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A compilation of various clips from the UPI and Warner Pathé newsreels regarding the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. This film was shown by the Oregon Magyar Baráti Közösség http://www.mbk.org in Portland, Oregon during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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PANORAMA EPHEMERA (2004, 89:35 min., color and black and white) is a collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising, educational and amateur) films, touring the conflicted landscapes of twentieth-century America. The films' often-skewed visions construct an American history filled with horror and hope, unreeling in familiar and unexpected ways. PANORAMA EPHEMERA focuses on familiar and mythical activities and images in America (1626-1978)...
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The first new office building to be built in Oak Brook in well over a decade is under construction at York Road and 22nd Street.

The four-story, 140,000 square-foot building will be occupied by the Hub Group, a freight management company that currently is headquartered in Downers Grove.

The company, which provides nationwide shipping services, will have about 500 people at the site initially and maybe another 100 in a decade, said Terri Pizzuto, chief financial officer. She said employees will be relocating from Downers Grove and from another facility in McCook.

The company has been located at 3050 Highland Parkway in Downers Grove for the past 10 years. Prior to that, it was in Lombard.

The company chose Oak Brook for its new building because it wanted to be easily accessible for its employees and because of the restaurants, shopping and other amenities, Pizzuto said. Also, Oak Brook responded to the company's request for a meeting in two days and met officials with a 15-member committee including village trustees and the fire chief, who provided information and answered questions, she said.

"They welcomed us with open arms," Pizzuto said.

The village granted incentives to attract the Hub Group, including cutting building permit fees by half and kicking in up to $150,000 for public improvements. To date, Village Manager David Niemeyer said the building permit fees have totaled about $80,000 and another $20,000 will probably be required before the project is finished. He said it appears not many public improvements will be needed on the site.

Hub Group has agreed to stay for at least five years in Oak Brook, Niemeyer said.

Hub Group has a national fleet with more then 150,000 containers and trailers. Although it will not generate sales tax for the village, Community Development Director Bob Kallien said the company will bring in employees who will spend money at local restaurants and businesses.

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On April 2, a resident at the 400 block of Lavergne Avenue reported someone had punctured two tires on his vehicle over the weekend.

On April 3, there were two reports of credit card fraud, believed to have occurred between mid-March and early April from two different addresses on the 2000 and 2300 blocks of Greenwood Avenue.

On April 2, a man driving on Green Bay Road was stopped for traffic offenses and found to be driving on a license suspended for DUI. The 35-year-old Evanston resident was later released on bond.

On April 4, a burglary was reported to happen between March 13 and April 2 at the 1400 block of Gregory Avenue. The resident reported that two bicycles were stolen from an unlocked garage. The offender cut a cable lock to remove the bikes. Money was also stolen from an unlocked vehicle.

On April 3, an 81-year-old woman was stopped on eastbound Oakwood Avenue for a passing train, and once the train passed, accelerated in reverse and struck another vehicle crossing Green Bay. The driver, an Evanston resident, also knocked down a small village tree and then crashed into a building at 277 Green Bay Road, causing property damage and loss of merchandise at the adjoining Foremost Liquor Store. The driver was partially ejected through the rear window of the car and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. She was cited for improper backing, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper registration, and damage to village property.

On April 4, a caretaker at the Woman's Club of Wilmette, at 930 Greenleaf Ave., reported that someone had broken the spotlight shining on the Woman's Club sign. Similar incidents have been reported in the past at the club.

A residential burglary at the 300 block of Sterling Road was reported to have occurred between March 20 and April 4. The residents arrived home and noticed entry had been forced into their home. Several pieces of jewelry were missing.

On April 3, a 26-year-old Prospect Heights man was arrested for driving without a valid license at the intersection of Willow Road and Locust Road. He was also cited for no proof of insurance and use of hand held cell phone while driving.

On April 3, a 44-year-old Chicago woman was arrested for driving without a valid driver's license on Green Bay Road. She also was cited for use of a hand held cell phone while driving.

On April 5, a theft of a white Apple iPhone 5 from an unsecured locker was reported at 515 Hibbard Rd., the address for the Carleton Washburne School. The estimated amount of loss was $979.

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No less than four times during his pregame session Thursday with reporters, manager John Farrell said the Red Sox' decision to demote Alfredo Aceves to Triple-A Pawtucket was "performance-based," not related to the right-hander's tendency to be a distraction.

"Performance-based, solely," said Farrell, whose Red Sox topped the Houston Astros 7-3 on Friday. "Not just in the outings this year, but going back (the) last six weeks, eight weeks last year, this was strictly performance-based."

Aceves allowed eight runs in only 3 1/3 innings Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics. He has an 8.66 ERA in five appearances (three starts) this season and an 8.51 ERA in his last 25 starts dating to the beginning of last August.

But Aceves also has been enigmatic off the mound. He was suspended for three games last year after slamming the door to manager Bobby Valentine's office then got into a shouting match with second baseman Dustin Pedroia during a game in Oakland. In spring training, Aceves irritated Farrell by lobbing the ball to home plate in a live batting practice drill.

"The issues or occurrences that you're referring to were dealt with individually at the time," Farrell said. "This was performance-based."

Aceves has previously stated his preference to start, although the Red Sox still view him primarily as a swing man who can pitch multiple innings out of the bullpen and enter the rotation in the event of an injury. At this point, it seemingly would be easy for the Sox to cut ties with Aceves or trade him for pennies on the dollar, but they still view him as a potential asset.

"Yeah, I think he can (remain valuable to the Red Sox)," GM Ben Cherington said. "He's got to pitch better. We know he has performed well in the past, he's capable of performing and he's talented enough to do that. But he's got to get back to doing the things that made him good. Besides that, there's nothing else to it. He just has to pitch better. Once he pitches better, then there will be better options for him."

