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How can anyone prove/disprove that the person who comes forward now is the same person that was allegedly raped in 2002? If he was 10-12 then, he'd be 19-21 now. Difficult to tell if it's the same person - the only witness was McQueary, and he presumably hasn't seen the victim since 2002. Sandusky's lawyer could pay and trot any 20 year old out and have that person say Sandusky never raped him. Unless the state has already interviewed the actual victim, and can confirm it is the same person (?). that angle never occurred to me, or most folks. (thx) as in politics, precious little will now ensue but self serving spin and lies, opportunism, and astronomical legal fees. the little people will be even more trampled and used by the system. i would be shocked if anyone spends a day in jail.

from the new yorker (2008) sitting here listening to the much under rated mickey one stan getz verve recording, the similarly under rated movie came to mind By J. Hoberman Tuesday, Apr 15 2008An off-Hollywood production made for under a million dollars, Arthur Penn's Mickey One(April 17 through 23 at the Museum of Modern Art) had its American premiere at the same 1965 New York Film Festival that opened with Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville; widely reviled at the time, it shows its ambitious director, several years before Bonnie and Clyde, trying to figure out just what a "new wave" American movie might be. A still-raw Warren Beatty stars as the eponymous hero—a piano-playing, Noo Yawk–inflected stand-up comic ("Onstage, I'm the Polack Noël Coward"). Miscast if energetic, Beatty gives the picture a certain poignancy—particularly as Penn, no humorist himself, regularly gooses the star's onstage shtick with the visual equivalent of canned laughter, and equates his character's situation with the trials of Joseph K. The mob is pursuing Mickey, and he can't figure out why: "All I know—I'm guilty." Asked of what by his rational gf of mystery (Alexandra Stewart), he replies: "Guilty of not being innocent!" A far cry from the svelte absurdism of Hitchcock's North by Northwest, Mickey One is most striking for its downbeat Americana—Mickey hides in hobo jungles and automobile burial grounds, hangs out in striptease dives and skid-row revival halls—and its high vernacular interludes. Strolling through Chicago, Mickey and the gf watch a spindly Jean Tinguely machine's spectacular self-destruct act—the supposed artist played by a cosmically annoying mime—and, throughout, the freewheeling jazz score erupts with "improvisations" by Stan Getz. That sax is the point. MOMA is screening Mickey One in conjunction with its ambitious survey "Jazz Score," a five-month, 50-plus series of American, European, and Japanese films. The chronology ranges from the 1950s to the present, and the parameters are generous—including composers like Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, and Henry Mancini, who seem more jazzy than jazz. Still, the show is notable for presenting—and even insisting on—another way to look at familiar and not-so-familiar work. The first week's offerings effectively embed Mickey One in a late-'50s constellation of jazz-infused crime films, including Robert Wise's 1958 I Want to Live! and, even cooler, 1959Odds Against Tomorrow (music composed by the Modern Jazz Quartet's John Lewis). Although stunt-meister Otto Preminger engaged Duke Ellington to score his 1959 Anatomy of a Murder, the music and movie never gel; Martin Ritt's 1961 Paris Blues, which Ellington and Billy Strayhorn also scored, is a lesser film with a more impressive sound. Mikio Naruse's downbeat melodrama, A Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), is terrific by any standard, with Toshirô Mayuzumi's ironic cocktail jazz an organic element. The most electrifying jazz, however, is to be found in Louis Malle's 1958 Elevator to the Gallows—a schematic thriller lifted toward greatness by a score that Miles Davis improvised in a single, all-night recording session. "Jazz Score," April 16 through September 15, MOMA.

