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He-Man vs. the Council of Evil and Skeletor's regulars (Council of Evil pt. 2), that's one of the best fights of the series. I also love the King Grayskull vs the Horde battle.
Keldor vs. Randor (The Beginning pt. 1)
He-Man vs. Count Marzo (Mekaneck's Lament)
Skeletor vs. He-Man and Randor (Underworld)
He-Man vs. Skeletor (The Mystery of Anwat Gar)
He-Man vs. Skeletor's Minions (Council of Evil pt. 1)
Man at Arms vs. Skeletor (Council of Evil pt. 1)
He-Man vs. the Council of Evil and Skeletor's regulars (Council of Evil pt. 2)
Man at Arms vs. Tri-Klops (Rise of the Snake Men pt. 1)
He-Man vs. Zodak (Rise of the Snake Men pt. 2)
Sorceress vs. King Hiss (Rise of the Snake Men pt. 2)
Obviously there were way more fights than what I have listed so if you don't see yours then select "Other" and post which one it was. Also, I'd like to hear why you chose a particular fight scene.
Anyway, here are my top 3 (they're all tied for for my favorite):
He-Man vs. the Council of Evil & Skeletor's Regulars - Rather than rely on brute force to overcome his opponents, he turned their advantage of greater numbers against them. I also like that he probably wouldn't have won if it weren't for the other Masters showing up.
Skeletor vs. He-Man & Randor - Probably the best animated sword fight scene of the series. I also liked it because there's a great moment where Skeletor realizes that he now has to fight both Randor & He-man. Instead of immediately running away, he actually attacks them both. What made it even more impressive was he relied primarily on his swords. This was the scene that made me realize what a badass Skeletor could be.
Sorceress vs. King Hiss - This fight showed that Sorceress wasn't just some damsel that had to rely on He-Man for protection. Even though she lost, at least she made a decent showing of her combat skills. I also liked this fight because we got a chance to see other aspects of Hiss' power such as disolving into a bunch of little snakes and reforming in a different location.
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He-Man vs. the Council of Evil and Skeletor's regulars (Council of Evil pt. 2), that's one of the best fights of the series. I also love the King Grayskull vs the Horde battle.
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I originally voted for Keldor vs. Randor from the beginning. Turns out voting before I watched all the series was foolish. I finally got to disc 3 and the Council of Evil trilogy last night.
that was the most amazing He-man action I have ever seen! The opening fight in part 1 where He-man goes toe to toe with all the Evil warriors in the canyon was epic on its own, but the fights keep getting bigger and better throughout the trilogy.
This MYP cartoon knocks it out of the park. I watch the old filmaiton ones with my son, but I stay up late and watch MYP He-man alone and love every minute of it!
Yeah He-Man vs. the Council of Evil for me.....
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I was torn between the opening fight of CoE pt 1 and the final fight of The Last Stand. Both of those fights were fantastic but in the end I think CoE pt 1 edged it out slightly.
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I've voted for Keldor vs. Randor. This fight is so epic!!!
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For me that was he-man vs skeletor's minions, he-man was alone vs all of them and the fight was so epic.
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The fight I think you are thinking of, krosfyah, is when Skeletor has his new Council of Evil at the steps of Castle Grayskull. That Council included Count Marzo, Webstor, Evil Seed, the 3 giants, etc. plus Skeletor had the Ram Stone. The only thing between them and total victory was Adam and Cringor as Adam had lost the Power Sword earlier. Zodak entered Grayskull and, using their combined power, help the Sorceress form a barrier to keep Skeletor out but he had the Ram Stone so things did look pretty dire. Also Adam had been sent over the side into the caverns beneath Grayskull and Cringor had been knocked out by Skeletor. Adam, getting the Power Sword from a clutch Orko, turned into He-Man just in time to take the Ram Stone from Skeletor, destroy it, and unleash and revenge fueled fury on the Council of Evil the likes of which I have never seen on a Saturday night kids cartoon. What made it even better is that Skeletors minions who had been captured in the beginning of episode 1 had broken free and joined the new Council in the Masters own vehicles. Now were the revenge part comes in is that once He-Man surveys the battlefield he notices that Cringor is down and non-responsive. The look in his eyes said it all as he first took out the giants then engaged pretty much every other member of Skeletor's Council.
Even though he fought the same people in the beginning of the Council of Evil Part 1 at the beginning of the Last Stand there was a break in the battle, the location changed, and they weren't always fighting He-Man so I say they were 2 separate but awesome battles.
Needless to say, this is not only my favorite fight scene in MYP but the best they've done. I would have loved to have seen He-Man fight the Horde as their battle against King Grayskull was also epic but that is another story.
Also, what a lot of these episodes have in common was that they were written by Dean Stefan. I know it's just tears in the rain but I'd love for him to have some sort of input on the MOTU movie. It seemed like the guy just knew what he was doing.
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He-Man vs. Skeletor's Minions (Council of Evil pt. 1) was an awesome fight scene, but He-Man vs. the Council of Evil and Skeletor's regulars (Council of Evil pt. 2) took it too 11! My friends and I were glued to the set watching these awesome battles!