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RECORD: 16-7

STREAK: Won three

PAST 10 GAMES: 7-3

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--1B Mike Napoli doubled home a run in the third inning Friday night, his 17th extra base hit and 12th doubles, both new Red Sox records for the month of April. Jose Offerman had 16 extra base hits in April, 1999 and three players had 11 doubles in the month. Napoli added another double in the seventh inning.

--RF Shane Victorino missed his second straight and fourth in the last seven games Friday night because of back spasms. "He's improved over yesterday but he still has spasms in his lower back," said manager John Farrell. "He's day-to-day. He's unavailable today." The manager didn't think Victorino, hitting .292 with eight RBIs in 19 games, was headed for the disabled list ... yet.

--RHP John Lackey experienced no ill effects throwing Thursday and is scheduled to start in the series finale against the Astros on Sunday. Lackey, making a return from Tommy John surgery, suffered straight right biceps in his only start.

--DH David Ortiz struck out twice and hit into a double play Friday night. But his other time up he hit his second home run into the centerfield bleachers in as many games. He is 12-for-24 with six RBIs in six games since coming off the disabled list.

--C David Ross was hitting .120 (3-for-25) and in an 0-for-12 funk when he homered his first two times up against Erik Bedard on Friday night. It was the 11th two-homer game for Ross, the first since April 26, 2011, with the Braves. He was 0-for-2 against Bedard coming in. For good measure, Ross followed the two homers with a pair of singles, going 4-for-4. "First time ever. I've never been 4-for-4 so I'm pretty excited about that," Ross said.

--CF Jacoby Ellsbury stole his 11th base of the season in the sixth inning Friday night, snapping his own club record for April steals, set in 2009 (when he had 7-0 for the year. He also became the third player with 200 Red Sox steals; Tris Speaker and Harry Hooper the other two, so Ellsbury is the first of the live ball era. He also did it in his 604th game, fewest in club history.

--RHP Joel Hanrahan, recovering from a hamstring injury, pitched an inning for Triple-A Pawtucket Friday night, allowing two runs on a two-run homer. But reports were good. LHP Craig Breslow (shoulder) is schedule to work both Saturday and Sunday.


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Will port potential swell with private operator?

Turnaround of problem-plagued Chicago shipping facility could boost area economy

July 28, 2013|By Peter Frost and Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune reporters
  • A rusted, unused ship sits near unused silos at the Illinois International Port District on Chicago's Southeast Side. The port's turnaround could help boost the local economy.
A rusted, unused ship sits near unused silos at the Illinois International Port District on Chicago's Southeast Side. The port's turnaround could help boost the local economy. (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune)

The Port of Chicago's shipping berths and docks are crumbling, its piers outdated and underused, and large swaths of prime land sit vacant.

Nearly every long-term contract it has with tenants is vastly undervalued, and it has lost money in 10 of the past 11 years, in part because of alleged mismanagement, sloppy accounting and lack of oversight.

It employs just six people who are largely unable to make necessary repairs or adequately market the property to attract new customers.

Despite sitting on two prime parcels next to Lake Michigan, its location in the nation's third-largest city and having ready access to the largest rail hub in North America, the Port of Chicago has floundered and been treated like an afterthought for decades.

The Illinois International Port District "has fallen behind in its competitiveness, and we're very interested in revitalizing its place in the Great Lakes," said Rich Montgomery, vice president of development for the Broe Group.

Broe is the privately held Denver-based transportation and real estate company selected to take over the port's operations.

The Port of Chicago, Montgomery said in an interview last week, represents a "tremendous untapped opportunity."

In part, that might be because the port has been so poorly run, at least according to a scathing 155-page audit of the port released last week. In the report, the state auditor general detailed instances of widespread mismanagement, slipshod or nonexistent record-keeping, issuance of no-bid contracts for sizable purchases and generally poor supervision by the Illinois International Port District.

The Port District's relatively new chairman, Michael Forde, appointed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, requested the audit, knowing it was likely to be critical.

"As the audit points out, the previous port board favored patronage over performance, and wasteful spending over profit," said Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton. "That is no way to run a business and certainly no way to run and maintain a vital economic engine."

Many recommendations listed in the audit have been put in place by the new leadership at the port, Hamilton said.

Broe, which has operated a railroad at the port for 20 years, has experience running marine terminals and has international connections in transportation. If it gets the keys to the port and makes a sizable investment to upgrade facilities, it could turn a handsome profit in the years ahead, maritime experts say.

And though the Illinois International Port District, an agency run by appointees of the Chicago mayor and Illinois governor, stands to receive only a small percentage of that profit, handing over operation of the port for 62 years might be worth the risk for the economic spinoff and jobs it could create, experts say.

Because the chronically underfunded Port District doesn't have the financial resources to make much-needed investments to the property, its options are limited.

Without a deep-pocketed partner willing to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into infrastructure and marketing, the Port of Chicago has little hope of reaching its potential, experts say.

Still, the Port District must ensure it gets a fair deal, one that recognizes its potential to be the busiest inland port in the United States, said Jerry Bridges, former executive director of port authorities in Virginia and Oakland, Calif.

"If they structure the deal properly, this could be very beneficial to the port and the city by creating an influx of infrastructure development that will create new jobs, tax revenue and attract more private investment to the area," said Bridges, who heads Virginia Beach, Va.-based maritime consulting firm Bridges Group International.

"But in a lot of these deals, especially those signed in the early 2000s, the public entities left a lot of money on the table, and (port officials) must be careful to ask for everything they want," he said.

Neither the Port District nor the Broe Group will reveal substantive details of its bid to take over the port, and many questions remain unanswered.

The plan calls for creating up to 1,000 jobs.

And a preliminary agreement calls for Broe to invest at least $100 million and perhaps as much as a half-billion dollars over the next decade to modernize the port and attract new business.

Broe would retain 90 cents of every dollar in new revenue generated by port operations, with the remainder going to the Port District. Broe would also pay the agency $1 million a year.

The money would be used to pay down the district's $30 million debt and its $5 million pension liability, according to the district.

