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Just as the journey of a thousand mile start with a step, so does the journey to eternal damnation start with a little careless ignorant mistake, and sometimes, very intentional.
We've all taken both. Some were lucky enough to make their mistakes early enough and retrace their steps to taking the journey that leads to a thousand mile, while some are still trying to figure out what journey they are on but I am somewhere between Hell and Hell No! I speak for the selected few.
There's a point we get to in our journey that the option to give up stares at us right in the face but if you've got a stubborn and unrelenting faith like I've got, then you can join me as we say to the devil, "sit down and watch our God make our life beautiful again".
He has promised us beauty for ashes and I'm promising you the rest of my life, as we journey together seeking answers to our questions WHY — I'm grateful for King Solomon's Mine.
I fell gallantly, oh yes, I did. I can say for a fact that I've spent the last couple of years of my life perambulating through life wondering where and how I missed it but while at it, instead of seeking the answers to the WHYs and HOWs, I stumbled upon a path that led me to finding the God that knows not only the answers to the WHYs and HOWs, but shows us the way out of the mud we've found so comfortable playing in.
I'm I fulfilled, No! Living a fulfilling life, Yes! Each day with Christ is an opportunity to be better and live a life of fulfillment. You can still recover all you've lost and fulfill destiny despite how much time that's been wasted if you run with the right team and wonderfully enough, there's only a price to pay — Confess Him as your Lord and savior and let Jesus help you.
The journey from the mud to the top can be very frustrating. In fact, it looks almost impossible, but rather than allowing your situation take you to hell, give it all you've got and shout a resounding Hell No!
Are we gonna give up? Hell No!
Are we gonna allow the devil frustrate God's plan for our lives? Hell No!
What then do we do? Because it's not just enough to say it, we must make it!
Well, It's simple, just do what I've been doing; keep trusting God and making the right moves. There's such a thing called 'Set Time', all your hard work will soon make sense. He's not gonna come down from His throne to paint your life and make it beautiful. You have to pick up that brush yourself and decide how you want to look in the picture. Sadly, that's where many Christians get it wrong.
It's not enough to confess Him and wait for Him to do everything. He only promised to take us through the process and not leave us to faint while at it. So… Braise up, wise up, and tell the devil to shut the hell up!
Are you somewhere between Hell and Hell No? Now you know the option to take. Hell is too easy, you were created to be a warrior.
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For too long the study of impoverished Puerto Ricans living in the fifty states has been undermined by the use of broad generalizations. Puerto Ricans have been statistically grouped with all Latinos, studied with models developed for understanding African-American life, and written about as if New York's Puerto Rican community was the only such community worthy of detailed study. This book changes all that. In this important new work, Susan Baker looks beyond the traditional models and rewrites the origins, current state, and reasons behind Puerto Rican poverty.
The book tells the story of how Puerto Ricans have left the Rustbelt cities to return to the island or to seek job opportunities elsewhere. Those left behind are predominantly poor women with dependents who live in segregated neighborhoods with little chance of finding low-skilled jobs because of competition from non-citizen, non-politicized workers.
In her alternative explanation, the author presents data from across the country and puts forth an explanation that is grounded in Puerto Rican history and sensitive not only to the interconnectedness of the island and mainland population, but also the increasing distress faced by Puerto Rican women and the sad truth that Puerto Rican citizenship in this country is a second class one.
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Joseph "Rick" Richard Vanover
June 30, 1952 — December 24, 2022
Rosehill Chapel of Peace
Joseph "Rick" Richard Vanover, 70, of Owensboro, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, at the Heartford House while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. He was born June 30, 1952, in Daviess County to the late Worden and Marvadene Rhinerson Vanover. Rick loved his family and enjoyed spending time with his children and his many grandchildren. He had a passion for working with his hands, whether it be working on cars, especially his 1965 Buick, growing his vegetables in his garden, or spending time woodworking and building swings. Rick also loved to talk on his CB, and play cards, cornhole, horseshoes and washers.
Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Sharon Hester; and a son-in-law, Joseph Ashley Sr.
Rick is survived by his wife of 50 years, Frances L. Payne Vanover; a son, Joseph R. Vanover Jr. (Hadley Johnson); his daughters, Richie L. Brumley (Andy), Sandra A. Vanover-Ashley, Shannon L. Kunce, and Regina R. Vanover (Melvin Miller); 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 3 sisters, Janice Dixon, Rayda Sampson, and Deanie Gaston.
The funeral service for Rick will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory with Pastor Tim Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time of service.
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When preservation leads to deterioration
Designated a heritage property by the City of Toronto, crumbling and neglected 6 Walmer Rd. is causing problems for its neighbours. AHMED-ZAKI HAGAR/GLEANER NEWS
By Ahmed-Zaki Hagar
At over 120 years old, 6 Walmer Rd. is at once a crumbling symbol of the area's rich history and, a sign of the city's inability to protect its built heritage. And it's causing no small amount of problems for the neighbours.
"When I initially moved [here], it was not an issue. It was an abandoned house," said Neil Jain. "Over the years, it has been deteriorating. There have been a number of issues."
These include litter that attracts rats and other pests, graffiti covering the house, and a type of loitering best left to the police to handle. Then there's the hole in the roof, which has been there since at least February.
Built in the Queen Anne style, which was popular in the Annex in the late nineteenth century, 6 Walmer Rd. was originally number 2 Walmer Rd. and designed by architect Frederick Henry Herbert for Presbyterian minister Thomas Goldsmith and his family in 1896. It's one of five Walmer Road properties designed by Herbert designated as a heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Many houses of a similar style in the area were replaced by apartment towers during the latter half of the twentieth century, but 6 Walmer Rd. remains — boarded over, covered in graffiti, and a hazard to the neighbourhood.
Sandra Shaul, chair of the Annex Residents' Association's (ARA) heritage committee, described it as the "highest-profile negligence problem in the Annex".
"Over the years, we filed 311 requests for garbage, for graffiti, for various issues," said Jain. "A lot of times, especially in the past couple of years, I have seen it would take weeks or months before any action is taken."
Shaul said that sometime after she moved into the neighbourhood 32 years ago, somebody bought the property and fixed it up so "that it looked better than new. It was beautiful."
However, when 6 Walmer Rd. was rented, according to Shaul, there were issues between the owner and the tenant, which was where the problems began.
Jain contacted Albert Koehl, environmental lawyer and vice-chair of the ARA, who investigated further into the matter.
"When I saw what the condition of it was and heard from the neighbour, I was quite disappointed to see little action by the City [of Toronto] in terms of ensuring that the property owners keep the property protected," he said.
Koehl sent a list of bylaws from the Toronto Municipal Code that the owner of 6 Walmer Rd. was violating, such as maintaining the heritage property's "character, visual, and structural character". Other bylaws state owners must minimize damage from natural causes or neglect.
The municipal code says owners can protect their property by boarding up all doors and windows to prevent people and animals entering the property.
Municipal Licensing & Standards enforces the bylaws for maintaining heritage properties, but Koehl questions how committed the city is to heritage preservation if it does enforce its own bylaws.
"After doing all of [the work of researching a property and designating it], there does not seem to be any kind of follow-up, enforcement, or interest," he said.
Adding to the problem is that it's not clear who owns on the property, as there's conflicting information on the public record. According to the Ontario Land Registry, the City of Toronto owns 6 Walmer Rd., which is confirmed by an official from Municipal Licensing & Standards. However, a search of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation database yields different information, and lists the owner as NSCL Investments Limited. And there's a record of an owner applying to demolish the property in 2011, an application that was refused even though a staff report did state that there was "concern for the future of the site".
Shaul said the city should secure the house to prevent further damage, and invest in its restoration.
"Even if it were not a heritage site, you do not want a house in that state in your community," she said. "It becomes a beacon for vagrancies, for drug deals, for pests. That should not be permitted."
It appears that it's not the only property in the area lost in a limbo of preservation and deterioration.
"Another one is 10-14 Prince Arthur Ave., and if you look at it, that is really a sad story," said Shaul. "That house is the last of the Yorkville houses, those wonderful white houses that were characteristic of Yorkville in the early 1800s."
As the house's ownership switched hands over the years, the property began to deteriorate. Today, 10 Prince Arthur Ave. is fenced with its windows barricaded by bricks and its white paint falling off.
"When you see that house and you think of what it looked like through the years, you would want to cry," said Shaul. "Any city with any civic pride would insist that people keep up a minimum standard of maintenance."
Neither Heritage Preservation Services nor Municipal Licensing & Standards responded to repeated requests for comment.
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José Pablo Sánchez Núñez (Úbeda; 13 de abril de 1957) es un pastor evangélico español, director de los programas Buenas noticias TV de TVE, y Historias de Fe del espacio Fe y Convivencia de RNE. Es director de Decisión España y presidente fundador de la emisora Radio Encuentro - Radio Cadena de Vida socio de Trans World Radio (TWR) en España.

