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The Chapter is 456
Now that's something! Dr. Hogback seems to imply only Brook and themselves know about the zombie weaknesses. So this Kaidou guy wiped out Moria without exploring upon that weakness.
Either Kaidou is super strong, or he has a huge army.
Damnz here made a very good argument. Not many of us even considered the possibility that Kaidou is a part of the Revolutionary. The HQ of Revolutionary is located in the New World. For Dragon to fight pinky against pinky with the World Government, he must have some powerful subordinates.
Then again, the citizens of the New World must be monsters themselves in order to survive in a world where the four great powers gather and warring against. Kaidou might just be somebody new.
As for Pandaman, maybe he is the FINAL Shichibukai! It all fits in! An animal theme and unusual power of teleporting everywhere! Luffy must be tired of beef and sea kings by now, why not Panda meat?
Moria may have not met Hogback when he fought Kaidou which means at the time Moria didn´t have a zombie army to begin with. Moria said to Luffy that years ago Moria was too overconfident in his abilities. This could mean that Moria fought Kaidou when he was still too overconfident and lost Kaidou and started to make a zombie army AFTER he lost to Kaidou.
Revolutionary is a group? Since when? All I remember is it being a title for Dragon(as in Che Guevara the revolutionary).Originally Posted by DukeTheGold
Jink's Manga Picks
Shamo || Vinland Saga || Mirai Nikki || Dangu || Tokyo Red Hood
Make no mistake, Revolutionary is an army, Dragon is the head of it. Robin herself stated that when Garp burped out Dragon's full name.
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Shamo || Vinland Saga || Mirai Nikki || Dangu || Tokyo Red Hood
In a normal sense, having Oz as his subordinate would not increase Moria's own combat capabilities whatsoever. Kaidou still would be able to wipe Moria from the face of the earth. So Moria counted Oz as a part of his own strength to off set that balance. He is referring to "me", instead of "us". So Moria is really self-centered.
Think about it.
Are you SURE???
Please allow the possibility of it to exist. Besides, I am pretty certain that people do not referred the second part of the grand line as the "New World" just for the bunch of super powers there. There must be something very fundamentally different about the New World from the first part of the Grand Line.
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Maybe there just aren't citizens in the New World. Only a place for islands with pirates and more pirates, or only a few islands with nothing special and a special ocean with some awesome anormal characteristics. Heh, just let's Oda surprise us again

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Scouting NC State QB Mike Glennon
by Howard Simon
posted Dec 26 2012 12:00AM
As the Buffalo Bills get down to the business of finding their quarterback of the future, among other things, you can bet they'll be spending a lot of time talking about Mike Glennon from North Carolina State.
Think back to last year's draft when everyone knew about Andrew Luck and Roberth Griffin III but Texas A and M's Ryan Tannehill came out of nowhere and not only did he end up in round 1, Tannehill was selected 8
overall by Miami.
I don't know if he'll go that high but Glennon seems to be this year's Tannehill, in terms of a quarterback rising up the draft board and a player who wasn't mentioned much before the season began.
I'm sure the Bills are very familiar with the 6-6, 232 pound Virginia native since they would have seen him going back to last season while scouting Wolfpack wide receiver T.J. Graham, who the Bills took in the 3
round last April. My guess is they would have also spoken to former NC State Coach Tom O'Brien(he was fired after the regular season) who has compared Glennon to Matt Ryan. O'Brien coached the Atlanta Falcons quarterback when the two were at Boston College.
Glennon started the last 2 seasons for NC State, taking over when Russell Wilson transferred to Wisconsin. In 2011, Glennon completed 62% of his passes, while throwing for 3054 yards, 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
His completion rate dropped to 57% this season but that could be a product of a number of factors, including an inexperienced receiving corps, injuries along the offensive line( NC State used 7 different starting combinations on the line in 12 games) and a propensity for his receivers to drop the football(10 in the North Carolina game alone).
Even though his completion percentage went down, the yardage total went up to 3,648 as Glennon hit on numerous big plays thanks to a very strong arm. He threw 30 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and leaves Raleigh ranked in the top 4 all time in almost every passing category, despite the fact he only started for 2 seasons.
He was very productive even though NC State was one dimensional on offense. Due to an injury and a suspension, the Wolfack got down to their 3
string running back this season, a true freshman. NC State is ranked 106
in rushing in the FBS out of 120 teams.
I watched NC State's game against Clemson from November 18
. It was incredibly entertaining as Glennon and Clemson's Tajh Boyd put on a show. The Tigers won 62-48 in the highest scoring game in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
It started out badly for Glennon as the Pack went 3 and out on their first 2 possessions and were quickly in a 13-0 hole. Then I watched in amazement as Glennon made me dream of big plays to be made by he and his former teammate, Graham while wearing a Bills uniform.
On the very first play of their third possession, Glennon threw a picture perfect deep ball for a 77 yard touchdown. He also did it on the run, sprinting to his right then accurately placing the pass over a cornerback and into the hands of his wide receiver who scampered down the sideline for the score.
Since we have spent a good part of the Bills season talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick's inability to make plays downfield, I went back on the DVR to see how far the ball traveled in terms of actual air yards. Glennon let loose at his own 19 yard line and it came down at the Clemson 31 so the pass went 50 yards in the air. Remember he did not stop, plant and throw. Glennon made the play on the run.
On the next possession, in the fact the next offensive play for NC State, Glennon and the deep game struck again. This time it was a post route and once again, Glennon threw a perfect pass, over the defensive back and he hit the receiver in stride at the Clemson 10 yard line. The ball traveled 45 yards in the air and it was a strike.
Back to back touchdown passes of 77 yards and 49 yards put NC State in front.
On the next possession, Glennon showed the ability to put together a long drive leading the Wolfpack on a 9 play, 81 yard drive that ended with another touchdown throw. Glennon was hit as he threw but his pass was still on target over the middle of the field and into the end zone. He finished the 1
quarter with 203 passing yards and 3 TD's.
But the 2
quarter was a different story for the ACC's leader in passing yards this season. With NC State now trailing 27-24, Glennon again put together another solid drive including a big gainer on a shovel pass where Glennon showed the ability to side step pressure and turn what looked like a negative play into a positive.
But he made 2 mistakes after that with the first coming on a pass that should have been intercepted. Glennon made a bad decision and threw into double coverage. 2 plays later he made another bad decision, throwing the ball away when he still had time in the pocket. Glennon was called for intentional grounding and the penalty took them out of field goal range.
Later in the half, Glennon under threw a fade pass into the end zone and it was picked off, again costing his team a chance at points. On the next possession he was sacked and had the ball knocked out of his hands and Clemson recovered. They converted the turnover into a touchdown.
Back to the good side of Glennon for one other moment from the game. Faced with a heavy pass rush as Clemson opted to blitz more, Glennon threw a pass off his back foot and yet the ball still traveled 38 yards in the air and was on target. You can tell he has a powerful arm.
