drive.
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Sutter Energy Center
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97-AFC-02C (Compliance Proceeding)
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Licensed; In Compliance Phase.
Operational: July 2, 2001
The California Energy Commission approved this project's Application For Certification on April 14, 1999. The Commission monitors the power plant's construction, operation and eventual decommissioning through a compliance proceeding.
Key Dates
- 12/15/1997 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed
- 1/28/1998 - Commission accepts AFC as "data adequate."
- 10/19/1998 - Commission staff releases Final Staff Assessment.
- 1/20/1999 - Committee releases Presiding Member's Proposed Decision.
- 4/14/1999 - Commission approves Application for Certification.
- 7/2/2001 - Power plant on line and producing power.
The project as proposed by Calpine Corporation is a 540 megawatt, natural gas-fired, combined cycle facility. The combined cycle design consists of two combustion turbine generators (CTGs), two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) with duct burners and a steam turbine generator (STG).
The Sutter Power Project will be located adjacent to Calpine's Greenleaf Unit #1 cogeneration power plant, approximately seven miles southwest of Yuba City, on South Township Road near the intersection with Best Road. The land dedicated for the facility will comprise 10-12 acres of Calpine's existing 77-acre parcel (Sutter County Assessor's Parcel Number 21-230-25). Since the land is currently zoned for agricultural uses, Calpine will request Sutter County to permit a change in zoning from agricultural to a Planned Development site for the entire 77-acre parcel.
Calpine has proposed a new 4.0 mile 230 kilovolt (kV) overhead electric transmission line will be built to a new switching station which will interconnect to the Western Area Power Administration's electrical transmission system. A new 14-mile natural gas pipeline will be constructed to provide fuel for the project. The 16 inch gas pipeline will connect to an existing PG&E natural gas supply line located to the west of the facility site. Potable water and cooling water will be provided by an on-site well system that will be developed as part of the project. Sanitary waste will be treated on-site. Treated sanitary waste and all other wastewater generated in the operation of the plant were proposed to be discharged to the existing surface drainage system requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit.
As a result of the review process and the concerns raised by the public, Sutter County staff, Energy Commission staff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other interested parties, Calpine provided a mitigation package that would address many of these concerns and potential environmental impacts. The following summarizes the proposed mitigation measures.
- The Sutter Power Plant will utilize a 100% dry cooling design that will reduce groundwater use by over 95% from the original proposal of 3,000 gallons per minute to a revised annual average of less than 140 gallons per minute.
- The dry cooled plant will be zero effluent discharge facility and not discharge any process fluids into drainage canals in the area.
- Calpine is prepared to re-route the transmission line down South Township and west on O'Banion to a switchyard site on the south side of O'Banion Road near the Sutter Bypass.
- Calpine proposes to further reduce emissions from the plant to 2.5 parts per million (ppm) nitrogen oxide (NOx).
Procedural History
Calpine Corporation petitioned the California Energy Commission for an exemption from the Notice of Intention requirements of Public Resource Code section 25502 for the prospective Sutter Power Project. Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 25540.6(a)(1), the Commission granted the exemption June 25, 1997.
Between June and September 1997, five publicly noticed prefiling workshops were held to discuss the prospective Sutter Power Project and the Energy Commission's Application for Certification (AFC) data adequacy requirements.
On December 15, 1997, Calpine filed the Sutter Power Project AFC. On January 21, 1998, the Energy Commission found that the application met the data adequacy requirements. On February 2, 1998, in order to more fully understand the project and adequately analyze the potential impacts associated with the project, Energy Commission staff filed a data request for additional information in nine technical areas. Data responses in air quality, biology, cultural resources, hazardous materials, land use, public health, soils and water, transmission system engineering and visual resources were due by March 4, 1998.
The Preliminary Staff Assessment was completed and filed on July 1, 1998. A total of nine workshops were held in Yuba City to discuss and receive input for the Final Staff Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The Final Staff Assessment was filed on October 19, 1998. Evidentiary Hearings were held on November 2,10, 16, and December 2, 1998.
The Presiding Member's Proposed Decision (PMPD) was issued on January 20, 1999. Written comments on the PMPD were due February 19, 1999, with the Committee holding a publicly noticed meeting on February 11, 1999, to take verbal comments. A revised PMPD was issued on March 2, 1999, with a publicly noticed meeting scheduled for March 10, 1999 to take additional comments. The full Commission considered the matter at a publicly noticed hearing on March 17, 1999, at which time they voted to adopt the recommendation of the committee, which was to approve the project (conditioned upon Sutter County adoption of the necessary General Plan Amendment and rezone). Sutter County approved the General Plan Amendment and rezone on April 6, 1999. the Energy Commisison gave final approval of the project on April 14, 1999.