He-Man taking on EVERYBODY all by himself? Screw pushing planets, these are the epic feats I would want to see!
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Hands down the "He-Man vs. the Council of Evil and Skeletor's regulars (Council of Evil pt. 2)" it was He-Man vs everybody, & he was winning, I loved it!! Probably the best He-Man battle done in all of the media so far.
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He-Man's fight vs' the the Council of Evil was cool, but feels a bit too rushed for me nowadays. I actually prefer the Triple Threat Swordmatch in "Underworld". Seeing Skeletor battling He-Man AND Randor was amazing.
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MYP 200x had so many good & memorable fight scenes.
I'm voting other I did not see Zodak vs King Hissss
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I really liked He-Man & Man-E-Faces vs. Tuvar & Baddhra (episode 16 - The Monster Within)
Its really eerie and has a kind of "Predator Movie" feel to it.
The fight scene goes for quite some time too.
I voted Randor vs Keldor in The Beginning. As much as I like the MYP series, the action sequences are pretty generic. The action doesn't have to be very flashy, but has to have some feeling and buildup or tension behind it, and the first fight with Randor for me had that tensions because I knew the fight will lead to the birth of Skeletor. That is if I have to choose from the ones in the poll, since, for the similar reasons, my actual favorite fight would be the first duel between He-Man and Skeletor in The Beginning
Of course there are stakes held in every battle/fight, but as the first one, it was most exciting
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I voted other. I loved the fight between Marzo and the barbarians after Evil-Lyn grants him access to his amulet. Fading, blasting, pushing and teleporting. All while punching and elbowing his opponents. If I were a sorcerer, that's how I would fight.
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He-Man vs the Council of Evil is easily my favorite MOTU fight scene and one of my favorite cartoon scenes of all time.
I voted "other".
I think the very first encounter between He-man and Skeletor was quite fascinating (since they didn't know much about each other.)
Yeah, Skeletor was certain he would win. But he grew desperate as the battle continued. We never got that in Filmation, unfortunately. No first transformation, no first battle. We got origins for the Sorceress and Battle Cat, but that was about it. Skeletor never really got much of an origin, other than being called a demon from another dimension in one of the episodes.
(unless something happened in the She-ra series that I'm not aware of)
Now, if you want the best Filmation battle, I'll take the heroes and villains vs. Shikora. I just loved it when they were pulling on his arms and legs and stretching them out. And he had a ****** off look on his face.


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JOHNSTOWN – John Demaske stood at the center of the wrestling mat, anxiously waiting for the decision by the referees, who were huddled at the scorer's table.
The officials were discussing whether the pin by Jefferson-Morgan's Demaske that was called a few moments earlier came before or after the buzzer sounded to end the second period.
Standing with Demaske was Garrett Thomas of Bedford, who had to be wondering what type of purgatory he was going to enter if the referees decided in Demaske's favor. Thomas, you see, was the top seed in the 126-pound weight class.
After coming to a decision, the referees walked back to the mat and referee Sean Kearney told the two to shake hands because the match was over.
Demaske had his pin and one of the biggest victories in his varsity wrestling career. That it came in the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class AA Southwest Region Tournament in Johnstown Friday just made it more special.
"I thought I had the pin," said Demaske. "I was just praying that we didn't have to start over."
Demaske advanced to today's semifinals at 11 a.m. and is one win away from a trip to the finals, which will be held at 5 p.m.
The top five wrestlers in each weight class advance to next week's PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey.
Twelve area wrestlers advanced to the semifinals. They are Seth Carr (113), Jared Walker (160) and Mike Fetchet (170) of South Fayette; Demaske and Dustin Conti (170) of Jefferson-Morgan; Tanner Sutton (145) and Garrett Vulcano (195) of Chartiers-Houston; Austin McDermitt (106) of Burgettstown; Nick Gavazzi (138) of Charleroi; Anthony Welsh (138) of Beth-Center; Avella's Jake Temple (220) and West Greene's Cody Jacobs (220).
Demaske will take a 25-3 record into his semifinals bout with Colin Day of Meyersdale, who knocked off South Fayette's Shane Ging 11-2 in the quarterfinals. Day is a third-place finisher in District 5 with a 37-8 record.
"I think (Demaske) pulled the big upset of the tournament so far," said Jefferson-Morgan head coach Scott Rhodes. "I don't consider it an upset. John has the ability to beat him."
This tournament is turning out a lot better for Demaske than last year's, when Demaske came down with pneumonia, was nearly nine pounds overweight just days before the regional tournament began and finished sixth after a 5-2 loss to South Fayette's Seth Carr.
"That was tough," Demaske said. "It was hard to cut weight (with pneumonia)."
Demaske came out of last week's WPIAL Championships as a third-place finisher but as Thomas found out, position means little in this tournament.
Demaske set the tone of the match with a first-period takedown, then attacked Thomas while on top in the second.
"We wrestled in the Bedford Tournament, and he pinned me with a cradle," said Demaske. "The first takedown I got was big. I knew I had to get the first takedown in this match."
