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When Stow Dispatch Supervisor Ginger Hatfield walked around a now vacant portion of the Summit County Health Department building on Graham Road in Cuyahoga Falls Sept. 27, she expressed why she sees it as a frontrunner for a proposed regional dispatch center.
"As soon as I saw this place, I said, 'This is a dispatch center," said Hatfield.
"It looks like it's built for it," said Stow City Councilor John Pribonic as he walked with her.
Stow, Cuyahoga Falls and Tallmadge are considering forming a Council of Governments, with the goal of doing so by the end of the year, in order to create a regional dispatch center by the middle of next year. About 5,000 square feet at the rear of the health department building, on the south side of Graham and just west of Route 8, is the leading contender among three locations that have been considered.
Hatfield and Pribonic were among about 20 area officials looking at the site, some for the first time.
The space includes one large room for dispatch consoles, along with office space, an equipment room, a kitchen and bathrooms.
"We have the ability to put 16 consoles in here" said Stow Fire Capt. Paul Amonett. "It's basically a big open space we can build on. That's what we're looking for."
Stow Mayor Sara Kline said a lease agreement with the county is still being negotiated. Work to be done on the building would include securing the entrance and constructing walls to separate the dispatch center from the rest of the building.
"So people really can't come in here," she said.
Kline acknowledged that the building sustained "significant [flood] damage" during the May 2014 storm, but new drainage infrastructure that has been reviewed by the city's engineering department has been installed to prevent a similar occurrence.
"It's something we had questions about," said Kline.
Kline said if the health department ever decides to sell the building, "we would have right of first refusal with what we want to do, which we would not have with other locations."
Cuyahoga Falls City Councilor Vic Pallotta told Record Publishing Co. that he likes the site.
"The location is great," he said. "The layout they have here is perfect for what we're doing, what we want to do."
He said, however, that he has a couple of concerns. One is that the roof, which was replaced 15 years ago, will likely need to be replaced again in another five years.
"It's going to be five years when there's going to be an expenditure," he said.
Pallotta said the cost may not be too bad if it's spread out over multiple communities, but "they should negotiate that."
Pallotta also said he has some concerns, as someone who has worked in logistics in the trucking industry, with a new dispatch union forming.
"There are hurdles and challenges when forming a new union," he said.
Cuyahoga Falls' dispatch is located in Fire Station 5 on Wyoga Lake Road, while Stow's is at the Safety Center on Darrow Road.
Cuyahoga Falls presently dispatches all calls for Cuyahoga Falls, Munroe Falls and Silver Lake Village while Stow fields calls for Stow, Tallmadge, Mogadore and Randolph Township in Portage County through service contracts. Stow has 15 employees and Cuyahoga Falls, 11. Officials have said none of the dispatchers will lose their job.
Munroe Falls City Councilor Chris Ritzinger, who was present at the Sept. 27 inspection tour with fellow Councilors Jenny Markovich and Jim Iona, said he believes forming the COG "makes sense."
"It's a good idea," he said. "It appears that the cities are working together more than they did in the past."
Ritzinger said he questioned why Tallmadge was invited to join the COG and not Munroe Falls and found it was because ownership issues could become too complicated if there was a mixture of larger and smaller communities.
"I don't know if Munroe Falls wants to be part of the COG. Maybe we just want to be a customer," he said.
At a Sept. 20 joint Council meeting, Amonett said creating the regional dispatch center would be a cost savings to Stow and Cuyahoga Falls, especially in terms of equipment upgrades. He described Stow's radio system as "coming to end of life."
Information distributed at the meeting showed the estimated combined costs for Stow and Cuyahoga Falls to maintain separate dispatch centers would require approximately $3.4 million in upgrades. Completing a joint dispatch center showed estimated costs of $2.7 million, including about $1.5 million in build-outs at the health department, $940,000 in upgrades and a 10 percent contingency of $243,000. Amonett said Motorola was building out the radio system to 2039, with service for that time period included in the bids. He added phone systems tend to turn over faster.
The state is also providing an incentive. A state mandate took effect this year requiring Summit County to designate five public service answering points (PSAPs) to handle wireless calls to 911 and receive state funding. Selected were dispatch centers in Akron; the Summit County Sheriff's Office in Akron; Cuyahoga Falls; Stow; and the Southwest Summit Communications Center in Green.
When Ohioans pay their cell phone bills, 25 cents per month goes to a state surcharge to help fund wireless PSAPs. That revenue is then distributed to counties, which decide how the funds will be distributed to communities that operate PSAPs.
The state mandate further requires that by Jan. 1, 2018, the county must reduce the number of its PSAPs receiving wireless 911 funding from five to four, and new 911 call technology must be installed at that point.
Hatfield said during the Sept. 20 meeting that the mandate would result in one of the five PSAPs losing funding, making consolidation of Stow and Cuyahoga Falls an economical move.
Senior editor Marsha McKenna contributed to this story.
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Sweden's Christian Niva describes his music as lowtechsoul - which makes sense when listening to Dirty Water. The video for it is hypnotizing and one of our favourites of the year. Wow, so good! It starts off really innocent with a morning ritual, and ends us being a bit shaken up, pressing the replay button. A must watch. Niva's music is labelled as chillwave by the media, perhaps that should be chills-down your-spine-wave.

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By Guest Playbooker Jonathan Karl of ABC News: In Germany, President Obama predicts 'serious progress' on Mideast peace this year
BREAKING: A day after his big Cairo speech, President Obama is saying "the moment is now" for action on Mideast peace. "I am confident that if we stick with it, having started early, we can make some serious progress this year," Obama said this morning at a joint news conference in Dresden with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Good Friday morning. As Mike Allen continues to travel with the president (no, he's not taking a day off), your guest Playbooker is ABC News congressional correspondent Jonathan Karl, who can sometimes also be found writing The Note.
President Obama today visits Buchenwald, the concentration camp his uncle Charlie helped liberate at the end of World War II.
ASK NOT AND YOU SHALL NOT RECEIVE: Obama says he has not yet asked Germany to take any Gitmo detainees. "Chancellor Merkel has been very open to discussions with us," he said this morning. "We have not asked her for hard commitments and she has not given us any hard commitments."
The Wall Street Journal editorial page has some praise for the president's speech, although not exactly what the White House wants. With a headline "Barack Hussein Bush," the editorial says much of Obama's message (minus the bit on torture and that part about Iraq being a "war of choice") coincides with what the Bush administration had been saying for years.
"One benefit of the Obama Presidency is that it is validating much of George W. Bush's security agenda and foreign policy merely by dint of autobiographical rebranding," the WSJ editorializes. "That was clear enough yesterday in Cairo, where President Obama advertised "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world." But what he mostly offered were artfully repackaged versions of themes President Bush sounded with his freedom agenda. We mean that as a compliment, albeit with a couple of large caveats."
SPOTTED: Josh Earnest and Jim Manley at a soggy Nationals Park, where Randy Johnson, now with the San Francisco Giants, became the 24th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games by snapping the Nats' one-game winning streak. It was a double header. Nats lost both games.