"We're going to need enough money to pay down debts and cover our obligations going forward," Forde said.

But, he said, "Our message to the marketplace … was we're not in this for the money. This is not about maximizing payment to the Port District. This is about capital investment and job creation."

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Connecting with your neighbors

January 31, 2014|By Kari Richardson, Special to the Tribune
  • Agi Toth, right, of The Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower, discusses wine with Calvin Wu during a quarterly meeting of the wine club of The Montgomery condos in River North.
Agi Toth, right, of The Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower, discusses wine with Calvin Wu during a quarterly meeting of the wine club of The Montgomery condos in River North. (Andrew A. Nelles, for the Chicago Tribune)

Bennett Weiss grew up in a Pennsylvania neighborhood where parents shooed their kids outside on warm afternoons to cook up their own fun. Little kids played baseball alongside big kids, improvising on the rules as they went along. Adults forged their own bonds with those who lived nearby too.

When it came time to raise their daughter, Weiss and wife Christy looked for a similar place — a friendly street where kids played together and neighbors took the time to get know one another. They found it in Sleepy Hollow, a Glenview neighborhood close to the train station and a tucked-away park.

Since moving there 19 years ago, they've enjoyed neighborhood Easter egg hunts, picnics and spur-of-the-moment basketball games. Aside from the fun, though, Weiss knows his neighbors have his back.

When a monster storm cut power to the area and flooded basements six years ago, neighbors worked together to help the hardest-hit. More recently, a next-door neighbor worked overtime to remove a gigantic snowfall from the Weiss drive when the family was out of town.

From building a sense of safety to providing a helping hand, for fun and friendship, neighborhood relationships can be invaluable. In a Harris Interactive survey conducted in 2012 for Nextdoor, a private social network for neighbors, 67 percent of respondents said they felt safer in their home because they knew their neighbors. In the same survey, 47 percent of respondents who knew their neighbors said that because of this, they had no plans to move or sell their home.

Mike Lanza, a childhood friend of Weiss' and the author of "Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play," a book about making neighborhoods welcoming places for children to play outside, sees getting to know neighbors as mining resources that exist where someone lives.

When he moved into his Menlo Park, Calif., neighborhood, a nearby homeowner with a somewhat scruffy appearance and a weedy lawn wasn't necessarily someone Lanza would have pegged as a potential friend. But Lanza, who made it his mission to know everyone on his block, learned the man is an accomplished magician and organic gardener. He now performs regularly at neighborhood birthday parties, and has even given Lanza's son gardening tips.

"He's a great neighborhood asset and he's right here," Lanza said. "We don't have to do a search on the Internet for 'magician' and drive to a meet-up to find this guy."

You too may be sold on the benefits of getting to know your neighbors. But if your neighborhood is more ho-hum than humming, how do you build a sense of community?

Walk through a neighborhood. James Votanek, sales support manager with Baird & Warner's Glen Ellyn office and president of the North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors, advises buyers to leave their cars behind and walk a neighborhood to get a closer look at its culture before committing.

"There's nothing that's going to do a better job of educating the consumer more than being there," he said.

Lanza, who wanted a family-friendly neighborhood for his brood, looked for evidence of "kid debris" — scooters, balls and bikes in yards — when identifying an area that might work.

Not every neighborhood will be a good fit, because everyone has a different threshold for interactions with neighbors.

Votanek's in-laws were empty nesters when they purchased a home in a small neighborhood out of state. After move-in day, they discovered that 23 of 25 nearby homes had children at home.

"That was a neighborhood on fire all the time," Votanek said. "The sounds of a group of children playing capture the flag at dusk can be music to your ears when you are in a certain stage of life. But when you are trying to quietly read a book, it's a different story."

Form a club. Starting a club is one easy way to connect with like-minded people who happen to live where you do. Book clubs are neighborhood staples, but the possibilities don't end there.

At The Montgomery, a 246-unit condominium building in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, residents forge bonds as they sip chardonnay and sangria. A wine club, formed in 2012, has encouraged discussion and built camaraderie among members, said Terri McAuley, a club member who is also a broker with Related Realty. The club has even given homeowners a place to vet ideas for the building outside of official homeowners association meetings.

Recent events have included a holiday champagne party and a "tasting above the clouds" at Willis Tower.

Tap into technology. Technology, sometimes blamed for distancing people from neighbors, can also be a way to reach out.

John Garrido uses Nextdoor to connect with nearly 200 people in Chicago's Gladstone Park neighborhood. Neighbors have used the network to find a baby sitter, sell unneeded goods and provide notice about businesses opening in the neighborhood. One resident even found a job, Garrido said, after a neighbor posted a "help wanted" ad.


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Controversial call costly for Smithfield in 18-15 regional final loss to Courtland

  • Mark Graziano/Daily Press Photo Kyon Croker of Smithfield is brought down by Courtland's Anthony Robinson during the second quarter of the Region I Division 4 football championship game at Smithfield High School on Saturday.
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November 24, 2012|By Marty O'Brien, | 757-247-4963

SMITHFIELD — Smithfield High's football team traveled "a million miles" since August, from 1-9 a year ago to 10 victories this season. The Packers came up an inch short of the program's first state semifinal berth Saturday.

That's the distance, at least on an official's ruling, the Packers' Jermaal Wells was short of scoring the go-ahead touchdown on his run with 5 minutes, 24 seconds remaining in the Region I Division 4 championship game. Instead of a score or a first down, the side judge ruled that Wells fumbled the ball into the end zone and that it was recovered by Courtland, which held on for an 18-15 victory at Smithfield.

The Cougars (9-4) won their second regional title in three years and advance to Saturday's Group AA Division 4 state semifinal at Region II champion Briar Woods. The Packers (10-2) were calm following the defeat, but photos and video of official's ruling will prompt second guessing.

