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Former Monroeville police chief has 2nd Loudermill hearing

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Former Monroeville police Chief Doug Cole could be back on the job next week, this time as assistant chief. A court-ordered arbitrator ruled on Friday, November 1, 2013, that the municipality violated Cole’s contract when municipal manager Lynette McKinney demoted him “without cause” to sergeant in February.

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By Kyle Lawson
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, 9:01 p.m.
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Former Monroeville police Chief Doug Cole was suspended for 10 days this week amid an ongoing internal investigation, municipal officials said.

Cole — who was demoted to the rank of sergeant in February — attended a Loudermill hearing last month to defend himself against at least one accusation that he violated municipal policy. A Loudermill hearing is part of the “due process” requirement for a government employee prior to removal or disciplinary action.

The reason for the hearing was not disclosed, as personnel matters are private. Monroeville manager Lynette McKinney, police Chief Steve Pascarella and finance director Susan Werksman have filed a number of accusations against Cole.

McKinney said she could not comment. Pascarella could not be reached for comment.

Cole was notified Monday of his suspension. A second Loudermill hearing took place Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if it resulted in further action or when Cole may return to work.

McKinney scheduled that second hearing based on accusations that Cole violated the employee handbook, the home-rule charter and police policies, according to a letter obtained by this newspaper.

In February, Pascarella and McKinney accused Cole of buying emergency communication equipment years ago without the consent of then-manager Marshall Bond. At the time, Cole was an assistant police chief.

Bond defended Cole in a letter dated July 2, 2013.

“Doug Cole as the then-assistant chief of police did have my approval to move the JAG program ahead, which included ordering the equipment to be used in Monroeville,” he wrote.

McKinney had asked the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to investigate the allegation. The DA's office decided prosecution wasn't warranted.

That's not the only issue raised against Cole, who some say was demoted for political reasons.

Last August, Pascarella filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that said the dispatch process in Monroeville — under Cole's leadership — resulted in a violation of a federal health-privacy law. Municipal officials are awaiting the results of the federal investigation, though Mayor Greg Erosenko said this month that Pittsburgh attorney Bill Bresnahan, who gathered information for that investigation, said it's unlikely that anyone will be charged.

An internal municipal investigation concluded that there were violations of the employee handbook.

Monroeville firefighters accessed police information documented during 911 calls, according to the investigative report, which also said Cole said he was unaware firefighters accessed old 911-call data.

According to multiple emergency officials and firefighters, Pascarella oversaw the computer system and was the only person trained to set it up.

“This was all Pascarella's (computer) system,” said attorney Michael Colarusso, who represents Cole.

“The police chief cannot do all the work in the police department. People under him had been given certain responsibilities.”

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AP - Eric Barron answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become Penn State University's 18th president on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer.

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The starting base salary for the incoming Penn State University president matches that of Michael Drake, the incoming president at Ohio State University. Drake, scheduled to begin work June 30, is eligible for $200,000 in annual deferred compensation and $200,000 more in annual performance bonuses.

Another large public research university considered a Penn State peer is the University of Michigan, where President-elect Mark Schlissel will receive a base salary of $750,000 when he begins work July 1. He will be eligible for an annual retention bonus of $100,000.

Closer to home, the University of Pittsburgh will pay its next chancellor, Patrick Gallagher, a $525,000 salary when he starts Aug. 1. He is eligible for $100,000 annual retention payments.

The median total compensation for public university presidents in the United States was $441,392 in 2011-12, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, though its survey included schools smaller than Penn State and its peer universities.

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Michael B. Poliakoff doesn't doubt Eric J. Barron is a top-notch choice to lead Penn State University. But he says Barron's top-dollar contract — worth up to $6 million over five years — is unconscionable.

“Leadership in higher education at this moment really demands a level of modesty and forgoing high levels of compensation,” said Poliakoff, a vice president at the nonprofit American Council of Trustees and Alumni in Washington. “This is a time when students and their families are making enormous sacrifices to meet ever-rising tuition.”

Tuition is especially high at Penn State, where trustees this week approved a contract that will pay Barron, 62, a $200,000 “transitional payment” and an $800,000 starting salary when he assumes the presidency by May 12. The school's annual tuition and fees of about $17,000 make it the second-most-expensive public university for in-state undergraduates, behind only the University of Pittsburgh, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Barron's compensation will place him among the best-paid presidents and chancellors at public universities in the United States, a Chronicle of Higher Education analysis shows. The Chronicle last year listed only four chief executives at comparable schools whose overall compensation in 2011-12 eclipsed Barron's forecast salary and bonuses. A $1 million retention payment at the end of his five-year contract, paired with annual retention payments of $200,000 apiece, could bring his average pay to more than $1 million a year.

The lofty figure might irritate state lawmakers who allocated more than $284 million in taxpayer money for Penn State in 2013-14, said Donald Heller, the College of Education dean at Michigan State University.

“There could be some public pushback on it,” said Heller, a former Penn State faculty member. Still, he said school trustees endured a tough presidential search after the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal and “must have felt, to really convince Eric Barron to come back, they'd have to pay him very handsomely.”

Several Penn State trustees who approved Barron's contract did not answer questions from the Tribune-Review on Tuesday about how they determined his pay. “The total compensation package for the president is competitive and reasonable when compared to the presidential peer group that was reviewed,” university spokeswoman Lisa Powers wrote via email.

Barron, a former Penn State dean and now president at Florida State University, declined to discuss his pay negotiations. Market forces appear to have a stronger hand in contract talks because fewer people want the increasingly stressful job of a public university president, while private schools offer higher salaries, he said.

“So my view is that Penn State is working, as they do in all things ... to be consistent and competitive with the top tier of public universities in the nation. I believe that is, in reality, the only compensation story to tell,” Barron wrote in an email to the Trib.

Consultants probably advised Penn State trustees on market research and how similar schools pay their presidents, said John Thornburgh, a senior partner who specializes in college president searches for the Chicago-based firm Witt/Kieffer. He said the university of 98,000 students and $848 million in annual research counts about 20 peers in size and scope.

“On face value, I don't see his package being out of the ordinary. But I would also say this is above and beyond what a comparison might be with other universities,” Thornburgh said. “Penn State and its next president are facing an enormous challenge in the need to provide stability. In essence, they're paying a premium for stable, effective leadership.”

Adam Smeltz is a staff writerfor Trib Total Media.

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Entertainment lars 300x125 Two Black Designers Snag Major HonorsBy  Julee Wilson

Last week, New York City’s Pratt Institute closed the doors on its highly successful “Black Dress: Ten Contemporary Fashion Designers” exhibit, which ran for 11 weeks and spotlighted the contributions and creations of black designers.

While the show has been shuttered, that certainly doesn’t mean the celebration of those talented individuals has ended.

In fact, two of the fashion designers included in the exhibit, Stephen Burrows and Byron Lars, were honored at the 2014 Pratt Institute Fashion Show and Cocktail Benefit. The annual event is an opportunity for the fine arts school to showcase designs from its graduating class and hand out its most prestigious awards.

This year, Pratt’s Fashion Award for Lifetime Achievement went to Burrows, a designer whose work spans more than 50 years and whose creations have been worn by Michelle Obama, Kate Moss, Diana Ross and many more. Lest we forget, this is also the man that put Iman in her first pair of high heels.

