Christians of Convenience

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeeers Chuckleheads…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpHfByFCZztNpNtsnVoVc7uWZqxDjxfTWCn8rluZeGli14RNwhwURTxCImT_h7RDAtHJv4bUibX90OmHZZM06ui2rWpB9bzTagBO1Y3LMHWg4oLvHNvhWuD8mVsdxbU_tOKgbrzNJNwA/s1600/JesusHatesYou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpHfByFCZztNpNtsnVoVc7uWZqxDjxfTWCn8rluZeGli14RNwhwURTxCImT_h7RDAtHJv4bUibX90OmHZZM06ui2rWpB9bzTagBO1Y3LMHWg4oLvHNvhWuD8mVsdxbU_tOKgbrzNJNwA/s200/JesusHatesYou.jpg" width="200" /></a>We are already a full week into Lent and before you know it, many will be celebrating the fact that Jesus dangled from a cross, got stuffed into a cave, and then a couple days later walked back out in order to roam the Earth for awhile, pick up some Chinese food, and then head up the astral staircase to lounge about with his dad for all eternity.<br /><br />What a great time to be a Christian!!<br /><br />Of course…<i>anytime</i> is a great time to be a Christian, well…provided it doesn’t interfere with one’s personal moral compass, or their bigotry, or their intolerance, or…their whoring, their judging, their hypocrisy, their…well, you get the picture.<br /><br />Yes indeed, even more so than at Christmas, during the Easter season there are Christians, Christians all around, yet not a drop of grace to drink.<br /><br />Certainly, there are plenty of people who call themselves Christians and proudly sashay down the runway of pretentiousness draped in bejeweled trappings of haughtiness and a tiara or top hat of arrogance, acting as though they had just been named Mr./Miss Jesus Christ is Lord 2013, but…<br /><br />Beneath the saintly veneer of these self-regaling righteous ones, exists the anti-soul of the Devil, and persons who have no time for beatitudinal details.<br /><br />Take my neighbor, Little Jimmy Stewart for instance…Claims to be a devout Catholic…a devout Christian. Believes in in God, guns, and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Hell, he reminds me of Lt. Kendrick in A Few Good Men, albeit an out of shape Lt. Kendrick.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJ0_QQS5NhLoxqd-6wrsAUP9o1eV5gzLp7tZLCtqHtuqUjcDzX4XitE1GiMArRDEcQf3AJfXIiFFSAqUBKXV6FmIiVQMFk7z7GVzuQ-2xu4ubMLXyL-UDUm6tEGcS8KkFTXhRpiTCuAA/s1600/jesus+eric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJ0_QQS5NhLoxqd-6wrsAUP9o1eV5gzLp7tZLCtqHtuqUjcDzX4XitE1GiMArRDEcQf3AJfXIiFFSAqUBKXV6FmIiVQMFk7z7GVzuQ-2xu4ubMLXyL-UDUm6tEGcS8KkFTXhRpiTCuAA/s200/jesus+eric.jpg" width="166" /></a>Seriously, ol’ Jimmy thinks of himself as a follower of Christ, so much that, he has scorned and chastised me for often using Christ as a comedy tool. <i>“That’s not funny. You make fun of Jesus, and you are going to Hell.”</i><br /><br />Two things about that…First of all, Jimmy boy has no sense of humor, because like it or not, using the purity and sanctity of Jesus and twisting it into something gross, sexual, and/or amoral is fucking funny, and secondly?<br /><br />People like Jim, and there are plenty, shouldn’t tell me how offensive I am being by making Jesus jokes when their Facebook pages are littered with nothing but bigoted posts, anti-gay posts, Obama is a non-citizen nigger posts, and holding weenie roasts/Quran burnings like Jim did a couple of 9/11’s ago.<br /><br />Hypocrisy I tellz ya…Hypocrisy in its basest and most definable form, and the pity is, most of them never see it, because, Jesus loves them this they know for their ignorance tells them so.<br /><br />Hell I know a couple of women, one in particular.  She has the perfect family, the perfect marriage, goes to church religiously, and scorns me for not going to Church and like Jim, berates me for having some occasional comedic fun with the Holy Baby Jeebus. She too, has in the past, told me that I am going to Hell.<br /><br />She’s really amazing because let me tell you, between her sinful vanity sessions of having her capped teeth cleaned, her manufactured tits adjusted, and giving blow jobs to the barber across town who is not her husband, I have no idea how the hell she has any time left in the day to judge me!!  But by golly, I guess the Lord gives her 25 hours in a day because…She’s a Christian!!<br /><br />Uuch…<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb5JsF6vIWsDS8n6kVCqfUH8LV8LlDSqAddY1u-H0_IipwxIoJZ-7H4bz0VSZuJ9QI9LVfobn83UW-wpldM2eQssHwXxfy3H_LedlqR02mizT50RU1_qVw_-VcA-txeVOh4NKB2reKvM/s1600/big_phony+christian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb5JsF6vIWsDS8n6kVCqfUH8LV8LlDSqAddY1u-H0_IipwxIoJZ-7H4bz0VSZuJ9QI9LVfobn83UW-wpldM2eQssHwXxfy3H_LedlqR02mizT50RU1_qVw_-VcA-txeVOh4NKB2reKvM/s200/big_phony+christian.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br />Listen folks.  It’s fine to call oneself a Christian.  I do, however…I admit my mistakes, my failings, my transgressions, and more often that not, publicly.  On Facebook.  Or on the air.  Or on here. Sometimes to Jayman’s chagrin…Anyhoo…<br /><br />Here’s my Lenten message to all of you self-proclaimed Christians who rationalize your shortcomings and eat from the body of Christ ala carte…<br /><br />Quit being such phony fucks.  There is no shame in failing as a human being and sinning here and there, but to pretend that you don’t, <i>that</i> is the greatest sin of all, because when you do that, you never seek forgiveness, and more importantly, you never change your ways.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@mattman_iws</a><br />.</div>