Energy Commission Facility Certification Process
The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
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REPORT: 1874 4 Hanley 2
10:45am Monday 23rd December 2013
By Andrew Simpson
10:45am Monday 23rd December 2013
By Andrew Simpson
THIS win marks a moment when 1874 Northwich announced their arrival as a promotion contender.
Without a league victory in previous meetings with a direct rival to finish in the table's top two, this latest head-to-head looked like a hopeless case when their guests established a two-goal lead inside 35 minutes.
Half an hour later, Hanley had been humbled comprehensively.
Belief had been restored among those watching at Barton Stadium.
They could be forgiven for questioning their faith when James Pointon delivered an opening goal for the visitors after cutting inside from the left touchline.
When captain Theo Stair doubled Hanley's advantage, striking home from the edge of the penalty after initially losing his footing, his side was favourite to avenge a defeat in the League Challenge Cup in October.
1874, crucially, replied before half time.
Daley Woods, raiding from the right, cut back for leading scorer Mike Brandon – who received a prize before kick off for being Division One's best player during November – to score with power.
Two minutes later, Ian Street's men were level when Steve Crane burst forward from a position in midfield to drill a fine finish past goalkeeper Dane Jackson.
Contest poised, both teams attacked in the second half.
Pointon might have doubled his personal tally when shooting narrowly wide, the assistant manager Lee Duckworth time perfectly an intervention to deny the same player when he seemed certain to score.
1874 edged ahead for the first time after an hour, Brandon's pass sending Stuart Wellstead into a space from which he supplied an assist for Rick Bailey to steer in.
The outcome was settled with a quarter hour to play, Woods' centre landing perfectly for Brandon to hammer home goal number 24 of a remarkable campaign.
Suddenly, the table's summit seems not so far away.
1874 Conkie (GK), Mitchell, Farnworth, Duckworth, Stewart, Bailey, Jones, Crane, Woods (Murphy 88), Brandon, Wellstead (Coffin 86) Subs not used Bowyer, Woolley, McGregor Goals Brandon 42, 72 Crane 44, Bailey 58 Booked Jones
Referee Mike Crusham
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Like most people who live in Mendocino County, I knew about the tragic loss of Jesse Pittman, a Navy SEAL who died on August 6, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when the Chinook helicopter that carried him and 31 other American troops (including Bart the service dog) was shot down.
His hometown of Willits, along with people from communities throughout the county, mourned the loss of someone who was described as a bit wild, but also hardworking, respectful and funny. His father, J. Terry Pittman, is quoted as saying he was the kind of boy who "could squeeze a smile out of a rock."
In recent months, I have had the chance to understand a little bit more about Jesse, and also about the tight knit community that wants to carry his legacy forward through a scholarship fund at the Community Foundation. According to Ida Pittman, Jesse's mother, the idea for the scholarship came from Jesse's friends. "Barry Scott was the one to start it, along with Eric Hayes and Jeremy Treskon. Some of them went to BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training) together, and they have all been entangled in some way ever since. It's a small community."
The Community Foundation was the organization Jesse's friends used to establish a scholarship fund that would honor both Jesse's life and celebrate the qualities that made him special. Ida says, "Barry knew that I am an education enthusiast, and that's how he presented it to me. The reason they picked a scholarship is that when he was killed, Jesse was looking at whether he would go back to school or continue to Seal Team 6. This is a way to see someone else continue the path he was unable to take."
Of the many wonderful qualities ascribed to Jesse, the one that stands out is determination. His mother remembers he wanted to learn to ride his bike without using training wheels. When he joined the Navy he was determined to be a SEAL even though he wasn't a good swimmer. Through sheer determination and hard work, he passed the test.
"In school especially, Jesse had to be determined," Ida recalls. "He had dyslexia, so everything was a challenge to him. His aptitude tests showed he was an over-achiever. He would do beyond what he should have been able to do."
Jesse's friends and Ida have worked with the Community Foundation to design a scholarship for a young person that, according to Ida, is "cut from the same cloth; someone who doesn't quit. We are looking for a student who may not get the best grades, and who may not be a natural born athlete, but who sees something they want to accomplish and doesn't give up until they find away to reach that goal."