Glennon showed the ability to make all of the throws on the field and while he is not a mobile quarterback, there were a number of times where he moved around in the pocket effectively, to buy himself some additional time.
He showed good leadership, not getting down with the early deficit and remained even keeled while his team ripped off 21 points. The game got away from NC State in the 3
quarter as they fell behind by 24 points but Glennon kept plugging away and showed no signs of frustration on the handful of plays where his receivers dropped the pass.
Glennon, who leaves NC State with both an undergraduate degree in Business Finance and a masters degree in Liberal Studies, will be on display on New Year's Eve as the Wolfpack play Vanderbilt in the Music City Bowl. It should be a good gauge game if you decide to watch since Vandy plays in the SEC which is a better conference than the ACC and the Commodores have the nation's 17
ranked defense. I watched Vandy against Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray and Bray had one of his worst games ever.
One other interesting note about Glennon. Last summer he attended the Manning passing academy and along with other qb's like Bray, Matt Barkley, Tyler Wilson, Geno Smith and Aaron Murray, got a chance to be coached by both Peyton and Eli Manning in 2 throwing sessions.
In addition to the Music City Bowl, Glennon has also been invited to take part in the Senior Bowl next month in Mobile, Alabama.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft and the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) today announced grants totaling $98.4 million to add 832 additional police officers to walk beats in the nation's schools. These grants go to 288 law enforcement agencies from cities and towns in 48 states and protectorates.
Today's grants were awarded under the COPS in Schools program, which funds the hiring of community policing officers assigned to schools. The grants provide a maximum of $125,000 for the salary and benefits of each new officer over three years. COPS also provides school safety training for the officer and an administrator from the school where the officer will be assigned.
These officers are known as School Resource Officers (SRO), and are sworn law enforcement officers who become permanently assigned to a school or school system. While the specific activities of the SRO are determined by the unique needs of the school and the community they serve, their primary role is to safeguard students by providing a law enforcement presence on campus. Many SROs also teach crime prevention and substance abuse classes, serve as coaches, monitor and counsel troubled students, and ultimately build respect and understanding between law enforcement and students.
"This program has been very successful. The demand from state and local law enforcement agencies for these resources continues to grow," said COPS' director Carl R. Peed. "As recently publicized acts of school violence have shown us, there is no substitute for the level of deterrence and early intervention that can be achieved by an officer working directly in and with a school."
Including today's grants, the COPS in Schools Program has provided $507.5 million to fund and train more than 4,509 SROs.


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$5.4-Billion For up to 50 New Aircraft
Australia's only low fare airline Virgin Blue, has announced it has signed a major contract with US-based Boeing Commercial Airplanes for up to 50 brand new 737 Next Generation aircraft.
The order now positions the carrier as one of the world's largest low-fare airlines and also cements Virgin Blue as the operator of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the Asia Pacific region, if not globally.
Virgin Blue has spent the past ten months in tense negotiations with exacting expectations of both major aircraft manufacturers.
Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey said, "We set out almost a year ago to buy our new aircraft needed to continue our value based strategy and the reason it took so long is because we weren't prepared to compromise until we got what we wanted. The three biggest factors were obviously cost, quality and reliability and we were unwavering in our commitment to ensuring we could maintain our position as Australia's low fare leader."
"The Boeing team worked tirelessly to put together an outstanding offer and this order is a win for us, it's a win for Boeing but most importantly, it's a win for Australian travellers who will have even further proof that flying on brand new state-of-the-art aircraft does not mean higher fares."
The deal gives Virgin Blue 50 aircraft purchase rights, ten of which have just been converted to firm orders for 737-800 aircraft. All ten will be delivered by August 2004 taking the Virgin Blue fleet size to 40.
The remaining 40 purchase rights will position Virgin Blue to seize new domestic and international growth opportunities and also allow for older aircraft "swap-outs" to ensure Virgin Blue maintains its youngest possible fleet.
Jim Belz, International Sales Director for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said, "As anyone who has dealt with them knows, Virgin Blue has some of the most accomplished negotiators around and they worked us hard to ensure their airline has the ability to continue being a low fare leader. We're very pleased to be a continuing part of Virgin Blue's success."
It's the first time the airline has purchased aircraft instead of leasing with pre-delivery finance secured from WestLB and Hamburgische Landesbank, building on the existing relationship between Virgin Blue and WestLB leasing company Boullioun Aviation.
Brett Godfrey continued, "When there's well over $5-billion on the table, you aren't talking about play money. This is a massive investment and a major milestone for Virgin Blue and it gives a clear indication of our bold future expansion plans."
"Obviously one of the big moves this year will be the launch of international services and the 737-800 aircraft will have regional Pacific capabilities so that the only differences between us and the competition will be our lower fares and of course our fantastic service."
The new aircraft will feature the latest in liquid crystal cockpit displays, distinctive 2m high range-enhancing winglets and will be capable of flying non-stop from Australia to destinations such as Singapore and Samoa.
The aircraft order propels Virgin Blue into the top half dozen low fare carriers in the world in terms of fleet size, alongside the likes of Ryanair, easyJet, JetBlue and WestJet.
"We don't think that's too shabby for an airline that isn't yet even three years old and we will continue our foray in to new domestic and international markets to allow even more people to take advantage of our affordable and fun flying alternative," finished Brett Godfrey.
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10 of 50 purchase rights converted to firm order for new 737-800 high gross weight aircraft direct from Boeing to be delivered within a twelve month period from August 2003
These aircraft will take the company's fleet to 40
Further purchase rights for up to an additional 40 737NG aircraft over the next 10 years with choice of 737-700, 800 and 900X aircraft at Virgin Blue's discretion
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Max gross contract value should all purchase rights be executed of US$3.1billion, which equates to approximately AU$5.4 billion based on current exchange rates.
Virgin Blue is already one of the top 10 737NG operators by aircraft number in the world and is now also one of the 6 largest low fare airlines in the world.
WestLB and Hamburgische Landesbank will provide the pre-delivery finance after Virgin Blue's first foray into the debt market.
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Debate on "Women, Peace and Security on Sexual Violence in Conflict"
in the UN Security Council
NEW YORK, 24 June 2013
Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished participants,
My delegation welcomes this debate and would like to make a few remarks in addition to the EU statement and other statements underlining the importance of the topic of Women, Peace and Security.
The impact of Sexual and Gender-based Violence
The recent cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in countries in conflict like Syria and Mali illustrate again, that fighting such violence remains a priority. It is evident that sexual violence exacerbates conflict and perpetuates insecurity. It holds entire communities hostage, and has an economic, social, cultural and inter-generational impact: women are excluded from communities, cannot engage in economic activities, can not access markets; girls cannot go to school safely.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) can be seen from two perspectives. On the one hand we see women as victims of (sexual) violence; the perspective of Violence Against Women. However, on the other hand, we often tend to underestimate the role that women can play in finding solutions in conflict prevention, resolution and transformation; in fact using the reverse perspective: Women Against Violence. Their capacity is under-utilized, which decreases the effectiveness and likelihood of success of any peace and reconstruction process.