Christians of Convenience

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Zensoy Review

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to eating healthy sometimes it can be tough.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially with all of those late night cravings for something sweet!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such as chocolate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yum!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There will be obstacles in your way but you have to be strong and just try to change it up a bit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go for something sweet but guilt free.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I have a hankering for something sweet I reach for my little pudding cup from <a href="http://zensoy.com/">Zensoy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent some coupons to review these wonderful tasty products.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far though I've only found the puddings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are chocolaty, delicious, sweet, good for you and made from soy milk!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are also organic which is awesome!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeMZ22eWzSW-vyadBd6FjzgczMHi0e70mSjzxJXStsFzif5wfMiRZSancUDFt1us6sXiS5CJTJz-jTINlalKOIP_jWegEDHgHTjos3t6rpO_0cmIMOWswvkTzxPKz-a8Lh0UzfVCvX18/s1600/PAP_Panda-300x217.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeMZ22eWzSW-vyadBd6FjzgczMHi0e70mSjzxJXStsFzif5wfMiRZSancUDFt1us6sXiS5CJTJz-jTINlalKOIP_jWegEDHgHTjos3t6rpO_0cmIMOWswvkTzxPKz-a8Lh0UzfVCvX18/s200/PAP_Panda-300x217.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gross, check this out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that 97% of soybeans are sprayed with pesticides?! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So 90% of soy milk on the shelves at markets contain pesticides in them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Switch to Zen soy for pure delicious organic puddings and soy milk!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What they don't use:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GMO's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pesticides</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dairy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chemical pesticides</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">petroleum based fertilizers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Chocolate pudding:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have tried puddings and loved them, but not like this one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so much better than the rest!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First bite I knew it was healthy and better for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chocolate taste is sweet but not too sweet and it's delicious!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Vanilla pudding:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought this flavor was pretty good.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too sweet and I added in some blueberries!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So good!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Other products they offer:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soy on the go flavors</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">juice gels (jello form)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">soy milk</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and of course their yummy puddings!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out online over at these social networking sites!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://zensoy.com/">http://zensoy.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/zensoy">https://twitter.com/zensoy</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zenproducts?ref=search"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/zenproducts?ref=search</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Zensoy Review

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Lakers grieving death of Jerry Buss