Trailing by three points, the Packers faced a third-and-1 at the Courtland 13-yard line two plays after Deshaun Faltz recovered a fumble at the Cougars' 22. Packers quarterback Wells sprinted around left end on a read option with Courtland's Brandon Taylor in hot pursuit.

Feeling Taylor's grasp as he neared the end zone, Wells dove to stretch the ball over the plane of the goal. Wells appeared to have control of the ball when his knee and elbow hit the ground, and before the ball popped out of his hands and rolled to Cougars' defensive back Patrick Edwards.

Had the side judge ruled that Wells' knee hit the ground short of the goal line or that the ground caused the fumble, the worst case for the Packers would've been a first down inside the 1. Instead, Courtland gained possession at its own 20.

"When I came down I hit the ground, and as I was getting up the ball came out," Wells said. "I thought it was a touchdown."

Smithfield coach Clark Harrell said he couldn't see exactly what happened on the play and was unemotional when discussing the outcome.

"Everybody's telling us he was in, but I couldn't tell from where I was," he said. "I'm not one to cry or bellyache or point the finger at this or that.

"We had a short field several times in the fourth quarter and didn't make the plays. We had our opportunities and didn't convert."

That is certainly true, as the Packers started three fourth-quarter possessions inside the Courtland 26. Smithfield had rallied from an early 15-0 deficit in what proved to be a hard-hitting and evenly played game.

Brandon Mason's 23-yard run set up his 6-yard TD run that gave Courtland an early 7-0 lead. Eric Washington's 52-yard pass to Brandon Taylor led to Anton Jenkins' 3-yard touchdown run, and holder Chris Carpenter's two-point conversion run, that made it 15-0 early in the second quarter.

The Packers retaliated quickly, with Kyon Croker running 36 yards to set up Wells' 1-yard run that cut the Courtland lead to 15-7. Wells passed 5 yards to Marcel Curry, then ran in the two-point conversion to tie the score at 15-apeice in the final minute of the first half.

After Seth Yurgel center-cut a career long 38-yard field goal to put Courtland back on top 18-15 on the first possession of the first half, the game turned into a defensive stalemate, then a series of missed Smithfield opportunities.

Faltz recovered a fumble at the Cougars 25 with 7:21 left in the game, but the Packers stalled on four consecutive incompletions. It took just one play for Faltz to get the ball back for the Packers on a fumble recovery at the Courtland 22. The controversial call on Wells came three plays later.

But the Packers again got the ball in good field position as Faltz harried Washington into a pass that Chuck Sharon intercepted at the Packers 45. Three plays later, the Packers' dream season effectively ended when Matt Knowles intercepted Wells.

"If I'd have told you August 1st I'd be holding that (regional runner-up) trophy, you'd have thought I was crazy," Harrell said. "When we started practice I talked about 10 wins and that seemed like a million miles away.

"I think these seniors put Smithfield High football on the map."

Senior captain Kyon Croker said, "From 1-9 to 10-2, what more can I ask for from my senior year?"

Courtland 7,8,3,0 - 18

Smithfield 0,15,0,0 - 15

First quarter

Cou: Mason 6 run (Yurgel kick), 3:16

Second quarter

Cou: Jenkins 1 run (Carpenter run), 10:58

Smi: Wells 1 run (Anderson kick), 7:19

Smi: Curry pass from Wells (Wells run), 33.8

Third quarter

Cou: Yurgal 38 field goal, 8:49

First downs 8;10

Rushes-yds 36-145; 40-207

Passing yds 101; 79

Comp-att-int 5-12-1; 7-16-1

Penalties-yds 3-15; 8-62

Punts avg 5-32; 5-26

Fumbles-lost 2-2; 3-3

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Mamata Banerjee to meet industrialists in Mumbai on Aug 1

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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will announce some measures at a meet with bankers and industrialists in Mumbai on August 1 to attract invetment, a state minister said today.

"The Chief Minister will announce some measures to attract investment at the national level industrial meet being organised by the West Bengal government at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai on August 1," Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said here today.

About 65 industrialists and 25 bankers will meet Banerjee at the meet, he said.

Five major industrialists from Bengal who would participate in the meet are ITC chairman Y C Deveshwar, R P Sanjiv Goenka Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka, Ambuja Realty chairman Harsh Neotia, Patton Group MD Sanjay Budhia and Vice-Chairman of Apeejay Group Karan Paul.

Chatterjee did not name the industrialists from outside the state who would take part.

He said a special award and certificate of appreciation would be given to industrialists who completed their projects on time after receiving land and loans from the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation.

Chatterjee said: "Rebate will be given to the charge taken by the WBIDC for setting up new industries in case of completion of the projects on time."

The first industry interaction by the Chief Minister was held outside Bengal in New Delhi on December 17, 2012 where she had tried to allay the fears of top industrialists about the state, he added.


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Syria transition plan has support, but may not be the answer

The U.S. and other world powers back a U.N.-brokered plan, but key questions remain, including whether a transitional Syrian government could include President Bashar Assad.

July 01, 2012|By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
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BEIRUT — The United States and other world powers meeting Saturday in Geneva threw their weight behind a United Nations-brokered plan for a transitional government for Syria, but the move appeared to raise more questions than it answered.

Chief among them: What about Syrian President Bashar Assad?

Russia has rejected the U.S. insistence that Assad go, and the new transitional plan doesn't appear to have resolved their fundamental disagreement.

Beyond the new proposal, the "action group" of nations vowed to launch a fresh diplomatic effort aimed at reviving a U.N.-brokered peace deal that is now in tatters. Why the cease-fire, troop pullbacks and other provisions of the 3-month-old peace deal should fall into place now after being ignored by both sides was unclear.

"I expect the Syrian parties to cooperate," said Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy who negotiated the original peace plan. "I expect them to understand that the strong transformational wind which is blowing today cannot be resisted — at least it cannot be resisted for long — and that change has to come."

But crafting any kind of lasting accord in polarized, war-ravaged Syria will be a daunting task.