The Netherlands recognizes that women play active roles as peace builders, politicians, activists and quite often also as combatants. We need to listen to the priorities that women define and to the barriers women perceive. Their participation in finding solutions to conflicts and in reconstruction processes is indispensable.
The Netherlands considers sexual violence in conflict as a sign of the failure to implement all elements of the women, peace and security agenda. Therefore, we would like to stress:
• The need to take urgent action on key areas, especially women's participation and equality; prevention; response; and accountability. Also important are national and regional efforts to end impunity, including through referrals to the International Criminal Court, and by emphasizing the importance of reparations.
• The importance of providing effective support and protection to women-led organizations and women's human rights defenders, particularly given the threats these defenders face, and the lack of resources they have; and
• The need for a comprehensive multi-sectoral response for survivors, including medical care in accordance with international humanitarian law, and access to emergency contraception & safe abortion; HIV treatment, access to justice, and psychosocial-health care services for women and girls.
• Equally important is strengthening the gender components of security sector reform and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs, not least through ratification and full compliance with the Arms Trade Treaty that gives substantive attention to gender dimensions.
Practical examples of activities in the field of sexual violence against women
The Netherlands in its policies, like its Human Rights Strategy and its gender strategy, gives particular attention to gender equality and the (political) role and leadership of women, economic empowerment and ending trafficking and violence against women in (post) conflict countries and unstable areas.
In this regard, The Netherlands is actively implementing resolution 1325 through the second National Action Plan (2012-2015) that is signed by 3 Dutch ministries and 41 civil organizations and focusses on 6 countries; Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Burundi, Columbia, DRC, and on the Mena region. Three concrete examples:
• In Afghanistan, a group of Dutch NAP 1325 signatories work together with a local telephone and internet provider to start a program connecting rural poor women and men with more 'modern' youth in the main towns via an sms-platform (sms-based blogging). The objective is to inform the rural poor better of national women's issues and foster dialogue between rural poor and urban youth on issues like Violence against Women and the role women can play in fighting violence.
• With the 'Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women's Fund (FLOW) and the Human Rights Fund, the Netherlands supports many women's organizations in their struggle to combat violence against women. By supporting the political and economic empowerment of women, their vulnerability to sexual violence is reduced. For example the Netherlands funded the Bell Bajiao Campaign that combats violence against women with a very successful media campaign. The campaign started in India and consists of small clips that are nested in various popular TV-programs and talk shows like 'I want to be a millionaire'. The clips have become very popular and have spread to other countries in the region.
• In the MENA region, we have started, together with a Dutch NGO (HIVOS) and accountancy firm (PriceWaterhouseCoopers; PWC), a new fund (with a budget of EURO 5,8 million) to strengthen the financial and organizational management of women's organizations in the MENA-region.
Mr. President,
Women can be powerful actors for peace, security, and prosperity. When women participate in peace processes and other formal decision-making processes, they can play an important role in initiating and inspiring progress on human rights, justice, national reconciliation, and economic revitalization. Also, they can build coalitions across ethnic and sectarian lines and speak up for marginalized and minority groups. Investing in women's leadership is therefore smart security as well as smart development.
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By Thomas R. Johnson
While just 12 to 18 month ago, smart devices like the Android, iPad, PlayBook, and Xoom were barely on the corporate radar screen, business leaders nowadays are starting to take them seriously. In PwC's most recent global CEO survey, 88 percent of US CEOs say they expected to make some change or significant change to their business strategies in the next three years because of consumers' increasing use of mobile devices and social media. Additionally, 46 percent say their information technology (IT) investments will be made primarily to support growth initiatives and take advantage of emerging innovations, such as mobile devices and social media.¹
Take the airline industry, for example. When pilots at charter airline Executive Jet Management need to review a flight plan, they no longer wrestle with paper charts or access the information via specialized laptops. Instead, it's only a matter of tap, tap, done. Thanks to an Apple iPad mounted at knee level in the cockpit, pilots can quickly zero in on the information they need, bookmark it for later reference, or make relevant notes.²
Executive Jet Management is one of the first carriers to win approval for exclusive use of iPad-based navigational charts— no paper-based backups are required. The company has worked closely with the Federal Aviation Administration and the application developer to rigorously test the safety of the device, whose approval represents a significant milestone, paving the way for large commercial carriers to follow suit. Meanwhile, commercial carriers such as Alaska Airlines³ have begun testing similar applications or are in the planning stages of doing so.
Eliminating industry-standard paper manuals or laptops is a productivity win for the airlines. Pilots can more quickly access information, and they no longer need to lug around 20 pounds of manuals or a heavy laptop. But more than that, an iPad in the cockpit opens up a world of possibilities—both in the near term to improve productivity and in the long term to transform an organization.
More-immediate payoffs include using tablets to accomplish tasks currently handled by other systems, such as GPS, weather information, and crew scheduling. And as carriers take a longer view, they might design apps that serve as intelligent agents, interacting directly with the aircraft to handle routine tasks precisely and automatically according to the pilot's instructions or the airline's policies.What began as a more convenient way of accessing navigational information ultimately is creating a disruptive ripple effect for pilots, airlines, even the whole industry: How can apps improve safety and service? How should pilots be trained to better utilize the technology? Do aircraft systems need retooling to better integrate with smart devices?
And this kind of transformation isn't limited to the airline industry. Forward-looking business leaders across the board are considering mobile business opportunities from two perspectives: 1) How can we boost productivity in the next one to two years? and 2) Where can we add real value or make transformations in the next decade?
At present, business mobility may be garnering leadership attention, but we believe that the current focus may not always yield the best results. In our experience, companies often look at mobility too narrowly or only through the lens of technology. The danger is that they will not reap the biggest payoffs. To help ensure your company is looking at the full range of possibilities, here are four mobility myths to be mindful of.
In many organizations, mobility is automatically pigeonholed as part of consumer marketing, customer touch points, and other externally facing activities. While we believe consumer mobility initiatives are essential—virtually all consumer-facing businesses will need to develop the right strategy—they represent just one side of the coin. The other side—mobility for internal or business-to-business projects—holds the promise of being truly disruptive. Companies will want to take a balanced approach, looking at mobility's role both inside the business and in the consumer marketplace.4
It goes without saying that technology is a fundamental part of a company's mobility strategy. After all, there are several important technology decisions to make: Do we standardize on a single device platform or support a bring-your-own-device model? Which app programming environment is right for us? How do we implement robust security? Do we have the wireless connectivity, trusted data, and rich media available?