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">By </span><a href="http://search.espn.go.com/mcmenamin_dave/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dave McMenamin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"> | ESPNLosAngeles.com</span><br /><br /><div class="mod-inline video-player full-box with-playlist next" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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"His competitive spirit, his vision of what this organization should be and how it should go beyond basketball, the global outreach that he had in his mind, we talked quite a bit about that. We talked about the old times and he's obviously had a profound impact on my career to say the least."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote class="mod-quote-box quote-box-left mod-inline" style="background-color: white; border-right-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; float: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><span class="quote-start" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; float: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 60px; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</span><br /><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Bryant" class="floatright" height="90" src="http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nba/players/full/110.png&w=65&h=90&scale=crop&background=0xcccccc&transparent=false" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="65" />... We talked about getting another championship and trying to put the Celtics in the rearview mirror. That's something that was driving him and that's something that continues to drive me.</div><span class="quote-end" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; float: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 60px; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">”</span><cite style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; clear: right; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;">-- Kobe Bryant on Jerry Buss</cite></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Lakers announced a private memorial service will be held for Buss on Thursday at 3 p.m. PT at Nokia Theatre. The service will not be open to the public; however it will be aired live on the team's television station, Time Warner Cable SportsNet. Countless fans have already flocked to show their support for the longtime Lakers owner who presided over 10 championships in his 34 years at the helm by leaving flowers and mementos by the Lakers statues in front of Staples Center. At L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, well-wishers have been writing messages on a giant white banner that features a picture of Buss in the middle of it.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Yesterday was an empty day," said Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, who also expressed his gratitude for Buss bringing him to Los Angeles as a player 32 years ago and keeping him within the organization all this time. "I couldn't seem to find a place where I was comfortable -- a room, a place, a car, a house. A major loss, personally, for obvious reasons."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While recognizing that Buss is gone, the Lakers were left acknowledging his children that still remain with the team -- particularly vice president of player personnel, Jim Buss and vice president of business operations, Jeanie Buss -- and the challenge they have to take up the torch from their father.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="mod-container mod-no-footer mod-inline content-box floatright mod-no-header-footer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: right !important; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><div class="mod-content" style="border: 1px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 7px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">More on Jerry Buss from ESPN.com</h4><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Shelburne" class="floatright" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/shelburne_ramona_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Jerry Buss had vision unlike any other. From humble beginnings to the L.A. spotlight, he changed the game as owner of the Lakers, writes Ramona Shelburne. <a href="http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8959319/los-angeles-lakers-owner-jerry-buss-had-vision-unlike-other" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Story</b></a></div><center style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><hr style="background-color: #dddddd; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #dddddd; float: none; height: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.45em; width: 127.93333435058594px;" /></center><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Adande" class="floatright" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/adande_ja_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Jerry Buss admittedly loved winning with the Lakers, but he also certainly knew how to enjoy life and have fun along the way, writes J.A. Adande. <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8959181/nba-jerry-buss-love-winning" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Story</b></a></div><center style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><hr style="background-color: #dddddd; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #dddddd; float: none; height: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.45em; width: 127.93333435058594px;" /></center><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="McMenamin" class="floatright" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/mcmenamin_dave_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Jerry Buss was a symbol of stability for a franchise that has had its fair share of Hollywood drama throughout the years, writes Dave McMenamin. <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/35811/questions-after-loss-of-jerry-buss" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog</b></a></div><center style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><hr style="background-color: #dddddd; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #dddddd; float: none; height: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.45em; width: 127.93333435058594px;" /></center><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="SportsNation" class="floatright" height="80" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/sportsnation/logos/espn_sportsnation_80.gif" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="80" />Current and former NBA players were among those remembering Lakers owner Jerry Buss on Twitter following his death Monday.<a href="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/8959448/lakers-owner-jerry-buss-dies" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Comment</b></a><br /><br />• <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo Gallery: </b><a href="http://espn.go.com/losangeles/photos/gallery/_/id/8960267/jerry-buss" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jerry Buss' career</a> <img alt="Photo Gallery" border="0" height="10" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/icons/photo.png" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="12" /></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I'm very confident," Bryant said when asked if he believed Buss' family could carry on his tradition of excellence. "You're following the greatest owner in sports. To try to match that or equal that, it's nearly an impossible task. But, I think in their own way they'll have success, for sure."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kupchak echoed Bryant's belief.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Ownership will continue to carry on the brand of the organization," Kupchak said. "Nobody understands what this franchise means to Los Angeles more than Jeanie and Jimmy and the family. Nobody does. And to the extent that they'll let me [chart the Lakers' direction], after spending 32 years with Jerry, I think I have a feeling of what he wants too."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryant, <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/996/pau-gasol" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pau Gasol</a> and <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2384/dwight-howard" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dwight Howard</a> shared fond memories of visiting with an ailing Buss in the hospital before the season. Gasol sadly recalled how Buss' goal to be out of the hospital in time for the Lakers' season opener in October was not met. Kupchak said there could have been a subconscious effort on Jim Buss' part to pursue the Howard and <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/592/steve-nash" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Nash</a> deals in the offseason in hopes of capturing one last championship while his father was still alive.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryant said winning another ring for Buss has been on his mind all season long.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's part of the reason why I try to drive so hard," Bryant said. "When we talked, we talked about getting another championship and trying to put the <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[Boston] Celtics</a> in the rearview mirror. That's something that was driving him and that's something that continues to drive me."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Celtics have 17 championships all-time, just ahead of the Lakers' 16.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gasol said he spent his final hospital visit with Buss watching college football and talking about the owner's beloved USC Trojans and how the college game was superior to the NFL. Kupchak shared how Buss rigged a system to be able to watch Lakers games on his iPad at the hospital while the team's local television deal was still being hammered out.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"He meant a lot to us," Gasol said. "He was a leader for our team, for this franchise, for this city and he was a guy that you would enjoy being around. It's been a tough hit for us, even though we knew he was sick and battling hard for awhile."