The armed opposition has balked at any dialogue with Assad, whom it regards as a murderer. And Assad calls the rebels "terrorists" who, he recently told an Iranian television interviewer, must be "annihilated."

Although Saturday's communique states that members of Assad's government may serve in the transitional administration, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was unequivocal about the future of Syria's longtime leader.

"Assad will still have to go," Clinton assured reporters in Geneva after hours of sometimes testy talks in the ornate Palais des Nations complex. "He needs to hear loudly and clearly that his days are numbered."

Not so fast, responded Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who has long maneuvered to block any international action to oust Assad, Moscow's last major ally in the Arab world.

"We consider it to be of key importance that there is no attempt in the document to impose upon the Syrian side any kind of transitional process," Lavrov said.

The veteran Russian statesman spoke with the self-assurance of a seasoned diplomat who appeared to have outmaneuvered Clinton, his often-acerbic adversary on the intricate Syria file.

At any rate, the much-heralded transition "road map," as Clinton called it, is less a legal mandate than a somewhat vague set of "guidelines and principles to assist the Syrian parties," in the words of Annan, who called Saturday's meeting in an effort to prevent Syria from plunging into all-out civil war. It is up to the Syrians to decide how to put the transition guidelines into practice, Annan said.

The United States and its allies seem intent on ratcheting up the pressure on Assad by securing a U.N. Security Council imprimatur for the transition proviso. Under such a scenario, Clinton suggested, noncompliance by Assad could trigger penalties under the U.N. Charter's Chapter 7, which envisions sanctions or even military action if members see a threat to peace and security.

But Moscow may not go along. Russia, joined by China, has twice vetoed Security Council resolutions targeting Assad, and could do so again.

The Russians emerged victorious Saturday in a crucial battle of words. At Moscow's insistence, Washington agreed to the removal of draft language barring anyone from the proposed transitional government "whose continued presence and participation would undermine the credibility of the transition and jeopardize stability and reconciliation" in Syria.

The text was clearly tailored to exclude Assad, though he wasn't mentioned specifically. The Russians balked. The Americans blinked. The controversial wording was excised from the final communique.

But Clinton insisted that the wording dispute really didn't matter. She pointed to revised language requiring that Syrians give their "mutual consent" to anyone on the transition team.

"He [Assad] will never pass the 'mutual consent' test, given the blood on his hands," Clinton said.

The "blood on his hands" formulation, first raised by a journalist in the post-meeting news conference, struck a chord with Annan as well.

"I will doubt that the Syrians, who have fought so hard for their independence … will select people with blood on their hands to lead them," Annan said.

So did Annan agree that Assad should go? No, Annan said. That is up to the people of Syria.

Under Annan's plan, Syria's transitional "national unity" leadership would forge the way for elections, a new constitution and a representative government. But it's going to take some time, maybe a year for "real results," Annan conceded.

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November 29, 2012|By Bill Shaikin

The Dodgers and Fox Sports are not expected to conclude a television deal by Friday, according to a person familiar with the negotiations but not authorized to discuss them.

However, the two sides are expected to continue talks on a contract that could be worth more than $6 billion over 25 years, according to two parties familiar with the talks.

Friday marks the final day of the exclusive negotiating window between Fox and the Dodgers. It is unclear whether the two sides would agree to extend the window or simply keep talking while the Dodgers consider other options, most notably Time Warner Cable Sportsnet.

TWC has made no secret of its intention to bid for the Dodgers if the opportunity arises. TWC signed the Lakers for a guaranteed $3.6 billion over 20 years, with options that could make the deal worth $5 billion over 25 years. That deal pays the Lakers straight cash, via an annual rights fee.

The Dodgers' proposed deal with Fox would not pay the team straight cash but would provide the team with a substantial ownership stake in Prime Ticket.

If the Dodgers and Fox do not reach a deal by Friday and do not extend the exclusive negotiating window, the team would have to provide Fox with a final offer by Dec. 7. Fox would then have 30 days to accept or reject the offer.

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Wilson, Bangor advance to championship game with complete efforts

Warriors beat Salisbury for third time this season as Gerald Terry reaches 1,000-point mark, while Ringland and Colton shine for Slaters.

February 12, 2013|By Keith Groller, Of The Morning Call

When the Colonial League boys basketball all-star team was released on Tuesday morning, it was not a surprise that Wilson's Gerald Terry and Bangor's Alex Colton were among four unanimous choices to the first team.

They are the two marquee players in the league with Terry reaching the 1,000-point plateau on Tuesday night during the league semifinals and Colton now just six points away from the milestone.

But the reasons why Wilson and Bangor won their semifinal contests and will meet for the league championship at 8 o'clock Friday night at Freedom extend well beyond these two leading men.

Both the Warriors' 48-36 victory over Salisbury and the Slaters' 59-46 triumph over Notre Dame at Southern Lehigh were about defense, rebounding, good coaching and team efforts in addition to the stellar play of Terry and Colton.

"Both of these teams are really solid and they play great defense," Salisbury coach Jason Weaver said after he saw his squad's chance for a repeat championship misfire along with about 31 attempts from the field.

The Falcons (15-8) fell for the third time this season to Wilson and were held a season-low point total as the Warriors came out and played an aggressive man-to-man defense that never allowed the Salisbury offense to get in sync.

"We pride ourselves on defense at Wilson," veteran Warriors coach Bob Frankenfield said after his team moved to within a win of just the program's second title in the last 50 years. "We knew we wanted to shut down their outside and we had to watch Austin Uhl inside.

"We rolled the dice a little bit and said we're going to give Uhl his points, but we're going to stop the other big three for them — [Tyler] Brown, [Justin] Aungst and [Dan] Reichenbach. Our defense on them was pretty darn good."

Weaver said that Salisbury had used mostly zone defenses in the previous two meetings, including an all-zone ploy when they played last week.

"We've seen man-to-man defenses all year, so we should have been able to execute against it," Weaver said. "But we really struggled to shoot the ball."