But these are decisions best made in support of a mobile approach that is integrated with a company's primary business strategy. Organizations that relegate mobility to the IT shop miss out on the broader perspective of the leadership team and key business users. And for their part, company leaders beyond the CIO will want to have a high-level understanding of the enabling technologies that make the mobile strategies realities.
While smartphones and tablets are symbolic of the mobile opportunity, they're really just the tip of the iceberg. PwC defines mobility as an organization's ability to digitally connect employees, assets, suppliers, partners, and consumers from any location and in real time. This broader vision, beyond smart devices and apps, is about the business prospering in the post-PC era, which contains new possibilities for working and for creating new products and services.
Mobility is not just about data on a device; it's also about the capability to deliver interactive media in real time, including video, high-definition images, and searchable knowledge. The linchpin here is operational data, combined with GPS location information and relevant rich media. Companies will be able to use mobile devices to access, analyze, and exploit real-time business events—often via the cloud—by using current business systems, as well as new, sensor-rich ones, such as highly calibrated restaurant equipment, truck trailers, aircraft, and other devices with embedded systems.
Instead of wondering how to adapt digital newspapers, gaming, and e-books or any of a number of popular consumer apps to a business context, bigger thinking yields better results. How will greater sensing capabilities and a variety of intelligent devices affect the way an organization works? Mobility runs the spectrum from apps to agents. A business will be just as interested in an expense-reporting app on a BlackBerry as it will be in a software-based agent that automatically reroutes a repair vehicle in response to real-time traffic data and notifies the registered customer of the new estimated time of arrival.
The picture of the anytime, anywhere business is a compelling one. Like other recent business revolutions, such as the Internet and e-commerce, the impact is already being felt, albeit incrementally. If they haven't already, employees, partners, and customers—maybe even boards of directors, too—will demand to know just what a company is doing with mobility.For example, the next generation of company leaders will be digital natives—those born in the digital age and who have so fully embraced smart devices that they're already integrating them into their work lives, with or without corporate blessings. The same goes for other early adopters in an organization. Chances are that departments or business units in many organizations are already experimenting with one-off business mobility initiatives. The initiatives don't necessarily need to be reined in, but their lessons need to be considered and integrated into coherent strategies. The best managers will apply the lessons learned from the projects to other areas as the organization moves on to the next level of real productivity improvement.
Also, disruptive technologies bring with them special challenges. In the case of mobility, while the technology is rapidly maturing there remain questions around interoperability and security, among other long-term implications.
Nevertheless, in our experience, more and more executives are discovering that businesses can't afford to wait, and the approaches they take need to be well thought out and disciplined. In each instance, they're considering both the near-term and longterm implications of their strategies. More specifically, operations leaders will be asking, How can we improve the productivity of our resources by eliminating routine tasks through smart apps and trusted data? And those in IT leadership roles will be asking, What are the functional requirements, data, and apps we need to get started?
To begin along this path, it's helpful to think of the opportunities as falling into three domains— what we refer to as the "three Fs": on the floor, in the field, and in flight.
Several examples of that are already taking place in the healthcare industry. In particular, many hospitals are addressing an all-too-common pain point for physicians: the fact that viewing up-to-date patient information is time-consuming and cumbersome. For each patient on rounds, doctors have to log on to a computer and use disparate systems to access test results, chart information, radiology images, and other relevant information. In a survey of 1,000 physicians conducted by PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI), one-third said they make decisions for nearly 70 percent of their patients based on incomplete information. And only half of physicians surveyed access electronic medical records (EMRs) while visiting and treating their patients. They believe the greatest benefit of mobile devices will be to help them make decisions faster as they access moreaccurate data in real time, with 56 percent saying mobile health would expedite decision making.5
From small private practices to large health systems, mobility is being viewed as a way of giving doctors a comprehensive view of a patient from wherever they are in the hospital— or even outside it. Providers are taking different approaches to enable clinicians to view patient data on wireless devices. Some organizations have built portals that pull data from other hospital information systems, thereby enabling secure display on a phone or tablet. The data reside on the core systems, but doctors can access an integrated and up-to-date view of a patient as they make their rounds.6
Other providers, especially those in smaller practices, are adopting EMR applications that are cloud based. They can use the EMR from any Web browser: via computer, tablet, or smartphone. Tablets, in particular, have proved to be popular choices because they resemble paper charts in their look and feel and have been easy for physicians and patients to get used to.
Healthcare providers are also piloting mobile apps that improve workflow. In the HRI survey, after EMR access, the other top areas of physicians' interest included prescribing medication and monitoring patients in the hospital. (See Figure 1.) In current pilots, some organizations are conducting consultations over a mobile video network or using a physician's mobile device to electronically prescribe medication.7
Looking at how mobility can be used outside a company's four walls is an important part of the mobility strategy, enabling companies to operate more effectively with field teams, partners, suppliers, distributors, and customers. In our experience, companies find a multitude of opportunities to boost productivity and generate value in the field. For example, they look at how mobility can make their sales teams, service fleets, or customer service agents more effective in the field.
Consider the case of Nationwide. It was the first insurance company to come out with an iPhone app, which was aimed primarily at its policyholders. It then turned its focus inward, looking at how mobile technology could help its claims adjusters, a user group that has generally embraced emerging technology. Nationwide developed a mobile app that agents use for capturing photos and data at an accident site and uploading it to the claims management system. Instant access to the system via the cloud helps speed claims processing.8
Looking beyond those immediate productivity gains, Nationwide is considering how mobile devices can improve the way its agents work and interact with customers. For example, the company envisions an app that might take on some of the work a claims adjuster would do when assessing a hurricane-damaged house: Could an app take advantage of multitouch capabilities and the device's GPS to start pulling in specific coordinates? Can an adjuster use the device to measure the size of a hole in a roof? How else can the device make the adjuster's job easier and the interaction with the customer more seamless?9
Field mobility also opens up considerable opportunities for businesses in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries. While many retailers have focused first on consumer initiatives, such as those that let customers call up detailed product and inventory information on their smartphones, many are now looking at how to build upon those early forays to deliver more value. Generally, such consumer efforts have been well-received by customers, but more important, they better position companies to embark on mobility efforts that can increase revenue and service opportunities. For example, by applying the lessons learned from consumer initiatives—such as how to program for the mobile environment and how to package and deliver a sizable amount of product data—hard-line retailers might look at how to grow their servicing business. Imagine the revenue potential if a field technician could access detailed product and service information for a range of products— not just the initial one that originated the service call to the customer's house.
Another way mobility can help field service technicians is through optimized routing. For example, grocery retailers might install remote diagnostic sensors in refrigerators, freezers, and rotisseries that feed to technicians certain hourly updates on equipment performance. The service techs, with the help of the app, could then organize efficient routing to fix the equipment before it breaks. And that savings is in addition to gains realized from increased utilization of service techs.