Biografía

Primeros años
Nacido en Úbeda, provincia de Jaén en España el 13 de abril de 1957. Creció en un hogar cristiano formado por su padre Roque Sánchez, pastor evangélico y su madre Angelita Núñez y sus 3 hermanos.

Estudios
Después de terminar sus estudios en Maestría Industrial, hizo el bachiller en Teología en la Facultad Protestante de Teología (IBSTE) de Castelldefels, Barcelona. Posteriormente realizó un Máster en Teología y Comunicación en el Wheaton College Graduate School en Estados Unidos graduándose en 1996.

Actividades
Durante 14 años fue pastor de la Iglesia Evangélica Cristo Vive en Madrid, compaginando esta actividad con diversas responsabilidades como la presidencia de la Asociación de Pastores de Madrid (AMECAM). Como presidente de la AMECAM (1989-1993) promovió la fundación del Consejo Evangélico de Madrid y presidió la comisión que preparó los Estatutos para su legalización.

En 1996 fue designado director del programa de Televisión Española Tiempo de creer, cuyo nombre cambió a Buenas noticias TV en 2003. Ese mismo año comenzó a dirigir el programa de radio en Radio Nacional Historias de Fe del espacio Fe y Convivencia. Durante varios años ha sido profesor de comunicación y evangelización en la Facultad de Teología Protestante IBSTE de Castelldefels, Barcelona, y en el Seminario Europeo de Formación Teológica y Evangelización SEFOVAN de Madrid.

En 2009, junto con su esposa Jane Blake, inició en España el proyecto humanitario Operación Niño de la Navidad en colaboración con Samaritan's Purse que entrega regalos a los niños más desfavorecidos del mundo. En 2011, fue el Coordinador Nacional para España del proyecto «Mi Esperanza» en colaboración con la Asociación Evangelística Billy Graham y que ha sido la campaña de evangelización de mayor alcance realizada por las iglesias evangélicas en su historia. En la actualidad, compagina su trabajo en los medios de comunicación con la dirección de la Comunidad Cristiana Evangélica Decisión.

Media
José Pablo Sánchez dirige el programa semanal de Televisión Española TVE Buenas noticias TV y de Radio Nacional Fe y Convivencia-Historias de Fe y es también, presidente y fundador de la emisora Radio Encuentro - Radio Cadena de Vida. Ha sido el director de la Comisión de Producciones Audiovisuales de Federación de Entidades Religiosas Evangélicas de España Canal de Vida desde 1996 hasta hoy. Además dirige Decisión España desde 2003.

Libros

 El Predicador (2011)
 Manual de Medios de Comunicación (2016)

Notas

Enlaces externos
 Comunidad Cristiana Evangélica Decisión
 Operación Niño de la Navidad España
 Buenas Noticias TV
 Radio Encuentro España
 Mi Esperanza
 RTVE Radio: Mundo Protestante - Fe y convivencia
 RTVE Televisión: Buenas Noticias TV

Nacidos en Úbeda
Pastores evangélicos de España

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Q: Help with Spring authentication from a Flex app Some background: I have a Flex app embedded in an HTML page and am using Flex to send a soap request to my Java backend that does some authentication depending on the username and password entered in the Flex form. If I enter the correct login everything works fine and the Flex app can continue making further requests. But with an incorrect username/password, an "Authentication Required" dialog box pops up in my Browser and my Flex app won't respond with its proper handler until I click cancel. I'd like to get rid of the dialog box somehow, but I'm new to spring security.

A: If you are rolling your own authentication (i.e. not HTTP authentication but a SOAP call with the username and password), you can implement a HandlerExceptionResolver in the spring context to resolve the AccessDeniedException thrown by Spring Security and return a SoapFault properly (a ModelAndView that renders a SOAP envelope with the fault). Depending on the browser, you probably can only send the response with a result code of 200 (this can be done by the View) or else Flex won't get it (most browsers eat the HTTP body and don't pass it along to the flash plugin).
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A: well, you should handle your authentication response from sever by Javascript. It is possible to make some methods of your flex application available to be called by Page's Javascript. So in your 'handler' method you just pass your auth response to that method, that's it.

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Living Torah: 'God's Redemption Can Arrive in the Blink of an Eye'
Biblical Joseph
We all have our ups and downs. That's normal. But we must never give up hope.
By Rabbi Ari Enkin, Rabbinic Director, United with Israel
This week's Torah portion is "Miketz" (Genesis 41:1–44:17,) and have Joseph interpreting dreams, Joseph going from prison inmate to virtually king of Egypt, and Joseph's brothers coming to him begging for food. Lots of ups and downs, family politics, and changing fortunes…something we can all relate to.
When Joseph first arrived in Egypt he was sold as a slave to Potiphar. We are told that Joseph was exceptionally good-looking and took good care of his appearance and grooming. Mrs. Potiphar took an "interest" in Joseph and tried seducing him many times. Each time Joseph stood his ground and would not give in.
He explained to her that her husband had been so good to him, trusting him with everything. He told her that he could not sin against him by engaging in relations with his wife.
Eventually Mrs. Potiphar had enough with rejection and decided to punish Joseph for not accepting her advances. She made up a story that Joseph tried to rape her, which got Joseph landed in prison. You can imagine that an Egyptian prison 3000 years ago was no Club Med. Especially if you were a Hebrew.
One day, Pharaoh's butler and baker, who were in prison with Joseph, had nighmares which Joseph correctly interpreted. The interpretation of the baker's dream was that he would be put to death, while the interpretation of the butler's dream was that he would be freed and given his job back. Both events transpired as Joseph had predicted.
Joseph asked the about-to-be-freed butler to bring his case to Pharaoh and do what he could to get him out of prison. But the butler was ungrateful to Joseph and forgot about him.
Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream of cows and sheaves and demanded that someone interpret his dreams but he could not find anyone who could offer a satisfactory interpretation. The butler then remembered Joseph's ability to interpret dreams and begrudgingly recommended "the Jew from the prison" as a possible dream interpreter. They brought Joseph from the jail and he satisfactorily and accurately interpreted the dream (that there would be seven good years of plenty followed by seven years of famine).
The rest is history. Pharaoh made Joseph second-in-command of the country with the mandate to prepare for the famine.
Those two last years in prison were probably harder for Joseph than all the previous years combined. There he was, probably thinking that the butler promptly went to Pharaoh to plead his case and that any day he would be free. It didn't happen. Two full years passed until Joseph saw the light of day.
But when it happened, it was instant, without warning. As our sages say, "God's redemption can arrive in the blink of an eye."
And so it was with Joseph. He was freed when God deemed it to be the right time. Joseph's freedom played out like a game of dominoes with one event leading to another, ending in his freedom and authority over Egypt.
It would be challenging to create such script for a movie. Joseph went from the bottom of the totem pole to the top in a matter of hours. He had no idea what was playing out before his eyes.
We all have our ups and downs. That's normal. But we must never give up hope. We have to always be cognizant that things can change in a second. It has happened countless times throughout history on the national scale, and I'm sure you can think of times that it happened for you on the personal scale. Health, jobs, marriage, corona restrictions… you name it. Life as we know it can change in a second.
So, when you're down, remember that "God's redemption can arrive in the blink of an eye."Remember the story of Joseph.
For more insights by Rabbi Enkin on this week's Torah portion, click on the links below.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/living-torah-how-to-stay-calm-in-the-face-of-pressure/
Living Torah: A Unique Lesson for Shabbat Chanukah
https://unitedwithisrael.org/webinar-joseph-chanukah-ego-and-more/
Living Torah: The Ingredients for Building a Jewish Future
Living Torah: It's All in the Attitude
Living Torah: Making an Important Difference in the World
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The temperatures have plunged again here in the Ozarks, Old Man winter deciding to ride hard across the Oklahoma plains. On this particular trip, he brought his third wife, that old hag who brings all the nagging and none of the pineapple upside-down cake--Old Woman Flu. Old Man Winter is a jerk.
Monday, the doc made a house call to check in on me. He told me that the old bag was making the rounds, that she was a werewolfress, and then he gave me a pack of silver bullets known as Tami-flu. "These," he said, "should do the trick."
Come to find out, "the trick," is a slow process, but I reckon it's working well enough. In fact, just yesterday some of my symptoms eased, and the grand and wide world allowed me to come out and play. As is the way of being what my third son Ian calls a "madult," I first tended to those things which consume madults on an average Wednesday--dropping off the kids at school, going to the office, picking up a grilled cheese sandwich and pickle for lunch. But when the evening hour came, I packed it all up and ran home to get my first family time of the week.
Being that I'd been out of commission for a few days, I decided we should make a moment of it. I went to the record player and threw on my pop's old Cat Stevens album. We found "Peace Train," and danced like it was our family jam. We danced like we were made of Jello, until, at one point, Jude and I had some sort of Vulcan mind-meld and broke into a synchronized version of the robot. We came out of our respective robotings with a clap, and maybe a fist bump, and I raised him in the air for the BIG LIFT.
Who knew "Peace Train," could inspire so much movement? Who knew it'd end with such a Big Lift? Maybe Cat knew what he was doing.
We left Cat crooning in the background, and I made some geriatric comment to Amber about how they just don't write songs like that anymore, and she humored me, said "I know what you mean." After allowing this Old Spice moment, she turned to me with a twinkle in her eye and a blush in her cheek and she said, "but have you heard about One Direction?"
"Really?" she responded. "I bet their videos have twenty million hits."
I felt the claim dubious. After all, how could a relatively obscure band--and by "obscure," I mean a band I've never heard of--have twenty million hits? I challenged her claim. She pulled up a YouTube video.
"Sorry," she said. "I was way off."
"This video has 197 million hits!"
It's terrible. Right? But you smiled a little, didn't you? Admit it.
Last night was a good night. It was a simple night with just the family, some home-cooked spaghetti, and little bit of music. It was light-hearted, and joyous. We didn't rant about the topic du jour, didn't deconstruct the internet, or lament the lack of world peace. We didn't worry about Titus' upcoming doctor appointments, or ponder the orphan crisis, or sort out the family budget, or game plan Jude's path to the Sorbonne. It was a breathable moment, a moment of raucous laughter, a moment where all were, for a time, present.
And that, I think, was the biggest lift I've had in some time.
Don't miss Amber's writing today. She's giving a bit of a light-hearted Titus update (and some good advice to those of you who write or read on the internet).


