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Comment Buzz: The Week's Best Reader Comments About — What Else! — Miley Cyrus
The first several drafts of this week's CommentBuzz — the weekly feature in which I round up the best comments y'all have left on your favorite stories — looked a little something like this: ALL MILEY AND NO OTHERS MAKE ME A DULL BOY ALL COMMENTS AND ALL MILEY MAKE ME A CRAZY BOY ALL HAMMERS AND ALL LICKING MAKE ME A CONFUSED BOY ALL MILEY ALL HAMMERS ALL NAKED WHAT IS HAPPENING. Eventually, I managed to pull it together.
It's Miley's world — we're just living in it — so of course the premiere of her new "Wrecking Ball" video elicited many, many reactions:
"Just distracted by all the spit in her mouth… need to swallow before you open yr mouth…" – Paureta
"I think she looks great, and the song is pretty darn catchy, just close your eyes and enjoy the music, who the hell watches MUSIC VIDEOS anymore anyways? They sure as sh**don't show them on MUSIC TV…pieces of dog feces, yeah, I'd rather watch a bunch of teenage mother's, whose situations can somehow be attributed to what the fu** Miley Cyrus does! Well, job well done Miley, everyone is talking about you! Good or Bad, we're all intrigued, hook, line, sinker!!!" – David
"OMG WHAT THE WHAT IS SHE THINKING SHE IS NOT OR EVER WILL BE Rihanna or Pink and they are more adult then she will ever be. Sorry to say but she will never have any respect from anyone, Childern and parents everywhere will not want to allow them to watch her or buy her music now. So she needs to get her head screwed on straight. Her parents need to step up and say something about the sh*t she is doing." – Sherry
"Hate to admit this but it's not a bad song or video, agree that licking the sledge hammer was unnecessary. Maybe a little redemption for the twerking on the VMA's, at least this was artistic when that was raunchy." – Kimberly
"It's obvious who that song is about, until she started licking the hammer (Thor?) Wrong brother, Miley." – bitchy
"I love it, it's a great song with strong message. Miley is beautiful and expresses the song awesomely!!" – Evie
"I think it is simple and pure … Plus she is beautiful and it is matching the song …" – Nicole
"The video I get is emotionally raw but licking the sledge hammer just ruined the whole thing for me." – karategirl123
"I love your comment about "The song is very emotional and raw, her nudity is just an extension of that vulnerability." I wish you had expounded upon that. I think you're right and she was in a way trying to show that but I also thing she's going through a really hard time and she's struggling to express herself. When she and Nick broke up she went through a less dramatic version of this. I'm hoping to see her healthy and happy – whatever that entails – again soon" – tessanewberry
"I watched Miley's video thinking her she goes again. And wondering why she wants to be so trashy now. Then after i watched it i thought i like the song & she was naked but the song with that video made sense & i liked it! We have all had those vulnerable moments when we put our selfs out there completely & was hurt. Good job Miley! Great song!" – Kim
I think we've entered the "backlash against the backlash" stage of Miley Mania, though, as evidenced by your responses to Shenae Grimes' call for Miley to "put some clothes on":
"Holy crap get over it she's not showing anything distastefully there's no nips of V showing. I love the song and the more I watch the video the more I see the creativity and meaning behind it. The target audience has clearly changed and if you don't want your kids watching then be a bloody adult and stop them it's not that hard just put on parental controls or something. Its not her fault your kids are watching." – Victoria
"The girl is 20, rich and having the time of her life. She's just being Miley, no hug required. Lets all stop acting so fucking perfect, PLEASE!!!" – Adamah
In news that is not about Miley (YAY!), the Lady Gaga vs. Perez Hilton battle boiled up again when comedian Kathy Griffin weighed in:
"Perez was used like the damn ass he is and now he's angry and bitter for it. he needs to grow up. Gaga is still #1 no matter what he does. He is irrelevant. No one is talking to him anymore! GAGA for life!" – Caroline
"Perez is a joke. A very unfunny, and sad joke. His blog is BS as he has not only jumped the shark but is humping it, too. Lady Gaga should just ignore His Irrelevance. He shows his true colors (green:envy) every time he opens his nasty mouth." – Trina
"Why is everyone making Lady Gaga out to be a poor, innocent victim? This woman is just as much of a snake as Perez Hilton. When she was BFF's with Perez, she agreed with him that Christina Aguilera was copying so that she could get famous. Read this for more information and please support #JusticeForBionic on 11.11.13 " – John
Speaking of Gaga, did she record a duet with Rihanna? The rumor mill went crazy, and so did fans:
"I think Rihanna & Gaga would be perfect collaboration partners,both have a wealth of talent and the chops and sex appeal to sell it!!!" – Emmett
Lastly, AMC canceled The Killing (again), and we are not happy:
"AMC…..give me a BREAK! The Killing is Awesome! Come on…..make the 4th season the last at least. It's bad enough STARZ canceled Magic City on me, now this? UGH." – Erica
That's all we have time for this week, Celebuzzers. Thanks for contributing! Remember, if you want to be featured in next week's CommentBuzz, simply leave comments on your favorite articles.


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North Huntingdon strip club closed for prostitution, drug sale claims could reopen
A padlocked strip club could reopen in North Huntingdon under a court settlement that is expected to be presented to a Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday.
The lawyer for Gloria's Cantina Lounge said on Monday the bar, which has operated on Route 30 for three decades with male and female dancers, could soon resume business.
The strip club has been closed since November because a state police raid resulted in the arrest of two dancers and a patron.
District Attorney John Peck last year filed court documents seeking to have Gloria's declared a nuisance bar so it could be permanently closed. Two days of hearings were held late last year, when undercover state police troopers testified that illegal drug sales and prostitution had occurred at the club.
More testimony was to be heard on Monday, but Peck and club owner Gloria Brugnoli's lawyer, Dante Bertani, said a deal could be approved on Tuesday to end the case.
"It will allow her to reopen, but she will have to meet certain conditions," Bertani said. He declined to reveal specifics of the proposed settlement, which will be outlined in court.
Peck declined to discuss details of the proposed agreement.
The lawyers are expected to meet Tuesday morning with Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr., when the proposed settlement could be finalized.
The club has been in business since 1971. Its owner, 83-year-old Brugnoli, has not been charged. She has denied any knowledge of illegal activity that led to the closure.
"She's been dealing with the problem and living on her husband's pension. Money is tight," Bertani said.
State police investigators said five undercover stings were conducted at the business between Sept. 5 and Oct. 10. Agents were sold drugs and propositioned for sex, the troopers have testified.