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="mod-container mod-no-footer mod-inline content-box floatright mod-no-header-footer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: right !important; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><div class="mod-content" style="border: 1px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 7px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">More on the Lakers</h4><img border="0" class="io-img" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nba/med/trans/lal.gif" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right; margin: 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br /><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">For more news, notes and analysis of the Lakers, check out the Lakers Index. <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog</b></a></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kupchak said Buss was very much involved in the decision to hire Mike D'Antoni after Mike Brown was fired just five games into the season, however the owner's health was so bad by that point that D'Antoni never met Buss in person.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"One of the main reasons that Los Angeles has had all this success is he was like a magnet to players to get deals done and to be able to have the best franchise out there," D'Antoni said. "This went on for 30 years, so it wasn't a fluke."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before Buss is laid to rest, the Lakers just so happen to play a game against the Celtics on Wednesday -- the team that Buss battled with for those 30 years, as his Lakers met them in the Finals five times in that span, winning three times. The Lakers will debut commemorative purple and gold "JB" patches on their uniforms against Boston and wear them for the rest of the season in remembrance of Buss.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Just stay focused on the moment, have a good practice today and come out [Wednesday] night ready to put on a good show in his honor," Bryant said, planning an appropriate tribute to the man responsible for "Showtime."</div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><script src="http://player.espn.com/player.js?&playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&width=576&height=324&externalId=espn:8959969&thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true"></script></div></div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="post-date" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #727272; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">2/19/2013 1:09 PM ET</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #cc0066; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">|</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"> Filed under: </span><a href="http://perezhilton.com/category/tv-news/" rel="category tag" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #cc0066; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif; 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padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.perezhilton.com/category/real-housewives" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills</strong></a></em> star <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brandi Glanville</strong> may be done<a href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-16-brandi-glanville-leann-rimes-done-fighting-book-closure" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">dissing</a> <a href="http://www.perezhilton.com/category/leann-rimes" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LeAnn Rimes</strong></a>, but it sure sounds like another feud of hers is getting out of control!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ah, yes! How could we <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-14-brandi-glanville-adrienne-maloof-sean-stewart-relationship-gross-barf" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">forget</a> the good old “shut the f**k up” gate between Brandi and co-star <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adrienne Maloof</strong>!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, after last night’s <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-19-brandi-glanville-insults-adrienne-maloof-for-plastic-surgery-comments-bravo-blog-real-housewives-beverly-hills#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #cc0066; cursor: pointer; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap !important;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">episode</span></span></a> of <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">RHOBH</em>, it seems their mutual animosity towards each other has hit an all new level, especially after<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kim Richards</strong> revealed her new nose!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">After Kim removed the bandages, Adrienne repeatedly remarked that it would’ve looked WAY better had her then hubby, plastic surgeon <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paul Nassif</strong>, done it!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last night, Brandi <a href="http://perez.ly/YwXqyP" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">fired</a> off at Adrienne in her <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bravo</strong> <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-19-brandi-glanville-insults-adrienne-maloof-for-plastic-surgery-comments-bravo-blog-real-housewives-beverly-hills#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #cc0066; cursor: pointer; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap !important;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">blog</span></span></a>, writing:<a href="" id="more-367088" name="more-367088" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; color: #777777; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 15px 10px 15px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This is an insult to not just to the <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-19-brandi-glanville-insults-adrienne-maloof-for-plastic-surgery-comments-bravo-blog-real-housewives-beverly-hills#" id="itxthook2" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #cc0066; cursor: pointer; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook2p" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap !important;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook2w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">doctor</span></span></a> but also to Kim. I found Adrienne’s comments to be in extremely poor taste. She then later tried to poorly recover from her rude comments.”</div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’d have to agree with Brandi on this one — rude!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Though, then in true Brandi <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-19-brandi-glanville-insults-adrienne-maloof-for-plastic-surgery-comments-bravo-blog-real-housewives-beverly-hills#" id="itxthook3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #cc0066; cursor: pointer; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook3p" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap !important;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook3w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">fashion</span></span></a>, she fired off this one, stating:</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; color: #777777; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 15px 10px 15px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Now, if anyone shouldn’t be talking plastic surgery it’s Adrienne because clearly she has had more than all of us combined and is either getting it for free or at a <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-19-brandi-glanville-insults-adrienne-maloof-for-plastic-surgery-comments-bravo-blog-real-housewives-beverly-hills#" id="itxthook4" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #cc0066; cursor: pointer; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook4p" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap !important;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook4w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;">discounted rate</span></span></a>, which shows in the work.”</div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ouch! And what did she have to say about Adrienne accidentally staining <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lisa Vanderpump</strong>’s white couch with her self tanner???</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mz. Glanville wrote:</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; color: #777777; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 15px 10px 15px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Rather than apologize or offer to reimburse Lisa for ruining her furniture, she just shrugs it off as any rich entitled person without a conscience would. It’s Adrienne’s world and we are all just lucky to be there.”</div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">But, to quote <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yolanda Foster</strong>, "who is Adrienne Maloof in this world, anyway?" Ha!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">RAWR! The claws are out, Perezcious readers!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">At least Brandi won’t have to <a href="http://perez.ly/YwXqyP" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">worry</a> about Mz. Maloof for much longer — we previously told you that she, along with <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Taylor Armstrong</strong>, supposedly won’t be <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2013-02-18-adrienne-maloof-leaving-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0066; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">returning</a> next season!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Who will Brandi feud with then?! And don't say <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Giggy</strong>! LOLz!</div><br /><br /></div>