Character and humor are also important qualities. "We don't want a sourpuss," says Ida.
The Jesse Pittman Scholarship Fund is open to any graduating senior in Mendocino County, including homeschoolers. To apply, go to the scholarship section of the Community Foundation website, www.communityfound.org.
You may also make a tax-deductible donation to the Jesse Pittman Scholarship Fund through "Donate Online" button on the website.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Susanne Norgard is executive director of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County.


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The Civic 50, an annual initiative that recognizes companies that go above and beyond to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business, has named Hasbro Inc. one of America's most community-minded companies.
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Fairfax County residents now have vital voting information easily accessible on their smartphones. When you download the county's app for Android or iPhone, you can
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Download the free Fairfax County app on our mobile page or by searching Fairfax County Government on Google Play or the Apple App Store. Once you download and launch the Fairfax County app, look for the vote icon.
"We are very excited that Fairfax County has the first voting app of its kind in Virginia. I encourage all Fairfax County voters with smartphones to take advantage of this opportunity to get critical election information on the go," said Fairfax County General Registrar Cameron Quinn. "The app will be a tremendous help on Election Day, Nov. 6."
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Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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CONTE, Marta et al. Suicide Prevention Program: case study in a municipality in the south of Brazil. Ciênc. saúde coletiva [online]. 2012, vol.17, n.8, pp.2017-2026. ISSN 1678-4561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-81232012000800013.
This article focuses on the theme of suicide prevention based on analysis of a work in progress. A case study of the Program for Promotion of Life and Suicide Prevention of Candelária in the State of Rio Grande do Sul was conducted. It is a Brazilian municipality that has high suicide mortality rates in the general population and among the elderly. The scope of this paper is to present a experience that has proved successful and is based on a local initiative. The data presented here result from participant observation, interviews with the team carrying out the work, discussion groups and document analysis. The following categories were used: line of care, management and evaluation process. The results of intervention show that suicide rates declined from 5 deaths per year (21/100,000 inhabitants) between 1996 and 2000 to 3.6 deaths per year (12/100,000 inhabitants) between 2007 and 2009. The study establishes a dialogue with the experiences of others locations and provides contributions to prevention programs that can be set up in Brazil.
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More race-baiting from the Republican Party: Maine GOP chairman Charlie Webster is alleging possible voter fraud, saying that groups of unknown black people showed up in some rural towns to vote on Election Day.
"In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day," he said. "Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in (these) towns knows anyone who's black. How did that happen? I don't know. We're going to find out."
When asked about the issue in an interview Wednesday with the Portland Press Herald, Webster again refused to provide specifics. He said his point is not that the new voters were black, but that they were not recognized by town officials.
"I'm not talking about 15 or 20. I'm talking hundreds," he said Wednesday. "I'm not politically correct and maybe I shouldn't have said these voters were black, but anyone who suggests I have a bias toward any race or group, frankly, that's sleazy." Source
The Republicans tried to suppress the black and Hispanic vote and it backfired, now they are making up lies about black voter fraud. Give me a break. Guess what? Four more years of Obama. The Republican Party wants black and Hispanic votes, but is content to insult us as they hold their hands out.
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Writer, editor, and publisher George H. Scithers, 80, died April 19, 2010 after suffering a massive heart attack on April 17. Scithers first became active in the SF field in 1959 as editor of two-time Hugo winning fanzine Amra. He was the founding editor of Asimov's when it launched in 1977, continuing there until 1982, […]
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Alumni Profile
AMC Hit Series Rely on Alum Gold's Touch
Jason Gold, SOC/BA '05, has a resume that reads like a list of TV's hottest series: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, The Killing and Hell on Wheels, which premieres November 6. Now Manager of Production at AMC, he credits American University School of Communication, and specifically the Summer in LA program and professor Russell Williams, with giving him a head start on his career and helping him start a professional network that he is still building on today.
Q: How did you ascend so quickly up the career ladder, landing as a network exec for some of today's hottest shows?
A: Like most things in this business, my career so far has been equal parts hard work, networking and luck. I moved out to LA right after graduation with nothing more than a summer internship under my belt and the handful of contacts I made during those internships. I was lucky enough to parlay those few relationships into a job extremely quickly, and then worked hard to stay and succeed at that job for the next year. I spent as much time as I could meeting with other people in the business and just networking as much as possible. It's through that personal network I created that I heard about future job openings. Between my network and my hard work to back me up as a potential employee, I was able to move into new roles and take on new challenges, all of which has led me to my current position at AMC.