The building was padlocked in early November. Last week, the state police Liquor Control Enforcement division issued five citations against Gloria's for alleged violations, including failure to display its liquor license, operating without a valid health permit and allowing cigarette and cigar smoking.
Bertani on Monday disputed those allegations.
Club patron Edward Moore, 24, of McKeesport pleaded guilty in May to two drug charges for selling cocaine at Gloria's last year. He was sentenced to serve 11 1⁄2 to 23 months in jail and five years of probation.
Dancers Ashlee Nicole Campbell, 31, of Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood, and Selene Amber Vicini, 35, of McKeesport are scheduled for court appearances this week. Campbell faces drug charges, and Vicini is charged with prostitution.
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Guest deals some drugs in small family owned motel. Govt want's to seize it
BOSTON (AP) Russ Caswell is not charged with any crime, but next week he'll be in a federal courtroom fighting to keep a motel his father built almost six decades ago.
The U.S. government has moved to take the Motel Caswell, a $57-per-night budget motel, under a law that allows for the forfeiture of properties connected to crimes. The government says the motel should be shut down because of drug dealing by some of its guests.
Caswell, 69, is still stunned by the move, three years after he received a forfeiture notice in the mail.
"They are holding me responsible for the actions of a few people who I don't know and I've never met before, people who rent a room," Caswell said. "Out of thousands of people who stay here, a handful do something wrong and they're trying to blame me for it."
Caswell's lawyers say every budget motel has a certain number of guests who commit crimes, but the government targeted the Motel Caswell because it is family-owned and mortgage-free.
Criminal forfeiture laws require a person to be convicted of a crime before property can be taken, but civil forfeiture allows prosecutors to take properties without convicting anyone.
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:07 PM
Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)
1. I have yet to understand why people tolerate this.
Every case like this needs to be published fare & wide, and there needs to be a huge public outcry & demand for an end to the drug war, which has been the fertile ground out of which we have grown our domestic Gestapo.
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:16 PM
Egalitarian Thug (12,448 posts)
2. K&R A daily outrage for over 30 years now. Land of the free, indeed. n/t
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:19 PM
AnotherMcIntosh (11,064 posts)
3. "Annette Funicello and the Mouseketeers spent a night here a half a century ago. But it doesnt get
guests like the Mouseketeers anymore."
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:29 PM
magical thyme (14,881 posts)
4. Despicable.
Over 14,000 room nights over the years in question. Free rooms provided to police for sting operations and investigations. A handful of arrests.
Stealing, plain and simple. It's not the first time I've seen local governments steal property from individuals in Massachusetts.
A couple years before I left that hellhole of a state, a woman who was a national champion trainer in the quarterhorse world had her horses, valued at over $250K, stolen by the state's animal control. Her problems started with a new neighbor who moved in from the city and didn't want horses next door. He reported her for "starving" a horse: she had just purchased and shipped the horse 3,000+ miles cross-country. It arrived thin, which sometimes happens due to the trip. The sellers may not have been feeding the horse well once he was sold; that sometimes happens too. Not her fault, the horse was shipped legally and all her other horses were in show condition, but now the state was watching her and waiting. Some time later, her husband was dying of cancer. She pulled her horses out of training and kept them on a straight hay diet while she cared for her husband. Normal and correct care for horses that aren't working to take them off a working diet and feed straight hay.
On the day of her husband's funeral, without warning or notice, the state seized her horses. While she was burying her husband, they came onto her property with a bunch of volunteers with trailers...and took the horses. Instead of following the law and taking them to the state facility, they hid them at various "volunteer" farms. They refused to allow her veterinarian see them to testify on her behalf. She had no money or fight left. Last I heard, she gave up, sold her farm and left. I hope she sold it to a goddam pig farmer. It would serve the jerkoff neighbor right.
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:31 PM
PSPS (6,751 posts)
5. It might not be as simple as this. The owner is likely culpable.
I've stayed in "budget" motels before where I was unable to sleep because people kept banging on my door or an adjacent room's door all night looking for dope or some other nefarious "service." I would try to contact the manager who, of course, was never around. I came to the conclusion that the manager/owner was likely in on the action or, at least, condoned it because of his unwillingness to just kick out the troublemakers.
I'd instruct the bank to reverse the credit card charges and then write to the motel owner inviting them to sue me, telling them I was just giddy at the prospect of describing my experience in a public court. None ever took me up on my offer.
This sounds like the same kind of deal. If this "Russ Caswell" guy isn't interested in cleaning up his clientele by kicking them out, he's part of the problem and should lose his "blight on society."
Response to PSPS (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 02:59 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
12. what didn't you get about "taken without anyone being found guilty"?
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #12)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:57 PM
PSPS (6,751 posts)
24. It's widely known that the guy is running a drug/prostitution racket. Good riddance.
Like I said, the owner is the problem. Society would be better served by a bulldozed lot than what he's running out of there.
Response to PSPS (Reply #24)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:00 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
26. 'widely known' -- by whom? not in the story. whether it's widely known or not,
you don't take people's property without due process.
that's totalitarianism. but if you think it's ok, well...
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #26)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:36 PM
PSPS (6,751 posts)
33. It's right here
As posted by someone else:
It's not "totalitarianism." It's a community ridding itself of a menace.
Response to PSPS (Reply #24)
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 05:48 AM
eShirl (15,116 posts)
35. I prefer the Bill of Rights.
Response to PSPS (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:04 PM
ChisolmTrailDem (9,463 posts)
13. Since we're speculating here, perhaps...
he was coerced into keeping quiet? Or perhaps he was afraid to call police or otherwise "cleaning up his clientele by kicking them out", fearing retribution.
Response to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #13)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:00 PM
PSPS (6,751 posts)
Yes, a man who cowers behind his desk "afraid to call the police" is just the guy to run a "cheap motel."
As others have indicated, he wouldn't have even had to use a phone to "call the police." They apparently spend quite a bit of their time in his parking lot trying to clean up the problem he is fostering.
Your sympathy is being wasted on this ne'er-do-well.
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:36 PM
Cerridwen (12,959 posts)
6. Interesting reviews of this place online; these past years.
From tripadvisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g41863-d1124170-Reviews-Motel_Caswell-Tewksbury_Massachusetts.html
1 of 5 stars Reviewed January 7, 2012 via mobile
Hookers, Drug Addicts, Drug Dealers Need I Say More?!. Dirty, Disgusting & Old! Do Not Stay Here!!!!!
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Out of desparation.
1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 11, 2011
After missing our exit from the Freeway, we were so frazzled (& everybody over there seems to drive on the wrong side of the road & all the car steering wheels are on the wrong side of the car) we decided to stop at the first motel we came across. OH DEAR - NOT A GREAT CHOICE. Firstly, there seems... More
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Green truck, fat lady... Fire her now!!!
