Short answer: If not expressly stated in the agreement, the continued existence of a distributor (the cable company) would probably be considered a condition on future payment.

I worked in a bookstore during graduate school and ol'Nicholas Sparks came in to sign some books and give a talk. During his speech, he claimed to be the great American writer of his generation. People clapped. So there's that ...

Absolutely. I think the real story here is how the author holds a professorship in the English Department at UC-Riverside.

The day I fell in love with Joe Hart:

"I accuse prosecutors McLane and Rupert and Judge Donio, even with the full weight of the law behind them, of failing to seek or failing obtain or failing act upon that in-elevator video, of failing to put Ray Rice in jail where he belongs."

As a guy who grew up in a poor, single-parent household, I can honestly say I wish we had the money and time (and a father who was around and gave a damn) to make cheesy videos.

I like how you wrote out the things I implied in that last line.

We must have crossed paths as I was editing my comment to withdraw the question ... [For everyone else, since I cannot edit my comment again to put the question back in: I asked about the causal relationship between the "hide/fix" and the "riskiness" of the behavior.]

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I have no idea how this is supposed to be a reply to my comment. I didn't say anyone was "afraid."

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear ... I am a member of the Israeli 'left.' (As are the majority of my family members and friends living in Israel.) You are talking about things you don't understand. It is not "really scary." We are not a persecuted minority.

Bullshit.

Maybe you are right on the first part. It is certainly a plausible reading.

and on what grounds exactly are you calling him a liar? Your close personal relationship?

If you had read his actual words, he makes it fairly clear that the Cleveland Cavaliers expect him to be in the United States getting ready for the season. It's his job. So ... yeah.

... and people wonder why Israel has a really strong military.

How does the opinion of a basketball coach on Israeli military action qualify as news? Are we basing this on just his citizenship or is there something else I am missing? Are we going to get the latest on John Calipari's thoughts on Afghanistan? Would that be "news" as well?

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It doesn't matter whether he "went down very easily." It was a foul. A defender is not allowed to stick out an arm to impede the progress of an onrushing opponent.