Meanwhile, Wilson, now 22-1 and winners of 20 straight after a Dec. 11 loss to Southern Lehigh, had its own struggles on offense against the Falcons zone.

It was only 29-23 after three periods.

But the Warriors got a pair of Ryan Dailey layups off feeds by Terry and Phil Pierfy and made enough foul shots in the final two minutes to finally open some breathing room.

Two of the free throws were by Terry with 19 seconds remaining, giving him 15 points on the night and making him the eighth player in Wilson history to reach four digits in scoring.

"It was all about the win tonight," Terry said. "If we win the game on Friday night, we'll definitely have a bigger celebration than the one [for the 1,000 points] tonight.

"I never thought about scoring 1,000 points. I'm just glad it happened. I am glad I got an extra year of eligibility, so I have to thank the people on the District 11 committee for voting for me. I want to thank my coach for all he's done. He wants me to do good in the classroom. That's what is most important to him. So I will focus on school tomorrow and then start thinking about Bangor."

• When Wilson turns its attention to Bangor, it will see a different team than the one the Warriors defeated 69-62 in Bill Pensyl Gym on Jan. 18.

That night, the Slaters were missing four or five key players due to either injury or a disciplinary situation.

But now Bangor (18-5) is back at full strength and seemingly determined to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its 1988 Colonial League championship team with another league crown.

"We want it real bad, especially against Wilson because we have a great rivalry with them," said Slaters junior Justin Ringland, who sparked his team with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Colton had a game-high 19 for Bangor.

Ringland said defense was the key to avenging a previous loss to Notre Dame.

"We wanted to slow down their transition game and minimize [Vincent] Eze down low because he really hurt us last time with his rebounds and putbacks," Ringland said. "And Shane Reider and Colton did a good job on Tannor Reed outside."

Eze and Reed had 13 and four points, respectively.

Notre Dame (13-10) dug itself a hole with a four-point first quarter that featured many more turnovers [seven] and missed shots [seven] than field goals [two].

And then four 3-pointers — two each by Ringland and Jon Owens — were instrumental in a 22-point second quarter for Bangor that opened a 32-16 halftime lead. The Crusaders made a few runs, but couldn't get closer than 43-36 early in the fourth quarter.

"Give Bangor credit because they play really hard and they took Reed away and had two guys on Eze inside," disappointed Notre Dame coach Pat Boyle said. "We had open shots for some other guys, but they didn't fall and then we really got discombobulated. As hard as Bangor plays, some of those turnovers we had were unforced."

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Solomon Jones is enjoying being with his hometown team, the Orlando Magic

December 28, 2013|By Josh Robbins, Orlando Sentinel

Ah, the perks of being an NBA player.

The acclaim. The camaraderie with teammates. The great paycheck.

Orlando Magic backup big man Solomon Jones has enjoyed another benefit this season: living close to his childhood home. Jones grew up in the distant Orlando suburb of Mount Dora, and playing for the Magic enabled him to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with family in his hometown.

"It's been great so far, everything I could ask for," Jones said.

Even by the NBA's standards, Jones is a journeyman, a player who has fought for precious roster spots wherever he could find them. The Magic are his sixth team in eight NBA seasons, and he's even had two stints playing pro ball in China.

The nomadic demands of NBA life forced him to grow up, to learn how to adapt to new environments quickly.

He takes a proactive approach.

His brief appearance during the Magic's 109-92 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night was the first game he played in since Dec. 6, but he finds other ways to stay engaged intellectually.

If you take a look at the Magic's bench during a game, you'll typically see Jones sitting next to assistant coach Brett Gunning.

Jones attempts to soak up nuances of X's-and-O's from Gunning whenever possible.

"I want to pick up stuff and just stay attuned with the game," Jones said. "My number might be called one day. It might not. But I just want to stay attuned with the game, learn as much as I can."

And the head coach, Jacque Vaughn, has noticed Jones' curiosity.

When Jones isn't trying to learn from Gunning or assistant coaches Wes Unseld Jr. and James Borrego, Jones speaks with some of the younger players.

After eight seasons in the league, Jones has a few things he can teach the youngsters, even though he's only 29 years old.

"He is very talkative to the guys on the bench, encouraging them," Vaughn said. "I think he's been really good. That starts with him being locked in to the gameplan and a lot of times conveying the gameplan and the message to some of the younger guys."

One of the strengths of Jones' game is his knowledge of exactly what to do when he's on the court, especially on defense.

That court awareness, as well as his athleticism as a 6-foot-10 big man, helped him play well during the preseason and earn a roster spot.

He's scheduled to earn about $1.2 million this season, the minimum salary for a player with his tenure within the league.

His full salary won't become fully guaranteed unless the Magic keep him on their roster beyond Jan. 7.

The collective-bargaining agreement between the league and the players contains a rule that encourages teams to sign veteran players with three or more years of experience. Because of that rule, if the Magic keep Jones beyond Jan. 7, the team would pay him a total of $884,293 while a league-wide fund would pay the remaining $302,166 of his salary.

Playing for the Magic has brought other rewards for Jones.

His mom, Uzeria Jones, who still lives in Mount Dora, attends the team's home games. Other members of the family do, too.

"They come to pretty much every home game and support me," Jones said, a smile on his face. "It's been great. I get to see my grandparents and other family. I try to stay focused on work, but I still get to see them more than I did before."

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PSU to pay up to $60 million to settle Sandusky claims

Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children involved Penn State facilities.
Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children involved Penn State facilities. (GENE J. PUSKAR / AP)
Posted: July 20, 2013

The governing board of Pennsylvania State University has authorized the payment of up to $60 million to settle claims by the sexual-abuse victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a trustee said Thursday.

About 30 claims have been filed. It is not known if all would be covered by that sum.

"First and foremost, I hope this is closure for the victims," said Edward "Ted" Brown III, a trustee who is president and chief executive officer of KETCHConsulting in State College.

Asked what it meant for the university, Brown said he did not have a good answer.

