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++Addition++Is Agnostic's last name is O'Brien? My thoughts are apparently contained within his, though he knows much beyond! He did a similar analysis of Maxim's hottest in '06, of which I was totally unaware.
Interestingly, he found average height to be exactly the same as I did for the '08 list, measured in tenths of an inch (about 1.5 inches taller than the broader US female population). He speculates on several reasons as to why that is the case, including longer legs (where most 'extra' height is distributed), a less corpulent appearance (high heels are an artificial way of going about this), height being tied to greater prevalence of male hormones that boost functionality in the competitive world of the celebrity, and as demonstrative of generally better health (which is what I've always assumed).
Agnostic also looked at race and hair color (and Nordic features more generally) in the '06 crop. Among the top tier he finds Nordic features, including blond hair, to be lacking. In '08, however, blue hair and blond eyes are much overrepresented among Maxim's white women than they are among American white women in general.
He points to Hispanic overrepresentation, but it is a bit misleading if thought about in racial terms. Without knowing the names, Cameron Diaz (blond hair, blue eyes, slightly yellow-tinted skin that would probably lead me to guess some East Asian ancestry before anything Latin American) and Christina Aguilera (also blonde hair, blue eyes) don't look Hispanic. Daniella Alonso (who looks Filipino), Jordana Brewster, and Cinthia Moura don't really, either. They could just as easily (actually straining less credulity to the guy seeing them for the first time) be from Spain, like Penelope Cruz is.
N/A points out that Maxim's list (to the extent that it is indicative) proxies for what American men, with minority influences from non-whites, find attractive, not just the 'tastes' of northwestern European-descended white men.
Peter corrects the non-heterosexual count by adding fallen angel Lindsey Lohan. It might be a dopey publicity stunt though, and probably wasn't known when the list was compiled.
Maxim magazine just released its list of the 100 "hottest" females. The list is billed as being global in scope, but as the vast majority of its readers–and the women selected–hail from the Anglosphere (specifically the US, though the magazine is based in Great Britain), it provides a good indicator of what is attractive in the eyes of northwestern European-descended men.
One conceivable disadvantage in trying to gauge the demographic characteristics of sexual attractiveness by using such a list is that the women included are not obscure. Achieving some level of fame is a prerequisite to being considered for inclusion.
But much of that fame is garnered by attractiveness in the first place. And even though, undoubtedly, these are not the absolutely 100 most desirable women extant, there's no reason to think that attractive women thus far passed over systematically differ from those who've been noticed. This is in contrast to gauging attractiveness from a list of porn stars who probably do systematically differ from the broader attractive population**. Girls identified early on for their physical appeal have little incentive to go in this vulgar direction. Only a small handful of those included in the list have been involved in pornography.
Further, the level of recognition is relative–these women are all accomplished in a popular sense, but they are by-and-large not the most familiar females in the public mind. Before doing the analysis, I was only at least vaguely familiar with one-quarter (25 of 100) of those who made the cut*. Admittedly, I'm not a consumer of much popular culture (I've never looked at an actual Maxim in my life), but just scoping out Yahoo news each day means I'm aware of far more than 25 female celebrities.**
The following table presents the data on characteristics that are determinable for everyone included. The percentages look a little goofy given a 100-person list, but Maxim had to do what creators of similar lists so often do by including a single entry that actually comprises five people (the Pussycat Dolls). So I drew upon my shallow knowledge of US history and counted each of these women as one-fifth of a person.
|Average age
|27.6 years
|Average height^
|5′ 5.6"
|Eye color~
|Eyes (whites only)
|Hair color~~
|Hair (whites only)
^Figures for height are estimated conservatively–when I found conflicting numbers, I averaged them when there were multiple estimates on the high end and fewer or just one on the low end, but disregarded lone high figures when the majority of sources reported the woman to be shorter.
^^Mixed-race women are split between the two-plus groups they belong to. So Alicia Keys adds .5% to both the black and white totals. Only ten (plus a couple of the PussyCat Dolls) of the 100 women included are mixed.
^^^ I didn't include Christina Aguilera, Cameron Diaz, Fergie, Sofia Vergara, Paz Vega, or Penelope Cruz in the Hispanic category as they all appear to be (and look) quite European. Others, like Kat Von D and Eva Mendes, who look to be much more Spaniard than Indian, are counted as Hispanic. I'm comfortable that if anything, the 8.85% Hispanic figure is high. Perhaps "Amerindian" might be a better designation, which is more-or-less what comes to the minds of most when they see the term "Hispanic" anyhow.
~ In the case of hazel eyes, which tend to be brown nearer the pupil and become progressively more green as the distance from it increases, I went with what color (brown or green) seemed to dominate in photos of the women.
~~ Current, not necessarily natural, hair color. It's a tough attribute since 'hot' women feel the need to be so capricious with their hair.
White women dominate, specifically women with Nordic features. The average height is about 1.5 inches taller than that of the US female population at large. Among whites, blond hair is significantly overrepresented. Blue eyes are as well, to a slightly lesser extent. A study from '02 of Americans born between 1936 and 1951 found 33.8% had blue eyes, a significant decline from the 57.4% born at the beginning of the 20th Century who had them.
Presumably that proportion has come close to being cut in half yet again for those born in the US today, as more than half of newborns are non-whites. I've not been able to find anything confirming it explicitly, though epidemiologist Mark Grant puts it at about 17%. Sienna Miller (pictured nearby) captures this profile pretty well and probably comes the closest to encompassing all the attributes tending towards our conception of female beauty.
Multiple bios reported some Native American ancestry, but never traced any specific lineage. The list doesn't contain much in the way of raised cheekbones or hooked noses, so I basically disregarded the presumably small contribution made by these women's warrior ancestors.
Orthogonally, why hasn't Clander done a post on how whiterpeople love claiming to be Native American due to a great-great-great grandfather who was half Cherokee? "Protecting the environment is in my blood."
I'm surprised at the small number of Asian women represented. Two-thirds of Maxim's subscribers are college graduates, and the average annual household income of its readership is $65,000. This would, I presume, represent a segment of the white population that is predisposed to finding Asian women attractive. Might this have something to do with Asians (East Asians, anyway, which is where most white attraction for Asians is directed) floundering in the sphere of non-animated/computer-generated entertainment?
With the exception of Gabrielle Union, the black women included do not have prominent West African features. Caramel skin and European features (like Rihanna's green eyes) are a plus. This confirms an analysis conducted by Inductivist Ron Guhname in the supermarket a few months back.
While a light complexion is desirable, red hair is not. Only a couple (three if Lindsey Lohan's auburn hair is counted as red) of flaming Amarants are present.
The average age is higher than what the relentless scholar on girliness as it relates to budding men, Agnostic, renders peak age to be. He puts it between 22-24, and uses data from a 'modeling' agency to arrive at just under 23 years as the zenith. I suspect the age of the beholder factors in to some extent (although the most desirable age for the female will only increase at a small fraction of the rate of a man's age as he gets older). The average Maxim subscriber is 27 (which more likely means something close to 27 years and six months), the average age of the women on the list.