"i did stop it." mcqueary interview NOW we know why McQueary played in Sandusky's golf outing one month after witnessing Sandusky rape a child in the Penn State locker room this investigation is heading into football 'death penalty' land.

rhee-kevin johnson http://rokdrop.com/2009/11/23/michelle-rhee-linked-to-kevin-johnson-sex-scandal-cover-up/ Michelle Rhee Linked to Kevin Johnson Sex Scandal Cover Up » by GI Korea in: Korea-General TopicsSince the announcement of their recent engagement I had wondered how Washington, DC School Superintendent Michelle Rhee hooked up with former NBA star Kevin Johnson, now I know: When Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, was under investigation last year for alleged financial misdeeds and inappropriate behavior with female students, he had an important ally behind the scenes. Michelle Rhee, the nationally known education reformer who is now head of the Washington, D.C., public schools, had several conversations with a federal inspector general in which she made the case for Johnson and the school he ran in Sacramento, according to the inspector general. Rhee, who had served on the board of the school and is now engaged to marry Johnson, said he was “a good guy.” Rhee’s position had little effect on the inspector general, Gerald Walpin, who filed a criminal referral to the U.S. attorney on Johnson, a self-described friend and supporter of President Obama. But both the Sacramento police and federal attorneys declined to pursue charges. Walpin, who protested the prosecutors’ handling of the case, was ultimately fired by the Obama White House in June. [LA Times] Rhee sat on the board of Johnson’s charter school in Sacramento, St. Hope and has accompanied Johnson on a number of other official trips. You can read more about Michelle Rhee in my prior profile of her here. Anyway here is the corruption that the inspector general Gerald Walpin uncovered at St. Hope that was going on under Rhee’s nose: The investigation began after the AmeriCorps inspector general, Gerald Walpin, received reports that Johnson had misused some of the $800,000 in federal AmeriCorps money provided to St. Hope, a non-profit school that Johnson headed for several years. Walpin was looking into charges that AmeriCorps-paid volunteers ran personal errands for him, washed his car, and took part in political activities. [Washington Examiner] The corruption is bad enough, but here is what is really scandalous: The final four pages of the criminal referral discussed three instances of alleged inappropriate actions by Johnson involving a minor, who had reported she was fondled, and two young volunteers, who reported that Johnson went to their apartment and climbed into bed with one of them. The criminal referral notes that the two educators who reported the allegations left the charter school upset with the way the complaints had been handled. From the report here is what the women said Johnson did: G. Improper Sexual Physical Conduct Our investigation disclosed evidence of sexual misconduct towards young female Members by Mr. Johnson. One Member, [REDACTED] (Ex. 19 hereto), reported that, in the February/March 2007 time frame, she was entering grades into the SAC High database system per Mr. Johnson’s instructions at the St. HOPE office at night, purportedly as part of her AmeriCorps service. [REDACTED] contacted Mr. Johnson to inform him that she had completed the grades and wanted him to review them. About 11:00 pm, Mr. Johnson arrived at St. HOPE and instructed [REDACTED] to gather her things and come with him. Mr. Johnson drove to [REDACTED] apartment, which is managed by St. HOPE Development and houses its AmeriCorps Members, purportedly so that they could review the students’ grades. While in [REDACTED], in which another AmeriCorps Member had a separate bedroom, Mr, Johnson laid down on [REDACTED's] bed, [REDACTED] sat on the edge of the bed to show him the grades, at which time Mr. Johnson “layed down behind me, cupping his body around mine like the letter C. After about 2-3 minutes or so, I felt his hand on my left side where my hip bone is.” Further, although not detailed in her written statement, [REDACTED], during the interview, demonstrated, while explaining, that Mr. Johnson’s hand went under her untucked shirt and moved until his hand was on her hip. [REDACTED] immediately got up and stated she was done and left the room. When she returned, Mr. Johnson was still in her bed, but now apparently sleeping. Only after [REDACTED] sought to take a blanket to sleep elsewhere did Mr. Johnson exit to the living room of the apartment. [REDACTED] related that Mr. Johnson slept on the couch in her apartment living room that night and subsequently left the apartment at approximately 6 a.m. the next day. After, as [REDACTED] put it, she “got the courage to tell… my supervisors,” she reported the incident, which, she was informed, was communicated to St. HOPE Academy’s Human Resources Department and the Chief Financial Officer. The night after [REDACTED] made her report, Mr. Johnson approached her and apologized. Subsequently, Kevin Hiestand, Johnson’s personal attorney, met with [REDACTED], described himself only “as a friend of Johnson,” and “basically asked me to keep quiet.” Also, about one week after this incident, when [REDACTED] told Mr. Johnson she was going to quit because of financial and family reasons, Mr. Johnson “offered to give me $1,000 a month until the end of the program,” stating that it would be confidential “between him and I.” As [REDACTED] related that conversation, Mr. Johnson “said all he needed was my savings account number,” he would make the deposit and “no one needed to know about it.” [REDACTED] did not accept this offer by giving Mr. Johnson her account number. Another former Member, [REDACTED] (Ex. 20 hereto), reported that, while attending a St. HOPE sponsored trip to Harlem, NY, from June 26 to July 