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Today's News: Our Take - The Vampire Diaries Debate: Should Elena and Damon Stay Together?
After years of lingering glances (and a few stolen kisses), The Vampire Diaries'Elena and Damon are finally together. But is this a good thing?
While fans have been divided since Day One over whether Elena should be with Damon or his brother Stefan, we here at TVGuide.com have also been divided. There's no denying our love for both Salvatores, but while some of us (aka Robyn) are thrilled Team Delena has finally come to fruition, others (aka Sadie) believe Damon is better off alone. Here are our arguments for both sides of the equation.
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Sadie Says: Damon deserves better
Though Elena's feelings for Damon might be real, there's no denying part of her still loves Stefan. A love that strong doesn't just disappear overnight (and remember, it wasn't too long ago that Elena broke Damon's heart after choosing Stefan over him). Damon would give anything for Elena, but can you really say she'd do the same for him? Damon deserves someone that loves him only and doesn't waver in her affections - something Elena can never provide. When it comes right down to it, Damon's just too good for her.
Robyn Says: Their chemistry can't be denied!
Damon hasn't been a saint and in many ways intentionally or subconsciously drove Elena away from him because he felt she was too good for him. For a guy who jumps in and out of women's beds, he needs a girl to provide him with stability and show him that he's worthy of love. And while she has often chosen Stefan over him, there's a reason she keeps coming back despite Damon not being the safe choice
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Sadie Says: Elena needs to live for herself
Elena is constantly the pawn in someone else's game, so she, more than anyone, deserves the autonomy vampirism can bring. But instead of discovering her independence, Elena found herself sired to Damon. I had hoped becoming a vampire would be Elena's breakout opportunity to go after what she truly wants, but now she can't separate her desires from Damon's will. Destiny's Child was right when they said, "Ladies, it ain't easy bein' independent," but Elena at least deserves a chance to try!
Robyn Says: Damon's support makes Elena stronger ... and cooler!
Damon was the only one urging her to let herself give into vampirism - good, bad and ugly. It's not his fault that her wants and desires lead her back to him. In fact, Damon might be the first person to truly allow Elena to be herself whereas everyone else is constantly judging her actions. With him by her side, she's as independent as we've ever seen her. Besides, have you ever seen her have as much fun as she's had in the last two episodes?
Sadie Says: Damon's driving a wedge between Elena and Caroline
Caroline hasn't always been my favorite character, but over the seasons she's grown into the most sensible and sweet of Mystic Fall's supernatural squad. That's why it breaks my heart to see Damon come between Elena and her best friend (and ruin a completely pleasant girls night!). While Caroline can be a little harsh, she's just trying to protect Elena from the same pain and heartache Damon put her through years ago. Plus, isn't there a rule in the girl code about ho's before bros (not to mention, against dating your BFF's ex)?
Robyn Says: Damon is not responsible for maintaining Elena's friendships
I'll be the first to say how much I love Caroline, but the girl has a grudge against Damon that she'll never let go of. Besides, Elena and Damon's relationship has led Caroline and Stefan to become even closer, which is a friendship I'm so happy to see be explored. And rules about dating friends' exes certainly don't apply to Vampire Diaries, especially Caroline since she's dated the most guys in the group.
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Sadie Says: The sire bond makes girls crazy!
The bond might not change how you feel, but that doesn't mean it's void of serious consequences. After Damon ditched her, Charlotte literallycounted every brick on every building in all of New Orleans - for 70 years! But because it was all to "make Damon happy," Charlotte didn't regret it one bit. And while Damon would never treat Elena's free will so flippantly, we've already seen how easily Damon can hurt her. "She almost died to make you happy!" Stefan pointed out, once they discovered Damon's the reason Elena couldn't drink from a blood bag. Call me old-fashioned, but that does not sound like the foundation of a healthy relationship!
Robyn Says: Damon has good intentions despite the sire bond's power
Charlotte was crazy from Day One, and in Damon's defense, he thought he freed her of the bond with the fake spell. And in terms of Elena, this all happened before he was aware that she was sired to him. Even Stefan admitted that Damon loves her as much as he does and when it comes down to it will always do right by her, even if it means letting her go
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Sadie Says: Dating brothers is weird
I know it's television and the Salvatores have always had a weird relationship when it comes to women, but seriously: dating brothers is never OK. Life is not The Family Stone. Imagine the holidays, the family dinners - how could they not be awkward? And didn't Katherine teach Stefan and Damon anything? Sharing is good, but not when it comes to girlfriends!
Robyn Says: The sibling conflict drives the show
OK, fine, but the brotherhood is the foundation of the show and is tested most when it involves love. So without them going after the same person, perhaps we'd never see just how deep their love - and sometimes hatred - for each other goes, and without that, the show would be boring.
Sadie Says: Damon loves Elena a little too much
The real problem with Damon isn't that he's a "psychopath narcissist" - it's that his heart is too big! All Elena wants is for her loved ones to live long and happy lives, but Damon doesn't care about Elena's wishes as long as he gets what he wants - her. When Elena and Matt were drowning after the crash, Stefan listened to Elena's pleads to save Matt first because he understood that was the only way to make Elena happy. Damon, on the other hand, would kill anyone - even one of Elena's best friends - to save her life. Though he's much more sensitive, Damon's still just as selfish as when we met him in Season 1.
Robyn Says: Is there such a thing as too much love?
At the end of the day, I'd rather be with a person who loves me too much rather than not enough and it's a positive thing that the self-proclaimed selfish vampire would do anything in the world for this girl. And can you not make the same argument about Stefan? If he didn't fall for her so hard, he would've been OK to leave her and her friends alone, never involving them in the supernatural world within Mystic Falls.
Which side are you on? Tell us below!
The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.
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CANNES, France – The Associated Press is all over the Cannes Film Festival — from its glitzy premieres to the celeb parties and quirky moments in between. Here's what reporters have seen and heard:
Blake Lively stunned crowds at the Cannes opening of "Grace of Monaco" in Gucci Premiere, wearing a beautifully constructed shoulder-less, two-tone bordeaux silk chiffon bustier dress.
The daring slit down the "Gossip Girl" star's floor-length fluttery pleated skirt exposed a toned left leg and drew attention away from the fact that the gown's color slightly clashed with the bright red carpet. Lively is at Cannes as a L'Oreal ambassador and as the better half of actor Ryan Reynolds, whose film "Captives" is competing for the Palme d'Or.