It's not included above, but places of origin are worth remarking on as well. Four-fifths were born in the US, and many of those born outside the US (almost all in the West) now live and work stateside. Of those, a full 20 were born in California, more than twice the number expected based on population distribution alone. Twelve were born in New York, similarly twice what population alone would predict. More attractive women in these states, or is it more the result of lots of media and modeling agencies based in these places? Texas, with eight, was also overrepresented.
Also, although manly men like to cackle about how they find lesbianism 'hot', the list seems devoid of lesbians. Tila Tequila and Nelly Furtado are bisexual, but I'm not aware of any of the other women being so (although it wasn't looked for, so I may be off the mark here).
The data are here, via Swivel.
* I'm familiar with five of the eight black women (and three of the four 'unmixed' blacks). When you spend time in a place where the metro's hip-hop station is constantly being played, it's hard not to hear about black celebrities–the DJs talk about virtually nothing else.
** Some of the women, like Whitney Able, are virtually impossible to find any information on. The only source I found on her reported an age of 38, which strikes me as too old given her physical appearance. (I estimated her age to be 28–she was the only person that an age estimation was necessary for).
*** Specifically, porn stars (I think, although I own no pornographic material and have never seen more than a few seconds at a time–I'm going off of the photos provided via Agnostic's agency which are for mature eyes only) tend to have luscious upper torsos and backsides, but relatively mediocre facial features that tend towards manliness (for lack of a better descriptor, black guys I know would consider them hotter than I would). The genuine celebrities in Maxim's list, by contrast, approximate real beauty in more than just a sexual sense.


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Yesterday, I spoke with Bernard Hopkins a few hours before it was announced that legendary Philadelphia boxer Joe Frazier had died of liver cancer. The entire interview is contained in that video link above. To hear excerpts of it, you can get them via this link.
As you'll hear, BHop's respect for what Frazier meant to him, and to the sport, is immense. Though born in South Carolina, Joe was a beloved figure around Philly, one you'd find in a hardware store along Fairmount Avenue or mingling in the Best Western Hotel lounge about a half mile from the statue of a fictional boxer. No pretenses or posturing, either. Just a good man, one who once autographed a neck brace before trying to teach me the science of throwing a hook in a gym that recently became a "furniture & bedding factory outlet."
Bernard Hopkins discusses the impact Joe Frazier had both in and out of the ring [NewsWorks]


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Longines Dixie Stakes attracts stellar 13-horse field
Trainers consider lineup tough
The undercard on Preakness Day offers more than $1 million in stakes purses with the $300,00 Longines Dixie Stakes (G2) serving as the centerpiece. Pimlico's oldest stake, the Dixie was first run in 1870 as the Dinner Party Stakes and was won by the horse Preakness, who is the namesake of Old Hilltop's signature race.
At 1-1/8th miles on the grass, the Dixie has attracted a stellar 13-horse field and a host of big-time trainers, including Orb's conditioner Shug McGaughey, a two-time Dixie winner. They agree that the lineup is a tough one.
"This sounds like a very solid race to me," said McGaughey, who won the Dixie in 1993 with Lure and in 2009 with Parading.
"It's going to be very competitive," added Graham Motion, another two-time winner of the Dixie who will saddle Howe Great. Motion prevailed with Dr. Brendler in 2003 and Better Talk Now in 2006.
"When you put up that kind of money, they will come," said Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has Optimizer, the 7-2 favorite, and Sky Ring (12-1) ready to fire.
Returning are the 2012 runner-up, local campaigner Humble and Hungry, representing Sagamore Farm, and the third place finisher Forte Dei Marmi, who is trained by Roger Attfield.
Todd Pletcher, who won last year's race with Hudson Steele, will send out Doubles Partner on Saturday.
McGaughey's entry, Imagining, the 5-1 third choice, has been galloping well over the Pimlico surface since accompanying Orb from Churchill Downs and will be making his second start this year. His first outing was a 3-1/2 length score against allowance company at Keeneland.
"He ran in Canada last summer and then we had to give him some time off," said McGaughey. "He has been doing real good."
Motion's Howe Great (12-1) is coming off a similar victory -- at 1-1/8th miles on Keeneland's turf against allowance runners after "being in an awkward spot," to finish off the board in a Grade 3 at Gulfstream Park.
Lukas pointed to Optimizer as "doing very well" after running a game second following a poor start in the Grade I Turf Classic at Churchill Downs two weeks ago. "He's one of these horses who come back well and I've got the hottest rider in the country (Joel Rosario)."
The race has others who are sporting top credentials. Swift Warrior (4-1) has won two straight graded tests, Doubles Partner (6-1) consistently finishes in the money and Willcox Inn (6-1) has three in the money finishes in five graded tests since last fall.
There are three other races on the card which are graded and which have $150,000 purses.
The Maryland Sprint Handicap features 10 top sprinters, including Sage Valley (5-2), who returns from a layoff as the probable favorite. Action Andy (6-1) has on the board finishes in nine of his last 10 races, while Manito (10-1) steps into the stakes ranks off a four-race winning streak.
Out-of-towners Summer Applause and Brushed by a Star figure to be the favorites in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes with streaking locals Moon Philly and Daydreamin Gracie looking for the upset.
A pair of Chad Brown trained runners Pianist and Samitar headline the Gallorette.
Other added money races on Saturday's 13-race card are the $100,000 Chick Lang Stakes; the $100,000 James Murphy Stakes; the $75,000 Rollicking Stakes and the $40,000 Deputed Testamony. First post is 10:45 a.m.


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Tokyo -- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) announced today that a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco) has issued a verdict against Toshiba in the amount of US$87 million due to alleged antitrust practices in the LCD business. Given credits for settlements by other defendants, Toshiba expects that it will not have to pay any damages as a result of this verdict, even after trebling under US antitrust laws.
This class action was filed in 2007 by direct purchasers of LCD panels and related products in the United States.
Toshiba has consistently maintained that there was no illegal activity on its part in the LCD business in the United States, and Toshiba continues to hold that view. While Toshiba appreciates the jury's time and effort, Toshiba believes that the jury's verdict is in error as to the finding of wrongdoing on Toshiba's part. Toshiba plans to pursue all available legal avenues to correct that finding.
At this time, Toshiba does not plan to revise projections for fiscal 2012 business performance due to this matter.


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New PS4 A PC: RPS DECLARES VICTORY
At Sony's interminable live conference revealing the PS4, it was announced that it's built on an x86 CPU, includes an "enhanced PC GPU", along with a local hard drive (although no mention of SSD). And it comes with 8GB of GDDR5 memory. Also announced are other features that have that nagging sense of familiarity, including live streaming of games, and the ability to stream yourself playing games. It's a PC!
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If you are in the mood for a delightful and different San Diego shopping experience, you must treat yourself to the Bazaar Del Mundo Shops San Diego for outstanding shopping in San Diego. A lively and colorful entry to San Diego's Old Town community, Diane Powers' locally owned and operated Bazaar del Mundo Shops capture all the warmth of Old Mexico in an intimate setting. Shoppers will find a vast selection of treasures and specialty items from Latin America and around the world including folk art, crafts, gifts, women's fashion, jewelry, fair trade merchandise and home décor, all carefully hand-selected in vibrant colors and designs.