Q: What skills did you take away from your time at SOC that have helped you in your career now?
A: SOC laid the foundation for my career and really gave me the knowledge base I needed to succeed in entertainment. I can't say enough about how important it is to learn from professors with experience in the business. For me that was Professor Laurie Scheer whom I first learned screenwriting from, and my mentor, Professor Russell Williams, whom I learned everything about the business from. I was taught the term "develop your graduating class," something I have lived by and that has really helped me along the way. It refers to networking with your peers, and that starts by meeting and developing a relationship when you're an intern with other interns. Because next thing you know, that whole group will become assistants at agencies, and then junior executives, and then producers and so on. All along the way you help each other out by sharing information, being critical of each other's work, and finding jobs for each other.
Q: I see your whole career began with your Summer in LA internship. Can you speak a little more about the importance and value of that program? Are there any contacts who were particularly helpful to you?
A: The Summer in LA program is truly a priceless experience that everyone who attends film school outside of the LA area needs to partake in. In addition to just the internships, which are themselves invaluable, getting to meet with prestigious AU alum in the entertainment business was a one of a kind experience. We met with Barry Josephson, Adam Goodman, Danielle Gelber, Keith Fleer, Robert Morton, Stu Smiley, Clark Woods, Holly Harter, Meg Deloatch, Adam Sher, Pierre Brogan, Lauren Schaffer and many others (a few of the students in the program that summer interned at some of their offices as well). My senior year I also got to hear Nancy Meyers speak via video conference in Professor Williams' Executive Suite class (which is another MUST for AU students pursuing a career in entertainment). I mean, look at those names, that's an insanely big time lineup right there. If you don't know who they are go check out IMDB. You'll be impressed and proud that they're all AU alumni. I still have my notes from those classes and I plan on hanging on to them for as long as I stay in this business, the info they contain is pure gold to someone like me. My closest friend in both the business and in life, is Samantha Covington (SOC/MA '04), my roommate from that summer program. In fact, I helped her get a job at Maverick Films where I was interning before heading back to DC for senior year, and when I moved to LA after graduation, it was she who got me the interview for what would become my first real job at the KSGB Agency. Thinking back on it, I don't know where I would be now if I did not have that summer in LA experience. I would not have gotten my start at interning until after graduation, which would have put me at a significant disadvantage among my peers from other schools who had spent time out there interning and were graduating ready for real paid jobs.
Q: It must be cool working on popular series like the The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Can you give me examples as to how you have worked with/helped with the success of those shows?
A: Haha, it is pretty cool. I started out at AMC in August 2008 as the production dept coordinator, and things were going really great. We had Mad Men airing its second season, Breaking Bad in production on its second season and a miniseries called The Prisoner was also in production. Then a month later was the Emmy awards and things changed overnight. We took home 6 Emmys for Mad Men, including best drama series, and 2 Emmys for Breaking Bad, including best least actor in a drama (Bryan Cranston). Cut to three years later, we're about to premiere our sixth original series, and we're so incredibly fortunate that all five shows so far have received all of this amazing acclaim and awards. It really is quite amazing. The Walking Dead was really the first show that I worked on from the very beginning, and it was the most challenging from a production standpoint. It was the first time AMC was acting as both the studio and the network on a show, so all of a sudden my department was pulling double duty. It all happened very quickly- from greenlight to production start, to our big premiere on Halloween. The whole thing was ten months of nonstop work, but it was so worth it.
My position as Manager of Production has me working in all aspects of production. I work on schedules, budgets, post production, and, most importantly, I help coordinate all of the many assets we need as a network from the productions in order to launch a show. It's not just the current projects that I work on either. We have an amazing development department that scours the globe for great new projects. They recommend what they think are the most viable ones and my department then works on getting schedules and budgets done. I also do a lot of future planning and create schedule scenarios for future seasons of our shows, taking into account location, weather, writers weeks, talent agreements and so forth.
Q: What challenges do you find in your job today?