— By Thomas Adamson — http://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
Nicole Kidman has never had to make the choice that Grace Kelly did, quitting acting to begin another life as Princess of Monaco. But she's rarely found equilibrium in her career and personal life.
"When I won the Oscar, I went home and I didn't have (love) in my life," said Kidman, who won best actress for "The Hours" in 2003, two years after she and Tom Cruise were divorced. "That was the most intensely lonely experience in my life."
Kidman stars as Kelly in "Grace of Monaco," which premiered Wednesday as the opener of the Cannes Film Festival. In it, she plays Kelly following her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco (Tim Roth) as she adjusts to royal life and severs ties with Hollywood.
"Strangely for me, the greatest highs have coincided with the greatest lows," Kidman said. "So (during) my professional highs a lot of times I've had personal lows and they've collided. That's always aggravated me that it's gone that way. I'm hoping one day I can have a professional high and a personal high."
Kidman said she drew from her own life to empathize with Kelly, although their husbands are very different.
"I am married to a prince," said Kidman, who wed Keith Urban in 2006. "A country prince."
— By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle — http://twitter.com/jake—coyle
Jane Campion, the only female director in Cannes Film Festival history to win the Palme d'Or, threw a punch at the male-dominated film industry during Cannes' inaugural jury press conference.
"There is inherent sexism in the industry. … It does feel very undemocratic," said Campion, this year's jury president, sitting alongside jury members Wednesday including director Sofia Coppola and actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Willem Dafoe.
"Excuse me, gentlemen. It's not that I resent the male filmmakers … but there are some things that women are doing that we don't get to know about … a more feminine vision," she said, adding that only 7 percent of 1,800 entries submitted to the Cannes Film Festival were directed by women.
But the "Piano" director from New Zealand, who's known for her good humor, dispelled the tensions at one point.
"My big problem is: What to wear? That's everyone's problem at the Cannes Film Festival. There's a very high bar."
Campion won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top honor, in 1993 for "The Piano."
— By Thomas Adamson — http://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
"I briefly met him last year at the Oscars and it is very shocking. And I am very sad that it just happens like that." — Gael Garcia Bernal, filmmaker and actor, on the apparent suicide of "Searching for Sugarman" director Malik Bendjelloul.
Grace Kelly can bring to mind several things: an Oscar-winning Hollywood actress, a mother, a princess and a Nicole Kidman movie premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.
But to many, she will always be one of the world's greatest fashion icons.
Kidman's "Grace of Monaco" is renewing focus on Kelly's stylish impact. The day the Hitchcock blonde married Monegasque Prince Rainier in April 1956, it forever sealed the links between Monaco, the French Riviera and glamour.
In the wedding ceremony, attended by Ava Gardner, Cary Grant and David Niven, Kelly walked the aisle in a hand-sewn ivory dress, made of 300 yards of antique Brussels rose-point lace sent by MGM Studios — shaking up the staid royal family.
The Hermes saddlebag she carried to hide her royal pregnancy bump was named after her. In 1960, Princess Grace became one of the only royals to enter the "International Best Dressed List." Today, the "Kelly bag" still has one of the longest waiting lists in the world.
The fresh, natural glamour of the "Grace Kelly Look" — as Women's Wear Daily branded it in the 1950s — has lived on. And the power her legacy still wields to bring glamour to the French Riviera region was revisited Wednesday as celebrities flocked to the film's world premiere.
— By Thomas Adamson— http://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
After lambasting "Grace of Monaco" for inaccurately portraying his late mother Princess Grace, Prince Albert is putting distance between himself and the red carpet premiere of the movie at the Cannes Film Festival.
Albert and Princess Charlene are dodging the storm by leaving Monaco, just a stone's throw from Cannes, and going on an official visit to the French Auvergne region town of Carlades, about 560 kilometers (nearly 350 miles) away. It's an old fiefdom of the Monegasque royal family.
Earlier this month, the Prince's Palace issued yet another communique opposing the Nicole Kidman film — saying that it "cannot under any circumstances be classified as a biopic."
"The trailer appears to be a farce and confirms the totally fictional nature of this film," Palace officials said.
Perhaps the royal couple will lose no sleep over skipping the opening. "Grace of Monaco" was met with some of the worst reviews for a Cannes opener after screening for the press early Wednesday.
— By Thomas Adamson — http://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
The eyes of Italian film icon Marcello Mastroianni stare out cooly behind sunglasses on the huge poster across the Cannes Film Festival's sprawling 1970s-style building. But if the event's outgoing president had his wish, it would be plastered on a different structure.
Gilles Jacob has stirred controversy by calling the red-carpeted, white retro complex — which has been hosting the festival for four dazzling decades — anything but "cool."
Speaking to local media this week, Jacob called the 1979 behemoth "ill-adapted" and too dated for the needs of the world's most glamorous film festival, and suggested that the "bunker" be razed.
He proposed a more modern building to secure the prestige of the festival, which has hosted more than 67 years of cinema's most famous stars.
"We're therefore asking for a Grand Palace to be built … that's befitting of the world's No. 1 cultural event," Jacob said.
Not everyone agrees with his assessment. Cannes' mayor, David Lisnard, has defended the festival hall, saying it's fit for its purpose and will stay put. The city has the final say on its fate.
— By Thomas Adamson — http://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
Quentin Tarantino will close out the Cannes Film Festival with a tribute to Sergio Leone.
Tarantino will present a restored version of Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) at the May 24 closing ceremony. It will screen as part of a 50th anniversary celebration of the Spaghetti Western, a favorite genre of Tarantino's.
Usually, the Palme d'Or winner is screened at the Cannes closing ceremony, but this year's schedule has been tweaked because of European elections. The Palme d'Or winner will be shown May 25 instead.
Tarantino won the Palme d'Or for "Pulp Fiction" in 1994.
— By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle — http://twitter.com/jake—coyle


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After the discovery in 1996 of the Scarlet-banded Barbet at a seriously remote location, by a team of LSU, the search was on for another spot that would hopefully be easier to reach. After years of prowling through Peru the legendary birder-explorer Todd Mark and tough mountain-man Walter Vargas found it, near Plataforma in San Martin in 2012. Birders poured in. Incredibly, in July 2016 Josh Beck discovered a distinctive new species of Antbird at the site. It has since been seen and recorded by many people. The species has now been described as Cordillera Azul Antbird Myrmoderus eowilsoni with Beck as co-author of LSU and Corbidi teams.