"It's a settlement, and a settlement means we have not admitted any guilt," he said. "A settlement means just what the word says."

The $60 million figure was the suggestion of outside counsel, who believed that was the figure needed, he said.

University board chairman Keith Masser declined to comment, as did university spokesman David La Torre.

Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, hired by Penn State in September to help settle the personal-injury claims, declined to comment when reached in Washington. Feinberg is known for having administered claims by families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

News of the allocation came six days after university trustees announced at their regular meeting that they had reached tentative agreements with some victims. For several weeks, officials have said the university was nearing settlement with the bulk of those victimized by Sandusky, convicted last year of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.

"We have a tentative agreement in place for my client," said Philadelphia lawyer Thomas Kline, who represents the youth identified at Sandusky's trial as Victim 5.

Kline said he could not reveal the amount due to a confidentiality agreement with Penn State.

"There are tentative agreements reached in many cases," he said. "PSU and the lawyers for the Sandusky victims have now moved from the stage of negotiating to the stage of papering and documenting numerous previously achieved informal deals."

Victim 5 testified that he met Sandusky through the coach's Second Mile charity in the mid-1990s when he was age 7 or 8. The coach took him to more than a dozen Penn State football games. When he was 12 or 13, Sandusky exposed himself in a Penn State locker-room sauna, then sexually assaulted him in the shower, the youth testified.

Kline said his client's claim was key to any larger settlement at Penn State because of its timing.

At trial, former assistant coach Mike McQueary testified that he saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in the showers in February 2001, and the next day notified head coach Joe Paterno. A week later he talked about the incident with then-university athletic director Tim Curley and vice president for business and finance Gary Schultz.

Victim 5, Kline said, was assaulted in August 2001 - six months after McQueary told the Penn State officials what he had seen.

"That is the key," Kline said. "It is the claim which PSU clearly should have and could have stopped."

Lawyer Joel Feller, whose Philadelphia-based firm represents seven victims, said that his firm had worked closely with the negotiator for the university.

"On behalf of all of our clients, we are in the final stages of reaching a settlement for all of them," said Feller, owner/partner of the firm Ross, Feller & Casey.

The firm represents Victims 3, 7 and 10, as well as 2 - allegedly the young man whom then-graduate assistant McQueary said Sandusky assaulted in a campus shower in 2001. The firm also represents Sandusky's adopted son, Matt, and two others.

Curley, Schultz, and former university president Graham B. Spanier face a preliminary hearing this month on criminal charges of covering up sexual-abuse allegations against Sandusky.

At the board's meeting last week, the trustees released no amounts on possible settlements but noted that "a range of dollar values" had been shared in closed sessions. The school emphasized that no settlement agreements had been signed and gave no timetable for the process to be completed, but hoped that it would be in the next several weeks.

The school and its insurer, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co., are in a dispute over responsibility for paying claims related to the Sandusky case. In March, the university filed a lawsuit saying it had been sued or contacted by 29 claimants, but its insurer did not provide coverage for which the school had paid premiums.

Contact Jeff Gammage at 215-854-4906,, or follow on Twitter @JeffGammage.Susan Snyder contributed to this article.

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FAU puts to rest Stephen Curtis' wildcat package

FAU backup quarterback will stay on the sidelines.

October 31, 2012|By Dieter Kurtenbach, Sun Sentinel

BOCA RATON — FAU fans shouldn't expect to see quarterback Stephen Curtis on the field any time soon.

Offensive coordinator Brian Wright said Wednesday that the team has abandoned the "Wild Curtis" package, and that the backup quarterback is considered just that — the backup.

Curtis, who started the Owls first game of the season, was overtaken by Graham Wilbert for the starting quarterback job, but Wright wanted to use Curtis' running ability.

The Owls instituted a wildcat package for Curtis, but after he was sidelined with turf toe, the Owls used running backs Damian Fortner and Jonathan Wallace to run the set.

Curtis' injury has healed, but the Owls have stuck with the running backs.

"We've done more with those guys back there than Stephen," Wright said, noting that he doesn't see changes coming. "Not at this point. He's the second quarterback."

The formation has been used successfully on early, short-yardage downs, but keeping the formation fresh as the weeks go on will be a challenge.

"Every week I think you have to have a new wrinkle to it," Wright said.

"You have to change the formation, you have to change what you do in it. At times defenses can really gang up on you, when you're that, when you don't have the threat of throw back there, with that guy. You have to be smart."

Having a power run set in the spread formation is critical to Wright, as it helps keeps drives alive.

"Because we've sustained drives as an offense, you're able as a play caller to mix it up a little bit more," Wright said. "[That] keeps teams off balance a bit more."

•FAU received its 12th verbal commitment for the class of 2013 Wednesday when North Florida Christian running back Marcus Clark pledged to the program. Clark, a two-star rated prospect who also has an offer from Appalachian State, is FAU's second running back commit and the fifth from the Florida panhandle.

Next Game: FAU at Navy, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Network

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Collecting Hongshan Jade: A Window on China's Neolithic Past

Collecting Hongshan Jade: A Window on China's Neolithic Past

An Evening Presentation by Dr. DAVID ANDERSEN, Collector Only in China was there a neolithic jade age. Some of the earliest known examples of Chinese jade carvings derived from the period when Hongshan culture flourished in northeastern China around 5,000 years ago. Sites dating from about 4700 B.C. to 2900 B.C. have been discovered in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning and Hebei. David Andersen is an avid jade collector, and has devoted the past decade to collecting and studying more than 1,500 Hongshan carvings and to uncover their stories. A medical doctor by training, he bought his first piece of Hongshan nephrite jade in early 2000 and soon became hooked. Since then, he has gained a strong understanding of the iconography and the liberal nature of beliefs of the Hongshan people. Dr. Andersen moved to Asia in 1991, joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong as Professor of Medicine before entering private practice. He retired in 2008 and now lives in Umbria, Italy. Presented by the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch

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Question about The Godfather Part II:

How exactly does Michael figure out that Hyman Roth was behind the shooting at his home?