Brandi Glanville Brandi Glanville Blasts Adrienne Maloof For Plastic Surgery Remarks!

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Kelly Clarkson Feels 'Bullied' By Clive Davis In Memoir

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 class="sub-title article" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px;">'Idol' alum accuses Davis of spreading false rumors in his autobiography 'The Soundtrack of My Life.'</h2><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;">By Christina Garibaldi (@<a class="twitter-anywhere-user" href="http://twitter.com/ChristinaMTV" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">ChristinaMTV</a>) <a href="mailto:christina.garibaldi@mtvstaff.com" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="authorEmail" src="http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/spacer.gif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/charlie/sprites/site_wide_original.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px none; color: #999999; font-size: 9px; height: 11px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 13px;" /></a></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><img alt="Kelly Clarkson" height="300" src="http://images1.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/c/clarkson_kelly/kellygrammy020713/281x211.jpg?width=281&height=211" width="400" /></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Kelly Clarkson</span></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">Photo: Michael Tran</div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Clive Davis is clearly holding nothing back with his autobiography, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702197/clive-davis-bisexual-soundtrack-of-my-life.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">"The Soundtrack of My Life."</a> The music mogul opens up about his bisexuality, his early childhood and behind-the-scenes stories of some of music's elite, including Whitney Houston.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">And while some may be surprised of what they learn when turning the pages of the 500-page book, no one was more shocked than <a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/kelly-clarkson/news/" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">Kelly Clarkson</a>, who took to her <a href="http://www.whosay.com/kellyclarkson/content/515466?wsref=tw&code=GLO5cY7" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">blog</a> to say that she has been "bullied" by Davis' false claims.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Davis and Simon Fuller signed Clarkson to RCA Records after she won the first season of "American Idol." In his autobiography, he claims that Clarkson burst into "hysterical sobbing" after he forced her to include her massive single "Since U Been Gone" on her 2004 <i>Breakaway</i> album. But Clarkson says that story couldn't be further from the truth.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">"His stories and songs are mixed up. I did want more guitars added to the original demo and Clive did not..." Clarkson wrote. "But, yes, I did cry in his office once. I cried after I played him a song I had written about my life called 'Because Of You.' I cried because he hated it and told me verbatim that I was a 'sh--ty writer who should be grateful for the gifts that he bestows upon me.' He continued on about how the song didn't rhyme and how I should just shut up and sing. This was devastating coming from a man who I, as a young girl, considered a musical hero and was so honored to work with. But I continued to fight for the song and the label relented. And it became a worldwide hit. He didn't include that in the book."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Their differences didn't end there. In 2007, it was publically acknowledged that the two didn't see eye to eye after Clarkson took creative control for her third album <i>My December.</i> After saying in the press that she was "not a fan" of the music executive, she later cleared up the rumors of their relationship.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">But Davis recalls in his autobiography that he didn't feel that Clarkson, who recently <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1701724/grammy-awards-kelly-clarkson-speech.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">won her third Grammy</a>, co-penned any hit material on her third album <i>My December,</i> calling it a "pop album that still needs pop hits."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></div><center style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702167/oscars-red-carpet-livestream.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/o/oscars_2013/idpu/idpu-oscar.jpg" style="border: none; color: #999999; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="450" /></a></center><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">After maintaining that she co-wrote "many" of her pop hits and that <i>My December</i> went platinum, Clarkson added that Davis left out a key component to that part of the story that may have tarnished their professional relationship.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">"He doesn't mention how he stood up in front of his company at a convention and belittled me and my music and completely sabotaged the entire project," Clarkson recalled. "It never had a chance to reach its full potential. <i>My December</i> was an album I needed to make for myself for many reasons and the fact that I was so completely disregarded and disrespected was so disheartening, there really aren't words to explain."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Clarkson concludes the open letter by declaring her love for her music, her label and the professional relationships that she currently has, and then added that she is "grateful for Clive for teaching me to know the difference."</div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:706896/cp~id%3D1673542%26vid%3D706896%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideolist%3Amtv.com%3A1673542" width="512"></iframe><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;"><b>MTV News Extended Play</b> <br />Get More: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/clarkson_kelly/artist.jhtml" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Kelly Clarkson</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/latest/music.jhtml" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Music News</a></div></div></div></div>

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Rob Morrison WCBS anchor choking case update: Ashley Morrison MoneyWatch anchor husband in court

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="WPTV Rob Morrison" src="http://media2.wptv.com//photo/2013/02/19/WPTV-Rob-Morrison_20130219071131_320_240.JPG" /><div><div class="photos mflMp2Bottom3" style="font-size: 16px; height: 240px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;">WCBS news anchor Rob Morrison is facing charges of allegedly choking his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison, according to police.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Photographer: CNN</div><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"></div><div class="fontStyle21" style="padding: 0px;">Posted: 02/19/2013<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Last Updated: 7 hours and 51 minutes ago</div><ul class="byline fontStyle16" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By: Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, CNN</li></ul><div class="fontStyle4 storyFontResize" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="story last" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="padding: 0px;">NEW YORK -- WCBS news anchor Rob Morrison is facing charges of allegedly choking his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison, according to Connecticut authorities.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Rob Morrison was taken into custody early Sunday at the couple's Darien home when police responded to a "domestic violence incident" called in by Ashley Morrison's mother, according to a statement from the Darien Police Department.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">He was arrested for allegedly choking his wife with both hands after becoming "increasingly belligerent...during the course of the evening," the statement said.</div></div></div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;">Officers observed red marks on Ashley Morrison's neck, but she did not request medical treatment, according to the police department release.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">While being processed, Rob Morrison made verbal threats to further harm his wife, according to the police statement.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">In a joint statement released Monday, the couple's attorney, Robert Skovgaard, said, "Rob and Ashley Morrison are cooperating fully with the authorities to insure that all of the information necessary to properly evaluate this unfortunate incident is made available."</div><div style="padding: 0px;">"The Morrisons are confident that a full review of this matter will show that the allegations have been greatly exaggerated."</div><div style="padding: 0px;">WCBS spokeswoman Rachel Ferguson said because this is a personal matter, the station is declining to comment.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Morrison is scheduled to be in court Tuesday on charges of second-degree strangulation, second-degree threatening, and disorderly conduct.</div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></div></div></div>