ALSO SPOTTED: Chuck Todd, awaiting the Dresden presser from his front-row seat, chuckling as he read this passage in the International Herald Tribune version of Carl Hulse's feature on Sen. Cornyn's role in the confirmation fight: "An imposing 6 feet 4 inches tall, or 1.93 meters ... "
WHAT MIKEY WAS READING AT THE SAME MOMENT — " A political pattern to stimulus tour," by POLITICO's Eamon Javers: "Since Congress passed President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus bill in February, administration officials have traveled to at least 66 events across the country to tout the massive spending program or hand out stimulus cash to grateful local officials. ... 52 of the 66 events were in states that backed Obama. And taken together, the itineraries amount to a veritable map of Obama's election-night victories — big-money states like California and New York, swing states like Ohio and Colorado that Obama turned blue and other solidly Democratic states Obama kept in his column. ... Of the other 14 events, Vice President Joe Biden and Cabinet officials often touched down in places where Obama lost narrowly and that Democrats hope to pull into their column by 2012, such as Missouri, Arizona, Montana and North Dakota. ... 'Politics plays no role in implementation of the Recovery Act or highlighting its successes. Period,' said Liz Oxhorn, press secretary for the Recovery Act."
DOCUMENT DUMP: Sonia Sotomayor has sent her 176-page questionnaire — along with five boxes of speeches, articles and writings — to the Senate Judiciary Committee. A few quick takeaways:
1) Sotomayor had been making variations of the "wise Latina woman" comment for years in speeches going back to 1994.
New White House talking point on this: the comment is old news, at least one of these speeches had been submitted to the Senate without controversy when Sotomayor was confirmed as a circuit court judge in 1998.
2) She ain't rich. Sotomayor's debt to her credit cards and her dentist almost equals her entire savings.
The NYT: "The documents submitted to the Senate underscored how much more modest Judge Sotomayor's finances were than those of many of her would-be colleagues. Judge Sotomayor, who makes about $180,000 a year, owns no stock and has just $31,985 in savings. Her two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village, which she bought in 1998 for $360,000, is her only major asset, valued at just under $1 million. After refinancing several times, she owes $381,775 on the home as well as $15,000 for credit card bills and $15,000 for dental bills, making her net worth just over $740,000."
3) And Jan Crawford Greenberg finds this nugget in the questionnaire: Sotomayor was contacted about a possible Supreme Court vacancy four days before Justice Souter announced his intention to resign.
Sotomayor explanation, take two. After meeting with Sotomayor yesterday afternoon, Senator Susan Collins offered a new explanation for the "wise Latina woman" comment: She was trying to inspire her audience. The 2001 speech was sponsored by a Hispanic organization called the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal.
Collins: "I'm still uncomfortable that she made the statement, particularly as a sitting judge. I can understand her explanation that it was intended to be a statement to inspire the young people to whom she was talking and that it did not reflect how she approaches the cases before her."
But Collins seemed unaware that Sotomayor had made similar comments repeatedly, in speeches and public appearances dating back to the early 1990s.
PUNDIT PREP: Sotomayor tilts to the right of Souter on criminal justice issues. The Wall Street Journal looks at her criminal justice rulings and finds she may be more Scalia than Souter. "While Judge Sonia Sotomayor stands in the liberal mainstream on many issues, her record suggests that the Supreme Court nominee could sometimes rule with the top court's conservatives on questions of criminal justice," write Jess Bravin and Nathan Koppel. "New York criminal-defense lawyers say she is surprisingly tough on crime for a Democratic-backed appointee — a byproduct, they believe, of her tenure as a prosecutor.
Liz will like this: Gallup puts former Vice President Cheney's popularity slightly above Nancy Pelosi's.
RAHM, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: David Rogers reports that Democrats have "punted" on the emergency war funding bill, delaying action until next week. The bill faces opposition from Republicans (who don't' like the billions included for the International Monetary Fund) and liberals (who are troubled by the military escalation in Afghanistan).
And then there's this: the bill includes a ban on using any federal tax dollars to transfer, release or detain any of the Guantanamo prisoners in the United States. That's going to have to change if the president has any realistic chance of keeping his promise to close Gitmo by January or, more immediately, to bring one of them to New York, as already announced, to stand trial. The provision won't be easy to change: It passed the Senate with a 90 to 6 vote.
MURTHA, Inc: How powerful is Congressman John Murtha? He was able to transform a former Johnstown bar owner and convicted drug dealer into a big-time, high-tech defense contractor. The Washington Post has a fascinating look at troubled Johnstown, Pa., defense contractors Kuchera Defense Systems and Kuchera Industries, which was raided by federal investigators in January. The man behind the Kuchera companies — which has received $50 million in defense contracts courtesy of Congressman Murtha — is a former Johnstown bar owner with quite a past. Check this out:
"Before Bill Kuchera produced electronics and robotic equipment for the Pentagon, he helped run thousands of pounds of marijuana and some cocaine from Miami to sell in Racine, Wis., according to criminal records and accounts of others involved in the drug operation. Bill Kuchera pleaded guilty to a single and lesser felony distribution charge in 1982 after cooperating witnesses implicated other Kuchera family members in helping store drugs at the family home."
WHAT WOULD ANASTASIA (OR MILTON FRIEDMAN) THINK? The White House is set to appoint a "compensation czar" to police executive pay at companies receiving federal bailout money. The WSJ reports that Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the federal Sept. 11 victims fund, will be named the new "Special Master of Compensation" as early as next week.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEW I-PHONE: Citing "people familiar with Apple," the WSJ reports Steve Jobs may return to the helm of Apple, Inc. after six-months on medical leave.
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We've picked a rehearsal dinner location! Yay! We finally got the contract signed and now I can tell y'all all about it.
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It didn't really take as long as I was worried it would take. After two somewhat fail attempts to find a restaurant within close proximity to our venue, we decided to branch out to any restaurant within public transportation of Boston that would be able to fit 16 to 20 people in a private room.
We originally thought to take people to the North End, the little Italy of Boston. There really isn't anything more iconic to Boston than that area. I was thinking of our standard restaurant, Panza—yup, the same restaurant that the Treasures went to on their honeymoon. However, the restaurants in the area also tend to be small, and given the number of gluten-free, dairy-free people, it seemed like a bad idea to have pasta.
Excuse the insanely blurry picture, but it's the only one I have of us there.
We also thought about Chinese, especially since our reception dinner doesn't have anything very Asian on it, but again, it didn't really seem to work.
In all of this search, there was one place that I really, really liked and kept coming back to. What place was this?
EVOO. EVOO, short for extra virgin olive oil, is a great restaurant in Kendall Square. If it sounds familiar to you, it's because we went there for our engagement dinner. Yes, like Miss Gray Wolf, we are having our rehearsal dinner at the same place we had our engagement dinner.
From EVOO
It's a great restaurant with an amazing and varied menu that will hopefully satisfy the most picky of our guests. They specialize in American food made with local ingredients. Their sister restaurant Za is our regular pizza place. (You have to try their salmon caper pizza—seriously to die for.)
Out of all of the restaurants we looked into, EVOO was also one of the most affordable. Win win. I'm really excited that it seemed to work out so easily.
The current plan is to have appetizers for a cocktail hour. Then we'll move to a plated but limited three-course menu, and possibly bring out our bear cake then too.
Chicken sausage in soft shell crab from our engagement dinner
They rotate their menu around so we won't get to choose it until a few days before, but that's OK with me. Everything I've had there has always been absolutely delicious. I think everyone will be able to find something they like.
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been released from prison after 24 days in detention.
Fani-Kayode, who was released on Monday tweeted: "Thanks be to God. After another 24 days in detention I am finally out. Thanks for all ur love, prayers and support. We shall prevail".