Conti moved on after a 5-1 decision over Zack Pinkas of Forest Hills. The only nervous moment came when Conti took Pinkas hard to the mat and Pinkas hit his head. Pinkas took injury time but continued.
"I was a little worried," said Conti, who won the 170-pound title in this tournament last year. "When I saw they didn't call anything, I wasn't worried."
South Fayette's strong showing began with Carr. He reached the semifinals with a 13-3 decision over Blake Dunlap of Chestnut Ridge at 113, Jared Walker did it with a 4-2 win over Corey Hazel of Penns Valley, and Fetchet pinned Kory Kylor of Mt. Union in 3:54.
"I definitely worked harder this year," said Carr. "I pushed myself more over the summer. Wrestling in the Bedford Tournament definitely helped. I saw what type of competition I had."
Among the highlights: Sutton picked up two wins yesterday, the second a 4-0 decision over Drew Gartland of Northern Bedford. Top-seeded Noah Tarr of Blairsville waits in the semifinals.
Vulcano won by 19-4 technical fall over Phillip Kyle of Mt. Union and takes on Tyler Oliver of United in the semifinals. Second-seed James Stodart of Moshannon Valley was upset by Zac Croyle of Kittanning in the quarters.
Temple and Jacobs won by nearly identical scorers. Temple's was 6-2 over Seth McClendon of Penn Cambria and Jacobs was 6-3 over Jacob Ludwig of Moshannon Valley. Temple and Jacobs can only meet in the finals.
Welsh made the tournament a lot easier with a pin of Nick Kusich of Avella in 5:05 in the quarters. Welsh, a freshman, meets top-seeded Sean Heggs of Juniata in the semifinals.
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The British ska-revival band The Selecter formed in the late 1970s, playing what can be described as rock fused with calypso and American jazz.
Much of what set the band apart was its charismatic lead singer, Pauline Black. As one of few women in a musical movement dominated by men, she was called "The Queen of British Ska."
That experience is one of many recounted in her new memoir, Black by Design, which has just been released in the U.S.
Black opens her memoir with a scene from 1958: She is 4 years old and living in the working-class county of Essex, England, where her journey of self-discovery is about to begin.
"I think it was one of those occasions where I had to be told I was adopted, because the family I had been adopted into were a white, working-class family," she tells Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon. "I was about to start school — and, of course, I would be the only black child in the school."
After Black learned she was adopted, she started to pick up on certain tensions in British society.
"For a lot of black people that grow up in a predominantly white society, obviously you do notice the difference," she says. "It's not just a question of skin color. It is a question of attitudes. It is a question of expectations."
Black says that this social consciousness led her to a career in music.
"Somebody was looking for a lead singer for a band," she says, "and I looked at this particular band, and looked at what they were saying — which was an anti-racist stand and also anti-sexist stand — and for me, I felt at that time that it was a perfect fit."
The Selecter disbanded in the early '80s. (The group would re-form a decade later.) Black got more heavily involved in acting. She says it was around this time that she decided she wanted to learn more about her birth parents.
"I had gotten to the age, I suppose, of 42 years old, and I'd always known that my mother was 17 years older than I was. And I thought, 'Well, if I want to be in a position when I'm meeting someone who probably still has their health still together, and we can sit and we can talk, I'd better do it now,'" she says. "That really led me off on that journey — and it was a bit of a roller-coaster ride — but it took me, I would say, the best part of two weeks to go from not knowing who my mother was to actually talking to her in Australia."
By the time Black decided to meet her father, Gordon Adenle, he had passed away.
"I got in touch with his second wife — who is a lovely lady; she's nearly 90 now — and she told me to get on a train and present myself at her door the following day," Black says. "As soon as she saw me, she just burst into tears and said, 'You're so much like your father.'"
Black says that getting in touch with her biological family has let her put down roots — something she values highly.
"I know [this] probably sounds a little bit like a cliche, but I feel that it's very, very important for every individual on this planet to know where they came from and who they came from," she says. "It just gives you a sense of belonging, and I think that sense of belonging is more profound than probably any of us give it credit for."
THE SELECTOR: (Singing) Someone who loves me switch the radio on. Someone who loves me...
That's "On My Radio," the 1979 hit song by the British ska revival band, The Selector. The group formed in the late 1970s playing what can be described as rock fused with calypso and American jazz. But much of what set the band apart was its charismatic lead singer, Pauline Black. She was called the queen of British ska, and one of the very few women in a musical movement that was dominated by men.
SELECTOR: (Singing) I brought my baby a red radio. He played it all day. A go-go, a go-go...
SIMON: That experience is one of many recounted in her new memoir just released in the United States. It's called "Black by Design." And Pauline Black joins us from the BBC studios in Coventry. Thanks very much for being with us.
PAULINE BLACK: My pleasure, Scott.
SIMON: Let's start where the book does, 1958, and you are 4 years old. You're living in Essex. And your mother shares what I'll describe as a secret with you that's plain as the nose on your face.