16, 2006, Mr. Johnson, on three occasions, “brushed [her] leg with his hand,” including once “flip[ingj up the edge of her skirt. Other times, she stated, Mr. Johnson kissed her cheek, brushed up against her as he walked past, and massaged her shoulders. ([REDACTED] reported another incident that occurred in Sacramento, CA, in which Mr. Johnson touched [REDACTED's] inner thigh with his hand while enroute to a restaurant. [REDACTED] said she did not report the incidents to AmeriCorps officials at that time because she feared she would be terminated from the program and because Mr. Johnson was assisting her in obtaining acceptance into the United States Military Academy, where she subsequently enrolled. In addition, former SAC High teacher Mr. Erik Jones (Ex. 12 hereto) reported that a former AmeriCorps Member, [REDACTED], reported to him, sometime in 2007, that, while at SAC High, Mr. Johnson had inappropriately touched her. Mr. Jones stated that [REDACTED] had reported that Mr. Johnson started massaging her shoulders and then reached over and touched her breasts. (Attempts to interview [REDACTED] have been so far unsuccessful.) Mr. Jones related that, after he reported this incident to St. HOPE Academy officials, he was contacted by Mr. Hiestand, Mr. Johnson’s attorney, but who identified himself solely as St. HOPE’S counsel, and stated he was conducting an internal investigation. Mr. Hiestand told Mr. Jones that [REDACTED's] “story” was different from Mr, Jones’ and told Mr. Jones to change his “story” and then go back to work. Mr. Jones, realizing what he was being asked to do, elected to resign as a teacher and left SAC High. [Washington City Paper] Rhee’s involvement with Johnson’s legal problems only became known after Republican lawmakers demanded an investigation into Walpin’s firing, which appears to be politically motivated because he had tried to stop Johnson from receiving federal stimilus money due to the corruption surrounding his AmeriCorps money: In August 2008, at the time Walpin referred the matter to the U.S. Attorney, he also presented the evidence of misuse of federal money to officials at the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps. In September 2008, those officials barred Johnson from receiving any more federal money. All this was happening as Johnson was running for mayor of Sacramento, a race he won in November 2008. Johnson’s suspension from receiving federal money became a hot issue in early 2009 after Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus bill. Many people in Sacramento worried that the city would not be able to get its share of that money if the mayor was banned from receiving federal dollars. Amid that atmosphere of anxiety, in April of this year, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced a deal under which St. Hope would pay back about half of the money it received from AmeriCorps and, in return, Johnson would no longer be banned from receiving federal money. Brown released a statement saying the settlement “removes any cloud whether the City of Sacramento will be prevented from receiving much-needed federal stimulus funds.” The deal was made by Brown and top officials at the Corporation for National and Community Service — Walpin was cut out of the process. He strongly disagreed with the arrangement, suspecting that it came about more for political reasons than prosecutorial ones. The new report takes his side, saying Brown’s “motivation to reach a settlement was not to protect the financial interests of the United States, but rather to remove Johnson from the suspended parties list in order to ensure Sacramento’s eligibility to receive stimulus funds.” Neither Brown nor the U.S. Attorney’s office cooperated with the Grassley/Issa investigation. [Washington Examiner] Her is Rhee’s part of the cover up: Rhee’s involvement in the probe stems from the statements ofJacqueline Wong-Hernandez, a former St. Hope staff member, to federal investigators. According to an interview report, Wong-Hernandez told an investigator that Rhee was well known as someone who filled several roles with Johnson’s St. Hope organization and would use Johnson’s office when she was in town. Wong-Hernandez said that Rhee ‘played the role as “Damage Control”. When there was a problem at St. HOPE, Ms. Rhee was there the next day taking care of the problem.’ When the sexual misconduct allegations were raised, Rhee contacted Wong-Hernandez to figure out what had happened, telling her “she was making this her number one priority and she would take care of the situation.” Subsequently, Wong-Hernandez found out that Johnson’s lawyer had contacted the accuser, after which the accuser dropped the complaint. Disgusted with how the incident had been handled, Wong-Hernandez quit St. Hope, and it was Rhee who conducted the exit interview. She told Rhee the reason she was leaving was the way St. Hope had handled the sexual misconduct allegation. According to the interview report, “Ms, Wong-Hernandez also informed Ms. Rhee that she didn’t trust the management at St. HOPE. Ms. Rhee documented the interview in her daily planner and responded to Ms. Wong-Hernandez by thanking her for bringing it to her attention how disorganized the program had become. Ms. Rhee didn’t try to talk Ms. Wong-Hernandez into staying.” The L.A. Times further reports that Rhee spoke directly to Walpin, having discussions “in which she made the case for Johnson and the school he ran in Sacramento” and described Johnson as “a good guy.” [Washington City Paper] Not the most blatant cover up attempt, but still shady. This inicident really takes a hit at Rhee’s creditability. If she couldn’t ensure AmeriCorps money wasn’t being fraudently spent and workers weren’t being sexually harassed at St. Hope what creditability should people have in her ability to reform the DC schools? Here opponents already smell blood in the water. Tags: Kevin Joh