Field mobility is also important for supply chain collaboration, as exemplified by other early initiatives we've seen. Many consumer product companies have begun to enable field sales staff to access the company's customer relationship management system via mobile devices. The benefit is that salespeople have access to up-to-date information, and in turn can more easily and quickly enter their own data remotely so that everyone can get a clear picture of the sales pipeline.
Now, companies are exploring ways of adding functionality that takes on more tasks a field rep might do. For example, a smart tablet could use sensing technology to automatically populate the device with only the SKU and promotional mix relevant to the store the rep was visiting.
For businesspeople across industries, all too often much of the workweek is spent "in flight." That is, they are in constant motion by moving from building to building, driving out to see clients, or traveling by plane to visit global locations. It all adds up to a loss of productivity when decision makers are cut off from the business applications and information they need to guide their teams or respond to a crisis.
Of course, with the introduction of the BlackBerry in the late '90s, followed by a new generation of smartphones, the idea of having an office in your pocket began to take hold. Employees could now get to e-mail and view basic documents, but they were still at a considerable disadvantage when compared with working directly through corporate systems. Now, however, thanks to the combination of mobileaccessible, cloud-based business applications for office productivity, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and other business apps, this has begun to change.
Yet even more potentially powerful is employees' ability to combine corporate information with rich third-party data, also accessible from their devices. Consider that traditional knowledge management hearkens back to an era in which the enterprise information system was all that was online. Employees had access only to internal IT resources. Now, in the era of the smart handheld, employees have anytime access to external resources. The new smartphones and tablets take advantage of new classes of applications that facilitate easier commingling of knowledge and information sources on the public Web.
They also facilitate context-aware computing, which is computing that benefits from human-assisted, sensor-rich mobile handhelds for timely location, personalization, and environmental input. For example, a salesperson about to visit a prospect's headquarters can automatically learn about a local customer's team and connections before walking in the door. Or consider if the sales call gets canceled at the last minute. Thanks to a social networking app and sensing technology, the salesperson could instead instantly call up a list of potential targets and contacts available in the immediate vicinity for visiting.
Beyond those productivity gains, the real transformative application for workers on the go is mobility for reducing travel or changing what it means to be a worker on the move—whether traveling across the factory or to a distribution center, or taking the train to Boston for a supplier visit. For example, a store buyer could forgo site visits if factory or farm personnel could use the video capabilities of mobile devices to enable buyers to view and inspect products virtually. Or new store managers could use tablets to access real-time store data and affordably take part in videobased interaction at their location instead of traveling to headquarters for training.
Business mobility will mean different things to different organizations depending on an organization's industry, unique business challenges, and level of investment. But regardless of the variables, certain common approaches can help any company best position itself to take advantage of mobility today—and in the future.
To begin, companies can consider the following maturity model for business mobility, identifying where they sit today and where they would like to progress in 2, 5, or 10 years. The model identifies four distinct levels of maturity that focus on how mobility redefines the ways organizations work. (See Figure 2.) As companies ascend the levels, the payback moves from productivity gains to value creation. At the same time, the role of technology needed to transform the organization becomes more important. At lower levels, technology is an enabler, but the productivity gains come from changes in the way that people work.
At the first level, in which mobility initiatives are used to reduce task times, the apps are simple and a primary component involves integrating mobile devices with the company's core systems like enterprise resource planning or performance reporting. At the second level, the goal is to accomplish more tasks in the same amount of time. To do this, companies look closely at workflow, required content, and decision trees, embarking upon process redesign and creating tailored apps that may take advantage of device capabilities like GPS. Lean or Six Sigma methods can be useful for redesign of work activities that take advantage of mobility.
At the third level, companies consider how to reduce the level of effort required to get the job done. Here they might totally change the way work is perceived and completed, tapping into operational data in real time through smart devices and sensing technology. At this level, the mobility initiatives are likely parts of a larger strategic effort to transform the organization by automating, digitizing, and modularizing processes called digital transformation.
Finally, when organizations reach the fourth level, where the goal is the elimination of tasks, the focus is on collaboration with partners. At this level, organizations look at how mobility can help transform their value chains and how they can create apps that better integrate with their partners' operations, systems, content, and data in real time. Organizations also consider what additional external information or collaborations can serve to inform the best immediate decision making either in the field, on the floor, or in flight.
Mobility is set to transform business in ways we can only begin to imagine. And as with other disrupters like the Internet, companies can't afford to sit on the sidelines. While we don't see the mobility opportunity reaching a steady state for a number of years, organizations can realize real business benefits in the near term. Companies that develop sound, disciplined strategies and that have gleaned lessons from early mobility efforts will be wellpositioned in this new era of working.
As organizations begin—or progress along—their mobility journeys, leading organizations consider several important actions.
Assembling a diverse group helps company leaders set the company's mobility strategy. Beyond IT and leadership, such groups include business users who represent different groups in the organization, including early adopters of mobile devices, digital natives, and subject-matter experts. By involving such communities early and connecting with them in their work environments, leading companies become able to determine how mobility can boost productivity. They also consider individuals who can help assess changes to process, such as industrial engineers and process designers. As organizations are discovering, mobility efforts are not simply about shrinking or streamlining existing processes, because often, what emerges are brand-new ways of working. They ascertain how their current processes, practices, and workflows might change.
Another important user community to involve consists of business partners, such as suppliers or distributors. By soliciting their points of view and collaborating with them, businesses may uncover solutions they might not have thought of on their own. Additionally, they seek customer feedback as they think about consumer mobility efforts. Most businesses tackle mobility on both fronts—companyfocused efforts and consumer-facing ones—but each strategy will likely share commonalities and together will support the company's business strategy.
With the right strategy team assembled, the group can begin thinking about what mobility means for the organization today—and what it could look like 10 years from now. Yet instead of engaging in blue-sky thinking that can be overwhelming, they consider how mobility can help the organization address real pain points in the three primary business dimensions: on the floor, in the field, and in flight. They begin looking at concrete ways they can use mobility to reduce task times (Level 1 in the maturity model), progressing to more-advanced levels in the model. By focusing efforts on real scenarios, the organization can create a future-state blueprint that is specific and attainable. As organizations think about new ways of working or new products and services that become possible due to mobility, they also consider the broader impact: What tasks or workflow are now possible? How will the organization be structured? Do we have the right skill sets?
Leading organizations also consider the total cost of investing in the mobile solution in terms of both tangible and intangible benefits. Traditional return-on-investment calculations, based on realized employee productivity gains or improved return on assets, can be tempered with the intangible benefits that result in improvements in customer satisfaction, employee and customer retention, and competitive advantage. To evaluate the success of the strategy, they select both quantitative performance measurements as well as softer business measurements such as, Did the mobile solution make our company easier to do business with? and Did the mobile solution drive innovation in the ways people perform their daily routines?