CHURCHES and mosques in the city remained jampacked amid tight security measures that were stepped up following the recent bomb attacks in Jolo, Sulu and in Zamboanga City.
Msgr. Rey Monsanto, parish priest of the Eco-Church in Barangay Kauswagan, said security concerns did not affect attendance in Roman Catholic churches here on Sunday.
"Bisan sa among mga kapilya dinhi sa mga sitio nga sakop sa Kauswagan, daghan man gihapon ang mga manimbahay," he said.
Monsanto said the high turnout of churchgoers was indicative that Catholic devotees in the city were unfazed by the recent bomb explosions inside and outside the church in Jolo, and the grenade attack on a mosque in Zamboanga.
Monsanto however said police security was tight at the Eco-Church.
He said while Eco-Church did not implement the "no-backpack policy" suggested by the police, officers and barangay tanod members insisted on inspecting bags outside.
Monsanto said the church opened only one door as part of its internal security measures to make it easier for authorities to check on people going inside.
The Iglesia Filipina Independiente also said its churches in the city also noted a high turnout during its Sunday services.
Aside from that, Calang said, the IFI also has its own church marshals.
"Kon dunay bag-o pang nagsimba sa amo, i-welcome siya sa atong church marshal. Pangotan-on siya taga asa siya. Pina-agi sa among pag-welcome. Deterrent na kini sa mga daotang tawo," he said.
Even the mosques here were jampacked during the Friday services, said Mohammad Gundarain, presidente of Oro Jamaah.
He said Muslims in the city were advised to bring backpacks or bags to the mosques.
"Dili man kinahanglan nga magdala pa ug bag sa oras sa pag-ampo," said Gundarain.


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Erró (* 19. Juli 1932 in Ólafsvík, Island; eigentlich Guðmundur Guðmundsson) ist ein isländischer Maler.

Leben und Werk
Von 1952 bis 1954 studierte er an der Kunstakademie in Reykjavík und in Oslo. Anschließend ging er nach Florenz, wo er sich bis 1958 nicht zuletzt mit der Mosaikkunst auseinandersetzte. 1958 zog er nach Paris um und nahm dort 1960 mit einigen seiner Werke an der Ausstellung Antiproces teil. Von 1961 bis 1966 beteiligte er sich jedes Jahr an der Pariser Ausstellung Salon de Mai. Daran schlossen sich zahlreiche Reisen und Ausstellungen in anderen Ländern an, z. B. stellte er 1969 im Kunstverein Karlsruhe aus (Kunst und Politik). Er drehte außerdem mehrere Filme, darunter Grimaces (1964).

In seinen Gemälden vertritt der Maler einen Stil, der zwischen Surrealismus und Pop Art schwankt. Die moderne Welt mit ihrer Technik und deren Unmenschlichkeit diente ihm immer wieder als Thema seiner Werke. Er integriert auch Elemente von Comic und Science-Fiction.

Im Jahr 2010 wurde er mit dem französischen Verdienstorden Légion d'honneur (Chevalier-Grad) geehrt. 2012 wurde er Ehrenbürger von Reykjavík.

Einer seiner Halbbrüder ist der Geologe und Schriftsteller Ari Trausti Guðmundsson.

Ausstellungen
 1969: A.R.C. Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
 1973: Galerie Godula Buchholz, München
 1975: Kunstmuseum Luzern
 1976: Galerie Godula Buchholz, München
 1975: Let's mix all feelings together Gianfranco Baruchello, Erró, Oyvind Fahlström & Klaus Liebig, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Louisiana Museum, Humlebeak
 1979: Galerie Godula Buchholz, München
 2011: Erró – Portrait und Landschaft, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main
 2011: Erró – Jean-Jacques Lebel: 1955–2011, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Wien
 2014: Erró – Rétrospective, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon

Literatur
 Ernst Hilger: Erró-Jean-Jacques Lebel: 1955–2011. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86984-211-0.
 Max Hollein (Hrsg.): Erró, Portrait and Landscape/Porträt und Landschaft. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-3168-3.

Weblinks

 Berichte zu Erró auf dem SchirnMag, 20. Oktober 2011
 Video zu Erró
Braun-Vegas Porträt von Erró

Einzelnachweise

Maler (Island)
Künstler der Pop Art
Mitglied der Ehrenlegion (Ritter)
Träger des Falkenordens (Ritter)
Ehrenbürger in Island
Pseudonym
Isländer
Geboren 1932
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Man Shocked By Power Lines Survives
Published: August 29, 2007 | 6704th good news item since 2003
Roger Bennet, who was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh after being shocked by power lines, was back home Wednesday and shared what he remembered with NEWS9.
Bennet was on the maintenance crew at Brooke Hills Park for only about a month and his duties included cutting grass and removing branches.
"We…went to the road to fix the limbs," Bennet said. "I threw it off and that's all I remember."
The 26-year-old didn't remember the 6,900 volts that went through his body.
Bennet's mother, Laura, got a call that her son was hurt.
"My husband said he was electrocuted," Laura said. "I got there just in time to give him a kiss and tell him I loved him."
Then medics rushed Bennet to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh where doctors in neurotrauma monitored his heartbeat and brain functioning.
"They was in there checking me out, making sure (there were) no burns, kept an eye on my heart," Bennet said. "I was fine."
Bennet's family said it was a miracle that Roger is still alive.
"It's a miracle," Laura said. "And you have no idea what it's like until it happens to you."
Bennet said he doesn't plan on going by any power lines anytime soon.
"I ain't going near power lines again," Bennet said. "If there's a branch hanging over a line? I'll get someone else to get it."
Laura said she thinks the electricity left her son's body through his left leg because of a mark left there.
Bennet said he plans on going back to work.
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Feb 23 Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician was born in the year 1947.
Feb 23 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967) was born on this day in history.
Feb 24 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph) was born in the year 1947.
Feb 24 Rupert Holmes, English musician was born on this day in history.
Feb 25 Lee Edward Evans, Madera Calif, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968) was born in the year 1947.
Feb 25 Lee Evans, American athlete was born on this day in history.
Feb 25 Lewis Moonie, British MP was born on this day in history.
Feb 27 Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) was born in the year 1947.
Feb 27 Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage) was born in the year 1947.
Feb 28 Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) was born in the year 1947.
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Mar 02 Harry Redknapp, English football manager was born on this day in history.
Mar 03 Clifton Snider, American poet and writer was born in the year 1947.
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Mar 05 Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer was born in the year 1947.
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Mar 05 Kent Tekulve, American baseball player was born in the year 1947.
Mar 06 Judy Loe, Urmston Manchester UK, actress (Singles, Meaning of Life) was born on this day in history.
Mar 06 Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart) was born in the year 1947.
Mar 06 Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer was born on this day in history.
Mar 06 Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author was born in the year 1947.
Mar 07 Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) was born on this day in history.
Mar 07 Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) was born on this day in history.
Jan 04 Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 on this day in history.