BLACK: Well, yes, very much. I think it was one of those occasions when I had to be told that I was being adopted because the family I had been adopted into were a white working-class family and I was about to start school. And, of course, I would be the only black child in the school, certainly, in that particular age. And it was time to fess up, I guess, and tell me maybe what my origins were. And this came as a little bit of a shock, as it would to most children because I think that you don't really notice what color you are until somebody points it out. And as they point it out in a way that is seemingly not the most perfect thing to be perhaps - which was the way it was pointed out to me - it does make you then begin to think, well, is there something wrong with being black in this particular society in my town and how am I going to deal with this? And so thus begun my story really.
SIMON: What affect did it have on you, do you think?
BLACK: I think initially it was just that I began to notice difference. For a lot of black people that grow up in predominantly white society, obviously, you do notice the difference. It's not just a question of skin color. It is question of attitudes, it is a question of expectations, all of those kind of things. And, yeah, it was a little tricky while I was growing up. I grew up in a family that really I suppose was racist, but purely through ignorance. I don't mean that in any sort of demeaning way. It was just one of those things. They didn't have the information.
SIMON: Now, you left your hometown to study science at university, right?
BLACK: Yes, I did.
SIMON: How did you wind up in a singing career?
BLACK: I had always had a yearning, I suppose, to study biochemistry, and I came here to Coventry to do that. And while I was doing that, I began playing around, back rooms and pubs and folk clubs my own music and that of other people. Like, you know, Bob Dylan and Joan Armatrading, at the time covering some of their songs. I suppose I happened to be at the right place at the right time. Somebody was looking for a lead singer for a band and I looked at this particular band and looked at what they were saying, which is an anti-racist stance and it was anti-sexist stance. And for me, I felt at that time it was a perfect fit.
SELECTOR: (Singing) Say (unintelligible) you're all right, and you say it. But all the time you know it's unmet.
SIMON: Was it lonely to be a woman among great ska performers?
BLACK: I think that for any female musician it can be fairly lonely on the road. But you just have to knuckle down, you know, and get on with it. You're there, you're there to do a job and I've always very much felt that it should be seen as a job and one of the better jobs that you can ever have in the world because you're being asked to be creative at the same time.
SIMON: Rather than try to come up with my own bad definition of ska, could we go to the source, which would be you?
BLACK: The definition of ska music - ska music originated in Jamaica. It originated with a band called the Skatalites.
BLACK: And if everything is to be believed, it was really that people in Jamaica used to listen to the R&B stations that used to come out of Miami. But they only had little tinny radios that they heard it on and they were really trying to play R&B. But because they couldn't hear the bass, they could only hear the rhythm guitar, they read that as an off-beat. So, it's, you know, ska music is (makes chink, chink sound), like on the off-beat instead of the downbeat. And so originated ska. But I believe they thought they were playing R&B.
SIMON: The Selector eventually broke up. In the book, you describe this as happening alongside a time when you determined that you wanted to search out your birth parents, but timing was important to you.
BLACK: Yes, timing was very important at that time. I had gone to the age, I suppose, of 42 years old and I'd always known that my mother was 17 years older than I was. And I thought, well, if I want to be in a position where I'm meeting somebody who probably still has their health together and all those kinds of things and we can sit and we can talk, I better do it now. And so that really led me off on that journey. And it was a bit of a roller coaster ride, but it took me, I would say, the better part of two weeks to go from not knowing who my mother was to actually talking to her in Australia.
SIMON: Your mom - if I may - was 17 years old...
BLACK: Yes.
SIMON: And met a guy from Nigeria.
BLACK: Yes. My father was studying at Chelsea School of Science and Technology and he met her. And, you know, like all young people, I suppose they decided they rather liked each other. And I'm here to tell that tale basically. Unfortunately, her parents were not particularly broadminded and were not very happy, I don't think, that she had become pregnant and particularly by somebody from Nigeria. And I was put up for adoption. But my mother did manage to visit me until I was 18 months old when I was finally adopted. So, she had some sense of me growing up. And when I met her, she said that until I was 13 years old that she used to stand sometimes at the end of the road and watch me going to school, which I felt was just absolutely heartbreaking really.
SIMON: And your father's family - you were able to find them kind of nearby too.
BLACK: Yes, I was. I took a while before I asked my mother whether she could remember my father's name. And of course she could. So, I got in touch with his second wife, who is a lovely lady. She's nearly 90 now. And she told me to get on a train and present myself at her door the following day if I was Gordon Adenle's daughter. And as soon as she saw me, she just burst into tears and said you're so much like your father. And she furnished me with everything that I needed to know really. Unfortunately, my father had passed away the year before. That's the only thing I regret.
SIMON: What has he knowing put into your life?
BLACK: The knowing has put a sense of self and a sense of identity into my life. I know that probably sounds a little bit like a cliche, but I feel that it's very, very important for every individual on this planet to know where they came from and who they came from. It just gives you a sense of belonging, and I think that sense of belonging is more profound than probably any of us give it credit for.
