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IBM was once one of the country's largest employers. Considered a major innovator in the high tech world, IBM was also a place where workers could count on having a job throughout their entire career.
But IBM is now going through a major restructuring after sustaining years of losses. These changes could result in some 13,000 layoffs, both in the U.S. and abroad. Some of these layoffs have already started, but the company will not confirm any numbers.
The Guardian's Heidi Moore has been covering this story and joins Here & Now's Robin Young with details.
IBM declined to be interviewed, but sent Here & Now the following statement:
As reported in our recent earnings briefing, IBM continues to rebalance its workforce to meet the changing requirements of its clients, and to pioneer new, high value segments of the IT industry. To that end, IBM is positioning itself to lead in areas such as Cloud, Analytics and Cognitive Computing and investing in these priority areas. For example, already this year we have committed $1 billion to our new Watson unit and $1.2 billion to expand our Cloud footprint around the world. In addition, just this week IBM announced a $1 billion investment in platform-as-a-service Cloud capabilities, as well as investments in areas such as nanotechnology which will bring hundreds of new jobs to New York State. This also creates new job opportunities at IBM. At any given time, IBM has more than 3,000 job openings in these and other growth areas in the US.
IBM's total workforce has remained stable over the past three years, and IBM now employs more than 400,000 people worldwide.
- Heidi Moore, U.S. finance and economics editor for The Guardian. She tweets @moorehn.
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IBM Big Blue was once one of the country's largest employers, a major innovator in a high-tech world, a place where workers could count on a job for life. Then IBM missed the first wave of the PC revolution later. It was late in investing in cloud computing. It's now going through a $1 billion restructuring after years of losses. And workers say IBM is laying off workers to meet an impossible to meet pledge to Wall Street.
The Guardian's U.S. economics editor Heidi Moore has been writing about this. She joins us from the NPR studios in New York. Heidi, welcome.
HEIDI MOORE: Thank you. It's good to be here.
YOUNG: And we - let's just say, we contacted IBM. They declined to speak with us today. But they sent a statement. We'll post it in full at hereandnow.org. They say they're actually expanding. So weigh in for us. What is this pledge that IBM made to shareholders in 2010?
MOORE: Sure. They promised that they would get up to $20 earnings per share by 2015. They call it the 2015 roadmap. Right now, their earnings per share is about $14, and they've been working on getting it that far for four years. So in the next year, they have to get from $14 to $20 earnings per share. And it's a tall order because IBM sales have been slumping for six straight quarters, and their growth has been slowing as a company. And they're not doing that well in hardware, which was traditionally their strength - things like computers and all of that.
So right now, they have this almost impossible-to-meet goal that they've committed to Wall Street. Wall Street doesn't quite believe it's going to happen judging by how much IBM stock price has fallen. And so that's resulted in some really deep cuts, not just in the U.S., but also globally, in Asia, in Africa and in India, where IBM expected to expand.
YOUNG: Well, so employees are calling this a deal with the devil. It sounds like you agree with what they're saying that IBM is now laying off workers to try to meet that share price.
MOORE: Yeah. Well, I think that, you know, I mean, staying away from sort of the moral judgment of it, of course, employees are furious, and have been for a long time, because IBM was almost a motherly company. It was a place where you used to stay for 20, 30 years. And for employees to be tossed out is incredibly traumatic for them.
But also, for IBM, I would say that the plan is, you know, empirically, you can just say it's incredibly overambitious. It would take a great deal for them to meet this target. But, you know, similarly, for them to say that they can't meet the target is going to end up in some pretty painful punishment from Wall Street. So it's kind of a little - a shadow area of delusion right now.
YOUNG: Well, you say IBM has gotten themselves on a hook they can't get off of. Again, we had a statement from IBM. They say they're expanding. And we read that in upstate New York where whole towns like Endicott - you write about Endicott - have depended on IBM. Governor Cuomo announced in February that IBM is going to preserve 3,100 jobs in the Hudson Valley, add 500 jobs in Buffalo through a new state-owned center. Let me see if I can do this - the Buffalo Information Technology Innovation and Commercialization Hub, and that IBM is going to be the first tenant, bringing 500 new jobs. So, you know, they say they're bringing jobs.
MOORE: Well, their headcount has overall declined modestly this year. So they're not actually bringing jobs. But it is fair for them to point out, because they are investing in other areas, right? And so, for instance, they're investing in the cloud, you know, you've heard Amazon and Google talk about the cloud, the area where we store all of our information essentially on servers. And they're investing $2.2 billion in that.
You know, in the case of the jobs added in New York, some of those are replacing jobs that IBM cut last year. And they cut something like 700 jobs in New York not too long ago. So the promise to the state actually restores some of those jobs in addition to bringing more jobs to New York. I don't think anyone is going to argue that that is great.
But what is inarguable is that as of this moment, the jobs that they're cutting are probably far above the jobs that they are currently planning to add. And another, you know, sort of comparison point is that IBM is spending $20 billion to buy back its own stock. And that's because to get to $20 earnings per share, they're essentially making sure that there are fewer shares out in the market. So they're trying to get that number through another way. And you can just imagine if they're spending $2 billion on, you know, improving their cloud offerings, imagine what spending $20 billion on buying back their shares means.
So it doesn't indicate that IBM necessarily has a shortage of money. It just indicates that they are very committed to this strategy of getting very specifically to the number of $20 earnings per share.
YOUNG: A cautionary tale about making promises maybe you can't keep. Heidi Moore, U.S. economics editor for The Guardian newspaper, thanks as always.
MOORE: Thank you.
YOUNG: And, Jeremy, you have news about someone who is willingly leaving his job.
That is true. Some bittersweet news from NPR today. Carl Kasell, longtime NPR newscaster and WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! announcer, is retiring. He will do his last show, WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, this spring.
YOUNG: What?
HOBSON: We just got this tweet from Peter Sagal, the host of WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME! He says: Really big news from us. We're losing any pretense of dignity we ever had.
YOUNG: Well, we know - get your recording machine requests in soon.
HOBSON: Exactly. That's going to be the last time, I guess, that he's going to have to leave his voice on listeners' answering machines, and hopefully he's happy about that. Enjoy your retirement, Carl Kasell.
YOUNG: Right. Well, it won't be till this spring. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Is Your Milk Spoiling Faster?
I hosted a shrinking product chat over at WashingtonPost.com this morning and an interesting comment from someone in New Orleans came up about milk going bad:
Over the past two weeks, I have ended up with two gallons of milk, purchased at different stores from different dairies, that went bad before their expiration date. When we asked for a refund at the second store, the manager noted that they had gotten several complaints about sour milk lately, which was unusual for the store. The manager wondered whether truck drivers were turning up the thermometer on their refrigerator system or skipping it altogether to save gas…
I live in Brooklyn and a few months ago, even before the summer, I myself started to notice my milk was spoiling a lot faster too. As in, a matter of days. I thought our corner store was just being cheap. I've since switched to organic milk because it lasts for weeks. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, what part of the country are you in, what brand do you buy, and from what store?
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|View Poll Results: Shin Sekai Yori - Episode 13 Rating
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|2013-01-04, 14:53
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And they wouldn't have to be completely alone, just no more then a small family.
|2013-01-04, 15:19
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(Apropos big cats, ep 14 made me wish the anime had made the killer kitties more cat-like... aww, kitties!)
Anyway, humans are social creatures, there's a reason why every single human culture ever gravitates toward groups, and for that matter this is true not only for humans but also our nearest relatives (*cough*bonobos*cough*). We're relatively weak, slow to mature, our children are completely defenseless and unable to fend for themselves for at least 10 years (they can't even walk for a ridiculously long time!), etc. etc. etc. This is part of what makes us human. So we have a built-in need for cooperation in order for the species to survive.
For that matter, how do you expect the species to survive with groups in complete isolation? Genetic diversity is pretty important, and if you want that, and don't want to go to war with the nearby families every time you feel the need to procreate, you pretty much have to cooperate. And if you're willing to do that you might as well admit it makes more sense to live in a society.