Making Raquetball Supports The easiest support method for the box is to buy a supply of raquetballs and cut them in half. You will need 5 to 12 halves (3 to 6 balls) depending on the weight of the components.... An album I put together of Ikea turntable and audio gear storage hacks. Your's made the collection. If you have a shot with better lighting I'd love to put that in there too. Your's made the collection.
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New Chapter Begins for Random House
By PAUL D. COLFORD
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Among the highs in Harold M. Evans' seven eventful years as president and publisher of Random House was the fall of 1994. He described himself at the time as "a Japanese wrestler who's suddenly wrestling with himself," because eight of his company's books were simultaneously on the New York Times' national bestseller list and two more were about to "make the list" as well.
Advance to Wednesday of last week, when Evans' planned departure from Random House topped the day's media news, and the Times list to be published Sunday shows a less impressive picture. Only three Random House books are among the 30 listed. One is John Berendt's "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," hardly a new title; Monty Roberts' sleeper hit of the fall, "The Man Who Listens to Horses"; and Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things," a novel set in India.
All three books were acquired by editor in chief Ann Godoff, who this week succeeded Evans as president.
It's not a case of the mighty falling--Evans, who had been angling to leave, will become editorial director of the Daily News and its sister publications--but it is an important transition in the life of the famous publishing house.
Evans, whose name seemed to appear in the gossip columns as often as it did in Publishers Weekly, was ridiculed by many in the business for his very public persona and generous spending. He paid $5 million to Marlon Brando for an autobiography that the actor barely promoted and that few wanted to buy and $2.5 million to the disgraced Dick Morris for an Oval Office memoir that no amount of hype and advertising could elevate into a big book.
But Evans also cultivated big successes, including Colin Powell's "My American Journey" and Joe (Anonymous) Klein's "Primary Colors." He went a long way to make books and book publishing hot by putting his own colorful emcee of a personality behind new titles and the classics. He revitalized, for example, the Modern Library, redesigning and expanding the series of attractively priced classics that he first collected during the 1950s, when he visited America from his native Britain.
"The heart of a publishing house is editorial," he told me last year. And as for the financial risks that go with the publisher's job, well, he added: "It's not atomic science. What's important is getting a feel for the zeitgeist, figuring out what books will work and making John Grisham fall in love with you."
Still, the financial risks do loom large, especially in this period of static sales and uncertainty about the future of the industry. Evans knew this all too well; indeed, he took the bold step a few years ago of revealing that the 29 Random House titles included among the New York Times' "notable books" of 1993 collectively lost $600,000. The inference to be drawn was that the advances paid to the authors and other costs totaled $600,000 more than the 29 books had earned the publishing house.
However, Evans went on to admit that two other books published by the company had sold so well in 1993 that they essentially covered the shortfall. Although he did not identify the pair, presumably he was referring to Maya Angelou's "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" and Marianne Williamson's "A Woman's Worth."
No doubt the strong sales of Colin Powell's autobiography, which earned the retired general an advance of $6 million, also provided a kind of underwriting that enabled Random House to publish a few other books of far less certain appeal.
The problem is that a publisher cannot budget Powell-like success even though he must try to replicate it, again and again. One admiring colleague last week called it "the treadmill," as in: "Harry knew that he was on a treadmill that he would have to step off of. It stopped being fun for him."
In addition, sources said, Random House Chairman Alberto Vitale had come to tire of Evans' wide profile and took to going around him, dealing directly with Godoff, who was promoted in June from editorial director to editor in chief.
Godoff, 48, who often cuts a hip image in black jacket and black jeans, in marked contrast to the seriously suited Evans, spoke last week of "stylistic" changes ahead.
"It's an open door," she added. "I'm a hard-working editor who came up through the ranks."
An expected but no less telling change was that Godoff will not be assuming Evans' role as host of the monthly literary breakfasts that he had begun, at $35 a ticket, at the swank Barneys New York.
A Tabloid View of History "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" . . . "HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR" . . . The "best" tabloid headlines tell the story with speed, punch and a dash of irreverence.
But how would the tabloids have covered the great events of history? Kevin McDonough considers the possibilities in "A Tabloid History of the World," his funny new paperback from Hyperion.
Aaron Burr kills famous money man at 50 paces? "HEAD FED DEAD," over the readout, "Alexander Hamilton Dies After Foolish Duel With Creepy Veep."
Joan of Arc burned at the stake? "FRENCH TOAST!"
* Paul D. Colford is a columnist for Newsday. His e-mail address is paul.colford@newsday.com. His column is published Thursdays.