This is one of my favorite movies, and I've seen it many, many times, but I've always missed this plot point. OK, so Michael's home is shot up. He assumes (or at least appears to assume) Frank Pentangeli is behind it, because of the grievances Frank expressed at the beginning of the movie. Next we see him visiting Hyman Roth, and telling Roth that "Frank Pentangeli is a dead man", to which Roth replies "he's small potatoes". Then we see him visiting Frank Pentangeli at his father's old home, and telling him that he knows it was Hyman Roth. How does he know? Does he assume it's Pentangeli until he talks to him, and then it dawns on him that it was Roth during their conversation?
posted by DecemberBoy to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
Roach, what the hell are you talking about? The entire post, with the exception of, "Question about The Godfather Part II:" is below the fold. Perhaps though you mean that you were not aware that "Godfather: Part II" might have an intricate plot which merits discussion? Or maybe a mod changed the post and put the spoilers under the fold? Seriously, I don't get the gripe here. Maybe next time the poster can use secret code that only people who have seen the movie can decipher!

As far as Michael knowing it was Roth - could it be maybe that Michael didn't know who it was, but thought it could have been either one, so he tells both that he knows it was the other one. Since Roth did it, he wants to take out Pentagelli so Pentagelli can't possibly defend himself to Michael. So Michael just deduces that it was Roth.

Maybe there is some clear clue that I've missed, but when I watched it I think Michael was just inferring it was Roth from Roth's behavior and from his belief that Pentagelli was loyal and wouldn't attack him.
posted by billysumday at 3:56 PM on March 27, 2009

Yeah, I originally had the actual question above the fold, but really, this movie came out in 1974. It's one of the most popular and most-discussed movies of all time. There comes a point when you can no longer "spoil" something. No big deal, though, and I'd rather this not derail into a discussion about spoilers.
posted by DecemberBoy at 4:08 PM on March 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

Michael Corleone and Hyman Roth are playing chess at a high level, and there's bad blood and tension from the start.

The Rosatto Brothers, backed by Roth, are giving the Corleone family a hard time in New York.

Meanwhile, Roth is fully aware of Michael's nature, and regardless of what he says, would not take kindly to the Corleones moving in on his turf in Vegas. (Would you? Ask Moe Green; there isn't even a plaque or a signpost for him!) Roth is following the same principle as Michael. "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

Michael knows this.

Johnny Ola's presence is a suspicious cover to prevent a war after the hit, and there to make sure the would-be assassins are dispatched before they can talk. Michael undoubtedly figures this out early on.

("A guy who probably wants me dead has his consigliere in town the night I'm shot at. Hmmm...")

Indeed, there's no evidence that Michael EVER thought Frank Pentangeli was behind the hit, because A) Frankie doesn't have it in him and B) after the hit, Michael tells Tom that he's going to see Roth, and that he might not be coming back. (In other words, he's expecting to be killed.)

Perhaps Michael is taking a few leaps in logic, but it's never unreasonable to assume that Roth wants him dead. At any rate, Michael certainly wants Roth dead from the start. And Michael Corleone has a very tactical mind, as was demonstrated repeatedly in the first film and the novel.

Of course, the easy answer is that Johnny Ola brought Michael an orange from Miami, and oranges symbolize death in the Godfather movies. (Not that Michael would know this. But he's pretty sharp, so maybe he read the script in advance.)
posted by dbgrady at 4:13 PM on March 27, 2009

As far as Michael knowing it was Roth - could it be maybe that Michael didn't know who it was, but thought it could have been either one, so he tells both that he knows it was the other one.

That could be, but until he figures out that Roth was behind the shooting, he thinks Roth is his partner and that they're going to do this big deal in Cuba together and everything is all buddy-buddy. Pentangeli even tells Michael at the beginning: "Your father did business with Hyman Roth, but he never trusted Hyman Roth.", implying that Michael does trust Roth.
posted by DecemberBoy at 4:14 PM on March 27, 2009

How does he know?

He doesn't know. He systematically lies to everyone in order to draw someone into making a mistake that will identify them as the true enemy.

Unfortunately for both Michael and Fredo, it's Fredo that makes the mistake, when he reveals he met Johnny Ola prior to the current trip, which means he's had dealings with Johnny Ola, and by extension, Roth.

This is also why Frankie Five Angels is shown a bit of mercy by Michael, by vowing to leave Frankie's family out of it if Frankie takes his own life instead of testifying.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 4:58 PM on March 27, 2009

Yeah, I don't think that Michael ever suspected Pentangeli. The hit is too well-planned, taking place on the compound itself.

Where it gets confusing is that Roth decides to take Michael's suspicion of Pentangeli as permission to kill him to solve the Rosatto Bros. plans in New York, which leads the Rosatto brothers to tell Frank that "Michael Corleone says hello" before they botch the hit on him. This leads to Pentageli turning on Michael and planning to testify before Congress.

I think, anyway.
posted by Bookhouse at 5:00 PM on March 27, 2009

Michael didn't know who it was until Havana, when Fredo messes up and mentioning meetin Johnny Ola before. *That*'s when Michael puts Roth's (attemped) assassination into motion.
posted by notsnot at 5:28 PM on March 27, 2009

Yes, notsnot has it right. Its Fredo's slip-up that's the give-away.

I also think Michael does plenty of playing one off the other to see who gets nervous.
posted by trinity8-director at 5:43 PM on March 27, 2009

Okay, that totally makes sense. Until Fredo's slip-up at the sex show in Havana he doesn't know who it was for sure, and when he tells Roth he knows it was Pentangeli and then tells Pentangeli he knows it was Roth, he's just lying to them and waiting for someone to slip up and accidentally reveal who was really behind it, which Fredo later does.
posted by DecemberBoy at 6:17 PM on March 27, 2009

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