SIMON: Singer and actress Pauline Black - and author Pauline Black - speaking with us about her new memoir, "Black by Design" of Coventry, London. Ms. Black, thanks so much.
BLACK: Thank you very much, Scott. It's very kind of you. Thank you.
SELECTOR: (Singing) It's just the same old song on my radio. Just the same old song on the my radio. Just the same old song on my radio. Just the same old song on my radio.
SIMON: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


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West Virginia state police have obtained a warrant to arrest a man on a kidnapping charge over allegations he abandoned an abducted child unharmed Friday in Washington County, only to lead police on a wild pursuit in a stolen van into Allegheny County.
Timothy Adam White, 23, of Reedsville, W.Va., also faces a charge of grand larceny auto theft over accusations he stole a car outside his residence and used it to transport 2-year-old Starr Parks across the state line into Pennsylvania, said Sgt. C.W. DeBerry of West Virginia State Police in Morgantown.
"We're still trying to determine the motive," said DeBerry on Monday after he met with prosecutors in Allegheny County about how to proceed with the case, since White faces related charges in Pittsburgh and Washington County.
Authorities may decide, he said, to quickly return White to West Virginia, where he is facing the most serious charges in the bizarre case.
White, who came to West Virginia from Alabama and has no job, had been living with the girl's parents above a convenience store for about two weeks before he decided to take the child from the home, DeBerry said. He said investigators had yet to learn what type of relationship White had with the girl's mother, or what made the suspect decide to drive north into Pennsylvania.
White and the girl's mother, Stephanie Parks, had borrowed a car to drive to a store about 11:45 a.m. Friday. She trusted him to carry the girl to the car while she returned to their apartment to retrieve a diaper bag, DeBerry said.
Within a matter of moments, she went back outside and the car was gone, he said.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation workers found the stolen 2009 Toyota Corolla parked about two hours later with an empty gasoline tank near a PennDOT maintenance shed along Interstate 79 in Amwell Township. Pennsylvania state police eventually learned the car had been stolen and involved in a kidnapping in Preston County, W.Va., about the same time Washington County 911 received a call that White had allegedly abandoned the child in Richeyville and fled in a stolen Atlantic Broadband cable van.
Jim Weid of 510 Oak St. in Richeyville said White jumped into his van with the girl when Weid approached him on Route 40 to ask if he needed help. Weid then drove them to his house, where White simply walked across the street by himself and drove off in the van. The cable van was quickly spotted by police on the nearby Mon-Fayette Expressway, where the pursuit began. It continued on Route 51 north to Baldwin, where White crashed the van into police cruisers stationed as a roadblock.
White was charged with aggravated assault on police there, as well as resisting arrest, reckless endangerment and fleeing or attempting to elude police. Pennsylvania state police in Belle Vernon also plan to charge him with stealing the van in Richeyville.
He was remanded Saturday morning to Allegheny County Jail on $1 million bond and faces a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Feb. 20 before District Judge Pat Capolupo on the charges filed by state police in Pittsburgh. Another $1 million detainer has been placed on White in connection with the kidnapping case.
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Former Saints boss Mark Wotte believes fellow Dutchman Ronald Koeman would be a "perfect" fit as the club's new manager.
The 51-year-old outgoing Feyenoord boss is a serious contender to replace Mauricio Pochettino at St Mary's, after the Argentine quit to join Tottenham last week.
Koeman is believed to have met with officials from Saints on Monday to discuss the position, although he is not the only candiidate the club are expected to speak with.
Wotte, who managed Saints during the 2008/09 campaign, believes Koeman, who remains the odds-on favourite with the bookies, would be an excellent choice.
"In my opinion, Ronald Koeman is perfect for Southampton for several reasons," he said.
"He has a great CV as a player, winning the 1988 European Championship with Holland and the Champions League with Barcelona.
"But he has also managed PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord, as well as Valencia and Benfica abroad, so he is a very experienced coach."
Wotte, who is currently the Scottish Football Association's performance director, believes Koeman would bring a similar footballing philosophy to that of Pochettino, while he would also be willing to promote players from the academy system.
"As a Dutch manager, he is always used to playing 'the Dutch way', with high pressure, a passing style and a positive approach, playing to win and not always playing not to lose," he said.
"His last job at Feyenoord was initially a big challenge, as a lack of funds forced him to work with 'the kids', but most of them now are selected in the 23-man squad for Holland and also qualifying for the Champions League first phase – a great achievement for the Feyenoord academy, but also for the talent management skills of Ronald Koeman.
"Knowing Southampton and St Mary's personally, he would be an excellent choice."
One of Koeman's biggest influences is Johan Cruyff, having played in his famous Barcelona team from 1989 to 1995, winning the European Cup in 1992.
The centre-half, who was capped 78 times by his country, moved into management after hanging up his boots, working as an assistant with the national team and then Barcelona.
His first manager's job came at Vittesse Arnhem, leading them to a sixth-place finish in the 2000/01 Eredivisie, before moving to Ajax.
He won the domestic double in his first season there, finished as runners-up in the next campaign, and then regained the league title in 2003/04.