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Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music, recorded most notably at Sun Records in Memphis, beginning in 1954. An outstanding performer, his touch on rock and roll music is still heard to this day, especially through his fine compositions and guitar playing. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes".
According to Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the Rockabilly Era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the Rockabilly Sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." [ The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 118 ISBN-10: I-4234-2042-x ] Perkins's songs have been recorded by artists as influential as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash, which further cemented his place in the history of popular music.
Perkins was the son of poor sharecroppers near Tiptonville, Tennessee. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/carlperkins/biography Carl Perkins: Biography : Rolling Stone ] ] He grew up hearing Southern gospel music sung by whites in church and by black field workers when he started working in the cotton fields at age six. In the spring and fall, the school day would be followed by several hours of work in the fields. During the summer workdays were 12 - 14 hours, "from can to can't". Carl and his brother Jay together would earn 50 cents per day. With all family members working, and credit, there was enough money for beans and potatoes, some tobacco for Carl's father Buck, and every so often the luxury of a five cent bag of hard candy. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 8-9 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
On Saturday nights he would listen to the radio along with his father and hear music from the Grand Ole Opry. Roy Acuff's broadcast performances on the Opry inspired Perkins to ask his parents for a guitar. [ The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday ISBN-13;: 978-I-4234-2042-2 ] Because they couldn't afford a real guitar, Carl's father fashioned one from a cigar box and a broomstick. When a neighbor in tough straits offered to sell his dented and scratched Gene Autry signature model guitar with worn out strings, Buck purchased it for a couple of dollars. For the next year Carl taught himself parts of Roy Acuff's "Great Speckled Bird" and "The Wabash Cannonball", which he had heard on the Opry. Perkins also cites the sped up, driving. straight time playing and detached but determined, wispy but challenging vocals of Bill Monroe as an early influence. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 11-12 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Carl began learning more about playing his guitar from a fellow field worker named John Westbrook who befriended him. "Uncle John", as Carl called him, was an African American in his sixties who played blues and gospel on his battered acoustic guitar. Most famously, "Uncle John" advised Carl when playing the guitar to "Get down close to it. You can feel it travel down the strangs, come through your head and down to your soul where you live. You can feel it. Let it vib-a-rate." Because Carl couldn't afford new strings when they broke, he retied them. The knots would cut into his fingers when he tried to slide to another note, so he began bending the notes, stumbling onto a type of blue note." [ The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 118 ISBN-13;: 978-I-4234-2042-2 ] [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 13,14 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Carl was recruited to be a member of the Lake County Fourth Grade Marching Band, and because of the Perkins' limited finances, was given a new white shirt, cotton pants, white band cap and red cape by Miss Lee McCutcheon, who was in charge of the band. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 21 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
In January 1947, Buck Perkins moved his family from Lake County to Madison County. A replacement radio which ran on electricity rather than battery, and the nearness of Memphis made it possible for Carl to hear a wider variety of music. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 30, 55 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
At age fourteen, using the I IV V chord progression common to country songs of the day, [ [http://www.guitartools.co.uk/Beginner_On_Guitar_Learn_These_Ten_Chords!.html] [http://psrtutorial.com/Resources/R_ChordSecrets/w01_145.htm] ] he wrote a song that would be known as "Let Me Take You To the Movie, Magg" around Jackson. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 33, 68 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] (The same song would convince Sam Phillips to sign Perkins to his Sun Records label.)
Beginnings as a Performer
Perkins and his brother Jay had their first paying job (in tips) as entertainment at the "CottonBoll" on Highway 45 some twelve miles south of Jackson, TN starting on Wednesday nights in late 1946. Carl was only fourteen years old. One of the songs they played was an uptempo, country blues shuffle version of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Free drinks were one of the perks of playing in a honky tonk, and Carl drank four beers that first night. Within a month Carl and Jay began playing Friday and Saturday nights at the Sand Ditch near the western boundary of Jackson. Both places were the scene of frequent fights, and both of the Perkins Brothers gained a reputation as fighters. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 36-41 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
In the next couple of years the Perkins Brothers began playing other tonks, including El Rancho, The Roadside Inn, and the Hilltop, around Bemis and Jackson as they became a big draw. Carl talked his brother Clayton into playing the bass fiddle to fill in the sound of the band. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 48 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] Carl began appearing regularly on Jackson radio station WTJS in the late forties as a sometime member of the Tennessee Ramblers. He also appeared on another show, Hayloft Frolic, where he performed two single songs; sometime including "talking Blues" as done by Robert Lunn on the Grand Ole Opry. Carl, and then his brothers began appearing on The Early Morning Farm and Home Hour. Overwhelmingly positive listener response led to a fifteen minute segment sponsored by Mother's Best Flour. By the end of the 40s, the Perkins Brothers were in a league of their own as the best known band in the Jackson area. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 48-49 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Carl had day jobs during most of these early years, working first at picking cotton, then at Day's Dairy in Malesus, then a mattress factory, and in then a battery plant. He then began as a pan greaser at the Colonial Baking Company and worked there from 1951 through 1952. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 32,70,71 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] [ [http://rockabillytennessee.com/legend_carl_perkins.htm The Legend Carl Perkins ] ]
In January 1953 Carl married a woman he had known for a number of years, Valda Crider. When his job at the bakery was reduced to part time, Valda, who had her own job at the time, encouraged Carl to begin working the tonks full time. Carl began playing six night a week. Late in the same year he added W.S. "Fluke" Holland, who had no previous experience as a musician, but a good sense of rhythm, to the band as a drummer. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 70,71 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
In July 1954, Perkins and his wife, Valda, heard a new release of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Elvis Presley, Scotty, and Bill on the radio. [ [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/pics/d03/3318.htm Blue Moon of Kentucky label shot with credits] ] Valda exclaimed, "Listen! They play like y'all! It sounds like you!"After recording the take of the song that was released, Presley exclaimed, "That sounds like Carl Perkins!". [ "Elvis '56 - In the Beginning" (DVD). (1987, Re-released 2000) Warner Vision.] As "Blue Moon of Kentucky faded out, Carl said, "There's a man in Memphis who understands what we're doing. I need to go see him." [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 79-80 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
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Perkins successfully auditioned for Sam Phillips at Sun Records early in October 1954. "Movie Magg" and "Turn Around" were released on the Phillips owned Flip label (151) March 19, 1955hit. [ [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/labels/f/f461.htm Flip (RCS Label Listing) ] ] with "Turn Around" becoming a regional. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFD81338F933A15752C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all The New York Times Saturday, March 1, 2008] ] With "Turn Around" getting airplay across the South and Southwest, Perkins was booked to appear along with Elvis Presley at theaters in Mariana and West Memphis, Arkansas. Commenting on the audience reaction to both Presley and himself Perkins said, "When I'd jump around they'd scream some, but they were gettin' ready for him. It was like TNT, man, it just exploded. All of a sudden the world was wrapped up in rock." [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 106-108 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two were the next musicians to be added to the performances by Sun musicians. Over the summer of '55 there were trips to Little Rock, Forrest City, Corinth, and Tupelo. Again performing at El Rancho, the Perkins brothers were involved in an automobile accident. A friend, who had been driving, was pinned by the steering wheel. Perkins managed to drag him from the car, which had caught on fire. Clayton had been thrown from the car, but was not seriously injured." [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 122-124 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Another Perkins' tune "Gone Gone Gone", [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/pics/d03/3234.htm] [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/03/ss3287.mp3] released in October 1955 by Sun, [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm] was also a regional hit. It was backed by the more traditional "Let The Juke Box Keep On Playing", complete with fiddle, "Western Boogie" bass line, steel guitar, and weepy vocal. [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/08/ss8095.mp3]
That same fall of 1955, Perkins wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes" after seeing a dancer at a honky-tonk get mad at his date for scruffing up his blue suede shoes. Several weeks later, on December 19, 1955, Perkins and his band recorded the song during a session at the Sun studios in Memphis. Phillips suggested changes to the lyrics ("Go Cat Go") and the band changed the end of the song to a boogie vamp. During the long session, as liquor flowed, the sound became tougher, harder and looser, and Perkins played with passion. Phillips knew he had found the right song to bring out the blues strain in Perkins' music and produce a pop hit.Miller, James (1999) "Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977". Simon & Schuster (124-25). ISBN 0-684-80873-0.] Elvis Presley left Sun for a larger opportunity with RCA in November, and on December 19, 1955, Phillips, who had begun recording Perkins in late 1954, told Perkins, "Carl Perkins, you're my rockabilly cat now". [The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 135 ISBN-13;: 978-I-4234-2042-2]
Released on January 1, 1956, "Blue Suede Shoes" was a massive chart success. In the United States, it went to #1 on Billboard magazine's country music charts (the only #1 hit he would have) and to #2 on Billboard's Best Sellers pop music chart. Finally, on March 17, Perkins became the first country artist to reach the #3 spot on the rhythm & blues charts. [Rockabilly Legends by Jerry Naylor page 137 ISBN-13:978-I-4234-2042-2]