A: Television is an ever evolving business, and with the advent of online and mobile content, things have really skyrocketed over the past few years. Not only do we have to produce the shows themselves, but now we find ourselves producing all sorts of things to go with it: behind the scenes content, mobile content, webisodes, online chats, exclusive comic-con trailers, and all other kinds of new media. We have marketing people who maintain our facebook pages and twitter trends, a very busy digital dept who creates much of that new media content, and a whole department dedicated to sponsorship and integration. I also travel quite a bit, which isn't just all fun like my friends think, but is actually necessary for my job. Just like networking with people at other companies is an important part of survival in the business, relationships with the producers, studios execs, and talent from our own shows is just as important for me to do my job. To that end, visiting our producers and talent on set in Atlanta, New Mexico, etc. and at events in LA is an important part of my job as a representative from the network. It's so much easier to get things done with someone in another state when you have a relationship with them.
Q: What advice do you have for students who want to work in the entertainment industry?
A: Get out there and don't be afraid of anything. The sooner you get out to Hollywood, or New York, or Vancouver or wherever, the better off you'll be. Don't think you're too good to intern for free, and know when to shut up. There's nothing worse than an annoying film student who thinks they know more than you. You need to earn your stripes. We've all done it and expect you to do the same. That said, don't quit! Quitting is for quitters! I've seen a lot of people in my short career drop out of the business because they just couldn't take it. Create a network of peers to lean on. Stick to your goals, grow some thick skin and stay on the path.


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A Hendersonville man was arrested late Friday on felony child abuse charges, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
A Hendersonville man was arrested late Friday on felony child abuse charges, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
Robert Jacob Patterson, 19, was arrested after an incident in which his 3-month-old infant son suffered a fractured skull and "extensive bruising to the face and head," said Chief Deputy Frank Stout in a news release.
Investigators believe Patterson was watching the infant on Jan. 20 while the child's mother was at work, Stout said. Patterson was living with the infant's mother and they were engaged to be married at the time of the incident, he said.
While "very serious," Stout said the injuries suffered by the child were "not considered to be life-threatening at this time."
The child's injuries triggered a joint investigation between the Sheriff's Office and the Henderson County Department of Social Services. After consulting with a child specialist at Mission Hospital, Stout said, investigators determined "the injuries were an obvious indication of child abuse."
The matter is still under investigation, Stout said. Patterson remains in the Henderson County Detention Facility under a $40,000 bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for Monday morning.


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Inside the Brain of an Elite AthleteWritten by Katherine Starr
Abstract | Events like the World Championships in athletics and the Olympic Games raise the
public profile of competitive sports. They may also leave us wondering what sets the
competitors in these events apart from those of us who simply watch. Here we attempt to
link neural and cognitive processes that have been found to be important for elite
performance with computational and physiological theories inspired by much simpler
laboratory tasks. In this way we hope to inspire neuroscientists to consider how their basic
research might help to explain sporting skill at the highest levels of performance.
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Sexual Exploitation in SportsWritten by Katherine Starr
Sexual Exploitation in Sports
Sexual exploitation in sports is not substantially different from sexual exploitation by an educator. However, because of the unique relationship between athletes and coaches, some additional issues need to be addressed.
Millions of children in the United States participate in school or community-based sports programs. Some of the many benefits to these children are learning responsibility, increased self-confidence, positive self-image, learning teamwork, and learning good sportsmanship. Although generally a positive experience, some young athletes risk being sexually abused by their coaches. Reports of coaches being charged with abuse, exploitation, and rape are becoming more and more common.
Elite Child Athlete Welfare HandbookWritten by Katherine Starr
Elite Child Athlete Welfare Handbook
The Symposium on which this book is based took place at Brunel University, UK on 17 and 18th June 2010. Participants included researchers from sociology, psychology and sports medicine, policy makers from national and international sport and welfare organisations, and practitioners from various national and international sport governing bodies. All are committed to promoting the best in sport and preventing the worst, and to ensuring that young athletes realise their own potential in the safest possible environment. The purpose of this introductory chapter is to set the scene for the other contributions in the book and to offer some potential frameworks for devising research and policy agendas in this field.
Recent reviews of talent identification and youth sport in the sport science literature are summarised and critiqued in relation to athlete welfare. In particular, it is argued that the 'time-economic motive' (Vaeyens et al., 2009) has undermined the prospects for delivering children's rights in elite sport. The work of Coté and colleagues (2003) is used to illustrate a wider approach to welfare in sport that opens up some possibilities for re-balancing both the discourses and the practices of elite sport for children. The case of Tom Daley, child Olympic diver, is used to highlight some of the welfare challenges facing sport organisations, support staff and others in their attempts to scaffold talented young athletes. Contradictions and tensions are set out that are intended to guide thinking on how best to cater for the welfare of the elite child athlete.