He left in 2005, as PSV regained status as top dogs, then joined Portuguese side Benfica.
Koeman spent a fairly unsuccessful year there, before taking up the reins at PSV.
Again, he lasted just one full season, before joining Valencia, although he did deliver an Eredivisie title before his departure.
In Spain, he won the Copa del Rey, but Valencia's league form proved poor, with the club parting company with Koeman in April 2008.
A brief, unsuccessful stint with AZ Alkmaar then followed.
In 2011, though, Koeman arrived at Feyenoord, reviving the ailing club.
Having finished tenth in the Eredivisie the season before he arrived, Koeman led Feyenoord to second place in his first campaign – their best result in 11 years.
They then came third in 2012/13, before finishing as runners-up to Ajax last term.
Koeman announced in February that he would leave the club this summer, when his contract expired.
Former Swansea boss Michael Laudrup, another name who might fit the bill, does not look to be in the frame.
In an interview in his homeland, the Dane has said he will take time out of the game until an opportunity with a really big club comes along.
Previous bookies' favourite Murat Yakin is not thought to have been approached.


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Marijuana law 'nebulous' in Calif.,assistant DA says
The case involving one of the largest indoor marijuana seizures in Del Norte County is close to resolution.
In July 2010, the Sheriff's Office Felony Investigations Unit searched a property at 197 Ames Way, finding about 5,000 marijuana plants and more than 50 pounds of dried marijuana, authorities said.
Sheriff's Commander Bill Steven said it was the largest indoor marijuana grow he'd seen in the county since he joined the Sheriff's Office 25 years ago.
Authorities arrested seven people as part of the bust - six of them had driven up while the premises were being scoured.
The FIU also searched another house at 500 Spyglass Road in Smith River, seizing 240 plants they believed were tied to the Ames Way operation and arresting another man.
The grow was believed to be connected to a collective in the Sacramento area, authorities said.
Charges have been dismissed against five of the people arrested, another man's case is still active and the main defendant, Sean Eaddy, 38, has accepted a deal in which he will plead guilty to a felony charge of maintaining a place for drug sales and a misdemeanor charge of possession of concentrated cannabis, receive three years' informal probation and pay $15,000 as part of the eradication costs for the marijuana, court documents state.
But the felony charge will be dismissed if he pays the $15,000 by his July sentencing date.
The five people who had their charges dismissed were helping hands for Eaddy, said Assistant District Attorney Katherine Micks.
"We didn't want to proceed against them," said Micks.
The case was mired by motions, as is usually the situation with marijuana-related prosecutions, Micks said.
"Marijuana law is rather nebulous in California," said Micks.
Adding to the haziness is the continual evolution of precedent-setting cases regarding what can be considered proper medical marijuana practices, Micks said.
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The theme music to ESPN's Monday Night Football program may be one of the most recognizable in sports. One group of local musicians may have it stuck in their heads for a long time – and with a whole new meaning.
While in Pittsburgh last week filming the game between the Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs, producers at ESPN got an idea for an upcoming broadcast. During an interview segment building up to this week's kickoff, footage of an actual orchestra should be played over the familiar instrumental in order to add suspense leading up to the game between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers.
"What the script really needed was some entertainment value," said Rico Labbe, director of special projects at ESPN. "That's how we decided we can do the orchestra thing. The music we were going to play had to give us that kind of big-game feeling that Monday night has."
The production team was on a tight deadline and even tighter budget. They scrambled to find an orchestra that could put a show together for their film crew on such short notice. Washington Symphony Orchestra director Yugo Ikach said his team was eager to jump of the bench to help out.
ESPN arranged for the orchestra to use the beautiful State Theatre in Uniontown and gave the musicians a day to learn the score. The film crew was focused on the capturing spectacular visuals from the performance, so orchestra members were asked to get in touch with their theatrical side.
"I'm usually more interested on hitting the correct notes and the appearance usually takes care of itself," said violinist Jackie Koman of Washington. "So, to really think about being in unison with everyone else and looking aggressive, it takes a little bit of work."
Labbe said the orchestra pulled it off well.
"There's a difference between playing to live audience instead of to a track," Labbe said. "To physically project yourself on camera is difficult. Obviously, in the audience you don't see everything, but on film you see every detail. The way you play and how the violins are in synch – playing aggressively gives the piece a lot more power."
Usually the orchestra gets their sheet music months in advance and has multiple rehearsals to practice. But for the TV gig, musicians only had 24 hours to study the material before playing in front of the cameras.
Using a camera truck and shoulder mounted cameras to capture close-ups, the crew shot take after take. Luckily, the minute-long score seemed to be to the musicians' liking.
"It's a fun piece to play," Koman said, "because it is very up-tempo and exciting. It's one that you really can play 100 times and you don't mind it so much."
The crew may have shot twice that many takes before wrapping up late Wednesday night. Producers said they were thankful for the time the volunteer orchestra gave them.
"They took instruction so well," Labbe said. "They were the best fit we could ask for, and they were a happy bunch."