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Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup: The BLAM Heard 'Round The World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 class="sub-title article" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px;">Bonnaroo unveiled its lineup Tuesday with a live stream for the ages, and<i>Bigger Than the Sound</i> watched it all.</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">By James Montgomery (@</span><a class="twitter-anywhere-user" href="http://twitter.com/positivnegativ" style="background-color: white; color: #00bce4; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">positivnegativ</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">)</span></div><div><img alt="'Weird Al' Yankovic announces the 2013 Bonnaroo lineup" height="300" src="http://images3.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/news/b/bonnaroo_2013/bonaroo_lineup_btts_021913/281x211.jpg?width=281&height=211" width="400" /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">'Weird Al' Yankovic announces the 2013 Bonnaroo lineup</span><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;">Photo: Taylor Hill/ FilmMagic</div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">On Tuesday (February 19), in an apparent attempt to bring workplace productivity to a screeching halt (and give several underemployed standup comedians a reason to bathe), <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702196/bonnaroo-2013-lineup.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">reveal Bonnaroo decided to its 2013 lineup</a>not with a traditional press release, but a live-stream telethon thingy, a bizarre, occasionally funny broadcast hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic and lit by the ghost of Fritz Lang.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Yes, the live stream — officially dubbed the "Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Megathon" (or "BLAM" for maximum hashtaggery) — was certainly <i>something,</i> an outside-the-box experiment that was still a marked improvement over that time Bonnaroo decided to <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631616/bonnaroo-2010-agony-ecstasy.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">unveil its lineup via MySpace</a> (mostly because it didn't take seven hours). While the reveal<a href="https://twitter.com/leaf_lester/status/303928800868179968" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">wasn't</a> universally praised, there's no denying that BLAM actually <i>worked,</i>as discussion of the broadcast (and the lineup) dominated Twitter throughout the day, and very nearly brought the Internet to its knees.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Of course, I was watching it all unfold, and not just because I love Bonnaroo (they let me <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/157740/braving-bonnaroo-a-first-person-account.jhtml#id=1562669" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;">borrow their helicopter</a> one year). No, I was curious to see how this whole thing would pan out. And since I had nothing better to do, I kept a running diary of the first BLAM.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><center style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702167/oscars-red-carpet-livestream.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/o/oscars_2013/idpu/idpu-oscar.jpg" style="border: none; color: #999999; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="450" /></a></center><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>12:17 p.m. ET</b>: I missed the first part of the live stream (where they showed highlights from previous Bonnaroos) to get lunch. I am a true professional. Anyway, when I finally tune in, Phish are playing "Possum," which is an apt metaphor for how I plan to avoid actual work for the next two hours.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>12:30 p.m.</b>: Bon Iver is doing "Michicant." I Michi-can't with this dude.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>12:41 p.m.</b>: Metallica close their 2008 headlining set with "Seek and Destroy." James Hetfield asks the crowd — and, I guess, <i>me</i> — "Did it feel good?" Perhaps sensing my snarky reply, the live stream craps out on my computer.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>12:52 p.m.</b>: I would imagine the only thing avowed Bruce Springsteen fanatics Jon Stewart and Chris Christie can agree on is the fact that "Outlaw Pete" is a pretty embarrassing song. They're both right.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:03 p.m.</b>: BLAM officially begins, "Live from an undisclosed warehouse location." Yankovic shows up onstage and promises to reveal "a metric buttload" of Bonnaroo performers over the next hour. Somewhere, a conspiracy nut blames the lack of U.S. measurements on <a href="http://thanks-obama.tumblr.com/" style="color: #00bce4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Barack Obama</a>.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:06 p.m.</b>: We meet our phone bank "volunteers" and "Bonnaroo's head of social media, Kevin Zuckerberg" (see, 'cause he's wearing a <i>hoodie</i> like Mark Zuckerberg). Comedy is attempted. Yankovic, quickly realizing this thing is going south, tosses to a webcam segment by sighing "Google+: That's a thing, right?"</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:07 p.m.</b>: One of the Google+ guests is named Paisley. Of course she is.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:11 p.m.</b>: Yankovic is vamping like there's no tomorrow, and the lighting director is just taking cues from a Coltrane solo or something. It's the space <i>between</i> the sets, man.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:20 p.m.</b>: Mumford & Sons are the first headliners revealed, via fan votes and a poster of Justin Bieber riding a unicorn (I'm not kidding). Presumably bound by contract, the Mumford boys mumble their way through a pre-taped comedy bit.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div class="player-placeholder right" height="255" id="vid:868099" isrc="GBUV71201840" isvevo="true" style="color: black; float: right; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px;" title="Mumford & Sons - "The Road To Red Rocks"" width="415"><div class="playerPlaceholder" flashvars="configParams=vid%3D868099" height="255" id="mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:868099" isrc="GBUV71201840" isvevo="true" style="cursor: pointer; height: 255px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 415px;" width="415"><div style="color: white; font-weight: bold; left: 90px; position: absolute; top: 119px;">Mumford & Sons - "The Road To Red Rocks"</div><img src="http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:868099?height=255&width=415" style="color: #999999; font-size: 9px;" /></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:21 p.m.</b>: We meet "Rupert the Bonnaroo Announce Piñata," who poops out names of bands and is instantly the most likable character on this whole show.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:23 p.m.</b>: Portugal. The Man show up to perform "So American" with Yankovic on accordion. Apparently, they also got new members just for the live stream.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:28 p.m.</b>: Yankovic is talking, but we've got technical difficulties, and you can't hear his voice (maybe the audio engineer fell asleep?). The live stream goes dark as folks scramble to right the wrongs. No truth to the rumors Yankovic attempted to escape through a bathroom window during the break.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:36 p.m.</b>: R. Kelly's name is revealed after someone laps up a piece of pie. There's probably a joke here.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div class="player-placeholder right" height="255" id="vid:844620" isrc="USRV81200403" isvevo="true" style="color: black; float: right; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px;" title="R. Kelly - "When A Man Lies"" width="415"><div class="playerPlaceholder" flashvars="configParams=vid%3D844620" height="255" id="mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:844620" isrc="USRV81200403" isvevo="true" style="cursor: pointer; height: 255px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 415px;" width="415"><div style="color: white; font-weight: bold; left: 90px; position: absolute; top: 119px;">R. Kelly - "When A Man Lies"</div><a href="http://vevo.ly/ThAy2a"><img src="http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:844620?height=255&width=415" style="color: #999999; font-size: 9px;" /></a></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:40 p.m.</b>: Paisley is back to announce that Paul McCartney will headline. Yankovic does some spoken-word bit about sharks and crocodiles. Jimmy Fallon shows up with a tent. I've had nightmares that began exactly the same way.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:42 p.m.</b>: Yankovic tries to beat the defecating piñata to death. Don't be mad because you got upstaged by papier mâché, dude.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1:45 p.m.</b>: Mercifully, things wrap up 15 minutes early as Yankovic announces he's <i>also</i> performing at Bonnaroo then jams with Portugal. The Man on "Canadian Idiot." Rupert the defecating piñata has sadly broken at this point and dangles lifelessly from the makeshift stage. I know the feeling. After all, I just watched this whole thing.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>What do you think of the Bonnaroo lineup? Let us know in the comments below!</i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Don't forget to tune in for our <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702167/oscars-red-carpet-livestream.jhtml" style="color: #00bce4; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Oscars red carpet live stream</a> Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET on MTV.com.</b></div><br /><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>