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Baudewijn Odé just uploaded 204 recordings of 202 species of Orthoptera, mostly from Southern Europe. 146 species new to XC. Crazy. Thanks for sharing Baudewijn!!
Great stuff Baudewijn Odé!
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.... the site was really difficult to reach the past few days. Some of you made it through apparently. Not yet completely clear what was the cause. The solution was simple, but over the weekend that sometimes takes a while as well. In any case, things are back to normal now.
... no problem at all...couse illuminations starts when errors and problems are beginning in your day.
... i am happy to be able to start and be with friends in XC , again
best, johannes
Et pour moi, la connexion, aucun problème mais à nouveau impossible d'enregistrer. Je peux tout remplir sur la première page mais le bouton suivant ne lance rien. Je vais bientôt abandonner.
hi Martin, I am sorry we haven't been able to figure out what your problem is yet. We simply do not seem to be able to reproduce your problem.
OK merci pour votre réponse. J'abandonne donc XC à regrets.
On m'a conseillé d'essayer en changeant de moteur de recherche et ça fonctionne...pour l'instant.
... you changed from which browser to which Martin?
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Today XC contains 750,000 recordings! An amazing feat, gathered by an amazing crowd of sound enthusiasts.
On our way to becoming millionaires ...
Also, in preparing the latest update to my 'Unrecorded Species' article (which will happen later this month) I noticed that XC has passed 10,500 bird species represented in the collection. This is, of course, based on the taxonomy being updated to the current version (13.1) of the IOC checklist.
... we're not quite there yet Shaun! :-) We've fixed the error that prevented the update. And we figured we should incorporate updating of the records without ssp indication based on Rolf's map wizardry. Working on that now. Will save us a lot of manual fixes. WIll still need your help though, finding the missed updates :-)
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10AM-sterdam time: next try of the birds taxonomy update, with the lessons learned from yesterday on board :-) We'll be off-line for a while!
... hmm.. we did learn things from yesterday's attempt, but apparently not all there was to be learned. So, a bit longer with the current classification while we check stuff out.
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At long last, Google has released its own iPhone maps app to compete against Apple's homegrown version introduced with iOS 6. For three months, iPhone users have been limited to Google's functional-but-lacking mobile mapping site, and their reaction to the new app tells us all we need to know: people really missed native Google Maps support.
Pushed late Wednesday night to the App Store, Google's offering isn't just a re-release of the Maps app we grew familiar with on iOS 5 and earlier. The app has been made over in the new Google style, with the maps drawn in vector graphics for faster (and smoother) loading. In addition to old features like built-in transit directions, Google also offers new features like spoken turn-by-turn driving directions.
There's plenty to like here, but also some glaring omissions. Let's take a look.
As we mentioned in a recent hands-on with the new Gmail app for iOS, Google has been on a tear lately, making all its mobile apps mirror the overall style of its Google Plus app. This means menus sliding in from all directions, colors to highlight things Google wants to call to your attention, and an overall clean interface. You may or may not like it, but you will certainly notice it; the new interface is the first thing to grab your attention when loading up the new app.
The maps load quickly and searching for addresses or businesses works well (as one might expect, since Google isn't new to the mapping game). Users can pull a tab out from the right side to expose things like street traffic, public transit lines, satellite view, or Google Earth, which can all provide extra context.
Gloriously, Google has included built-in transit directions, bringing back one of the huge features Apple decided to leave out when building its own Maps for iOS 6. Apple said it wanted to open up this market to third-party developers, but while some have stepped up to the plate, the overall sentiment of transit riders I've spoken to has been disappointment. As summed up by Dan Sinker of Knight-Mozilla OpenNews, "[I]t turns out people wanted public transit data inside their maps after all. What a fucking shock."
Unlike the old version of Maps, the new app lets you differentiate between different types of transit—helpful if you're the picky type who doesn't like busses, or if you have a strict train phobia:
You can access the above screen after getting directions between two locations and tapping the transit button—after the app displays your options for how to get there, there's a way to change when you plan to depart or arrive, as well as transit modes and routing priorities. Thank goodness, too, because I'm a person who likes the fewest transfers possible even if the trip takes me 10 extra minutes, and now I can prioritize that option.
Google's view for showing you the steps needed to get somewhere via transit has been updated as well. Under the old Maps app, you were limited to either looking at the map itself or just a list of less-specific directions, but now there are screens (similar to what you'd find on Google Maps on the Web) that spell out each step in case you're not familiar with the area.
But enough about transit. What about drivers? Reportedly, one of the details that Google and Apple couldn't agree on was the inclusion of turn-by-turn driving directions in older versions of Maps—this is part of why Apple decided to strike out on its own with its turn-by-turn directions in iOS 6. But now Google has come back with its own spoken turn-by-turn directions, and so far they seem as capable as those offered by Apple.
I was only able to perform one test using Google Maps' driving directions (so far), but I came away happy with what I saw. The app speaks aloud, just like Apple's version, and gives you a more zoomed-in view of the streets (still in vector form) when you're actively driving them. But my favorite part is the fact that Google tells you which route might force you to deal with traffic, before you take off:
Although I appreciate this addition to Google Maps, I do think it's more likely that users will stick to Apple's Maps for this purpose, simply because it can do things like display your next steps on the lock screen while driving. Then again, if you're one of those who have run into trouble with Apple Maps leading you astray, you may want to stick with Google's version.
There are other nice-to-have things included in this app, such as satellite view (present before, but still nice to have)...
...and Google Street View (where supported).
And if you sign in to the app with your Google login, you can do things like save your home address, work address, and other locations for easy access from your Google profile.
But while this little feature is nice to have, it is also sorely incomplete, as we'll talk about in the next section…
A perplexing omission from Google Maps for iPhone is the inability to import your contacts—from anywhere. I very much expected Google to request access to my iPhone's contacts (just like every other iOS app on Earth, it seems), but it didn't. Therefore, I couldn't begin typing in my friends' names in order to get their addresses pulled into the app, forcing me to manually look up addresses first before typing them in by hand. Yes, it's a #firstworldproblem, but it's a real usability issue that adds unnecessary and inconvenient steps that users need to take.