Labbe said after his production team got a chance to sit down and go over the film, it was clear the orchestra had given them everything they had hoped for.
"They pulled it off really well. The footage looks awesome. It looks really high-end and very big."
Director Yugo Ikach said although his symphony didn't make much money for their gig, the musicians felt the experience was payment enough.
"They were very excited," Ikach said. "How could you not be? National television and a chance for something fun to talk about in the years to come – it's fantastic."
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Deafening gunshots that rang out in the ordinarily peaceful Washington County Courthouse frightened and flustered the office staff working inside, even though they had known for more than a week they would be part of an "active shooter" drill.
The Monday afternoon exercises were designed to prepare emergency responders, sheriff's deputies and county officers workers on what to do if a shooter storms the courthouse or another catastrophic emergency happens.
Jacki Avolio, who works in the prothonotary's office on the main floor, said the gunshots and realistic scenarios were scary, but it helped them learn how to react if the unimaginable happens.
"Being prepared is the best defense to stay alive," said Avolio, who is an avid hunter, but was still rattled by the gunshots. "That's half the battle to keep yourself alive."
Joy Ranko, who also works in the prothonotary's office, kept watching the clock waiting for the drill to start at 3 p.m. But when the "gunman" fired three blanks in succession near the office, Ranko took cover behind the front desk and saw a stranger standing just a few feet away. She still had goosebumps and was flustered moments after authorities apprehended the fake gunman.
"We'll definitely be ready," Ranko said.
And that was the point.
Sheriff's deputies, probation officers, patrolmen and the county's CERT team fanned out throughout the courthouse during multiple drills that were designed to help them stop an attacker. Waves of them flowed into the main concourse searching for the shooter and neutralizing him.
They learned from mistakes, too. At one point, the phone lines inside the courthouse were disconnected, forcing officers to improvise while calling others inside the building for help. Some prothonotary's office workers also complained that they could not reach 911 or sheriff's deputies during the first drill.
Tony Mosco, a member of the Washington County Sheriff's Department and one of the drill's organizers, said it was crucial for them to learn from their mistakes to improve security and their response.
"That's why we're doing it again," Mosco told the women in the prothonotary's office.
The practice drill lasted nearly two hours, and county officials warned visitors about it throughout the day and placed signs around the courthouse. Still, some visitors were taken by surprise, and courthouse workers could be seen frantically running from the building.
After the first exercise, the courthouse became eerily quiet as most people had left. More shots rang out a few minutes later for the second run-through, and eventually the suspect was apprehended again.
"We got him," a police officer shouted inside the building. "We got him in custody."
But a few minutes later, they were prepared to do it once more.
"Let's reset and do it again," another officer said.
Washington County President Judge Debbie O'Dell Seneca suggested the practice drill after talking with other courthouse workers during the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts regional meeting in 2011. Members of the AOPC's Southwestern Pennsylvania region brought up the idea of a drill and how to implement training for police officers and courtroom staff. It is believed to be the first such active shooter training exercise in a courthouse in Western Pennsylvania.
Monday's exercise coincided with recent training that courthouse workers have undergone to help prepare contingency and security plans.
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The volunteers with the Bethel Park Crime Watch Program know exactly what they are supposed to do, and they do it well.
The group, which was organized about a year and a half ago by Bethel Park Police Officer Tom Rigatti, has already been credited with contributing to several arrests.
"We have 1,014 sets of eyes watching," Rigatti said.
The group holds four meetings a year to exchange information and ideas. Rigatti also often arranges for speakers to talk to the group about topics of interest.
The next meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Bethel Park Community Center. New volunteers are welcome, and Rigatti's goal is to eventually have at least 1,500 volunteers.
Crime watch volunteers learn how to be good witnesses so that they can be helpful to police officers who can not be everywhere. They are also taught to report, but never to try to stop a crime.
"We want them to call us and let us do our job," Rigatti said. "We don't want them to take actions on their own."
Rigatti said the department, whose officers can not be everywhere, depends upon the resident volunteers, who know their neighborhoods and their neighbors and know when something suspicious is happening.
The Bethel Park Crime Watch is the only one in the South Hills area as far as he knows, Rigatti said.
It differs from programs like the one George Zimmerman belonged to in Florida, the Bethel Park officer explained.
"In Florida, they have active patrols," Rigatti explained. "We don't."
"(Officer Rigatti) emphasizes all the time that we are not to be proactive," said Cheryl Moore. "We don't want to be like George Zimmerman. We can be the eyes, but we don't handle things on our own."
It's important to watch out for your neighbors and to be aware of what is going on, Moore said. "I think (neighbors watching out for each other) does make a difference. We try to watch out for the elderly and the ones who live alone."
"Look what happened up there in Ohio," she added, referring to the incident where three women were being held captive in a home in a residential area were rescued by a neighbor.
Among the many things Moore says she has learned through crime watch is that most burglars enter homes through a rear entrance, which police on patrol can not see from the street, but that the neighbors can view.
The new version of the crime watch program is much different from the one from years ago, said Kraft, who volunteered with the former program.