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I'm not saying I have some complete solution; what I'm saying is that the nature of their problem is centered around social interaction. You're giving me all these reasons that would apply to some really primitive human, but they're not primitive and not entirely human. Their situation is like say that of a group of tigers, since we were talking about them, that are trying to use our social system; it just doesn't work and it's waste to try and make it work. They have the power to change their very DNA should they pursue it, and just one child is able to decimate a small army, while being barely able to stand—pretty sure they'd be fine.
Even their solution is just a another version of what I described; it's application just makes it more familiar.
There are sugar coated versions too, for example: what if there was a law that nobody could be near more then one other person in a range of several kilometers.
Or a romantic version if you like: the entire society is focused on the warrior code and constantly fight each other, with the pupil interacting with his master or after leaving his master, his husband/wife, and nobody else. When a child is born the mother or father become their master and the other goes on their way.
Better then the whole pruning for the sake of clinging to, what is in their world, an obsolete system that's just rotting away. But don't get me wrong, I'm sure if something were to happen to our society to cause the current system to become a handicap (ai, alien contact, immortality, whatnot), we would still cling hopelessly to it too, just as we cling to obsolete laws like the patent laws (created in an age were knowledge was precious and advances slow, to encourage sharing).
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Tigers can go around being solitary partly because they have evolved that way, and partly because, being animals, they have few and simple needs and not a particularly complex mind (from what we can tell, anyway). Food and water, offsprings, and surviving to produce as many offsprings as possible. Humans, though? Not really on the same level...
Btw, ep 14 has already aired, won't we get a topic for it?
(I just want to post screencaps of kitties...)
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We've long since moved away from the old way of thinking that laws of nature rule the universe, they are social constructs and mean little if you're isolated.
Also, where is ep. 14 topic, I want to discuss the content.
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As for the whole "human civilization" argument, frankly I think we all should be a little bit more humble about it. Who's to say if history went some different way we wouldn't have seen an even more technologically and socially advanced civilization then what we have now.
Regarding the two parts of your post I didn't answer; I'll wait and see and answer later, since I'm guessing you know something about the series itself I don't.
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And you say "they manage to solve"... who are "they"? Again you're describing something that wouldn't happen without some sort of cooperation.
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I think you misunderstood. I'm not saying living outside a large community would somehow not lead to karma demons and such, what I'm saying is that when the incidents would happen their effects wouldn't be nearly as severe (at least the karma demons would be somewhat contained) and fiends are less likely to happen because for them to exhibit the symptoms stress induced by a large community of people seems to be a requirement. The problem here is they are all walking nukes. Until they figure out (though more lets say "humane" means) how to live with each other with out betting their entire extinction should one of them lose it, it's much safer and worthwhile to just keep to distant relations and make only temporary contact rather then stay in a permanent large community ensuring maximum damage.
Living in a small group or traveling as nomads isn't so bad when the alternative is ritual sacrifice of sorts and potential to kill 1000 people (family, friends, etc) in one fell swoop. If they went to 2% of their population then one would assume the only reason 2% didn't go to 0% was merely because they became spaced out enough and the communities small enough to ensure they wouldn't just die in a year. If we were to scale the entire village up, how big would it have to be before it ran the risk of generating too many ticking time bombs. Given what we know of the "past" it only takes 0.2% to apparently kill 98%.
As the series pointed out itself, it's not monsters, famine, or shelter that's the great enemy of humans, it's humans themselves. In their case, it's been exaggerated to the point everything else just doesn't even come close.
Even if my idea of their problem is wrong, they're still too foolish to believe they are still part, or can function, by the very society they completely destroyed.
Anyway, I doubt we'll see eye to eye on this. The problem here is how we both view society, it's worth and what makes us human. To me, working together and forming large groups, has plenty to do with being human but is not what makes us unique as humans; in fact that's what most animal species do, some even completely evolved towards this—why would I thus think the fact we form large groups makes us special; in that respect ants beat us in every way.
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This episode offered nothing new but only reiterated the remaining childrens' suspicions that they're being targeted; at least, the children that saw the members of the Education Board releasing the nekodamashi when Shun went missing.
Definitely, Saki will be spared, that's why I honestly believe, because Satoru's grandmother got convinced that the former is so well balanced in both her mental state and manipulation of Cantus; the grandmother is going to push the strings and all influence so as to have Saki's life spared so as in a nearby future Saki inherits the grandmother's position as head of the Ethics and Virtue Comittee for the village's sake.
Mamoru and the rest, definitely, as we saw in this episode they are not going to get so lucky given that they have stuck their noses too deeply into the villages' secrets; let us not forget about the incident from that summer camp two years into the past.
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Sorry, felix, but I'm with kuromitsu on this one.
In a society where each and every human being is a walking nuclear weapon in his/her destructive capability, I would say that the two most important things by far are...
1) Properly raising/socializing children.
2) Law enforcement.
And sure enough, this society focuses heavily around both of these two things.
Now, what is tremendously helpful in properly raising/socializing children, and engaging in law enforcement? Social groups.
To have any meaningful degree of law enforcement, you need at least a village of shared customs, laws, and/or regulations.
And while I don't entirely agree with the old adage of "It takes a village to raise a child", I think that it's generally better to have many people involved in a child's raising than just a parent/legal guardian or two.
If you have thousands of small families scattered about the Japanese countryside, you're going to cause the following problems:
1. Alienation. People will feel alienated from non-related peers, and hence distrustful of them. This is a natural repercussion of never really mixing with non-related peers.
2. You're pretty much begging for loads of "The Hatfields vs. The McCoys" situations. That's definitely not good.
3. Everybody is essentially "home-schooled". But not all parents have the skills and aptitudes necessary to make good teachers in addition to being good parents. So many children would suffer educationally in your proposed system, with the ultimate result being that humanity would decline even further with steadily less and less practical scientific knowledge.
4. I think you overestimate the practical capabilities of most Cantus-using humans here. We're not talking about Superman X 70,000 here. For example, it's a safe assumption that Maria can't fly (why else would she bother with the whole "hop and float, hop and float" manner of movement?) I also get the impression that Cantus-using humans have limited control over the weather (that's a pretty stark Winter everybody is dealing with in the anime right now; if there were many high-level weather controllers amongst the Cantus-users I'm inclined to think this wouldn't be the case). Taking all of this into consideration, I'm not sure if every Cantus-using human could be trusted to take care of their own basic physical needs when it comes to food, shelter, and clothing. So there remains obvious benefits to these humans continuing to organize in groups that form villages and towns.
So on the whole, I think that social groups are still to humanity's benefit in the world of Shin Sekai Yori.
Now, that being said, I think having widely-spread apart villages would certainly be better than having all remaining humans living in one place together. By having a dozen or more widely-spaced apart villages, you can mitigate the effects of any lone disaster.
Ideally, I think it would be best if you had maybe 70 villages of approximately 1,000 people each, with these villages spread apart as much as possible. I grew up in a town of about 1,000 people, and that's enough for decent socialization, I think.
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If we took how the society of Shin Sekai Yori functions and put it up against your suggestion, and ran a sort of 200 year test on both approaches, I honestly think that your approach would set humanity further back than what we have right now in Shin Sekai Yori. I definitely respect where you're coming from here, but I really do think that long-term it's the less effective approach to take.
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Is it? "Freedom" has brought more to the table then thousands of years of control ever did. And people were living in groups for generations, yet it was only when they gain some degree of freedom though either plentiful food (via something like the Neil) or some other advent, that they were ever able to achieve anything. The argument you're posing is that because they have their system they can maintain their society, but can it be considered a society while they have their system? and can it ever grow beyond their system? From my point of view it's nothing more then a very sophisticated jail, even for the "good" inhabitants. This caged bird status doesn't seem to allow for much of anything because while from a certain perspective you could say they are working together, what they really are is limited to working together in very confined group and space. I don't call that kind of system a society; it's at best a hospital. There has to be better ways of dealing with it.
|2013-01-05, 16:40
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What you're suggesting is little more than complete anarchy, a world that would make even Mad Max seem like a paragon of ordered society by comparison. A world like that could never create anything of lasting value, imo. Why, even basic historical records would eventually be entirely lost for most people as there would be nothing to perpetuate them in an organized fashion. At least the world of Shin Sekai Yori can speak of nuclear weapons with people not being totally flabbergasted by it.