Fani-Kayode, and two others trial was stalled on Monday for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
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YOUNGSTERS producing a magazine to celebrate a charity's 20th anniversary got tips from the top on a visit to the Echo.
A group of ten writers, artists, photographers and cartoonists aged 16 to 25 will publish a magazine to celebrate two decades of Southend YMCA, which helps prevent youth homelessness, in November.
Some of the team have been helped by the charity, which provides sheltered housing, training and education for young people at risk of homelessness.
Photographer Cara Lough, 16, of Hockley, said: "I have always been interested in volunteering and this is a unique opportunity to get involved with an amazing local charity.
"It's brilliant to have the chance to increase my photography skills and broaden my experience, too."
Kelsey Hibberd, 20, of Rayleigh, said: "Many mainstream magazines are so superficial readers are constantly being told they are too fat, too thin, it's good to be single or be force fed stories about famous people who have had too much Botox or have too many wrinkles.
"But not all young people are interested in this sort of subject matter.
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But first, the aspiring journalists visited the Echo to learn how a newspaper is produced, how the website is updated and pick up some interview tips from Echo deputy editor Chris Hatton and deputy chief reporter Chloe Chapman.
Project co-ordinator, Jane Dolby, said: "A person could have had the most incredible career or adventures and travel,s but all too often when we look in the face of an older person we don't see past the wrinkles to the life that face contains.
"We worship at the idol of youth, whereas in other cultures age is revered and respected because of the wisdom that comes with being older.
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A guide to bowl season
The BCS has been criticized plenty for not getting it right over the years, from all those teams that believed they should have been playing for a national title to last year's all-SEC championship game. But for all its faults, the system seemed to work this season, producing a matchup for the ages: Notre Dame vs. Alabama. The Fighting Irish and Crimson Tide, programs tied for the most Associated Press national titles, in Miami, playing for a national championship — yeah, this could be pretty good. Alabama and Notre Dame also happen to be two of the most polarizing teams in the country, so if you love one, chances are you hate the other.Of course, if you hate both, it might be a tough night of yelling at the TV, hoping that somehow neither team wins. Either way, the good news is there's plenty of other great games and players to watch over the next three weeks. Here's a bit of what to look for in this year's 35 bowl games: Top Games Fiesta Bowl Oregon vs. Kansas State Jan. 3, Glendale, Ariz. For the second straight year, the Fiesta Bowl has a matchup that could be 1A to the national title game. The Ducks and Wildcats were national title contenders just a few weeks ago and have two of the nation's most dynamic players in running back Kenjon Barner and K-State QB Collin Klein. Rose Bowl Stanford vs. Wisconsin Jan. 1, Pasadena, Calif. There might be a collision or two between these two power programs as Barry Alvarez returns to the sideline to lead the Badgers against the Cardinal, who haven't lost since an overtime defeat at No. 1 Notre Dame. Cotton Bowl Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Jan. 4, Arlington, Texas Johnny Heisman and Landry Jones could combine for 1,000 yards and 10 TDs on their own as these former Big 12 foes renew their rivalry in what could be the best of the non-BCS bowl games this holiday season. Orange Bowl No. Illinois vs. Florida State Jan. 1, Miami Just to see if the BCS-busting Huskies actually belong when they take on the Seminoles, who could be ripe for an upset after falling short of their national title game aspirations. Players to Watch Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M. Johnny Football broke the freshman barrier in the Heisman Trophy vote. 'Nuff said. He faces Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish linebacker came up just short in becoming the first true defensive player to win the Heisman. About the only thing he's missed all season. Collin Klein, Kansas State. Another Heisman finalist, he has a just-get-it-done quality in the vein of Tim Tebow. Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona. Led the FBS in rushing, might get a few more yards against Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl. Tavon Austin, West Virginia. All-American lines up all over the field and is a threat to score from anywhere. Gets Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl. Montee Ball, Wisconsin. He has only scored more touchdowns than anyone in FBS history. Bowl Sponsors Food is again king when it comes to sponsoring bowls. The dot-coms? About done. Food-related companies were tops in sponsorships last season with seven, and there's one more this season with Insight Bowl becoming the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. It joins Tostitos, Chick-fil-a, Outback, Kraft, Beef 'O' Brady's, Little Caesars and the Idaho Potato Commission in bowl sponsorship. Tying for second most are auto-related companies and financial companies with five each. This year's lineup also includes an aerospace and defense contractor, a helicopter company, a department store, a hotel chain and a consumer electronics company. What's missing are the dot-coms. Once the dominant force of bowl sponsorships, online companies are down to two: the GoDaddy.com Bowl and TaxSlayer.com sponsoring the Gator Bowl. Distances The farthest distance to travel to a bowl this season will be SMU's halfway-across-the-Pacific journey to the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, a trip of about 3,800 miles. For anyone wanting to take a long road trip in a car — good luck with that — the longest non-water distance is about 2,800 miles. That's roughly how far San Jose State will go to play Bowling Green in the Military Bowl in Washington D.C., and Navy's trip to San Francisco for the Fight Hunger Bowl against Arizona State. Vanderbilt and San Diego State have the shortest trip: nowhere. The Commodores get to face North Carolina State in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, and the Aztecs will play against BYU in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.
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I had some difficulty with GI and Ambient Occlusion when used with material transparency. Very flickery, and way worse with the net render. Anyone else have issues like that?
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Ole Miss seems to be a strong player for Ashton Shumpert. The Rebels will try to improve their positions this weekend when the ESPN 300 prospect visits Oxford this weekend.
While Shumpert has openly said his childhood favorite team has always been Georgia, Ole Miss has its own unique appeal, most notably location. Shumpert's high school and hometown is less than 80 miles from the Rebels' campus.
Yet there's more. The Rebels are riding some positive momentum on the field and in recruiting. Under first-year head coach Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss is 3-2 with its two losses coming against ranked teams: Texas and Alabama.
"They are rebuilding and doing a good job at it," said Shumpert, who is a four-star athlete prospect from Fulton (Miss.) Itawamba. "Coaches are doing a great job putting the players in position to make a play."
Certainly. In Ole Miss' three wins this season against Central Arkansas, Texas-El Paso and Tulane, the Rebels have outscored those teams 116-37. Ole Miss hasn't arrived as a top-tier SEC program but considering the program went 2-10 last season, there's reason for optimism in Oxford.
In recruiting, Ole Miss is plenty respectable as well. The Rebels have 18 commitments. Four are a part of the ESPN 300. Seven are rated as four-star prospects. Shumpert would be a welcome addition to that class. That seems a reasonable possibility since Shumpert, who visited Georgia last weekend, doesn't seem dead-set on playing for more established program.
"I would love to rebuild a program," Shumpert said.
That's good news for Ole Miss' recruiters.


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Credit card holders with American Express and USAA are the happiest of all cardholders, according to a new survey from Temkin Group.
The pair of credit card issuers tied with the highest combined marks for function, accessibility and customer satisfaction in the credit card industry, based on a polling of 10,000 U.S. consumers. The duo is ranked No. 89, with its 70 percent rating among companies across 19 industries, including airlines, groceries, hotels and insurers.
USAA led the industry last year and saw its overall marks fall 3 percentage points this year from 2012, the largest drop in ratings. Meanwhile, American Express' overall rating rose 2 percentage points during the same period.
For individual categories, American Express reaped the top functional rating, while USAA received the top customer satisfaction ranking. Discover took home the top accessible ranking.