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28 in 28 #19: Design Bureau Special Edition: Architecture

<i>February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/28%20in%2028">28 in 28</a>" series features a different book every day of the month.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/projects/dbs-first-special-edition/"><b><i>Architecture: The People, Places, and Ideas Driving Contemporary Design</i></b></a>, Design Bureau Special Edition<br />ALARM Press, 2012<br />Paperback, 448 pages<br /><br /><img alt="28-28_bureau.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/28-28_bureau.jpg" title="Book cover" /><br /><br />It was one year ago that I got my first look at <i><a href="http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/">Design Bureau</a></i>, a magazine out of Chicago that presents various facets of design: architecture, interior design, product design, and some fashion. Back then <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2012/02/two-magazines.html">I reviewed</a> the "Renegade Architecture" issue, which has a good helping of architecture alongside the other realms of design. Architecture again rises to the fore in DB's first Special Edition on "the people, places, and ideas driving contemporary design." The sizable collection of 100 projects follows the magazine's recipe, for good and bad.<br /><br />What I appreciate most about DB is the editors' knack for finding really good design that is not limited to what is brand new. They appear to realize that a magazine cannot break a story or start a meme like a blog or other website; instead they focus on presenting really good modern design really well. This is not to say that they are reaching back decades, but opening the window a bit beyond the last week, month, even year is liberating; it lets quality trump freshness. That curating quality extends to this special edition on architecture, but it's a more diverse collection than I'm used to with the magazines. A good deal of neo-traditional design is found in these pages, but modern design is still the majority.<br /><br />The 100 projects are split into nine chapters: Modernized Minimalism; Big Design, Small Scale; Before/After; Waterfront Homes; Notes from the Bureau; Public Places; Suburbia Today; Hospitality Hotspots; Luxe Homes. My favorites are: Modernized Minimalism, a good selection of mainly houses that benefits from short interviews with architects about the projects' minimalist qualities; Before/After highlights the dramatic transformations that can occur when an old building is saved; Public Places has an interesting selection of parks, museums, and other publicly accessible buildings and spaces with thorough descriptions (the book's diversity is evident in the juxtaposition of the <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/35897_bsa_space">BSA Space</a> followed by the Grand Ole Opry's <a href="http://www.pladstudio.com/PLADstudio.com/PLAD_Studio_-_GOOH.html">flood rebuild</a>).<br /><br />Questionable are parts of the chapters Big Design, Small Scale (an unexceptional yogurt shop and store for running shoes), Notes from the Bureau (an interview with the designer of Papa John's stores?!), and Suburbia Today (does an unbuilt project for NoHo really tell us about the suburbs today?). These and other examples serve to illustrate DB's business model, in which participating companies (contractors, manufacturers, architects) supply advertising, something I had mentioned in my first review with some trepidation (are projects selected based on the willingness of players to advertise?). With this special edition it's odd to see so many ads (the Notes chapter has one page per spread with ads), but this means it exists somewhere between a magazine and a book. Those expecting a book may be disappointed, but those expecting an over-sized magazine will be pleasantly surprised at the large and diverse quality of architecture within.

