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Sunday, July 14, 2013
BREAKING Ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier files libel suit
Ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier files libel suit
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State's former president Graham Spanier initiated a libel and defamation case Thursday against Louis Freeh, the former FBI director who a year ago produced a report for the school that was highly critical of Spanier's role in the child sex abuse scandal involving longtime assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Paperwork filed in Centre County, where the school is located, disclosed little about the nature of his claims but checked off a box on a court system form that described the case as "slander/libel/defamation.''
The filing was made one day before the one-year anniversary of Freeh's report, which concluded that Spanier, late coach Joe Paterno and other high-ranking Penn State administrators failed to protect children against Sandusky. Under Pennsylvania law, those who believe they have been libeled or defamed have a year to initiate a civil lawsuit.
Calls and emails seeking comment from Freeh and from Spanier lawyer Elizabeth Ainslie were not returned. Along with Freeh, the paperwork also names as a defendant the law firm where Freeh works.
The Freeh report said Spanier told Freeh's investigators that he never heard anyone say Sandusky was sexually abusing children. But Freeh wrote it was more reasonable to conclude that Spanier, Paterno, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz "repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse from the authorities, the university's board of trustees, the Penn State community and the public at large.''
Curley, who was placed on leave to serve out his contract, and Schultz, now retired, were both charged in November 2011, when Sandusky was arrested, and accused of perjury and failure to properly report suspected abuse.
Spanier was forced out as president at that time, and a year later was himself charged as part of an alleged cover-up of complaints about Sandusky. A school spokesman said Thursday Spanier remains a faculty member on administrative leave.
Paterno died of complications from lung cancer in January 2012 and was not charged with any crime. The Freeh report's scathing conclusions about the former coach was followed more than a week later by the school administration's decision to remove his statue from outside the football stadium.
Additional charges were also filed against Curley and Schultz last November, but there has not been a preliminary hearing yet because of a legal dispute about the role played in the grand jury proceedings by Cynthia Baldwin, a former state Supreme Court justice who at the time was Penn State's top lawyer.
On Tuesday, a district judge in the Harrisburg suburbs announced the preliminary hearing would be held for Spanier, Schultz and Curley starting July 29 in the county courthouse. The hearing will determine if there are grounds to forward the case to county court for trial. All three men have vigorously denied the allegations against them.
Sandusky, 69, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including violent attacks on boys inside school facilities, after a three-week trial last summer in which eight victims testified against him. He is serving a 30- to 60-year prison term and maintains he was wrongfully convicted. He is pursuing appeals.
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Survey: Military more popular than teachers, doctors
Servicemembers are more popular than teachers and doctors -- but perceptions of all three have dropped since 2009.
The Pew Research Center released survey results Thursday that break down how 10 professions rank in terms of their contribution to society. The military is seen as one of the highest contributing professions.
A cool 78 percent of people surveyed believe the military contributes ?a lot? to society, compared with 72 percent for teachers and 66 percent for doctors.
Other professions ranked ? listed here from most to least contributing after the three mentioned - are: scientists, engineers, clergy, artists, journalists, business executives and lawyers.
Women edged out men in believing that servicemembers contribute a lot to society - but barely, especially when the margin of error, +/-2.1 percentage points, is taken into consideration. The biggest disparity across demographic groups came ideologically, with 86 percent of Republicans saying the military contributes a lot to society, compared with 75 percent of Democrats.
There has been a slight decline in the perception of how the military contributes to society, from 84 percent in 2009 to 78 percent in 2013.
But at least it?s not as bad as journalists ? which has dropped 10 percent from 38 to 28. Yikes!
The full report from Pew Research Center is available here.?
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
CONNIE MACK CITY TOURNAMENT; Rain forces postponement of Naa'taanii-Strike Zone Baseball game
Naa'taanii head coach Tim Campos, right, meets with umpire Dave Toledo as Friday's game with Strike Zone Baseball was postponed. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times)
FARMINGTON???Naa'taanii was out to the start it had been dreaming of for years against Strike Zone Baseball in the Connie Mack City Tournament on Friday night.
Then the game was postponed.
With Naa'taanii leading Strike Zone 3-0 after one complete inning of play, wet conditions from a rainstorm brought the game to a pause as umpires waited for grounds crew workers to find a key to unlock a shed with drying solution.
And after a nearly 30-minute delay, the umpires postponed the game to noon today.
"It is a little frustrating, but I am not going to call out anybody publicly," said Naa'taanii head coach Tim Campos. "It is just a break for (Strike Zone). We had a three-run lead, and I felt like we were ready to go. But, hey, we have a three-run lead, and we have to come out and regroup and continue to hit the ball."
Strike Zone head coach Adam Morrissey said the umpires made the decision in the interest of player safety, especially to the pitchers on the slippery mound.
"They didn't have any Quick Dry to fix up the field or anything, so we will just turn around at noon and get it going," Morrissey said. "It is good and bad, I guess. We will see how it goes."
Naa'taanii badly wanted to continue playing. Every player was up on the dugout rail embracing the weather.