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Car companies just love to drip-feed information to the motoring press before launching a new model. Instead of releasing all the details in one big bang then having the car in question fade into obscurity they'll slowly eke out the drama - sometimes over many months - to keep interest ticking over.
Take the next Lexus IS. It's not being shown to the public until January next year at the Detroit auto show and doesn't arrive in Australia until about mid-2013.
Yet Drive has driven it already. The only problem is we only have a vague idea of what it looks like. Well, kinda-sorta anyway.
Lexus gave us an early steer in the IS250 and IS350 models that will initially be available in Australia. They were fully coated in the kind of camouflage used to deter spy photographers hoping to get an early peak at a new model: black vinyl cladding with swirly white patterns over every panel, plastic sheets and insulation tape on most interior surfaces and not a badge to be seen anywhere.
If they were zebra on the Serengeti plains, a pride of lions would walk right past without noticing. Pieces of tape had to be stuck to the windscreens to identify which car we were hopping into.
Unfortunately, on the streets of Los Angeles where the drive program was conducted they stood out like kangaroos in the Arctic and few pedestrians with a smartphone avoided the temptation to snap off a pic or two.
Lexus also provided a closed racetrack environment to explore the handling of its new baby. With claims from the company that the new IS250 and IS350 are more sporty than BMW's 3-series, the wide expanse of asphalt in the car park at Santa Anita's (horse racing) track was a good place to find out.
The IS350's 3.5-litre V6 is obviously more powerful than the 2.5-litre IS250, and although exact horsepower figures were not divulged (drip, drip) it's a fair bet that it will have similar to the GS350's 233kW, compared to the GS250's 154kW engine.
The IS350 also gets an eight-speed auto and there's no shortage of straight-line acceleration. Plant the right foot and it leaps forward, with an accompanying growl and whoosh from the specially tuned engine air intake. In this respect, the usual Lexus quest for silent motoring has gone out the window.
Neither is the IS250 a performance slouch and, if anything, it has an even more aggressive engine note.
Suspension in the IS is a modified version of that in the GS (it shares a shortened platform with its bigger brother) and it provides a much stiffer front end and more grip at the rear than the current car.
That means the rear tyres of the rear-drive IS stick to the tarmac even when serious amounts of throttle are applied through corners; enough to push the front tyres a little wide.
Chief engineer Junichi Furuyama says that while he has driven the Toyota 86 sport coupe (Toyota is Lexus' parent company) there was no intention to mimic its tail-happy handling attitude in the IS. This cannot be doubted.
Any driving impressions do, however, come with greater than the usual caveats of having been driven on foreign rather than Australian roads. These cars were hand-built prototypes, not production-line builds, and Furuyama-san says they are about 90 per cent of what you'd expect from showroom versions. Exterior and interior styling excepted, presumably.
The steering is well weighted and communicative and the total impression is of a car with a solid feel for the road that feeds its intentions back to the driver and is more than just pleasant to drive; it's also fast and entertaining.
That would mean little if the IS didn't have the kind of luxurious attributes customers might expect from Lexus. On the road, the indications are those expectations may be exceeded.
California's abysmal freeway surfaces full of potholes and gaps between concrete slabs were dispatched with disdain by the suspension of the IS, which rode over them quietly and smoothly, with a minimum of float or other unwanted body movements.
Normal IS variants get a three-mode dial that adjusts throttle and transmission calibrations for eco, normal and sport modes. The IS 350 F Sport model we drove added to that a "Sport-plus" mode that further attenuates the adjustable damping in the suspension.
On winding canyon roads it felt a little softer than the conventionally damped IS250, but both maintained the track impression of high rear grip levels, tactile steering and, in the IS350's case, bounteous performance. Levels of tyre and wind noise are very low, so progress was silent as well as swift, apart from the occasional gruff blurt from under the bonnet.
An early call on the IS versus 3-Series dynamics would be better ride control and steering for the Lexus and more neutral handling in the BMW. Just don't hold us to that one indefinitely, though.
Lexus has fitted seats that are low-set, soft and grippy but there was little else to be gleaned from the camouflaged interior apart from one major point.
Because this IS is longer than the current model by 75mm, and the wheelbase (the distance between front and rear wheels) is 70mm longer, more space has been liberated for knee room in the rear seat.
This particular weakness of the current car has been largely remedied: the door openings are wider, knee room is greatly enhanced (by a whopping 90mm according to Lexus) and there's even a little more elbow room in the 12mm wider body.
The boot was locked but has been designed to carry the hybrid IS300h version's - which Australia will probably get at a later date - battery pack under its floor, so available boot space is still a mystery.
The rear also gets air conditioning vents and up front it looked like a similar set-up to the GS with twin cup-holders and a mouse-like controller for the info screen that could have been atop the dashboard. Our car's flat plastic door trims will also presumably contain storage pockets when production commences. Drip, drip.
What could be gleaned from the exterior design was a GS-like grille opening and distinctive brake ducts in the front end, plus what could possibly have been small panels separating the headlamps from the lower daytime running lights. The flanks have a pronounced outward flare below the window lines, a lower crease that runs into the rear wheel arches and the boot lid possibly has a small integrated spoiler.
All that will be revealed in a month or so but for now the verdict is that the IS250 is a much more serious driver's car with plenty of horsepower and the right engine noise, very capable on-road dynamics, more interior space particularly in the rear and high levels of refinement in terms of ride quality and noise suppression.
Other than that, we're comfortably in the dark.
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FA looking into ball-boy incident
The Football Association is reviewing the footage of Eden Hazard's red card for kicking a ball boy at Swansea.
The Belgium international was dismissed by referee Chris Foy after he lost patience during the closing stages of Wednesday night's Capital One Cup semi-final, second leg match at the Liberty Stadium as ball boy Charlie Morgan refused to hand over the ball after it had gone out for a goal-kick.
Morgan fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the Blues forward then trying to kick it from under him but appearing to instead make contact with the youngster.
Hazard escaped criminal action over his conduct after Morgan and his father, Swansea director and hotel owner Martin, decided not to press charges.
But Press Association Sport has been told the FA is looking into the incident.
Hazard already faces an automatic three-match ban but a suspension can be increased in "exceptional circumstances".
There have been strong opinions voiced over the incident.
Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin claimed he would have done the same as Hazard and branded Morgan's behaviour as "disgraceful".
Nevin told BBC Radio Five Live: "I would have kicked the ball out from underneath the ball boy if he had been lying like that, 100 per cent.
"I was very, very disappointed by the way the ball boy acted, and I say 'acted'. He must have been watching footballers, the way he rolled around and pretended to be more injured."


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The number of people who live to age 90 and beyond has tripled in the past 30 years to 2 million and is projected to quadruple by 2050, according to the Census Bureau. The number of 65 and older grew 15.1% since 2000 to 40.3 million or 13% of the total population.
If for no other reason than we are entrenched in the elder care field through our work, we understand better than most the vulnerable nature of the elder citizen. Abuse comes in many forms: financial, sexual, social (isolation for example), neglect, physical, and emotional, with financial and emotional seen most often.