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MONTREAL — Dear Jacques Fabi of 98.5 FM,
Allow me to begin by sharing my fear that your one-month suspension, and the backlash you have faced, will only serve to solidify your opinion that, as you said on air last week, "white gloves" must be worn when discussing Montreal's Jewish community.
The purpose of this letter is not to laud your suspension as the overnight host on 98.5FM, or pile onto the anger over you calling Jews "annoying" on Nov. 21 and failing to put a stop to an anti-Semitic caller named Maria's rants, especially after she proclaimed the Holocaust to be "the most beautiful thing that could happen in history."
Rather, I hope to explain to you why your comments and (non-) handling of Maria offended me not only as a Jew, but also as an activist for human rights.
Throughout your on-air conversation with Maria, you stressed the concept of freedom of speech in a democratic society and how you felt that Montreal's Jewish community interfered with it. Yet, I wonder if you are able to distinguish freedom of speech from hate speech — and recognize that hate speech about any group of people, not just Jews, is not, and should not be tolerated.
Mr. Fabi, you may argue that you and your caller were simply exercising your rights to voice your opinions, but what you were really partaking in was hate speech.
You also expressed a great deal of ignorance concerning this city's Jewish population that I would like to address.
First, Jews and Israelis are not synonymous. The majority of the world's Jews neither live in, nor originate from, Israel. In addition to this, Jews do not have a uniform opinion on the state of Israel. There are even Jews who dispute the country's existence altogether.
Secondly, to discuss Montreal's Jewish community as a general whole is a mistake. Apart from sharing the same religious label, there are multiple types of Jewish communities, which could not be more different from one another. The Jews of this city are scattered across all spectra of socio-economic status, modes of worship, mother tongue and conduct. Feel free to take a walk around the city and see for yourself the various kinds of independent Jews and Jewish communities this city has, as well as the various types of contributions that they have made to Montreal: from small family-owned shops like Fairmount Bagel to multi-billion dollar corporations like Astral Media, to a major hospital like the Jewish General.
Mr. Fabi, even if you had not said anything offensive in nature yourself during that broadcast, the very fact that your issue with Maria's comments was the possible backlash she could receive, and not the hateful nature behind her comments, is a problem.
Do you honestly not see anything wrong with equating an entire group of people to dogs?
Do you not see how such a comparison is an affront to their fundamental rights to dignity and respect?
Do you not see how celebrating the hateful slaughter of millions of people is an affront to their memory and those left behind to carry the burden of that memory?
With this in mind, is it really so surprising that people would find such commentary offensive and respond to it?
Tolerating the intolerant and hateful speech of Maria does not make you a great defender of rights. It only makes listeners inclined to believe that you share her views.
I fear that your suspension, in addition to solidifying your belief about Montreal's Jews, will not actually address the fundamental issue of bigotry you expressed toward people like me.
There are some who believe the solution is for you to be fired altogether. However, Mr. Fabi, it is not your job I am after, but your tolerance. If this message has reached you in any way at all and you would like the opportunity to redeem yourself as a denouncer of hate speech and an actually tolerant person, please issue a statement apologizing for what you have said and condemning the celebration of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and discrimination in general.
This is a slightly edited version of a letter that Sara Behar sent in French to Jacques Fabi via 98.5FM's website. So far, she has received no reply.
Sara Behar of Westmount is a history major at McGill University with a strong interest in humanitarian activism


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Yanis Marshall Returns With High-Heeled Beyoncé 'Blow' Dance Routine
At this point we're beginning to think Yanis should have heels surgically implanted into the soles of his feet, because when he's in them he does nothing buy slay the dance floor.
The master choreographer recently posted this video to his youtube—featuring fellow dancers Zack Reece & Nicolas Huchard—working it out in this steamy routine to Beyoncé's 'Blow'.
See the fierce choreo below. Enjoy!
What do you think of the video, Instincters? Think Lady B will ever ask Marshall to choreograph one of her fierce videos or performances?
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David H.,
First of all, who are you to judge people? I don't think that you have the real knowledge to judge people and say " you are wrong" or "you cannot dance".
Plus thanks to people like you, make people want to climb the social ladder, and so that want to show to bullshit people like you that everybody can be better!
on the other hand, i have never seen Yanis dance in a video like Sheryl, I think he doesn't need to dace with a with underwear and move like a bitch to be famous OR a good dancer.
On the other hand, SORRY to not be ENGLISH, SORRY to people to not understand everything on English video or English music!!! We are French and we are trying to do the best.
Oh, and Sheryl is so FAAAAAMOUUUS and SOOOOO much people are inspired by her that she doesn't have a video or an article on internet... that's strange ? ah ah
Peace and love my friend ;)
PS: Don't forget, never judge people because YOU are so jealous.
Joe Berry must be one of her followers. People like this only bring negative feedback for the person they are trying to promote. I went to YouTube to check her out and was not impressed. Her videos are amateur at best how long has she been doing it and she still can't get a decent video up? Check out LUAM she also teaches at NY and is a great dance but her video's are good. Yanis videos are well put together. To each there own i just couldn't get through any of her videos because they were filmed so poorly and that peacock video was like watching a gay unicorn vomit everywhere.
With all due respect Jonvrgs....I am not a follower of anyone. In fact, until today, I had never heard her name and still have not seen the Run The World video. I specialize in Technique on the Convention Circuit, because of my ballet training. However, I am not taking anything away from Sheryl, Yanis, or any other choreographer that is "Working"!! This is a tough enough industry to just get in the door......and you must top yourself to stay in the door!!
Maybe you read my post wrong, but I am not bringing negative feedback, but yet positive feedback. You dont have to be a dance expert to appreciate someones hard work.....however being a professional dancer.....you must exercise the word professional and see it for what it is.....even if you disagree. Its a celebration of dance! Its a celebration of all of us....regardless if we know, have seen, or been apart of the actual work in question. Now I am very familiar with Luam! I have seen her work on the Monster of Hip-Hop Convention Circuit. Serious Mad Skillz!!!!!
Now you are entitled to your opinion and feel free to continue to speak freely......there are times when I dont have a filter for some of my words.....but in a industry as small as dance.....you gotta be careful what you say! There is an old old sayin: "Be careful of the toes you step on today, for they may be attached to the a$$ you have to kiss tomorrow.
Much Continued Blessings, JB
I love watching Yanis Marshall and all of his choreography videos. I'm a working choreographer and I teach on the Dance Convention circuit, along with judging dance competitions and choreographing for various dance studios.....and I enjoy his work!! It's not technically proficient, but it is very entertaining and energetic!! The fact that he dances in heels, most of the time....it what makes it so fascinating!! I would love to be in his class and try to dance in heels!! It would be a truly fun day of dance for me.
Every choreographer draws their inspiration from various people, places, and things......yes we all borrow, copy, bit, steal......whatever word you wanna use......each other's choreography. It's just habit and nature of the beasts.
Getting the recognition and the correct pay....is an ongoing issue with dancers and choreographers.....so as long as Yanis Marahall and everyone else, that has a camera in their face and awesome articles being written about them by thus particular media outlet.....it's a win for us all!!
no I don't think Beyoncé will ever hire this crap!!! lololololol
first of all, do you know anything about dance or are you just a normal person who goes through youtube and its "sensations"? not judging you, but anyone who is knowledgeable and/or professional in the field of dance would recognize that this is a very bad choreography (and performance as well in my opinion).
second, YOUTUBE: "SHERYL MURAKAMI" . she has choreographed for Beyoncé multiple times (won a MTV VMA awards for the run the world choreography as well) and has been teaching classes in New York for years, now in Los Angeles. Yanis used to take Sheryl's class whenever he could back in the day, now he is biting (or copying if u prefer) her choreography in his unoriginal videos which are actually blowing up thanks to people's ignorance!! I'm not talking about being inspired by Sheryl's choreography, because I would say many choreographers and dancers all over the world are inspired by her. I'm talking about taking her signature steps or whole sections of her combos or video concept / outfit ideas and putting them in a clueless mash-up with other poor steps that he probably reminisced from some other class he took. It's not hard to see the similarity when you compare Sheryl Murakami's original videos to Yanis'.
third, just in case Yanis gets to read this, learn some english because a lot of times it looked like you didn't know what Beyoncé was singing about in this piece. I think knowing the meaning of the lyrics might help you choreograph something more original..out of your own creativity, not someone else's. Wearing a pair of heels might make you interesting and/or funny for a lot of youtube viewers but if you wanna be a dancer or choreographer, it's a whole other story.
just so you know ;)
peace & love
You remind me of the fake preppy bitches that rip others to shreds just to hide their own shortcomings and insecurities. This was absolutely pathetic. Who do you think you are? Don't talk trash about someone who obviously has talent and then add something positive at the end. That's so rude, its like you're already dismissing anything that anyone else may respond with, and it seems like you think you're superior to everyone that thinks Yanis has talent. You said that "wearing a pair of heels might make you interesting and/or funny for a lot of youtube viewers but if you wanna be a dancer or choreographer, it's a whole other story." You implied that you must be very knowledgeable about dance/ choreography, but if you can't see how impressive it is for a man to dance in heels, you obviously hold the title of Ignoramus. Don't say someone is just copying another's work when you clearly have no idea of what you're talking about, because maybe you've fooled others, but throwing around vague/broad criticisms about someone doesn't convince me of your knowledge in an area. How about you pop that airhead of yours and lose a little arrogance, hmmm?
