Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dominican: Burning of US Magician 'An Accident' | Essentials

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Dominican: Burning of US Magician 'An Accident'

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Cabarete Dominican Republic by Chris Breikss
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A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a local television show host who set fire to the hair of a U.S. magician, burning his scalp, face and arm. The judge announced the decision just hours after TV host Franklin Barazarte told The Associated Press in a phone interview from New York that the incident was an accident. He tossed flaming liquid on Wayne Houchin's head as a "blessing" during a Nov. 26 taping of the show. Barazarte, who was serving as guest host on an astrology and variety show called "Closer to the Stars," couldn't be immediately reached for comment after the judge issued his decision. He said during the interview that he was in the U.S. this week for previously scheduled work commitments. "I'm not hiding. I hope to sit down with Wayne and reach a settlement," Barazarte said.

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Wayne Houchin

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.860023

SentimentQuote
-0.142385"The attack was intentional. The host didn't trip and accidentally spill it on me. He intended to pour flaming liquid on me," Houchin wrote. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.142385
  • Mean: -0.142385
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Franklin Barazarte

Overall Sentiment: 0.104755

Relevance: 0.726621

SentimentQuote
0Barazarte, who was serving as guest host on an astrology and variety show called "Closer to the Stars," ...
-0.137577"I'm not hiding. I hope to sit down with Wayne and reach a settlement," Barazarte said. ...
-0.114302"I'm not hiding. I hope to sit down with Wayne and reach a settlement," Barazarte said. "It was a demonstration within a magical religious framework that turned out badly."
0.0911803He said that he had performed similar blessings for more than 20 years and that "none of them had ever turned out badly."
0.0613414Barazarte said he wanted to give him a blessing and asked another magician, BJ Bueno, to give him a bottle of "Agua de Florida," ...
-0.0659801"They're treating me like a criminal," Barazarte said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 6
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1653374
  • Mean: -0.027556233333333
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

pat Houchin

Overall Sentiment: -0.0539408

Relevance: 0.311475

BJ Bueno

Overall Sentiment: 0.218334

Relevance: 0.289291

Monica Pena

Overall Sentiment: -0.0200854

Relevance: 0.239164

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  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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