The watch- word in pursuing mobility is discipline— in everything the company does. This is especially true when it comes to making technology investments. Executives in addition to the CIO will want to understand the tradeoffs when determining the company's platform and application development strategy, among other considerations. Another important risk-mitigation technique is to focus initial efforts by using pilots or limited deployments. Likewise, establishing milestones and metrics that will provide crucial data for making go-forward decisions is essential. Even when a project turns out not to be the success hoped for, smart organizations take the time to analyze the outcomes, gleaning valuable lessons to apply to future projects.


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It's not easy, but it can be done with the proper technology, an IRCE speaker says.
Kurt Peters
Fulfilling online orders from stores allows merchants to distribute inventory so it's not sitting in a warehouse, leverage store personnel and test products with actual buyers. But that approach to fulfillment has its own challenges, and retailers must analyze their own situations to make fulfill-from-the-store work for them.
That's the message Jason Merrick, director of e-commerce for Peter Glenn Ski and Sports, will deliver at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition 2013, June 4-7, in his session "Leveraging your store base for e-commerce fulfillment: How to make it work," on June 5 at 2:30 p.m.
One of the keys to making fulfill-from-the-store work, Merrick says, is managing complexity. Fulfillment managers have to be aware of the inventory level at all stores and the sales record for each product at all stores. With that knowledge, the web operation will fulfill products from stores where the product is selling more slowly and avoid fulfilling from a store where the product is moving fast, thus depriving that store of a possible sale. Technology plays an important role in those decisions, as Peter Glenn uses algorithms to assist in deciding which stores to fulfill from. Stores rotate through the fulfillment process depending on inventory level for each product at each store.
Stores' technology also must link into the e-commerce system. When Merrick arrived at Peter Glenn, the store fulfillment process involved calling a store to see if it had the product, then faxing the order to the stores, where staff re-keyed it into the point-of-sale system. "It was inefficient and a pain for the stores, so was costing us money and morale," Merrick says. Once the company installed the appropriate technology in the stores, the chain was able to fulfill twice as many orders at half the cost, Merrick reports.
While fulfilling from stores is an important way to round out inventory availability, not everything in a store should be available to web buyers, Merrick cautions. For one thing, warehouses are designed to fulfill orders more efficiently for smaller, lower-priced items. Additionally, stores need inventory to demonstrate to shoppers the breadth of merchandise available and to communicate that the store is in fact a ski shop. Peter Glenn likes each store to have at least one of each kind of snowboard, for instance. "We want that presentation of merchandise so the store looks like a ski shop," Merrick says.
Each store also employs a staffer whose job is to fulfill web orders. Peter Glenn keep managers and assistant managers up to speed on the latest fulfillment techniques and expectations by bringing them to headquarters periodically to meet with e-commerce and warehouse staff. Headquarters e-commerce staff monitors open orders to ensure that orders are moving out the door quickly. Store managers' bonuses are based in part on the accuracy of shipments from the stores.
Another issue that managers must address when fulfilling from stores is compensation for store sales personnel. Many store associates live on commissions and they may see the web site as taking sales from them. "It's totally an issue," Merrick says. "We measure how much each store ships and communicate those metrics to the stores."
In the end, fulfilling from the store is all about making the sale and creating a happy customer. "The ultimate goal is the right product to the right customer," Merrick says. "If you don't have it, you've created the worst customer experience you can have."


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Skip to comments.BREAKING NEWS; PALIN ENDORSES CHRISTINE O'DONNELL
Posted on 09/09/2010 4:22:42 PM PDT by HonestConservative
Governor Sarah Palin has come to the aide of conservatives and tea party activists - and has announced today on the Sean Hannity radio show that she is endorsing Christine O'Donnell for U.S. Senate against liberal RINO Mike Castle.
We will have complete details on this breaking news during a special 2-hour RadioThon for Christine O'Donnell that you can listen to LIVE beginning at 7PM Eastern/4 PM Pacific. You can stream the show online from anywhere in the country at: http://www.wdel.com
Just click the LISTEN NOW tab on the website.
And, during these 2 hours we will also be raising as much money as possible to help elect Christine O'Donnell to the U.S. Senate - you can help us secure victory for conservative Christine O'Donnell and defeat Liberal RINO Mike Castle by making a contribution during the RadioThon - HERE.
You can also call in to make a donation during the RadioThon via the toll free number: 1-800-544-1150.
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Excellent news. Now if we can get more Conservatives on board to support O'Donnnell over Castle. Castle is the chosen one of the RINOs in the Republican party ruling class. Go Christine.
more to follow shortly.
O'Donnell on Mark Levin in about 12 minutes at 7:30 PM EST,
woo hoo!
Very good news!!
Yeppers, right there on ol' Sean Hannity.
Sarah officially endorsed Christine on Hanniry's radio show
Maybe he'll replay it on his TV show tonight
This was breaking news about 4 hours ago. LOL
I just got the word directly from the TPE. I didn't hear it until a few minutes ago.
So shoot me.
by Sarah Palin on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 4:27pm
The wave of positive change can really sweep across our land with the election of Constitutional Conservatives who promise to use common sense and rein in the federal government spending! Please support Christine ODonnell in Delaware. She will support efforts for Americas energy security, patient-centered health care reform, cutting government waste, and letting the private sector thrive and prosper! We cant afford more of the same in Washington. Christine will help usher in the real change we need to get America on the right track. Please visit her website at www.christine2010.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
- Sarah Palin
thought Republicans were suing?
Yep the GOP has filed a complaint with the FEC. The RINO's are running as scared as the RATS. Leave it to the GOP to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The DE GOP will most likely be forced to resign after Christine wins. That's why they are flailing away!
This is remarkable the political influence Sarah now has with Republican voters. I can't remember anyone, in my lifetime, being able to be as effective.
good point.
She saved McCain's a$$.
I'll try not to hold that against her.
I guess McCain is what we have to put up with for his putting Sarah in the spotlight and helping bring about the changes that are occurring in the country. She was one of the few, along with DeMint, who really stood their ground after Obama's election. So many were trying to push us to give up on our conservative values.
She scares the heck out of the liberals, Democrats, and media because she can go around them.
As angry as I used to get at Maverick McCain, I have to thank him for giving us our beloved Sarah.
We can only hope!!!
Hooray Sarah! BUMP for Christine!
HC, thanks for the ping! Let's hope the good people of Delaware can get this thing done!
Go Sarah! Go Christine!
there can be no "change" unless the majority of voters do the right thing in November....and we rabble have to support til it HURTS our young guns.....
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Five Who Should Be in the Hockey Hall
Scott Taylor
November 14 2011 07:56PM
TAMPA, Fla. -- Every year, for almost 20 years, my old friend Ed Sweeney sent a letter to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
As this year's new inductees to the Hall were feted on Monday, I have taken up Ed's gauntlet. I have decided to take it upon myself to write an open letter on Mr. Sweeney's behalf in hopes that it might alert Bill Hay or Jim Gregory or Harry Sinden or somebody on the Hall of Fame selection committee to the indisputable fact that to the hockey historians in the middle of Canada, the Toronto-based Hall is still a sad Eastern/American joke.