thnks. pete, for the excellent article touching a lot of bases. the legal fees in this mess would have fed 10,000 hungry youngsters.

if you thought the way penn state football program was screwy, wait till you hear about their lady basketball program. the president had a media opportunity the other day and a journalist asked the president about the penn state situation. "heartbreaking. we think first and foremost of the victims of these alleged crimes. it's a good time for us to do some soul searching, every institution, and not just penn state, about what our priorities are, and making sure our first priority is protecting our kids. we all have a responsibility, we can't leave it to a system. we cant leave it to someone else." he's talking about soul searching. when he says it's time for soulsearching about our values of kids vs. sports and all that, the president needs challenged as to why HE continues to do special favors for kevin johnson, a former boston celtic, now mayor of sacramento. there have been 2 major accusations of him groping underage girls, one in a shower while naked, strange six figure payoffs to the one girl's parents, similarly in sacramento. there was another issue a bout a student in one of his charter high schools, not to mention his misuse of americorps(remember the americorps inspector general resignation earlier this year?), funds. obama goes to the mat for this guy. the man has a history of doing things with underage women-children, strange payoffs and intimidation of people. why aren't all the moral watchdogs in our society paying any heed to this matter? the president maintains a friendship with johnson. would the president enjoy having mr. johnson around his lovely daughters? at penn state, back in 2003, a young woman named jen harris, an honors graduate of a prominent high school accepted a sholarship to play basketball for penn state lady lions. a year and a half later, ms. harris was dismissed from the basketball team . rene portland, her unbelievably great sucessful coach, with the blessings of the university administration currently hiding the man-boy rape scandal, made no secret of her training rules. if you were to play womens basketball at penn state, there were to be no drugs, no drinking(football players can drink), and NO lesbians. portland's intention, she told the chicago sun-times was "to take the stigma of lesbianism out of women's sports." some female athletes are gay; some male athletes are gay.. so what. portland was hostile to athletes she suspected, included harris, who was apparently not gay, driven to the point of suicide. harris, sick of the homophobia in women's sports filed a lawsuit against portland, penn state athletic director tim curley, and the university, alleging discrimination based on perceived sexual orientation. she had no idea other young women on the team would come forward detailing abuse and discrimination at the hands of penn state university. portland promised parents she would take good care of young athletes she was enlisting. any girl on the team she suspected of lesbian tendencies was kicked off the team. times change, and coaches, and the rest of us must change. penn state, at the same time, is tolerating one of their major coaches boinking young boys and god knows what else. ethics are ok, i guess, until they interfere with your or my or our institutional goals or friendships. http://en.wikipedia....i/Rene_Portland yosuke yamashita trio http://www.youtube.c...h?v=sB_cOgLa4rA