What makes this worse is that Google doesn't even let you bring in your Google contacts from things like Gmail or Google Plus. What's the benefit of signing into your Google account if you can't make use of data that's stored in your Google account? Right now, it seems the only benefit to signing in is the ability to save your home address, which makes it barely worthwhile.
One friend pointed out that you can use Google Maps as a routing app for Apple Maps. Yes, this is convoluted, but it will work in a pinch: if you go to Apple Maps and type in your contact's name, then press the transit button, Apple will list out Google Maps as an app that can provide directions:
When you choose Google Maps, it will bring in your friend's address automatically, at which point you can either route yourself there via transit or choose other options like driving or walking. It's ridiculous to have to go through these steps, but the process does work.
Another complaint I've heard: while Google Maps on iPhone is superior to the mobile site, it "pales in comparison" to the Android version. One of the reasons for this is that the Android version has an offline mode, so the app continues to function when you've gone outside your coverage area. Not so for the iPhone version—and to be fair, Apple's Maps don't work particularly well offline either—which leaves some Android converts wanting.
Finally, this version of the app is designed for the iPhone (and/or iPod touch) only. iPad users who want to make use of Google Maps will either have to keep using the painful mobile site or simply use this app at iPhone size and resolution. This isn't particularly surprising, since Google tends to like staggering its app releases with a priority on iPhone (and the company has promised a future iPad version), but it's still a disappointment.
Ugly: It's always gotta be about privacy
The privacy-conscious should pay special attention to this section, because users may not be aware that Google can and will store your Google Maps location data while you're using this iPhone app. On the upside, you can turn this setting off; tap on the person icon in the top right of the main Google Maps screen, then the gear icon on your profile. At the bottom of the next screen, there's an "About, terms & privacy" button, then another button called "Terms & privacy" after that. From there, there's an option called "Location data collection"—tap that, and you'll finally make your way to a switch:
It's not particularly discoverable, and it's clearly not meant to be. Tsk tsk, Google.
Good app, despite shortcomings
Despite the annoyances, I still consider the Google Maps app to be quite capable, and I'm happy to have a good alternative to Maps on the iPhone. When Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for iOS 6's Maps shortcomings in September, he listed out several alternatives in the App Store. But when we looked at those alternatives in October (which included Google's mobile site), we weren't quite as impressed as we hoped to be. This release from Google makes up lost ground.
As for Apple, it has some serious shoes to fill. The company reportedly fired its head of the Maps team in November, so it's possible Apple's app will greatly improve in future updates. iOS 6 Maps never had a pristine reputation among users, but public opinion has been worsening lately thanks to some high profile incidents. Even non-techie friends and family are catching onto the fact that Apple's Maps aren't ideal—I have family from all walks of life who will take any opportunity to tell me how iOS 6's Maps led them somewhere confusing or couldn't provide the info they wanted (usually in the form of transit, but sometimes business listings and other searches).
Google is almost lucky—if you can call getting booted off the iOS default app installation "lucky"— that Apple has stumbled so publicly in this area, because it makes Google's product look that much better in comparison. Your move, Apple.


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High water will present concerns
The heavy snowpack will result in high water levels this spring, adding to the challenges spring rafters and kayakers will face when navigating area rivers.
Melting snow has led to swollen rivers across northern Michigan. One area river of particular interest is the Sturgeon River, where Big Bear Adventures in Indian River operates its tubing and rafting service.
High water is a problem for rafting. Higher water means faster, more dangerous conditions, not ideal for recreational rafters looking for some spring fun.
"When the water gets 12 inches above normal we don't run any trips," said Jamie Jacklitch, outdoor recreation manager for Big Bear Adventures.
For Big Bear Adventures, the rafting season doesn't officially start until May, but a cold spring has slowed the snowmelt. If May rains combine with winter runoff, high water will be a near certainty on the Sturgeon River.d
In typical years, the number of days when the waters surges to 12 inches or more above normal are severely limited, but it doesn't take a lot of rain to surge the water levels on one of northern Michigan's fastest flowing rivers.
When the water level of the Sturgeon River rises, it changes the nature of the river and the inherent danger of the course. The overhanging branches and trees that normally drape a foot or so above rafters' heads are suddenly at eye-level. Couple this with the force of the rushing water, and the danger level forces the rafting operation to shut down until the water subsides.
"It gets a lot pushier out there when the river gets high," said Jacklitch. "One thing about the Sturgeon River is it rises very quickly. We could get a lot of rain today and the river would already be high tomorrow."
With the rivers natural tendency to go from rippling to rushing in slightly more than an instant, it also makes quick work of flushing the water out and returning to its usual state.
"The Sturgeon is so short and fast that it recovers pretty quickly for any major rains," Jacklitch added. "It gets high, but it comes down pretty quick."
Though the Sturgeon recovers quickly from heavy rainfalls and runoff, it might be put to the test this spring. A wetter than average spring is in the forecast.
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JANESVILLE, Wis. — The first thing Don Gross will tell you is how thankful he is to have a roof over his head.
"I remember when I first got here," he said. "My fear and anxiety about being homeless went away. I realized I could focus on getting back on my feet."
Gross is one of about 40 veterans in a transitional housing program called Housing 4 Our Vets, located south of Janesville. In 2011, the nonprofit Rock Valley Community Programs opened the housing, which is funded by the Veterans Administration and community donations.
The goal of the program is for homeless veterans to transition into their own housing. Men range in age from early 20s to 80. Many served during the Vietnam era. More veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are entering the program, which can house a maximum of 48.
"We have guys with all kinds of challenges," Gross said. "They are able to live here for up to two years because our challenges take time to fix."
Gross is a Navy veteran who served as an electrician in the nuclear power program. After getting out of the service, he worked 20 years in industrial maintenance.
He also struggled with substance abuse.
Eventually, he lost his job, vehicle, home and marriage.
"When I got here, my first priority was going through a treatment program at the Veterans Administration in Madison," Gross said. "They saved my life. If I go back to my old ways, I realize how quickly my life will fall apart."
He is determined to turn his situation around.
Gross recently earned a one-year degree in industrial mechanics from Blackhawk Technical College, which is within walking distance.