Some issuers didn't fare as well in the survey. HSBC came in last of the credit card issuers with a 54 percent overall rating and the poorest showing in each of the three categories. It marked the third straight year the bank has held the unenviable dead-last ranking. Capital One was the only other card issuer to receive a "very poor" rating -- 59 percent -- in the industry.
Overall, the credit card industry's rating increased to 63.6 percent from 61.5 percent last year. The industry ranks No. 9 among the 19 industries, tied with auto dealers.
How would you rank your credit card issuer?
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Using Our Own API to Get the Attention of Fred Wilson and Other VCs
Without the knowledge of Fred Wilson, my entourage (the VoiceBunny team, with the help of many others) created an automatic podcast for his blog, AVC.com, using our API. We had no idea how he would react. It was weeks of effort, time, and money spent to build AVC.fm with the hope that Mr. Wilson would love us (or at least not send us a cease and desist!) And then, there was the tweet that made the weeks of brainstorming, trials and errors, and late nights, all worth it:
AVC.fm, the unofficial blogcast of @AVC created by @VoiceBunny avc.fm via @voicebunny.
— Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) February 21, 2012
— Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) February 21, 2012
Fred Wilson tweeted our work and our name to his 207,000+ fans. That day,VoiceBunny.com got a huge amount of hits, with most coming out of Silicon Valley. We, of course, reached out to Mr. Wilson right away and a few emails later, you can now hear AVC.fm right on Mr. Wilson's blog at AVC.com.
Before you get into the "how" of a PR stunt, you must first figure out the "why". You don't want attention just for the sake of attention. You have got to capture the attention of the right people. And for VoiceBunny, not only was Fred Wilson the right audience, but his audience was too.
The VoiceBunny team is a big fan of Fred Wilson's work and especially his blog, AVC.com, but we didn't always have time to read it everyday. So, we thought it would be great if AVC.com had a podcast so we could listen on our commutes or while we were working. So we thought, let's make one for him! What better way to show off our technology and get the attention of the VC community? Mr. Wilson is a big supporter of the "freedom to innovate" and that's why we felt creating AVC.fm was the perfect project for VoiceBunny.
So, since Mr. Wilson publishes under a Creative Commons license, we did not have to worry about getting his permission first. It took weeks of coordination from our entire team and from friends. The amazing creative team, La Cocoleria, designed and built AVC.fm in about 2 weeks. The entire VoiceBunny team contributed ideas and support (special thanks to my partner, Alexander Torrenegra, Carlos Rodriguez, who was the main developer on the project from the VB team, and Andres Barreto and Tara Tyler for their ninja marketing skills).
The VoiceBunny API automatically pulls the text from AVC.com after Mr. Wilson posts. It then uses this text to create a project on VoiceBunny.com. One of our professional voice talents accepts the project and uploads a finished read. It then goes to Mr. VoiceBunny's Entourage (customer service team) for a quick quality assurance check. They make sure the read is high quality, accurate, and a good fit for the post. Once they approve, it is automatically uploaded to SoundCloud and AVC.fm.
We wanted to make it very obvious we did this as a tribute, not to capitalize on his name or work. Yes, we did it to show off our technology, but, we created something of value to him and to the community. We also made it very easy for him to add to his blog if he chose to do so. We included a link asking, "Are You Fred?" that included instructions on how to embed the widget onto his blog.
In any case, I like they way they used a stunt to get my attention. So much more effective than sending me an email saying "I'd like to come talk to you about a new project we are working on". So I'm going to start auto-embedding the avc.fm voice overs at the end of the posts on AVC (via the SoundCloud embed of course).
What are some of your favorite successful PR stunts?


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B-Nessa not to sound insensitive, but get a toy. You have way too much going on right now from an emotional/mental standpoint to introduce another potential stressor in your life. You cannot predict how another person is going to act no matter what you tell them or what they say.
Please focus on your daughter, healing from your grief of losing your brother and determining whether you want to continue with your marriage.


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Game Day–Today is Super Bowl Sunday, and Bebe gets us into the sporty spirit with its crop top football jersey. Danish model Nina Agdal wears the sexy look with some face paint stripes. See more photos of Nina rocking the look below.
Football Stripe Crop Top available at Bebe for $29.00


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Recently, members of the Moapa Band of Paiutes discovered that five years of air monitoring data from Reid Gardner Power Plant had to be thrown out by state authorities. For years, the tribe has alleged that pollution from the plant is contributing to health problems. Now that they know some of the the data is bad, they may challenge NV Energy in court.
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text: On October 6, Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM filmed a high-energy music video for the brand new song "Was It Worth It?" on location at central Pennsylvania's residential action sports compound Camp Woodward with director Dale Resteghini of Raging Nation Films (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, ANTHRAX, SHADOWS FALL). In the video, the band joined forces with two-time X Games gold medalist and two-time Thrasher magazine "Skater of the Year" Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas and Tom Asta (the current #1 amateur skateboarder in the world). The clip was shot guerrilla style, sans treatment; honing in directly on CHILDREN OF BODOM's high-spirited fire and the skaters' eye-opening execution."The video shoot was an awesome party; a big concoction of super heavy metal and the most awesome and craziest skaters in the world," said CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. "High-octane drinks and lots of fun! Chris Cole's ollies over me while I'm rocking my guitar solo, that's fuckin' rock 'n' roll right there! I never had this much fun during a video shoot. Thanks to the director and everyone involved." "I've been a BODOM fan for a very long time, and never thought something like this would ever happen. It's a dream come true for me," commented Chris Cole. "For the past three years Alexi and I have been saying to each other how we wanted to film this one scene that finally happened in this video. I had a blast and can't wait for this video to air!" CHILDREN OF BODOM's as-yet-untitled seventh studio album is being produced by Matt Hyde, who has previously worked with SLAYER and MONSTER MAGNET, among others. An early 2011 release through Spinefarm Records in Europe and Metal Blade Records in North America is expected. In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Laiho said that he was happy with the decision to work with Hyde. "Our management was pushing the idea," Laiho said, "so eventually it was, 'All right, fuck it. Just to shut them up, let's do it.' We liked the way [Hyde] talked about music and the way he was already so fucking committed. He wanted to do the best fucking CHILDREN OF BODOM album ever and was pretty serious and convincing about that. After five minutes of talking to the dude, we knew he was the guy." Regarding the musical direction of the new CHILDREN OF BODOM material, Laiho told Revolver, "It's maybe a little more melodic than [2008's] 'Blooddrunk' was. It's maybe more guitar riff-oriented, really '80s guitar and stuff like that." According to Laiho, the recording sessions for the new CHILDREN OF BODOM album produced nine originals and one cover song that he says is "gonna be fucking funny as shit. I don't think it's something anybody would necessarily want to cover — not a metal band, anyway." Among the other tracks that are set to appear on the next CHILDREN OF BODOM CD are "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide" and "Ugly" Regarding the subject matter covered in the "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide" lyrics, Laiho told Revolver, "I've been involved with stupid chicks who were trying to get attention by being, 'Oh, I'm so fucking depressed. I'm gonna slit my wrists with a cheese grater...' And it's so fucking boring, like, 'Just let it go. You're really not gonna do it, anyway.' It's kind of harsh, but it's fuckin' black humor." "Ugly", on the other hand, is "really just venting and screaming stupid stuff. Nobody should expect anything deep and poetic and sensitive and intelligent, y'know?" CHILDREN OF BODOM launched a full North American tour on September 22 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band is touring through November alongside BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.