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-14/record-sales-rise-as-lady-gaga-adele-find-a-future-with-spotify.html Music lovers are doing something they haven’t done in years: They’re buying more albums. The number of albums sold this year has increased for the first time since 2004, led by deep discounting and releases from the likes of pop priestess Lady Gaga, British singer and songwriter Adele and rapper Lil’ Wayne. That’s an accomplishment in an industry that’s been in steady decline, even though total revenue is still slipping. The trend may signal a brighter future for the music industry, according to Jean-Bernard Levy, chief executive officer of Paris-based Vivendi SA. (VIV) The company’s Universal Music Group on Nov. 11 agreed to buy the recorded-music assets of EMI Group from Citigroup Inc. in a deal valued at 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion). “There’s a clear rebound in music sales this year,” Levy said in an interview in New York before news of the deal. “We don’t want to claim victory. But the music industry may be at a turning point.” Industry wide, sales of record albums, which include digital downloads, compact discs, some vinyl LPs and cassettes, are up 3 percent, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the music industry’s sales tracking system. A total of 255 million albums have been sold in the U.S. so far this year, compared with 247 million this time last year. At this point last year, overall album sales were down 13 percent from the previous year. In addition to the sale of a traditional album compilation of songs, either on a CD or through downloading, the industry now also counts what is called TEA, or a “track equivalent album.” One TEA is counted for every 10 single tracks that are downloaded, even if it’s the same song downloaded 10 times. When TEAs are factored in, album sales are up 5.2 percent over last year, according to SoundScan. Hitting Bottom? Record companies are benefiting from new Internet music outlets, from Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) to streaming-music services such as Spotify Ltd. and Rdio Inc. At Vivendi SA, whose assets also include the Activision Blizzard video-game business, the Brazilian broadband business GVT, and the French pay-TV operatorCanal Plus, digital music sales increased 13.5 percent during the first half of this year, the company said.(continued)

judge who granted cashless bail to jerry sandusky is a volunteer at his foundation. no conflict of interest there. conflict of interest

the thinnest skins of all indeed belong to us critics.

second mile foundation tries to separate itself from founder article

the assistant coach is in protective custody at an undisclosed location after numerous death threats. somebody will be killed in this mess, if they haven't been already. "i'm done coaching," he said. his players were denied a chance to visit him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4pBdNDesQ