Linking Maintenance Strategies to the Quality of Coach-Athlete RelationshipsWritten by Katherine Starr
This study investigated associations between the use of maintenance strategies and relationship quality within coach-athlete dyads. A total of 251 participants (146 athletes and 105 coaches) were administered the Coach-Athlete Relationship Maintenance Questionnaire (CARM-Q) to measure the use of conflict management, openness, motivational, preventative, assurance, support, and social network strategies and the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q) to measure closeness, commitment, and complementarity.
MAINTENANCE OF THE COACH-ATHLETE RELATIONSHIPWritten by Daniel Rhind
The investigation of relationship maintenance strategies has received considerable attention in various types of dyads including romantic, marital, and familial relationships. No research, however, has yet investigated the use of maintenance strategies in the coach-athlete partnership. Thus, this study aimed to investigate coaches' and athletes' perceptions of the strategies they use to maintain relationship quality.
The Development of a Typology of Abusive Coaching Behaviours Within Youth SportWritten by Katherine Starr
Written by: Elaine Raakman1, Kim Dorsch2 and Daniel Rhind3
The sexual subjection of boys in sport: towards a theoretical accountWritten by Michael Hartill
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a persistent and widespread social practice (Gilbert et al., 2009) predominantly perpetrated by men. In considering the sexual abuse of male children, one is faced with a number of explanatory accounts that say little about the experiences of boys. These can broadly be divided into those that focus on the individual and those that focus on society. Thus, over the last three decades feminist perspectives have challenged individualist accounts (see Ward et al., 2006) that construct the perpetrators of CSA as somehow weak or ill and fundamentally distinct from the wider male population (Cowburn and Dominelli, 2001) whilst ignoring the gendered aspects of sexual exploitation and abuse (e.g. Kelly, 1988; Rush, 1980). According to Seymour (1998: 422) 'it is evident that the nature of gender socialization in our patriarchal society predisposes males toward child sexual abuse.'
However, both positions are problematic (Brackenridge, 2001) and according to Liddle (1993) there is a missing 'theoretical linkage' between the micro (psychology) and the macro (sociology) that frustrates a satisfactory account of this social problem. Cossins (2000) has argued for a sociological theory of CSA but still presents abuse as a pathological response to childhood trauma, albeit prompted by the demands of masculinity.
Disclosure of Sexual Abuse in Sport Organizations: A Case StudyWritten by Sylvie Parent
Sylvie Parent of Laval University examined 3 Quebec sport federations and 3 Quebec sports clubs each affiliated with those organizations respectively to examine the interventions used in cases of sexual abuse and the perceptions of 27 stakeholders within these organizations regarding this issue. Several factors were identified which impeded the process of disclosure and caused victims to remain silent: prejudice, beliefs, and myths that seemed to perpetuate a culture of inaction and silence.


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Management of mastitis is most commonly focused on lactating cows. However, the prevalence of mastitis in unbred, breeding age and pregnant dairy heifers is higher than formerly realized, according to Stephen Nickerson, Ph.D., professor of lactation physiology, Animal and Dairy Science Department, at the University of Georgia. Dr. Nickerson's comments came during the Pre-Conference Symposium in February at the Southwest Nutrition and Management Conference at the University of Arizona in Tempe, Ariz.
While antibiotic infusion products have been successfully used to cure existing infections, Dr. Nickerson said the goal should be to prevent new infections from occurring in these young dairy heifers through management strategies that include not only vaccinations, use of teat seals and fly control, but also dietary supplementation. Dr. Nickerson reported that dietary supplementation to boost the immune systems of heifers has been shown to reduce the incidence of mastitis at calving.
"Heifers may carry intramammary infections for a year or more before they are diagnosed with mastitis," he reported. "The greatest development of milk-producing tissue in the udder occurs during the first pregnancy, so it is important to protect the heifer mammary gland from pathogenic microorganisms to ensure maximum milk production during the first and future lactations."
Diet plays a role in udder resistance to infection, he said, because certain nutrients affect various mammary resistance mechanisms. Dr. Nickerson participated in a 2011 study submitted to the Journal of Dairy Science in which 40 dairy heifers were fed a daily supplement beginning at five months of age containing a specific additive (OmniGen-AF®). Overall, postpartum results showed that these heifers exhibited increased milk production, decreased prevalence of mastitis and lower somatic cell counts, suggesting a positive effect on the immune system, compared to unsupplemented control heifers.