Wow! "Peace & Love"?
It makes me sad when people go out of their way to cut people down in this kind of way. It sounds like you know something about dance & that's great. Maybe you are seeing things that are not so apparent to people with less knowledge, but wouldn't it be better to remark on what's good about something than what's not. It seems very vicious. I don't know you, but I hope you are happier than you sound & I hope that you have joy in your life, but I promise you that there's much more joy in focusing on the beauty & good in something, then trying to destroy it. Wouldn't it be better to support someone's efforts even if they don't achieve perfection.
I'm assuming that you are LGBT & I know that "Throwing Shade" is the new black, but I would offer that we should all just try to be a little nicer to each other. We might all benefit from building each other up, rather than tearing each other down.
Peace & love to you.


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Sexy Brit Giles Matthey has booked a mysterious recurring role on the upcoming fifth season of True Blood.
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Wheeler, Pai Express Conflicting Opinions over Net Neutrality Decision
A rift appeared to emerge at the FCC Tuesday over a D.C. Appeals Court decision to strike down Net Neutrality rules.
Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Ajit Pai both released statements Tuesday that appeared at odds over just how the Commission should respond to the ruling.
Wheeler referenced the part of the court's ruling which says the FCC is charged with enabling the development and deployment of broadband. Wheeler sees the commission's protection of the Internet as part of that responsibilty.
"I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment," Wheeler wrote. "We will consider all available options, including those for appeal, to ensure that these networks on which the Internet depends continue to provide a free and open platform for innovation and expression, and operate in the interest of all Americans."
Pai, on the other hand, said the FCC needs to accept the ruling and move on.
"For the second time in four years, the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the FCC exceeded its authority in attempting to regulate the Internet," Pai wrote. "It is time for the Commission to take no for an answer."
Pai put the ball in Congress' court.
"Unless Congress acts, we should stay our hand and refrain from any further attempt to micromanage how broadband providers run their networks," Pai wrote. "We should focus on removing regulatory barriers to broadband deployment, not imposing unnecessary rules that chill infrastructure investment."
At issue for the courts was how the FCC categorized Internet Service Providers. Under previous chairman Julius Genachowski, the commission classified broadband providers in such a way that they were exempted from treatment as common carriers. As such, the Communications Act prohibits the FCC from regulating them as such.
The Open Internet rules didn't apply to wireless networks, but CTIA chimed in on today's decision, saying it was still reviewing the text of the opinion.
The Wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent urged caution going forward, especially with regards to mobile broadband.
"Policymakers should exercise caution before adding any additional regulation to this area, particularly given the fundamental technical and operational challenges facing mobile broadband providers and the robust competition to attract and retain customers."


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Rare Earth Elements Found In Jamaican Mud 100
stevegee58 writes "Jamaica was once home to a thriving bauxite (aluminum ore) industry. While Jamaican bauxite mining may have fallen on hard times, it seems that the bauxite tailings in the form of red mud are rich in rare earth elements. Japanese researchers have discovered rare earth elements in high concentrations in this red mud and have already invested $3M in a pilot project to extract them. Perhaps Chinese dominance of rare earth deposits is on the wane as global manufacturers continue to search for and find other deposits of these valuable minerals."


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Have you ever wished that you had your very own robot? I know it seems unrealistic unless you have big time money, but maybe not. Meet Romo, the robot I'm sure anyone would love to have. By the creators of Romotive, Romo is a product of this technologically advanced age that will not only make you excited to have your own robot, but enjoy all of the things it does. Suggested for ages 8 and up, this edition of Romo is available for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, and iPod Touch 5th generation at Brookstone.com and Romotive.com. The previous Romo is available for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPod Touch 4th Generation. All one has to do is download the free Romo app, set the device onto the base, and when you open the app, you are introduced to your new blue friend. Romo wakes up not knowing where he is, and reacts with shock when he sees a real life human being standing in front of him. He is quite the chatterbox at the beginning, with many sound effects and dialogue shown on the screen. Romo is adorable, and I found myself at many moments saying, "Awwwww." He never saw a human being before and snapped a photo of me to send to his mom on his planet. In his curiosity, he also asked for...Read More


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Prerequisites: module Pod::Webserver installed. You can install it typing:
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Pod::Webserver'
You can replace elinks with your fav browser. For FF:
podwebserver& sleep 2; firefox -remote 'openurl( http://127.0.0.1:8020/, new-tab )'
If you have Firefox open, this will pop-up the index web in a new tab.
This command will play back each keystroke in a session log recorded using the script command. You'll need to replace the ^[ ^G and ^M characters with CTRL-[, CTRL-G and CTRL-M. To do this you need to press CTRL-V CTRL-[ or CTRL-V CTRL-G or CTRL-V CTRL-M.
You can adjust the playback typing speed by modifying the sleep.
If you're not bothered about seeing each keypress then you could just use:
cat session.log
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The '[r]' is to avoid grep from grepping itself. (interchange 'r' by the appropriate letter)
Here is an example that I use a lot (as root or halt will not work):
while (ps -ef | grep [w]get); do sleep 10; done; sleep 60; halt
I add the 'sleep 60' command just in case something went wrong; so that I have time to cancel.
Very useful if you are going to bed while downloading something and do not want your computer running all night.
This is a more accurate way to watch the progress of a dd process. The $DDPID=$! is needed so that you don't get the PID of the sleep. The sleep 1 is needed because in my testing at least, if you run kill -USR1 against dd too quickly, it will kill it off instead of display the status. So you need to wait a second, probably so that it can configure itself to trap the USR1 signal. Show Sample Output
The following command will clone usb stick inside /dev/sdc to /dev/sdd Double check you got the correct usb sticks (origional-clone)with fdisk -l.
Displays a scrolling banner which loops until you hit Ctrl-C to terminate it. Make sure you finish your banner message with a space so it will loop nicely.
This command can be set as an alias in ~/.bashrc For example (in my case) I have : alias watchDl='while [ "$(ls $filePart)" != "" ]; do sleep 5; done; mpg123 /home/.../warning.mp3" ' Then I just need to - initialize filePart (e.g. filePart="*bigFile*rar.part") - launch watchDl
If the remote doesn't export its desktop (eg fluxbox, blackbox etc) then you need to run a x11vnc server there and a vncviewer at the local end. This command does the lot for you - it assumes that you can 'ssh' to the box without a password and that x11vnc is installed at the remote end.
The above code is just an example of printing on the same line, hit Ctrl + C to stop When using echo -ne "something\r", echo will: - print "something" - dont print a new line (-n) - interpret \r as carriage return, going back to the start of the line (-e) Remember to print some white spaces after the output if your command will print lines of different sizes, mainly if one line will be smaller than the previous Edit from reading comments: You can achieve the same effect using printf (more standardized than echo): while true; do printf "%-80s\r" "$(date)"; sleep 1; done
Stops when the (last) dd process exits.