But it was another iconic supermodel and a close friend of Burrows, Pat Cleveland, who presented the award to Burrows last night, thanking him for “making us all feel that we’ve flown on the red carpet of the wonderful rainbow of fashion.”

The night’s Fashion Visionary Award went to Lars, who launched his eponymous collection in 1991 and is known for his intricate ladylike frocks — making it no surprise that he has also dressed the First Lady, as well as stars like Alicia Keys, Natalie Portman and Tasha Smith.

But it was acclaimed actress Angela Bassett, one of Lars’ biggest fans, who was on hand to present him with the Pratt award.

Thomas F. Schutte, Pratt’s president, added to the chorus of praise for Burrows and Lars, calling them “two of the most dynamic designers of our time.”

Schutte’s assessment couldn’t be more true, considering the honorees’ bodies of work and their level of influence within the fashion industry. But the Pratt awards take on more meaning when one considers fashion’s glaring lack of diversity, an issue that’s received a lot of attention in recent years. In that light, it’s both exciting and surprising to have two black designers celebrated by Pratt in the same year.

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Trinity Lutheran School is a parochial school in the Lutheran tradition that seeks to serve students and families from all walks of faith. Our students and their families come from a wide variety of faith backgrounds encompassing many Christian denominations. We consider it a joy and a privilege to share the Word of God’s love with all people. There are many types of private schools. Christian schools are often the school of choice for parents seeking a Christ-centered education. For more information on Lutheran Schools, please visit the website for the Lutheran Schools Association at www.lsany.org.

Lutheran Schools are recognized for their academic excellence. Trinity Lutheran School is chartered by the State of New York, accredited by the National Lutheran Schools Association and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It is a member of the Lutheran Schools Association of Metropolitan New York, a chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and National Spanish Honor Society.

Our students go on to succeed in a wide range of high schools. Most parents choose to continue their child’s education at another parochial or Christian school. Some choose to send their child to the public school in their district. Regardless of what high school our students attend, they are well prepared for the rigors of their secondary education. Many of our students receive scholarships to non-public schools and are placed into honors classes in both the public and parochial school settings. Trinity Lutheran offers Regents level classes, and prepares students for Spanish level two in high school.

Trinity Lutheran School offers programs for Early Childhood / Preschool ages 2-5, Elementary School grades K-5, and Middle School grades 6-8. We also offer before and after-school supervision to children of working parents. The dedicated staff provides a high quality, home-like experience for the children in a familiar setting. Our k-8 students wear uniforms which add to our culture of community and encourages a sense of unity. We believe that uniforms contribute positively to students’ behavior. Please feel free to call, 516-931-2211, and request a visit so that you may experience our excellent program first hand. We look forward to meeting you.


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Blending Science and Medicine via a MD/PhD Program

by Christina Hodel

Medicine and Science have long had a torrid romance and for those who enjoy the clinical side of medicine and have a passion for science as well, a joint MD/PhD program such as the one offered through USC Keck and Cal Tech may be something to consider.

Often times fully-funded, a MD/PhD is designed for physician-scientists.

Rod Ulane, author of The M.D./Ph.D.: An Academic Path to a Career as a Physician-Scientist says, “In many respects, physician-scientists are neither physicians nor scientists. Their dual training gives them a unique perspective: Well-trained physician-scientists have the experience and instincts to observe clinical syndromes, reflect on symptoms in the light of fundamental biological science, and pursue the study of those diseases through hypothesis-driven research.”

According to Melissa Lechner, a MD/PhD candidate in the Systems Biology and Disease Department at Keck, a dual degree program provides a strong foundation for a career.

Adam Raff after his research presentation at the 25th International Papillomavirus Conference in Malmo, Sweden. Photo courtesy of Adam Raff.

“A MD/PhD puts you in a unique position—it gives you unique insight,” Lechner said. “You are trained not to just solve problems, but to solve them in a new way”

Completed in about 6 to 8 years, joint MD/PhD programs usually allow students to begin their first two years of medical school classes as usual, then spend two to four years working on a scientific PhD before completing the last two years of med school.

A career consisting of a combination of clinical work, research and teaching is what often results for those choosing this path, Lechner said.

“Anyone who likes research can do it,” she said. “You don’t just do research, you become an investigator.”

Similarly, the need for investigators who are well trained in both basic science and clinical research has long been recognized within the biomedical science community.

To help meet this need, in 1964 NIGMS established the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). Participants who graduate from an MSTP will also have a combined MD/PhD.

While it’s still possible to conduct similar research without a PhD there are a few key aspects to consider, said Adam Raff, a third year medical student who just finished the PhD portion of his MD/PhD program.

“Research has aspects that are very exciting; it is a very creative field and there’s lot of innovation and some real excitement about pursuing and exploring something that is totally novel,” Raff said.

“I feel like the creativity, innovation and the unknown is something that clinical medicine might not provide.”

Getting into a MD/PhD program is very competitive and the best way for students to prepare is to get hands-on research experience in a lab, Raff said.

A MD/PhD application is not so different than an MD only application. However, those applying should highlight research skills, published work and teaching experience.

In addition applicants should be aware that schools may want two sets of recommendation letters (one from professors and the others from research mentors) and may need to go through two interviews.

According to Beth Pineles, a MD/PhD candidate studying Epidemiology, showing a passion in medicine is only half of the matter.

Those looking into doing a MD/PhD “should definitely do some undergrad research and try to be involved as much as they can, really understand the project well and get to know the people they are working with so they can get some great—not informal or general—letters of recommendation,” Pineles said.

While the six to eight year path for a MD/PhD may seem daunting, for some like Raff, the path is well worth it.

“As an MD you are standing on the shoulders of medical giants of the past but you aren’t changing medicine unless you are doing research,” Raff said.

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RBR Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of Undefeated Season

[Editor’s Note:  The 30th Anniversary celebration will be held Friday, Feb. 15 at 6 pm.]

[Editor’s Note:  This event has been postponed due to impending inclement weather.  It has been rescheduled for next weekend.  However, it has not yet been determined whether the event would be held on Friday, Feb. 15 or Saturday, Feb. 16.  Saturday’s RBR boys’ basketball game has been cancelled.]

Little Silver – It was a feat that has not been duplicated in the shore area since.  The 1982-83 Red Bank Regional (RBR) Boys’ Basketball Team rode to a perfect season on the wave of public hope and excitement 30 years ago.

“I was a student at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School at the time,” RBR’s current athletic director Del Dal Pra recalls, “And every weekend my friends and I would go down the road and root the RBR Buccaneers to another victory. To this day, everyone with Jersey Shore sports history recalls that team.”

Dal Pra, working with the dream team’s head coach Nick Pizzulli, the current interim athletic director for the Middletown Township School District, arranged for the 31-0 team players to take one more bow on the Buccaneer basketball court.  On Saturday, Feb. 9, at 6 pm, members of the team will return to their alma mater prior to the start of the RBR boys’ basketball game versus Shore Regional. RBR is located at 101 Ridge Road in Little Silver.

Among the players expected to return is Dan Stubbs, the RBR guard who went on to play football at the University of Miami, was admitted to their Sports Hall of Fame and enjoyed a ten-year pro-football career.  He earned two Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco 49ers and went to the play-offs with the Miami Dolphins.