For more than two decades, Sweeney kept a list of five men, coaches, builders and players who should be in the Hall, but for reasons he could just never understand, had been consistently ignored by the people who made the Hall's final selections.
Sweeney is an old baseball player and bowling champion (he used to set pins at Billy Mosienko Lanes in Winnipeg's North End) who has always had that deep, abiding love for hockey that only a Canadian can have. He's the former curator of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and was, for a long time, an active member of the Canadian Association for Hockey Research.
This year, I have taken it upon myself to offer up Mr. Sweeney's annual letter to the Hall, a letter that includes the names of five people who should be in the Hall, but have been left out for reasons I simply don't want to consider. Here, once again, is "Sweeney's List"…
Robert "Butch Goring : He played 16 years with L.A., Boston and the New York Islanders. Was a Masterton, Lady Byng and Conn Smythe Trophy winner and helped the Islanders win four Stanley Cups in the early 1980s. "If Clark Gillies is in the Hall, then Butch Goring should be in the Hall," said Sweeney. There is an outstanding profile of Goring at http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12752
Murray Murdoch : The NHL's original Ironman, Murdoch played 11 years with the New York Rangers from 1926-27 to 1936-37, won two Stanley Cups and never missed a game. There is a tremendous profile of Murdoch at http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/bio.asp?Player=Murdoch
Billy Reay : "Most people don't believe me when I tell them Billy Reay is NOT in the Hall of Fame," Sweeney always said. Reay retired as one of only two players to win a Memorial Cup, an Allan Cup and a Stanley Cup (with the Canadiens) and after retiring as a player he went on to coach the Chicago Blackhawks. He left coaching in 1976 with 598 wins — at the time, the second most in NHL history. That horrendous hockey fraud, John A. Zeigler, is in the Hall, but Billy Reay isn't. Those people on the selection committee should be ashamed of themselves.
Lorne Chabot : Port Arthur's "Old Bulwarks" won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers and had 73 shutouts in his career back when the NHL was in its infancy. There is a fine profile of Chabot athttp://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18462
John Ferguson : "Even if you don't count the fact, he was the best fighter in the NHL and a pretty good player during his time, John has to be in the Hall as a builder," said Sweeney. "He was assistant GM with Team Canada '72 and then GM of the Rangers. He built the Winnipeg Jets and had a lot to do with building the Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks of the early 2000s." How is Jim Gregory in the Hockey Hall of Fame and not John Ferguson? That's an abomination.
I hope someone out there in that big Eastern city who will remember Goring, Murdoch, Chabot, Reay and Ferguson. One of the Hall's 18 selection committee members can nominate a candidate and perhaps this is the year they'll remember true greatness.
On behalf of Ed Sweeney, I hope that this is the year the Hall's gatekeepers will give their heads a shake.
Great read Scott. Thanks.
I think the NHL feels that the HHOF is an extension of their marketing arm and that putting in more recent names is what sells and keeps up interest in the game.
If so, they couldn't be more wrong.
Yeah, every fan wants that Doug Gilmour-type player that they loved and cheered for as an underdog when they were a kid to get in. But are those people likely to actually visit the HHOF? People who go there go to see the history of the game, to walk through the hushed halls of greatness that tell the story of this sport. A year ago I read Legends of Hockey, and the best parts were the ones before the modern NHL (1940s onward): The stories about heroes and stars back in the 20s and 30s and how the teams got started and how the NHL came from the NHA (great story, dirty business).
These guys should be in the HHOF. Gilmour, Nieuwendyk, even Shanahan next year. Those guys can wait. The really sad part is when they had a chance for a guy who couldn't wait, Pat Burns, they decided not to.


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Allan and Vickie Sharp of Orangeville announce the marriage of their son Joshua to Taylor Stapley, daughter of Todd and Darci Stapley of Centerville. The couple will be married Sept. 25 in the Salt Lake Temple.
Taylor is a graduate of Viewmont High school and Snow College and Josh is a graduate of Emery High and Snow College as well. Josh has served an LDS mission to Korea from 2004-2006.
A reception will be held in their honor Oct. 2, 2009 at the Sharp residence at 245 North 400 West in Orangeville from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The couple will make their new home in Orem where they are both continuing their education at Utah Valley University.


text: Inspired by the tradition of the domestic china cabinet, Patrick Hall constructs elaborate cabinets, often overlaid with applied texts, as containers for linked groups of his own objects. This cabinet is designed to suggest a nineteenth-century museum specimen case but, on close inspection, the taxonomic imagery of its contents reveals a visual pun. The 'bones' are made from found fragments of nineteenth-century domestic bone china crockery, found by Hall on Tasmania's beaches and in rubbish dumps. Bone china was developed to exploit the by-products (the bones) of livestock production in Britain, which resulted from the massive land clearances that, in turn, fuelled migration to Australia during the nineteenth century. Immigrants arrived with, or ordered large quantities of, industrially produced bone china, giving it currency as an aspirational material. Hall's cabinet links these themes with eloquence and humour.


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APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTERNOTE: This application will be incomplete and rejected unlessaccompanied by a complete financial statement, job history, lineage,and current medical report from your doctor.NAME_____________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH_____________HEIGHT___________ WEIGHT____________ IQ__________ GPA_____________SOCIAL SECURITY #_________________ DRIVERS LICENSE #________________BOY SCOUT RANK AND BADGES____________________________________________HOME ADDRESS_______________________ CITY/STATE___________ ZIP______Do you have parents? ___Yes ___NoIs one male and the other female? ___Yes ___NoIf No, explain: ______________________________________________________________Number of years they have been married ______________________________If less than your age, explain ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ACCESSORIES SECTION:A. Do you own or have access to a van? __Yes __NoB. A truck with oversized tires? __Yes __NoC. A waterbed? __Yes __NoD. A pickup with a mattress in the back? __Yes __NoE. A tattoo? __Yes __NoF. Do you have an earring, nose ring, __Yes __No pierced tongue, pierced cheek or a belly button ring? (IF YOU ANSWERED "YES" TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, DISCONTINUE APPLICATIONAND LEAVE PREMISES IMMEDIATELY. I SUGGEST RUNNING.)ESSAY SECTION: In 50 words or less, what does "LATE" mean to you? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________In 50 words or less, what does "DON'T TOUCH MY DAUGHTER" mean to you? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________In 50 words or less, what does "ABSTINENCE" mean to you? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________REFERENCES SECTION:Church you attend ___________________________________________________How often you attend ________________________________________________When would be the best time to interview your: father? _____________ mother? _____________ pastor? _____________SHORT-ANSWER SECTION: Answer by filling in the blank. Please answer freely, all answersare confidential.A: If I were shot, the last place I would want shot would be: ______________________________________________________________B: If I were beaten, the last bone I would want broken is my: ______________________________________________________________C: A woman's place is in the: ______________________________________________________________D: The one thing I hope this application does not ask me about is: ______________________________________________________________E. What do you want to do IF you grow up? ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________F. When I meet a girl, the thing I always notice about her first is: ______________________________________________________________F. What is the current going rate of a hotel room? __________________I SWEAR THAT ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT TOTHE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT,NATIVE AMERICAN ANT TORTURE, CRUCIFIXION, ELECTROCUTION, CHINESEWATER TORTURE, RED HOT POKERS, AND HILLARY CLINTON KISS TORTURE._________________________________________________________Applicant's Signature (that means sign your name, moron!)_______________________________ ________________________________Mother's Signature Father's Signature_______________________________ ________________________________Pastor/Priest/Rabbi State Representative/CongressmanThank you for your interest, and it had better be genuine andnon-sexual. Please allow four to six years for processing.You will be contacted in writing if you are approved. Please donot try to call or write (since you probably can't, and it wouldcause you injury). If your application is rejected, you will benotified by two gentleman wearing white ties carrying violin cases.(you might watch your back)
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Skip to comments.Ohio Executes Man Convicted of Killing 3
Posted on 08/08/2006 12:55:51 PM PDT by Borges
A man who said he worshipped Satan and enjoyed killing three people, stabbing and beating them and stomping on them with steel-toed boots, was executed Tuesday.