1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 30, 2011
This hotel absolutely sucks seriously!!!! Over $1000 a month for one room and one bed, the shower doesn't work properly, the bathroom light hates to come on and there was cigarette burns all over the sheets and blankets (thank god we had our own)... I mean come on now really??? Treated veterans with utmost disrespect and terrible manners. Seriously the... More
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This motel caswell should really be called Joe's Apartment.
1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 2, 2011 via mobile
First of all Nothing was clean, there were no towells, no soap, the shower not only was shooting out in ever direction but the water was brown Yes, BROWN!!!! This place should be shut down it even has spider webs up to ying yang and little roaches and crackheads surround the whole place I would never ever recommend this motel... More
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You get what you pay for
2 of 5 stars Reviewed February 2, 2011
Stayed on a quiet night. No remote to the TV, which was stuck tinted green. No alarm clock, no internet, several holes in walls, decaying furniture. A solid reputation for drug and prostitution activity with regular police patrols. It was, however, really cheap.
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed October 21, 2009
Lots of bug bites overnight. All rooms are placarded non-smoking, but are supplied with ashtrays, so they're heavy with fresh smoke smell anyway. Walls are probably only as thick as the paneling you see, cause you can hear very well next door. Local police are often milling about, running checks on cars in the lot.
Response to Cerridwen (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:22 PM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
18. EPIC FAIL! Half the net knew, but he didn't know! Thanks, Cerridwen.
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Response to Cerridwen (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:33 PM
BlueCaliDem (15,379 posts)
19. What a dump and health hazard! The U.S. Gov't is doing people a favor
because this motel sounds like a horror - based on the reviews. Bed bugs?!? Aaaaah . . .!
Response to Cerridwen (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:40 PM
Egalitarian Thug (12,448 posts)
20. Have to agree with you in this case. The laws are very bad, but this is not a good example
of why. It sounds like one is a blight on the neighborhood.
Response to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #20)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:43 PM
Cerridwen (12,959 posts)
22. I think forfeiture laws are draconian.
This particular piece of property, however, should probably have been shut down due to health violations many years ago rather than this particular issue.
Unfortunately, decades of bath-tub sized government has allowed a lot of crap like this to go on.
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:38 PM
ck4829 (18,908 posts)
7. Are we winning the war on drugs yet?
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:41 PM
Ezlivin (8,153 posts)
8. I've been dealing drugs for YEARS out of Marriott Hotels
I sure hope they don't try to shut down that chain of hotels!
Romney help us all.
Response to Ezlivin (Reply #8)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 02:48 PM
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:03 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
27. it would be a good thing if they did, but it will never happen. only to little guys.
or some drug dealer's grandma who lives on a $600/mo gov't check and owns a miserable little house in the ghetto, her only possession after a lifetime of work.
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 02:14 PM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
9. That's just so wrong on every level.
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 02:42 PM
Comrade Grumpy (13,184 posts)
10. Asset forfeiture creates a moral hazard for law enforcement.
Gives them an incentive to police for profit, not public safety.
Distorts law enforcement priorities.
Activist organization: Forfeiture Endangers American Rights (FEAR) www.fear.org
Response to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #10)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:18 PM
Live and Learn (12,769 posts)
16. +1 nt
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 04:05 PM
Patiod (11,810 posts)
23. +10
Response to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #10)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:03 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
28. +1. that is a horrible, fascist piece of crap legislation.
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:10 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
14. Does anyone know the general approval rate for the war on drugs?
One would think that as stories like these accumulate it would drop. Particularly among the younger generation that doesn't equate pot with "godless hippies that cost us the War!"
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:16 PM
msongs (44,229 posts)
15. you may first ask yourself why the obama administration does this sort of thing nt
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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:21 PM
Smilo (1,895 posts)
17. Forfeiture laws are themselves open to corruption.
Who is behind this?
It really is getting out of hand.
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:42 PM
Evergreen Emerald (11,913 posts)
21. he had to have known about the drug dealing and ignored it
Forfeiture laws require tacit approval of drug dealing.
Response to Evergreen Emerald (Reply #21)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:05 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
29. and how do they determine that without due process? which there is none,
per the article?
my idea of 'known about it & ignored it' is that there's some kind of trial process, with evidence.
doesn't happen.
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #29)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:14 PM
Evergreen Emerald (11,913 posts)
31. Due process is required
Ok...where I live the state cannot take someone's property without a hearing. I cannot vouche for all states.
Response to Evergreen Emerald (Reply #31)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:31 PM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
32. they can in other states, & the SC has declined to rule, e.g.
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case about the extent to which police can seize property connected to drug crimes without offering any procedure for owners to contest the seizure.
The scenario of concern in the case happens across the U.S. Police, while investigating or making arrests in a drug case, seize property that may be connected to the case, like cars. What happens next depends on state law, but in many places, property owners go months or even years without their property, even when no charges are filed against them.
In his brief summary of the case before the Supreme Court (Alvarez v. Smith), George Mason law professor Ilya Somin points out how state seizure laws can threaten innocent property owners whose car or other property gets swept up in the War on Drugs. In Illinois, state law offers no procedure to challenge the seizure, and requires no proof from police that seizure is necessary to preserve evidence.
case was alvarez v. smith, & the sc declared it moot by the time the case reached them as there was no longer a property dispute.
but there are lots of such cases of property seizure without due process or even a clear/speedy appeals process.
Forfeiture without due process
VICTOR RAMOS GUZMAN and his brother-in-law noticed a Virginia state trooper pull up beside them as they traveled on Interstate 95 near Emporia, Va., in November. A police car drove by in parallel, looked at our faces and on no more than that decided to stop us, Mr. Guzman said in a sworn affidavit.
Virginia State Police say the men were speeding, driving 86 mph in a 70 mph zone and following too closely. But the trooper did not issue a ticket that morning despite the allegedly excessive speed nor did he charge the men with any civil or criminal violations. He did, however, seize $28,500 in cash.
The episode sheds light on the troubling nature of forfeiture laws that are used to seize money and property without evidence that a crime has been committed. These laws are aggressively enforced in part because police organizations are often allowed to keep the proceeds.
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #32)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:19 PM
Evergreen Emerald (11,913 posts)
34. thanks
fun reading.
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:11 PM
sarcasmo (16,264 posts)
30. Some high profile developer must want this land.
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Sat Nov 24, 2012, 05:54 AM
Warren DeMontague (79,626 posts)
36. Drug War Gravy Train


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One of the big issues for farmers and ranchers in this presidential election cycle is what many see as a trend towards over-regulation of the agricultural industry.