"It was a program that built on skills I already had," he explained. "Plus I got veterans' educational benefits to pay for it."
For the past year, Gross has been resident manager of the housing program.
"A lot of guys are depressed," he said. "But they confide in each other and treat each other with respect and encouragement."
The building includes 24 studio apartments, each with a kitchenette and bathroom. Two vets live in each unit. In addition, the site includes a community room, resource room with computers and a cafeteria, which provides three nutritious meals a day.
A case manager meets with each veteran at least once a week to review the vet's progress and to keep him on track with his individual goals. Veterans are connected with community-based services and get help with medical needs, mental health issues and finding jobs.
"I appreciate the staff," Gross said. "They have their hands full but maintain a positive attitude and encourage the guys."
He explained that veterans become homeless for many reasons.
Financial trouble and a lack of support or safety nets are compounded by the psychological conditions many face. The Department of Veterans Affairs reported that some 400,000 vets have reported symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Another 200,000 have reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"A lot of times, they either have mental health or alcohol and substance-abuse issues," said social worker John Smith. "Because of those issues, they often burn their bridges with family and friends and have nowhere to go."
Smith works with the men on goals they want to achieve while in transitional housing.
"Not many have an income when they arrive, so it is a matter of connecting them to benefits and finding employment."
He never realized how widespread homelessness is among veterans until he started working with them.
"A lot of these guys are very proud and don't want to ask for help," Smith said. "That is why they will live in their cars or their tents."
The program gets referrals from county agencies, the Veterans Administration and homeless shelters. Veterans come from as far as Chicago and as close as Janesville.
"We are the last chance for a lot of guys," Smith said.
Last year, 68 percent of the men in the program found independent housing, which is above the national average of 55 percent for similar kinds of programs.
Don Janes has been the program director since October.
"Many of these guys have been struggling with their lives for a long time," he said. "Often, they just need some time to stop bouncing from one thing to the next. Each has his own unique story."
Janes praises the community, including local businesses, who donate money and items, including toiletries, pillows, blankets and coats, to support the program.
Nationally, the number of homeless veterans appears to be dropping.
In November, a survey by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted almost 58,000 homeless vets, a decrease of 24 percent during the last six years.
However, vets still make up a disproportionate number of the nation's homeless population. In fact, a federal government study of the problem in 2011 revealed that veterans are 50 percent more likely to become homeless than other Americans. In addition, minority vets have an even greater chance of ending up on the streets or in homeless shelters.
Gross is hopeful about the future.
"Being here has given me a chance to slow down the racing thoughts in my head and to think about what I want to do in life," he said. "I feel like I'm a success story, but I'm not back on my feet yet."


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When we asked our faithful readers what technological advances had made the biggest difference to their lives, Prospero424 stepped up to the plate to deliver a humdinger: video compression.
To Prospero, MPEG-4 part 2 compression was "when the internet truly became a viable A/V platform/medium. This is when storing hours of video that looked good enough to watch and keep became viable to store online locally (i.e. on your hard disks, not on external discs, etc.) on personal computers. No other single aspect of the evolution of entertainment has done more to change how I consume it."
Let's rewind the tape a little bit further than that, in order to see the breaking point arrive. Prospero is correct that video compression has indeed revolutionized entertainment over the past decade, but the technology has a longer history than you might think.
The rise of efficient compression
The carousel of progress keeps on turning, and today's compression algorithms are much more effective than older ones. The Cinepak codec that powered early versions of both QuickTime and Windows Media video formats aimed no higher than getting 320x240 video resolution out of a standard CD-ROM drive, which means cramming 2.2Mbps plus audio and overhead into a 1.2Mbps traffic stream. Call it 50 percent compression on a good day.
If you never saw a digital video back in the 1990s, you're not alone. The files were large and the downloads were slow. And while the tiny hard drives of the era would have welcomed some video compression with open arms, the other parts of that equation were simply not there; an Intel 486 or Pentium would grind to a standstill trying to make sense of a simplistic Motion JPEG or MPEG-1 video, even at very low resolutions. But better days were just around the corner.
The popular MPEG-2 standard pretty much destroyed Cinepak, Intel Indeo, and other early codecs in the late 1990s by compressing video streams to as much as 1/30 of the original video size while still maintaining acceptable picture quality. That's hefty enough to let that old 1x CD-ROM handle a full, standard-resolution NTSC signal at about 1Mbps. This is the format used in DVD video, many digital broadcasts, and most online video streams.
MPEG-2 can present a 1080p video in a 2Mbps envelope, but with horrible blocking artifacts from all the compression if you take it that far. These codecs are lossy, which means that you must always balance image quality against file size. HD video was not exactly what MPEG-2 was made for.
By the standards of modern hardware, like recent models of Texas Instruments' OMAP processors and anything from Intel or AMD, MPEG-2 encoding is a walk in the park. Newer formats, not so much. This is why your TiVo box still stores DVR recordings in this age-old format.
A TiVo Series 3 can play H.264 video (more on those later), but does not have the muscle to make its own, so you're stuck converting your videos elsewhere and sending them back to the TiVo again if you're hell bent on making the most of your hard drive. Since MPEG-2 videos can fill up a DVR in short order, many of us opt to simply hook up an external hard drive to the set-top box instead-—or roll our own home theater systems.
But we wouldn't use MPEG-2 for that, now would we?
And then comes the MPEG-4 Part 2 format, more commonly known under the names of codec implementations like Xvid, DivX, 3ivx, or the QuickTime 6 version. Like MPEG-2 before it, MPEG-4/2 quickly caught on thanks to another step up in compression quality—the same video at comparable levels of picture quality will use about half the bandwidth of MPEG-2 when presented with an MPEG-4 Part 2 codec.
The rise of Xvid, DivX 3.11a, 3ivx, and others came at a time when broadband Internet service was coming into its own in the US, and along with the relentless march of technological advances in fields like hard drive storage and CPU power, digital video took off like a rocket.
File sharing sites like KaZaA, IMesh, and Gnutella made it easy to find and download video files. The small size and high quality of MPEG-4 Part 2 codecs made the format perfect for downloading, and the format quickly became ubiquitous. You could find full movies on file sharing networks before their theatrical premieres, and DVD rips before the discs hit store shelves—all at glorious full NTSC or better display resolutions.