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After going through interviews and medical and psychological examinations on the first two days of the combine, the offensive linemen began their on-field evaluations on Saturday morning.
As the 40-yard dash got underway, it didn't take time for someone to impress. Arkansas-Pine Bluff tackle Terron Armstead, who is 6 feet 5 and 306 pounds, ran a time of 4.71 seconds – a new combine record.
Shortly after, Oklahoma tackle Lane Johnson ran a time of 4.72 seconds. Those times go down as the two fastest 40-yard-dash times by offensive linemen at the combine. Oregon offensive tackle Kyle Long, the son of former NFL great Howie Long, had the third-fastest time, 4.94 seconds.
Armstead's unofficial time was announced at 4.65. According to NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, that's the equivalent of a skill player position such as a running back or wide receiver running a 4.1-second 40-yard dash.
Originally projected as a third-round pick, Armstead likely upped his stock with that time, as well as his performance of 31 reps in the bench press.
A three-time All-Southwestern Athletic Confernece selection, Armstead was coached at Arkansas-Pine Bluff by former Redskins linebacker Monte Coleman.


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Avoiding sunlight protects skin from developing cancers. Most sun-protective behavior focuses on direct exposure. These researchers evaluated the effects of direct, diffuse, and reflected ultraviolet light on cancer development.
Sun exposure patterns were predicted using a model that forecasts total dose and anatomical distribution of exposure to ultraviolet radiation based on ground irradiance and body morphology. Researchers computed direct, diffuse, and reflected (from ground) radiation at 45 anatomic body areas of a virtual manikin with 4000 mesh data points, taking into account shading from other body parts. In addition to direct, diffuse, and ground irradiance, the computer also analyzed effects of sun position and posture. In this analysis, the virtual mannequin was standing with arms down — the usual posture of outdoor construction workers.
Reflected radiation was negligible, unless the ground was covered with snow. Direct radiation accounted for more than 50% of the total dose of midday summer sunlight, but only 24% of the yearly dose, because irradiance was strongly reduced by shade cast by other body parts, decreases in sun angle, changes in season, and cloudiness. Diffuse irradiation accounted for close to 80% of the total annual dose.
Shadows on the moon are black, but those on earth are not, because the atmosphere refracts, reflects, and diffuses light (especially the blue wavelengths) and ultraviolet radiation. Avoiding exposure is tricky, because we see the light and feel the heat of sunlight (infrared radiation), but we neither see nor feel ultraviolet radiation. "Seek shade" is good advice, but seeking it does not prevent additional photo-induced sun damage from diffuse and reflected ultraviolet radiation.


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Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said "there's a chanc" Scott Rolen returns to the team in 2013.
Rolen has decided to come back for another season, but there might not be enough playing time available with the Reds to make him happy. "I think there's a chance we get something worked out," Jocketty said. "We're talking about the details - how much opportunity is there." The Dodgers have interest in Rolen and would be able to offer him more playing time.


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Hello, local readers! We're here with lots of fun things to do in and around Atlanta this weekend. Don't forget to add these great events to your Foursquare To-Do list, and feel free to share your own tips in the comments section. Enjoy your weekend, and of course, let us know where you end up!
Dog Daze of Summer Celebration
Alpharetta Farmers Market. Saturday, 10am. Free.
Are you so dog-gone proud of your pooch that you can't wait to show him or her off? Then head to the Alpharetta Farmers Market this weekend for a dog parade and a chance to compete in the following categories: best dressed, best trick, best owner lookalike, best runway walk, and more. Dogs can stay cool in the shaded lounge and pool while their humans enjoy snow cones provided by the Downtown Alpharetta Trade Association.
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Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Festival
Heritage Green (Sandy Springs). Saturday, 4pm – 9pm. $25 in advance, $35 at the gate.
The Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Festival features over 70 international, American and local beers to sample, in addition to delicious food and several live music performances. Be on the lookout for gourmet craft beer flavored ice cream, too! Admission includes a souvenir pint glass and all proceeds benefit Heritage Sandy Springs, a non-profit organization which hosts free concerts, programs, festivals, and other events at Heritage Green.
More info and directions.
Runway RED Wonderland Kids Fashion Show featuring Celebrity Kids
Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Sunday, 5pm – 8:45pm. VIP tickets $50; adults $25; children $15.
Dream Kids, in conjunction with Macy's, will host its 3rd annual "Runway RED Wonderland Kids Fashion Show" fundraising event to benefit Show Me The Way Foundation, Inc, a non-profit which serves disadvantaged youth in Metro Atlanta. VIP tickets include access into the Dream Kids Hare Care VIP Lounge, a Dream Kids Swag Bag, and a fun photo in the OMG Photobooth.
More info and directions.
Canoe and Sweetwater Present an End of Summer BBQ
Canoe. Saturday, 1pm – 4pm. $25.
Join Canoe and the Sweetwater Brewing Company for an End of Summer BBQ to benefit the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (UCR), an organization dedicated to keeping the 'Hooch clean and safe. Attendees will enjoy savory bites and delicious brews, as well as receive a one-year membership to the UCR. Saving the Hooch has never been so fun!
More info and directions.
Women's & Children's Expo
Perimeter Mall. Friday through Sunday. Free.
The Women's and Children's Expo at Perimeter Mall is geared toward providing professional women and their families with an inside look at innovative new products & services that might make their lives a little bit easier. Women can explore career opportunities, financial services, healthcare options, and more from local and national vendors throughout the mall.
More info and directions.
Tee Up for Charity
Bobby Jones Golf Course. Saturday, 8am. $85.
Not playing in the PGA Championship this weekend? No problem! Grab your clubs and head on over to Bobby Jones Golf Course for Tee Up for Charity, a tournament that will benefit The Serenity House Homeless Shelter. The $85 registration fee includes all green & cart fees as well as a catered luncheon, spa service, and a gift bag full of promotional products.
More info and directions.


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Online entertainment firm iCast has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over America Online Inc.'s (aol) refusal to open up its Instant Messenger application. The FCC is currently reviewing AOL's proposed merger with cable and publishing giant Time Warner Inc. iCast officials said Tuesday that allowing the merger would "only increase its ability to dominate and restrict consumers' freedom of choice in instant messaging." -– Margaret Kane, ZDNet News
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As far as having different names for the same grandma, I don't think that will be an issue. I have three sets of cousins and each set has always had our own name for my maternal grandfather. My brother and sister (and neice and nephew) and I call him Papa. One set of my cousins (and their kids) calls him PawPaw; the other set of cousins call him Poppy. We all now who everyone is talking about, but all use our own names.
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DOLPHY …. The icon of Philippine Entertainment. The King of Comedy. The household symbol for comic husbands and fathers.
Who doesn't know YOU, Tatay DOLPHY? You've been in the industry for so long that four generations in our family can sit together to enjoy any of your countless movies and have no age barrier.
I have watched you for as long as I can remember, before I entered school, before I learned to count or read. I distinctly remember watching you at "Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita" with Pancho Magalona, and how well you danced with Aruray. I thought you were funny and crazy in "Jack and Jill," and I literally watched you and tatay Panchito many times in "Si Lucio at Si Miguel" among many other movies; remembering it more because it was the first angel and devil movie I saw and one that I enjoyed so much.