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley believes that, if President Obama is re-elected, it will be more of the same. But Grassley thinks it would be different under a Romney administration.
"There's two things—one, you'd have immediately put on hold a lot of regulations that the bureaucracy has been working on under Obama, because a new president wants a chance to review all that stuff," Grassley says. "So that would be an immediate holdup of a lot things we think are bad under this administration.
"Then, I think, as you get into a new administration, that you'd have fewer regulations—but it wouldn't mean you didn't have any regulations."
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Matt French admitted he had been unlucky to secure only a silver medal at Glasgow 2014.
The clay pigeon shooter from Oakley near Bicester, had to be content with second place in the double trap final at Carnoustie yesterday after England teammate Steve Scott produced a perfect performance to take gold.
Scott shot 30 out of 30 to pip the 29 scored by 33-year-old French on Sunday.
And this came after both had made the gold medal match by denying India's Asab Mohd in a three-way semi-final shoot-out.
"That score normally wins, by quite a margin," French shrugged. "I couldn't do a great deal more, but you can't beat a man who doesn't miss. Steve shot amazingly."
Scott, 29, said: "It was probably the most passionate shoot-off I've ever been involved in because if I ever wanted anyone to beat me it would be Matthew."
Meanwhile, Zoe Shipperley reflected on a dream come true after helping England reach the women's hockey semi-finals.
The 24-year-old, from Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester, was part of a determined defensive effort that saw England hold on to beat Scotland 2-1 in their final pool match.
That victory earned her side a semi-final showdown with New Zealand tomorrow and kept alive their gold medal hopes. "I am absolutely thrilled," said the former St Edward's School, Oxford pupil and staff member, who only made her England debut this year.
"The opportunity to ever play for your country is an unbelievable one and to play in the semi-finals and potentially a gold is just something you always dream of.
"It's great when it becomes a reality and I'm really looking forward to it."
Due to their superior goal difference, England only had to avoid defeat to make the semi-finals.
England took the lead on 16 minutes with a tidy finish from Alex Danson.
Scotland missed a great chance to level when Nicola Lloyd could not slide home into an empty net.
It was 2-0 on 28 minutes when Susannah Townsend lifted home after the hosts were unable to clear a controversial penalty corner.
But with four minutes of the first half remaining, Nikki Kidd fired in from a penalty corner.
Danson shot over when well placed early in the second half, before Scotland twice went close several times themselves.
The hosts kept pressing, but Shipperley and her defensive colleagues kept them at bay.
"It's absolutely unbelievable to reach the semis," she said.
"It's what we came here to do. That was our No 1 target and to have done that is such a brilliant feeling.
"Everyone is buzzing."
Shipperley added: "It was a very tense game. There were quite a few nerves out there.
"We knew it was going to be tough against the Scots.
"We always have battles with them.
"It was just brilliant to come out on the right side of that."
England have a rest day today, but the pressure increases tomorrow.
"Now it definitely does get serious," added Shipperley.
"That's what we have come here to do. We wanted a medal and hopefully that is what we are going to bring home.
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Despite signs that employment and spending weakened in November, the Federal Reserve is likely to forge ahead with a quarter-point interest rate hike on Tuesday, its fifth in as many meetings. In addition, central bankers are expected to leave their policy statement largely intact, suggesting that more hikes could be on the way in 2005. Traders are almost fully pricing in a 25-basis-point move this week, which would leave the funds rate at 2.25%, up from 1% in June. The odds for a rate hike in February and March are also very high. "I don't see anything to throw them off the path of steady, measured increases," said Alexander Paris, an economist at Barrington Research. "Interest rates are probably still too low." With the economy growing at a respectable pace, Paris said there is no need for the stimulus that was put in place after the recession and terrorist attacks three years ago. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News recently raised their estimates for fourth-quarter growth to 3.8% from 3.5%, citing a sharp decline in oil prices. Paris also noted that the falling dollar has become a growing concern. In November, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said that if foreign demand for U.S. assets wanes amid a burgeoning trade deficit, interest rates would have to rise to attract foreign capital, or the country would be forced to import less. Meanwhile, an article in The Wall Street Journal early this month suggested that some Fed officials are increasingly worried about inflation. Concerns center around high commodity prices, slowing productivity and the weak dollar, which raises import costs. Still, Bill Dudley, an economist at Goldman Sachs, doesn't expect the Fed to change its assessment that the "upside and downside risks" to inflation are "roughly equal."
"My view is that it is premature to expect a change in the balance-of-risks statement," he said. Indeed, inflation data have generally remained tame recently. In October, the core personal consumption expenditure index, the Fed's preferred measure of inflation, rose just 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.


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With Hurricane Irene intensifying and the likelihood of it impacting New Haven County early Sunday, the university will be closed on Sunday, Aug. 28. All activities and programs on each of the three campuses are canceled. In addition, the Arnold Bernhard and School of Law Center libraries will remain closed.
The Dining Hall on the Mount Carmel Campus will be open from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Aug. 28. In addition, Campus Security and Student Health Services on the Mount Carmel Campus will remain open around the clock.
Undergraduate and graduate classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 29.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Accident Man Mentioned In This Month's Vanity Fair
Friday, March 7, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Review
In his debut The Accident Man, Tom Cain has to do more than give us an edge-of-the-seat thriller. The more important challenge is overcoming the reader's queasiness and fear that The Accident Man may ooze into tabloid country.
Misgivings are quickly dispelled as Cain delivers an adrenaline-fueled thriller that doesn't stoop to prurient gimmicks.
Cain has a good feel for the governmental agencies who work together and against each other as he takes his plot on a globe-trotting journey. The Accident Man has movie written all over it as Cain keeps the scenery breathtaking and the action heart-stopping.
You can read the entire review HERE.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Detroit Free Press Review
Thanks again for the kind words, everyone.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Rave USA Today Review Today
USA Today ran a short but wonderful review of The Accident Man in today's (2/21/08) edition. You can see the full review here.
A nice quote:
Cain gets high marks for a creative yet easily believable story line that only adds fuel to the fire about what really happened to Diana — and who's to blame. Cain boosts the story's excitement through a stunning imagining of the lives and minds of paid assassins and Russian gang members.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Was Henri Paul Drunk?
Here are a few recent articles on the subject.
-There are questions about the legitimacy of Henri Paul's blood samples
-Were the blood samples tampered with?
-Was Paul an alcoholic?
-Henri Paul's friend claims Paul was "never drunk"
-More from Paul's friend, Claude Garrec
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Someone told me the other day that there's a word for authors making up imaginary casts for the imaginary films of their not-so imaginary books ... casturbation. Kerrr-chiiiinnnggg!