how many suicides will result from this tawdry example of what happens when good men do nothing, and the personal price of reporting sex crimes becomes prohibitive, particularly at penn state. it seems to me that reparations to these victims is mandated, even if it means raising ticket prices and paying the head coach several hundred thousands less annually. an example of pathetic damage control-- http://www.thesecondmile.org/welcome.php A Statement from The Second Mile 11.6.2011 The newly released details and the breadth of the allegations from the Attorney General’s office bring shock, sadness and concern from The Second Mile organization. Our prayers, care and compassion go out to all impacted. The most recent reports we’ve read this past weekend state that Mr. Sandusky met the alleged victims through The Second Mile. To our knowledge, all the alleged incidents occurred outside of our programs and events. However, we are encouraging anyone with information regarding this investigation to contact investigators from the Office of Attorney General at 814-863-1053 or Pennsylvania State Police at 814-470-2238. As The Second Mile’s CEO Jack Raykovitz testified to the Grand Jury, he was informed in 2002 by Pennsylvania State University Athletic Director Tim Curley that an individual had reported to Mr. Curley that he was uncomfortable about seeing Jerry Sandusky in the locker room shower with a youth. Mr. Curley also shared that the information had been internally reviewed and that there was no finding of wrongdoing. At no time was The Second Mile made aware of the very serious allegations contained in the Grand Jury report. Subsequently, in November 2008, Mr. Sandusky informed The Second Mile that he had learned he was being investigated as a result of allegations made against him by an adolescent male in Clinton County, PA. Although he maintained there was no truth to the claims, we are an organization committed first and foremost to the safety and well-being of the children we serve. Consistent with that commitment and with The Second Mile policy, we immediately made the decision to separate him from all of our program activities involving children. Thus, from 2008 to present, Mr. Sandusky has had no involvement with Second Mile programs involving children. The Second Mile was first contacted by the Attorney General’s office in early 2011. Since then, we have done everything in our power to cooperate with law-enforcement officials and will continue to do so. Our highest priority always has been and will continue to be the safety and well-being of the children participating in our programs. We encourage program participants to report any allegations of abuse and/or inappropriate sexual activity wherever it has occurred, and we take any such reports directly to Child Protective Services. We have many policies and procedures designed to protect our participants, including employee and volunteer background checks, training and supervision of our activities. The Second Mile has helped thousands of Pennsylvania’s children to lead better lives, and we remain committed to that mission. Our success is a result of the trust placed in us by the families and professionals with whom we partner, and we will take any steps needed to maintain their confidence in us.

thanks for the pointer, jim--we are as much cattle and beasts as they are, or so it seems.

http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/rhino-flies "These photos and video are from the latest rhino move, where 19 of the creatures were taken by WWF, Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency, SANParks, and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife on a 1,000 mile journey across South Africa to reside in a new location in the Limpopo province. They're the latest of 120 rhinos to be relocated by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project in South Africa."<br style="color: rgb(23, 23, 23); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; ">—They drug the rhinos, tape their mouths closed, tie their ankles together and then hang these 3,000-pound creatures upside down from a flying helicopter. It's like a Roald Dahl book meets a Beastie Boys video or something. And terribly important—as the West African version of the black rhino has just been declared extinct.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/journalism-ethics-taken-too-seriously-romenesko-scolded-on-his-own-blog/?src=tp Journalism Ethics Taken Too Seriously? Romenesko Scolded on His Own Blog By JEREMY W. PETERSSometimes you can follow rules right out the window. That is the situation the Poynter Institute — an organization that teaches journalistic ethics and practices — finds itself in after scolding its most famous writer, Jim Romenesko, for a technical infraction of its guidelines. Known in journalistic circles for his summaries of media-related stories around the country, Mr. Romenesko was faulted in a blog post at the site that carries his name for exhibiting “a pattern of incomplete attribution.” Now Poynter stands to lose Mr. Romenesko altogether. He has twice offered his resignation, he said, though Poynter has refused to accept it. His work draws considerable traffic to Poynter.org and he is just a few weeks from retirement. Journalists from across the country unleashed a torrent of criticism on Poynter’s Web site on Thursday, accusing it of being school-marmish and petty, and for tarnishing the name of a man who is deeply admired by his colleagues. “Seriously, Poynter?” asked one. “THIS is the issue that you get outraged about? THIS is the issue that leads you to plant your flag on morals, ethics and proper journalistic behavior?” In an e-mail, Mr. Romenesko said he would rather have seen his 12-year run at Poynter end on better terms. ”This really did throw me for a loop,” he said, declining to comment further. “I think I’d probably prefer to go quietly.” Many journalists saw the aggregating Mr. Romenesko did in his early-morning posts as the best real estate in American journalism to promote their work. They would send him links to their stories and encourage him to summarize them. So the idea that anyone could think he was somehow trying to take credit for work that wasn’t his rang false. “Unless there are far more egregious examples out there — which I strain to imagine, since the practice and intent of Romenesko’s blog is self-evident — this is a nothingburger,” said James Poniewozik, the television critic for Time magazine, in a comment on Poynter’s site. In an interview this summer, Mr. Romenesko, 58, described how he was looking forward to leaving aggregation behind to get back to reporting, the reason he became a journalist in the first place. His new site, JimRomenesko.com, will still cover media but will also touch on other topics he is interested in, like food, finance and real estate. “I’m not going to be doing three-sentence summaries of other people’s work. That’s behind me,” he said in the summer. Mr. Romenesko was taken to the woodshed by Julie Moos, director of Poynter Online, for failing to put quotation marks around phrases he borrowed from articles he was aggregating for his blog. “One danger of this practice is that the words may appear to belong to Jim when they in fact belong to another,” Ms. Moos wrote in the blog post. Yet evidently Mr. Romenesko hadn’t offended any of the writers whose work he was summarizing. Ms. Moos said that to her knowledge none of them had ever complained. The Poynter response drew mockery from some corners of the Web. The Awl, a blog that follows media, culture and politics, said the site had become “intolerable” as Mr. Romenesko has taken on a reduced role there.