"That is our team. This team is excitable. This tournament is extremely important to them. They are on a mission this year, and I just hope nothing gets in the way," Campos said.
The Naa'taanii and Strike Zone match up has become the biggest rivalry in the Connie Mack City Tournament in recent years, and no game seems to happen without incident, whether it is about rulings
Naa'taanii pitcher Caleb Prentiss is congratulated by teammates after completing the bottom of the first inning against Strike Zone Baseball on Friday at Ricketts Park. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times)
on the field or the weather."It is always some type of event. Every time. We have to roll with the punches and thank God for the graces he gives you and make it work," Campos said.
Strike Zone starting pitcher Jacy Cave recorded two quick outs in the top of the first inning. With a runner on second base and two outs, Naa'taanii's Nick DeArmond hit a ground ball to Strike Zone second baseman Jeremy Johnson. Johnson bobbled the ball initially and then overthrew the first baseman, allowing Naa'taanii's Roman Gonsalez to score from second.
With the inning still alive, Terrance Barela drove a double to the outfield to score DeArmond.
Cave then hit James Cordova with a pitch and walked Marvin Ortiz to load the bases, and Ryan Barreras drew another walk to bring in Barela, giving Naa'taanii its 3-0 lead.
"You can't do anything about the rain. It is going to happen and mistakes will happen," Cave said. "We just need to refocus on the whole new task at hand now."
Cave said he will be ready to pitch at noon today, but Campos said he expects Strike Zone to turn the ball over to ace Ian Doughty with the extra day of rest.
"They can throw someone else at us. They can sit back and refocus, and this is unfortunate," Campos said. "But, at the same time, we still have to come out and play hard. There is a lot of baseball left."
Both teams will now have to play two games today. Naa'taanii will face 4-Corners in the final four and Strike Zone will face the Rivercats.
The winner of the noon game won't play until 8 p.m. and the loser must play at 5:30 p.m.
"We will take a lot and see what else we have and how we realign because obviously we will have two games now. We have to adjust for that and see how it goes," Campos said.
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Was Don Mattrick Shown the Door at Microsoft?
On May 21st Don Mattrick stood on stage in Redmond, WA and professed to?the world?that he has never been more excited in his entire career than he was on that day. As President of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft he was responsible for overseeing the Xbox Division and had spent the last four years cultivating one of the most anticipated hardware launches in recent memory. Less than two months later he was out of the company.
Sometimes when you bet the house on online connectivity, you lose
The timing of this is just too good to be coincidence. In the month and half between the reveal of the Xbox One and Mattrick?s departure, the Xbox One had one of the most disappointing reveals ever, incited gamer backlash over it?s DRM policy, was embarrassed at E3 by Sony, consistently lost online polls between Xbox One and PS4, lost thousands of fans, and flip-flopped on many of it?s policies that were years in the making.
One doesn?t simply leave a software giant on the eve?of its potentially groundbreaking hardware launch to head up a struggling provider of social games on mobile. Especially when he spent the last four years of his life pouring his heart and soul into it?s design. Did you see the look on Mattrick?s face at the beginning of the Xbox One reveal? This was to be his greatest achievement and he left to become the CEO of a company best known for Farmville. While the incentives from Zynga were undoubtedly generous, I highly doubt?this would have trumped his bonus at MS had the Xbox One become a success.
To say that the handling of the Xbox One reveal was botched would be generous. Mattrick created a further PR nightmare with?confusing?comments like ?If you?re backwards compatible, you?re really?backwards? or the condescending ?Fortunately, we have a product for people who aren?t able to get some form of connectivity,?it?s called Xbox 360.?? MS needed to clean house and Mattrick?was the face of the controversy. Firing him would?ve created more unnecessary bad PR and?a lingering offer from Zynga provided an easy out to an obvious disaster.
Mattrick?s leaving MS for Zynga was the best thing that could?ve happened to the Xbox One.?The ?vision? of an online?console did not work and sometimes when you bet the house on required online connectivity, you lose. This is one departure that looks best for all parties involved.
What do you think of Don Mattrick leaving MS for Zynga? Sound off in the comments below.
Source: http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-360/don-mattrick-shown-door-microsoft/
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Britney Spears & Sia Wrote A ?Special? Song Together | Music News ...
Well!?Britney Spears? next album era is shaping up to be better than an adventure to Smurf Village (which is really saying, since everyone knows how Britney gets?down?at Smurf Village). Now added to the list of collaborators with whom the pop superstar has been recording songs for her forthcoming LP is?Sia, who?s easily one of the best working songwriters in the game right now. (See?Rihanna?s ?Diamonds? and?David Guetta?s ?Titanium? for more on that.)
For her part, Britney described the session as ?AMAZING? (all caps!) and the song they wrote together as ?special,? which comprises all the information you could ever want to have about the song.
As Britney tweeted:
In turn, Sia tweeted (very graciously):
If someone can just keep?Will.i.am?from screaming and shouting all over whatever gorgeous pop confection they?ve cooked up, that?d be great.
[via Popjustice]
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