In 2001, your desktop computer could sport gigahertz bragging rights on a Coppermine Pentium III or Palomino Athlon. These chips still needed help from your Radeon or GeForce to handle full-screen DVD playback, but they were powerful enough to pick apart MPEG-2 videos in smaller sizes. These machines were ready and able to fill up their massive 100GB hard drives with videos.
And the MPEG-4 Part 2 gravy train kept on rolling for years. When it comes to video encoders for personal use, it was the king of the hill from the early 2000s, and arguably still is. This is probably what you'd use for a hand-rolled media server today, running Windows Media Center, SageTV, Boxee, or MythTV.
MPEG-4 video is, as Prospero noted, compressed enough to let you store and enjoy media in a plethora of new ways. Filling up a couple hundred gigabytes of hard drive space takes much longer with efficient compression, and a full-length movie often weighs in at less than 1GB. That's a mental barrier for many people, drawing a line in the sand between "huge" and "reasonable" files.
While the Apple iPhone and iPod lines don't support Divx-compatible formats directly, they can decode the equally efficient recent versions of QuickTime media and there are plenty of converters between the formats. And I'm not an iPhone addict, but I bet there's an app for MPEG-4 Part 2 playback. Handheld media gadgets based on Windows Media or Android platforms have their ways of handling high-quality video streams too, which makes them useful for playing your own videos or streaming shows across WiFi or 3G connections. Mobile video would simply not be possible or palatable if not for compression techniques of the MPEG-4 magnitude.
But nothing lasts forever.


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Yahoo! App and 360 Importer
We've got two Yahoo! related news items today.
The first is that we've launched a Yahoo! 360 importer (listed in your admin screens under Tools → Import) to make migration from 360 to WordPress.com super easy. Just upload the Yahoo! 360 export ZIP file, and we'll do the rest. Yahoo! will be shutting down their 360 service soon, so if you have any friends over there feel free to give them a little help and encouragement to head over to WordPress.com 🙂
Second is the release of our WordPress.com QuickPress Yahoo! Application. You can post posts and read and moderate your most recent comments straight from My Yahoo!. (Note to any self-hosted WordPress.org folks out there: the app currently only works on WordPress.com. We're working on making it .com/.org universal.)
Thanks to Yahoo! for their help with their Yahoo! Application Platform, and thanks to all of you for the best blogs on the intertubes.
If you need help with either of these new toys (or anything else), please contact our support team.
121 Comments
Interesting stuff!
Awesome! WordPress is just better and better every second eh?!
Thank You very much for making it so easy to import Yahoo 360 blogs. I ported mine over today and it worked flawlessly.
I think that's great, although I'm still having trouble posting to my blog from my yahoo mail. I know it's still new and i should be a little patient, but i'm greedy. I want more more more. I'm still hungry for the hopeful intergration between org and MU.
I'm a wordpress groupie, but just work the kinks out between yahoo and posting and i'll be almost a little happier.
hey, i'm a woman, don't expect complete happiness. i gotta keep you on your toes. LoL.
Thanks for the heads up on this. i love knowing you guys are making our WP lives a little easier. Keep up the good work!
At last!
I'm loyal to Yahoo 360 because it was my first weblog.
Sheesh, I'm getting nostalgic now 🙂
Things just keep getting better! 🙂
I don't use Yahoo, but this is great for anyone who does! 🙂
Sounds just grate!, Personally, I don't use yahoo products, but I'm sure a lot of people out there will be very pleased by these two improvements on WP.
I have one Y! 360 blog. But it's outdated and I didn't write more than 5 posts.
WordPress.com QuickPress is an interesting application for people with Y! accounts. But I use more Google Services.
It make WordPress more popular, especially for Yahoo user. And more search engine friendly (Yahoo) I hope.
Wow, super easy. Cool stuff. Thanks.
I'll inform my acquaintance about this. 🙂
Interesting I suppose, but of limited relevance unless you use Yahoo a lot. Most of my posts are far too long and involve too much formatting for shortcuts anyway. Instead of working out import tools, perhaps you could add a way to set the editor to indent the first line of each paragraph or accept tabs instead of treating it as a "next item" key? That would be useful to quite a few people and would seem fairly uncomplicated to implement.
I have a Yahoo 360 account but never used it!
Sounds good! Nice timing for the release. Thanks guys!
Yay. My homepage is Yahoo!, so if I ever need to post something, but I'm too lazy to get to the post page, it's there for me. Thanks guys! ❤
Wow! This will be superb for my friend!
Interesting. Very interesting.
This excellent news — and a rare moment when wordpress.com has definite advantage over wp.org! Cool!
Love to blog wordpress!
Thanks for the releasing of WordPress.com QuickPress Yahoo! Application. So I can post posts and read and moderate my most recent comments straight from My Yahoo .
WOW! That is another SUPER great idea. Super prompt and super all over! Super. I don't have any other word!
Ya, such a super good news that finally we may out from there…BUT sadly our data seem jam over there, email never arrive to download our data still stuck with it but always happy to move to wordpress 🙂
Pretty cool you support importing Yahoo!360 blogs. Unfortunately their export app is pretty crappy and loses quite some data in the process (formatting, the names of the people who commented, etc.). I'm working on a tool to export an Yahoo~360 blog while preserving more data. I hope it'll be fairly usable in a couple of weeks.
thanx mdawaffe!
love the flicker! [know it's yahoo]
hate the yahoo as they sniched on some chinese clients of theirs to the authorities
and guess what happened to them….
you have to change yr avitar! it looks like you have deleted yr face! – we might think you have self mutilation issues 🙂
unless my monitor is set to dark and you have a paper bag on yr head!
that's koowl
Thanks. I've got some friends to tell.
Thats an awesome move! 🙂 We can have more friends over at WP.com now! 🙂
That said, its sad what's happening to Yahoo! They ruled Web 1.0! IMO, they had this coming from a long time. I believe they could not ride the tide this time. 😦
Hope they wade through these bad times and emerge stronger! 🙂
The My Yahoo thing is cool, will add it now. Didn't know 360 was closing – its sh*t anyway.
hope that we will get loads of migrators from Y!360 to keep you guys happily busy. 😀
thanks heaps for the tools. i ❤ wp!