I've watched your every movie and every tv show that I could possibly afford to see (and when the oldies allow us use of the television which was fortunately, often ^__^). I've shared you with my own kids and had fun times at the cinema with them, watching your movies.
Your movies and shows never failed to impart lessons about life, love, faith and friendship. Mixed with humor and sometimes, drama. How not to enjoy them more? Add that to the fact that my dad is also named Juan, and John Puruntong exemplifies the father that many has; simple, kind, responsible… and with pride. Like mine! ^__^
How I wish your family could read this to you, Tay!
And how I wish the generation of today know more about you.
So to those who know you less, I'd like to share this piece with them.
Dolphy, who is Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. in real life, was born on July 25, 1928, to parents Melencio Espinosa Quizon and Salud de la Rosa Vera. He is the second among ten children.
He started school at age six and according to him, his favorite subjects were History and Arithmetic. Truly his favorites; he made HISTORY in showbusiness and he needed his skill in ARITHMETIC to count the many movies, appearances, friends and fans he made in his chosen profession – to entertain people.
Wikipedia tells us that Dolphy was about thirteen when WW II started and that he did odd jobs to earn some cash: shoe shine boy, button-atttacher at a pants factory, bottle arranger and classifier, stevedore at the pier, trading, horse and buggy driver. He managed to watch stage shows at the Life Theater and Avenue Theater, and was impressed with the comedy duo Pugo and Togo; learning from their comic stunts. His interest in dancing was greatly sparked by Benny Mack and the well-known tap-dancer Bayani Casimiro.
It seemed inevitable that Dolphy was destined to be a star. He started as a stage performer during the Japanese Occupation at age 17, when Benny Mack gave him a break as a chorus dancer at Avenue Theater. After a month he moved to Lyric Theater, and also appeared in shows at the Orient Theater. He used GOLAY as his first stage name, and was one of the performers who took cover with the audience during air-raids.
"The show must go on". Interruptions during air-raids were kind of common then, being WW II; but when bombs didn't explode in their area, they resumed the show. So that's why Dolphy can't be stopped by minor ailments in the past. He'd been through the worsts!
Dolphy also found the way into the radio industry through a popular radio writer, director and producer named Conde Ubaldo in the late 40s when he joined the program Wag Naman which starred Pancho Magalona, Tessie Quintana and Baby Jane.
PLUS …. his comedy duo with PANCHITO ALBA made its historic start also on Conde Ubaldo's radio shows, and not in the movies as we thought. Since then they were inseparable as a comic duo, becoming best friends in real life until Panchito died in December of 1995.
Trivia has it that Dolphy's pen name was "Rudolf Histcock", coined from his name and from the combination of the wheezing sound of asthma (Hist) and his favorite Hollywood director, Alfred Hitchcock.
From radio, Pancho Magalona (who became a good friend, too) recommended Dolphy to the owner of Sampaguita Pictures, Dr. Jose Perez, in 1952.
Yes, he was said to have been afflicted with asthma since he was a child. But that didn't seem to stop him from learning how to dance, and dance well he sure did; evident in his first major role as contract artist with Sampaguita Pictures in the 1952-53 movie "Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita", with Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran.
However, he actually started in the movies under the production of Fernando Poe Sr. in the movie "Dugo at Bayan" (I Remember Bataan) in 1946, at the age of 19, billed as Rodolfo Quizon. It was the father of his future friend actor FPJ who first paved the way for Dolphy by giving him a break in films playing bit roles as a character actor.
Being able to watch movies for free as a seller of peanuts, watermelon seeds and jicama snacks (singkamas na malamig) in the movie house during his younger years, he probably decided there and then that he would grace the screen in the future (which he rightfully did!), with his aquiline nose as his greatest physical asset, according to him! The Dolphy Nose!
"Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita" became a big hit that Sampaguita Pictures decided to launch him in a starring role in the movie "Jack and Jill". He played Gorio (turned Glory) with Lolita Rodriguez as Benita, in 1953, where they played twisted roles as siblings. Rogelio Dela Rosa also co-starred in said film as the love interest of Jack, played by Lolita. His screen name at Sampaguita then was Pidol.
Since that first starring role, countless movies ensued. Countless as in… lost count already. The King of Comedy isn't king for nothing!
Jack and Jill was followed by Maldita and Vod-A-Vil on that same year.
1954 yielded six more movies: Maalaala Mo Kaya, Dalagang Ilocana, Sa Isang Halik mo Pancho, Sabungera, Menor de Edad, and Kurdapya.
1955 released nine Dolphy movies: Tatay na si Bondiyng, Artista, Sa Dulo ng Landas, balisong, Despatsadora, Waldas, Hindi Basta-Basta, Hootsu-Kootsu and Mambo-Dyambo.
1956 gave him six movies: Chavacano, Vaccacionista, Teresa, Gigolo, Boksingera, and Kulang sa Pito.
1957 scored five : Hongkong Holiday, Bituing Marikit, hahabol-Habol, Paru-Parong Bukid and Tatang Edyer.
1958 showed five movies: Dewey Boulevard, Mga Reyna na Vicks, Pulot-Gata, Silveria and Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang.
1959 gave him six: Ipinagbili Kami ng Aming Tatay, Isinumpa, Kalabog en Bosyo, Pakiusap, Sa Libis ng Nayon, and Wedding Bells.
1960, six more movies: 7 Amores, Ang Magkakapitbahay, Beatnik (I loved this one!), Dobol-Trobol, Lawiswis Kawayan and Love at First Sight.
1961 had six: Eca Babagot, Hani-hanimun, Kandidatong Pulpol, Sa Linggo ang Bola, Kasal Muna Bago Ligaw and Operatang Sampay-Bakod.
1962 released six again: Barilan sa Baboy Kural, Si Lucio at si Miguel, The Big Broadcast, Lab na Lab Kita, Susanang Daldal, and Tanzan, The Mighty.
1963 proved to be a highly energized year for Dolphy when he did TEN movies in a year. And it wasn't even high-tech time then! Whew! Didn't he ever rest? Ten scripts to review in a year, wow! Adiana Waray, Detektib Kalog, Ecu Tatacut, Ikaw na ang Mag-Ako, Pasiklab ni Long Ranger, King and Queen for a Day, Magtago Ka na Binata!, Mga Manugang ni Dracula, Mr. Melody, and Tansan vs Tarzan.
1964 was "please slow-down Dolphy" year. After ten movies in 963, he did only five in this year: Babaing Kidlat, Captain Barbell, Adre Ayos Na, Sa Daigdig ng Fantasia, and Utos ni Tale Hindi Mababale.
1965 pushed him to TEN movies again: Agent sa Lagim, Dolphinger, Dr. Yes, Keng Leon Keng Tigre, Kulog at Kidlat, Operasyon ni Adan, Scarface at Al Capone, Show Business, Dolphinger Meets Pantarorong, and Genghis Bond.
1966 really took all of Dolphy's time, surely! With 18 films in a year…omg! How did he manage that? Rapid shooting …only a professional and a master can do that! Here are they: Alyas Don Juan, Mga Bagong Salta sa Maynila, Alyas Popeye, Mga Bagong Salta sa bahay Engkantada, James Batman, Dalawang Kumander sa WAC, Doble Solo, Dolpong Istambol, Dolpong Scarface, Dressed to Kill, Dr. Laway, The 7 Faces of Dr. Sibago, Keni Brothers, Napoleon Doble, Operation Butterball, Pambihirang 2 Sa Combat, Pepe and Pilar, and Sungit Conference.