Part of the problem is the lack of reporting of this terrifying type of abuse. One reason for the lack of reporting is that many, if not most, of the abusers are the caregivers who are entrusted with caring for the elder they end up abusing. Why would they report that fact that they abused their charge?
"The National Academy of Sciences estimates that only one in fourteen cases comes to the attention of authorities." On a related note, "The Elder Justice Act passed in 2010, but has received zero funding while states cut budgets." (Ibid.) Internationally, it is estimated that abuse occurs to between 2.5% and 6% of elder people of 65 years of age.
Those who are most vulnerable to abuse are: • Those in need of high levels of support and care from a family member • Women who have experienced domestic violence • Those who are isolated from neighbors, family, and/or community • Those people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are socially isolated, without English language skills and wholly dependent on family members • People suffering from dementia who might be confused about their property, belongings and/or surroundings • Frail older people whose own aggressive and violent behavior, or personality change associated with dementia or chronic illness might provoke abuse • Those indigenous older people in communities where cultural obligations make it difficult for them to say no to pressure for money Source: Office for Ageing, 2007, New South Wales
Two areas of intervention are required: early intervention or prevention and after abuse support. With regard to the latter, the use of abuse shelters for the elderly is finally beginning to take hold; at least they are making a presence in this under supported area. Places such as the Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Bronx, New York City and the Cedar Village Retirement Community in the Cincinnati area of Mason are beginning to open their doors to support abused elders. However, very, very few of these facilities are available and funding for such facilities is nearly non-existent.
With such a poor showing of "after-the-fact" support, it is incumbent on caregivers, community agencies, and companies such as Visiting Angels to provide early intervention to help prevent the rising number of elder abuse cases.
Some key strategies for preventing abuse include: • Encouraging and supporting older people to stay active and socially connected • Ensuring that older people have access to independent information and advice prior to making decisions about financial and housing matters • Educating older people to assert their rights and gain support where necessary • Facilitating older people's use of powers of attorney and guardianship which can enable them to plan for and have choice over who will have control over their affairs if they lose capacity in the future • Educating professionals to identify and respond to abuse, and, • Raising community awareness of abuse Source: The Benevolent Society of Australia, Paddington, NSW, Australia, Abuse of Older People: Research to Practice Briefing 3, February 2010.
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EU ambassador, former Irish prime minister Bruton to speak
John Bruton, the European Union's ambassador to the United States, will speak on "The Trans-Atlantic Relationship: A Thing of the Past or of the Future?" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Bruton is the former prime minister of Ireland, who during his time in office from 1994 to 1997 helped transform the Irish economy into the "Celtic Tiger," one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
Bruton has served as EU ambassador to the United States since 2004. He has met with Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush and other American government leaders to discuss the importance of the EU-U.S. relationship in matters of trade, counterterrorism, public health, energy, the environment and the promotion of peace, democracy and human rights around the world.
From 1999 until his appointment as ambassador, Bruton was one of 10 vice presidents of the European People's Party, which brings together the leadership of 74 European political parties. He served as a leading member of the convention that drafted the proposed European Constitution, which was signed in October 2004.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the European Union Program.


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Asiana Airlines confirms it will sue KTVU-TV over broadcast of racist fake pilot names
Updated at 1:16 p.m. ET
SEOUL, South Korea Asiana Airlines announced Monday that it was going to sue a San Francisco TV station that it said damaged the airline's reputation by using bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on a plane that crashed earlier this month in San Francisco.
An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air Friday and then apologized after a break. The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phony names listed alongside a photo of the burned-out plane that had crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring dozens.
Video of the report has spread widely across the Internet since it was broadcast.
The National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] has also apologized, saying a summer intern erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew.
NTSB spokesperson Kelly Nantel told CBSNews.com that KTVU-TV called with the list of names and asked to confirm them. The names were read to the NTSB intern who erroneously confirmed them, as they were read.
Asiana has decided to sue KTVU-TV to "strongly respond to its racially discriminatory report" that disparaged Asians, Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said. She said the airline will likely file suit in U.S. courts.
She said the report seriously damaged Asiana's reputation. Asiana decided not to sue the NTSB because it said it was the TV station report, not the U.S. federal agency that damaged the airline's reputation. Lee did not elaborate.
KTVU-TV did not immediately reply to emails sent by The Associated Press or CBSNews.com seeking comment.
The four pilots, who underwent questioning by a U.S. and South Korean joint investigation team while in the U.S., returned to South Korea on Saturday. South Korean officials plan to conduct separate interviews with them, South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said.


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text: Venom1956 Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Hey all I use my PC for everything. Movies, Music and some gaming. I used to have a small 50 watt 2.1 system from years ago. Then I upgraded to the Logitech 2.1 Z623 loved em! shook my house great for movies, games, music was so so. Then I guess the amp burned out, causing the sub to fail, replacements would've taken 9 weeks. So I got a refund and purchases the Corsair SP-2500s which I am using now. I am hesitant of getting another set I've read numerous articles of the under powered amp burning out. They are pretty good sound great but I have to crank the volume on them 95% power and it just seems like the 8" sub is working waaaaaaaaaay to hard during music. Now I've been told if I get and amplified sound card such as the Xonar DX or D1 that will greatly increase the quality of the SP-2500s output and won't have to have the volume cranked and help the sub performance. Can anyone here verify this? These were supposed to be superior to the Z623 in everyway... I'd like to get a system with a 10" sub and looked at the Logitech Z906 now the old Logitech Z-5500 are back on their website? Which I've always read are superior to the Z906 in everyway. Or would I have better luck just assembling a system myself? with a receiver a powered sub and 2 speakers? Really hope I can figure this out soon. I just want great 2.1 sound (room is to small for 5.1) I'd like separate inputs to the sub and the speakers so I can fiddle each of them. I'm guessing I'll need a new soundcard rather then just my 5.1 onboard. I don't wanna have to worry about my system burning itself out from working to hard. Thank you. Edited April 16, 2012 by Venom1956 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (May 26, 2013) - Khaled Mohamed, winner of the inaugural Maryland Eastern Shore Spelling Bee, is in Washington, D.C. where this week he will vie to be recognized as the nation's top speller.
The 13-year-old seventh-grader from Salisbury is among 281 elementary and middle school students participating in the 86th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Khaled, who attends Bennett Middle School, estimates he spent hundreds of hours over the past two months studying material that every competitor who qualifies for the national event receives.
Before heading to Washington, Khaled expressed confidence he did everything possible to prepare for the competition, but he also said he was humbled to represent the Lower Shore.
After preliminary rounds Tuesday and Wednesday - including a vocabulary test - no more than 50 of the 281 competitors will qualify for the semi-finals. The final round will air on ESPN Thursday night (May 30).
The national spelling winner will receive a $30,000 cash prize from Scripps, a $2,500 savings bond from dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster and $2,000 worth of study materials from Encyclopedia Britannica.
Khaled bested 46 other spellers from public and private schools in Somerset and Wicomico counties to win a local competition held March 9 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
UMES is one of 13 universities sponsoring competitors at the 2013 event, and the lone historically black institution.
Scripps, the national sponsor, estimates 11 million students were competitors during the 2012-13 school year. Two "spellebrities," as Scripps calls its national bee participants, have participated in the event four previous times. Two competitors are siblings of previous winners.