Strip my code to: wmctrl -o 0,0 # autorotates to the first face. In fact [0-1279],0 wmctrl - 1280,0 # goes to the second face wmctrl -o 2560,0 # goes to the third face, and so on. # Use multiples of the horizontal display resolution. My example work for 1280x800 display, been 1280 the number of interest. Tweak the number, try a biiiig one and see your cube spinning... I put a complex example to show how fun things can be, even for my ademco and paradox alarm central network advisor interface xpto etc. It rotates two faces, print the alarm message, and goes back tho where it was. Tested on BIGLINUX 4.2, equivalent to ubuntu LTS hardy. Do not forget to activate 3D efects ( compiz cube ) Show Sample Output
This will record the Alexa Traffic Stats to a file and run every 5 hours. -- www.fir3net.com --
Remounts a usb disk /dev/sdb, without having to physically remove and reinsert. (Gnome desktop)
Check out the usage of 'trap', you may not have seen this one much. This command provides a way to schedule commands at certain times by running them after sleep finishes sleeping. In the example 'sleep 2h' sleeps for 2 hours. What is cool about this command is that it uses the 'trap' builtin bash command to remove the SIGHUP trap that normally exits all processes started by the shell upon logout. The 'trap 1' command then restores the normal SIGHUP behaviour. It also uses the 'nice -n 19' command which causes the sleep process to be run with minimal CPU. Further, it runs all the commands within the 2nd parentheses in the background. This is sweet cuz you can fire off as many of these as you want. Very helpful for shell scripts.
Very useful for interactive scripts where you would like to return the terminal contents to its original state before the script was run. This would be similar to how vi exits and returns you to your original terminal screen.
Save and clear the terminal contents with:
tput smcup
Execute some commands, then restore the saved terminal contents with:
tput rmcup
Mostly for Norwegians, but easily adoptable to others. Very handy if you are brainstorming for a new domainname. Will only display the available ones.. You can usually do this better with dig, but if you dont have dig, or the TLD only have an online service to check with, this will be usefull.. Show Sample Output
A little bash daemon
Log a command's votes,
then run:
gnuplot -persist <(echo "plot 'votes' with lines")
Very useful in shell scripts because you can run a task nicely in the background using job-control and output progress until it completes.
Here's an example of how I use it in backup scripts to run gpg in the background to encrypt an archive file (which I create in this same way). $! is the process ID of the last run command, which is saved here as the variable PI, then sleeper is called with the process id of the gpg task (PI), and sleeper is also specified to output : instead of the default . every 3 seconds instead of the default 1. So a shorter version would be sleeper $!;
The wait is also used here, though it may not be needed on your system.
echo ">>> ENCRYPTING SQL BACKUP"
gpg --output archive.tgz.asc --encrypt archive.tgz 1>/dev/null &
PI=$!; sleeper $PI ":" 3; wait $PI && rm archive.tgz &>/dev/null
Previously to get around the $! not always being available, I would instead check for the existance of the process ID by checking if the directory /proc/$PID existed, but not everyone uses proc anymore. That version is currently the one at http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html but I plan on upgrading to this new version soon.
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This will log your internet download speed.
You can run
gnuplot -persist <(echo "plot 'bps' with lines")
to get a graph of it.
Get sopcast links for live sports from http://myp2p.eu (for example) Get sp-sc or sp-auth binary by googling (sopcast + linux) eg http://www.jbg.f2s.com/sp-sc.gz Requires the 32bit libstdc++5 package. After exiting mplayer, type 'killall sp-sc'
[Note: This command needs to be run as root]. If you are downloading something large at night, you can start wget as a normal user and issue the above command as root. When the download is done, the computer will automatically go to sleep. If at any time you feel the computer should not go to sleep automatically(like if you find the download still continuing in the morning), just create an empty file called nosleep in /tmp directory.
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Hi, Im new to this site and need advice..
Hey Ladies,
Well I have been a single mom raising my daughter Bethany since she was 6 months. I won't lie its been hard and a struggle the past couple of years but we are a team and have been ok. Last December I was in a car accident and shattered my ankle which I am still recovering from to this date, including my last surgery on my ankle in September. I ended up having to leave Rhode Island where me and my daughter was living to be around family in Florida, since I need the extra help now with the fact I can't walk much or drive until I'm better from my right ankle. Its been very hard, especially having Beth and we can't go out and do things like before.
I have been trying to decide on if to stay in Florida where my family is or move. I will be getting money from a law suit probably by end of next summer so this is my chance of a new start and beginning for me and my Beth. My family and sister don't feel I should move cause Beth has her family, but I've always been close to my family so I don't feel us moving away is going to change that. I also am 31 and need to start thinking of getting a house and maybe starting a small restaurant or food truck business, something I went to school for and is a dream of mine. I was looking at Portland, reasons are its a great city for families, food trucks are big out there, prices on homes are decent, it has a great school system, and it'll would be a new beginning for me and Beth.
I would like advice from other single moms and if you had an opportunity for a new beginning and to be able to finally maybe get a start on ur dream would you take the opportunity or would you stay by your family knowing the success you want would probably never happen in Florida. Im torn, I don't want Beth to feel I took her away from her family but I also feel she's 5 and still young and I know we can have a better life out in Portland with a brand new beginning.
Yes, that is tough. Not trying to add to the confusion, but is there anywhere closer that you could do equally as well?
Me thinking outloud: Your family is Beth's family, but YOU are her immediate family. I get you're single, and as a single mom myself, it's hard giving so much when you're just one person, so I can really understand what you mean by taking her away from them. However, there is a lot to consider. This doesn't just affect her life, but all generations after you (not to sound corny). I think you have to do what's right for you--living your dream and giving her financial stability-- even though that means moving away. I know making trips to see family might be difficult or few and far between, but you are pretty much her world anyway. It sounds like you can do it because you've done it before and would still be with her by yourself had you not had your accident. In life, there will be good and bad no matter what decision you make, but I think you feel it within yourself what the right course to take is. You have to listen to that because at the end of the day, you make your own decisions and will have insight in areas no one else can ever have.
Moving from EastSouthward to WestNorthward is a BIG change. Climate change is very different as well.
Your right, deep down I know this move is the best thing..It's going to be a big change but I'll never not have my family neither will Beth, especially cause we are so close...I'm going to follow my gut, life is about chances..
Thanks for the advice ;)


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Batman: Arkham City Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
Never had a problem with any past cheat, this is a first for me.
[Edited by mudge127, 3/30/2012 1:04:54 PM]
Trainer also occasionally CTD as soon as it loads (rare, but it does happen, also happens with a few other trainers as well)
[Edited by hfreist, 7/19/2012 2:59:21 AM]
This is without even activating any of the cheats. I am using the 3.20 steam version of the trainer. I just got it on steam sale so i'm assuming that that is the newest version, as I can not find the version number for my copy anywhere either. My F key and num lock are both on as well.
I have disabled antivirus, I have my windows firewall disabled completely, I have made ALL the exe's run as admins, the game ones and the trainer. I am not running anything like fark etc.
It happens EVERY time I launch the trailer and hit f1. I have read the NFO and am following the instructions listed in it as well.
Not saying it's broken for everyone this is just the symptoms that I am getting with the newest version of the trainer. I am running W7 X64 though and the trainer registers as 32 bit.
Trainer in admin mode
No AV
No Firewall
Activating any cheat or pressing "4" multiple times simply crashes the game. Game plays fine without using cheats, so its not a faulty copy. I would love the upgrade points, could care less about any other cheat.
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ATLANTA -- The news first: Wide receiver Brandon Marshall, running back Reggie Bush and outside linebacker Jason Taylor are dressing tonight but are not expected to play for the Dolphins versus the Falcons.
Will Allen, Jake Long, and Garrett Chisolm, who have been injured much of camp, will not dress at all.
Daniel Thomas will start at running back while Davone Bess will start receiver. Obviously, the starting OLBs are Cameron Wake and Koa Misi.
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Core (by Luma Arcade) - coming soon in 2013
Another great game coming soon to iOS & Android, it is Core by Luma Arcade - the creator of Bladeslinger and co-creator of Bounty Arms. The game will be released on iOS & Android sometimes in 2013.
General information:
Official screenshots:
Official trailer:
Official website: http://lumaarcade.com/product/core/
General information:
Core is an original IP developed internally at Luma Arcade, designed to be multi-platform and cross-genre. It will encompass such target platforms as high-end PC and console, web and social platforms, as well as mobile devices.
