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| The Dodger Divorce and the philosophy of fear -- I know I'm scared - Los Angeles Times Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:32 PM PST
Not sure who shook me to my little baseball bones more Tuesday, but you have to hand it to the attorneys for Frank and Jamie McCourt, they do know how to get your attention. First one of Jamie's hired hands, Dennis Wasser, told The Times' Bill Shaikin that she is co-owner of the team and in order to keep the Dodgers in the family, she and Frank might have to become business partners. Really, what could possibly be worse that being forced to run a company with the ex after a bitter divorce? The iron maiden? Sleep deprivation? Being forced to watch "Cougar Town?" My wife and I can barely agree on what to have for dinner, and we like each other. What happens when, you know, they disagree on something? They could call the kids in for a tiebreaker, which would at least have a couple of them earning their six-figure salaries, but there are an even four of them. This isn't the first time a Jamie lawyer has threatened this frightening scenario. Back in March, attorney Bert Fields told USA Today: "They agreed to be 50-50 [owners]. And she doesn't want to sell. She loves baseball. She has the ability to buy out Frank if he wants. If he doesn't want to sell, they'll have to figure out a way to run the team together." They pull that off, and Dr. Phil will have to surrender his chair. The U.N. would fly them to the Middle East the next day. Also, pigs will fly. Wasser said at the moment Jamie is less interested in becoming the co-boss than simply making sure her interest in the value of the team is protected. Shaikin wrote that Jamie is likely to ask for the Dodgers' most recent financial results and projections, including information on discussions with Fox for a new television deal. And how do you think that will go over? Meanwhile, an even more frightening comment was made by one of Frank's attorneys, Sorrell Trope, who said Frank would soon decide whether to appeal the decision he lost on the post-marital agreement or proceed directly to that new trial. Wasser said such a trial might not start before spring training opens — in 2012. "You're not going to see the McCourts in trial for at least a year, and probably more," he said. Ahhhhhhhh! Everybody scream altogether. Bud Selig, are you awake? One theory is that Frank is simply attempting to stretch out all these legal maneuverings as long as he can, get his advances from Fox to stay afloat, and then cash in on either a new TV deal or a Dodgers station, enabling him to finally buy Jamie out. The current Fox contract with the Dodgers runs for the next three seasons. Not sure if he can survive that long, but I'm doubting the rest of us can. Of course, the first rule when listening to attorneys is to never believe a word they say. Every word comes with an agenda. And if their agenda is to frighten the bejebees out of us, mission accomplished. -- Steve Dilbeck Photo: Frank McCourt in 2006. Credit: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| My Philosophy of Teaching - Associated Content Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:26 AM PST U nique to humans is the need to establish and maintain an information record of our existence and activities. We do so because we value our being and existence as individuals, families, and communities. The image of the story teller around ancient campfires incites the minds of listeners who absorb the story. The same take it, run with it, and share in other settings to other listeners adding the affect of their From this medium has come the person identified in community as the one considered the most able to share information and story in ways others can hear what they share and build on it creating even more information. These information sharers became central to communities as knowers, as the teachers. My family has been teachers from the era of 20th Century segregation in the rural south to the present. Nearly all the men and women in my family are teachers in elementary schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and churches. Teaching is for me the portal to the now and the coming now. It is the medium for the continued revelation and sharing of information determined to have value. Simply put, my philosophy must accomplish the provision of information, inspiration, and entertainment. It must be E.P.I.C. It must experiential, participatory, interactive, and conversational. Teachers must be persons prepared by learning and experience to have something of value to share and share the same in ways that it inspires the hearers, the receivers of the information; the learners. It becomes inspiring entertainment as learners are incited to excitement and enthusiasm to want more for the development of their own experience of information that inspires and engages them in ways that create fulfillment, joy, and the capacity to contribute. At the point of what is shared, it must be a total being experience to become real to be E.P.I.C. Nothing is real until it is personal. When it is personal, it can be shared. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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