Other players expected to attend include George Hall, the guard who scored over 1000 points in high school, made All-State and played basketball at Franklin Pierce College. Another All-State player, Barry Phoenix played college basketball at the University of New Haven.  Other 31-0 team starters included Russell Perry, Edwin Perez, George Simms and Edgar Boynton.  All have been contacted and most hope to make the event.

The team is remembered as one of the greatest in RBR’s rich history, which extends over 100 years. They won three NJSIAA group championships, and were named the number one team in the state of New Jersey.  Their trophy and banner are proudly displayed among the other accolades in the high school’s sport showcase. The 30th anniversary commemoration provides the community the opportunity to see these great players once again, and for the alumni to visit with RBR’s current players whom they inspire.

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Discussion in 'Racquets' started by erik-the-red, Feb 26, 2006.

  1. erik-the-red

    erik-the-red Semi-Pro

    Mar 23, 2005
    In your opinion, is a choked-up 27" racquet held by a kid ( < 11) significantly more difficult to wield than a 26" junior raacquet?
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    IMO, if the racket's too long for his/her height (not age), it may (please note: MAY) interfere with proper stroke development as it would be too akward to make proper swings.

    Of course age is the factor in the ability to hold a racket for sometime (muscle development). A full-size racket may be too heavy for the kid to swing even if the height permits.

    But, considering the weight question, why is it that there are Jr. rackets made of wood?

    I may be wrong. Just my oppinion.

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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by FitzRoy, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. FitzRoy

    FitzRoy Professional

    Aug 26, 2006
    If my math is correct...

    Then Ljubicic will be dropping out of the Top 10 for sure.

    As will Haas, by virtue of his losing 75 points by not showing up.

    Blake will remain in the Top 10, though he'll definitely be going from 8 to 9 at least, with Robredo moving past him. If Canas manages to win the whole thing, then Blake would end up at 10 because Canas would pass him as well.

    If either Davydenko or Djokovic make it to the Semis, then they move past Roddick in the rankings. Number 2 ranking is still unattainable for either of them. Djokovic has already moved past Gonzalez and will be at least #5 after the tournament.

    Robredo has moved past Blake and Ljubicic, but won't pass Gonzalez unless he manages to win the whole thing. Robredo would move into third by doing that unless Djokovic also makes the final, in which case Djokovic would end up at 3rd with Robredo being 4th.

    Canas can crack the Top 10 if he wins the tournament. If Canas does that and Robredo fails to make the semifinal, then Canas would pass Robredo as well and end up at #7(!). Or, if Robredo does make the semifinal, then Canas would end up at #8.

    Murray will move past Ljubicic and Haas and back into the Top 10 without playing unless Canas wins the tournament, in which case he'd remain at 11.

    I know it's a long shot, but the fact that Canas could already find himself back in the Top 10 is amazing to me.
  2. jmverdugo

    jmverdugo Hall of Fame

    Nov 22, 2006
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    Well, for canas is all the way up since he is not defending any points at all, he is just wining, Vamos Willy!!

    Question, if he lost his next match how much points does he get?, what will be his ranking? thanks...
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    pj80 Semi-Pro

    Jan 27, 2007
    what about goran ivanisevic...where is he ranked?
  4. FitzRoy

    FitzRoy Professional

    Aug 26, 2006
    If he lost, then he'd get 250 points for his quarterfinal showing. I believe that would put him at #17, but I'm not sure.

    Apr 6, 2007
    Canas has nothing to defend until the fall and they are all challenger events, so he has no where to go but UP.

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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by Andre's Mom, Sep 7, 2004.

  1. Andre's Mom

    Andre's Mom New User

    Jun 21, 2004
    What a mistake from the empire........
    why didn't she corrected herself? and why Serena didn' call the referee?......that's why they are there.
    this was by far the most incredible unfair tennis match I have seen.
    Sorry for Serena.....
    I hope Capriati goes all the way now.....
  2. guitarplayer

    guitarplayer Guest

    Why didn't the lines person walk over and say the ball was clearly in? Why did the chair ump not announce her call? Why didn't Serena call for an umpire, any professional would know that. It is not Jen's responsibility to make or over rule calls.
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    Feb 19, 2004
    In front of my computer, obviously
    Why do we have four threads about the exact same point? Why don't people take a glance at the board before they post things? Why, why, why?
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    guitarplayer Guest

    why did you respond?

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Law & Order: SVU, American Idol, Survivor: One World, and Modern Family were each adjusted up a tenth while Rock Center, Off Their Rockers, Best Friends Forever were adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Wednesday's preliminary ratings.

Broadcast final ratings for Wednesday, April 18, 2012:

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating 18-49 Share Viewers Live+SD (million)
8:00PM FOX American Idol (8-10 PM) 4.8 14 16.890
CBS Survivor: One World 2.8 9 9.960
NBC Betty White's Off Their Rockers 1.6 5 5.980
ABC The Middle -R 1.3 4 4.600
CW America's Next Top Model -R 0.4 1 0.930
8:30PM ABC Suburgatory 2.0 6 5.690
NBC Best Friends Forever 0.8 2 2.830
9:00 PM ABC Modern Family 4.1 11 10.210
CBS Criminal Minds -R 1.7 5 7.400
NBC Rock Center With Brian Williams 0.6 2 2.550
CW America's Next Top Model 0.6 2 1.310
9:30PM ABC Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23 2.6 7 6.430
10:00PM ABC Revenge 2.3 6 7.770
NBC Law and Order: SVU 1.6 4 5.950
CBS CSI -R 1.5 5 6.730

Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.

  • TB

    I’m glad that Revenge and the Bitch didn’t drop at all :)

  • forg

    Don’t Trust the B was not adjusted like what post-Modern Family shows usually experience. Very glad Suburgatory was just down a notch without a new Middle lead in definitely a keeper. Also glad MF is still in the 4s and Revenge held up fine

  • John A

    I mean Why Is Rock Center still on? NBC must have something that could do better.

  • John A

    As bad as HL did at least it got a 1.2 in that slot.

  • Nick

    :-( @Off Their Rockers: Another case of viewer/demo ratio (a la Harry’s Law). OTR has more viewers than any other NBC show that doesn’t have “Voice” in its title!

    HA! @Best Friends forever

  • Lane

    Revenge was adjusted up like 200k viewers I think.

  • toadytoady

    Good to see SVU up to 1.6 key demo and 5.9million.

  • Petar

    I am so sorry a have major problem with my internet(network) but my question to Bill words:
    Bill Gorman said:
    Because studios lose money on the production of pretty much every scripted broadcast primetime episode and hope to make it back in syndication.

    More episodes = more losses!

    @Bill Gorman

    Are you sure about that? I mean more ep more money from syndication, right? If you have 20 more ep with 2million per ep in syndication? I mean is there any difference at least between hits and other shows? For example CBS order one more ep for PoI total 23 ep, until other new CBS shows are with 22! ALL CBS hit dramas are with 23 ep! One more ep! So i guess hits make more money from AD and TV pay more to CBS studio WB etc! Thats my logic!

    And is shows budjet depends from their ratings! And if so from previous or current season ratings? And how exactly – is every tenth more money or there have some levels 2.5 for example or 3 or 3.5 pr bigger thab 4 and so on!
    I am sorry onceagain! thanks Bill!