"I used to have to take the bulletins door-to-door," he said.
Rigatti uses email and the police department's Swift Reach telephone program to keep his volunteers instantly in the loop about happenings in the area. He is also utilizing a program available through California University of Pennsylvania to map out areas hit by crime and to target where volunteers are needed.
Most important though, are those eyes out in the community.
"I always try to be helpful," said Kraft. "Everyone should."


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WAYNESBURG – Greene County has produced some great champions in various sports, from wrestling, to track and field to girls' softball, to name a few. Now there's a chance to add a show dog to that list.
Zale, a 5-year-old female German shepherd, is ready to follow in her father's footsteps Monday when she and her owner/handler Christi Halliday of Bedillion Road, Waynesburg, compete in the Best of Breed category at the prestigious Westminster Dog Show in New York.
Zale, better known in dog circles as Champion Imp-Cen Diamonds Are Forever, is still a "diamond in the rough," Halliday admits. Although Zale has won some coveted competitions, including Best of Breed at a show this year in Fredericksburg, Va., she has yet to experience a show of the stature of Westminster, where 2,720 dogs representing 213 potential breeds in seven specific groups, are expected to compete for the top prize of Best in Show.
Zale will be up against 23 other German shepherds in the Best of Breed category and shepherds fall into the herding group that is comprised of 25 other breeds.
Zale's father, Zane, also owned and handled by Halliday, competed at Westminster in 2004, 2005 and 2007, winning "Best Of Opposite Sex" each time in the German shepherd breed category.
"She is a champion of record and I am taking her to Westminster because I wanted to see how she will do," Halliday said. "Zale is not an accomplished dog yet. She is a big underdog, so to speak, but she could win Best of Breed."
Halliday stressed that Zale will become a better show dog as she matures and her muscle tone develops.
To become an AKC champion, which Zale is, a dog must win 15 championship points at AKC-member or licensed shows, under three different judges. These points must include at least two majors won under two different judges. (A major consists of three, four or five points won at a single show by virtue of the size of the entry.)
While the process of earning championship status is confusing, the road to Best of Show is simpler.
Dog shows are a process of elimination. First, a dog must win Best of Breed – in Zale's case, German shepherd. Only the Best of Breed winners advance to compete in group competitions. Each AKC-recognized breed falls into one of seven classifications: sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, non-sporting and herding.
Four placements are awarded in each group, but only first-place winners advance to the Best of Show competition.
With the numbers of breeds and different categories, how is a judge able to distinguish one champion from another?
"They start with the standard of perfection," Halliday said, "and are judged against that."
Zale's father, Zane, achieved remarkable success. He has a Best of Show – a dog-show equivalent to a Super Bowl win; 64 ribbons for Best of Breed; and 34 placements or wins in the herding group.
"He finished 2003 as the No. 3 German shepherd in the country and was the No. 1 male," Halliday said. "But first and foremost, Zane and Zale are family members, pets and companions."
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The four largest carriers in the United States have agreed to make nationwide texting to 9-1-1 possible by May, 2014. The goal is to improve 9-1-1 services and their infrastructure in a way that is compatible with public needs.
The current 9-1-1 system is voice-only. This means that a person must make a voice call to 9-1-1 in order to receive emergency help. In some emergency situations, this may be extremely difficult. For instance, those who are hearing- or voice impaired cannot reach out and make a phone call the way the rest of the general public does. There are also emergency situations where it could be dangerous to make a voice call, for instance a home invasion or robbery. The system in place is not capable of handing SMS, images or video. Right now, a text or image sent to 9-1-1 will go nowhere.
During Hurricane Sandy many people attempted, and failed, to reach emergency services using SMS and special apps. Read about how the E9-1-1 system was not designed for the modern communications age.
Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) is a new initiative that aims to improve the emergency response systems' infrastructure to make it possible for these sorts of data to be sent across the network. Mobile carriers are also working to make this functionality a priority. According to Robert Kenny, who handles the FCC's media and public relations, and spoke with BYTE's Todd Ogasawara about Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) in late 2010, 9-1-1 call centers in the U.S. handle over 650K calls a day.
Furthermore, there is a generation of users more accustomed to using text messages and sending video or photos than making voice calls. Kenny mentioned the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, in which a gunman shot and killed 32 people and wounded 15 others before committing suicide. Many sent text messages to 9-1-1, but they went nowhere. It's unclear whether those persons assumed the messages would reach emergency dispatchers, or if they were in a situation where they were within earshot of the killer and risked putting themselves in danger by making a voice call. Regardless, those text messages were not received. In hopes of improving the situation in the interim, carriers have agreed to automatically send a bounce-back that tells the person to make a voice call to 9-1-1, reports the Wall Street Journal.
There are also test runs in place in some markets by carriers AT&T and Verizon. The Journal reports that in one case a suicide was prevented and in another, authorities responded to a case of spousal abuse. In the latter, it's easy to imagine how a voice call to 9-1-1 could have resulted in further injury to the victim.
The FCC is also planning to talk to consumers of other carriers about how to make it possible to reach emergency services.