28 in 28 #19: Design Bureau Special Edition: Architecture

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Applications Development Engineer (Thin Film, Lithography, Overlay, CD) (#109123)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Position</b>: Applications Development Engineer</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Location</b>: <span style="color: #1f497d;">Austin, TX</span> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Duration</b>: Full time</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Job Description</b>:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Responsibilities:</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <div>Responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's analysis software products, providing engineering analysis capabilities for Overlay, CD and films data in high volume semiconductor manufacturing environments.  Includes projects related to new product introduction: definition, characterization, alpha testing, beta testing.  This candidate will be responsible for various pre and post sales application support activities – engaging with customers in defining problem statements, resolving customer issues, generating best known method documents and other training material, and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide customer base. Applications will work with customers to publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals.<br /><br />This candidate will be involved in testing new features and developing new applications on current or future versions of our products, provide technical support in the development and implementation of customer applications, and support customers at their site or in division for any escalation. The candidate will also be required to work towards characterization of product performance and for providing clear feedback to the engineering team for product improvement, especially during Alpha/Beta periods.  Strong technical skills are required to understand the functionality and capabilities of the analysis product and for providing root cause analysis and potential solutions for customers.  Travel will be required.<br /><br /><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div><div>Candidate must have a degree in Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Mathematics or related fields.<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing with expertise in lithography.  Must have excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.  Candidate must be self-driven, yet a strong team player.  Software development and scripting skills are a plus.<br /><br /><b>Experience/Education:</b></div><div>1) BS or higher degree in Material Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field. </div><div>2) Statistical and mathematic modeling experience is a plus.</div><div>3) IC Fab process development experience is a plus.</div><div>4) Strong technical skills are required to understand IC fab process development issues and be able to provide potential solutions for customers.</div><div>5) Willing and able to travel within the US and internationally</div><div>6) Experience in applications development environments is a plus<br /><br /><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div><div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.</div><div>OR</div><div>Master's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience. </div><div>OR</div><div>Doctorate (Academic)<br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to<span style="color: navy;"> </span><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span style="color: navy;"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></span></a><span style="color: navy;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"></div></span></span> </div>

Applications Development Engineer (Thin Film, Lithography, Overlay, CD) (#109123)

Position : Applications Development Engineer Location : Austin, TX Duration : Full time Job Description : Responsibilities: Responsible...

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Application Development Engineer (Thin Film, Lithography, Overlay, CD) (#109122)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Position</b>: Application Development Engineer</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Location</b>: Austin, TX </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Duration</b>: Full time</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Job Description</b>:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Responsibilities:</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's analysis software products, providing engineering analysis capabilities for Overlay, CD and films data in high volume semiconductor manufacturing environments.  Includes projects related to new product introduction: definition, characterization, alpha testing, beta testing.  This candidate will be responsible for various pre and post sales application support activities – engaging with customers in defining problem statements, resolving customer issues, generating best known method documents and other training material, and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide customer base. Applications will work with customers to publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><div></div><div>This candidate will be involved in testing new features and developing new applications on current or future versions of our products, provide technical support in the development and implementation of customer applications, and support customers at their site or in division for any escalation. The candidate will also be required to work towards characterization of product performance and for providing clear feedback to the engineering team for product improvement, especially during Alpha/Beta periods.  Strong technical skills are required to understand the functionality and capabilities of the analysis product and for providing root cause analysis and potential solutions for customers. Travel will be required.</div><div></div><div><b>Preferred Qualifications</b>:</div><div>Candidate must have a degree in Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Mathematics or related fields. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing with expertise in lithography.  Must have excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills. Candidate must be self-driven, yet a strong team player.  Software development and scripting skills are a plus. </div><div></div><div><b>Experience/Education:</b></div><div>a) BS or higher degree in Material Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field. </div><div>b) IC Fab process development experience is a plus.</div><div>c) Strong technical skills are required to understand IC fab process development issues and be able to provide potential solutions for customers. Such skills include (but are not limited to) techniques for statistical analysis as well as the ability to quickly pick up and understand customer requirements and processes.</div><div>d) Willing and able to travel within the US and internationally</div><div>e) Experience in applications development environments a plus.</div><div></div><div><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div><div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 1 years of experience.</div><div>OR</div><div>Master's Level Degree.<br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to<span style="color: navy;"> </span><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span style="color: navy;"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></span></a><span style="color: navy;"> </span></div><div></div></span></span> </div>

Application Development Engineer (Thin Film, Lithography, Overlay, CD) (#109122)

Position : Application Development Engineer Location : Austin, TX Duration : Full time Job Description : Responsibilities: Responsible f...

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