Perkins first performed "Blue Suede Shoes" on national television on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee on February 11, 1956.
In the United Kingdom, the song became a Top Ten hit. It was the first record by a Sun label artist to sell a million copies. The B side, Honey Don't, was covered by The Beatles, Wanda Jackson, and T. Rex in the 1970s. John Lennon used to sing lead on the song when the Beatles performed it before the song was given to Ringo Starr to sing. Lennon performed the song on his own as recorded on the Lost Lennon Tapes. [Rockabilly Legends by Jerry Naylor page 137 ISBN-13:978-I-4234-2042-2 ]
After playing a show in Norfolk, VA on March 21, 1956, the Perkins Brothers Band headed for New York City and their appearance on the nationally broadcast Perry Como Show. Shortly before sunrise near Dover, Delaware Stuart Pinkham (aka Dick Stuart, and Poor Richard) assumed the duties as driver. After running head on into the back of a pickup truck, their car ended up in a ditch of water about a foot deep, and Carl was lying face down in the water. Drummer W.C. Holland rolled Carl over, saving him from drowning. Carl had suffered 3 fractured vertebrae in his neck, a severe concussion, a broken collar bone, and lacerations all over his body in the crash. Carl remained unconscious for an entire day. The driver of the pickup, Thomas Phillips, a forty year old farmer, died when he was thrown into the steering wheel of his pickup. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 178, 180 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] Carl's brother Jay had a fractured neck along with severe internal injuries.
On March 23 Bill Black, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana visited Carl on their way to New York to appear with Elvis the next day. Bill Black told Carl, "Hey, man, Elvis sends his love", and lit a cigarette for him, in spite of the fact that the patient in the next bed was in an oxygen tent. A week later, Carl was given a telegram, which had actually arrvied on the 23rd, from Elvis wishing him a speedy recovery. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 182, 184 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Sam Philips had planned to surprise Perkins with a gold record during the Perry Como show. "Shoes" had already sold more than 500,000 copies by March 22. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 173 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] Now, while Carl recuperated from the accident, "Blue Suede Shoes" rose to number one on most pop, R&B, and country regional charts. It also held the number two positon on the Billboard Hot 100 and country charts. Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" held the number one position on the pop and country charts, while "Shoes" did better than "Heartbreak" on the R&B charts. By Mid-April, more than one million copies of "Shoes" had been sold. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 187 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
On April 3, while still out of commission, but back in Jackson, Perkins would see his friend Elvis Presley perform "Blue Suede Shoes" on his first Milton Berle Show appearance. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 184 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] Presley performed the song on national television 3 times that year, [http://www.kki.pl/elvisal/elvis_tv.htm] and made references to it twice during an appearance on The Steve Allen Show. Although his version became more famous than Perkins', it only reached #20 on Billboard's pop chart. [ [http://www.elvis.com/elvisology/billboard/elvis_singles.asp Top 20 Billboard Singles: Billboard Chart Statistics: All About Elvis ] ]
Return to Recording and Touring
Perkins returned to live performances on April 21 of the same year beginning with an appearance in Beaumont, Texas with the "Big D Jamboree" tour. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 191 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Before resuming life on the road, Sam Phillips arranged a recording session at Sun with Ed Cisco filling in for the still recuperating Jay.By mid-April "Dixie Fried", "Put Your Cat Clothes On", "Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo", "You Can't Make Love to Somebody", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", and "That Don't Move Me" had been recorded. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 page 198 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Perkins was paid $1,000 to play just two songs a night on the extended tour of "Top Stars of '56" beginning in early summer. A couple of the other performers on this tour were Chuck Berry, and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. When Perkins and the group took the stage in Columbia, SC, Carl was appalled to see a teenager with a bleeding chin pressed against the stage by the crowd. During the first guitar break of "Honey Don't" they were waved off stage and into a vacant dressing room behind a double line of police officers. Carl is quoted as saying, "It was dangerous. Lot of kids got hurt. There was a lot of rioting going on, just crazy, man! The music drove 'em insane." Appalled by what he had seen and experienced, Carl left the tour. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 pages 188, 210, 212 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
Sun issued more Perkins' songs in 1956: Boppin'The Blues/All Mama's Children (Sun 243), Dixie Fried/I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry (Sun 249). Matchbox/All Mama's Children (Sun 261) came out in February 1957. [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm] Matchbox is considered to be a rockabilly classic, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers covered "Dixie Fried" on their 1985 album Maverick. The Kentucky Headhunters also covered the song as did Keith de Groot on a 1968 album entitled No Introduction Necessary that featured Jimmy Page on lead guitar and John Paul Jones on bass. [http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/t/thorogood.html]
The day "Matchbox" was recorded, Elvis Presley visited the studio. Along with Johnny Cash (who left early), Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Presley spent more than an hour singing gospel, country and rhythm-and-blues songs while a tape rolled. The casual session was called "The Million Dollar Quartet" by a local newspaper the next day, and was eventually released on a disk in 1990. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFD81338F933A15752C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]
The 1957 film Jamboree includes a Perkins performance of Glad All Over that runs 1:55. Glad All Over, written by Schroeder, Tepper, and Bennett, [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/pics/d03/3240.htm] was released by Sun in January 1958. [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm#l2w] Perkins also made at least two appearances on the Town Hall Party in Compton, CA in 1957. [http://www.hillbilly-music.com/programs/story/index.php?prog=170] singing both Blues Suede Shoes and Matchbox. Those performances were included in the "Western Ranch Dance Party" series filmed and distributed by Screen Gems.
Life after Sun
In 1958, Perkins moved to Columbia Records where he recorded songs such as: Jive at Five, Anyway the Wind Blows, Hambone, Pointed Toe Shoes and Sister Twister. [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm]
The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas was the site of many performances in 1962 along with appearances in 9 mid Western states and a tour of Germany. Appearances at The Golden Nugget continued through 1963. In May 1964 Perkins toured England along with Chuck Berry, [http://www.chuckberry.de/tour1964.htm#Chuck%20Berry] and Eric Burdon and The Animals backed the two stars from the States On the last night of the tour, he attended a party that turned out to be for him, and ended up sitting on the floor sharing stories, playing guitar, and singing songs while surrounded by The Beatles: John, Paul, George, and Ringo; who were at the time the hottest group in the world. Ringo asked Carl if he could record "Honey Don't." "Man," answered Carl, "go ahead, have at it." [The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 142 ISBN-13;: 978-I-4234-2042-2] The Beatles, would cover "Matchbox", "Honey Don't", and also "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" recorded by Perkins but adapted from a song originally recorded by Rex Griffin in 1936, a song also recorded by Roy Newman. Glad All Over, also performed by Perkins, but not written by him, and not to be confused with The Dave Clark Five song of the same name, was also covered. [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_beatles/glad_all_over.html] Another tour to Germany followed in the fall.
Although he had been trying to rehabilitate himself by only drinking beer (but lots of it), in 1968, while on tour with the Johnny Cash troupe, Perkins began a four day drunk in Tulsa, OK starting with a bottle of Early Times. Nevertheless, with the urging of Cash, he opened a show in San Diego by playing four songs after seeing "four or five of me in the mirror", and while being able to see "nothin' but a blur". After drinking yet another pint of Early Times, he passed out on the tour bus. By morning he started hallucinating "big spiders, and dinosaurs, huge, and they were gonna step on me." The bus was now parked on a beach at the ocean. He was tempted by yet another pint of whiskey that he had hidden on the bus. He took the bottle with him onto the beach and fell on his knees and said, "Lord... I'm gonna throw this bottle. I'm gonna show You that I believe in You." I sailed it into the Pacific... I got up, I knew I had done the right thing." Perkins and Cash, who had his own problems with drugs, then gave each other support to stay away from their drug of choice. [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 Hyperion Press pages 309-310 ISBN 0-7868-6073-1]
In 1968, Johnny Cash took the Perkins-written "Daddy Sang Bass" (that incorporates parts of the American standard "Will the Circle Be Unbroken") to #1 on the country music charts for 6 weeks. Glen Campbell also covered the song, as did the Statler Brothers and Carl Story. "Daddy Sang Bass" was also a Country Music Association nominee for Song of the Year. Carl Perkins also played lead guitar on the Johnny Cash smash single "A Boy Named Sue" which was no. 1 for 5 weeks on the country chart and no. 2 on the pop chart. Perkins spent a decade in Cash's singer touring revue and appeared on The Johnny Cash Show. Perkins played "MatchBox" along with Cash and with Eric Clapton and band mates (Derek and the Dominoes). Cash also featured Perkins in rehearsal jamming with José Feliciano and Merle Travis.
A Kraft Music Hall episode hosted by Johnny Cash had Perkins singing his song "Restless" [http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/lyrics3/r0051.htm] on April 16, 1969. [http://www.tv.com/kraft-music-hall/johnny-cash...on-the-road/episode/170681/summary.html] Country music fans may recognize The Statler Brothers' song "Flowers on the Wall", which was also featured on this show.
In February 1969 Perkins joined with Bob Dylan to write the song "Champaign, Illinois". Dylan was recording in Nashville from February 12 through February 21 for an album that would be titled Nashville Skyline, and met Perkins when he appeared on The Johnny Cash Show on June 7. [http://www.tv.com/the-johnny-cash-show/show/8950/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes] Dylan had written one verse of a song, but was stuck. After Perkins worked out a loping rhythm and improvised a verse ending lyric, Dylan said, "Your song. Take it. Finish it." [Go, Cat, Go! by Carl Perkins and David McGee 1996 Hyperion Press ISBN 0-7868-6073-1] The co authored song was included in Perkins' 1969 album "On Top". [ cite web | url= http://www.rockabillyhall.com/CarlPerkins.html | title=RAB Hall of Fame: Carl Perkins | accessdate= 2007-01-18 | publisher= Rockabilly Hall of Fame ] [ cite web | url= http://music.aol.com/album/on-top/12282 | title= On Top - Carl Perkins | accessdate= 2007-01-18 | publisher= AOL Music ]
