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Colour Bind
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Colour Bind
It's not really any secret that I'm a huge fan of classic games, and by classic, I mean dating back to the days of the NES, Atari 2600, Intellivision, and so on. Today we have sophisticated 3D rendering to make things look more realistic than ever before. Back then we had dots, lines, vectors, and polygons and we had to use our imagination. Colour Bind looks like a games based on those old-style graphics and has some nice puzzle elements to it, but does it hold up? Let's find out.
Colour Bind is probably one of the simplest puzzle games I've played in a while. The goal is simple: get your…vehicle (for lack of better term, though it's more like a block with two wheels on it) to the colored circle. Easy, right? Well, not so much, otherwise it'd be pointless to play. There are some basic platforming elements to the game as you have to occasionally jump from ledge to ledge to get to the goal, but there is one other factor that plays heavily into the game: gravity.
At the bottom of the screen are four circles with arrows. The right three circles are colored red, green, and blue, and the arrow indicates the direction of gravity that is in effect when your vehicle is that particular color. The left-most circle indicates your current color and current direction of gravity. In most stages you'll see different colored lasers that you can safely drive through to change your vehicle's color, and thus it's direction of gravity. Herein lies one of the game's missteps in my opinion: the controls. The controls (which, by the way, you can't change) rotate your wheels more than it moves the vehicle. To put it bluntly, holding A rotates the wheels counter-clockwise while D rotates them clockwise. This might not seem too bad, but throw in the next mechanic and it can get a little disorienting. You can also hit W to jump and S to apply your brakes. You'll have to really get used to these and how they affect your vehicle, namely the brakes. Just remember that the brakes stop your wheels dead in their tracks. However, they don't stop your vehicles momentum. (For the record, you can also use Left, Right, Up and Down instead of A, D, W, and S respectively)
Next up is gravity. I already talked about how to tell which way gravity is currently flowing based on what color you are. Throughout the stages you may see a colored laser. Anything that hits a laser will turn that color, be it you or a stage obstacle. If you're on the ceiling, holding A will move your vehicle to the right since the wheels rotate counter-clockwise. However, if you turn a color that drops you to the ground, A now moves you left and if you're not ready for that, it can really mess up what you were trying to accomplish on whatever puzzle you were working on.
Now for the puzzles themselves. In each puzzle you'll find the aforementioned lasers, switches to raise and lower gates, other switches to change the direction of gravity for a certain color, and other objects that you have to somehow manipulate to reach the goal. Normally you'll find red, green, and blue lasers to turn your car to those respective colors. However, when you get to the early twenties you'll learn what happens when two lasers cross each other: you turn a different color altogether and the direction of gravity. For instance, if you're standing the path of a red laser and a blue laser, red's gravity is going up while blue's gravity is going left, then you'll wind up with a purple vehicle who's gravity is up and to the left. Now in the first stage where this happened you're not one of these new colors for long as you have to pass another laser to proceed, but it's a nice introduction to what you could encounter ahead.
Difficulty-wise, it's a decent mix. Some of the puzzles are actually quite fun. Some are quite challenging. Some are quite frustrating. Then again, what's a puzzle game without a bit of challenge? Thankfully there is always a few levels open in case you get stuck on one and wish to skip it. The early puzzles you'll have no issues with for the most part, but somewhere around the teens is where you may start to get those feelings of frustration. For me it was level sixteen. Here the game tries to teach you that while your vehicle is in the air you can still physically rotate it to alter how it lands, and it wants you to do this, then perform another jump as soon as you hit the ground to reach the goal. Checking the time played on Steam, I've put about an hour into Colour Bind. I can personally guarantee that over twenty-five of those was on level sixteen alone. Needless to say it's still not finished so I ultimately just skipped it.
If you're looking to play with a friend, or just wish for a bigger challenge for yourself, the game has special levels designed for two players working together, typically with one person hitting a switch that allows for the other person to proceed to the next section. For these stages player one uses ADWS while player two uses Left, Right, Up, and Down. While meant for two people, it can be a decent challenge on your own. If you're really feeling sadistic, the game also features a level editor that you can use to make your own levels. My only real issue with the level editor is that unless you know what you're doing, you might have a hard time figuring out what you're doing. After about ten minutes, all I had in my level was the goal, a random box, a switch, a laser, and two vehicles. Half of that was just clicking and dragging to see if it did anything. While the level editor can seem confusing, you can do a lot with it, including making lasers of colors other than just red, green, and blue. Try making a black laser and shut off gravity altogether.
Overall, Colour Bind is a pretty fun game, though it can get frustrating at times. If you're looking for a game with fancy high-def graphics and sound, you won't find that here. However, if you are looking for a puzzle game that's different than other puzzle games you've tried, you might want to give this one a shot. The single-player puzzles are challenging, the co-op puzzles are pretty fun even by oneself, and the level editor can be fun once you get the hang of what you're doing. There are medals to collect on each of the single-player stages depending on how fast you clear the stage, as well as leaderboards to see how you fair against other players. For $9.99, this might be one to check out.
Despite taking time to get used to the controls and the sometimes over-frustrating levels, Colour Bind is a nice physics-based puzzle game. If you have $10 lying around and don't mind getting overly frustrated at times, you might want to give this one a shot.
Rating: 8.9 Class Leading
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I began my lifelong love of gaming at an early age with my parent's Atari 2600. Living in the small town that I did arcades were pretty much non-existent so I had to settle for the less than stellar ports on the Atari 2600, but for a young kid my age it was the perfect past time, giving me something to do before Boy Scout meetings, after school, whenever I had the time and my parents weren't watching anything on TV. I recall seeing Super Mario Bros. played on the NES at that young age and it was something I really wanted. Come Christmas of 1988 (if I recall) Santa brought the family an NES with Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and I've been hooked ever since.
Over 25 years from the first time I picked up an Atari joystick and I'm more hooked on gaming than I ever have been. If you name a system, classics to moderns, there's a good chance I've not only played it, but own it. My collection of systems spans multiple decades, from the Odyssey 2, Atari 2600, and Colecovision, to the NES, Sega Genesis, and Panasonic 3DO, to more modern systems such as the Xbox and Wii, and multiple systems in between as well as multiple handhelds. As much as I consider myself a gamer I'm also a game collector. I love collecting the older systems not only to collect but to play (I even own and still play a Virtual Boy from time to time). I hope to bring those multiple decades of gaming experience to my time here at Gaming Nexus in some fashion.