  • Michael

    Well, at least the CW is seeing growth this week.

    Gossip Girl: 0.6
    Hart Of Dixie: 0.6
    ANTM: 0.6

    All up a tenth from previous episodes.

  • AlcoholicsAnonymous

    Fantastic SVU episode last night and an 1.6 is just sad. Meloni fans still boycotting the show?

  • Ultima

    Off Their Rockers: Another case of viewer/demo ratio (a la Harry’s Law)

    The percentage of viewers in the demo for Off Their Rockers is almost the same as SVU, Survivor and American Idol (~35%); Harry’s Law is half of that.

  • Andrew

    The CW is doing fairly well this week. Ringer was up in it’s finale Tuesday to a 0.5 as well.

  • Kyle

    The 90210 repeat (0.4) and the finale of Ringer (0.5) was also up vs. last week.

  • Torrance

    Is Revenge less horribly boring than it was before hiatus? I had to stop around episode 8, I think it was, because of how dull it was.

  • John

    At least Revenge was stable.

  • Survivor Fan

    Is there a reason that Survivor has been adjusted up 8 of 10 times this season? What causes the same shows to always be adjusted?

  • Bunny

    Good for Apt 23

  • Fake Me Out

    Maybe NBC should try airing the NHL playoffs … could it be any worse than what they’re doing now?

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  • HB

    Wow Revenge was adjusted up for the total viewers!

  • rob60990

    Revenge skewed a little older. That’s its most watched episode since January 5 yet 2nd lowest demo only to the Thanksgiving Eve episode.

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Adults 18-49: Rating/Share 4.4/11 3.7/9 1.5/4 1.3/3 0.8/2
Adults 18-34: Rating/Share 3.7/11 2.8/8 1.5/4 0.9/3 0.5/2
Total Viewers (million) 12.62 15.97 3.35 6.56 2.37

NOTE: Due to the nature of live  programming the ratings for NBC & CBS (NFL Football & Overrun)  are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers.

CBS prime was delayed by 51 minutes in the Eastern and Central time zones due to NFL overrun (Denver vs. KC).  CBS ratings are tentative and subject to change.

NBC was number one among adults 18-49, but CBS won with with total viewers.

On NBC  Sunday Night Football,  (Giants-Redskins) earned a preliminary 5.4, down from last week's 8.8  adults 18-49 rating.

On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos garnered a 1.2, down two tenths from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.  Once Upon a Time matched its last original's series low 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Christmas in Conway earned a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating

On FOX,  Bob’s Burgers scored a 1.6, down three tenths from last week's 1.9 adults 18-49 rating.   American Dad garnered a 1.7, down two tenths from last week's 1.9  adults 18-49 rating

On CBS, 60 Minutes earned a huge Football-inflated 3.4 adults 18-49 rating way up from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. The Amazing Race notched  a 1.9, up  from last week's 1.6  adults 18-49 rating. The Good Wife scored a 1.6, up three tenths from last week's 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.  The Mentalist garnered a 1.5 at 11PM, down a tenth from last week's 1.6 adults 18-49 rating.

Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, December 1, 2013:

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating 18-49 Share Viewers Live+SD (million)
7:00PM CBS Football Overrun (7-8PM) 7.8 21 27.23
NBC Football Night in America 1.5 4 5.28
ABC America's Funniest Home Videos 1.2 3 6.70
FOX Bob's Burgers -R 1.1 3 3.54
7:30PM NBC Football Night in America 2.3 6 6.66
FOX American Dad -R 1.1 3 2.73
8:00 PM NBC Football Night in America/ Pre-Kick 4.0 10 11.51
CBS 60 Minutes 3.4 8 16.14
ABC Once Upon a Time 1.9 5 6.60
FOX The Simpsons -R 1.5 4 3.54
8:30PM NBC Sunday Night Football (8:30-11PM) 5.4  13  15.51
FOX Bob's Burgers 1.6 4 3.38
9:00PM CBS The Amazing Race 1.9 4 10.40
FOX Family Guy -R 1.6 4 3.46
ABC Christmas in Conway (9-11PM) 1.1 3 6.45
9:30PM FOX American Dad 1.7 4 3.45
10:00PM CBS The Good Wife 1.6 4 10.11
11:00PM CBS The Mentalist 1.5 4 8.58

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  • Matt

    OUAT. :(

  • Mike

    OUAT was great.

  • Glue

    Hope OUAT adjusts up.

  • Dennis

    bahaha OUAT is doing terrible

  • Michael

    Hope OUAT rebounds. Tired of the pan arc.

  • psychic

    The Mentalist is great again. If it continues on this path I can maybe put the pigeon fiasco out of mind.

  • Vasco Silva

    Is ABC trying to kill OUAT?

  • enri

    Love the mentalist…even if it doesn’t start until 10pm here due to football I’ll stay up to watch it.

  • josh

    Once upon a time still top scripted broadcast show of the night thats somethin i guess TWD was also pretty good

  • jupiter3765

    once is at least stable great but not great for the mentalist

  • Wn

    I really like the reboot of The Mentalist., so I’m glad the ratings didn’t drop too much, especially considering the start time.

  • J

    Also The Mentalist aired at 11pm ehehe

  • Matt

    OUAT needs to rebound fast. Maybe with the return to Storybrooke next week it will.

  • Midwestmary

    Didn’t watch TGW yet but am glad to see it is up from last weeks tragic numbers. Hope it holds.

  • DenverDean

    @Vasco How is ABC trying to “kill” OUAT? It was opposite repeat Simpsons, a weak SNF, normal 60M/AR. It’s more of lack of interest in the show since it was down almost 30% from year-ago episode on Thanksgiving Sunday night. The problem isn’t ABC.

  • jupiter3765

    once will probally adjust up though

  • AllOfHerTw!st

    Go The Mentalist! All the way until midnight! ;-) :-)

    The post-Red John story arc looks to be an interesting fresh start for the show.

    remember mentalist and goodwife fans big overrun on football so a 1.6 and 1 .5 doesn’t look good

  • CrimTV

    ABC already killed the show last season.

  • jupiter3765

    how is it abcs fault that once is declining but stable

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friday night lights canceledAfter more than a year away from network television, Friday Night Lights is back on NBC with season four. But, how long will it last? The acclaimed TV show’s always been ratings-challenged. Has it already been cancelled?

Friday Night Lights (FNL) revolves around a high school football team, its players and the surrounding community. The large ensemble cast boasts performers like Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Taylor Kitsch, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons, Aimee Teegarden, Gaius Charles, Blue Deckert, Scott Porter, Derek Phillips, Brad Leland, Liz Mikel, Stacey Oristano, Nieko Mann, Kate Krause, Kevin Rankin, Louanne Stephens, Josh McVaney, Pablo D. Flores, Katherine Willis, Joey Truty, and Jeremy Sumpter.

After struggling through two seasons on NBC, it looked like FNL was doomed to become one of those “brilliant but cancelled” series that has their life cut short. Fortunately, NBC and DirecTV went into business together and agreed to share the production costs. Under the agreement, DirecTV gets to air the episodes first. This sometimes frustrates NBC viewers but it’s better than the show not being produced at all.