Official trailer:
Official website: http://lumaarcade.com/product/core/
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By Satsuki Kura. DEDICATED TO my little brother mikey for being my anyyoying insperation
This a story that came to me in a dream and I was thinkning of how such a good story it was and I relized it wouldn't be pledgerizim if I wrote down my dream XD sadly I forgot some parts so it won't be as awsome as teh one in the theater in my mind. Update atleast once a week^^


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Jewel's really is one bangin momma! With curves so perfect, one would never believe this beauty is a mommy. This beauty has got the most perfect body with a round ass and big juicy tits. She goes all out in Fucking Formal as she decides to fulfill a fantasy with a little role playing. Jewel's has this guy pretend to be her husband's brother who also happens to be her boss and fuck her pussy uncontrollably.
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I don't get the outrage. McKnight is the only big play threat we have. Whatever we have to do to get the ball into his hands more. Nobody said he won't continue to get carries with Greene and powell
I like the idea of getting him the ball in space. I just hope he doesn't fumble as soon as contact arrives.
Jets shouldve kept LEON WASH... Screw McKnight bc he sux... Washington had moves on top of moves... F Mcknight!!! Jets need to draft another playmaker like Washington asap..
Plus Sanchez is still throwing him the ball. For a guy like him to be really successful he needs to be hit in-stride on short routes. Sanchez doesn't have that skill-set.
I recall McKnight getting 5-10 yards of separation on a deep route last year against the Giants in that awful Week 16 game. Sanchez naturally overthrew him, but it showed that McKnight can get open down the field when spread out wide. It's worth a shot...even if the QB won't be able to hit him when he's open.
The team is trying anything to make the McKnight pick work. Face it, folks, the kid doesn't have it.
Special teams? Fine. But as a starting NFL RB or receiver? No chance. Another Tanny/Rex debacle/bust.
He made a nifty over the shoulder catch against St Louis. I'd give him more reps at WR...
I think he is a good KR who could be a #2 back IF we had a good #1 back. He could be dangerous coming out of the backfield on third downs. As a 4th round pick, I think that is some good value. Unfortunately we are just so inept that even our #1s suck.
I'm tired of waiting for him to show up. Know why? Because it'll never happen.
I dont see how there can be any negativity about getting him a few additional touches out of the WR position. Its not like we are asking him to play guard....he has lined up at WR before in his life. Its not that big of a deal.
He would also be asked to fill the illustrious shoes Clyde freakin Gates, not Larry Fitzgerald
I have no problem with them working McKnight out at receiver. Guess it bothers me that in week 13, we're still searching for answers that should have been worked out last off-season. Also that we've been fed that McKnight is a legit RB, but that has not become reality.


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The north London club were cruising thanks to two goals from Tomas Rosicky until Per Mertesacker conceded a penalty and was sent off for a foul on Shane Long, with James Morrison netting the resulting spot-kick.
Arsenal had to dig in to withstand a late onslaught from the Baggies, and Wenger was delighted with the strength and resolve displayed by his side after they were reduced to ten men.
"It was a difficult game against a good West Brom side who were really up for it," Wenger explained after the match.
"They did fight until the last second and we have shown two aspects of our game today. One was very in control and with technical quality and one that is less known with fighting spirit, resolute attitude and battling qualities.
|Arsenal are 4/9 with William Hill to finish in the top four
"I believe since November we have been on quite a good run in the championship. We made 22 points out of the last 27 but we know that our target is to do that until the end of the season."
Wenger reserved special praise for match-winner Rosicky and a superb cameo performance from the Czech Republic international.
"He was fantastic," the French boss continued. "He's an important player for us. Unfortunately he was out injured for a long time but every year he gives us a little push at the end of the season which is, of course, very important.
"I hope he finishes his career with us, he still has one year on his contract. I rate him very highly."
Baggies manager Steve Clarke, meanwhile, took little satisfaction from the result even though his side gave a good performance and were unlucky not to grab a late equaliser.
"I thought we played well today," said the Scottish boss after the match. "I thought first half we were good as well. They scored with one of the very few chances that they created.
"The start of the second half was crucial for us to get back in it. We gave away another soft goal - a bad goal to lose - and at 2-0, it's difficult to chase the game.
"We made a couple of changes, we had a go and the penalty and obviously the red card changes it and gives us a chance to get something from the game."


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The will to win carried the U.S. Olympic women's water polo team to a big victory Tuesday.
And to an even bigger one Thursday .
For the first time in its history, the U.S. women have captured Olympic gold in water polo. The team accomplished the feat by dominating, then holding off, Spain, 8-5, in the tournament final Thursday at Water Polo Arena in London.
On Aug. 1, the teams had played to a 9-9 tie during preliminary round competition. Thursday's final, however, wasn't close. The U.S., which actually trailed, 2-1, scored six consecutive goals to take command. The outburst over two-plus quarters led to an 8-2 lead with just more than seven minutes left in the game.
Maggie Steffens (Danville, Calif.) led all scorers with five goals.
Also Thursday, Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Hungary, 13-11, in overtime.
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The U.S. team reserved a spot in the gold medal game after scoring a thrilling, 11-9, overtime win Tuesday over Australia.
A game that seemed to have been won in regulation play by the Americans turned out to be a fight for survival.
The Aussies forced overtime by converting a penalty shot with one second left in regulation. With Team USA holding a 9-8 lead, Coach Adam Krikorian called a timeout without Team USA holding possession of the ball. The Aussies converted the penalty shot to send the game to overtime.
"It was my fault, it was a bad decision," Krikorian said. "I thought (Team USA goalie) Betsey (Armstrong) had the ball. Everything happened so quickly, but it was a big mistake on my part and it could have cost us the game. Sometimes the coach can let you down and the players need to pick you up. Thankfully they did that today.""
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"We were determined to win, and you could feel the energy just by looking in each other's eyes," Dries said Tuesday. "Even when Australia tied it at the end, there was no stopping our team. We never backed down. We played every second of that game as if it was our last."
Dries said that with the win against Australia, Team USA had taken its Olympic run to its ultimate destination: the gold medal game.
"Our team has been dreaming of this game for a long time," she said prior to Thursday's final. "We now have the chance to go and actually play it."
Two days later, she and her teammates would make history for the U.S. women's program, which played Thursday for the third time in an Olympic gold medal match. Four years ago, the team took silver in Beijing. It won bronze in 2004 and also took silver in its first title-game appearance in 2000.
The 2012 London Games end Sunday with Closing Ceremonies.
"It has been quite amazing to feel the energy of the world here in the (Olympic) village," Dries said. "I'm inspired daily by the efforts of all the athletes and teams here. It was just amazing walking out into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies. Since the tournament started though, it's been all about our team and what we can do together."
Before wins this week over Spain and Australia, Team USA defeated Italy, 9-6, in a quarterfinal game Sunday, and finished group play undefeated Aug. 3 by defeating China, 7-6. Dries scored from the inside in the third quarter against China and her goal gave Team USA the lead for good at 4-3.
Laguna Beach resident Jennifer Kessy and partner April Ross (Costa Mesa) had their first
The duo played two-time Olympic champions Misty May-Treanorand
The three-time champs, the No. 3-seed in the tournament, went 7-0. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings are 21-0 all-time in Olympic Games competition.
Kessy and Ross, the No. 4 seed in the tournament, finished first in group play and went 6-1overall. The pair reached the gold medal game by rallying to upset tournament favorites Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Franca of Brazil, 3-1, in Tuesday's semifinals.
Twenty-four teams from 17 countries competed in the tournament.
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Today is Donald Duck's 80th Birthday: Here Are Some Interesting Facts About Donald
Today marks the 80th birthday of one Donald Duck. Donald Duck was created by Walt Disney when he heard Clarence Nash doing his "duck" voice while reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Disney wanted a character that was more negative than Mickey Mouse, so the bad-tempered Duck was born.


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Kristen Stewart
Ask any pre-teen girl and they'll tell you Kristen Stewart has it made -- she clinched the coveted role of Bella in the blockbuster "Twilight" franchise, after all. But long before she was cast in the vampire romance, Hollywood had already taken note. From her breakthrough role opposite Jodie Foster in "Panic Room" to her nuanced performance in Sean Penn's "Into the Wild," we look back at Stewart's standout roles.