It took 13 rounds in 2012 and 723 words before a winner emerged. Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego spelled guetapens correctly.
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Turns out some guy named Edgar Wright directed "Shaun of the Dead". I was 99% sure Simon Pegg did so egg on my face. And now there's news that Edgar has been placed in charge of telling Johnny Depp what to do in the new film "The Night Stalker". The movie revolves around a reporter who hunts down all kind of fun beasts like vampires, monsters and aliens. Sounds like a hoot if you ask me. You didn't though. Cause you're a jerk.
There's so many horror related shows being worked on right now it's hard to keep up and 75% of them revolve around cults. "Midnight Sun" is one of those shows and we've learned today that Michael Raymond-James of "True Blood" fame, will play the second in command of the police force trying to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a cult in Alaska. Cults are so hot right now. We should start one or something.
Bianca Kajlich is officially joining the cast of the new monster movie "Dark Was The Knight". Kajlich will play the wife of a small town sheriff trying to fend off a band of monsters that have been unleashed on the world. For those of you not familiar with her work she's on the TV show "Rules of Engagement" and was the lead in "Halloween: Resurrection". That's all I can say about her because my wife reads this and I'd like the locks to be the same when I get home tonight.
If I was Disney and I was looking for a guy to write the script for the movie based on the Matterhorn ride my first pick would be the guy who wrote "Scream 3". Hands down. I kid of course but Ehren Kruger has been confirmed none the less. Are you excited? I'm not. I'm sorry. I just can't lie to you.
Damon Lidelof is the fella who penned "Lost" and the upcoming movie "Cowboys & Aliens" has been handed more money than I'll ever see in my life to write a new Sci-Fi silm for the fine people at Disney. No real details yet on what the movie will be about but word is the project will extent beyond the cinema. Which could really mean anything. TV show, action figure line or maybe in a few years I'll riding in a car shaped like Lindelof's head on the new "1952" ride at Disney World. It's going to be magical.
A romp of new images from the set of "Piranha 3DD" have hit the tubes and it looks like the blood action at the local water park is in full swing. For the second film a local Lake Havasu water park has been turned into "Big Wet Waterpark" and I assume after filming wraps they either have to detox the entire area or just burn the park to the ground and call it a day. And if you're wondering, a romp is what they call a group of otters. We learned something today!
Mexican actor Diego Luna is reportedly being courted for a role in up coming Neill Blomkamp alien flick titled "Elysium". the film is the follow up to Blomkamp's 2009 epic "District 9" and has already cast Matt Damon and Jodie Foster as earthlings who face an alien onslaught. Sounds like things are going to get caliente on the set my friends! Aye que rico, me pone loca!
John Hlavin who wrote the script for "Underworld 4: New Dawn" is in talks to develop a script for a big screen adaptation of the board game of global domination "Risk". This is just the latest board game to be added to the ever growing list of adaptations and I for one can't wait to see the giant CGI pop-o-matic bubble once someone decided to make "Trouble" a movie.
If you haven't seen "Scream 4" yet than I don't want to spoil it for you but without saying too much Wes Craven sat down recently to drop that there will most likely be another 2 films in the series. You see at the end someone ends up being the murderer and that will most likely cause a lot more issues for someone else and a few other people. Then some things happen.
Looks like there's trouble in Oz my friends. Sam Rami and the good people at Disney appear to be having a disagreement over the casting in the upcoming flick "Oz: The Great and Powerful". Apparently Rami wants Hillary Swank to play one of the main witches and Disney wants Michelle Williams. I haven't been contacted for my opinion but if pressed I'd have to say I don't care either way. Mark it down!
All the world has Mortal Kombat fever right now kids and the recent spike in interest of the classic video game is pushing the long held up next film in the franchise along. Looks like not only is Warner Brothers very interested in making a new film based on the game but also with the classics Space Invaders and Rampage. Sweet lord how I loved Rampage when I was a kid. My fat little digits making a giant Gorilla, Werewolf and Lizard fight each other. It was like heaven.
"House at the End of the Street", which focuses on a girl who moves in next door to a house where a double murder takes place and then befriends the one survivor, has been given a February 3, 2012 release date. Elisabeth Shue stars as the girl's mother so look for countless "MILF" references on that podcast in just under a year from now.
It's time to get excited! Thousands of white trash tattoos will once again be cool now that the artist H.R. Giger has agreed to come on board to help develop the as yet untitled "Alien" prequel. Even more surprising? H.R. Giger is still alive! Who knew!?
It's always nice when the big Hollywood types fess up to their short comings. Like Mr. Sam Worthington who has finally gone on record as saying maybe the "Clash of the Titans" remake was kind of crap. He has yet to apologize for having the dreamiest eyes in the world though.
And just when you thought the Zombies have done it all a movie comes along called "Ninja Zombies". The film is apparently about a group of ninjas, that are also zombies. You probably could have guessed that from the title, but then I have no reason to be here. You wouldn't do that to me, would you?
If you don't like Disney and all their magic then you are a whiny little prick who hates fun and all things good. That's a fact. As a horror fan how could you not be excited to see them putting together a movie about the "Museum of the Weird"? The film is based on a Disneyland attraction that never was. If you have bad things to say about this I will fight you.
Now becoming a daily occurrence, the upcoming "Fright Night" remake is in the news once more! The official casting appears to be over as the movie has been given a release date of October 7, 2011.
Even though the current season of HBO's "True Blood" is only two episodes in, the big wigs love it so much they've already renewed the show for a fourth season in 2011.
There's a new horror channel coming to your TV on October 1st, even though it's not exactly new; FEARnet has announced it will become a linear cable channel as opposed to its current on demand status. The channel will be broadcast in high def and hopefully remain uncut.
Disney appears to be poised to start on its first movie property after their buyout of Marvel comics as they've hired "Conan" scribes Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to pen a feature length Doctor Strange film.
More whimsy than you can handle this week as we review Casey's staff pick of "Something Wicked this Way Comes".


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Etihad seeks to buy Air Berlin loyalty programme
Frankfurt, December 5, 2012
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways intends to take control of Air Berlin's frequent flyer loyalty programme TopBonus, according to a filing placed with competition regulator the Austrian Cartel Authority on Wednesday.
Air Berlin said last month it was in advanced talks to sell a majority shareholding in TopBonus and that it expected to conclude a deal by the end of this year. It declined to give details on the potential buyer at that time.
Asked to comment on Wednesday, Air Berlin and Etihad, which owns a 29.12 percent stake in the German carrier, only said they would disclose more details once negotiations were concluded.
The Austrian regulator said on its website that it was informed of the merger plans on December 4.
Air Berlin, which has not made an operating profit since 2007, plans to disclose details of a plan to rationalise the business by the end of the year.
The airline, Germany's second biggest after Lufthansa , had said last month it was confident the sale of TopBonus would help narrow the operating loss for this year. - Reuters


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he Big Four are no more. At least not in Boston.
Free agent guard Ray Allen agreed to sign Friday evening with the Miami Heat, ending his five-year run in Boston that was highlighted by two Finals trips for the Celtics, including the 2008 championship. Allen chose Miami over Boston, Memphis and Minnesota, giving the Heat a potentially lethal perimeter option to go along with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Boshnext season.