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After season three, it looked like FNL might be cancelled once again. Surprisingly, DirecTV and NBC renewed the show for two seasons, albeit with only 13 episodes apiece. There was speculation that this would translate into season five being the end for FNL.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Various sources have reported that season five will be the end for FNL. The actors and crew have also been informed that they’re free to find other work once production shuts down in June.

TV show supportBoth NBC and executive producer Jason Katims insist that nothing is official but it’s obvious that the writing’s on the wall — unless of course the episodes bring great ratings for NBC. After three seasons of disappointing numbers, nobody’s expecting that to happen.

Katims is hopeful that FNL will get a sixth season but said, “If it winds up being the final season of the show, then I will feel very, very lucky and grateful that we were able to do as many episodes of a show that is so dear to my heart.”

Fortunately for NBC viewers, they still have 26 episodes of the series ahead of them. And, since the fifth season is still being produced, the cast and crew should have no trouble coming up with a fitting way to end the series. DirecTV is expected to start airing season five in Fall 2010.

What do you think? Any suggestions on how to end Friday Night Lights or should it continue for a sixth season?

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  1. Allen Wilder says

    This show was more than just football. This show taught kids how to deal with real life problems and how to deal with them. This show needs to be brought back. Most shows now are just not real T.V. Please consider putting this program back on. Thanks

  2. Crystal says

    Unfortunately, I never watched this show when it was on NBC, but my hubby and I stumbled upon it on Netflix and I am SO incredibly sad there are only 5 seasons :( This is such a great show, better than most the shows out there. Come back!

  3. no one says

    honestly, i just started watching the show on netflix and i instantly fell in love with it. It is a huge disappointment that they canceled the show, I wish they hadn’t

  4. shelby says

    that show has helped me raise my daughter… she’s the same age as julie (the character). I looked forward to it EVERY week.. I am sure going to miss it.. I am very very sad :(

  5. LFX says

    So sorry this show was canceled. It was never very well promoted though. I didn’t even know about it the entire time it was on. Just discovered it over the summer on Netflix streaming. It is easily the best show on television. I am so sorry I didn’t discover it sooner. I bet there are a lot of people like me who would have watched if we knew it was there.

  6. Keith says

    from a 64 year old former Marine . not much on TV to watch now days. why in the hell would thay take a show of this caliber off ! what a sad state our TV shows have become. who in the hell is running our TV shows a bunch of panty wastes. will miss FNL for sure. pretty soon be canceling monday night football and replace it with the bachelorette .

  7. Audrey says

    I agree with many. It is one of the best shows on. How do they get these ratings…everyone
    I know loves this show and no one has asked our opinion. It’s refreshing to have a show that doesn’t take place in a morgue or courtroom..Please how many whodunit shows can
    one watch.. FNL is different, acting is terrific…We want MORE!!!!

  8. elly says

    i can’t believe this is the end and i was diappointed in the ending
    closure was shown for each of the characters, but so much more could have been written
    this outstanding show was not advertised as it should have been. Football was a small part of the issues delt with each episode. Eric was fantastic with his facial expressions and he was firm on respect and discipline issues. The show had positive and negative points in each characters life and i am sure the viewers could relate. You could still bring it back~!!

  9. Leanna says

    I love Friday Night Lights! So sad to see it cancelled. One of the best shows around. They ended it but left it so they could write it to continue on.

  10. Tom says

    this is the biggest disappointment nbc could of made.best show ever.poor ratings were probably due to when it was being shown.most people who liked or would of liked this show were probably out on friday nights doing other things.probably a more mobile fan base that would watch a show as fnl than the ones who would stay at home more to watch tv like dramas and romantic shows.more advertising could have been done also.does the ratings show all the fans who werent home but dvr’d it everyweek to watch it when they could?bring the best show nbc had back!

  11. BBH says

    Best show I have ever seen on network television. Cant believe they cancelled it. Pissed off when i realized that was it. great ending though, the writers and actors did a great job wrapping it up. I would like it to come back though.

  12. Christina says

    I was sooo disappointed to see FNL end this season. I guess I didn’t realize it was the last show. I had to do a double take when I saw SERIES FINALE on the info. I thought it said SEASON FINALE. I was wrong. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!

  13. J. Benckendorf says

    Dumbest move by NBC ever! This was the only show I watched on NBC! Now I will stick to CBS and ABC. They have way better comedy shows! I loved FNL, and felt like I was part of the Taylor family! I have all 5 seasons on dvd. This show helped my wife like football! I was truly sad last night after the show ended. NBC executives need to rethink this one! They have retained the dumbest shows, and let their saving grace go by the wayside! Idiots!

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Ooookay,so the"coalition going after the public libraries after taking down all the aggregator sites(like Onemanga)"wasn't one of my better edits.Let's see if I can explain this a little better; A lot of people often saw sites like Onemanga as a sort of online library.Shure,the scans posted there are either grey,or,illegal as hell,but for many,it was a good way to; 1.keep up to speed on a favorite series(many DO buy the mangas when the do come out) a favorite series that isn't licenced and hasn't left Japan(for every one series that's licenced,there are a dozen that are not.) manga (licenced or otherwise) in certain parts of the world that the "publishing coalition" wouldn't touch with a ten-metre pole. From my POV,what the "publishing colation"is doing right now is,more or less,simular to,oh say,the nazis emptying out the public libraries of certain books,and burning them in huge bonfires.Or the actions of the so-called "firemen" in the movie "Fahrenheit 451".But all-in-all,forcing the aggregator sites to close down or else be sued by thier army of ambulance-chasers will probably end up hurting the"publishing coalition"in the long run(close down one site,3more will take it's place).Well that's all I've got to say on this subject right now.Agree with it,or not,it's up to you.
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Have you seen the sales of manga in America? In the past few years they have basically become non-existant. I mean a best selling series sells like two thousands copies.

It was either try to get rid of the aggregator sites or go bankrupt killing the manga industry in America.
10:27:23 AM Sep 4th 2010
Can someone do a burrow-through in the manga/anime titles and get rid of all the links to the images on One Manga site? THEY ARE GETTING RID OF ALL THEIR SCANLATIONS and I really don't like clicking on a dead link!
08:59:07 AM Sep 5th 2010
The abysmal sales of manga in America are more at fault of the utter incompetence of the American industry to update their distrubution methods with the times. Although it's easy to say most people are creating and using these sites to get manga for free because they don't want to pay for them, it's not as simple as paying for them. A lot of scanlated manga aren't even officially translated and sold to the U.S., so the job is left to scanlators to do what the industry will not. And the ones that ARE officially translated are terribly far behind what's coming out over in Japan, and the internet model is simply quicker and convenient.

If there were a service that provided what the manga readers do at a monthly fee with professional and swift translations, I've no doubt it'd get a ton of business. The American industry, instead of changing and innovating with the times, is relying on IP laws and government force. Supply and demand, and since they refuse to supply the market is simply going around them. Getting rid of readers has just caused an annoyance to those who read scanlated manga, it's still going on. And it will, no matter how many lawsuits they try to file, so long as there is demand that they refuse to meet.
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It's rather ironic that publishers are trying to shut down websites on the grounds of illegal distribution dispite the fact that the publishers aren't publishing the supermajority of those websites' contents.
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As installation of the Target Field playing field began last month, Twins Sports Inc. President Jerry Bell asked Dan Mehls of MA Mortenson if the construction team had plans to test the highly-sophisticated drainage system. The project has made a significant investment in one of the most elaborate playing fields ever installed when one considers the coordinated drainage, irrigation and heating systems. With those elements in mind and the natural grass playing field set to be installed starting today (Aug 24), Mr. Bell simply wanted to know if the team could be assured that the drainage system would deliver.