In my spare time I like to write computer programs using VB.NET (currently learning C# as well) as well as create review videos and other gaming projects over on YouTube. I know it does seem like I have a lot on my plate now with the addition of Gaming Nexus to my gaming portfolio, but that's one more challenge I'm willing to overcome.
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One of the nine undrafted players that agreed to terms with the Eagles is LSU's Russell Shepard, a dynamic athlete who never played to his reputation with the Tigers. Shepard told FM-104.5 in Baton Rouge that he signed with the Eagles during the draft, and teams called after the fifth round and Shepard said he's already taken.
"I actually took myself off the draft board during the draft," Shepard said in the radio interview. "Teams started calling me probably in the middle of the 6th round asking me 'is it true that you've signed with a team already?' and I actually got it out of the way before the draft was over, because that was the perfect fit for me."
This is a neat story, but it's not entirely true. Some of it is a misinterpretation of semantics.
The Eagles released the following statement on Wednesday: "Russell Shepard has not signed a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. However, we did come to terms on a contract with he and his agent after the draft was completed. We anticipate he, like all of the rookie free agents we have agreed to terms with, will take a physical examination upon arriving in Philadelphia prior to next week's rookie mini-camp and then sign a contract."
The Eagles statement is official, but the truth is probably somewhere between both versions.
Here's why: It's entirely conceivably, and all but certain, that Shepard heard from the Eagles late in the draft. This is a common occurrence, when teams scramble to identify players to sign as free agents. All teams do this, and agents try to find the right bonus or right situation for the player. Shepard's versatility clearly makes him an attractive player to the Eagles, and from Shepard's perspective, it sounds like he wanted to come to Philadelphia.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's animated television series "The Governator" has become the latest victim of the former governor's fathering a child outside his marriage to Maria Shriver. The producers of the cartoon casting Schwarzenegger as himself — a superhero who must balance crime fighting with family duties — said Friday that they have pulled the plug on the planned series.
"In light of recent events, A Squared Entertainment, POW, Stan Lee Comics, and Archie Comics, have halted production," A Squared said in a statement referring to the various entities that were developing and producing "The Governator" and publishing a comic book based on the series. The producers had been selling broadcast rights to the series before the scandal broke, but no episodes have yet been shown on television.
A Squared said it made its decision after Schwarzenegger said Thursday that he was putting his upcoming movie projects, including "Cry Macho" and a "Terminator" sequel, on hold to focus on his personal life. But a person who works at A Squared, speaking on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak for the production company, said the show's makers made the decision Thursday morning, before Schwarzenegger's announcement.
According to a confidential outline for the show obtained by The Times, "The Governator" cast Schwarzenegger as a superhero who "leads a double life" that includes being "a devoted family man" who "has to remember his anniversary, his kids' birthdays" in subplots that are "milked for comedy, tension and conflict."
The Times reported Tuesday that the 63-year-old Schwarzenegger and his wife of 25 years had separated after he disclosed to her that he had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a longtime member of his household staff.
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Sunnyside School District Superintendent Dr. Rick Cole last night visited the Port of Sunnyside Commissioners meeting to announce the good news.
Long-awaited state funding for the YV Tech skills center has been approved by the legislature to the tune of $6.2 million.
The center, said Cole, has been a part of the school district's strategic plan for approximately 20 years.
YV Tech has had in place a smaller version of what was envisioned, but now has the funding for a facility that will be just more than 13,000 square feet in size.
In 2007 the Port of Sunnyside donated property for the center, which will be operated by YV Tech. That property is located on Barnard Boulevard near the new transportation facility.
The smaller operation initially offered high school students technical training in programs like cosmetology and certification for nurse's aides.
The demand has grown and Cole said local businesses in recent years have indicated there is a need for diesel mechanics and welders.
Programs that provide students the training in those fields will be possible with the new center.
Cole told the commissioners last night all high end equipment will be paid for with the funding recently approved by the legislature.
He said Sen. Jim Honeyford was an advocate for the school district and helped secure the funds.
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Now that the skills center is due to be built, he said the school district will be asking local businesses to verify the types of programs that are most needed to meet the job market.
Port of Sunnyside Commissioner Arnold Martin said, "We appreciate the news and are happy to see the funding for the skills center come through."
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"We are not the evildoers," National Shooting Sports Foundation chief Steve Sanetti said in remarks scheduled to be delivered Tuesday evening. "You didn't cause the monstrous crime in Newtown and neither did we."
The start of the annual Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show at the sprawling Sands Expo Convention Center comes amid a national debate on gun control following last month's shooting, which left 20 children and six adults at the school dead.
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Special Olympics looking for votes
Special Olympics has been invited to compete for two remaining spots in Subaru of America's 2012 "Share the Love" event. A Facebook voting competition began on August 6th and runs through August 26th. If at the end of voting Special Olympics is one of the top two charities, it will participate for the second year in the Subaru "Share the Love" event expected to begin November 21, 2012. If selected, customers who purchase a Subaru during the "Share the Love" event can designate Special Olympics as their charity of choice and Subaru will donate $250 to support our athletes. Each of the five charities participating in the 2012 Subaru "Share the Love" event will receive a minimum of $250,000, and the maximum donation among all charities will be $5,000,000. Over the last four years, Subaru has donated nearly $20 million to charity.
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Coin CaterpillarsFriday, July 8, 2011
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How stinkin' cute!ReplyDelete
This is super cute! Thanks so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
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ADORABLE!!! THANK YOU!!ReplyDelete
these are so cute, thanks for sharing! Are you all adopting the Common Core Standards this year? Our district is and money is no longer a K standard- it's moved to 2nd grade. I still plan on introducing it bc it's such an important skill. My kids in the past have just counted pennies, they're not quite ready to add the different sums together.ReplyDelete
My son just got done with a summer math camp where the teacher suggested we work more on counting coins. Your activity is so clever, very cute, and perfectly timed. Thank you for the free download!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJul 8, 2011, 9:57:00 AM
Love this! Thanks for sharing. I think I'll incorporate this into my calendar/morning routine a few times a week!ReplyDelete
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Love this! We don't introduce the quarter until late in the year, but I would love to use this as a center activity where the kids create their own caterpillars and then record it and the total onto a sheet. Would you mind if I tweeked this activity to fit that?ReplyDelete
Super Cute! I will definitely use this activity later in the year! We do something similar when counting by 2/5/10. Each student traces a circle counter as many times as they'd like to make a caterpillar. Inside the circles, they must count on; then I have them decorate it! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I used this idea with my 2nd graders this year. Our math workbooks come with tons of itty bitty paper coins that are too small for anything else! We made insects and added up the totals. They were pretty amazing!ReplyDelete
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SO CUTE!! Thanks!ReplyDelete
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Of course Cyndy! That's what sharing is all about! :)ReplyDelete
Hi I was a former Kindergarten teacher and now am home with my kids. I love to read your blog and keep up with what is going on. I was wondering what are the songs you sing for money?ReplyDelete
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This is adorable! I will be teaching Kindergarten in the Fall & your blog has been and will be so helpful!ReplyDelete
I just started my own blog - I would love for you (and anyone else) to check it ou!