Source: Prince Agri Products, Inc.


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On page 72 of Small Boat, Great Mountain, Ajahn Amaro translates "cittam abhassaram, akandukehi kilesehi" as "the heart's nature is intrinsically radiant; defilements are only visitors," citing "A I.61". I am having trouble finding this sutta. as . Googling for "akandukehi kilesehi" doesn't seem to turn up anything informative. Perhaps he is using an unusual transliteration?
Anyway, I'd appreciate a link to this sutta, and preferably an independent translation.


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When I wrote my book Pizza: A Slice of Heaven, I asked Sam Sifton to talk about his Pizza Cognition Theory. I got to know Sam when he edited my food stories for the Dining section of the New York Times before he moved on to the paper's culture desk (he eventually moved back to the Dining section as restaurant critic, the title he holds now). Enough. Without futher ado, here's Sam's theory. —Ed Levine
Pizza Cognition Theory
There is a theory theory of cognitive development that says children learn to identify things only in opposition to other things. Only the child who has learned what is not brown, the theory holds, can discern what is "brown."
Pizza naturally throws this theory into a tailspin. The first slice of pizza a child sees and tastes (and somehow appreciates on something more than a childlike, mmmgoood, thanks-mom level), becomes, for him, pizza. He relegates all subsequent slices, if they are different in some manner from that first triangle of dough and cheese and tomato and oil and herbs and spices, to a status that we can characterize as not pizza.
The first slice of pizza a child sees and tastes ... becomes, for him, pizza.You cannot teach a child what pizza is, this explanation of pizza cognition asserts, by providing him with oppositional ingredients or styles. The love of pizza simply doesn't work that way. Invariably, if a child's first slice of pizza comes from a deep-dish Chicago pie or is a slick, chewy, pillow of Sicilian or half-hour-guaranteed-delivery cardboard Frisbee or a frozen French-bread travesty, semolina-dusted "Creole" or sweet pineapple and plastic ham "Hawaiian" pie, then, well, that is pizza to him. He will defend this interpretation to the end of his life.
Is this an unfair assertion? Perhaps. Learned behaviors and tastes can be, after all, unlearned. Thus are colts broken and prisoners released from jail. And, in any event, the question of what makes a slice of pizza "good" or "right" is so loaded with cultural baggage as to make it almost meaningless. One might as well ask: Which is the better painting, Picasso's Guernica or David's Marat? Who was the better baseball player, Reggie Jackson or Thurmon Munson? Good pizza is simply good pizza, in a hundred different ways, for thousands of different reasons.


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Hudson continuing to make progress in rehab
PHOENIX -- Daniel Hudson continues to make progress in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and the right-hander appears to be a bit ahead of schedule.
Hudson had the surgery last July and was expected to be out until around the All-Star break this year, but it seems possible that he could return closer to the earlier part of July.
Hudson pitched in an extended spring game on Thursday, and he will do so again next Wednesday. It's possible he could then head out on a rehabilitation assignment.
"Just depends on how I bounce back," Hudson said. "It's just day by day at this point. Just see how I feel and go from there. There's really no set schedule, except for when I'm supposed to throw. And if need an extra day, we'll take an extra day, or if I need an extra five days, we'll take an extra five days."
So far, Hudson has not experienced any setbacks or needed extra time, but he's careful not to get ahead of himself.
"Pretty excited, but I've still got a little ways to go," Hudson said. "I just try not to look at it too much and just concentrate on getting better and hopefully getting my command up to par to where I need it to be to be competitive up here and get my arm strength and stamina up."
Hudson, who threw 70 pitches Thursday, is becoming more comfortable with the small tweaks he has made to his mechanics. The changes, he hopes, will take some of the stress off his elbow and shoulder.
"I just feel like I'm getting on top of the ball better and working downhill better," Hudson said.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Interested in what IU fans think about the perceived flop at the end of the game last night:
Do you believe a pattern is developing--or that IU hasnt done anything wrong? Either way the refs are going to be harder on IU going forward.
NOW- I am not trying to tick anyone off- Just interested in a few perspectives- especially Level Headed Trader Joe...