While it’s unclear whether Mortenson had “official” plans to test the playing field, Jerry got his wish last Wednesday (Aug. 19) afternoon when torrential rains blasted the construction site in downtown Minneapolis. Perhaps it’s a reflection of our dry spring and early summer, but it’s hard to imagine it raining any harder for an extended period of time.  How did Target Field’s drainage system perform? The good news is that the playing field drained and drained well. In fact, head groundskeeper Larry DiVito advised that should a game had been scheduled that evening it would have started on time and been played without delay.

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This time last week, we trailed our round-up of the ten worst football films ever made. We meant it. This evening, we kick-off with the first two, and first up is Nick Love’s re-make of the 1988 film, “The Firm”.

Dipping one’s toe into the world of hoolie-porn can be a dispiriting business. Its emergence may or may not be related to the the onslaught of “laddism” in the early part of the last decade, but a couple of early examples of it, including the mildly unsettling (and only occasionally hilarious) 1995 BBC film ID, are reasonably watchable films. Since then, though, there has been a marked deterioration in their quality. The Firm makes it into our top ten, and it’s not the only hoolie-porn film to do so. Indeed, it’s not the worst in our list, but it’s pretty terrible, not least because it is a re-make of the other reasonably watchable film from the genre, Alan Clark’s 1988 film, umm, The Firm, and it palls in comparison with the film that it may or may not be a homage to.

The Firm (1988) is a gritty, grainy story of internecine rivalries between West Ham United and Millwall hooligan firms that is as much a statement about the state of Britain in the late 1980s as it is about football or football hooliganism. It deals specifically with Bex, a married estate agent with a young child by day, and a hooligan by night, and the film is propelled along by the strength of Gary Oldman’s performance in this role, which wavers between sociopathic and psychopathic before falling firmly into the latter camp. For the re-make, Bex is back but the feel of the film is different. There will be little grit on display here – this much is evident as the Warner Bros logo at the start morphs into a neon sign – and plenty of stylising. The world of The Firm (2009) is a 1980s theme park, in which everyone wears the latest sportswear and the world is coloured in the brightest colours imaginable.

The Firm (1988) did make a reference to the induction of some younger people into Bex’s group, but in the remake this becomes the central plot line. It’s prominence, however, reveals it to be almost incomprehensible. In the original, this initiation is just another part of a maelstrom of other activity. Here, however, pushed into the limelight, it requires a little thought. Director Nick Love’s other works include The Football Factory and The Business, and whose Wikipedia page states that, “Love is well known for collaborating with actor Danny Dyer”, a statement which at least means that the patron saint of hoolie-porn gets at least one reference in this list. As with his other films, The Firm (2009) is based on caricatures – and poorly thought-out caricatures, at that.

The Firm (2009) doesn’t really go to the trouble of explaining what the appeal of the youngster, Dom, is to Bex or, more significantly, what the appeal of Bex is to Dom, and this is a massive failing on its part. Gary Oldman’s Bex was a sociopath, but this made him at least charismatic. Paul Anderson’s Bex, by comparison, is just a bit of, well, a prick. No explanation is given as to why he gets the rush that he does from fighting and drinking; the emptiness of his “other” life in comparison with the edginess of his life as a troublemaker isn’t properly communicated. The film might have been more interesting had it followed the angle, which it kind of hinted at, that against any other background Dom and Bex’s relationship could have become a sexual one but there is no sex to be had here, unless we are to include the relative pornography of looking at or buying expensive Italian sportswear, which they do a lot of. We can see that Dom may be a little bit infatuated with Bex, but the question of why remains utterly elusive.

Indeed, communication is a problem for the film in general. One exchange, between Dom and the teenage buddy that he leaves behind for “the firm”, runs as follows: “I should stick a Tampax in you.” “Why?” “Cos you’re a cunt.” The audience is left to wonder whether it is supposed to laugh at this joke, but there is little time to do so, because Love’s East London is a Van Dyke-esque land in which strings of Cockney rhyming slang are mushed together to form what may or may not be whole sentences. No-one – and I say this as someone who was born in London and lived there during the 1980s – has ever spoken in the way that some of the characters in The Firm (2009) do. Similarly, no cliché is too laboured for this film. The line, “you look like a liquorice allsort”, in reference to a garish tracksuit, is just one example of a script that often feels as if it was written by someone that has never actually interacted with another human being.

The other main plot point is the simmering rivalry between the West Ham and Millwall gangs. The Firm (1988) sees the two groups looking to come together for the 1988 European Championships against a background of their respective leaders’ intensifying bickering, but Love can’t even get this right. He has brought the action forward by four years to 1984, but discussion between the Bex and his Millwall counterpart still revolves around the European Championships in Germany and who will lead the England “firm” – somewhat surprising, considering that in 1984 England had just failed to qualify for a European Championship finals in France and were, to put it mildly, some way off qualification for the 1988 tournament. This results in a concluding fight scene that ends on a (possibly accidentally) understated ending, leaving its audience at the exact moment that things might start getting interesting.

The Firm (2009) is a day-glow, neon-lit, superficial nightmare which says less about the 1980s than you would learn on the subject from reading the back cover of “Now That’s What I Call The Eighties”. Lovers of eighties casual-wear – not all of whom by a long chalk are in the slightest bit interested in football hooliganism – may find something of interest here, but for the rest of us there is nothing to be learnt here about football (which, in all honesty, is conspicuous for large parts of the film only by its absence), male relationships or the peculiar testosterone rush that some men seem to get from hitting each other. More troublingly, seeing it first might put the uninitiated off the idea of watching The Firm (1988), which is a reasonable enough film. Love once said, “I’m not making films for film critics. I’m not trying to be an arthouse filmmaker… I’m making films for the fucking chav generation”. With The Firm (2009), he was selling the “chav generation” (whatever the hell that is) short.

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Okay, Okay, I'm Awake!

...Now to shower* and then go shoot guns!
* For those unfamiliar with the concept, especially the individual behind me in line at the supermarket.

Turk Turon said...

Have fun!

I wish I could join you. One of these days I won't have to work on weekends.

Crucis said...

I think I picked up whatever you had---severe sinus headache, ditto for aches and pains. Arthritis flareup to boot.

Wife went to Church but I stayed home. Will eventually stagger off to the shower as soon as I work up he nerve.

Sam said...

Bangity fun! I need to get to the range myself, soon.

WV: mogum

Slang for mo' magnum.

I can take the hint. I'll bring both the .357 and .44 magnums next time.

reflectoscope said...

If I can smell a person for any reason further out than an arm's length, there is something wrong. Fortunately the troubleshooting is pretty simple.


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NFL 2012 Week 14 Prequel

Another tragedy has shaken the National Football League and has fans lamenting “Please, no. Not again. No. God no.”

Yes. Only one week after the tragic murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, now the Dallas Cowboys have a nightmare involving one dead player and another one with a life that is completely wrecked.