The 37-year-old Allen visited Miami Thursday and left town Friday morning after being courted by the Heat organization. He was supposed to visit the Clippers on Friday, but that visit was cancelled after Los Angeles agreed to terms with free agent guard Jamal Crawford on Wednesday. Allen never met with the Grizzlies or Timberwolves.
The Celtics had been optimistic that theyd be able to re-sign Allen after agreeing to terms last week with Kevin Garnett on a three-year deal and reaching terms on Thursday with forward Brandon Bass.
Allen took less money to go to Miami. All the Heat had to offer was the taxpayers exception that starts at $3.09 million next season and can go out a maximum of three years and $9.5 million. Boston had offered a two-year, $12 million deal, and the Grizzlies were willing to give Allen their full non-taxpayer mid-level exception that starts at $5 million next season and can go out as long as four years.
Heat owner Micky Arison broke the news on his Twitter account Friday, writing, Its 2:30am in London and I was just woken up with great news. Welcome to the family #20!!
Allen came to Boston in 2007 in a Draft day deal that sent him and Glen Davis to Boston to the then-Seattle SuperSonics for the number five overall pick, guard Delonte West and forward Wally Szczerbiak. (That pick became forward Jeff Green, now a free agent expected to re-sign with Boston after missing all of last season with a heart ailmentthough a source had indicated earlier Friday, before Allens decision was public, that Green was waiting before deciding to re-up in Boston, in part to see if Allen would stay with Boston.)
Garnett had initially balked at signing an extension with Boston when the Timberwolves and Celtics were discussing a trade, but after Allens arrival in Boston, Garnett quickly accepted the deal, and a new Celtics Era was born.
With Garnett and Paul Pierce (and, in recent years, guard Rajon Rondo), Allen made the Celtics a formidable veteran team that could grind playoff games out. He had several clutch postseason performances in Boston, including seven three-pointers in the Celtics series-clinching Game 6 rout of the Lakers in the 2008 Finals. He had played that series while his son, Walker, was hospitalized and nearly died after being diagnosed with diabetes.
This past season, however, Allen was slowed by ankle injuries. He lost his starting job to second-year guard Avery Bradley down the stretch in the regular season, and was never comfortable coming off the bench. Allen got the starting job back during the playoffs after Bradley suffered separations in both shoulders.
The likelihood of diminished playing time in Boston in future yearsthe Celtics agreed to terms this week with veteran Jason Terry on a three-year dealalong with occasional friction with Rondo always made a return to Boston an iffy proposition. Still, through most of this week, the Celtics were hopeful. Now, theyll go on another path, while Walter Ray Allen, the NBAs all-time leader in three-pointers made, takes his talents to South Beach.
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The Trump administration's decision to let states impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients may result, ironically enough, in more red states expanding the health care program, according to report by the Associated Press.
Democrats and advocacy groups had criticized the administration's move, saying it would make it harder for poor Americans to get care. And 15 Kentucky residents sued the federal government Wednesday, challenging the work mandate.
But in other states, the option of imposing work requirements is reviving calls for expanding Medicaid, the AP says.
The appeal of Medicaid expansion is clear enough for the states, since it means billions of federal dollars for medical providers and more health care for residents. But conservatives have long worried about providing too much help for "able-bodied adults," who in their view should be taking care of themselves. Adding a work requirement for Medicaid recipients could ease those fears, making it easier politically to expand health care programs for the poor.
Mike Leavitt, the former Republican governor of Utah, told the AP, "Republicans want Medicaid to help people who are doing their best to become self-sufficient but need temporary help to get there."


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A whirlwind start to the weekend
I'm going to preface my blog with this...put up with Saturday and then your Sunday will be looking a lot better.
Okay, now bear with me as we talk about Saturday. It's going to be pretty gloomy overall, with mostly cloudy skies and a fair amount of wind will stick around as well. This morning, we've already seen gusts of 20-30 MPH for Northwest Arkansas and that's likely to be the case for everyone through this afternoon and evening. In addition, we'll have scattered showers on tap, and maybe even some thundershowers popping up into late afternoon and this evening. I don't think they'll be big rainmakers overall, but you may want to grab a jacket so you don't get too wet while you're out and about.
But now for Sunday. Definitely the better looking half of the weekend. We'll start out with a bit of cloud cover and maybe a few stray showers, but by afternoon, it's all sunshine. And borderline balmy temperatures too! We've got low to mid 70s in store for Northwest Arkansas and...wait for it...in the upper 70s if not outright 80° for Fort Smith and the River Valley!
But the warmth won't last long! We'll settle back into more seasonable temps in the low to mid 60s for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
The next big weather maker on tap looks to be a system moving through for Thursday into Friday. It may even get cold enough for snow flurries! But we're still a LONG ways out and the models are having a difficult time getting a grasp on what will play out into next weekend still. But we'll keep an eye on it and let you know what ends up looking most likely as we get closer.
In the meantime, have a GREAT rest of your Saturday, everyone!


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Well, there are those who thought it would never come. Most of those were me, in the face of University, a seeming impossible obstacle to surmount. Yet, never the less, I have found the time, and, more importantly, the energy and will to host, yet again..
The Mini Castle Contest VI
Create a smaller than minifig scale castle MOC.
Check out the last 5 if you want a bit more information on the subject: MCC I, MCC II, MCC III, MCC IV, MCC V.
For the best place online to find mini MOC inspiration and examples, check out Bruce's (and I am a poster there) Microbricks.
1. The creation must be castle based. By this I mean pretty much anything that was around in medieval times.
2. The creation can be Ninja and/or Ancient times and/or Viking.
3. The creation's base size cannot exceed 32x32 studs.
4. There is no piece or height restriction.
5. You may use customized pieces, but not pieces from any clone brands.
6. You may enter as many entries as you want, but try to go for quality as opposed to quantity.
7. You may enter creations built and posted online before this contest, but they must have been built within the last 6 months.
8. You may not enter creations entered in any other contest, past, present or future.
There are two distinct categories. The first is the miscellaneous category. Basically while the other one has a specific requirement, this one is for everything else. If it's not specifically for the other category, it goes here.
Ancient Civilization
Our other category this year is for MOCs of Ancient civilizations. Build something from the Egyptians, Romans, Greek, Babylonians, even fake ones like Atlanteans, whatever strikes your fancy. Rule 1 does not apply here.
The deadline for entries is midnight (CC server time), October 31st. This contest ends just as the CCC VIII starts.
First place for the main category will be a #7948 Outpost Attack. Graciously donated by our good friend Sir Nelson.
Second prize for the main category is a #5614 The Wizard impulse set.
Since there seems to be as many Ancient category entrys as the main so far, I decided to go with equal prizes.
First place in the Ancient Category is a specially made minifig utilizing Brickforge "ancient" accessories. Our good, and generous, friend Rick-ricks has graciously donated it. No picture avaliable at this time....consider it a suprise.
Second place is the Dwarf Key Chain.
The judges will consist of a three person panel. Me, myself and I.
