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Have you heard the latest buzz about spin off in Criminal Minds?  Well, according to Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly, the ABC and CBS studios are discussing the possibility of a spin-off.  Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, nearing a deal to headline CBS in-the-works spin-off of Criminal Minds.

Whitaker would play Cooper, the new team’s fiercely loyal and intensely private leader. A former star profiler in the BAU, Coop’s been off the grid for the last eight years — leaving only a trail of rumors in his wake.

This is Whitaker’s first regular TV gig since his mesmerizing turn as Michael Chiklis’ arch-nemesis, Jon Kavanaugh, on The Shield.

Originally, the series centered on Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the BAU team. For the first season, that included Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau, or “JJ” (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness).

Based in Quantico, Virginia, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is a subsection of the FBI. Called in by local police departments to assist in solving crimes of a serial and/or extremely violent nature where the perpetrator is unknown (referred to by the Unit as the unknown subject or unsub for short), the BAU use the controversial scientific art of profiling to track and apprehend the unsub. Profiling entails coming up with basic characteristics of the unsub and the victims (referred to as the victimology), using evidence from the case and matching that information to historic precedents and psychological analyses as a means to solve the case. Because of the nature of the work conducted by the BAU – the work being time consuming and psychologically demanding – its members are fiercely loyal to the Unit and to its other members. Also because of the work’s overall demanding nature, not many members of the BAU have been able to maintain a happy or stable family life.

During the second season, Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) left after the sixth episode, “The Boogeyman,” and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) replaced her in the ninth episode, “The Last Word.” At the beginning of the third season, Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) departed after two episodes, making his last appearance in “In Name and Blood.” After a gap of several episodes, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) came out of retirement in episode six, “About Face,” to replace him.

For more information on this TV Show, such as plot summaries and episode guides go to criminal minds episodes online.   Also you can visit http://watch-criminalminds.net/sitemap”>watch criminal minds online to read up on this TV series online.
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CLICK HERE TO WATCH WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2010 Replay

WWE Royal Rumble 2010 Replay Video is available if that’s what you want to know. I don’t mean to spoil the event for you but the winner that not really surprise considering his track record and his previous performances and Im sure you will agree after you watch the video now.

The PPV was as exciting as it ever was and really deserves more credit than it should be. Royal Rumble really gets better and better every year and last night’s event was a testament to that. The superstars gave it all they got and I was happy with it and Im sure hardcore fans of WWE was too.

I was quite upset with the result of some matches but hey, this is WWE were talking about. There were also some huge shocker and definitely some loose ends that should be settled at Wrestlemania 26. Since the winner of this year’s royal rumble is definitely a great contender, it now boils down to his ability to generate PPV sales and give the fans what they want. But in typical WWE fashion entertainment will surely be the number one priority.

The replay video available now is the complete stream of the show from start to finish. You get to enjoy the whole event as it happened a couple of hours ago.There are also backup streams made available on the site and it would be updated should the videos screw up or something unexpected happens.

If you want to watch the replay now and find out who the big winner was then all you have to do is read on because I will definitely tell you who it was. And you will find out about it when you watch the replay RIGHT HERE.

WWE Royal Rumble 2010 Live Stream Online continues one of WWE’s most succesful PPVs.Great thing is, you can watch the event online for free right now.Find out the best site to watch the stream now.
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Is there a law against the 5% fee?

Yes there is, The Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. Constitution says that states such as Massachusetts cannot discriminate against one company that shares a common purpose as another company who provides similar service. But yet somehow only satellite TV subscribers are getting charged the 5% fee, which clearly goes against law.

How did the 5% fee start?

When Dish Network and Directv satellite TV service started there were no 5% charges until cable companies started fearing that they would lose a lot of their customers to satellite companies which offered the same service at a lower price. The cable companies were able to use the fact in Massachusetts Superior Court that they supply TV service to government buildings like schools and libraries to support the local communities, which is why satellite TV companies should have a 5% tax to help the economy also. However they only supply service to government buildings because it is part of their franchise agreements, and it saves them a lot of money not because they are a compassionate company.

Why should both Cable and Satellite companies both be taxed?

Let’s face it today’s economy sucks and Dish Network and Directv is not looking for handouts. Both companies fell that if they are taxed so should all the other cable companies especially when the economy is hurting. The below example shows how cable companies are able to use the service they provide to schools and libraries to save millions.

Satellite TV 5% fee Example

Let’s say the 272,000 satellite customers have an average bill per month of $50, which generates $680,000 a month and $8,160,000 a year in revenue for the state.

Cable TV 5% fee Example

Now lets say the 1.9 million cable customers have an average bill per month of $50, that will generate $4,750,000 million a month and $57,000,000 million a year in revenue for the state.

Let’s be honest do you think that by cable companies supplying schools and libraries in Massachusetts with service is equal to them not paying the 5% fee that satellite TV companies are subject to? . NO IT’S NOT

Let’s go with a high number and say there are 10,000 schools and libraries in the state of Massachusetts that receives service from cable companies. Now to be fair lets say that because they are big accounts they would be classified as commercial accounts so their bill would be around $150 a month if they had to pay.

By giving service to schools and libraries it cost cable companies only $75,000 a month and $900,00 a year to supply their service. That saves cable companies $56 million a year in fees that should also be applied to them.

For a state like Massachusetts that likes to hike up toll fees and property taxes and everything else they can, how do they let cable companies get away with this. That $56 million could go toward building stable bridges and help improve the high unemployment rate in Massachusetts.

Satellite Companies are suing the state of Massachusetts because of the unfairness that surrounds the 5% fee that only applies to satellite TV customers and benefits the cable companies. Satellite companies will be the first to admit that cables companies supplying schools and libraries is a good thing, but should they get a $56 million tax break for doing so. Hopefully the lawsuit will make the government drop the 5% fee against current satellite subscribers, or apply the same fee to cable companies and use the money to actually improve the state.

By: Frank Bilotta

In the State of Massachusetts there are over 270,000 people that subscribe to either Dish TV or Directv, and over 1.9 million that subscribe to cable companies like charter. However only the residents that pay for satellite TV service are charged with a 5% programming tax, me being one of them.
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