So here is the NFL 2012 Week 14 preview, as we try to find some light in a game where repeated dark incidents have targeted the NFL shield.

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by Lori Kibodeaux

What does it take to get roads fixed in Tyler County? Our county commissioners seem to have unlimited excuses when it comes to getting our county roads repaired, but have put grant-funded repairs above all other consideration. Why? There is no viable reason for this since the grant-funded roads are supposed to be repaired using contractors, not county employees.

We, and I am told others in various parts of the county, have been promised for months to get our County Road repaired and have been getting one excuse after the other from Commissioner Marshall. Some of the excuses we have gotten are: "Everyone had to take vacation or they would lose it," and, "the ground isn't warm enough yet," and "we've had to culvert repairs" (in a drought? Really?), and "the weather isn't cooperating." Seriously - the entire system shuts down because EVERYONE on the road crew has to take vacation at the same time or they will lose it? This was the excuse 3 weeks ago and was still the excuse on Friday. How much vacation do these people get in a year?

We have a disabled son who is wheelchair-bound and the state of our road causes him a good deal of pain due to the bouncing and jerking that occur when he is riding on the handicap school bus or in the wheelchair van. There are times when he cries from the jolting he receives. In addition to the jostling our son is getting, our wheelchair van has also been taking a major beating. We have spent a great deal of money on repairs that are directly related to the beating it is taking going up and down our road. This van is the only means of transportation we have for our son.

We have been requesting for our road to be repaired for over a year now and Commissioner Marshall promised us months ago that he would get our road repaired "as soon as the weather gets warm." Well, the weather has been warm, hot even, for 2 months now and we have yet to see the first sign of a road crew. Apparently, culvert repair in a drought is more important than a disabled child's well-being.

It does seem an odd coincidence that county-funded/budgeted repairs cannot be made using county employees and grant-funded repairs using "contractors" can.

It is a sad time for our county when our local representatives are no more trustworthy than the politicians we have in Washington!


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Smith, Donald (2010) Re:Public/Towards an art for the public realm. [Show/Exhibition] [Creative Arts and Design > Creative Arts and Design not elsewhere classified]
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Donald Smith was the curator of this exhibition.

In this exhibition I sought to explore the complex relationship between artist, architect, commissioning bodies and art consultancies, local authorities and audiences/users. Some projects shown are completed and are in situ and some, such as those by Mark Titchner, Mark Wallinger and Richard Wilson, were proposals that had either been rejected or were awaiting funding.

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Friday, November 02, 2012

The Socorro Craft – Before 1964 – and a 1957 Soviet-built UFO

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Fate magazine issues of the late 1950s in articles by Frank Edwards, John C. Ross, and Curtis Fuller (Fate’s editor) contained a number of egg-shaped UFO sightings in the Southwestern corridor between Levelland, Texas (outside Lubbock, where the famous lights were photographed) and the UFO hot spots in New Mexico: Roswell, White Sands at Alamogordo, Socorro, et cetera.

We and our Spanish colleague. Jose Caravaca, have covered the many egg-shaped UFO sightings in the literature.

It seems that Lonnie Zamora witnessed one of the penultimate [sic] egg-shaped UFOs in our time.

Did Police Officer Zamora see an extraterrestrial craft that was unique to a certain race of alien visitors, who no longer sojourn here?

Did he see an Earth-created prototype that was abandoned by the end of the 1960s?

We can’t know.

And then in that Fate issue, pictured above, there is this bit of news:

Fate cites legitimate sources for its succinct story, about a Russian flying saucer.

But nothing more was written about it.

Were there egg-shaped and flying saucer prototypes extant in the 1950s and early 1960s; prototypes that account for numerous UFO sightings but which have no bearing on the UFO phenomenon, as it exists, in toto, in the literature?

How can ufological researchers discern what was or is prototypical from what is a real enigma?

The UFO topic is saddled by the accumulated data and reports about it.

Can a clarifying, scientific approach be applied to UFOs.

We don’t think so.

The mysterious phenomenon has been besmirched beyond sensible scrutiny by the nature of its attraction to all kinds of loony conjecture.

Fringe elements have corrupted the phenomenon so very completely that any deliberate deconstruction of it is impossible.

  • so what you're implying is that egg-shaped UFOs are no longer reported? That seems too-extreme an assertion IMO.

    "Around 18:30, children observed a reddish light approaching and moving along a straight curse. When the phenomenon reached them vertically, they all noticed it was a red, egg-shaped sphere [emphasis mine]. The object started rambling, looking for a place to land and finally disappeared. Minutes later, it was back and this time the so-called UFO started to land. A meter and a half from the ground, it stopped and a door opened from a side of the craft. A corpulent humanoid came out, moving slowly. He seemed to be headless or, following the versions, with a very small head, like a semisphere on the shoulders, with three bright eyes! The central eye was looking all around. The nose was a tiny hole. On the chest he wore a disk."

    By Blogger Red Pill Junkie, at Friday, November 09, 2012

  • RPJ:

    Check the date of your example...

    By Blogger RRRGroup, at Friday, November 09, 2012

  • 1989. I remember it well. What of it?

    By Blogger Red Pill Junkie, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • How many egg-shaped UFOs have been seen since 1989?

    Are egg-shaped UFOs as prominent as they once were?

    That was my point.

    By Blogger RRRGroup, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • IMO egg-shaped UFOs have not been that predominant in the history of sightings.

    I don't know if anyone has ever done any statistics on it, but I'm pretty sure the egg-shape would fall into the lower categories.

    By Blogger Red Pill Junkie, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • RPJ:

    Egg-shaped UFOs were all over the place right before and right after 1964, then such sightings tapered off.

    Jose Caravaca has supplemented that at his blog also.

    Why did that configuration drop off?

    By Blogger RRRGroup, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • BTW It seems that the Holloman incident could also be included in the history of egg-shaped craft. Bob Emenegger has said several times how, when he was working on the documentary UFOs: Past Present & Future he got to ask some people in the base about the (supposed) landing, and one of them said "you mean the flying bathtub?".

    By Blogger Red Pill Junkie, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • http://youtu.be/8qx23sJfiLs

    By Blogger Red Pill Junkie, at Saturday, November 10, 2012

  • I looked in MUFON's CMS database and found many egg- and oval-shaped objects reported as recently as last month. People have long reported objects of all shapes and sizes, not just discs, cigars and eggs. Some of my favorites are a flying station wagon, tractor-trailer, and airplane flying backwards. The quantity and variety of objects reported around the world rule out both ET and terrestrial high-tech explanations, and point to a phenomenon that presents to us images derived from our own cultures. For example, Kenneth Arnold saw chevron-shaped craft, but a reporter misreported what he said and put "flying saucers" into America's consciousness, and that's what we have seen ever since.

    By Blogger dave tuttle, at Saturday, November 17, 2012

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Alabama tenants unite with InPDUM to fight slumlord

HUNTSVILLE, AL — The Huntsville branch of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) ran an effective campaign this past summer against a blood sucking slumlord in Alabama. This negro slumlord who goes by the name of Billy Elmore has held the residents of the Elmore Village community under terrible conditions that were unfit for human habitation.

Elmore had also been sexually harassing the young, single, working class African women in his complex for more than 15 years.

InPDUM found out about the situation at Elmore Village when three tenants came to the Huntsville branch explaining the terrible conditions that they were forced to endure.