1967 brought out nine movies: Ayaw ni Mayor, Buhay-Artista, Buhay Marino, Hey Boy Hey Girl, Like Father Like Son, Shake-a-Boom, Sitsiritsit Alibangbang, Da Best In Da West, and Together Again.
1968 yielded eleven movies. I hope you're keeping count: Artista ang Aking Asawa, Buy 1 Take 1, Dakilang Tanga, Good Morning Titser, Kaming Taga-Ilog, Kaming Taga-Bundok, O Kaka O Kaka, Pag-ibig, Pagmasdan Mo ang Ginawa Mo, Private Ompong & The Sexy Dozen, Tiririt ng Maya Tiririt ng Ibon, and Utos ni Mayor.
1969 had nine movies: Adolpong Hitler, Ang Sakristan, Buhay Bumbero, Facifica Falayfay (which was a blockbuster), Golpe De Gulat, Kangkarot, Mekenis Gold, 10 Labuyo, and The Graduation.
1970 was perhaps a more relaxing year, because he only made five movies (only???): Boyoyoy, El Pinoy Matador, Rodolfo Valentino, Tayo'y Mag-Up Up and Away, and Tulak ng Bibig, Kabig ng Dibdib.
1971 was perhaps luring Dolphy towards television, so he only had three movies: Family Planting, karioka Etchos De America, Kung Ano ang Puno, and Siya ang Bunga.
1972 was "hapit" year again, totaling eight movies: Anthony at Cleopatra, Florante at Laura, Love Pinoy Style, Ta-ra-ra-dying Pot-pot, Nardon Putik (as Guest), Pinokyo en Little Snow White, itik-Itik, and Si Romeo at Si Julieta.
1973 had another eight movies: Ako'y Paru-paro Bulaklak Naman Ako, Captain Barbell Boom, Cyrano at Roxanne, Dracula Goes to RP, Fefita Fofonggay, Ibong Adarna, Kitang-kita ang ebidensiya and Fung Ku.
1973 ——–John en Marsha …which was aired from 1973 until 1990 was the longest-running and most watched prime time comedy sitcom. It was a smash hit by Ading Fernando, aired on RPN and starred Dolphy with the late Nida Blanca; where they played John and Marsha Puruntong, depicting typical average Filipino families together with the cast of otherwise great artists in their own right : Dely Atay-atayan, Maricel Soriano, Rolly Quizon, and Matutina.
1974 had five films for Dolphy: Bornebol, Biyenan Ko ang Aking Anak, Huli-huli Yan, John en Marsha the Movie, and Sarhento Fofonggay (sequel to Fefita)
1975 had four: The Goodfather, Jack and Jill and John, John and Marsha in America and meron Akong Nakita.
1976 had six: Ang Banal, Ang Ganid at Ang Pusakal; Brutus, Taho-itchi, Kisame Street, Omeng Satanasia, and Kaming Matatapang ang Apog.
1977 had four: John and Marsha '77, Kapten batuten, Omeng Satanasia, and War Kami ng Misis Ko.
1978 had four: Ang Tatay Kong Nanay, Facundo Alitaftaf, Jack and Jill of the Third Kind, and Mokong.
1979 had three: Bugoy, Dancing master and Darna Kuno.
1980 had more than past years: Dolphy's Angels, John and Marsha '80, Max en Jess, Superhand and The Quick Brown Fox.
1981 was back at four: Da Best in Da West 2, Dancing Master 2, Stariray and Titrser's Pet.
1982 was higher with five films: Good morning Professor, Mga Kanyon ni Mang Simeon, My Hear Belongs to daddy, My Juan en Onli and Nang Umibig Ang Mga Gurang.
1983 had four: Always in My Heart, Daddy Knows Best, My Funny Valentine, and Tengteng De sarapen.
1984 had only two: Daddy's Little Darlings and nang Maghalo ang balat sa Tinalupan.
1985 went up to three: The Crazy professor, Goatbuster and John en Marsha sa Probinsiya.
1986 had three again: Balimbing, John and Marsha '86 TNT and Kalabog en Bosyo 2
1987 gave Dolphy more energy to make six films: Action is Not Missing, Bata-Batuta, Black Magic, Mga Anak ni Facifica Falayfay, My Bugoy Goes to Congress and Once Upon a Time.
1988 went down to three again, maybe he had to rest. Lol! He had a heavy shooting biting the apple in Bakit Kinagat ni Adan ang Mansanas ni Eba, had to tend to his Haw-haw De Carabao and then switch to Ompong Galapong.
1989 was another three films: Balbakwa, My Darling Domestic and May Pulis sa Ilalim ng Tulay.
1990 had three films shown also: Atorni Agaton, Dino Dinero and Espadang Patpat.
1991 had only one film John en Marsha Ngayong '91; perhaps owing to his age of 63, he was ready to take things easy because he also had other television shows and guestings. Besides, he was also preparing for the new TV sitcom for ABS CBN.
1992 ——-Home Along Da Riles……. aired on ABS-CBN from 1992-2003 was a sitcom which featured the lives of a typical Filipino family living along the tracks of trains, patterned after Home Alone. It caught the heart of the masses because it dealt with the life of the below average families who managed to be happy, contented and with a positive outlook on life.
1993 prompted a movie from the success of his new sitcom Home Along Da Riles.
1994 gave him energy for three movies: Abrakadabra; Hataw, Tatay, Hataw; and a sequel Home Along Da Riles 2.
1995 also gave him three movies: Father en Son, Home Sic Home and Wanted: Perfect Father.
1996 had Aringkingking.
1998 was graced with the Tataynic
2000 gave him the movie Daddy O! Baby O! with Serena Dalrymple and Angel Aquino.
PLUS … the award winning Markova: Comfort Gay. Together with his sons Eric Quizon and Jeffrey Quizon, Dolphy won the Prix de la Meilleure Interpretation or Best Actor Award in Belgium for playing the role of Walterina Markova.
Becoming more cautious with his health (remember that Dolphy had a history of asthma), Dolphy did only a few more movies: Home Along Da Riber (2002), Dobol Trobol (2008), Nobody, Nobody But Juan (2009) and Father Jejemon (2010).
2010 gave Dolphy his weekly entertainment series Pidol's Wonderland aired every Sunday at TV5. The showman that he is, he continued to mesmerize the whole family with a collection of wonderful stories as the endearing Mang Pidol.
Not to count the television shows, just how many movies did Dolphy entertain us with? Did you keep count? I did. But as I kept counting and recounting, I was becoming more confused with my Arithmetic. There are just soooo many. I quit. Lol. Scrolling up and down as I counted made me dizzy.
He has given us so much of himself, inspiring us and prodding us with lessons via his movies and shows, conveying that we have to go on despite life's challenges and face everything with smiles and prayers … and love.
NOW… the curtain has been closed. We can only bid you Adieu…. Farewell, Tatay Dolphy!
You will remain in our hearts… always!
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Roundup: Abortion Laws in UK and Virginia, Clinton on Misogyny
UK abortion limit unchanged, Virgina abortion law unconstitutional, Clinton on misogyny and Dr. Rayne takes issue with Guttmacher study.