In my case, the film-rights to The Accident Man have been optioned by Paramount,so there is, in theory a chance that it might actually appear, assuming that the studios actually admit that they make money from DVDs and the internet and that writers – you know, the people that actually think of all the stuff that executives couldn't create in a million years – deserve a slice of the action their imaginations have generated.
So, there is some point in casturbating a while …
And let's start with Sam Carver.
As I told Clayton Moore on Bookslut the original model for Carver was Daniel Craig (this was before he'd been cast as Bond, I hasten to add). But now that he's otherwise engaged, I'd suggest …
Clive Owen: cool, saturnine, British, tough, but just a fraction too old, perhaps?
Christian Bale: a genius, British-born, but he's already being Batman, and he may just be too chilly, too other-worldly for Carver
Ioan Gruffudd: possibly too elegant, but an excellent actor (and we'll draw a veil over Fantastic Four!)
Jude Law: call me nuts, but if he was knocked about a bit, and let himself look a little less pretty than usual, he might just have the chops to do an action franchise
And finally, improbably … Tom Cruise
No, I don't rally envision the pint-sized Scientologist when I'm writing Samuel Carver, but Cruise did unknowingly play a vital role in choosing the title for this book and, perhaps, film.
After two years of faffing about with a series of terrible, clunking names for the book, I simply took a long list of cool-sounding words along to the PizzaExpress restaurant in Arundel, West Sussex, where I regularly lunch with my mate Mitch Symons. Then we arranged the words in random combinations, seeing which looked best.
Finally, we performed the clinching test. In solemn, mock Hollywood tones, one or other of us would intone, 'Tom Cruise is …' followed by the possible title.
And so it came to pass, courtesy of Mitch: Tom Cruise is … The Accident Man.
So who, then, is Alix Petrova?
Here I must make another confession. As it says in the front of this book (and any other novel), there is no resemblance between any of the characters and anyone living or dead. That's completely true. But it's equally true that real people – or details of real people – inspire fictional characters. Take Alix Petrova, with her intriguingly beautiful-but-wonky blue eyes, which bear the last remnants of a childhood squint. Those eyes actually belong to a young English/American actress called Anastasia Griffith, who told me about her squint and the operation that fixed it over tea at Claridges Hotel one day (like you do). From that one detail I then extrapolated an entire character that's nothing like Anastasia – who is most certainly not a deadly, KGB-trained Russian seductress – at all.
Still, it's only fair to give her first crack at being Alix in my imaginary movie.
If Miss Griffith were otherwise engaged, I'd happily cast (since this is my personal, fantasy production) the gorgeous Kelly Carlson, who plays the reformed porn starlet Kimber Henry in Nip/Tuck, or Radha Mitchell, an Aussie actress. She was superb in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, playing the same character but in two completely different ways: I think she'd capture Alix's duality brilliantly.
But if they insist on giving it to Angelina Jolie, I guess I'd just have to accept that tough decision gracefully … because that's the kind of guy I am.Other than that, my perfect cast would feature Kevin Spacey as Russian oligarch Yuri Zhukovski, Dame Helen Mirren as MI5 boss Dame Agatha Bewley, Sean Bean as Jack Grantham from MI6 and Daniel Auteuil as the French spook Pierre Papin. As for thesps to play Grigori Kursk, the psychopathic, super-tough, seriously frightening Russian baddie, or Thor Larsson, the beanpole Scandinavian computer-wiz with red-blonde dreadlocks … well, I'm open to suggestions.


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"Chushingura (The 47 Loyal Retainers)," the most famous kabuki play on thetheme of revenge, is being staged at Tokyo's Shinbashi Enbujo Theater this month.
|En'ya Hangan (played by Kikugoro Onoe) commits seppuku as his chief retainer (played by Danjuro Ichikawa) looks on.
Taking title roles in the program are prominent actors Uzaemon Ichimura, Kikugoro Onoe, Danjuro Ichikawa and Sadanji Ichikawa. Kikugoro's son, Kikunosuke, Danjuro's son, Shinnosuke, and Tatsunosuke Onoe tackle their assignments with great enthusiasm, competing courageously with their elders.
The Enbujo is dedicating the production to Tatsunosuke's grandfather, Shoroku Onoe, who died in 1989, and to Kikugoro's father, Baiko Onoe, who died in 1995. Both gave outstanding performances in "Chushingura" during the second half of the last century.
"Chushingura" centers on a historical incident that took place on March 14, 1701, during the Edo Period. Lord Asano of Ako (a domain in the southwestern part of Hyogo Prefecture) attempted to kill the shogun's chief steward, Kira, who had maliciously insulted him, in Edo Castle.
Lord Asano was ordered to kill himself by seppuku on the same day, whereas Kira was not punished at all. On Dec. 14, 1702, 47 of Asano's former vassals broke into Kira's residence and killed the man who had brought calamity upon Asano, his house and all his followers.
After two months of debate and temporizing by shogunate officials, the 47 loyal knights were ordered to likewise commit seppuku, but their heroic deed of revenge so appealed to Edo townspeople that it has since been repeatedly dramatized.
The ultimate bunraku version, "Kanadehon Chushingura," was adapted for the kabuki stage in Edo, Kyoto and Osaka in 1749. "Chushingura" has retained its popularity in the intervening 250 years.
Under the Tokugawa regime, it was forbidden to use the real names of characters in bunraku or kabuki plays that covered topical subjects. Accordingly, playwrights disguised their themes as historical tales. "Chushingura" was therefore set in 1338 instead of 1701, and the names of the characters were changed to those of the 14th-century heroes familiar in "Taiheiki (Tales of Wars in the Nanboku Era)."
Lord Asano is therefore called En'ya Hangan and the shogun's chief steward, Kira, is called Ko no Moronao. No one, of course, was fooled, but since the letter of the law was observed, the censors stayed their hand.
The play opens with the scene celebrating the reconstruction of Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura by Ashikaga Takauji to commemorate his becoming shogun and the destruction of his archenemy Nitta Yoshisada.
The hot-blooded daimyo Momoi Wakasanosuke (Ta- tsunosuke Onoe) and the quiet En'ya Hangan (Kikugoro Onoe) have been ordered to entertain Takauji's younger brother, Tadayoshi, who has come for the dedication of the helmet worn by the defeated Gen. Yoshisada.
Symbolically dressed in black, Ko no Moronao (a remarkable performance by Sadanji Ishikawa) makes advances to Hangan's beautiful wife, Kaoyo (Shibajaku Nakamura), but his efforts are obstructed by Wakasanosuke. Annoyed, Moronao decides to kill the old man.