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If you have secured, or hope to secure, a post-graduate position with a non-profit organization or government agency with an annual salary of $43,000 or less, you may qualify for a Loan Repayment Assistance Grant. Applications are available in the Career Services Office, and are due by Friday, May 2, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE SECURED A POSITION WITH A NON-PROFIT OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY BY THAT DATE! IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT, YOU ONLY NEED TO HAVE SECURED A QUALIFYING POSITION BY APRIL 1, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Kristin Davis at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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If you could meet one person...
Think about this for a moment. If a trusted friend could arrange a meeting between you and anyone of your choosing, who would you choose?
Not for entertainment or curiosity or bragging rights, but to help your business. Who could help? Someone who could actually aid your marketing or development...
Years ago, I went to the AOL partner's conference. I'm no runner (unless someone is chasing me) yet I signed up for the early morning run because I knew Steve Case, CEO of AOL, would be running. I ran with him for twenty minutes, almost killed myself. Didn't help. (But I'm glad I met him).
If you're an author, can Jeff Bezos at Amazon help you more than a motivated promotions manager far down the ladder? It's unlikely.
People in charge can rarely help you, because they are rarely (truly) in charge. Billionaires can't help you, either, because they have their defense force fields on full strength during meetings like this. In fact, the person who can help you the most is almost always someone who doesn't appear that powerful on the surface.
Remember, it's not just that they can help you. It's that they want to help you. Famous people qualify in neither category.
So, who is it? Hint, it's not the Wizard of Oz or the Pope or Barack Obama. It's someone not famous, someone who actually makes things happen and someone who actually cares. Think hard... Got it?
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Traditions on the Beach, the beachfront casual dining restaurant, bar and lounge located inside the historic Island Inn on Sanibel, has a special jazz evening in store on Wednesday, Oct. 26, with a special performance by the Jerry Stawski Trio.
The band will transport the dining guests at Traditions back in time to the soulful era of the Roaring Twenties. Stawski, a veteran in the jazz industry, is well known for his performances at the Naples Ritz-Carlton, entertaining some very demanding jazz aficionados. Andrea Mucciga, host of Traditions on the Beach, has seen the Jerry Stawski Trio play several times and knew that they would be a big hit on Sanibel at his restaurant.
"Our guests have really enjoyed the live jazz evenings and the atmosphere they create," said Mucciga. "We are planning to bring in a range of different jazz artists throughout the season."
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Jerry Stawski and his talented ensemble will perform at Traditions on the Beach on Oct. 26.
Traditions will feature the delicious Prime Rib dinner special, along with their regular casual fine dining menu, prepared by talented Chef Aziz.
"We feel we bring the perfect combination to our guests, fine food, soulful Jazz, located in the best beachfront property on Sanibel," Mucciga added.
Stawski is also currently the co-leader of the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra, whose concerts feature a wide range of world class jazz artists. He has also played with the Symphony of Southwest Florida, Naples Jazz Society, the Southwest Florida Jazz Society, the Charlotte County Jazz Society and the Italian Cultural Society.
Traditions on the Beach offers beachfront dining and live music Monday through Saturday, with piano man Joe McCormick and featuring vocalists Marvilla Marzan and Barbara Smith. Reservations for Prime Rib Special and Prime Jazz Night are suggested, and can be made by calling 472-4559.


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Orion's Head [1]
When spring arrives on Saturday, the Sun will stand near the body of one of the fish of Pisces. Over time, though, the Sun's location at the vernal equinox slips westward. About 6500 years ago, the point of the vernal equinox was just above the head of Orion, the hunter.
Orion is best known for his strong shoulders and legs and his sparkling belt. The tiny triangle of stars that marks his head doesn't look nearly as impressive. Yet the stars themselves really are standouts.
The brightest of the three is known as Lambda Orionis. It's actually a pair of stars locked in a tight orbit. Both stars are many times bigger, hotter, and brighter than the Sun. In fact, one of them is a member of the hottest class of stars. It's tens of thousands of degrees hotter than the Sun, and more than 60,000 times brighter. That makes it easily visible across more than a thousand light-years of space.
The other stars are Phi-1 and Phi-2 Orionis, which represent the hunter's cheeks. Although they share a name, they aren't related -- they're hundreds of light years apart. But both are much more impressive than the Sun -- big stars for a prominent constellation.
Orion is in the southwest at nightfall. Look for his Belt -- a short line of three bright stars -- lining up parallel to the horizon, with the bright orange star Betelgeuse above it. The faint triangle that makes up Orion's head is to the right of Betelgeuse.
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The Queens University of Charlotte women's cross country took the second spot in the coaches poll as the team looks to improve on last seasons second place finish in the CVAC Championship. Leading the effort for the Royals will be All-CVAC second team member Whitney Dennis and All-CVAC honorable mention team member Katie Carman, who both finished in the top 15 in last years CVAC Championships. Coach Michael Bell's incoming group of runners will help the Royals challenge for the CVAC Championship as they hope to improve upon last years fifth place finish at the NCAA DII Regional meet.
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12. Limestone 23
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Jennifer Hitt Anderson JR 2004 & 05 CVAC Champion & Runner of the Year, '04 & 05 1st Team All-CVAC, & 04 Freshman of the Year
Diana Willard
Kasey Harold
Gina Castro Barton SO 2005 2nd Team All-CVAC
Brooke Richardson Barton SR Two-time BC MVP
Katie Kisbey-Green
Meredith Maher
Noelle Sharbono Coker JR
Mary Cloonan Converse SR 2005 1st Team All-CVAC
Betsy Ruppert Converse So 2005 2nd Team All-CVAC
Chris Pack Erskine
Casey Willis Lees-McRae SR
Demarea Colson Lees-McRae SO 2005 All-CVAC Honorable Mention
Alexandra Bonn Limestone So 3 Top 5 finish times for the '05 Lady Saints
Theresa Thompson Mount Olive SO Trojans' top finisher at 2005 CVAC meet
Ellen Humphrey Pfeiffer So
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Every couple of months we read or hear on the news whether the Bank of Canada overnight lending rate has changed. This rate is also called the Key interest rate for the Bank of Canada. They assess the rate 8 times a year. This is the rate which the banks use to borrow from each other "Over-night". Kind of like when you run out of sugar for your apple pie so you ask your neighbour to lend you some. The rate has been top of mind for some people because the rate was at 1% for about 5 years and has been lowered twice in the last few months and is now .5%. Although this rate influences what the banks charge us when we buy a house the mortgage rates do not directly follow this rate.
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N.J. Governor Corzine to middle class: Drop Dead
I've been reporting from the Statehouse for 33 years now and I've heard some nutty stuff. But this has to qualify as the nuttiest line I've ever heard:
"To help pay for the rebates, we have proposed eliminating the property tax deduction next year for everyone but seniors."
Gov. Jon Corzine said it yesterday during his budget speech. I still can't believe I heard it.
Back in 1976, when I first started reporting on the antics in Trenton, the affable and smooth-talking Brendan Byrne sold the state on adopting an income tax by arguing that it would produce revenue for the property-tax rebates. We've now reached the point where Byrne's Democratic successor is proposing to impose the income tax on the property tax to fund rebates. Worse, those rebates will now be cut off at a mere $75,000 in annual income.
You have to make more than that just to get by in the part of the state where this newspaper circulates. So unless you're a senior citizen, not only do you lose your rebates, but you're now being taxed to give someone else a rebate.
And you're being taxed at a very high rate. As it happens, the second-highest income tax bracket, 6.37 percent, kicks in at that $75,000 level. So every cent of this new-found "income" will be taxed at the top rate that most middle-class people pay.
Let's look at the effect on a $100,000-a-year family with an $8,000 annual property-tax bill. Last year, they could have gotten an $800 rebate check in the mail -- signed by the governor. This year, they'll get an additional income-tax bill of $510. But I'll bet Jon Corzine won't be putting his John Hancock on that one.
Actually, I bet he won't be putting his signature on much of anything after November. With this new budget, Corzine confesses publicly that the Democrats will never deliver property-tax relief to the middle class.