jerry sandusky was seen yesterday at dicks sporting goods in full penn state attire.

http://articles.phil...usky-grand-jury November 09, 2011|By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Former coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with sexually assaulting eight boys from the… (DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The investigation into sex-abuse allegations against former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is examining the role of parties not charged in the case whose actions, or lack thereof, may have delayed intervention by law enforcement. That includes top officials at the Second Mile, the nonprofit organization that Sandusky founded and, authorities allege, used to make contact with the children he victimized. Sandusky has been charged with sexually assaulting eight boys who participated in the Second Mile, a program for troubled youth. Also facing charges are two Penn State officials, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president of business and finance Gary Schultz. Prosecutors say they failed to report a 2002 incident involving one of the children and later provided false information to a grand jury. Attorneys for all three have denied wrongdoing by their clients. State Attorney General Linda Kelly on Monday said the investigation was continuing and that more charges were possible. An investigator in the case said Tuesday that "a lot of entities besides Penn State University had a hand in this." In a statement Monday, the Second Mile said it immediately ended Sandusky's contact with children in the program after he told them in 2008 that he was under investigation for alleged sexual contact with a child, an allegation he told the organization was false. That, however, was at least the third time in 10 years that the organization had been made aware of allegations involving Sandusky's contacts with children. The organization knew in 1998 that Sandusky was investigated for alleged sexual misconduct in a Penn State shower involving a different boy from the program, according to a presentment by a statewide investigating grand jury. State College lawyer Wendell V. Courtney was apprised of the investigation in 1998 because he was counsel for Penn State and the Second Mile. He has not responded to interview requests. That investigation, by university police, was closed when the Centre County District Attorney's Office decided not to file charges.

my tv i was set to espn (thru time-warner) to dvr the sequence. when i turned the tv on 5 hours later, the dvr had locked up, and the cable box had locked up solid. rebooting didn't work. finally, i had to unplug the devices, reboot them, and wait 25 minutes for them to reset. half the broadcast stations didn't close down. if i want breaking news lightening fast, i turn to twitter.