Realizing Wakasanosuke's intention, his chief retainer, Kakogawa Honzo, bribes Moronao in time to make him change his attitude toward Wakasanosuke. His amorous approaches rejected by Kaoyo, the old man turns his fire on her husband when he arrives late at the castle. Moronao taunts Hangan viciously until the gentle Hangan loses control; he attacks Moronao on the spot, but, held back by Honzo, fails to kill him.
While "Chushingura" is based on this incident, Lord En'ya Hangan (Asano) appears only briefly at the beginning, and the rest of the lengthy play deals with subplots.
The real lead is Hangan's chief retainer, Oboshi Yuranosuke (Danjuro), who spends his time at the Ichiriki teahouse to mislead the shogun's spies regarding his real intentions; and Hayano Kanpei, who has been excluded from the party Yuranosuke organized to avenge Hangan's death but who later manages to redeem himself.
Kikugoro learned the part of En'ya Hangan from his father Baiko, who was unsurpassed in this role. Young Kikunosuke tackles the demanding role of Okaru for the first time, and his performance is reminiscent of his eminent grandfather, Baiko, who had a high reputation. Tatsunosuke, on the other hand, plays Okaru's older brother, Heiemon, in the style of his late grandfather, Shoroku.
The play climaxes in the scenes of the 47 men achieving their ultimate goal 21 months after the death of En'ya Hangan. Led by Yuranosuke, they battle their way into Moronao's well-guarded mansion and take his head. The play ends as the 47 loyal knights march quietly to the tomb of their lord, carrying the severed head of Moronao.


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The latest installment of pot-smoking duo Harold & Kumar, 'Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay' is going to be screened at the 15th Annual South by Southwest film festival in Austin.
Expected to hit theaters on April 4, "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" will be previewed sooner as the comedy film is heading to South by Southwest film festival. According to reports, the film directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg has joined the line-up of film to be screened at SXSW Film 2008.
The sequel of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is among other films showing on the festival scheduled for March 7 to 11. Among the films are a documentary about the Texas town where President Bush has his ranch "Crawford", a film about a Michael Jackson impersonator who befriends a Marilyn Monroe impersonator "Mister Lonely", and a look at the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle through a variety of perspectives "Battle in Seattle".
Aside from announcing the joining of Kal Penn and John Cho starring-film, the SXSW organizers also said that they will hold "A Conversation with Helen Hunt" at the SXSW Film Conference, on Sunday, March 9. On the special occasion, it was said that the Academy Award-winning actress will discuss her acclaimed career as an actress as well as getting behind the camera for her directorial debut film "Then She Found Me" which will also be previewed at the festival.


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"BANG," the 2014 American Association All-Star Game opened with a bang, firework jets sprouting along the outfield fence as if to say, in an unusually booming way, "play ball."
The game filled Shaw Park right up on Tuesday night, and was broadcast live online. It was the first all-star party since the Goldeyes joined the league three years ago, and American Association brass were impressed. "The game doesn't really matter, North or South, who wins," said league commissioner Miles Wolff, during a break from the action. "But 7,000 people are here for it. Someone told me a dozen major league scouts are here. We've never had that many. This is a showcase for us."
It was something of a spectacle, too. It opened as baseball great Fergie Jenkins, his arm too hobbled by arthritis to throw out the ceremonial pitch, gamely took the mound for a warm and standing ovation. After the anthems, the Game of Thrones opening theme hummed ominously from the speakers. The fans filled the stands with a riot of colour, red and white Goldeyes jerseys beaming out proud. Ticket sales surged to 6,889; not the highest total of the season, but several observers agreed that by the eyeball test, it was likely the most butts in the seats Shaw Park has seen this year.
There were mini-games, the usual contests, and there were some perks. Between innings, travelling stunt mascots Birdzerk and the Zooperstars cavorted around the field, whirling through dance and pratfall routines. The crowd mingled with staff from around the league, the mood in Shaw Park was sunny and light, and in the seventh-inning stretch another splatter of fireworks lit up the darkening sky.
Oh, right, there was also a game on Tuesday night, as Team North and their team of 20 -- including six Goldeyes, if you include injured infielder Ryan Pineda -- faced Team South and their squad from deeper into the American heartland, as well as the eastern Can-Am League. The tilt was just for fun, of course, though during the afternoon's all-star luncheon, Goldeyes reliever Chris Kissock mused that it wouldn't take long for the competitive spirit to kick in.
It was leisurely, the way all-star games usually are, everyone wanting to get the crowd on their side, but not wanting to push it too hard, when the final numbers won't count. Every pitcher on the rosters took some time on the mound. The first score came in the top of the fourth for Team South, when Laredo Lemurs shortstop Devin Goodwin -- who'd knocked out a double in his first at-bat -- slammed a lead-off solo home run off of former Goldeyes hurler and current Trois-Rivières Aigle Matt Rusch's second pitch. He would go on to be named the player of the game.
The South squad would add another home run in the top of the sixth, when David Espinosa (usually with the Wichita Wingnuts) slammed out a solo blast of his own. Team North, by contrast, couldn't find their first hit until the bottom of the sixth, when Goldeyes outfielder Donnie Webb, batting ninth, slammed out a double in his second at bat. But his teammates couldn't drive him home.
The South batters feasted on North pitchers in the top of the ninth. They combined for five hits and five runs, including a two-RBI middle shot from Lincoln Saltdogs first baseman Ian Gac. When all was said and done, Team South had won 7-0, their nine pitchers combining to allow only two hits and shut out the North's best.
Then it was over, the fireworks blew again -- not just jets this time, a big show, huge -- and the all-star celebrations were over... but perhaps, someday, to return. Now, after this rare two-day break, the league will go back to normal. The Goldeyes were slated to leave this morning on an eight-game road trip, starting with a game tonight in Sioux Falls, S.D. They won't see Shaw Park again until Aug. 7, when the Wichita Wingnuts come to town.


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Diplomas pave road of reform
Hong Kong has embarked on the most ambitious education reform programme in its history - ditching the high-stakes A-level exam for a broad-based diploma. And as government and aided schools roll out the three-year curriculum leading to the first Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams in 2012, the International Baccalaureate Diploma has eclipsed the British A-level as the main qualification in the international sector.
All final-year students across the English Schools Foundation's five secondary schools took the IB Diploma for the first time last year, and the vast majority of independent schools have adopted IB programmes as their curriculum of choice.
For parents used to the certainties of three A-levels as a route to university for academically oriented students, the new exams pose a conundrum.
What standard do students need to achieve to get into good universities in Hong Kong and around the world? How do the standards of the two exams compare? Are they easier or harder than A-levels? Which one gives a better chance of getting to university?