Too cute! Thanks for sharing!!!!ReplyDelete
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing Hadar - and thanks for your sweet comment yesterday.ReplyDelete
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I was right! My son LOVED this. Check out my blog post on our coin caterpillars activity! (http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2011/07/counting-money-with-coin-caterpillars.html) Of course, I gave credit where credit was due and linked to your post and blog (I hope that was okay). Thanks for all the great ideas and inspiration!!!ReplyDelete
OMG! This is super cute! I'm definitely going to be using this in my classroom. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the great ideas. I am new to professional blogging and I am completely addicted because of blogs like yours:)ReplyDelete
This is awesome!ReplyDelete
Totally cute! I have that pinned too. Thanks for linking up!ReplyDelete
Such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing! :)ReplyDelete
These are cute- I have coin stickers I bought and have been hoarding for a while... this would be perfect to do with them! I could give each kiddo a few and let them arrange them into a caterpillar and write the amount!ReplyDelete
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This is super cute for my second graders. We too are adopting the core standards. We are very concerned that coins aren't introduced till second grade. We second grade teachers feel that it would be very helpful if kinder and first grade teachers would still intro and play around with money, it would surely help the 2nd, 3rd, and older kids.ReplyDelete
I found you via pinterest. You are my pinspiration! Thanks for making this printable! We will use this with some of my kindergarteners!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing. I am a student teacher for a second grade class. For my lesson unit I must complete I have decided to do a unit over money. Thanks so much for sharing this worksheet it will work greatly with one of my lesson plans.ReplyDelete


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May 02. 2013 11:19PM
HUDSON - Police are searching for a man they say threatened to arrest another man Thursday night.
Police said a man reported that he was driving on Wason Road about 8:30 p.m. Thursday when a white sports-utility vehicle signaled to him to pull over by flashing fog lights on and off.
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To say the Buck 110 changed how hunters carry knives is like saying Henry Ford was merely forward-thinking. No, the Buck 110 knife defined a moment in history.
Its explosive popularity hit camps across 1960s North America almost overnight. The days of carrying bulky kitchen or military knives into the field were over. Cutting power was now as easy as slipping the Buck 110's canoe-shaped frame into a pocket.
I'm a knife nut anyway, but nothing in my collection rivals the prestige of the Buck 110. It's a top choice when I'm working at my ranch, hunting in the field or just going about daily business.
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The ultimate week of hype is under way. We're besieged with articles and once again my impeccable sense of timing strikes again. No real time today to do a proper job with the links. Somehow the biggest project of my working career got scheduled for the last month and a half, and while the major stuff is done, there's a lot of little things to do over the next few weeks still.
A few highlights from today, Bob Ryan's article on the Patriots constant striving for group success, and what it really means to a number of them. Alan Greenberg has a piece on Willie McGinest, who has had his career reborn the last couple years. Mike Reiss has a good piece on the bond between Troy Brown and the Kraft family, who call Brown " the quintessential Patriot." Jim McCabe has a piece on Patriots great Julius Adams, who find himself having to root for the Eagles this week, as his son Keith is on the Philadelphia squad.
There are dozens of other articles, but if I had to pick four, those would be them. You can access the all sports pages from New England by clicking on the "Newspaper Sports Sections" header to the left. If you want the Philadelphia perspective, you can go to the NFL section of Philly.com
John Molori's Media Blitz has a look at the local and national on-site coverage of Super Bowl week.
Cheers to Mike Adams, who on WEEI yesterday afternoon called out some of his colleagues in advance for their inevitable complaining about the location of the Super Bowl and their accommodations. A caller wanted to bring up the issue and I had expected him to be quickly dismissed, however Adams took the ball and ran with it, noting that these media people are well compensated, all of their expenses are taken care of and in most cases they have tickets to the greatest sporting event in this country. Packages similar to that for a regular fan would run in the thousands of dollars. For them to complain about any aspect of the week and what's involved in it for them personally is insulting to their audience.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, said his meetings in the 23rd Congressional District this week showed people are "overwhelmingly opposed to U.S. involvement."
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, announced today he has sent a letter to President Barack Obama voicing what Reed said he heard during "listening sessions" on Syria across the 23rd Congressional District this week: Citizens were "overwhelmingly opposed to U.S. involvement," stated Reed.
The congressman conducted public meetings in Big Flats, Dunkirk, Geneva, Hornell, Olean, and Owego Tuesday and Wednesday asking constituents to share their thoughts and concerns about U.S. involvement in Syria following what officials allege was Syria's use of chemical weapons against civilians.
Obama is urging lawmakers to back a strike on Syria but is making little headway in getting Congress to support a attack.


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With New York Comic Con just days away, creator-owned comic book publisher ComixTribe has released a free, 60+ page digital preview of five new series that will debut at the show.
ComixTribe Takes Manhattan features an extended first look at EPIC #1. Written by ComixTribe publisher Tyler James and drawn by Matt Zolman, EPIC is the story of a teenager who gains incredible super powers, only to learn he has but one weakness…beautiful girls.
Also featured in this release are first looks at:
SCAM #1 by Joe Mulvey, a book about superpowered grifters who believe it's better to die as a conman than live as a mark.
THE RED TEN #1 by Tyler James and Cesar Feliciano, a superhero murder mystery that's Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" meets "The Justice League," and features a NYCC exclusive cover by CP Wilson, III (Stuff of Legend).