Good job guys! This is excellent
Awesome! This will help a lot of people! Thanks WordPress! 😉
This is great!
Must try it some time. I am impressed that how easy the blog migration was!
Great news. Good job buddies.
I had few posts to import from Yahoo 360, I was about to let them go.
Next! Google Adsense please.
I can't find Yahoo 360 importer in Tools menu. How do I find it?
Great idea..
This new feature is great 😉
Seems like every other day there's a new app or functionality.
That's great, but when is wordpress.com finally going to get around to fixing around something that's been broken for months and months?
I'm talking about incoming links. They NEVER work. Often they show as an incoming link a blog on which I've only left a comment.
C'mon guys. Let's fix the frame and foundation before decorating the house.
Awesome !!! I'm really happy with these news 😀 Thanks a lot guys.WordPress is the best 😉
Woah, that's great! Good job.
That's so awesome! I feel sad thought that Yahoo's 360 and GeoCities is closing down… Oh well, we got Google and WordPress 🙂
I feel sad that Geocities and 360 is going down. Never used 360 at all, but Geocities was my first webpage server 😦
Awesome post. I'll try.
Unfortunately I don't use Yahoo.
But, it's sounds great.
Sounds interesting…
what can I say? The man is a genius!
I like this Yahoo! relationship thing. I don't know much about it really, but sure glad it's not the Icarus-ish "Google" relationship thingy.
I am becoming the paranoid android that I used to make fun of two years ago. I am blogging my detangling ordeal w/google at memesist.wordpress When I stopped to really think about it, I concluded that they knew waaaaay tooooo much about me and my family. Google is my new WalMart. Something to avoid.
So… how does a person go about transferring the Yahoo stuff to WordPress? I don't see any links to importer software here.
gotta try this one out. great thanks to WP team!
I am delighted to find myself being wordpress user.
Like enthusiatic young lady like me will have good
experience with this excellent search engine,I hope
it would we always user-friendly and supportive.
I appreciate for your continous support and the
guidance for usage of this linkage.
With Best Regards!
I am rather gutted that Yahoo has decided to shut down its Yahoo!360 blogging/social networking site as I am also on it as well as WordPress etc on the internet services that I am on.Off course you can visit my WordPress blogsite and see on my blogroll the sites you can link up with.It is to be hoped that all my fellow Yahoo!360 ers can join forces via WordPress etc and use this as a base for organising ourselves.I would also like WordPress to serve as a device where if Yahoo decides to revive the Yahoo!360 platform then we should have our blogging archives on WordPress to restore our Yahoo!360 sites.
Great news for all Yahoo! 360 users. As you said i'll explain about this update to all my friends on Twitter.
thanks a lot I will tell my friends to move
I have some friends on 360, this importer is very usefull. I hope they will join wordpress!
I only wish Yahoo had assisted you over a year ago when I (and many other Yahoo 360 exiles) asked for this. I am still transferring my photos from my Y360 blog one by one here — since the only importer I could find did not include the pics. Well at least it is now available for the remaining 360 refugees that haven't already found another blogging home.
Now THAT's Innovation! .. I'm pinging my friends right-away!
Cool, nice to know
that is wonderful
Well done guys. I wish this could make my wordpress owesome. I will try this. Thanks guys.
Salman Alfarisi
Great! Awsome!! Delicios!!!
I am a huge fan and user of Yahoo (including 360), so this is just one hell of a good news. Really!
Sounds Good! I don't use Yahoo, but this is great for anyone who does!
Great, I'll be sure to tell all my friends on 360!
interesting;) thanks
WoW awesame Thaks guys…
Nice addition. But I've no friends using Yahoo360 service. Almost all on blogspot and wordpress.
Glad to see this…My first email and oldest has been with yahoo. Still using the same account.!
Good to know. Will be back with feedback and comment after using it.
cool news 🙂
doesnt work as easily from mac for some reason. maybe it's just me.
This is the kind of thing that really attracts people.
Awesome! This will help a lot of people! Thanks WordPress!
not a big yahoo user, but good to know, I'll pass along the word. thanks!
That's great news. Way to go WordPress!
WOW! That is another SUPER great idea………….
Hi folks
Just to say the importer worked well for me. I brought across 50 blogs from Yahoo360, which came complete with caption pics and comments. I did need to re-size the pics (individually) and add tags to each of the blogs. And so far, external links to pics, within the html has not transferred well. Shame one can't import one's friends, the messages in and outbox and the historic top of page comments, but that would have been the icing on the cake.
The transfer process was relatively painless and I am hoping that the community over here will be half as good as it was in Yahoo360.
TinaCortina xx
thanks man….
That's fabulous! I was kind of bummed about Yahoo! 360's being taken down, but this makes it a lot easier to handle. Thank you, WordPress! 🙂
Neat-o, cool beans n' all that jazz 😀
nice I can post strait off my yahoo account thanks again wordpress
This is recommended for ALL Yahoo 360 users for when it closes down, they will at least have a good place for their blogs.
Guess maybe I'll try it then
good news man 🙂
thanks for ur information,
i'm making migration now
I have some friends on 360, this importer is very usefull. I hope they will join wordpress!
bueen trabajoo! 🙂
excellent! =)
Good Stuff!
I found out a few days ago about 360 closing and had only been blogging since Jan. 10th. I had just started feeling comfortable and misread my e-mail and thought it was closing on June 12th {really will be on July 12th} and almost went into a panic and jumped at the invite to move to WordPress with easy instructions….. all of this is very new for me and the move went very well. Still have things to work out and learn….. been working on it myself for now but may yet need some help. I had never heard of WordPress and if I had not panicked like I did I may not have made the move to WordPress….. but now… I am so glad I panicked… I have found such neat stuff….. lol…. I hear some of you lol at me… but that's OK…. I'm new at this and I'm lol with ya at me….. heck right now my loose lip green cheek is even lol at me……. Thanks WordPress for the big save! This is so much better than 360 ……… Lila
It's good.
One problem with this, guys …
Yahoo 360 was one of those services that allowed users to customise the look and feel of their blogs, which a lot of users on 360 are very particular about, having put real time and effort into giving their blogs the look they preferred. WordPress.com does not offer that kind of functionality, limiting customization to the act of choosing off of a limit set of templates.