He's still delivering for the special interests, however. The public-employee unions may grumble at those proposed furloughs for state employees, but the bulk of public jobs are on the municipal, school district and county levels. Those union members escape unscathed from this budget for fiscal 2010, which begins July 1. The urban Democratic machines will also keep receiving their billions in state aid.
So Corzine can count on the votes of the two core constituencies of the Democratic Party. But I'm not sure he can survive the triple whammy on the taxpayer. In addition to cutting your rebates and taxing your taxes, Corzine's budget proposal also calls for a freeze on state aid to suburban school districts. He's not proposing a wage freeze for school workers, though, so your property-tax bill will be going up to cover their raises.
And he also threw in another sweetheart deal to keep the teachers' unions happy through the fall. He's increasing funding for existing preschools by $52 million and throwing in another $25 million to begin the expansion of preschool into about 80 more districts.
If you think taxing your property tax is nutty, ponder for a minute the fact that this preschool expansion was part of the Democrats' 2007 property-tax reduction plan. That's right, I said "reduction." How do you reduce property taxes by adding an expensive new service? I've been pondering that for two years and still haven't figured it out.
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Host Jacob Edgar heads to Bogota, Colombia's capital and biggest metropolis, to explore the city's thriving rock and pop music scene. There, world-famous rockers Aterciopelados treat Edgar to an unplugged performance in the historic neighborhood of La Candelaria and bring him to a nearby indigenous peoples cultural center for a ceremony with Arhuaco shamans. The up-and-coming rock band Superlitio opens the doors of their recording studio for a private jam and later, Edgar digs through the crates at a funky shoe store/vinyl record store in downtown Bogota. Finally, he meets Fonseca, one of Colombia's biggest pop stars, in Monserrate, a cathedral high in the mountains overlooking Bogota, for an unplugged performance of his hit song, 'Paraiso.'
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The WebWare molecules this month are from the article "Photochemotherapy: Light-Dependent Therapies in Medicine" by Edward P. Zovinka and Danielle R. Suneri. The first is a simple porphine, illustrating the ubiquitous four-nitrogen macrocycle, while the second is the protoporphyrin found in heme systems.
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The Featured Molecules for this month come from the paper by Shawn Hasan, Deborah Bromfield-Lee, Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, and Jose A. Cintron-Maldonado (1). The authors describe a forensic chemistry exercise in which model compounds are used to simulate the behavior of various drugs in a series of chemical tests. Structures of a number of the chemicals used in the experiment, and several of the drugs they are serving as proxy for, have been added to the molecule collection. Other substances used in the experiment are already part of the collection, including caffeine and aspirin. One structure that may be both intriguing and confusing to students is that of chlorpromazine (Thorazine, Figure 1). A majority of students might well expect the ring portion of the molecule to show a planar structure. This is not what is found from calculations at the HF/6311++G(d,p) level in both the gas phase and in water. Instead, the three rings are in a V-like formation with a deformation of approximately 50 degrees from planarity. Tracking down the source of this non-planarity would be a useful computational exercise. Does it arise from the presence of the alkyl chain (steric effect), from the chloro group (electronic effect), or from electronic effects involving the elements of the heterocyclic ring? As a starting point to addressing these questions, students could be introduced to the use of model compounds in computation. One such compound would be the parent ring system phenothiazine (Figure 2). That molecule contains neither a chloro substituent nor an extended alkyl group. Is it also found to be non-planar? Is the deformation angle the same, larger, or smaller than in chlorpromazine? Does the addition of chloro group to phenothiazene change the angle significantly? What about the addition of an alkyl group? If the model compound is forced to be planar are all of the vibrational frequencies real (positive)? If not, what type of deformation is suggested by the imaginary (negative) vibration?
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In the same draft, Alex Smith went #1 overall and Aaron Rodgers was in the 20s. The best defensive player selected in the past 6 years was taken in the teens.
The exception to this rule (in my eyes) is when you're in Week 17, and a meaningless game could mean the difference between 2 or 3 draft spots. I do believe the Jets should have tanked the KC game a few years ago when they were 3-12 and a loss would have guaranteed them a shot at Matt Ryan or Darren McFadden. But to tank a season before you're mathematically eliminated is a punk move, and I for one couldn't respect a coaching staff that allowed that to happen.
Actually, most teams that suck and end up at the top of the draft continue to suck for years and years.
The teams that rise up do so from the 6-10 to 9-7 range, not the 2-14 to 5-11 range.
I've spent the last week thinking about how things have gotten to where we are at this moment. It's painful and there were some mistakes made along the way. But to me, they were all subtle changes. Changes that you wouldn't have thought would make this much of a difference.
But all in all, when you add all of them together, it does make a huge difference.
This is not lessen the harm those moves have done, but only to put them in perspective.
I would support one more season for both Tanny and Rex. I was never high on getting rid of Rex anyway, it's hard for me to throw him by the roadside when he brought so much excitement in his first two seasons here.
But when you look at Tanny's moves, I'm not sold that he's a complete loser like everyone says. I've always been a critic of trading up all the time. To me, it severely limits you on quantity. However, the good side shows you get a few very special players normally.
I think if Tanny were able to hit things just right, the right combination of free agents to provide depth along with the right kinds of draft picks (trading up to grab special, difference maker players) it could ut us right back in contention.
The only things that I really want Tanny to learn from this is that he cannot ever f*ck with the offensive line. In my mind, that's where all of the problems started for the team.
It wasn't just the retirement of Damien Woody. It was actually earlier for me. I point to the cutting of Alan Faneca as when we really began to sink. As much as everyone criticized his pass blocking, and it was poor, he brought a swagger, an attitude to the OL that we've never been able to recover since he left. The guy was still an AWESOME run blocker. I also believe his presence on the field allowed the OL to reach the "zone" in 2009. When you lose that kind of influence, it's very hard to receover it.
I would support another year for Tanny so long as he opts to never get cheap with the OL. Sign some top notch FA's or draft picks that will transform that OL to what it used to be.
Of course, this is going to take a while as it's doubtful you can find a franchise QB (a big need) and solidify your OL in the same year. But I would still support it so long as the plan looked good.
I would NOT support another year of Tanny.
He gave an EXTRA YEAR to Mark's contract needlessly......
*THAT* right there is proof that he has GOT TO GO!
MaineJet, your response?
MaineJet : *crickets*
Thank you.
Now, that certainly doesn't make me condone the extension Tanny gave him. And that does damage his credibility but I would still support one more opportunity for him.
You certainly can't criticize the move in drafting Mark Sanchez. He was considered a blue chipper by all of the draftniks. It was worth taking a shot at, especially when you consider we had no other viable options at QB at that time. Drafting a QB is ALWAYS a crap shoot and that will never change.
How many teams have actually gone from picking early in the draft to winning the Superbowl? I think only 3 or 4 teams in the past 30 years or so have had the #1 player and gone on to win a Superbowl with him (and two of them were called Manning).
SB teams like the Giants, Patsies, Packers, Steelers perennially pick in the bottom half of the draft, but they continue to be SB teams ... those picking in the top 10 usually end up picking there for many, many years.
I know which type of team I'd rather follow.
I'm not angry. I just believe I tell the truth. Best of all, I do not sugar coat anything. I don't believe in it.
And it's amazing how many people view it as OFFENSIVE, as though you're violating some sort of law, when you tell the truth.
Personally, I don't give a f*ck.
I apologize for my tone. I thought you were one of them.
The OP is right
This team isn't making the playoffs. What the hell has this team shown to suggest that they're capable of running the table to even have a chance at a wildcard?
7-9 or 8-8 doesn't get us anywhere.
All it does is take us out of position to draft a bluechip prospect and buy guys like Sanchez, Rex and Tanny more time.
I'm thinking longterm. We aren't doing sh*t this year. Face it. Accept it.
It'll save you the heartache. If you're honestly expecting us to go on a run and make the playoffs then you have no one but yourself to blame when you're inevitably disappointed.
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You've been around here a long time so it's not like your opinion doesn't matter. As a matter of fact, you bring up some very valid points.
Thing is, if I see something I don't agree with(from one of your posts), I'll let you know about it and point something out while hoping you would respond and either rebutt me or acknowledge the point.


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