You may submit as many pictures for your entry as you want. But please, keep them under 1024x768 pixels. And if you post a picture in this thread, please keep them in them sized to forum regulations (no bigger than 500Wx400H).
You may submit entries by replying to this thread.
So best of luck to all who enter our sixth year of this contest. If you have any questions, please post them here and I will get at them as quickly as I can. As I mentioned up top there, I am in University this year, and may very well be somewhat busier. This shouldn't affect response time noticeably, but it could happen, so bear with me.


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Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant
Associate Professor of the Practice of Music
Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant serves as Associate Professor of the Practice of Music, Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony, and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Music Department. She also conducts the Durham Medical Orchestra. Verena grew up in Eberschwang, Austria. She began piano lessons at the age of 6, continuing later with church organ, flute, and bassoon.
Her conducting debut at age 16 was followed by a three-year fundamental conducting course taught by Johann Mösenbichler. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant then studied conducting for symphony orchestra with Ingo Ingensand at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Upper Austria, and received her bachelor degree, with distinction, in 2005. She completed her Master of Music in 2007 with Kevin Sedatole at Michigan State University. Verena graduated in May 2009 with her DMA in Wind Ensemble Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin where her principal conducting teacher was Jerry Junkin.
Dr. Mösenbichler-Bryant serves as Executive Director of the annual international World Youth Wind Orchestra Project (WYWOP), and in 2017 the first World Adult Wind Orchestra Project (WAWOP) as part of the Mid-Europe festival in Schladming, Austria (www.mideurope.at.) Other professional engagements have included a position as Wind Ensemble conductor at the UNC School of the Arts, three years as the conductor of the Hofkirchen community band, and conducting the youth band of Eberschwang.
Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant's transcription of John Corigliano's Grammy- winning work, Mr. Tambourine Man, for Wind Ensemble and Amplified Soprano, published by G. Schirmer, has received strong praise from the composer, and has received numerous performances since its 2009 premiere. She has also published an article in GIA's respected Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. Verena serves frequently as a guest conductor and clinician across the United States, Japan, as well as in her native Austria.
More information at verenaconductor.com
- D.M.A., University of Texas, Austin 2009
- M.Mus., Michigan State University 2007


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The Marin-based nonprofit is dedicated to encouraging and supporting dance as a means of developing community.
(December 1, 2011, San Anselmo, CA) Social Dance Cultures, a nonprofit organization focused on endeavors related specifically to Argentine Tango, welcomes Peter Ivory and Lanny Udell to its Board of Directors.
A cinematographer and photographer, Ivory has been dancing Argentine Tango for over eight years and has been active in the tango community in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. "I am joining the board because I feel that the tango community can benefit from the visual representation of the dance," says Ivory. Udell, a San Rafael-based marketing writer and consultant, has been studying tango for four years. She looks forward to assisting with the marketing and PR efforts of Social Dance Cultures. "I am thrilled to be working with Debbie Goodwin and the other board members to bring the passion of tango to a broader community through performances, classes and video," she says.
We are very excited to have Lanny and Peter joining the Social Dance Cultures Board, says Goodwin. "Being a part of the Argentine Tango scene in Marin, they understand the profound impact this dance has in one's life, how it creates a deeper connection with others and within oneself. Their ideas, enthusiasm and skills are engaging and we are already seeing the effects in our budding community!"
Also serving on the board are John Campbell, treasurer, and Terence Clark, secretary.
About Social Dance Cultures
Social Dance Cultures is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to encouraging and supporting dance as a means of developing community. Social Dance Cultures serves as the umbrella organization for several worthy groups. The all-women dance company Tango Con*Fusión explores gender roles and interpersonal relationships through performance of modern dance pieces informed by the themes of Argentine Tango. Alma Del Tango brings dance classes, lecture demonstrations and performances to the Marin County community. TangoCalifia supports scholarships for dance education and free public social dances in San Francisco. Alma Video Productions engages in documenting dance performances that would otherwise disappear with the fading sounds of the last note of music. The organization also assists other artists in their dance-related film or video projects by providing equipment and technical assistance.
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"Jamaica Farewell," a solo show created by a Los Angeles-based actress named Debra Ehrhardt, is to have a Chicago run at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., beginning May 4.
The mostly autobiographical piece tells of the Kingston-born Ehrhardt's personal journey from Jamaica, the land of her birth, to America (with the help of a handsome CIA agent), along with her struggles and triumphs once she arrived on these shores, first in New York, replete with her strong Jamaican accent. It's directed by Joel Zwick, the director of the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," as well as several Hershey Felder shows. The producers, Meadowbrook Entertainment, say that Ehrhardt's story already has been optioned for a movie.
"Jamaica Farewell" was previously produced at both the New York Fringe Festival and at the Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles, and had a five-day run last year at the Theatre Place in New Kingston, Jamaica.


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The full 20 minute press conference with DA John Champion is available HERE. After some initial review, here is some takeaway.
Champion outlines not only the timeline for Jessica's activity on December 6th, but he also inadvertently timelines the investigative authority. Confirmed within the press conference is a confirmation the Panola County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Denis Darby, was the first law enforcement agency to respond to the murder (Saturday 12/6/14).
The next agency to assist on the case was the US Marshals Service (USMS), who became involved the next evening (Sunday 12/7/14), which is the same day DA Champion responded to the crime by arriving in Courtland Sunday afternoon.
The third agency was the Federal and/or State Alcohol Tobbacco and Firearms (ATF) team who engaged by the end of the first week due to the arson aspect of the case. Those agencies were soon followed by the FBI who, according to Champion and Darby, they asked for forensic and technical assistance.
This agency aspect affirms all of our prior research and becomes important because it affirms the USMS was active in the area in some capacity prior to the event that led to Jessica's death.
Some people have speculated that Jessica might have been subject to the Federal Witness Protection program (WitSec) due to the speed of USMS involvement. While that is wildly speculative, given the nature of the inconsistencies within the known details, it actually cannot be ruled out.
Why would a District Attorney be lead investigator? Why would the USMS be so rapidly involved? Why would a crime scene be so disengenuously handled? Why would the most critical evidence, the burned vehicle, be removed from the scene within an hour?
These brutally odd factual realities, along with a few more less conspicuous outcomes, support those who theorize the WitSec aspect – and keep the consideration from being dismissed completely.
Back to the Champion Press Conference. Just like every time Sheriff Darby or DA Champion speaks to the public there are some wildly non-understandable outcomes as a result of the content they deliver.
Champion gives a timeline for Jessica's activity on the day in question. The activity is based on CCTV capturing her movements, interviews with people who talked to or saw her on the day in question, and USMS technological forensics in tracking her cell phone; this is called geo-location.
The "geo-location" capability of the USMS is the most technologically advanced in the entire Federal arsenal of law enforcement. The USMS also have "stingray" technology, which are devices that capture EXTENSIVE transmitted data; because they are known to have been conducting some kind of activity in the area it is quite possible 'stingray' units were already in place.
Regardless of Stingray deployment the traditional cell tower ping logs and geo-location from GPS would still be highly accurate in locating the signal from Jessica's cell phone.
The cell phone tracking is what was used (mostly) by Champion to frame and focus the media during press conference.