Perkins was also united in 1969 by Columbia's Murray Krugman with a long-hair rockabilly group based in New York's Hudson Valley, the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet. Carl and NRBQ recorded "Boppin' the Blues" which featured the New York band backing Perkins on some songs like his staples "Turn Around" and "Boppin' the Blues" and included songs recorded separately by Carl and NRBQ. [ Boppin' the Blues Columbia CS9981 1969 ]
One of his TV appearances with Cash was on the popular country series "Hee Haw" in an episode aired February 16, 1974.
After a long legal battle with Sam Phillips over royalties, Perkins gained ownership of his songs in the 1970s. [http://www.macca-central.com/macca-news/morenews.php?id=1157 MACCA-News: McCartney To Administer Perkins' music - Thursday, April 17, 2003 @MACCA-Central.com ] ]
In 1981 Perkins recorded the song 'Get It' with Paul McCartney, providing vocals and playing guitar with the former Beatle. This recording was included on the chart topping album "Tug Of War" released in 1982. [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pctc259.html] This track also appeared as the B-side of the title track single in a slightly edited form. One source states that Perkins "wrote the song with Paul McCartney". [The Rockabilly Legends; They Called It Rockabilly Long Before they Called It Rock and Roll by Jerry Naylor and Steve Halliday page 145 ISBN-13;: 978-I-4234-2042-2]
The rockabilly revival of the 1980s helped bring Perkins back into the limelight. In 1985, he re-recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" with two members of the Stray Cats, as part of the soundtrack for the movie, "Porky's Revenge". That same year, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr appeared with him on a television special taped in London, England, called "". Perkins and his friends ended the session by singing his signature song, 30 years after its writing, which brought Perkins to tears.
In 1985, Perkins was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1987, wider recognition of his contribution to music came with his induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition, "Blue Suede Shoes" was chosen as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, and as a Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipient. His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Perkins' only notable film performance as an actor was in John Landis' 1985 film "Into the Night", a cameo-laden film that includes a scene where characters played by Carl and David Bowie die at each other's hand. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089346/fullcredits#cast]
In 1986, he returned to the Sun Studios in Memphis, joining Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison on the album "Class of '55". The record was a tribute to their early years at Sun and, specifically, the Million Dollar Quartet jam session involving Perkins, Presley, Cash, and Lewis on December 4, 1956.
In 1989, he co-wrote and played guitar on The Judd's #1 country hit, "Let Me Tell You About Love". [http://www.lyrics007.com/Judds%20Lyrics/Let%20Me%20Tell%20You%20About%20Love%20Lyrics.html]
In 1989 Perkins signed a record deal for an album with the title"Friends, Family, and Legends", featuring performances by Chet Atkins, Travis Tritt, Steve Wariner, Joan Jett, Charlie Daniels, along with Paul Shaffer and Will Lee. In 1992 Perkins developed throat cancer during the production of this CD. Perkins returned to Sun Studio in Memphis to record with Scotty Moore, Presley's first guitar player. The CD was called "706 ReUNION", released on Belle Meade Records, and featured D.J. Fontana, Marcus Van Storey and The Jordanaires. In 1993, Perkins appeared with the Kentucky Headhunters in a music video remake, shot in Glasgow, Kentucky, of his song Dixie Fried. Perkins' last album, "Go Cat Go!", was released in 1996, and featured new collaborations with many of the above artists, as well as George Harrison, Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Tom Petty, and Bono. It was released by the independent label Dinosaur Records, and distributed by BMG. [http://theband.hiof.no/albums/go_cat_go.html] [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=RgmTGXPSWnn5vyjTRVdqvySTyLchgvgWh6bz9j19ZLL1xNTzD8nd!56452074&pid=5402&aid=191467]
His last major concert appearance was the "Music for Montserrat" all-star charity concert at Royal Albert Hall on September 15, 1997.
Four months later at Jackson-Madison County Hospital, Jackson, Tennessee, Carl Perkins died at the age of 65 from throat cancer after suffering several strokes. Among those in attendance at the funeral at Lambuth University in 1998 were ex-Beatle George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wynonna Judd, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. He is interred at Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee.
In 2004, "Rolling Stone" ranked him #69 on their list of the [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time] . [cite web| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| work = Rolling Stone Issue 946| publisher = Rolling Stone| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty]
Carl Perkins' wife, Valda deVere Perkins, died November 15, 2005 in Jackson, Tennessee.
Drive-By Truckers, on their album "The Dirty South", recorded a song "Carl Perkins' Cadillac" that gives a poignant history of the artist and his relationships.
Perkins is the subject of an acclaimed biography, "Go, Cat, Go", by noted New York-based music writer David McGee.
The Perkins family still owns his songs which are administered by former Beatle Paul McCartney's company MPL Communications.
Plans for a biographical film about Perkins have been announced by Santa Monica-based production company Fastlane Entertainment. [http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm "The Carl Perkins Story"] [cite web| title = Rock 'N Roll Legend Carl Perkins' Much Anticipated Story To Come To The Big Screen| publisher = Billboard Publicity Wire | url =http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm] is slated for release in 2009.
* Guterman, Jimmy. (1998.) "Carl Perkins." In "The Encyclopedia of Country Music." Paul Kingsbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 412-413.
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* Chicago Blues Festival
* [http://www.the-jime.dk/Rockabilly_Guitar/Carl_Perkins_Guitars_and_Amps.htm Carl Perkins' Guitars and Amps]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/carlperkins/biography Carl Perkins] at Rollingstone
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt1092632/ "The Carl Perkins Story"] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.worldguitarists.com/Biographies-in-C/Carl-Perkins.html Carl Perkins Biography]
* http://www.rockabillyhall.com/BlueSuedeShoes.html/ "The Blue Suede Shoes Story" at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
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The US Navy used an MH-60S helicopter-mounted laser system to scan and detect underwater mine-like targets earlier this year during the multi-national Rim of the Pacific exercise, marking the first operational use of an emerging technology bringing much faster detection and a wider Field of View to countermine missions.
The now-operational technology, called Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), enables efficient, high-speed shallow water mine detection for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship.
"This is the first opportunity for a non-test-centric fleet exercise. It has been placed in sailors' hands and we are looking forward to getting training feedback and tactics feedback. This is the first real operational exercise," Capt. Danielle George, Program Manager, Mine Warfare, told Warrior Maven in an interview earlier this year.
George said that the Navy is now analyzing findings and key data emerging from the RIMPAC exercises.
"Another system performs post-mission analysis. ALMDS collects all the data and when the helo returns, it will download. Then you have options for how you can destroy the mine," George said.
Instead of using more narrowly configured, mechanized or towed mine detection systems, ALMDS massively expands the surface area from which mine detection takes place. Naturally, this enables shallow-water warships such as the LCS have a much safer sphere of operations as commanders will have much greater advanced warning of mine-cluttered areas.
The ALMDS pod is mechanically attached to the MH-60S with a standard Bomb Rack Unit 14 mount and electrically via a primary and auxiliary umbilical cable to the operator console, according to a statement from the systems maker, Northrop Grumman.
"It does not use any bombs. It flies at a certain altitude and a certain speed. The laser emits beams at a certain rate. Cameras underneath the helicopter receive reflections back from the water. The reflections are processed to create images displayed on a common consol on the helicopter," Jason Cook, the Navy's Assistant Program Manager, ALMDS, told Warrior Maven in an interview earlier this year.
Cook explained that the camera or receiver on the helicopter is called a Streak Tube Imaging LIDAR (STIL). The laser is released in a fan pattern, and photons received back are transferred into electrons, create a camera-like image rendering.
"Instead of a human out searching and sweeping, ALMDS achieves a higher rate of speed and covers a lot more area," he added.
Northrop information on ALMDS further specifies that the system can operate in both day and night operations without stopping or towing equipment in the water.
"Allowing unteathered operations, it can attain high area search rates. This design uses the forward motion of the aircraft to generate image data negating the requirement for complex scanning mechanisms and ensuring high system reliability," Northrop information states.
Having this technology operational, it seems, offers a few new strategic nuances. First and foremost, detecting mines more quickly and at further ranges of course makes the LCS much more survivable. It will be able to pursue attack, anti-submarine and reconnaissance missions with a much lower risk of mine-attack. Furthermore, identifying the location of mines at greater distances brings the added advantage of enabling lower-risk small boat missions to approach target areas for shore missions, surface attack or recon.
Also, given that attack submarines are routinely able to launch attacks, conduct recon and access enemy areas in closer proximity to island and coastal areas, compared with many deeper draft larger surface combatants, ALMDS could measurably improve submarine operations.
Finally, given that the LCS is engineered for both autonomous and aggregated operations, ALMDS could provide occasion for the ship to alert other surface and undersea vessels about the location of enemy mines. In fact, Northrop writes that ALMDS provides accurate target geo-location to support follow on neutralization of the detected mines.
Along these lines, George explained that ALMDS is oriented toward shallow portions of the water column, thus brining a special littoral tactical advantage; the ALMDS will eventually be integrated into the LCS' Mine Countermeasures mission package.
Some of the technical details of the system are further delineated in a research paper written by Arete Associates – a science and technology consulting firm with a history of supporting entities such as the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force.
The Arete essay also talk about STIL technology also being developed and tested for use as a "missile seeker" by weapons and a sensor system for an Air Force C-130 aircraft.
Kris Osborn became the Managing Editor of Warrior Maven in August of 2015 . Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology.
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Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested in Winnipeg and hit with sex trafficking charges.
Nygard on Tuesday was indicted on charges including racketeering and sex trafficking as prosecutors accused him of a "decades-long pattern of criminal conduct," The New York Times reports.