this is going to get worse before it gets better. word on the street in pennsylvania now is that the second mile foundation pimped boys out to wealthy donors. sandusky is free on $100,000 bail. http://www.nytimes.c...strictattorneys Questions on Sandusky Are Wrapped in a 2005 Mystery By KEN BELSON Published: November 8, 2011 RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINSIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREOne of the questions surrounding the sex-abuse case against Jerry Sandusky is why a former district attorney chose not to prosecute the then-Penn State assistant coach in 1998 after reports surfaced that he had inappropriate interactions with a boy. Enlarge This Image Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times, via Associated Press Ray Gricar Related Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno Exit Amid Scandal(November 9, 2011) Paterno, the King of Pennsylvania, Until Now(November 9, 2011) Sports of The Times: Grand Experiment Meets an Inglorious End (November 9, 2011) Related in Opinion Editorial: Penn State's Culpability (November 9, 2011) Maureen Dowd: Personal Foul at Penn State (November 9, 2011) Interviews, insight and analysis from The Times on the competition and culture of college football. Go to The Quad Blog Division I-A This Week's GamesA.P. and Coaches' PollsScores: Top 25 | All Div. I-AConference StandingsAll Div. I-A Teams Division I-AA Scores | Teams | Polls Enlarge This Image Michelle Klein/Centre Daily Times, via Associated Press In 2005, divers searched the Susquehanna River in Lewisburg, Pa., for Ray Gricar, who was a Centre County prosecutor. The answer is unknowable because of an unsolved mystery: What happened to Ray Gricar, the Centre County, Pa., district attorney? Gricar went missing in April 2005. The murky circumstances surrounding his disappearance — an abandoned car, a laptop recovered months later in a river without a hard drive, his body was never found — have spawned Web sites, television programs and conspiracy theories. More than six years later, the police still receive tips and reports of sightings. The police in central Pennsylvania continue to investigate even though Gricar's daughter, Lara, successfully petitioned in July to have her father declared legally dead so the family could find some closure and begin dividing his estate. Yet as the Sandusky investigation moves forward, questions will be asked anew about why Gricar did not pursue charges against him 13 years ago. A small but strident minority believes Gricar did not want to tackle a case that involved a hometown icon. Others who knew and worked with Gricar say he was a meticulous, independent and tough-minded prosecutor who was unbowed by Penn State, its football program and political pressure in general. "No one got a bye with Ray," said Anthony De Boef, who worked as an assistant district attorney under Gricar for five years. "He didn't care who you were; he had a job to do." De Boef said Gricar did not share any information with him about the case in 1998, which involved Sandusky allegedly showering with an 11-year-old boy. Gricar, he said, reviewed the police reports in private including, presumably, notes or recordings of two conversations that the police heard between Sandusky and the boy's mother. But Gricar had a reputation for thoroughness, and if he thought he had enough to charge Sandusky, he would have, De Boef and other lawyers said. Still, the circumstances surrounding Gricar's disappearance prompt many questions. On April 15, 2005, Gricar, then 59, took the day off. At about 11:30 a.m., he called his girlfriend, Patricia Fornicola, to say he was taking a drive on Route 192. About 12 hours later, she reported him missing. The next day, Gricar's Mini Cooper was found in a parking lot in Lewisburg, about 50 miles from his home in Bellefonte. Gricar's cellphone was in the car, but not his laptop, wallet or keys, which were never recovered. Months later, the laptop was found in the Susquehanna River without its hard drive, which was discovered later. It was too damaged to yield any information. On the fourth anniversary of his disappearance, investigators revealed that a search of his home computer yielded a history of Internet searches for phrases like "how to wreck a hard drive," according to a report at the time in The Centre Daily Times. When Gricar disappeared helicopters, dive teams and patrol cars were deployed, and the F.B.I. was brought in. Reports of Gricar turning up in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and other states proved to be dead ends. So what happened? Friends and colleagues say Gricar was not the type to walk away. His bank accounts were not touched after he disappeared, he had no other sources of income and he had no major debts, said Robert Buehner Jr., a friend and the district attorney in Montour County. Though divorced twice, he seemed happy with his girlfriend and close with his daughter. Gricar had already announced that he was retiring at the end of his term. "He was absolutely looking forward to his future," Buehner said. If Gricar committed suicide, Buehner added, he would have wanted the body to be found. Foul play is the next possible conclusion. By the nature of their jobs prosecuting criminals, district attorneys end up having many enemies. But no credible suspects have emerged. "I don't think you'll find too many district attorneys who disappear," said Ken Mains, a detective who works on cold cases in Lycoming County. "D. B. Cooper, Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, until a body is found, there are going to be conspiracy theories."

i awoke this morning about an hour ago with my cat, ms. goodspeak, occupying the bigger portion of the pillow, staring into my eyes asserting her paw power. insofar as i can tell, there are no lumps on my head.

the courage of a young lady to forego one of what is commonly perceived as a pillar of femininity, and let her beauty shine is a lovely thing indeed.

the shaved heads seemed, to me, to improve their warbling. randy crawford and esther saterfield come to mind.

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