Abortion Limit Remains Same in UK Last night members of parliament rejected amendments to lower the time period for a legal abortion from 24 weeks to 12, 16, 20 and 22 weeks. On the amendment for a 22 week limit the pro-choice majority had a slim margin of 71 votes meaning the time limit could be adjusted downward if conservatives win seats in the next election as many in the UK believe will happen. Other European nations such as France, Portugal, Austria,
Belgium, Germany, Greece and Spain enforce a 12 week limit. Philip Cowley, a professor of politics at the University of Nottingham, said "One of the problems for the Tories' position is that once you state the
argument for viability of the child and science, the abortion time
limit will only go down. It's never going to go up again."
Virginia Abortion Law Overturned, Again Meanwhile in Virginia the state's abortion law was declared unconstitutional with the federal appeals court saying "it is more restrictive than the federal ban on late-term abortion that the U.S. Supreme Court approved last year." The Virginia decision is causing the usual blathering of misinfomration and demands for right-wing judicial activism, aka legislating from the bench, on far-right blogs. As opposed to understanding that Carhart II opened up a vast gray zone of interpretation, anti-choice bloggers are seizing on the term "accidentally" in the decision to make it sound like the woman or the doctor don't know what they are doing. They repeat a patently false statement suggesting these procedures are never needed for the life or health of the mother, when in fact that is the only time they are needed, and their disgust at our democracy and the judiciary continues to seethe, not to subside, and seems that it will until they impose their values on the rest of us, by way of an "independent judiciary," of course.
Clinton Speaks Out on Misogyny On Tapped Dana Goldstein comments on an audio interview the Washington Post did with Hillary Clinton in which she speaks candidly about the pervasive misogyny in our world. Please read Dana's post as it quotes Clinton more extensively, or listen to the interview in its entirety, but Dana highlights this bit:
The treatment of women is the single biggest problem we have politically and socially in the world. If you look at the extremism and the fundamentalism, it is all about controlling women, at it's base.
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Dana goes on to say that it is
frustrating that Clinton insists upon comparing sexism to racism instead of
acknowledging that both continue to be major problems worldwide. But some of what she's saying here is quite important and, coming from the lips
of a presidential candidate and U.S. Senator, almost unprecedented.
I know Clinton would agree that both racism and misogyny are ongoing, pervasive problems in the world despite her not saying so explicitly in this interview and no thinking person could deny that she has been subjected to sexism from myriad sources throughout this campaign. Check out this CNN clip from just last night in which a GOP strategist defends the use of the word "bitch" to describe Hillary Clinton:
Guttmacher Study on Teen Sex Yesterday Amie wrote about the study released by Guttmacher yesterday that "breaks the myth that teens are substituting oral or anal sex for
vaginal intercourse in order to continue to claim they are still
virgins." Dr. Karen Rayne takes issue with some aspects of the study's conclusions.


text: I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't find an answer to this. The Volume Boost app doesn't work with the Streak - is there any app out there that will. I don't really want to get involved with "rooting" On another note, has the Streak been discontinued. Here in Canada, Future Shop has dropped it - Rogers still advertises it but many stores don't have it.


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Piecing It Together1 Sep, 2008 By: Bridget McCrea Response
The lines between DR and traditional agencies continue to blur as clients seek one-stop shopping.
What Clients Want
From their DR agencies, Hodor says clients are seeking efficiencies and accountability. After all, everyone knows that DR rates are traditionally less expensive than general rates, creating a sort of "bonus" for clients, especially in these economic times. Add in the ability to report how many people raised their hands to specific media airings by going online, to retail or a call center, says Hodor, and the model should become a no brainer.
"Agencies and clients are starting to see the positive light that DR brings, which is why it's the fastest-growing piece within the TV sector," says Hodor. "At the end of the day though, it's a case of clients demanding the accountability that DR brings to the table rather than trying to slip something by at a cheaper rate."
Garnett says a key consideration for DR agencies that are blending their talents with general partners is whether or not the creative strategies bridge across all of the media that the client is pushing into. "There are things that will work in print that don't work on TV, and vice versa," says Garnett. "You have to figure out how to work that line in order to effectively integrate the campaign, and create the most impact. If we can piggyback off of each other's campaign, then the sum of the parts ends up being bigger than the whole thing."
The best results usually come when the stars align and both agencies can work together to create a synergistic campaign. Unfortunately, that doesn't always happen. "Many times when agencies conglomerate, clients end up with mediocrity," says Garnett, who sees the biggest challenges surface when traditional agencies use their own employees to handle the DR component. "Where in traditional advertising you can get away with throwing a good creative team at the project and get the results you want, DRTV is much more sensitive and requires a more sophisticated approach."
More to Come
As advertisers continue to strive for accountability from their media investments, expect to see more of them adding DR to the mix. As evidenced by the wide range of companies now using direct efforts to generate leads, reach new consumers and build their brands, the DR medium is effectively going mainstream and forcing agencies to come along with it — whether they want to or not.
"First and foremost, clients want to measure the success or failure of their DR advertising budgets," says Hawthorne, whose firm has worked with dozens of major agencies during the past 15 years. "After that, clients' goals fall into two categories: immediate profit on every spent ad dollar or some direct sale revenues plus branding and retail sales lift. Major brand advertisers, who recognize the value of investing in branding, are the clients who can afford to opt for the latter."
According to Hawthorne, many traditional agencies still reach out to the specialized DR agencies, bringing them in as partners, sharing in fees and commissions and achieving success in the process. Whether the relationship works or not, he adds, "all depends upon whether the traditional agency staff can check their egos at the door and allow DR specialists to do their job. When they do that, everyone wins — especially the client."
Hodor also sees more blending of DR and traditional agencies ahead. Television is changing rapidly with interactive applications such as Ensequence, video-on-demand (VOD) usage, mobile applications and addressable media taking shape in companies like Navic and the much-publicized Project Canoe. As the media/TV world becomes not only more targeted, but also more interactive, he says the growth of consumers' ability to interact with brands directly from their remote controls is growing every day and will become the norm.
"Obviously, these interactions are a 'direct response,' and the DR industry is well positioned to take a leadership role within traditional agencies and clients moving forward," says Hodor, "to help define what their value will be to a clients' business."
Aramaki also sees no end to the trend that's finding more and more traditional agencies pairing up with DR agencies and/or attempting to offer the latter's services on an in-house basis. "I don't think the tide is going to change on this front," says Aramaki. "The trend is being driven by a mix of client demand and agencies' attempts to respond to that demand."
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Despite Handschu law, enforcement agencies continue probes
DHORUBA BIN WAHAD | 8/31/2011, 5:44 p.m.
Indeed, the mosques are full but devoid of community leadership. Now that "all the Jacks are in the boxes" and a Negro is in the White House, there still is no scent of resistance to the excesses of the police state and no credible challenge raised against the political power of the police and their arrogant, smug attitudes of power.
When Cynthia McKinney was on the Hill, some Black activists proposed to her that the issue of the unfinished business of the Church Committee be taken up by the CBC. She agreed, but the CBC shot that proposal down.
Maybe Jesse Jackson was running for the HNIC mantle at the time, and re-examining all the excesses under the pit bull Hoover administration would seem less than patriotic. God forbid a Black man appear less than patriotic!
Ironically, this is the same attitude of the current HNIC ensconced in the White House when it comes to the excesses of the Bush regime. "No investigation, no right to criticize!"
We ultimately get the leaders we deserve and the legacy we ignore. Maybe the next time around we will be more considerate of those who gave their lives to defend us from the excesses of the state-if there is a next time. Who was it that said during the rise of the Nazis, "If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night"?
Well, homeboy, it's nighttime in America!