The STANDARD #1 & #2 by John Lees and Jonathon Rector, the first two issues of the award-nominated story of an elderly superhero who comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his former sidekick.
RUNNERS #1 by Steve Forbes and Mac Radwanski, a horror book that asks, "In a world over-run by zombies, with humanity on the brink of destruction, what the #$%! are vampires supposed to eat?"
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By David Smale, The Sports Xchange
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez's single down the left field line capped a two-run, 12th-inning rally, and the Kansas City Royals stunned the Oakland Athletics 9-8 Tuesday in the American League wild-card game.
The Royals advance to play the Los Angeles Angels in the American League division series.
A sell-out crowd of 40,502 watched the first postseason game in Kansas City since 1985, and the home team prevailed after trailing 7-3 in the eighth inning and then falling behind 8-7 in the 12th.
First baseman Eric Hosmer launched a triple off the top of the wall in left-center off Oakland reliever Dan Otero with one out in the...


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — One of the men who authorities say was at the center of a scam to use a veterans charity as a front for an illegal gambling operation that took in nearly $300 million was a well-known attorney who once ran a marathon in a suit as a publicity stunt.
Another man involved in the case was described by friends as a small-town "pool hustler" in South Carolina.
Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis was identified by authorities as the man at the center of the alleged racketeering scheme. Two other men charged as co-conspirators had experience running gaming parlors, including Johnny E. Duncan, who was charged more than 20 years ago with creating a fake charity to sponsor bingo gaming, which allowed the games to operate tax-free. The other man, Jerry Bass, had previously worked as general manager of a video poker parlor in South Carolina.
Authorities said Mathis made about $6 million from the operation. During a news conference Wednesday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi unveiled a poster with a photo of Mathis in the center and linked to dozens of alleged gambling operations. Officials said he was the registered agent for 112 businesses related to the investigation. Nearly 60 people have been arrested so far.
"Kelly Mathis ... appears to be the commonality of those who were arrested," Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey said.
A lawyer for Mathis said during a bond hearing Thursday that his client did nothing illegal. Mathis' bond was set at $1 million.
"Mathis is not a ringleader," said lawyer Mitchell Stone, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. "Mathis was a lawyer for organizations that were trying to legally conduct business. He was advising, he was litigating, he was counseling, doing things that attorneys do for clients. It's a pretty scary day in America if your lawyer is prosecuted for representing your interests."
Stone said Mathis is not guilty.
"There has been a rush to judgment," he said. "We need to take a step back and really analyze whether what he was litigating was legitimate. And I believe ... that what he was saying had absolute legitimacy."
The organization under investigation — Allied Veterans of the World — ran more than 40 Internet parlors offering computer slot machine-style games, investigators said.
Authorities said the organization's executives gave precious little to veterans and lavished millions on themselves, spending it on boats, real estate and Maseratis, Ferraris and Porsches.
The scandal led to the resignation of Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, a Republican who once co-owned a public relations firm that worked for Allied Veterans. She has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, news reports of the investigation sent shock waves through the Jacksonville legal community, where Mathis well-known.
Mathis, 49, is the past president of the Jacksonville Bar Association. Unlike membership in the state Bar, which is mandatory for lawyers, the Jacksonville group is voluntary.
A security guard turned away an Associated Press reporter at the entrance to the Jacksonville gated community where Mathis lives. The attorney's 7,890-square-foot home on Riding Club Road has five bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths. Duval County records showed Mathis bought it in September 2008 for $875,000.
It's unclear just when Mathis became involved with Allied.
Duncan was the former national commander for Allied Veterans of the World. He was being held without bail at a county jail in Spartanburg, S.C.
Robert Gillespie has known Johnny Duncan for years.
His daughter, Dana, has been married to Duncan's son, John Andrew Duncan, for more than 15 years and they have two children.
But the 71-year-old Gillespie said he first met Johnny Duncan in the 1960s — when Duncan had a reputation as a "pool hustler" in the town of Greer, S.C. Back then, Greer, a textile town, had a few pool halls, and Duncan was a fixture, Gillespie said.
"Everyone knew not to play him. He had the reputation as being pretty good. You know, you played him and you were sure to lose," he said.
Years later, when his daughter started dating Duncan's son in high school, he recognized the last name.
"I knew him right away," he said.
After high school, his daughter and Duncan's son went to Florida to join the family business. They were later married in Florida.
He said Duncan treated his family well and he was shocked when he heard that he had been arrested.
"Johnny Duncan is a good man," he said. "I can't believe all this crap about him. He's helped so many people over the years."
Duncan's brother, Donnie Duncan, insisted his brother did not break any laws.
"He took legal advice from (his attorney) Kelly Mathis. Kelly took care of everything — all the applications for the Internet cafes. Everything was done legally," Donnie Duncan told AP on Thursday.
He said his brother served in the Navy during the 1960s and created Allied to help veterans.
Johnny Duncan was arrested on gambling charges in 1987. He was charged with keeping a gambling house, sponsoring unlawful bingo games and failing to follow guidelines for games of chance in Leon County, Fla.
Duncan pleaded no contest to setting up a fake charity, called Army Navy Union, to sponsor bingo games in that county, the AP reported at the time.
He was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered not to operate bingo games in Florida.
"There is no evidence that any of the money collected was used for a charitable purpose," according to court records.
By 1989, the AP reported, Duncan was running South Carolina's largest bingo network, with 28 games. He was described as the commander of Army Navy Union, which sponsored the games. He also reportedly obtained national charters and state permits that allowed bingo games to operate as charitable activities, free from taxes.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, which reported on the Internet cafes in 2011, Duncan and Jerry Bass met around 1995, when Bass was the general manager of Slots of Fun, a 110-machine video poker parlor in Fort Mill, S.C.
Bass was also arrested. No one returned a telephone call to his home.
A telephone number listed for Allied Veterans was disconnected.
Duncan lives in Boiling Springs, S.C., a hardscrabble rural community just north of Spartanburg, S.C. Mobile homes, mill houses and strip malls line the two-lane road leading into the community of 8,000. Duncan bought his two-story brick home with a swimming pool for $286,000 in 2007.
"My brother is a very good guy. He is a very generous person. He'd take the shirt off his back for you," Donnie Duncan told The Associated Press.
Over the years, Allied has given millions away to charities, including $100,000 to North Carolina veterans groups in 2008.
He said his brother was just following the advice of Mathis.
"A lot falls back on the attorney. He said the laws — the way they were written — were legal and he could defend it in court. And that's why they started in that situation. "
"What little percentage that came into the management group that my brother was in charge of, he paid salaries out of that. They paid charities out of that."
"My brother paid every bit of state and federal taxes for the salary he drew."
"It's all about intent. His lawyer told him it was legal. His accountant doing his taxes told him it was legal. You're filing everything like you're supposed to and then all of a sudden, whammo. It's wrong."
Weiss reported from Spartanburg, S.C. AP writers Michael Schneider in Orlando, Fla.; Kyle Hightower in Sanford, Fla. and Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Fla., contributed to this report.


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Jan. 2, 2013 02:00 PM
DENVER, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RGL Forensics announced today that it was named the fourth best medium-sized accounting firm to work for in Accounting Today Magazine's 2012 "Best Accounting Firms to Work For" List. This national award was given in recognition of the company's ability to recruit and retain the nation's best forensic accounting professionals.
RGL ranked fourth out of 45 companies in the medium employer category, which includes U.S. companies with between 50 and 249 employees. This is the second year in a row that RGL was listed as one of the best Accounting firms to work for. This award also follows a March 2012 award from Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Accounting Firms in the United States.
"Our clients provide us with interesting and challenging investigative work, which contributes greatly to our ability to attract and retain loyal, experienced professionals dedicated to the field of forensic accounting," said Angie MacPhee, CEO of RGL Forensics.
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Serena Williams dedicated her run to the Wimbledon final to fellow mothers, telling them to "keep making noise".
Williams, a 23-time grand slam champion, was playing at her second major since returning from a year-long lay-off to give birth to her first child.
And after showing flashes of her best form so soon after making her comeback, Williams was hopeful she could inspire others.
"These past two weeks were a sound for all moms staying home and working. You can do it, you really can," she posted on Twitter.
These past 2 weeks was a sound for all moms stay home and working you can do it you really can! I'm not any better or diff than any of you all. Your support has ment so much to me. Let's keep making noise everyday in everything we do. #roadtoUSOpen pic.twitter.com/5OLYk1a6cK— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) July 16, 2018
"I'm not any better or different than any of you all. Your support has meant so much to me. Let's keep making noise everyday in everything we do."
Williams included the hashtag "#roadtoUSOpen" as she turns her attention towards the final grand slam of the year, where she has triumphed six times previously.
16. Oktober 2018
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|Red Sox ace Sale released from hospital, still set for game five
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Atlanta, GA - Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., today reacted to remarks by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart that compared the killing of George Tiller to the assassination of her uncle.
"For LeRoy Carhart to mention the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked through peaceful and non-violent means, in the same breath with that of George Tiller, whose work ended peace and brought violence to babies in the womb, is offensive beyond belief," said Dr. King. "The analogy is just wrong."
"Dr. Carhart also speaks of hate crimes," added Dr. King. "I would simply ask him, is it not hateful to regard an entire class of people as non-human because they're unwanted?"
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, also commented, "The message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was that every human being has equal dignity. LeRoy Carhart and every other abortionist violate that message every time they dismember a baby. The comparison is ridiculous."


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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Masked executioners in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday hanged a man who was convicted of stabbing to death an acquaintance over money, ignoring protests by human rights activists who say the territory's legal system is flawed.
Hani Abu Aliyan, 28, was executed in a security compound in the presence of relatives of the victim, a first for a criminal case in Gaza. Previously, only security officials had witnessed executions.
At Wednesday's execution, the 17th since Hamas overran Gaza six years ago, four masked security men escorted Abu Aliyan to a noose erected on a small platform surrounded by black plastic tarps. Abu Aliyan wore a hood, spoke to a cleric and uttered a Muslim prayer before he was hanged, a witness said.
Gaza's Interior Ministry released pictures of the executioners and rows of armed security men, also masked, standing on the sides.
The family of the victim was informed of the impending execution late Tuesday, but only given details about the time and place shortly before it took place.
"They searched us and took our phones before escorting us to the area where the makeshift hanging stage was built," a relative of the victim said. "They brought him in surrounded by security. He talked to the sheik before they took him for the hanging. After a few minutes, a doctor confirmed his death."
The relative said it was difficult watching someone lose his life. "Then I told myself its divine justice. God is avenging the victims."
Both witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because Hamas ordered those in attendance not to talk to the media.
Human rights groups had called on Hamas to halt all executions, saying Gaza's justice system is badly tainted, including by forced confessions.
Gaza's attorney general, Ismail Jaber, said the law was respected throughout Abu Aliyan's case, including an appeal. He said the executions were not meant to become public spectacles like the stonings and beheadings that are common in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Abu Aliyan was convicted of two killings, including sexually assaulting and bludgeoning to death a boy when he himself was only 14.
The case against Abu Aliyan began in 2009, when he turned himself in to police after allegedly stabbing to death an acquaintance during a financial dispute. His lawyer had claimed Abu Aliyan was abused during interrogation and confessed to the earlier killing after being tortured.
Executions have aroused little public opposition in conservative Gaza, where tribal customs and Islamic religious law, or Shariah, call for putting to death convicted killers.
Hamas seized Gaza in 2007 and has firmly entrenched its hold on the territory, home to about 1.7 million people. The Hamas-run justice system and past executions have been criticized by human rights groups.
According to an Associated Press count, it was the 30th death sentence carried out by Palestinian authorities since 1994. Of those, 28 took place in the Gaza Strip.
The rival Western-backed Palestinian government in the West Bank has not carried out the death penalty since President Mahmoud Abbas took office in 2005.


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was at this time the theatre of dreadful events. The Saracens and the Christians, in numerous encounters, slew one another. On one occasion Rinaldo led an attack on the infidel columns, broke and scattered them, till he found himself opposite to a knight whose armor (whether by accident or by choice, it matters not) bore the blazon of Orlando. It was Dardinel, the young and brave prince of Zumara, and Rinaldo remarked him by the slaughter he spread all around. Ah, said he to himself, let us pluck up this dangerous plant before it has grown to its full height.
As Rinaldo advanced, the crowd opened before him, the Christians to let his sword have free course, the Pagans to escape its sweep. Dardinel and he stood face to face. Rinaldo exclaimed, fiercely, Young man, whoever gave you that noble buckler to bear made you a dangerous gift; I should like to see how you are able to defend those quarterings, red and white. If you cannot defend them against me, how pray will you do so when Orlando challenges them? Dardinel replied: Thou shalt learn that I can defend the arms I bear, and shed new glory upon them. No one shall rend them from me but with life. Saying these words, Dardinel rushed upon Rinaldo with sword uplifted.
The chill of mortal terror filled the souls of the Saracens when they beheld Rinaldo advance to attack the prince, like a lion against a young bull. The first blow came from the hand of Dardinel, and the weapon rebounded from Mambrinos helmet without effect. Rinaldo smiled, and said, I will now show you if my strokes are more effectual. At these words he thrust the unfortunate Dardinel in the middle of his breast. The blow was so violent that the cruel weapon pierced the body, and came out a palm-breadth behind his back. Through this wound the life of Dardinel issued with his blood, and his body fell helpless to the ground.
As a flower which the passing plough has uprooted languishes, and droops its head, so Dardinel, his visage covered with the paleness of death, expires, and the hopes of an illustrious race perish with him.
Like waters kept back by a dike, which, when the dike is broken, spread abroad through all the country, so the Moors, no longer kept in column by the example of Dardinel, fled in all directions. Rinaldo despised too much such easy victories to pursue them; he wished for no combats but with brave men. At the same time, the other paladins made terrible slaughter of the Moors. Charles himself, Oliver, Guido, and Ogier the Dane, carried death into their ranks on all sides.
The infidels seemed doomed to perish to a man on that dreadful day; but the wise king, Marsilius, at last put some slight degree of method into the general rout. He collected the remnant of the troops, formed them into a battalion, and retreated in tolerable order to his camp. That camp was well fortified by intrenchments and a broad ditch. Thither the fugitives hastened, and by degrees all that remained of the Moorish army was brought together there.
The Emperor might perhaps that night have crushed his enemy entirely; but not thinking it prudent to expose his troops, fatigued as they were, to an attack upon a camp so well fortified, he contented himself with encompassing the enemy with his troops, prepared to make a regular siege. During the night the Moors had time to see the extent of their loss. Their tents resounded with lamentations. This warrior had to mourn a brother, that a friend; many suffered with grievous wounds, all trembled at the fate in store for them.
There were two young Moors, both of humble rank, who gave proof at that time of attachment and fidelity rare in the history of man. Cloridan and Medoro had followed their prince, Dardinel, to the wars of France. Cloridan, a bold huntsman, combined strength with activity. Medoro was a mere youth, his cheeks yet fair and blooming. Of all the Saracens, no one united so much grace and beauty. His light hair was set off by his black and sparkling eyes. The two friends were together on guard at the rampart. About midnight they gazed on the scene in deep dejection. Medoro, with tears in his eyes, spoke of the good prince Dardinel, and could not endure the thought that his body should be cast out on the plain, deprived of funeral honors. O my friend, said he, must then the body of our prince be the prey of wolves and ravens? Alas! when I remember how he loved me, I feel that if I should sacrifice my life to do him honor, I should not do more than my duty. I wish, dear friend, to seek out his body on the battlefield, and give it burial, and I hope to be able to pass through King Charless camp without discovery, as they are probably all asleep. You, Cloridan, will be able to say for me, if I should die in the adventure, that gratitude and fidelity to my prince were my inducements.
Cloridan was both surprised and touched with this proof of the young mans devotion. He loved him tenderly, and tried for a long time every effort to dissuade him from his design; but he found Medoro determined to accomplish his object or die in the endeavor.
Cloridan, unable to change his purpose, said, I will go with you, Medoro, and help you in this generous enterprise. I value not life compared with honor, and if I did, do you suppose, dear friend, that I could live without you? I would rather fall by the arms of our enemies than die of grief for the loss of you.
When the two friends were relieved from their guard duty they went without any followers into the camp of the Christians. All there was still; the fires were dying out; there was no fear of any attempt on the part of the Saracens, and the soldiers, overcome by fatigue or wine, slept secure, lying upon the ground in the midst of their arms and equipage. Cloridan stopped, and said, Medoro, I am not going to quit this camp without taking vengeance for the death of our prince. Keep watch, be on your guard that no one shall surprise us; I mean to mark a road with my sword through the ranks of our enemies. So saying, he entered the tent where Alpheus slept, who a year before had joined the camp of Charles, and pretended to be a great physician and astrologer. But his science had deceived him, if it gave him hope of dying peacefully in his bed at a good old age; his lot was to die with little warning. Cloridan ran his sword through his heart. A Greek and a German followed, who had been playing late at dice: fortunate if they had continued their game a little longer; but they never reckoned a throw like this among their chances. Cloridan next came to the unlucky Grillon, whose head lay softly on his pillow. He dreamed probably of the feast from which he had but just retired; for when Cloridan cut off his head wine flowed forth with the blood.
The two young Moors might have penetrated even to the tent of Charlemagne; but knowing that the paladins encamped around him kept watch by turns, and judging that it was impossible they should all be asleep, they were afraid to go too near. They might also have obtained rich booty; but, intent only on their object, they crossed the camp, and arrived at length at the bloody field, where bucklers, lances, and swords lay scattered in the midst of corpses of poor and rich, common soldier and prince, horses and pools of blood. This terrible scene of carnage would have destroyed all hope of finding what they were in search of until dawn of day, were it not that the moon lent the aid of her uncertain rays.
Medoro raised his eyes to the planet, and exclaimed, O holy goddess, whom our fathers have adored under three different forms,thou who displayest thy power in heaven, on earth, and in the underworld,thou who art seen foremost among the nymphs chasing the beasts of the forest,cause me to see, I implore thee, the spot where my dear master lies, and make me all my life long follow the example which thou dost exhibit of works of charity and love.
Either by accident, or that the moon was sensible of the prayer of Medoro, the cloud broke away, and the moonlight burst forth as bright as day. The rays seemed especially to gild the spot where lay the body of Prince Dardinel; and Medoro, bathed in tears and with bleeding heart, recognized him by the quarterings of red and white on his shield.
With groans stifled by his tears, and lamentations in accents suppressed, not from any fear for himself, for he cared not for life, but lest any one should be roused to interrupt their pious duty while yet incomplete, he proposed to his companion that they should together bear Dardinel on their shoulders, sharing the burden of the beloved remains.
Marching with rapid strides under their precious load, they perceived that the stars began to grow pale, and that the shades of night would soon be dispersed by the dawn. Just then Zerbino, whose extreme valor had urged him far from the camp in pursuit of the fugitives, returning, entered the wood in which they were. Some knights in his train perceived at a distance the two brothers-in-arms. Cloridan saw the troop, and, observing that they dispersed themselves over the plain as if in search of booty, told Medoro to lay down the body, and let each save himself by flight. He dropped his part, thinking that Medoro would do the same; but the good youth loved his prince too well to abandon him, and continued to carry his load singly as well as he might, while Cloridan made his escape. Near by there was a part of the wood tufted as if nothing but wild animals had ever penetrated it. The unfortunate youth, loaded with the weight of his dead master, plunged into its recesses.
Cloridan, when he perceived that he had evaded his foes, discovered that Medoro was not with him. Ah! exclaimed he, how could I, dear Medoro, so forget myself as to consult my own safety without heeding yours? So saying, he retraced the tangled passes of the wood toward the place from whence he had fled. As he approached he heard the noise of horses, and the menacing voices of armed men. Soon he perceived Medoro, on foot, with the cavaliers surrounding him. Zerbino, their commander, bade them seize him. The unhappy Medoro turned now this way, now that, trying to conceal himself behind an oak or a rock, still bearing the body, which he would by no means leave. Cloridan not knowing how to help him, but resolved to perish with him, if he must perish, takes an arrow, fits it to his bow, discharges it, and pierces the breast of a Christian knight, who falls helpless from his horse. The others look this way and that, to discover whence the fatal bolt was sped. One, while demanding of his comrades in what direction the arrow came, received a second in his throat, which stopped his words, and soon closed his eyes to the scene.
Zerbino, furious at the death of his two comrades, ran upon Medoro, seized his golden hair, and dragged him forward to slay him. But the sight of so much youth and beauty commanded pity. He stayed his arm. The young man spoke in suppliant tones. Ah! signor, said he, I conjure you by the God whom you serve, deprive me not of life until I shall have buried the body of the prince, my master. Fear not that I will ask you any other favor; life is not dear to me; I desire death as soon as I shall have performed this sacred duty. Do with me then as you please. Give my limbs a prey to the birds and beasts; only let me first bury my prince. Medoro pronounced these words with an air so sweet and tender that a heart of stone would have been moved by them. Zerbino was so to the bottom of his soul. He was on the point of uttering words of mercy, when a cruel subaltern, forgetting all respect to his commander, plunged his lance into the breast of the young Moor. Zerbino, enraged at his brutality, turned upon the wretch to take vengeance, but he saved himself by a precipitate flight.
Cloridan, who saw Medoro fall, could contain himself no longer. He rushed from his concealment, threw down his bow, and, sword in hand, seemed only desirous of vengeance for Medoro, and to die with him. In a moment, pierced through and through with many wounds, he exerts the last remnant of his strength in dragging himself to Medoro, to die embracing him. The cavaliers left them thus to rejoin Zerbino, whose rage against the murderer of Medoro had drawn him away from the spot.
Cloridan died; and Medoro, bleeding copiously, was drawing near his end when help arrived.
A young maiden approached the fallen knights at this critical moment. Her dress was that of a peasant-girl, but her air was noble, and her beauty celestial; sweetness and goodness reigned in her lovely countenance. It was no other than Angelica, the Princess of Cathay.
When she had recovered that precious ring, as we have before related, Angelica, knowing its value, felt proud in the power it conferred, travelled alone without fear, not without a secret shame that she had ever been obliged to seek protection in her wanderings of the Count Orlando and of Sacripant. She reproached herself too as with a weakness that she had ever thought of marrying Rinaldo; in fine, her pride grew so high as to persuade her that no man living was worthy to aspire to her hand.
Moved with pity at the sight of the young man wounded, and melted to tears at hearing the cause, she quickly recalled to remembrance the knowledge she had acquired in India, where the virtues of plants and the art of healing formed part of the education even of princesses. The beautiful queen ran into the adjoining meadow to gather plants of virtue to staunch the flow of blood. Meeting on her way a countryman on horseback seeking a strayed heifer, she begged him to come to her assistance, and endeavor to remove the wounded man to a more secure asylum.
Angelica, having prepared the plants by bruising them between two stones, laid them with her fair hand on Medoros wound. The remedy soon restored in some degree the strength of the wounded man, who, before he would quit the spot, made them cover with earth and turf the bodies of his friend and of the prince. Then surrendering himself to the pity of his deliverers, he allowed them to place him on the horse of the shepherd, and conduct him to his cottage. It was a pleasant farmhouse on the borders of the wood, bearing marks of comfort and competency. There the shepherd lived with his wife and children. There Angelica tended Medoro, and there, by the devoted care of the beautiful queen, his sad wound closed over, and he recovered his perfect health.
O Count Rinaldo, O King Sacripant! what availed it you to possess so many virtues and such fame? What advantage have you derived from all your high deserts? O hapless king, great Agrican! if you could return to life, how would you endure to see yourself rejected by one who will bow to the yoke of Hymen in favor of a young soldier of humble birth? And thou, Ferrau, and ye numerous others who a hundred times have put your lives at hazard for this cruel beauty, how bitter will it be to you to see her sacrifice you all to the claims of the humble Medoro!
There, under the low roof of a shepherd, the flame of Hymen was lighted for this haughty queen. She takes the shepherds wife to serve in place of mother, the shepherd and his children for witnesses, and marries the happy Medoro.
Angelica, after her marriage, wishing to endow Medoro with the sovereignty of the countries which yet remained to her, took with him the road to the East. She had preserved through all her adventures a bracelet of gold enriched with precious stones, the present of the Count Orlando. Having nothing else wherewith to reward the good shepherd and his wife, who had served her with so much care and fidelity, she took the bracelet from her arm and gave it to them, and then the newly-married couple directed their steps toward those mountains which separate France and Spain, intending to wait at Barcelona a vessel which should take them on their way to the East.
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At the Lathe: How to Pursue an Ideal Form
Seek perfection, and you may attain excellence.
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Once I complimented a student new to turning on the pleasing shape of her very first bowl, which she was working on. She burst out laughing and exclaimed, "I'm not in charge of that!" When you're just getting started, simply making clean cuts and avoiding kickback or other disasters may seem like more than you can hope for. If you have made only a few bowls, you may not have given much thought to the more abstract aspects of design. But as you begin to acquire more control of the process, you will start thinking about how to make the next bowl a better one. That's a big part of what I mean here by design. It's deciding or recognizing what you like; what kind of materials, shapes, proportions, details, etc. you prefer or are interested in exploring.
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Jack Black's mustache
The performance: In its first performance since "Nacho Libre," Black's impeccably trimmed mustache defines the movie's title character as both a man of culture and taste. And just look at the way it highlights his sweet smile! Too often overshadowed by the performer's manic eyebrows, this criminally underused set of whiskers gets a chance to shed its sidekick status in "Bernie."
What the critics say: "There is no slobbiness in Black this time in the natty Wayne Newton mustache."
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R.I.P. Nelson Mandela: Celebs React To His Passing On Twitter
A fighter, legend and game-changer, Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. The South African leader's voice and story spread way outside his home borders, and his contributions will never be forgotten. See how rappers and singers reacted to his death and legacy on Twitter.


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R. Kelly raises eyebrows in the industry with his new choice of management...
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Spies at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party said they were shocked to be introduced to the singer's "new management," Devyne Stephens of Atlanta-based UpFront Megatainment, who modestly bills himself on his Web site as a "music mogul, entertainer, life-style specialist, extraordinary business man and a total visionary."
Sources said Kelly's fired Coran Capshaw's Red Light Management — the world's biggest indie music firm with clients Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus and Dave Matthews — which took Kelly under its wing just last year.
"Kelly hit the management jackpot when he signed with Capshaw's company," said an industry insider. "Leaving Red Light for Stephens would be like quitting the Houston Rockets — or the Yankees — to play for a high-school coach in Podunk. Red Light is furious that Stephens would poach their client. And the company's considering legal action."


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The holiday season, which is mostly to say the Christmas season, has already begun on television; indeed, if you measure the holiday by Hallmark Channel or Lifetime, it has been going on all month. And it's not going to get any less cheery and joyful and guilt-ridden — such is the driving force of many holiday narratives, after all — in the days between now and the new year.
So make yourself an eggnog, the way you like it — for me, this means not making myself an eggnog — and settle down by this warm and crackling fire made of words, while I guide you, selectively, through a forest of holiday specials, not counting holly-decked, tinsel-strewn, special episodes of, like, every series on TV, from "The Mindy Project" (Fox, Tuesday) to the flesh-eating reality of "Monsters Inside Me" (Animal Planet, Dec. 18).
Thanksgiving used to be the start of Christmas, quasi-officially, with the arrival of Santa Claus at the end of the Macy's Parade (Thanksgiving morning on NBC, by the way).
The day itself is traditionally celebrated by the watching of television, especially if your relatives had a color TV and you didn't and "Jason and the Argonauts" was on and you didn't want to talk to anyone anyway. This year brings such holiday-friendly, family-binding events as "The National Dog Show" (NBC), now with the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno, Rat Terrier and Chinook; HBO's "Sport in America: Our Defining Stories"; and "Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special," in which oral histories get animated. There will be "Punkin Chunkin" on the Science Channel, wherein pumpkin-hurling machines compete in a Delaware cornfield. And "Adventure Time" will play on Cartoon Network all day, so you'll know where to find me.
In practice, however, Thanksgiving now falls about halfway through the holiday programming season, thanks mostly to the Hallmark and Lifetime channels, which go head to head in a race to see how many new Christmasy TV movies they can mount each year, beginning in early November. (Hallmark boasts 1,200 hours of holiday programming this year, which almost constitutes a cry for help.) The quality of these works ranges from the merely completed to the better-than-expected, but they are just what many people crave at this time of the rolling year.
There are literally too many to mention here (check http://www.hallmarkchannel.com or http://www.mylifetime.com for titles and times), but certain themes recur: that small towns are better than the city, that running some quirky small business is better than being a corporate executive, and that you are more liable to find true love with that guy or girl you used to know in high school (back in your small town), who is probably running some quirky small business, than with that successful jerk you're dating when the movie begins. It's the Rom-Com Meaning of Christmas.
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Also in that ballpark are "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" (Dec. 8 on Up), with Drew Lachey as a big-city rock star in, you know, a small town; "Holidaze" (ABC Family, Dec. 8), a what-if fantasy, with Jenny Garth dreaming of what would have happened if she'd stayed in her small town; and the undoubtedly bigger budget "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Christmas in Conway" (ABC, Sunday), with Andy Garcia building a backyard Ferris wheel for wife Mary-Louise Parker, who is unwell.
Music, of course, is very much part of the season, though perhaps not quite the thing it was when variety still was king and you might find David Bowie dropping in on Bing Crosby in a fake English manor for a chorus of "The Little Drummer Boy." Nevertheless, this year brings specials headlined by Kelly Clarkson (the intriguingly titled "Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale," NBC, Dec. 11), Michael Bublé (NBC, Dec. 18), Celine Dion (CBS, Dec. 18), Heart (AXS, Christmas Day) and Mary J. Blige (Thanksgiving Day-Dec. 1 on Revolt TV, which is for real).
Personally, I am excited for "Christmas With the Aquabats!" (the Hub, Dec. 21), featuring the ska-punk superheroes in a save-Christmas story, with Matt Walsh and Robert Smigel guesting. It's worth mentioning as well the "Call the Midwife Holiday Special" (PBS, Dec. 29) set in 1958 and featuring an unexploded bomb, polio immunization and a royal visit. Those in a less sentimental frame of mind might prefer the Robot Chicken "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" (Adult Swim, Dec. 16) or the "NTSF:SD:SUV" holiday edition, "Wreck the Malls" (Adult Swim, Dec. 12).
Finally, I alert you to the "I Love Lucy Christmas Special" (CBS, Dec. 20), which colorizes two episodes from 1956: "Christmas Episode," basically a clip show, and the deathless "Lucy's Italian Movie" (the one with the grapes) — and stitches them together. I don't hold much stock in colorizing, the electronically rechanneled for stereo of black and white film, but when Lucy's on TV, there's nothing better on.
Also: "It's a Wonderful Life" (Dec. 14 and 24, NBC). Because I knew you'd ask.
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