Figures released by the ESF on university destinations of 710 students who took the IB Diploma last year provide some useful indicators on how it performs as a matriculation exam. They show that more of the IB students got into top-ranked universities worldwide than did ESF A-level students in 2008.
Among last year's IB students, 136 got into top-30 universities and 265 got into the top 50 in the Times Higher Education/QS World University Rankings, compared to 109 and 249, respectively, for the A-level students.
In Britain, where the A-level is the main entrance exam, the number of ESF students who got into top-10 universities in The Times Good Universities Guide - a league table of universities in Britain - fell by seven to 95.
The number of students admitted to top-30 universities in The Times' ranking also dropped - by five to 210 - but institutions in the top 50 took 35 more ESF students than in 2008, admitting a total of 255.
ESF education adviser Chris Durbin said: 'Two-thirds of ESF students who applied to the UK got into top-30 universities. That is in line with previous performance of ESF students taking A-levels. And I believe the small decline in the number of students going to the top 10 universities in the UK last year is not to do with the switch to the IB Diploma.
'A decrease of seven students is not significant.'
Most universities in Hong Kong set grade 24 in the IB Diploma - the 'pass rate' - as the lowest offer score, with 45 the highest score demanded by University of Hong Kong and 40 the top score for Chinese University. But Hong Kong University of Science and Technology made offers of 30 to 33.
Leading research universities in Britain's Russell Group required offer grades ranging from 40 to 42 for Oxbridge, to 37 to 39 for the London School of Economics and 24 to 36 for Leeds.
Durbin said the offer grades required depended on the popularity of both the institution and the subject, with the latter being the most important factor.
'It is a market-driven system,' he said. 'The more demand there is, the higher the point score that the universities will require. Medicine and law will be very high, but engineering and accounting will be lower.'
A broad picture of the Hong Kong diploma grades required to get into degree programmes and institutions is not yet available, as many universities are still deciding on their admission requirements. But the Education Bureau and Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority have been working hard to gain recognition for the Hong Kong diploma at home and abroad.
In January, Secretary for Education Michael Suen Ming-yeung announced some common threshold requirements for admission to the city's eight publicly funded tertiary institutions after bureau talks with university heads.
Suen said students attaining Level 3 for Chinese and English, and Level 2 for maths and liberal studies - the core subjects of the Hong Kong diploma - would be eligible for admission to undergraduate programmes.
The Heads of Universities Committee (HUCOM) confirmed that its eight members would consider applications from students who met the common requirements on the core subjects, but also stressed that universities would set minimum levels for one or two elective subjects and could also stipulate further requirements.
But HKU registrar Henry Wai Wing-kun said: 'HKU is going to decide its own minimum eligibility requirements for the core subjects, although we will bear in mind HUCOM's set of common requirements. We plan to make a decision on it later this year.'
In February, Britain's university entrance system UCAS published its rating of the Hong Kong diploma against other exams, including British A-levels and the IB Diploma. The UCAS 'tariff' is widely used by admissions tutors globally to assess the standard of unfamiliar qualifications.
UCAS gave the Hong Kong diploma 120 points for a Level 5 in one subject - equal to an A grade in the British A-level - and 130 points for Level 5*. It is reserving judgment on the diploma's highest subject score of Level 5** until after the first results are released in 2012.
Three A-levels at grade A - the typical minimum requirement for admission to top British universities - are worth 360 points in the tariff. A new A* grade in the British A-level being introduced this year is worth 140 points.
A student who gained top scores in the four core subjects of the Hong Kong diploma plus three electives would net 780 points in the UCAS tariff - more than double the points for three A-levels at grade A.
UCAS also rates the Hong Kong diploma more highly than the IB Diploma, which is given 720 points for its highest score of 45 and 130 points for its highest subject grade - equal to the second-highest grade in the Hong Kong qualification.
But UCAS international officer Irene Finlayson warned that using the tariff to directly compare matriculation exams was misguided, as it was merely a guideline for universities, which decided their own admission criteria.
'Is it really valid to compare a stand-alone A-level with one subject that forms part of a whole school-leaving diploma?' she said. 'The two qualifications are structured differently and that should be taken into account.'
The bureau and the exams authority have sent delegations to destinations including Canada, Britain and Australia to promote the Hong Kong diploma among universities and accreditation bodies. The response in all three countries has been positive, with the diploma widely regarded as meeting the eligibility threshold for university entrance, according to officials.
Katherine Forestier, director of education and science services with the British Council Hong Kong, said: 'Based on the UCAS tariff, at least two Level 3 grades should fulfil minimum admissions requirements to UK universities, equivalent to two Grade Es at A-level.
'However, universities will set their own requirements similar to what they ask at A-level, with most looking at Levels 4 and 5. In addition, they would also need students to fulfil minimum matriculation requirements in maths, normally equivalent to Grade C in the GCSE, and [in] English.'
Oxford University's director of undergraduate admissions, Mike Nicholson, said its education committee had agreed that a Level 5 in an elective subject of the Hong Kong diploma was equal to an A in the British A-level. For maths, students would need a Level 5* in the core component and 5 in the extended paper.
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- A man suspected in a fatal shooting at a Georgia megachurch was once committed to a mental health facility in Maryland following criminal charges.
Authorities say 51-year-old Floyd Palmer was arrested Wednesday, a few hours after the fatal shooting of a church volunteer during a morning service at World Changers Church International in College Park, south of Atlanta.
Court records show a man named Floyd Lester Palmer with the same date of birth was charged in Baltimore in 2001 with attempted murder, assault and handgun charges.
He was committed to a psychiatric hospital in 2004 after pleading not criminally responsible to lesser charges. Records show he was released the following year, subject to conditions that were to remain in effect for five years.
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NYA Times
Minnesota River Conference medalist Alex Wischnack and fellow state qualifier Judy Larson highlight the boys' and girls' cross country teams for Central High School this season.
Wischnack, a junior, is among several returnees for the boys which boasts a strong returning class of six seniors and five juniors, according to head coach Mark Lagergren.
"Alex is back," said Lagergren. "He had some health issues. I think he's healthy and I think he's good to go. (He has a) real positive attitude."
Lagergren also highlighted junior Chase Heyer, senior Alex Kayser and sophomore Ben Barth, in addition to Wischnack.
"I think his (twin) brother Andrew is looking really solid," said Lagergren. "Some of those guys, they got 200-300 miles in this summer. Alex probably got 400 miles in. You put in 200, even 300 miles in during the summer its going to pay back."
Kayser and fellow senior Cole Sauter were part of last year's section team while seniors Dakota Schneider and Jacob Daniels are new to the program.
In addition to Wischnack and Kayser, the other captain this season for the Raiders is senior Josh Hendel.