The U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York in a news release detailed the nine-count indictment, alleging that over the course of 25 years, Nygard used his company's "influence, as well as its employees, funds, and other resources, to recruit and maintain adult and minor-aged female victims," often targeting victims from disadvantaged backgrounds or with a history of abuse. He and his co-conspirators allegedly "used force, fraud, and coercion to cause women and minors to have sex with Nygard and others," prosecutors said.
Nygard sexually assaulted some of the victims, prosecutors also alleged, and other victims were allegedly "forcibly assaulted by Nygard's associates or drugged to ensure their compliance with his sexual demands." The prosecutors said Nygard used false promises of career opportunities, threats, and other "coercive means" to control his victims, allegedly requiring them to "engage in sexual activity at his direction" and recruit other women or minors for him to have sex with.
News of the indictment comes after The New York Times reported in February that Nygard's Manhattan corporate headquarters and Los Angeles home had been raided amid an investigation into sexual assault allegations. He subsequently stepped down as the chair of Nygard International. Brendan Morrow
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Apple's head of global security has been indicted after allegedly offering law enforcement officials iPads as bribes in exchange for concealed firearms licenses.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office on Monday said a grand jury has charged Apple Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer with bribery. Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James Jensen were also charged. Sung allegedly "held up the issuance of [concealed firearms] licenses, refusing to release them until the applicants gave something of value," while being "aided by Captain Jensen in one instance."
In Moyer's case, four concealed firearms licenses had been "withheld from Apple employees," and he allegedly promised Apple would donate 200 iPads "worth close to $70,000" to the Sheriff's Office in exchange for the licenses. This plan was "scuttled at the eleventh hour" after Moyer and Sung found out about a search warrant for the license records, the District Attorney's office said. A local business owner was also charged for allegedly offering tickets to a hockey game in exchange for a concealed firearms license.
"Undersheriff Sung and Captain Jensen treated CCW licenses as commodities and found willing buyers," Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. "Bribe seekers should be reported to the District Attorney's Office, not rewarded with compliance."
Moyer's attorney told The Washington Post he "did nothing wrong," saying his arrangement to donate iPads to an education center for the sheriff's office wasn't connected with the permit requests. The attorney added, "We have no doubt he will be acquitted at trial." An Apple spokesperson also said in a statement, "We expect all of our employees to conduct themselves with integrity. After learning of the allegations, we conducted a thorough internal investigation and found no wrongdoing." Brendan Morrow
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Rapper Tory Lanez has been charged in connection with the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced that Lanez has been charged for allegedly shooting at Megan Thee Stallion's feet several times and wounding her after they got into an argument in an SUV in July. He's facing charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and of carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
Megan Thee Stallion had previously spoken out about the incident, alleging that Lanez shot her and sharing a photo of her gunshot wound on social media.
"You shot me," she said in a video in August addressing Lanez, per CNN. "And you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying and sh-t. Stop lying. Why lie? I don't understand."
The "Savage" rapper also said that at the time she didn't "tell the police nothing because I didn't want us to get in no more trouble," per The New York Times, asking, "You want me to tell the law that we got a gun in the car so that they can shoot all of us up?"
Lanez if convicted on the charges against him faces up to 22 years and eight months in prison. Brendan Morrow
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Jerry Harris, one of the subjects of Netflix's hit cheerleading documentary series Cheer, has been arrested on a federal child pornography charge.
The U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday said that 21-year-old Harris was arrested for "allegedly enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself," and he is charged with one count of producing child pornography. Harris allegedly contacted an underage boy through social media, who told him he was 13 years old, and "repeatedly enticed him" to produce and send him sexually explicit videos and photos, prosecutors said.
USA Today reported earlier this week that Harris was under investigation by the FBI, also reporting that Varsity Brands, a private company that conducts business in the cheerleading industry, had made police aware of "inappropriate sexual conduct" allegations against Harris. The investigation, USA Today writes, is "based on allegations brought by 14-year-old twin brothers," who "described a pattern of harassment, both online and at cheer competitions, that started when they were 13 and Harris was 19" and "continued for more than a year." An attorney representing the alleged victims filed a lawsuit against Harris earlier this week, CNN reports.
A spokesperson for Harris said "we categorically dispute the claims made against Jerry Harris, which are alleged to have occurred when he was a teenager," adding that "we are confident that when the investigation is completed the true facts will be revealed." But Harris reportedly "admitted to investigators that he had asked the underage boy for sexually explicit photos through Snapchat," according to BuzzFeed News.
Prosecutors said Harris' initial court appearance is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Brendan Morrow
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Porn star Ron Jeremy has been hit with sexual assault charges.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office on Tuesday announced that Jeremy has been charged with sexually assaulting four women in incidents from 2014 through 2019, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Prosecutors accused Jeremy of forcibly raping a woman at a West Hollywood home in 2014, sexually assaulting two women at a West Hollywood bar in 2017, and forcibly raping a woman at that West Hollywood bar in 2019. He was charged with three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object, as well as one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery, prosecutors said.
Jeremy had previously been accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen women, per Rolling Stone. He has denied the allegations, telling Rolling Stone in 2017, "These allegations are pure lies or buyers remorse. I have never and would never rape anyone." Jeremy faces up to 90 years in prison if convicted on the charges. Brendan Morrow
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Two Buffalo police officers, Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, were both charged with one count of second-degree assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after they were seen on video Thursday shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest against police brutality. The officers have pleaded not guilty and were released without bail, The Associated Press reports.
The video sparked outrage across the country, and criticism intensified when the Buffalo Police Department said the protester, Martin Gugino, tripped and fell. Gugino, described as a longtime peace activist, was hospitalized with a head injury resulting from the fall. He is now in "serious, but stable condition" and is "progressing in his recovery."
McCabe and Torgalski were suspended without pay Friday, prompting all 57 of their colleagues on the Buffalo Police Department's emergency response team to resign from the unit — but not the police force altogether — in their defense.
The charges are the latest examples of swift action being taken against police officers in the wake of George Floyd's death. In Minneapolis, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd's neck has been fired and charged with second-degree murder, while three other ex-officers who watched the scene unfold and did not intervene were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. And two officers in Atlanta were fired this week after footage captured them using excessive force against two African-American college students who were out after a citywide curfew. Read more at The Associated Press and NPR. Tim O'Donnell
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Three former police officers are reportedly being hit with charges in connection with the death of George Floyd, and another ex-cop's charges have been upgraded.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd said he couldn't breathe, last week was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. On Wednesday, the Star Tribune reported that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will elevate the charges to second-degree murder.
Additionally, the three other officers who were are at the scene, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, are being charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to the Star Tribune.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) heralded the news in a tweet, writing, "This is another important step for justice." CNN on Wednesday afternoon cited court records confirming the other officers have been charged.
This development comes after attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the Floyd family, said he expected the other three officers seen in videos of Floyd's death to be arrested "before we have the memorial here in Minneapolis tomorrow," calling them "just as guilty for the death of George Floyd as Officer Chauvin." Crump released a statement to the Star Tribune on Wednesday saying "this is a significant step forward on the road to justice, and we are gratified that this important action was brought before George Floyd's body was laid to rest." Brendan Morrow
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was arrested in connection with the death of George Floyd, has now been charged with murder.
Prosecutors on Friday announced that Chauvin, who was fired after he was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for almost 10 minutes while Floyd said that he couldn't breathe, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. The charges were unveiled shortly after Chauvin's arrest was announced and four days after Floyd's death, which has sparked nationwide outrage and protests.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman in a press conference said this is "by far the fastest we've ever charged a police officer."
"We can only charge a case when he have sufficient, admissible evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt," he said. "As of right now, we have that."
An investigation into the other officers involved in the incident is ongoing, Freeman said, adding that "I anticipate charges." A complaint is being processed and will be released later today.
Shortly after the charges were announced, Attorney General William Barr said in a statement that the Department of Justice is "conducting an independent investigation to determine whether any federal civil rights laws were violated," saying "I am confident justice will be served." Brendan Morrow
BREAKING: Derek Chauvin, one of four former officers fired for involvement in George Floyd's death, has been charged with murder and manslaughter, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announces. https://t.co/70BeNIjMHL pic.twitter.com/XVrvNFw2IA
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