However, it should be noted -early and often- that phone tracking is only that, tracking a phone. The assumption is the phone is with the owner; regardless of probability this is an assumption and not a verifiable fact.
It is assumed that Jessica's phone was on her person during the timeline presented.
Additionally, it must also be noted that just because the phone is operable, this does not evidence the health or well-being of Jessica while the phone was "on" or "trackable". Again, the assumption is that Jessica was alive and well during the timeline as described.
According to DA Chambers Jessica was home, or near home, for most of the day up to a point at approximately 5:00pm when she left home to run errands as described by her mother Lisa Daugherty:
♦ Sometime shortly after 5:00pm Jessica received a phone call and she left home. The caller is identified and as a friend, and Champion said "no bearing on the case".
♦ Her immediate travel took her to the M&M First Stop gas station where she was identified on CCTV at 5:24pm
♦ She then travels to a "residence" (confirmed "house") shortly before 6:00pm where she stayed for 5-7 minutes.
♦ She leaves the residence (headed North) and at 6:10 pm is identified at SR #51 and Highway #6 in Batesville where she is identified in the area (via private CCTV) for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
♦ The timeline then puts Jessica back in Courtland area at 6:30pm (location not given) where a timeline void begins for almost an hour.
♦ At 7:31 pm her phone is identified in the area where she was later found. It is assumed she is with the phone.
♦ From approximately 6:30pm to 7:31pm her activity and location, according to DA Champion, *is not known. This is the period he is requesting the public to provide assistance with.
♦ At 8:09pm a call to the fire department is made.
♦ At 8:13pm the Panola Volunteer fire department arrive. Within minutes, according to responding Fire Chief Cole Haley, he calls for a paramedic, an air ambulance, and a direct call for P1 (Sheriff Darby)
♦ At 9:30pm Jessica's burned vehicle is photographed on a tow truck at M&M gas station.
Thank You Diane for the graphic.
In addition, in direct relationship to the missing hour (6:30pm to 7:31pm) Lisa Daugherty has claimed to have had a phone conversation with Jessica for "twenty minutes". According to Daugherty the call was from 6:48pm to 7:08pm (she also said 7:13pm). Daugherty discussion/interview HERE.
Which begs the obvious question, if Daugherty was talking to Jessica at that time, why is the USMS unable to detect the phone use with the data forensics employed for the rest of the timeline. [Yet another, odd and unanswered question skipped by the media.]
In my humble opinion, this missing hour aspect is intentionally created by Champion.
If you try to reconcile the "claimed" absence of phone tracking, against their obvious ability to track the phone, you might also note something about the presser and subsequent Q&A interview – if you watch the video.
DA John Champion has 'no reference notes', yet he is explaining a timeline. Meaning, and/or implying, he is delivering information with an intent to use the media for more than just delivery of critical detail.
He is using the media for a purpose; the purpose, in my opinion, is not just to deliver a timeline.
What that purpose is remains unknown, but this press conference is not just to ask for the public's assistance – he is creating something. Again, assuming Daugherty is accurate and not lying about talking to Jessica, it could be Champion is protecting something (a witness?) by trying to say they don't have any information around a time which they should easily have.
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ISLAMABAD - At least 36 foreign national militants and important Pakistan Taliban commanders were among the over 40 militants killed in the operation launched by Pakistani forces in the country's northwestern tribal region, local media reported on Wednesday.
Local media quoting military sources reported that some key Taliban commanders, 33 Uzbeks and three Germans were killed in a counter offensive of the armed forces on Tuesday in North Waziristan, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The majority of the killed terrorists were foreigners, while some of the key commanders of the banned Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) including Wali Mohammad, Ismat Shaheen Batni, Noor Badshah and Maulvi Farhad Uzbek were also killed, the sources said.
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With equity futures up 400 points overnight, somebody obviously must have "fat fingered" a BUY order this morning? Perhaps we need a full scale investigation and new laws to prevent this type of disorderly market? Actually I would call what the ECB and our Fed did as completely insane, obviously sick psychopaths and TERRORISTS who are hell bent on destroying the world's financial system. That's the serious part, they need to be locked up.
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The European rescue package, valued at more than $1 trillion, has three main components. The biggest provision will use nearly $570 billion to create government-backed loans meant to shore up confidence in shaky credit markets.
"Europe has taken its playbook from the [U.S.] Fed[eral Reserve]," Boockvar said. "It's chosen to inflate its way out of the debt problem rather than really deal with it."
$1 Trillion dollars of debt, quantitative easing, and guarantees, oh boy. Is that the rule of law that was in place? I think not. Debt to cure debt? All the debt that was the trouble is still there, plus new debt. As if debt levels weren't high enough. This instills confidence? It instills all kinds of confidence in me… that is that the world is headed towards disaster. Of course we knew that already, but this is like standing on the accelerator as you race towards a brick wall, the end results are going to be spectacular. How long before the markets figure it out? Who knows, it took 14 months before the market finally woke up over here.
Central bankers put the deal together, and what stocks are the highest flyers this morning? The banks! Sick and demented. What's even more sick is that our own Fed is in on the action by reinstating dollar swap lines into the European banks. Did you authorize that? Did Congress? No rule of law, no confidence.
Of course this occurred with the markets on the brink of correction – they want and are trying to clear out the debt and the misallocation. Below is a daily chart showing the dollar on the left and the Euro on the right. Obviously they were right up against their channel boundaries, not surprising that the action was taken there:
Actually, looking around, the move in the currencies is not commensurate with the scale of the move in equities.
Bonds are down, oil is up a little, and gold is down a little. The moves in these markets are not commensurate with equities either. We're just going to have to watch the market for signs.
Speaking of signs, there were warnings that intervention could occur in a couple of measurements I follow. One is the total CBOE put/call ratio that reached above 1.2. Take a look at the other two times it exceeded that level in the past year and what followed with stocks:
We formed a sideways triangle on Friday, since it formed above the bottom and broke upwards, that triangle was a wave b. That means that this wave higher is likely wave c. Again, we'll have to watch and see how the market reacts to such extreme intervention. It reminds me of a dying heart attack patient, lying in the emergency room after his heart stops – CLEAR! Out come the paddles for another jolt. "Doctor, we're losing him!" CLEAR! JOLT!
Guess what? This patient is terminal. The math didn't work before and it certainly doesn't work now. No, this move will not instill confidence, it will do the opposite. Give it time, the patient is in the throws of death now – this does not buy time, it is another accelerating event.
Of course the pundits think that it buys time, this is because they don't see the brick wall that they are racing towards.
Yet their lack of vision has them fooled in the short term - again. On the open the VIX is plunging, down 33% already. This will produce a market buy signal with a close beneath the upper Bollinger:
The XLF is up 6%, LOL! Sweet justice for the group that bankrupted the globe, eh? Once again watch Goldman, they still cannot seem to break that $150 mark.
The people of the world don't yet realize just how deeply they are getting rammed. The criminals are clearly still in charge and they are robbing you and me blind, if not directly then through our purchasing power. We will all work longer and harder to feed the banks, this is truly another sad day in the history of mankind – yet it moves us closer to the end. You'll know that it's over when the central banks are no longer in charge of creating and controlling our money. Until then, everything and every action is about them.
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