For the girls, captains include senior Parry Larson, junior Abbie Schnable and sophomore April Feist.
The squad is relatively young with only three upperclassmen in Parry Larson, Schnable and senior Morgan Krueger. Eighth-grader Judy Larson qualified for state last year while Parry just missed out.
"Judy is a great kid," said Lagergren. "Parry is a little banged up. She's had some injuries this spring from track. I think she's biking, she's running. She wants to run on Saturday and we'll see how she is."
Last year, the boys finished fifth and girls took fourth in the Minnesota River Conference and the team goal is for both to be in the top three at the MRC meet on Oct. 10, according to Lagergren.
Central is again the host of the MRC meet and will also host the alumni meet at Baylor Park on Saturday, Aug. 24, the MRC scrimmage on Monday, Aug. 26, and the NYA Lions meet which include 20 teams on Sept. 10.
"We have conference again which is really good," he said. "I hate to say it's home field advantage, but it is. I'd love to run our home park and those guys do a phenomenal job. It's a beautiful course."
Lagergren expects Jordan to lead the conference for the boys, while Watertown and Tri-City United are in the mix as well.
"We would love to sneak in there," said Lagergren. "I think we can do that. We would love to be second or third."
For the girls, Belle Plaine is by far the favorite to win with Jordan and Watertown also among the contenders.
"We'd have to have to have a good day," he said of making it into the top three, but Judy Larson and a healthy Parry Larson, along with Feist and sophomore Beth George, could overcome their youth.
Central finds itself in a new section this year as they switched from 4A to 5A, leading to a scenario where they will hardly face fellow section teams all season.
"I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing for us," said Lagergren. "You still got to run and you still have to run well."
Overall though, Lagergren is excited as most runners put in hard work over the summer.
"The whole summer running is so critical because our season is 12, 13 weeks long," said Lagergren. "If you look at any research, it takes about 16 weeks to get in shape. It was nice to see some of these kids get 200, 300 miles in and that's a huge bonus."
Attendance at captains practices was solid all summer, with 30 kids or more attending, and that enthusiasm has continued into formal team practices.
"We're returning some good numbers," said Lagergren. "We had a really good first week of practice which makes me a little excited. Good kids. Really some good quality kids."
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Political parties such as the LNP needed to hold fundraisers because of union campaigns, Premier Campbell Newman said.
Mr Newman was speaking in defence of a series of fundraising dinners the LNP are hosting, which for an annual fee of $11,000 will allow business and industry stakeholders access to government ministers.
The opposition has labelled the six planned Regional Round Table events "cash for access" events, but Mr Newman said his government would remain open and accountable.
He said his ministers were freely accessible to the public at events such as community cabinet.
But fundraisers were necessary to combat union campaigns and the like which have taken aim at government policy such as the blueprint for better health and the Commission of Audit recommendations.
"The party has to raise money because we are up against the unions," Mr Newman told reporters.
"The Together Union is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, as we know, on push polling, deceitful, dishonest push polling right now, so political parties need to raise money.
"In relation to who attends these things ... they will be declared.
''We are publishing ministerial diaries, anybody who attends one of these events, it will be made open every month when we publish the ministerial diaries – now you don't get that with the Labor party."
When asked if he could see how the practice could be perceived negatively by the public, Mr Newman paused before answering: "We are open and accountable, we are making sure we declare all the aspects of who ministers meet with, donations and contributions to political parties are declared".
"You can't get much better than that," he added.
In April 2011, after winning pre-selection for the seat of Ashgrove, Mr Newman declared he was against "cash for access" events where people received "exclusive access" to party leaders in exchange for a cash donation.
''Parties run fundraisers and they have their leaders go, but I will not be into the 'cash for access' caper," Mr Newman said then.
But in the next month, Mr Newman had changed his mind, telling reporters: "I don't have a problem with that as long as it's declared ... [and in compliance] with the law''.
On Monday, Mr Newman said he had remained consistent in his view on political fundraisers.
The Queensland opposition has accused the government of indulging in "cash for access" practices, revealing the LNP has planed a series of what they call fund raising dinners featuring industry stakeholders and government ministers.
Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk held a press conference moments before Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney was due to face the press to make an announcement regarding the Galilee Basin to announce its discovery of the 'Regional Round Table' dinners.
Ms Palaszczuk said her office had been approached by business people concerned about the series of planned dinners.
In an email provided by the opposition to the media, an LNP corporate relations manager explains the cost as $11,000 for a 12-month membership to the LNP Regional Round Table, which will "host six boardroom dinners per annum with max 15 members plus guest federal or state minister to discuss issues of concern for regional producers in Queensland".
"This group will meet in Brisbane CBD, it would be moderated by LNP state director, Brad Henderson," the email explains.
On the $11,000 membership fee, the letter defines it as "a fee for service activity for due consideration, as such is not considered a donation".
"They [business stakeholders] are concerned about what is happening here," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"It is not deemed a donation, which I'm very concerned about. It is deemed a fee for service, which basically gets them around the donation rules."
Ms Palaszczuk said the Crime and Misconduct Commission was more important than ever in the current political climate.
"What we are seeing is a hidden agenda, here by this government," she said.
"We know they were not happy with the CMC in the past and they will take every opportunity they can to water it down.
"We need a strong CMC, we need a PCMC [Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee] that can investigate and this government is pursuing an agenda, which I simply don't like."
Mr Newman said he did not know where Monday night's fundraiser, the first of the Regional Round Table events, featuring Agriculture Minister John McVeigh, would be held.
Mr Newman did not rule out attending an event as a special guest in the future.


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Raleigh's food truck program seems to be going so well that councilors are considering easing some of the rules associated with it, including allowing more food trucks on a piece of property and allowing trucks to do business downtown.
Today, only one food truck is allowed on a quarter-acre piece property. If the change is approved, two would be allowed.
A change would also allow trucks in the Downtown Overlay District (DOD). The DOD covers most of Downtown Raleigh, with the exception of Glenwood South down to Hillsborough Street.
Residents can comment on the changes at hearing Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall on Hargett Street.
Food trucks were permitted in Raleigh only after contentious debate for more than one year. City inspections and planning staff have since reported no problems or negative feedback.
Almost 20 food truck permits have been issued by the city, along with 11 permits for food truck locations.


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Music: Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Madeline Peryoux, Sam Cooke, Django Reinhardt, The Gorillaz, and other funk music. I listen to a lot of different genres and experimental stuff too.
Books: I like reading autobiographies.
Shows: I like mystery crime shows.... And South Park.
Food: anything
Drinks: I've been a gin and tonic gal for a while but am recently getting into the dark and stormy. I also love trying new wine.
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