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Below are a couple of pics from a recent distance contest i was in. I threw a beat Echo* max weight wraith 414' uphill in the semis and had a 409' line drive with a less beat max weight echo* wraith to take third in finals.(Divisional, equivalent of AM1) It was a weekend event and everyone was beat, Im hitting 430-440 field d with wraiths/destroyers and recently excals all max weight.
Can you guys let me know if this is good or bad, the first pic is what I would call the apex of my reach back. Point where I am as far from my body as I will get. I didnt see anyone else that was turned this far from the shot or had that long of a reachback. This shot was a max weight beat excal that hyzered out early.
Here, this is what I consider folded shoulder. Im not sure ive seen anyone else that throws folded shoulder, this was my best drive in the finals and was arrow straight and basically smashed the painted "400" on the uphill.


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Seven additional workers on the new Bay Bridge say they were demoted, reassigned or fired when they questioned construction work quality and costs on the new Bay Bridge, according to a report released Thursday by the state Senate Transportation Committee.
The report echoes and expands criticism contained in a committee report published in January that concluded Caltrans squelched dissent about the structural safety of the new $6.4 billion span between Oakland and Yerba Island. Two persons were cited in the earlier report, including a Caltrans engineer who said he was reassigned when he voiced concern about the project.
The new report is the latest to raise concerns about the quality of construction in the new bridge span, which has been plagued by snapped bolts, water leaks and cost overruns. Caltrans says it has corrected problems as they arose and insists the bridge is perfectly safe.
According to the latest report, nine people have said they suffered job repercussions, of which eight are Caltrans employees or contractors. The ninth is an expert hired by the bridge contractor to monitor the quality of bridge sections being welded in China.
"When silencing people didn't seem sufficient, it appears those top managers ultimately punished dissidents by either dissolving their contracts or transferring them to other assignments," says the report written for the transportation committee by Roland De Wolk, a former investigative news reporter. "At least nine top bridge engineers, scientists, and other distinguished bridge construction experts who worked on the project have similar stories of being gagged and banished."
The California Highway Patrol launched an investigation in response to the earlier allegations. That report is not expected for weeks.
State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, the transportation committee chairman, said the new information provides strong evidence that retaliation occurred. The committee plans to hold a hearing on the report Tuesday, he said.
"The question remains: Why would these people make this up?" said DeSaulnier.
While he believes the bridge is safe, DeSaulnier said he thinks the poor quality control will lead to higher maintenance costs, picked up motorists who pay bridge tolls.
He said he will push for lawmakers to set up a new state solicitor general's office to monitor Caltrans projects.
Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty said no Caltrans employees were fired and he personally was not aware of retaliation. However, the alleged incidents took place before he became Caltrans chief in 2011, he said.
"I take retaliation very seriously," he said. "If I found out there was retaliation, I absolutely would be against it."
Dougherty said he saw nothing in the new report to change his conclusion, or that of outside experts, that the bridge is structurally sound, and that welding and other construction problems were fixed.
Among the problems were the 32 large bridge rods, installed in seismic stabilizers on the span, that snapped when tightened. Saddles, a form of giant braces, were installed to fortify them.
Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Bay Area Toll Authority, said Thursday that his agency and Caltrans realized there were problems with the welds and ordered repairs and greater oversight.
Independent testing
The new report, however, recommends that "a truly independent party — accompanied by credible critics — perform a definitive testing of the welds."
In the report, Nathan Lindell, the quality control expert sent to China, said he was disturbed by the quality of work by Chinese welders assembling bridge parts in Shanghai.
In emails contained in the report, Lindell wrote that he also was concerned about the lack of procedures and records to track the welds.
"I have never worked on a project that is this messed up so early in the process," Lindell wrote. "I don't think anyone understands how hard this project is going to be."
For his complaints, Lindell said, the prime contractor of the east span — American Bridge-Fluor — shifted him from quality management to "paperwork" and then failed to renew his contract in 2009, according to the report.
Keith Devonport, an employee of a Caltrans contractor, also said he was transferred to an office job with nothing to do after his bosses told him that top bridge managers believed he complained too much about cracks in the bridge deck and the tower for the self anchored suspension plan. Frustrated, he quit, the report said.
Also on Thursday, an outside peer review team hired by the committee concluded that Caltrans used "appropriate" design criteria for the bridge to withstand earthquakes.
The committee, however, also concluded the many construction problems "point to a lack of robust construction quality assurance programs."
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff