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"They always get away." These were the words George Zimmerman uttered as he followed and later shot Trayvon Martin -- words that reflected his belief that Trayvon was one of "them," the kind of person about to get away with something.  How ironic these words sound now in light of the jury verdict acquitting Zimmerman.

Trayvon is dead, and Zimmerman is free.  Who was the one who got away?

Can we respect the jury verdict and still conclude that Zimmerman got away with killing Trayvon?  I think so, even if we buy Zimmerman's story that Trayvon attacked him at some point.  After all, who was responsible for initiating the tragic chain of events?  Who was following whom?  Who was carrying a gun?  Who ignored the police urging that he stay in his car?  Who thought that the other was one of "them," someone about to get a away with something?

The jury has spoken, and we can respect its conclusion that the state did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.  But we cannot fail to speak out about the tragedy that occurred in Sanford, Florida, on the night of February 26, 2012.

Was race at the heart of it?  Ask yourself this question:  If Zimmerman had seen a white youth walking in the rain that evening, would he have seen him as one of "them," someone about to get away with something?

We'll never really know, of course.  But we can seriously doubt it without assuming that Zimmerman is a racist in the conventional sense of the word.

Racial bias reverberates in our society like the primordial Big Bang.  Jesse Jackson made the point in a dramatic way when he acknowledged that he feels a sense of relief when the footsteps he hears behind him in the dead of night turn out to belong to white feet.  Social scientists who study our hidden biases make the same point in a more sober way with statistics that demonstrate that we are more likely to associate black people with negative words and imagery than we are white people. It's an association that devalues the humanity of black people, particularly black youth like Trayvon Martin.

George Zimmerman probably saw race the night of February 26, 2012,  just like so many of us probably would have. Had he not, Trayvon probably would be alive today.

The jury has spoken.  Now, we must speak out against the racial bias that still infects our society and distorts our perception of the world.  And we must do something about it.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Alabama with offices in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. For more information, see www.splcenter.org.


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Brett Holman has been assured he has a future at Aston Villa under new manager Paul Lambert.

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He told the Daily Star: "I signed for one manager and I'm now playing for another, but it hasn't really affected me at all.

"I've spoken to the new manager and he's told me to give it everything. He's reassured me.

"Nobody has played for him, so we all start with a clean slate. I have got to show him what I can produce and make it hard for him. Hopefully I will play my way into the first team.

"Paul said, 'You're here, give it everything'.

"So, it was good to have a word with the new manager. He said I was part of his plans but that I have to show myself, otherwise he's not going to pick me."

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It’s hard to say how many NFL players dislike Seattle’s Richard Sherman. It’s easy to point out two—San Francisco 49ers players Michael Crabtree and Colin Kaepernick.

The choke sign after Sherman batted away Kaepernick’s pass in the end zone in the NFC title game.

“That was for Kaepernick,” Sherman said afterward.

And what does Kaep have to say about that?

Kaepernick didn’t stop there when talking to Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post.

You get the feeling Kaepernick has wanted to let those words fly for a while now. He maintained his composure and bit his lip—until now. Seattle is playing in the Super Bowl and San Francisco has to wait a long time before facing their NFC West rivals again. It’s a game both will be looking forward to.


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Date Started: July 28, 2012
Date Finished: August 5, 2012

Gold: KOR Yang Hak-Seon
Silver: RUS Denis Ablyazin
Bronze: UKR Ihor Radivilov
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South Korea’s Yang Hak-Seon, reigning World and Asian Games Champion, was the favorite to win gold in the men’s horse vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics, particularly after his closest rival Thomas Bouhail of France, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, 2009 and 2011 European Champion, and 2010 World Champion, suffered an injury to his leg that made his return to gymnastics uncertain. Flavius Koczi of Romania, the reigning European Champion and the 2009 world runner-up, was a potential medal favorite, but no one was seen as a true obstacle on the South Korean’s path to the Olympic crown. In the qualification round, however, Denis Ablyazin of Russia, bronze medalist in the vault at the most recent European Championships and the floor exercise at the London Games, posted the highest score, with 16.366 to Yang’s 16.333. Enrique González of Chile, who had already made history by placing fourth in the floor exercises in his country’s first appearance in Olympic gymnastics, finished a surprising third in the qualifications.

Koczi went first in the final, suffering penalties and finishing with a score of 15.633, which would not have been sufficient to qualify in the earlier round. It was not until halfway through the competition that a true bar was set by Ihor Radivilov of Ukraine, the 2012 European runner-up, with a total of 16.316. He was surpassed by Ablyazin, who posted 16.399, while González slid into third place with 16.183. Yang was the final gymnast and he chose the highest-difficult vault of the competition, 7.400, for his opener, but stepped forwards on his landing and received a low execution score of 9.066. His score for the first was still 16.466, however, higher than any other. Now in a good position to win gold, he eased the difficulty of his second vault down to 7.000, but performed it with sterling execution and earned a score of 16.600, more than enough to become South Korea’s first Olympic Champion gymnast.

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     The latest issue of VARIETY examines the cable industry's
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cable systems from making exclusive deals with single cable
networks such as ESPN or CNN, all networks are offered on DBS
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cable could tune out of a national sports telecast and log into
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that advertisers "would lose interest" in supporting network
coverage;  2) Most cable systems "don't have anywhere near" the
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and DBS distributors will have expired, analysts are projecting
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Former NASCAR Exec Ramsey Poston To Open His Own Crisis Communications Firm

Former NASCAR Managing Dir of Communications RAMSEY POSTON is opening his own crisis communications firm. Tuckahoe Strategies, which will be based in Maryland, will offer strategic counseling, crisis management and legal communications services. Poston has formed strategic alliances with Levick Strategic Communications and Dominion Strategies, two DC-based communication agencies. He will continue to work with NASCAR and plans to work with four other clients, which will leave room to take on crisis management and emergency consulting opportunities as they emerge. Poston said, “The overall vision is to be the go-to agency for clients, especially those in sports, that have one of three needs. One is to work with companies to improve overall communications. Two, on the crisis management side, is to help companies be prepared for crises before they happen. Three is I can come in and work with clients and assist clients with crises on the ground.” Poston, a graduate of Roger Williams University, was a Senior VP at the communications firm Powell Tate before joining NASCAR in '04. He left the sanctioning body earlier this year after eight years of work.
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WEEI Facing Tougher Market With Increased Competition, Expensive Red Sox Rights

WEEI-FM was "once a Boston radio powerhouse that had the local sports market to itself," but it "already has lost many listeners" to WBZ-FM The Sports Hub since that station's '09 launch, according to a front-page piece by Callum Borchers of the BOSTON GLOBE. Though WEEI "takes in much more money than its new competitor, revenues at WEEI are down nearly 20 percent since The Sports Hub began broadcasting." WEEI also "remains saddled with an expensive contract to broadcast" the Red Sox. In addition, turnover has been high as the station "fired some of its biggest names, while others have quit." WEEI parent company Entercom Communications said that it will "continue with the current format and programming and argues WEEI’s brand remains strong." Entercom President & CEO David Field said, "We’re very pleased with the macro perspective of where WEEI is today." Borchers notes while The Sports Hub broadcasts Patriots and Bruins games, the "loss of the Celtics leaves WEEI with just the Red Sox -- a powerful draw, but an expensive one, too." The annual payment to the Red Sox "eats up much of WEEI’s revenues." Contracts with longtime morning hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan "expire next year, and critics feel the duo exemplifies the station’s problems: They are highly paid -- reportedly in the $1 million a year neighborhood -- and can be polarizing." Dennis "defended the style of his show, saying the hosts' occasionally abrasive tone prompts listeners to be more engaged." Dennis said, "If you don’t ruffle the feathers of your listeners, then you’re not doing your job." Field "downplayed the competition between WEEI and The Sports Hub, saying a sports-crazed market like Boston can easily sustain two stations." Borchers notes Entercom’s agreement in '06 to pay an average of $20M per year "made the Red Sox’ radio rights the most expensive" in MLB "by far." Field said that the Red Sox contract is "manageable for a large company like Entercom" (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/29).
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GALLERY VIEWING: Jazz F and part-time artist JEREMY EVANS "is hoping to put a few more" art pieces on display after having his first unveiling two years ago. Evans: "I talked to one of the guys over at the arena maybe two or three days ago. Talking about getting an exhibit up just so I can show some. Hopefully before the end of the season if they’re able to work it out." The fourth-year pro said that he "doesn’t have much time for art during the season, though he occasionally begins to sketch things in his free time." But Evans "has 20 or so pictures -- a mix of styles and subject matter‚ ready to go for a possible exhibit" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 3/27).

COURT REPORT: Former Rutgers basketball players JEROME SEAGEARS and ROBERT LUMPKINS, who claim they "suffered physical, mental and emotional abuse under former coach MIKE RICE filed suit this week seeking damages from the school and its current coach for a litany of alleged misdeeds." Lawyers for the two accuse school officials, "including current basketball coach EDDIE JORDAN, of willful neglect, civil conspiracy and a violation of their own anti-bullying policies." The two are "seeking unspecified damages" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 3/28)....An "extensive federal crackdown that has targeted [a] California state senator also has resulted in multiple charges" against Oakland-based, NFLPA-certified agent MARLON SULLIVAN, who "faces allegations of narcotics and weapons trafficking, and the sale of fraudulent credit cards." Sullivan also is "accused of helping facilitate a murder-for-hire scheme." Sullivan works for The Novo Agency and "briefly represented" NFL Draft prospect MICHAEL SAM in January (, 3/27)....Ravens RB RAY RICE "has been charged with aggravated assault in the February incident in which he is accused of knocking his fiance unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator, a more serious charge than he originally faced." Third-degree aggravated assault, a felony, "carries a potential sentence of three to five years in prison." Rice's attorney, MICHAEL DIAMONDSTEIN, said neither Rice nor JANAY PALMER "wishes to go forward with this prosecution." Palmer’s attorney declined to comment (Baltimore SUN, 3/28).

SILVER SCREEN: Starz "has cast its lead roles for new basketball comedy series 'SURVIVOR'S REMORSE,'" whose Exec Producer is Heat F LEBRON JAMES. JESSIE T. USHER has "been cast in the lead role of Cam Calloway." MIKE O'MALLEY "penned the script and will executive produce," alongside Red Sox Chair TOM WERNER, LRMR Management Company's MAVERICK CARTER and Main Street Advisors Chair & CEO PAUL WACHTER (, 3/27).

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One year, 7 networks

Pac-12 completes a media company crash course

By the time Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and a dozen guests sat down for a celebratory dinner Aug. 15, the conference’s seven networks had been up and running for only a couple of hours.

Around the table at a restaurant in San Francisco’s St. Regis hotel were some of the executives who helped Scott shape the idea for the first conference-owned and operated networks: media executives Chris Bevilacqua, David Rone and Jay Adya; search firm experts Jed Hughes and Bill Simon; Pac-12 senior leaders like Deputy Commissioner Kevin Weiberg; and Rick Neuheisel, the fired UCLA coach who was one of Scott’s first calls to recruit on-air talent.

The dinner was a way for Scott to commemorate the launch of Pac-12 Networks — a national feed and six regional feeds — and thank the group for their contributions. It also gave Scott a chance to reflect on the past year.

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As everyone retold stories about the formation of the networks, Scott thought back to the morning of July 28, 2011, the day after he announced plans to create the networks.

“I remember waking up and thinking, ‘Oh, my gosh, how the heck do we do this? We’re not a media company,’” Scott said.

It is now.

A little more than a year after announcing its plans, the Pac-12 Networks launched last week with distribution on 25 cable systems up and down the West Coast and the promise that every conference football game will be available live on TV, mobile, tablet or Web.

The crisscross of seven different feeds makes for a confusing programming blueprint, one that some cable systems had trouble describing in the days before the launch.

“It’s a new animal,” Bevilacqua said. “Who’s ever done one network and six regionals, and one digital network all at once? It’s a little bit confusing. But a lot of it will clear up once you actually see it on the air.”

Essentially, the national channel will carry 350 live events over the academic year. The regional feeds will carry all of those 350 events, plus as many as 100 more events (up to 50 each from the two schools that make up the regional feed in that geographic area).

For example, Pac-12 Los Angeles will carry the 350 core events that are available on the national channel. Plus, it will carry up to 50 Southern California events and up to 50 more UCLA events.

In all, across seven networks, roughly 850 events will be broadcast and another 1,400 events, mostly Olympic sports, will be streamed on the relaunched

“When you look at the infrastructure here, all of this has been done from zero,” said Gary Stevenson, who was hired 10 months ago to be president of Pac-12 Enterprises, which encompasses the TV networks, digital and Pac-12 Properties. “We went from zero to 130 staffers, we built a building, we hired talent for 850 live events. Then you put on top of it that we are at launch going to be ready to do TV Everywhere for 850 events? That hasn’t been done before.”

Pac-12 Networks executives seemed most energized by their TV Everywhere strategy, which allows authenticated cable subscribers to watch all of the networks’ feeds on any device.

At last week’s launch, TV Everywhere was available via broadband. After a week, it was expected to be available to tablets. And after three months, it likely will be available to smartphones, Stevenson said.

“What we’ve heard from a lot of our fans, particularly students, is that while they enjoy traditional television, that’s not the only way they experience media,” Stevenson said. “At launch, consumers will be able to authenticate through their cable provider and”

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It’s that TV Everywhere component, though, that has caused some grumbles among cable operators.

Some operators complained privately that the Pac-12’s TV Everywhere plan, which gives online access to all streams, takes away any incentive for in-market subscribers to buy sports tiers. If digital basic subscribers have access to their main feed on TV and all the other feeds online, they aren’t likely to buy the sports tiers that have the other feeds.

The channels also had a rocky distribution start. An initial deal with Time Warner Cable, Cox, Bright House and Comcast gave the networks a distribution boost, and another deal with cable co-op NCTC added another 20 systems.

Network officials could not give an actual distribution number at launch, but sources say it was at around 10 million homes.

Notably, the channel did not launch with the big satellite distributors, DirecTV and Dish Network. The dispute boils down to price. Sources say the Pac-12 is charging 80 cents per subscriber per month for the channel, a number that Stevenson would not confirm.

Pac-12 executives expect to have more leverage once live games start, particularly this year when they will have one of the top two football picks in seven of the 13 weeks. In basketball, the Pac-12 Networks will have one of the top two picks in 13 of the 20 weeks.

“It’s nothing we didn’t expect,” said Stevenson, who was COO at Golf Channel when it launched in 1995. “It’s normal when you’re launching a television network for a lot of the distribution conversations to come down to the last minute. Nothing about that surprises us.”

At launch, the networks had 40 advertisers. Major brands such as Dr Pepper, Sony, Cisco, UPS and MillerCoors were among the biggest spenders to jump on board.

Bill Cella, chief revenue officer for Pac-12 Enterprises, pointed to Dr Pepper as an example of how the conference can offer integrated packages. Dr Pepper will be a corporate sponsor of the conference, a heavy advertiser and sponsor of the halftime show during football broadcasts. The soft drink also will have rights to the Pac-12 shield and some digital inventory as well.

“If this part of the world is important to their commerce, we can give clients many different ways to engage with the conference and our fans,” Cella said. “So far, we’ve been happy that we’ve attracted some blue-chip brands.”

The long-term outlook for the channels is that they’ll be profit machines that return significant revenue back to the conference’s institutions. Some projections have suggested that each school will see $6 million to $10 million in new revenue in the coming years, as distribution and advertising grow.

Stevenson wouldn’t address such claims, saying, “We have a budget that’s been approved by the commissioner and the university presidents. It’s a reasonable business model.”

Scott said he has purposely avoided any revenue projections. In fact, he was invited to meet with the chancellor’s cabinet at the University of California a few weeks ago and was asked that precise question by the school’s vice chancellor of finance.

“It’s probably frustrating to the schools, but I’ve been very, very cautious not to make any financial projections,” Scott said. “The reason is that this is just different than anything a conference has attempted before. Sure, we’ve got scenarios, but we’ve got to have a clearer picture on distribution and advertising.”

One reason there’s so much optimism surrounding the Pac-12 Networks, despite the distribution battles, is that they’ve got a model that’s unique to college sports. It’s as close to a professional league as there is in the college ranks, with TV, digital and sponsorship, all under one banner.

The only other conference that’s even close is the ACC, which sold syndicated TV, sponsorship and digital rights to longtime partner Raycom Sports. Rights are fragmented among multiple rights holders in other conferences.

“We’ve got one-stop shopping, something you don’t find very often in college sports,” Cella said.

The Pac-12 also differentiates itself because all 12 schools have turned over their TV and digital rights to the league. The official athletic websites for Colorado, Stanford and Washington will be managed by Pac-12 Digital this year and the rest will come under the Pac-12’s management as their deals expire with online managers like College Network and NeuLion.

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There Is A Special Layer Of NBA Infamy For Players Who Flop As Egregiously And Horribly As Tony Allen Did Last Night

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Everybody knows that flopping sucks. Everybody also knows that flopping is part of nearly every game, on every level. We have all done it from time to time, from dudes at the YMCA to NBA MVPs. It’s usually more embellishment than anything else — falling down when you haven’t been knocked off balance, etc.

But there’s a stark difference between your typical NBA flopping and the kind of flat out lying that Tony Allen of the Grizzlies tried, with great success, last night. The Grizzlies were down four with under a minute left when Zach Randolph and Allen forced a steal and went the other way. Manu Ginobili fouled Allen, who landed awkwardly and began clutching his head and writhing on the ground as if he had been kicked in the skull by the floorboards.

The thing is, Allen didn’t hit his head. He faked it. He lied and acted his ass off because he knew a flagrant foul — with its two free throws and the possession penalty — would be crucial in completing his team’s comeback. So he faked the shit out this “injury” and got the call he wanted.

Here’s the video below (via Business Insider), complete with Jeff Van Gundy calling attention to the egregious and blatant flop:

This wasn’t a flagrant foul. Ginobili grabbed Allen’s arm, Allen went flying, and then acted as if he had seriously injured his head in order to gain curry sympathy in his favor. It was a most unprofessional attempt at gaming the system that worked in the short-term (the Grizzlies tied the game and forced OT), but karma caught up to him and the Spurs prevailed. And frankly, I’ve never been so glad to see the Spurs win.

Keep the bush league stuff for the regular season, Tony. Man up and play ball in Game 3, would you?

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January 17th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
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New York Giants safety Antrel Rolle has been named the winner of the 12th Annual George Young Good Guy Award. The award, which is named after late Giants General Manager George Young, is given to the player who works best with and is most freely available to the teams' daily beat writers.

Tight end Martellus Bennett finished second in the voting, while defensive tackle Chris Canty finished third. Nine other players also received votes.

Previous winners of the award include wide receiver Victor Cruz (2011), defensive tackle Barry Cofield (2010), defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka (2009), quarterback Eli Manning (2008), defensive end Justin Tuck (2007), wide receiver Plaxico Burress (2006), running back Tiki Barber (2005), quarterback Kurt Warner (2004), wide receiver Ike Hilliard (2003), quarterback Kerry Collins (2002) and offensive lineman Lomas Brown (2001).

Players can only win the award once in their Giants career, so all previous winners are ineligible to receive votes.

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  1.  Krow says:

    I wonder who would finish last ?

  2.  GOAT56 says:

    Interesting discusion on Boley. I would dump Boley because I feel by next year Paysinger and/or Williams will be as good as Boley. Or at least very close and the extra 3 mil of so that he’s due makes him expendable. While our LB depth overall may be weak, at WLB I think we have good depth with Paysinger and Williams behind Boley. Boley and Blackburn have been valued in part because they have great knowledge of the defense. But after finishing 31st how much is that really worth? Not much IMO. Especially since both are on the cusp if not already starting to decline. I think it’s time to give our 3rd year guys a chance to start. We should also sign a vet free agent with the ability to play MLB and SLB. Ellerbee and Brinkley I think we very good suggestions from the other day. They bring increased athleticism from Blackburn. I think Rivers can be brought back on a prove it deal but should be paid more than 1.5-2 mil.

    I think we really need to address LB through the draft in rounds 1-3 an add a MLB/SLB prospect. And a later round WLB propect. I was against LB in previous years but seeing some of the oung 2-3 round LBs like Wagner and the TB kid I have changed my view.

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    You don’t keep Diehl simple because cutting him will create dead money. That dead money is a sunk cost. It’s more can he be replaced by a better player. At some point you have to leave trusted declining vets. Now seems to be the right time with Diehl.

    Canty and Webster are a lot more complicated. Renegotiating with them involving an extension either creates dead money or locks those players up for lower than accostum salaries for several years. I think both Canty and Webster believe they can have bounce back years. So while they might be willing to take a 2013 pay cut I don’t see them wanted to be locked in for a few years at a lower salary. It will be interesting.

    If we did end up parting way with both players I think we need vet free agents to replace them. But I think a young vet is the way to go. For a Webster replacement that should cost good money but not Carr type money is Keenan Lewis from Pitt. Lewis played very well for Pitt this year. Pitt is already paying Taylor a lot and have a 3rd CB they like so Lewis liek a KP might just be a player they can’t afford to keep. For a Canty replacement I like Sammie Hill from Detroit. Hill is now the 3rd DT with 2 recent DT picked in the first round. But when Hill has played he has been good he the size we need as a run stuffer.

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Magic Not Buying In?

After earning wins against both the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls in the last two weeks and hearing the news that Dwight Howard had decided to waive his Early Termination Option, Magic fans were on top of the world.

However, after losing three of their last four games, with the only win coming at home against the lowly New Jersey Nets, the optimism may be fading.

Losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat on the road are certainly understandable, but after the Magic were blown out by the Chicago Bulls, who were missing the reigning league MVP Derrick Rose, at home Monday night, words like “effort” and “accountability” were thrown around in the locker room.

“That’s it, they played harder than us,” Dwight Howard told reporters following the game. “One through 15, whoever stepped on the court, they played harder than us.”

“Tonight specifically, they played harder than us for most of the game,” J.J. Redick explained. “And they were a lot more together executing their stuff.

This is something we hear way too much out of the Magic – they’re not giving a good enough effort and they’re not “on the same page.”

According to Magic forward, Glen “Big Baby” Davis, all teams with championship aspirations have to completely buy in to the same concept.

“I have a ring and before I leave this game, I can say I’ve won,” Davis told reporters. “If we want to win, we all have to buy in.”

After Monday’s loss, Daniel Orton, who was not inserted into the game despite the large deficit the Magic faced, appeared to leave the bench early. Glen Davis followed Orton and yelled at him for leaving the bench.

“Me, the team, the most important guy to the least important guy have to buy in,” Davis explained.

There have been times when the Magic do indeed appear to have bought in. Those recent wins over the Heat and Bulls can be used as evidence. Giving a good effort and being on the same page as your teammates consistently is something the Magic seriously lack. The Bulls, for example, are a team that brings it every night, which is one reason their record stands at a league-best 38-10 despite their injury woes.

“Consistency,” Davis said. “Sometimes we get bored with the journey and just play to the level we need to.”

The Magic got off to a slow start against the Bulls and Redick believes that is one of the hurdles Orlando has the most trouble overcoming.

“I think, when we were having problems scoring early, we just got frustrated,” Redick explained. “We didn’t stick together and stick with what we did.”

Davis showed some emotion after the game, but for the most part, the Magic don’t seem too concerned with their current problems.

“They just played harder,” Howard said. “When we play hard, we can beat any team in this league. They know it and so does everybody else.”

For the Magic’s sake, they better hope Howard is right.

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For the last few seasons, Orlando’s major problem has been a lack of a player who can create his own shot. During the 2009 offseason, the Magic brought in Vince Carter in an attempt to rectify that situation but it didn’t work out. Ditto with Gilbert Arenas, who was acquired in December of 2010.

The Magic still suffer from the same problem. They have a great player in Dwight Howard and several solid players, mostly made up of shooters, but when the shot clock is running down and the game is on the line, Orlando doesn’t have a guy who they can put the ball in the hands of and say “go.”

Glen Davis acknowledged that fact after Monday’s game.

“At the end of the day we don’t have a guy like Dwayne Wade or Paul Pierce that can create their own shot,” Davis explained. “We have numbers.”

The Magic have tried to use both Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson in that role, but neither has the right skillset for it.

Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, adding a player like that is impossible.

The Magic will have to hope having “numbers” is enough.

(Andrew Melnick is the ESPNFlorida.com Magic and NBA Insider, co-host of the ESPN 1080 Insiders Show and publisher of Howard the Dunk. The Insiders Show can be heard Sunday mornings at 10:00 am EST on AM 1080 in Orlando and on ESPNFlorida.com. You can follow Andrew on twitter here.)

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Kinda agree.

The reason many say that Detroit doesn't get any respect is because they hadn't all year.
For most of the season, media and bball analysts have had the Spurs, Heat and Suns (once they ran off a great record) as the teams likely to win the title. The Pistons have received little chance of repeating throughout most of the season.

Usually when you're the underdog - as the Pistons are - and when you're the team that just lost some of the media is likely to take the angle of what the losing team needs to do to win the next one rather than what it is the winning team needs to do to continue winning.
It is true that the Suns, Heat and Spurs recieved more respect than the Pistons. But this was not really from a lack of respect for the Pistons, but more from the way the season was played out.

In the beginning of the year the Suns, Spurs and even the Sonics were fighting it out for the best record, way above the Pistons pace. And once the help adjusted to Shaq and Wade playing together, the Heat were amoung the hottest teams in the land, again more impressive than the Pistons. Although the Pistons chugged along and started playing solid ball, all of those mentioned above except the Sonics kept pace. Even the Nuggets jumped into the mix, as they only played tough enough to deliver the 4th best record ALL TIME after the break.
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Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the availability of SQL Server databases.  Questions that always come up when discussing availability of the data is “Recovery Time Objective – RTO” and “Recovery Point Objective – RPO”.  Both questions are very important when determining your solution for high availability (HA) within your data center as well as your solution for disaster recovery (DR).

Microsoft SQL Server gives us several options for mitigating potential risk for our SQL Server environments.  Each solution has its pros and cons and careful consideration should go into your solution.  Before you can build a solution you have to have requirements on what risk you are trying to protect against. Some items you might want to protect against are OS failure, hardware failure, data corruption, or a data center failure. We have different options to help mitigate these potential failures and each solution comes with a certain cost and level of complexity.  For organizations, they have to weigh the cost of the solution and complexity to manage it against the actual risk. I like to say that it comes down to a math problem that usually involves a budget. What are some technologies we typically see implemented to address HA/DR with SQL Server? Below you will see a chart I like to use that demonstrates some of the pros and cons of Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, Replication, Windows Failover Clusters, Availability Groups, and Virtualization (not a SQL technology) HA_DR_Options

Many times when discussing HA and DR people tend to confuse or mix the two.  HA is a system designed that allows for minimal downtime, typically this is for protection from an OS or hardware failure.  DR is risk avoidance on a much larger scale. When discussing DR we typically cover risk management, RPO, RTO and build a disaster recovery plan. DR typically involves a second data center whereas HA is typically building redundancy within your data center.

As you can see from the list above, all but virtualization provide both hardware and OS level protection.  Log Shipping is the only solution that provides a load delay in synchronizing data. This is a very important feature that can help you protect against an accidental data oops.  Imagine ingesting bad that would require you to restore a database, or have an accident where an update/delete statement was ran without a where clause.  If you were using replication, mirroring or any other HA solution that provides near real time replication, those transactions would also be applied against your replica.  If you had a load delay of 12 to 24 hours you could roll the logs to just before the accident and be back online much quicker than restoring the database.

As previously stated, in order to know which solution is best for you, you really have to know what your requirements are. For me, I typically use a combination of most of the solutions depending on my environment. I have a combination of log shipping, failover clustering, availability groups and virtualization in place. For very large critical environments, a log shipped secondary provides a nice level of comfort knowing I can bring a multi terabyte database back online in minutes in the event I have a data issue.

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Different colored objects absorb energy at different rates. That is partially due to albedo. Albedo is the amount of reflection from a surface.

  1. Fill the two cans with about two inches of water.

  2. Measure the temperature of the water in each can. (The readings should be the same.)

  3. Remove the thermometer and place the cans in a sunny location where they will not be disturbed and receive two hours of sunlight.

  4. After two hours, measure the temperature of the water in each can.

The darker and duller the object, the more energy that object absorbs. The lighter colored or the shiner the object is, the less energy that its absorbs. Since more energy was reflected from the shiny can, less energy is absorbed than in the black painted can. But how does the water become warmer?

The water is heated by the energy emitted by the cans. Some objects, like glass, seem to absorb light hardly at all - the light goes through. For a shiny metallic surface, the light isn't absorbed either, it gets reflected. For a black material, light and heat are almost completely absorbed.

Heated bodies radiate energy, operating in reverse. The more an object absorbs, the more it radiates. The water in the shiny can was not as warm as in the black can because it absorbed less energy and therefore has less energy to radiate into the water. This is called "black body radiation".

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Avoid the Heat. Stay out of the heat and indoors as much as possible. Spend time in an air conditioned space. Only two hours a day in an air-conditioned space can significantly reduce the risk of heat-related illness. Shopping Malls offer relief if your home is not air-conditioned. If air conditioning is not available, stay on the lowest floor out of the sunshine. Remember, electric fans do not cool, they just blow hot air around.

Dress for the heat. Wear loose-fitting clothes that cover as much skin as possible. Lightweight, light-colored clothing reflects heat and sunlight and helps maintain normal body temperature. Protect face and head by wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Avoid too much sunshine. Sunburn slows the skin's ability to cool itself. Use a sun screen lotion with a high SPF (sun protection factor) rating.

Drink FOR the Heat. Drink plenty of water and natural juices, even if you don't feel thirsty. Even under moderately strenuous outdoor activity, the rate your body can absorb fluids is less than the rate it loses water due to perspiration. However, if you have epilepsy or heart, kidney, or liver disease; are on fluid-restrictive diets; or have a problem with fluid retention, you should consult a doctor before increasing liquid intake.

Do not drink IN the Heat. Avoid alcoholic beverages and beverages with caffeine, such as coffee, tea, and cola. Alcohol and caffeine constrict blood vessels near the skin reducing the amount of heat the body can release. Although beer and alcohol beverages appear to satisfy thirst, they actually cause further body dehydration.

Eat for the Heat. Eat small meals more often. Avoid foods that are high in protein because they increase metabolic heat. Avoid using salt tablets, unless directed to do so by a physician.

Living in the Heat. Slow down. Reduce, eliminate, or reschedule strenuous activities such as running, biking and lawn care work when it heats up. The best times for such activities are during early morning and late evening hours. Take cool baths or showers and use cool, wet towels.

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There are two shows called Austentatious currently playing at the Julia Miles Theater. One of them is a horrifyingly bad adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ being put on at a local community theatre by a group of mediocre thespians. The other is the fun musical about the birth of that production with music and lyrics by Matt Board and Joe Slabe, and book by Board, Slabe, Jane Caplow, Kate Galvin and Luisa Hinchliff. The former is as deliciously terrible as the latter is clever and amusing.

Austentatious the musical follows the birth of Austentatious the play being performed by the Central Riverdale Amateur Players. Their long-time creative director has left to do bigger and better things – dinner theatre – leaving the company without a leader. Hoping to fill that gap is Emily (Stacey Sargeant), a dancer/playwright/behind the scenes director, who has written Austentatious and is staging it with the help of Dominic (Stephen Bel Davies), a pretentious, wannabe director who has little knowledge of the theatre and even less of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (he owns the DVD and is shocked to discover they made a book out of it).

The production is plagued by problems from the beginning. Only five people show up for the audition: Emily, who plans to star in the show she’s written; Jessica (Lisa Asher), a veteran of the Central Riverdale Amateur Players; Blake (Paul Wyatt), a young man with a bit of a drug habit who is using the play to get out of his group therapy sessions; and a couple, Lauren and David (Amy Goldberger and George Merrick) – she plans to play Elizabeth and he’s there to help her, not to audition. David, of course, ends up as Mr. Darcy, while Emily is cast as Elizabeth by her boyfriend, Dominic. Watching over them all is Sam (Stephanie D’Abruzzo), the stage manager. She is above the egos and the in-fighting. She only wants to see the show succeed.

What follows is a little bit of Waiting for Guffman with some Noises Off thrown in. Along the way there are some wonderful songs, a love story, a full-fledged meltdown by the overworked and underappreciated Sam, and a dance-off between Elizabeth Bennet and her sister, the Pirate Queen, on 42nd Street in New York City (seriously). It’s a fun, silly, crazy adventure that culminates in an awful, but wildly amusing production of the play.

For a musical, however, Austentatious seems a little light on music. Board and Slabe’s songs are good, especially Sam’s “I Manage,” David’s sweet “By the Book,” and the full company number “Tech,” which shows the technical rehearsal before the play opens. But several of the songs merely peer into the characters’ inner lives and motivations, which is interesting, I suppose, but in most cases doesn’t cover anything that the book and the actors themselves haven’t conveyed.

In addition, it’s worth noting that the most hilarious portion of the musical, the actual performance of Austentatious has no musical numbers, other than the dance-off.

Acting is solid throughout the production, with particularly good work by Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Stephen Bel Davies, and Paul Wyatt.

Austentatious, like most of the musicals in the festival, shares its space with other productions. Given that limitation, set designer Jesse Poleshuck and lighting designer Jeff Croiter do an excellent job. Also commendable is Sarah Maiorino’s costume design. The costumes for the play within the play were marvelous, and the street clothes worn by the actors seemed to fit each one’s personality to a tee.

Austentatious is a fun musical with a few flaws that might bother critics, but probably won’t interfere with your enjoyment of the show. It’s well worth a look.

Music and Lyrics by Matt Board and Joe Slabe
Book by Matt Board, Jane Caplow, Kate Galvin, Luisa Hinchliff, and Joe Slabe
Directed by Mary Catherine Burke
Musical Director: Matt Castle
Choreographer: Rhonda Miller
Asst. Choreographer: Jennifer Littlefield
Stage Manager: Leah McVeigh
ASM/Prop Master: Marianne Ward
Scenic Design: Jesse Poleshuck
Lighting Design: Jeff Croiter
Lighting Programmer: Ku’uipo Curry
Costume Design: Sarah Maiorino
Costume Assistant: Elizabeth Ektefaei
Technical Supervisor: Nathan Watson
Set Construction: No Time for Love Productions, Ken Larson Company
Publicity: Sun Productions, Inc.
Producing Consultant: David Carpenter

Featuring Lisa Asher (Jessica), Stephen Bel Davies (Dominic), Stephanie D’Abruzzo (Sam), Amy Goldberger (Lauren), George Merrick (David), Stacey Sargeant (Emily), Paul Wyatt (Blake)

Featured Musicians: Matt Castle (Piano), Christopher Downes (Bass), Michael Klopp (Drums)

Julia Miles Theater
424 W. 55th Street

Closes Sunday, September 29th

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Review – The Brain From Planet X (Kritzerland, Inc. and the New York Musical Theatre Festival)

Stage Buzz Review by Byrne Harrison

Science fiction films from the ’50s and ’60s have provided marvelous fodder for parodists. Their bright-eyed optimism, cheesy special effects and unabashed anticommunist messages seem to be especially fertile ground – witness such shows as Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Zombie Prom, and Reefer Madness (okay, not technically sci fi based, but it has the right vibe). Also consider Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show created to mock these over-earnest, over-acted films.

For The Brain From Planet X, writers Bruce Kimmel and David Wechter have created a show that is, at its best, a kitschy send-up of those sci fi groaners. Unfortunately, due primarily to a weak book, static direction by Kimmel, some lame borscht belt one-liners and sight gags, and a rather uncomfortable audience participation segment, the show never really lives up to its full potential.

The Brain From Planet X, predictably, deals with an invasion from outer space. It’s 1958 and aliens have set their sights on the San Fernando Valley. They won’t stop until all mankind is enslaved. The Brain (Barry Pearl), with sidekicks Yoni (Alet Taylor) and Zubrick (Cason Murphy) in tow, has the ultimate weapon, a Mind-Bending Ray, that saps the will from anyone who gets zapped by it. Only the Bunson family - good, upstanding, God-fearing Americans - stand in their way. Can the Bunsons stop the invasion and save mankind? Probably. But it’s the how and when that make it fun.

The show is certainly not without its charms. Foremost among these are Bruce Kimmel’s delightful songs. The opening number “The Brain from Planet X” gets the show off to a rousing start, aided by some able choreography by Adam Cates. Kimmel shows good range throughout the show with such songs as “Good Girl/Bad Girl,” “The World of Tomorrow,” his ironic look at the future from the standpoint of the ’50s, the fun and Sondheim-styled “Things Are Gonna Be Changing Around Here,” a duet featuring Amy Bodnar and Rob Evan, and the wild, though totally inappropriate for the show, “The Brain Tap,” a tap dance number which sounds like it could easily find a home in The Drowsy Chaperone.

Even the book has its moments. The role of the Narrator (played with mock seriousness by Benjamin Clark) is spot on. From his notice that a nurse is standing by to assist those whose constitutions might too weak for a show this terrifying to his explanation of the wonder of Feel-O-Rama (a brilliant touch by Kimmel and Wechter), he pokes fun at the terrific excesses of these films. Indeed, when the dialogue is following or even slightly mocking the overwrought dialogue from the ’50s films, it works. It’s when the show veers toward total camp, cheesy one-liners, and novelty songs that it loses steam.

Even when the book doesn’t come through, the acting goes a long way toward making up for it. Of particular note are Merrill Grant as Donna Bunson, the good girl who really wants to be bad, Alet Taylor as the man-hungry space alien, Yoni. The pixyish Grant shows off her athletic ability and comic timing in “Good Girl/Bad Girl,” while trying her best to seduce her beatnik boyfriend (Paul Downs Colaizzo). Taylor shines at several points, most notably during her song “I Need An Earthman.” Chad Harlow deserves praise for his work as Private Partz, a non-speaking role that he plays with much aplomb. A mere roll of his eyes is enough to get the audience laughing.

Also worth noting is the herculean effort put forth by Barry Pearl as the Brain. Covered from neck to feet by a black sheath and wearing a gigantic brain helmet (one of many wonderful costumes designed by Jessa-Raye Court) so he appears to be a giant floating brain, he nonetheless manages to be dynamic and amusing.

The Brain From Planet X has its share of flaws, but if you are a fan of the old sci fi movies it sends up, or just want to enjoy some good music, it’s worth checking out. If you have a low tolerance for cheesy one-liners, this one probably isn’t for you.

Book by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel
Music and Lyrics by Bruce Kimmel
Directed by Bruce Kimmel
Choreographed by Adam Cates
Scenic Design: Heather Wolensky
Costume Design: Jessa-Raye Court
Lighting Design: Jason Scott
Sound Designer: Sara Even
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
Additional Vocal and Dance Arrangements: Lawrence Goldberg
Technical Director: Travis Walker
Stage Manager: Rachel Maier
Music Direction/Conductor: Lawrence Goldberg
Casting: Michael Cassara Casting
Publicist: Sun Productions, Inc.
General Management: Martian Entertainment, Carl D. White, Lauren P. Yates

Featuring Amy Bodnar (Joyce Bunson), Benjamin Clark (Narrator/Professor Leder), Paul Downs Colaizzo (Rod), Rob Evan (Fred Bunson), Merrill Grant (Donna Bunson), Chad Harlow (Private Partz/Ensemble), Joe Jackson (Ensemble), Naomi Kakuk (Ensemble), Cason Murphy (Zubrick), Denise Payne (Ensemble), Barry Pearl (The Brain), Richard Pruitt (General Mills), Alet Taylor (Yoni), Erin Webley (Ensemble), Steven Wenslawski (Ensemble)

Featured Musicians: Lawrence Goldberg (Keyboard 1), Brian Cimmet (Keyboard 2), Greg Thymius (Reeds), Marc Schmied (Bass), Aaron Russell (Drums)

Acorn Theatre
410 W. 42nd Street

Closes Sunday, September 30th, see for schedule and tickets

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Review – Have You Seen Steve Steven? (13P)

Stage Buzz Review by Byrne Harrison

Usually when a play becomes as frustratingly opaque as Ann Marie Healy’s Have You Seen Steve Steven?, I spend so much time trying to figure out what it means that I lose any enjoyment in the simple art of watching it. That’s why I find myself surprised to say that I really liked this play, even though I’d be hard pressed to tell you what the playwright was trying to say. Thanks to the humorous writing and marvelous acting, it doesn’t much matter that the audience is as bewildered at the end of the play as the characters onstage are.

Have You Seen Steve Steven? follows Kathleen Clarkson (Stephanie Wright Thompson), a typical American teen. Typical, except she seems to realize that something’s not quite right in her artificial neighborhood of nearly identical mini-mansions. Her parents, Mary and Frank (Alissa Ford and Tom Riis Farrell) are preparing for a dinner party with family friends, the Dudleys, whom no one quite remembers, in a house that no one is sure how long they’ve lived in, in a neighborhood where they’ve never met any of the neighbors. That makes it easy for Hank Mountain (played with creepy jocularity by Matthew Maher) to insinuate himself into their midst. Is he a new neighbor? Is he something more sinister? Well, that doesn’t quite get answered, but it’s okay. Not knowing may be the point.

As the evening progresses, Kathleen begins to remember her missing childhood, aided by the Dudleys’ son, Thomas (Brandon Bales), a childhood friend she can’t quite recall, and Anlor (Jocelyn Kuritsky), a traumatized foreign exchange student. As Hank and his equally mysterious cohort Vera (Carol Rosenfeld) keep the adults busy, the teens unravel the mystery of their forgotten youth, most of which deals with their imaginary dog, Steve Steven, and the day he went missing. From the moment that connection is made, Hank and Vera nudge them closer to the truth as their world begins to spin out of control.

The acting in Have You Seen Steve Steven? is outstanding. Stephanie Wright Thompson hits just the right note as young girl not quite sure what is happening to her life, and unable to decide if she really wants to do anything about it. Alissa Ford and Tom Riis Farrell, as the Clarksons, manage to gently send up middle class Midwesterners without being cruel or snarky. They’re funny. They’re self-absorbed. But mostly, they’re just average. Kate Hampton and Frank Deal as Jane and Bill Dudley, revel in their characters’ suburban oneupsmanship. Matthew Maher is excellent as Hank Mountain. Part seer, part harbinger of doom, all smiles, he’s implied danger in a bright knit cap.

Director Anne Kauffman creates a dynamic production where everything is just a little off kilter and a little out of reach. Sue Rees’ stage design is interesting. She’s designed a room that has plenty of space, like most McMansions, and lacks any defining touch of style or personality. It’s as if the Clarksons have managed to live in this house without making the slightest imprint on it.

Have You Seen Steve Steven? is a creepy, yet funny show that will leave you feeling somewhat off-kilter. If you feel the need to have everything wrapped up and explained by the end of the play, this is probably not the show for you. However, if you can stand ambiguity and the feeling of being somehow left out, this show is worth a look.

Written by Ann Marie Healy
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Sets: Sue Rees
Lights: Garin Marschall
Costumes: Emily Rebholz
Sound: Jeremy J. Lee
Dramaturg: Janice Paran
Stage Manager: Megan Schwarz
Assistant Stage Manager: Amara Watkin-Anson
Assistant Director: Sydney Gallas
Press Representative: Jim Baldassare
Associate Producer: Sandra Garner

Featuring Brandon Bales (Thomas), Frank Deal (Bill), Tom Riis Farrell (Frank), Alissa Ford (Mary), Kate Hampton (Jane), Jocelyn Kuritsky (Anlor), Matthew Maher (Hank Mountain), Carol Rosenfeld (Vera), Stephanie Wright Thompson (Kathleen)

The East 14th Street Theater
344 East 14th Street

Wednesday through Saturday, 8 p.m. through October 6

Friday, September 14, 2007

Review – Auntie Mayhem (Wings Theatre Company and Gato Flaco Productions)

Stage Buzz Review by Byrne Harrison

A gay version of Auntie Mame. I’ll admit, when I heard the title Auntie Mayhem, that was all I was expecting – a crass, shrill rip-off of the original play. To my surprise, I discovered instead a delightful, subtly thought-provoking, and above all, genuinely sweet play about a good-hearted ex-drag performer, Felony Mayhem (the always enjoyable Moe Bertran), and the family he creates when he opens his home to Dennis (Jason Luna Flores), a gay street kid.

The small apartment (beautifully created by designer Florencio Flores Palomo) is pretty cramped to begin with, already home to Felony, his partner Bobo (Ivan Davila), and their sometime houseguest, Charlotte Reyes (Mark Finley), a drag diva who used to be in an act with Felony. Though the apartment is tiny, Felony’s heart isn’t and soon he finds himself the guardian of two more street kids, Ivan (Carl Ka-Ho Li) and Epiphany (Andre Darnell Myers). Taking place over several years, Auntie Mayhem shows the subtle and not-so-subtle ways a family, even a makeshift one, can change people.

Ably directed by Donna Jean Fogel, Auntie Mayhem is well-written and Pumo clearly has an ear for realistic dialogue. The language rings true whether hip hop or camp. This is aided in no small part by the talented cast. Moe Bertran has a gift for playing over-the-top characters in a way that grounds and humanizes them. His Felony is a complex mix of emotions and feelings and they play across Bertran’s body and face in a way that is immediate and powerful. Mark Finley’s Charlotte is the opposite, closed and wary, using arch humor as a way to protect himself. This makes it all the more enjoyable when Finley lets Charlotte’s mask slip a little and allows the vulnerability to show. Ivan Davila as Bobo, an unapologetically blue-collar gay man, is particularly good and avoided stereotype. He is gruff, gentle, playful, humorous, and given the chaos of finding himself the guardian of three teens, remarkably serene.

It is in creating the characters of Dennis, Ivan and Epiphany that Pumo and the actors outdid themselves. It’s enough of a feat to have believable characters onstage, but to create believable teenagers is a true gift. It comes as no surprise that Pumo works with LGBT youth. Jason Luna Flores does an able job as Dennis, especially as he grows from street hustler to college student. He and Davila have excellent chemistry – a strong father/son vibe. Carl Ka-Ho Li has a dancer’s body and uses it to full advantage. He also pulls off a remarkable rap about Generation Q that is worth the price of admission. Andre Darnell Myers is exceptional as the transgendered Epiphany, especially at showing the rage that these kids can feel at the injustices of life.

That brings up the remarkable thing about Auntie Mayhem - the way it manages to teach a little bit about the struggles of gay teens, especially those of color, living on the streets. It also reminds them that all it takes is one person who cares to make a difference in these kids’ lives. Best of all, it does it subtly and never draws attention to “The Moral” or allows the play to become mawkish. For that, Pumo is to be congratulated.

Written by David Pumo
Directed by Donna Jean Fogel
Set Designer: Florencio Flores Palomo
Lighting Design: Michael Megliola
Fight Choreography: Kymberli Morris
Production Stage Manager: Shuhei Seo

Featuring Moe Bertran (Felony), Ivan Davila (Bobo), Mark Finley (Charlotte), Jason Luna Flores (Dennis), Carl Ka-Ho Li (Ivan), and Andre Darnell Myers (Epiphany)

Wings Theatre
154 Christopher Street
Through September 29th; call 212-627-2961 for tickets.


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STAMFORD -- Charter Communications will relocate its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to 400 Atlantic St., a move expected to bring 200 high-level jobs downtown.

The Fortune 500 company will join UBS Financial Services and Harman International in the 15-story high-rise, which is owned and managed by the Landis Group.

The move, confirmed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office Monday, is part of his First Five program, which offers incentives to companies that boost jobs or move to the state.

Laure Aubuchon, Stamford's director of economic development, called the news "terrific."

"It's another corporate headquarters," Aubuchon said. "It's another affirmation for Stamford, especially coming from St. Louis. When someone moves that far -- they can go anywhere. And they came to Stamford, which I think is great."

State Rep. Gerry Fox III, D-146, whose district encompasses the office building, said the move is good news for the city.

"It's certainly exciting that companies continue to look to Stamford as a place to base their headquarters," he said. "I look forward to hearing more of the details as we go forward. They're certainly a renowned international company."

Charter, which provides video, Internet and telephone services to about 5.2 million customers across 25 states, is the nation's fourth-largest cable operator, according to its website. The company employs more than 16,000 workers nationwide.

Charter is one of several companies to recently announce headquarter moves to Stamford. Tweedy, Browne, Co. LLC, an asset management firm handling more than $14 billion, announced plans last month to relocate its headquarters and about 55 employees from Manhattan to Stamford's Metro Center.

In August, Malloy announced the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, which has 1,225 employees and $130 billion in investments, was interested in building a $750 million headquarters on Stamford's waterfront in exchange for tax incentives and forgivable loans. The move, which is contingent on approval from Stamford's planning and zoning boards, is expected to create 750 to 1,000 new jobs in Connecticut over the next 10 years.

Tronox Inc., a global mineral company, received a 10-year, $3 million state loan to move its corporate headquarters -- and an expected 100 jobs -- from Oklahoma City to 1 Stamford Plaza.

A message left for Scott Landis, a principal of Landis Group, was not returned Monday.

The governor's office is scheduled to provide more details on Charter's relocation plans at a news conference set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at 400 Atlantic St.

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I'm 16 years old and I've started freestyling on a super x board this year and I can do volcans, spin loop and willy skipper, but I think that my board isnt the best to do freestyle so I'm buying a new freestyle board (starboard flare, tabou fs, f2 chilli or fanatic skate). Can you tell me which board is the best for learning tricks? I'm looking for a board that is really dedicated to freestyle and nothing else and is realy easy to control.

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I don't know much about bft.. is that like 15-20 knots..?

Well I believe the 99 flare wil be good for you. it's really smooth in all the moves,
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No letup in Israeli offensive in Gaza

By Ibraham Barzak and Josef Federman

Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Militants in the Gaza Strip pounded southern Israel with rocket fire on Thursday, killing three people as the Israeli military pressed forward with a second day of intense air raids and naval attacks on militant targets. With Israel threatening to invade the Palestinian territory, the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas in four years showed no signs of letting up.

The fighting, which began Wednesday when Israel assassinated Hamas' military chief, brought life to a standstill on both sides of the border. Gaza's streets were mostly empty as the Israeli air force continued to strike targets. Residents across southern Israel remained huddled indoors or close to home, ordered by authorities to remain close to a network of public bomb shelters.

The deaths in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi were the first in Israel since it launched its operation and raised the prospects of even fiercer Israeli retaliation. Israeli leaders have said they are prepared to broaden the operation to a ground invasion if necessary, though there were no signs of extraordinary troop movements along the border.

"The military will continue acting to establish deterrence against Hamas and to return the calm," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a tour of southern Israel. He praised citizens for coping with the "tough moments to come."

Following the assassination of Hamas mastermind Ahmed Jabari on Wednesday, Israeli tanks, gunboats and aircraft struck dozens of sites across Gaza. A total of 13 Palestinians, including four civilians, have been killed and more than 100 people wounded, according to Palestinian medical officials. Among the dead were two children.

Explosions rocked Gaza throughout the day on Thursday as well. Few in the territory's largest urban area, Gaza City, came out following the call for dawn prayers, and the only vehicles plying the streets were ambulances and media cars.

Most Gazans remained in their homes, following developments on Hamas-run TV and local radio stations. Many also provided updates on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, providing news about airstrikes and rocket launches. Others shared prayers and called for militants to stand tough against Israel.

"My little 4-year-old boy keeps asking me to pray with him every 10 minutes, saying, ‘Mama. Let's pray together to Allah in order to be safe,"' one woman, Ghadeer Ahmad, wrote on her Facebook account.

While streets were quiet, bakeries and groceries remained open. No food shortages were reported, and electricity, which suffers frequent outages even during normal times, remained sporadic. Many families keep home generators to maintain power.

"I am trying to calm my children when they hear the sound of explosions," said Zainab Nimr, a 33-year-old mother of three. "We have enough food and water for four days, so I asked my husband to go out and get extra supplies. No one knows when this will end."

Thousands of people, including top Hamas officials, braved the threats to attend the funeral for Jabari, who had long topped Israel's most-wanted list for his role in deadly attacks and building up Hamas' formidable arsenal. Dozens of residents stood solemnly outside their homes or on their balconies as the procession walked by.

"We want to kill in the name of God," chanted mourners as angry gunmen fired automatic weapons into the air. Hundreds of people raised their index fingers in the air, chanting, "God is great."

"This crime will not weaken us. It will make us stronger and more determined to continue the path of jihad and resistance," Hamas lawmaker Mushir al-Masri said in a eulogy. "The enemy opened the battle and shall bear the consequences."

Israel said Jabari's assassination was the start of a broader offensive, launched after days of rocket fire from the coastal territory. It was Israel's most intense attack on Gaza since a full-scale invasion four years ago, also in response to rocket fire.

Despite the similarities, much has changed since then. Hamas has beefed up its arsenal with more powerful and far-reaching missiles. Israel, meanwhile, has deployed a first-of-its-kind system that shoots down incoming rockets. Officials say the "Iron Dome" system is believed to have a roughly 80 percent success rate.

Israel also faces a much-changed region. Following a popular uprising last year, Egypt is now governed by Hamas' ideological counterpart, the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt's new Islamist government has so far honored a 1979 peace deal with Israel. But it is far cooler to Israel than ousted President Hosni Mubarak was.

In an initial protest, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday. It also asked the United States to push Israel to stop the offensive, warning the violence could "escalate out of control," the Foreign Ministry said.

Tensions have also heated up along Israel's northern border as the civil war in Syria has begun to spill over into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Earlier this week, Israel twice fired in response to stray mortar shells that landed in the Golan.

Israelis were ordered to remain close to shelters or fortified rooms in their homes as air raid sirens wailed throughout the day. Police said two men and a woman died after a rocket struck their four-story apartment building in Kiryat Malachi. A 4-year-old boy and two babies were also wounded.

Israeli media reported that the victims had ignored orders to protect themselves.

"We lost people today who could have been with us if they had just followed instructions," said Avi Dichter, the Cabinet minister in charge of Israeli civil defense.

Hamas announced a state of emergency in Gaza, evacuating all its security buildings and deploying its troops away from their locations.

Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on several locations in Gaza early Thursday, warning Gazans to stay away from Hamas, other militants and their facilities.

The Israeli military said Hamas fighters and other militant factions, undeterred by the air attacks, bombarded southern Israel with more than 180 rockets. The Iron Dome, meant to detect rockets headed toward populated areas, intercepted about 30 of them, the military said.

Israel declared a state of emergency in the country's south, where more than 1 million Israelis live within rocket range, instructing people to remain close to fortified areas. School was canceled in communities within a 40-kilometer (25-mile) radius of Gaza.

People living in areas along the frontier were ordered to stay home from work, save for essential services, and shopping centers were closed. Israeli police stepped up patrols around the country, fearing Hamas could retaliate with bombing attacks far from the reaches of Gaza.

Batya Katar, a resident of Sderot, a community that has been a frequent target of rocket fire, said streets were empty there.

"People won't be outside. The minute they assassinated the Hamas military chief we knew an offensive had begun. We were waiting for it, and it's about time they did it. We have the right to live like other countries in the world," she said.

Israeli officials said Wednesday that a ground invasion was a strong possibility in the coming days if Hamas didn't rein in the rocket fire. Mid-morning Thursday, there was no sign such an invasion might be beginning. But the Israeli military was cleared to call up special reserve units — a sign the operation might broaden.

The Israeli military released a series of videos showing black-and-white footage of its targets being struck: weapon depots and rocket launching pads.

The military said it destroyed dozens of the militants' most potent rockets — the Iranian-made Fajr, which is capable of striking Israel's Tel Aviv heartland — as well as shorter-range rockets. In all, the military estimated Hamas had 10,000 rockets and mortars in its arsenal before the military operation began.

Earlier this week, Israeli defense officials warned they were considering resuming a controversial practice of assassinating senior militants. Wednesday's killing of Jabari was an indication they were serious.

Hamas, meanwhile, has complained in recent months that Israel was trying to "set the rules" on the battlefield. Officials said the group stepped up attacks on Israel in recent weeks to put Israel on the defensive.

Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since seizing control of the territory five years ago, has also drawn criticism that it was going soft as it focused its efforts on building its government instead of battling Israel. Hamas, formed a quarter of a century ago as a resistance movement committed to Israel's destruction, has killed hundreds of Israelis over the years.

Hamas accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of launching Wednesday's operation to win votes in the Jan. 22 parliamentary election. But major Israeli parties, including the dovish opposition, all lined up behind Netanyahu.

In Washington, the United States lined up behind Israel. "We support Israel's right to defend itself, and we encourage Israel to continue to take every effort to avoid civilian casualties," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.

President Barack Obama spoke with Netanyahu and the two men agreed Hamas needs to stop its attacks on Israel to allow tensions to ease, the White House said.

Obama spoke separately to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, given Egypt's central role in preserving regional security, the White House said. The two men agreed on the need to de-escalate the conflict as quickly as possible.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr also spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton late Wednesday, asking for "immediate U.S. intervention to stop the Israeli aggression," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm and urged both sides to respect international humanitarian law.

Federman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Karin Laub in Gaza City, and Aron Heller and Lauren E. Bohn in Jerusalem also contributed to this report.

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Kauai man identified as victim in motorcycle crash

By Star-Advertiser staff

LAST UPDATED: 03:24 p.m. HST, Nov 14, 2013

Kauai police have identified the man who died when his motorcycle apparently veered off a road in Koloa on Wednesday as Byron Hahn-Morin, 21 of Waimea.

According to a preliminary police investigation, Hahn-Morin was traveling west on Koloa Road, just west of the Omao Road junction when he apparently went off the roadway at a sharp curve.

Police were called to the scene at 3:28 p.m. Hahn-Morin was pronounced dead at Wilcox Hospital.

The crash is under  investigation.

Koloa Road was closed in both directions for about two hours and traffic was directed onto Omao and Maluhia roads before reopening shortly before 6 p.m.

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