You might be about to get a large number of very unhappy campers, who'd probably be much better served over on Blogger. Unless there was some system upgrade I didn't know about?


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Saturday, 11 May 2013 11:42 AM EDT
LAS VEGAS — Like a recurring nightmare, the return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom come Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity.
His 1995 trial is the stuff of legends, the precipitous fall of a Hall of Fame football player from the pinnacle of adoration to a murder defendant who, although acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, was never absolved in the public mind.
He is arguably the most famous American ever charged with murder, and his "trial of the century" cast him in the role of the accused — no longer the superhero-turned-movie actor held up to young people as an example of achievement.
But less is remembered about the 2008 Las Vegas trial that sent Simpson to prison for a bizarre hotel room robbery in which the celebrity defendant said he just wanted to take back personal memorabilia that he claimed was stolen from him.
When he comes to court on Monday, it is that conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping that will be before a Nevada judge. Simpson is seeking freedom in what lawyers often call a "Hail Mary motion," a writ of habeas corpus. It claims he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed and a new trial ordered. Most defendants lose these motions, but in this case nobody is taking bets on the outcome.
"Nothing is the same when O.J. is involved," said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson, who observed Simpson's Los Angeles trial. "An O.J. case is never like any other case."
With Simpson, the past is always a prologue — and so memories of his murder trial are certain to serve as a backdrop throughout the Las Vegas hearing. This case, while less dramatic in nature, carries with it far more devastating consequences.
Now 65 years old, Simpson has already spent the last four years in prison and must serve at least nine years of his maximum 33-year sentence before he is even eligible for parole. He would be 70 by then. If Simpson doesn't win a new trial, he could conceivably spend the rest of his life locked up.
"I try to explain to people how somebody could come from nothing to live the American dream and then lose it all," said Simpson's former manager and agent, Mike Gilbert, who is expected to testify at the hearing. "I have a hard time with it."
Close friend Jim Barnett describes Simpson as grayer, paunchier and limping a little more these days from old knee injuries. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist has visited Simpson several times at the medium-security Lovelock Correctional Center, an hour northeast of Reno.
Simpson, Barnett said, is a favorite among inmates. He has served as prison gym steward and coached a champion prison baseball team. "He gets along with everyone there," he said. "But he's slow. Last time I saw him, he had gotten quite heavy."
Before the "trial of the century," there were few televised court cases, no celebrity justice shows and a minimum of talking heads holding forth on TV about the prospects of famous defendants in court. Simpson's murder trial, televised from gavel to gavel, brought the legal arena into living rooms and turned lawyers into stars.
And Simpson, the quintessential American sports hero, was brought down by a trial that could not vindicate him even with a "not guilty" verdict. Too many people wanted him to pay for the deaths of his beautiful ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, found stabbed in front of her Los Angeles condominium.
Too many people believed Simpson had gotten away with murder.
The man who had won the Heisman Trophy and was known for his phenomenal running on a football field — and in commercials for Hertz cars — ran again when he was named as a suspect in the June 1994 killings. The spectacle of police chasing after one of America's most famous men across Los Angeles freeways was an image for history books. The slow-speed white Ford Bronco pursuit became part of the legend.
It took a year for his trial to unfold. There were issues of racism, domestic violence, mishandled evidence — and the many memorable moments, and lines, that quickly became part of the pop culture lexicon: Simpson struggling to squeeze on a bloody black glove and his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, admonishing the jury: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
The case so captivated America that on the day of the verdict, even then-President Bill Clinton watched it on TV.
Simpson walked out a free man. But he would be a pariah forever after.
As shocking as Simpson's fall from grace is his involvement in the hotel room heist that landed him in prison.
Those who try to explain it come back to one word — hubris, the literary allusion to excessive self-confidence, pride and arrogance. Simpson refused to accept that people didn't idolize him anymore. He boasted about his continuing celebrity status. He was delighted that people still wanted his autograph and wanted to hang out with him at the pool of The Palms hotel in Las Vegas. And that was where the disastrous plan was born.
He had come to Las Vegas that September of 2007 for a happy event. His old friend, Tom Scotto, was getting married and invited Simpson to be his best man. Scotto still sounds anguished when he recalls the weekend.
"If it wasn't for me," Scotto said in an interview, "he wouldn't have been there."
Simpson, trial testimony would show, organized a posse of five friends and acquaintances to accompany him to a hotel where he was told some men were trying to sell his mementos, including family pictures. It was to be a sting of sorts, in which the memorabilia dealers would think an anonymous buyer was coming.
When Simpson walked into the hotel room, he realized he knew the sellers from previous dealings and he accused them of stealing from him. He shouted that no one was to leave the room — an action that would be judged to fit the legal definition of kidnapping. As Simpson's guys began bagging up the memorabilia, one of them pulled a gun, according to trial testimony.
No one was injured, but the sellers called the police — and another Simpson case for another century was launched.
It turned out that Tom Riccio, another memorabilia dealer who played middleman between Simpson and the sellers, had planted a tape recorder in the hotel room and the tape, played for jurors, was powerful evidence.
Simpson's cohorts testified against him, including the man who said he brought a gun. They were an odd assortment of down-on-their luck Vegas characters who received plea deals and were set free on probation.
Simpson's co-defendant at his trial, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, served more than two years in prison before the Nevada Supreme Court overturned his conviction. The justices ruled Simpson's fame tainted the proceedings and that Stewart should have been tried separately. Stewart took a plea deal to avoid a retrial and was released.
Simpson, meantime, was sentenced by Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass to nine to 33 years in prison. Referencing the earlier murder trial, the judge said that her penalty was not intended as "retribution or any payback for anything else." She made no mention of the two Las Vegas police detectives overheard in a taped conversation saying that if California authorities couldn't "get" Simpson, those in Nevada would. The tape was played at the trial.
On Monday, Simpson will be back before a different judge who agreed to hear evidence on 19 claims of ineffective counsel and attorney conflict of interest. Simpson contends his trial attorney never told him about a plea bargain that had been offered by prosecutors. He also said in a sworn statement that the same attorney knew about the memorabilia sting before it happened, and "he advised me that I was within my legal rights."
Simpson is expected to testify sometime during the weeklong hearing. Instead of wearing an expensive suit and tie, the man known to Nevada authorities as inmate No. 1027820 will be dressed in plain blue prison garb.
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