Darrell Ferguson, 28, the youngest person put to death in Ohio since 1962, died by injection at 10:21 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
He had asked for the death penalty and chose not to pursue appeals, which could have delayed his execution for years.
Ferguson was the second inmate executed using the state's new lethal injection protocol, adopted after an execution in May was delayed while prison staff struggled to find a useable vein on that inmate, who asked them to find another way to kill him.
Officials said Ferguson's veins were closely examined before his execution, and the guidelines called for two injection sites to be prepared plus a new method of ensuring veins stay open.
He was convicted of three counts of aggravated murder in the Christmas Day killing of Thomas King, 61, in 2001 and the deaths the next day of Arlie Fugate, 68, and his wife Mae, 69. King was disabled and used crutches, Arlie Fugate had cancer and Mae Fugate took meals to wheelchair-using neighbors.
The victims let Ferguson into their homes in Dayton because they knew him. Ferguson's mother had been married to King's brother, and Ferguson's family had once lived near the Fugates.
Ferguson committed the murders after getting a two-day pass from a drug treatment program he had been ordered to attend following a burglary conviction.
At his sentencing, he taunted the victims' families, saying he worshipped Satan, enjoyed the killings, had no remorse, and, if released from prison, would pick up where he left off.
Defense attorney Victor Hodge said Ferguson's behavior might have been a ploy to make sure he was sentenced to death so he could avoid spending the rest of his life in prison.
At least his was honest. I hope he burns in hell.
" I hope he burns in hell."
He's probably there already.
If he worshipped Satan, isn't that were he wanted to end up anyway?
I think Satan has a special room reserved for this guy.
The world is a safer place today.
Great scene.........
1 less piece of maggot dung eating vermin trash.
One less vote for Strickland and Sherrod.
*This* is why I despise the typical American defense lawyer.
Yep, he got his wish.
He may well have wanted it, or thought he wanted it, but I guarantee he won't like it once he gets it.
Oh perhaps his ethnic background explains why he did not have a lot of celebrities and criminal coddling dirtbags coming out to protest, or call for more DNA evidence, etc etc.
he daid.
And the organs can be used in transplants.
One less sub-human to feed.
A Satan worshipper sent to meet his god. How fitting.
Any last words?
Didn't work.
The Democratic Party strongly supports full Civil Rights for Necro-Americans.
For a 28-year old to get executed in California, he'd have to have been a fetus when he committed the crime.
The RATs have been supporting Civil Rights for the deceased at least since the time of the RAT inspired Tammany Hall; it's just Boss RAT, and now deceased (and hopefully not on the voting rolls) Mayor Richard Daley perfected it to an art form.
This man was clearly possessed by demons, not uninvited!
Ok Ohio, youre on a role keep up the good work.
Well, no one would really want that face, would they?
Mister tough guy who kill 3 elderly people would have spent every day in prison wishing he was dead. He took the cowards way out because being traded around for a smoke is a hard life. I hope where ever he is now is worse and that the relatives of his victims found some small amount of comfort in his death.
Five years from crime to punishment. Not bad.
Now if we could only return to the days when delta-t was 5 minutes or, at most, 24 hours.
I understand that William McKinley's assassin was tried, convicted, and executed all within five weeks.
In the West, during especially lawless days, executions happened within 24 hours. Convicted on Monday, hung on Tuesday.
If you forced defense attorneys to do their pro bono defense of P-O-Ss like this fellow truly pro bono, then they wouldn't do it anymore. But the Legal Services Foundation, and other state organizations, pay almost full legal rates so these d-ckhead lawyers get government subsidy to act like, speak like, and live their liberal ideals.
How'd you like to earn $150/hr to host a talk radio show? Same thing.
They've gone from executing the perp in two days, then to five weeks, and now in some places ten to twenty years, and they call that progress?
Say hi to him now that you get to meet him in person.
Probably a good thing he wasn't released from prison then, eh?
Defense attorney Victor Hodge said Ferguson's behavior might have been a ploy to make sure he was sentenced to death so he could avoid spending the rest of his life in prison.
Now if we could just bring back the innocent victims, EVERYBODY would be happy.
At 10:22 a.m. he realized that, like muslim suicide bombers, all is not as advertised!
Lethal Injection was too good for this creep. Personally, they should have just dumped him naked in the middle of the Columbian jungle and let the rebels there tear him apart.
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Great QualityLet me start off by saying although I do work for folica, I am not being paid to review these brushes.
I recently saw that we started selling them so I decided to purchase a few of them to try them out, I am also a certified makeup artist so I am always looking to better my kit. Once I opened them and felt how soft they are I fell in love! I tried them out and they are amazing! These are great quality for a great price. I hate to say it but i actually like these better than the more expensive brands that I have in my brush roll and I spent TWICE as much money on those ones (maybe more).
These brushes do not shed at all either and do not irritate sensitive skin. I highly recommend purchasing these whether it is for your Kit or at home personal use. I WILL be buying extras for my own personal use.
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Michel Design Works 14 Oz. 100% Soy Wax Candle - Honey Almond
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Sheer detail at the waist, sexy cinched peplum flare and high-contrast design make this bebe tank top a total show-stopper. Fabric is lightweight with a flattering stretch. Try yours with a mini skirt and your highest pair of heels for an instant going-out look.
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