InPDUM immediately took to organizing the community against this slumlord armed with surveys and petitions to consolidate the community’s demand for community control of housing. The community promptly organized, with the leadership of InPDUM, to put an immediate stop to this slumlord’s oppression.

The campaign began with an outreach campaign to inform residents of their democratic rights as tenants. During this outreach campaign, two new comrades, James Brown and Renee Hammonds, were won to InPDUM’s platform. They became members after getting first hand experience in the struggle of working class Africans to gain community control of housing and push out the neocolonialist slumlords.

Sister Hammonds now has a case pending against Elmore due to the excessive mold in her apartment that is constantly having her young child in and out of the hospital with asthmatic complications. After attending a tenant meeting, the community united with the platform and began to protest, sign petitions, and file written complaints to the Huntsville Housing Authority.

Due to the diligent work of the residents, the slumlord was subjected to inspections and is still being investigated. The demands of the residents are as follows:

We demand the immediate removal of mold, which poses a significant health risk, from all apartments that are affected.

We demand that working fire alarms and fire extinguishers be installed in every apartment.

We demand proper maintenance of all apartments on a consistent basis!

We demand that all apartments be professionally exterminated for insects and roaches at least twice a year.

“The rights of the working class African tenants living in low-income housing in the state of Alabama are almost null and void. The slumlords are getting away with murder.”

We demand that all apartments have proper safety requirements met according to the code of standard set by the State of Alabama and HUD.

We demand an immediate end to the sexual harassment of women tenants and the soliciting of women tenants for sexual favors in the absence of rent!

The rights of the working class African tenants living in low-income housing in the state of Alabama are almost null and void. The slumlords are getting away with murder. African children should not be subjected to these oppressive conditions. African women should not be subjected to this historic colonialist rape and molestation.

Petty bourgeois slumlords are white power in black face

Although Elmore is an African, he has functioned to exploit our community the same way that white power does. Forces like Elmore are used in the African community to give a black face to imperialist white domination. This is neocolonialism.

It is the same function that forces like Condoleezza Rice play in the U.S. government. They are a small class in the African community called the African petty bourgeoisie that function as a buffer between white power and the African workers. They also serve as something white power can hold up to convince us that we are our own problem and that if we would just become sell-outs like them, we can get rich, too.

In reality, our problem is that every aspect of our lives are controlled by white power, whether it appears in white faces or with faces that look like ours.

This is why the African working class has to take control of our own lives and our own community. Point Six of the Platform of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement clearly states, “We demand the removal of parasitic merchants and slumlords from the African community.”

The Huntsville InPDUM Branch will diligently continue to strive to win the Africans of the community to unite with the platform and organize to defeat agents like Billy Elmore who drain the African community of millions of dollars for rundown, over-priced, substandard housing.

A goal of InPDUM is to organize to put an immediate end to the exploitation of the African community by parasitic slumlords. Africans must have community control of housing. African people must have self-determination!

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August 13, 2014. Tucson, AZ. (ONN) There’s an ever-growing health emergency in America focused around the levels of heavy metals in our food, water and even our bodies. It’s impossible to trace the problem to any one source, as there are multiple reasons for the heightened levels of metals, including natural occurrences. But a recent test of imported fluoride for US water treatment found the chemical contaminated with a number of toxic metals, and they’re going straight into America’s tap water......

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Gordon K. Mantler: For Latinos, It’s Not All about Immigration

Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974, by Gordon K. MantlerWe welcome a guest post today from Gordon K. Mantler, author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974. In a major reinterpretation of civil rights and Chicano movement history, Mantler demonstrates how King’s unfinished Poor People’s Campaign of 1968 became the era’s most high-profile attempt at multiracial collaboration and sheds light on the interdependent relationship between racial identity and political coalition among African Americans and Mexican Americans. Mantler’s book is the inaugural volume in our Justice, Power, and Politics series.

In today’s post, he reminds politicians that earning votes from the U.S.’s rising Latino population will require action on more than just immigration issues.

Comprehensive immigration reform suddenly has become a viable political issue. After the shellacking Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney received from Latinos in 2012—winning only 27 percent of their vote—the GOP has warmed to legislation that creates a “path to citizenship” for currently undocumented workers. Not all, of course, are of Mexican descent or Latino, but the grand majority of these workers are, and many politicians calculate that such legislation could be the difference between winning and losing an entire generation of Latino voters. Republicans doubled down on this when they chose U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a Cuban American from Florida, to deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address.

But critics on both the left and right call this newfound Republican approach short-sighted, even offensive to Latinos, who they argue are neither monolithic nor single-issue voters. For conservatives, in particular, this argument appears self-serving, given their general support for draconian laws that seek to drive out immigrants by denying basic services. Yet recent history suggests that their critique may be correct at some level.

In the first years after the 1965 reforms that liberalized U.S. immigration policy, particularly for Latin Americans and Asians, Chicano movement activists did not focus on this issue. Rather, they identified an array of roots to explain the disproportionate poverty and discrimination people of Mexican descent endured. These issues were put on prominent display during the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968, the last crusade of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The campaign sought to transform the civil rights struggle into one for human rights by mobilizing an “army of the poor” to march on Washington, D.C., and to demand the federal government’s rededication to the War on Poverty. Most strikingly, King envisioned a coalition of not just black and white, but also Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and American Indian. And members of the Chicano movement responded to the march with enthusiasm and large numbers—even after King’s assassination just weeks before the campaign was to begin.

During the campaign, Chicano movement activists seemed to stress everything but immigration status. New Mexico’s Reies Lopez Tijerina and his followers emphasized land grant rights once guaranteed through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 that ended the U.S.–Mexican War. They wanted their land back, which they claimed had been stolen from them by white settlers in violation of the treaty. Other activists such as California’s Alicia Escalante sought a more humane welfare system that, among other things, offered forms in Spanish. Corky Gonzales of Denver demanded the inclusion of Spanish language and Mexican history in the public schools. And members of the Brown Berets, a Los Angeles–based Chicano youth group, protested police brutality and harassment. At the campaign’s climactic Solidarity Day rally on June 19, 1968, Gonzales ticked off a long list of demands that included these issues plus others such as farm workers’ unfettered right to organize and vocal opposition to the Vietnam War. Immigration remained embedded in some of these causes, such as the fragile situation of farm workers. But when placed on a national stage, activists chose to highlight different issues and identities.

Why was this? One reason was that it was not immediately clear what impact the 1965 reforms would have. Only during the recession of the early 1970s would national attention return to scapegoating a rapidly increasing Latino population for lost wages and jobs. But in 1968, activists were far more concerned with other roots of poverty and the development of a cohesive Chicano identity that stressed racial pride and control over community institutions. Another explanation could be, as one prominent Chicano scholar suggests, the ambivalence that many people of Mexican descent have to the undocumented workers in their midst. Either way, in the spring of 1968, Chicano activists chose not to stress immigration status as a source of widespread poverty.

This is not to argue that humane immigration reform, such as amnesty, should not be instituted. Of course, it should. But the argument that an endorsement of immigration reform by the GOP—or, for that matter, by many Democrats—will miraculously translate into more votes by Latinos reflects a simplistic understanding of their experience and history.

Gordon K. Mantler is a lecturing fellow and associate director in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University.


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