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Guide to the Orlando Winfield Wilson Papers, [ca. 1928-1972]
Guide to the Orlando Winfield Wilson Papers, [ca. 1928-1972]
Collection number: BANC MSS 73/179 cThe Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- The Bancroft Library.
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-6481
- Fax: (510) 642-7589
- Email: email@example.com
- URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
- Processed by:
- The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1973
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
- Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library -
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1973.030-.031--PIC
- Tapes have been transferred to the Phonotape Collection of The Bancroft Library (for location, see Container List)
Key to Arrangement
Letters written by Wilson, 1928-1972 and n.d.
Additional Note
Letters written to Wilson
Additional Note
Biographical material
MSS of his writings - primarily typed copies of papers and articles, including one about August Vollmer and others on developments in police administration
Speeches and statements - MSS, photocopies, mimeographed and/or printed copies; arranged chronologically, 1950-1967, with undated copies at the end. Many of them are addresses delivered during the period he was superintendent of the Chicago Police.
Articles by Wilson - reprints and tear sheets
Book reviews by Wilson - primarily reprints
Personalia - passports, identification records, medical record, membership cards and badges, UC personnel papers, etc.
Awards, diplomas, etc.
See also oversize folder.
Diary entries - a few scattered pages
Papers relating to his army service, World War II
Insurance, retirement, and miscellaneous financial papers
Memorial tributes
Photographs and snapshots - Transferred to Pictorial Collections
See also v. 2 below.
Clippings - (4 folders) - Included is a file of clippings re Wichita, Kansas Police Department
See also v. 1 below.
Subject files
Americans for Effective Law Enforcement - copies of brochures, reports, minutes of meetings, etc.
California. University, Berkeley. School of Criminology.
Additional Note
Chicago. Police Dept.
Additional Note
See also v. 1 and 2 below and microfilm and tapes.
August Vollmer - copy of a translation of an original article about Vollmer which appeared in a French magazine; clippings; information about August Vollmer Memorial Scholarship Fund, etc.
Wichita, Kansas. Police Dept. Statistics re scholastic attainments of police force; copies of general orders issued by Chief Wilson; radio interview with Wilson; samples of forms used; copy of resolution granting Wilson leave of absence, etc.
"The Wilson Years 1960 to 1967 ... Highlights in the Career of ..."
Additional Note
"7 Years of Progress: a Pictorial Record ... O. W. Wilson's Seven Years with the Chicago Police Department 1960-1967" - Transferred to Pictorial Collections
Diplomas, certificates, etc.
Minutes of meetings of Chicago Police Dept.
Additional Note
Tapes have been removed from the collection and assigned the following call numbers in the phonotape collection:
P/T 407 Wilson's speech to the Chicago Police Dept., Mar. 12, 1960
P/T 408 A Salute to O. W. Wilson. Radio program, WGN, Chicago, July 29, 1967, on occasion of Wilson's retirement from the police force.
P/T 409 Interview with Wilson, conducted by Dave Andre, WGN radio, Chicago, July 1967.
Partial List of Correspondents
Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
2 letters, 1970. Writing as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research; re civil police project.
The American Journal of Police Science
2 letters, 1952. From Ordway Hilton, editor. Requesting a biographical sketch of August Vollmer.
Americans for Effective Law Enforcement Inc.
25 letters, 1969-1972. Primarily from secretary-treasurer Alan S. Ganz and president Fred E. Inbau. Many of them transmit minutes of board meetings,
financial reports, etc.
See also subject files, carton 2.
Ashworth, Ray
See International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.
Baker, Bruce R.
See Berkeley, Calif. Police Department.
Bancroft Library
6 letters, 1971-1972. Re the August Vollmer Historical Project.
Barrows, David Prescott, 1873-1954
See California. University, Berkeley.
Berkeley, Calif. Police Dept.
8 letters, 1928 and 1971. From Clarence D. Lee, John A. Greening and Bruce R. Baker.
See also Holstrom, John D.
California. University. President
7 letters, 1939-1952. From Robert Gordon Sproul. Re Wilson's appointment as professor of police administration, salary, etc.
California. University. Regents
20 letters, 1938-1959. Most of them form letters re salary as professor of police administration and dean of School of Criminology.
California. University, Berkeley
25 letters, 1939-1960. From A. M. Kidd, Paul L. Kirk, David P. Barrows, Joel H. Hildebrand, Clark Kerr, Joseph P. Harris, Glenn T. Seaborg and others.
Re development of criminology program at UC, Wilson's courses in police administration, proposed changes in criminology program,
See also subject files, carton 2.
Chicago. [various offices]
11 letters, 1960-1973. From president of the Chicago Civil Service Commission, corporation counsel, president of the Chicago Crime Commission, Mayor
Richard J. Daley, etc.
See also Franklin M. Kreml; Virgil W. Peterson; International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.; miscellaneous letters re Chicago police (box 3); subject files (carton 2); v. 1 and 2; and microfilm and tapes.
Daley, Richard J., 1902-
See Chicago. [various offices]
Dixon, Sir Arthur L.
Letter, Apr. 23, 1958. Re the use of dogs in the Metropolitan Police Force, London.
Genthner, Bruce [son-in-law]
11 letters, 1958-1960
Genthner, Sally Jo (Wilson) [daughter]
38 letters, 1957-1963
Greening, John A.
See Berkeley, Calif. Police Dept.
Harris, Joseph P.
See California. University, Berkeley.
Harvard University. Bureau for Street Traffic Research
Letter, Jan. 31, 1936. Offering Wilson appointment as research fellow.
Hildebrand, Joel Henry, 1881-
See California. University, Berkeley.
Holstrom, John D.
4 letters, 1968-1972. Letter, Apr. 23, 1971, refers to proposed Berkeley charter amendment to partition the Berkeley Police Department. One is a letter of condolence addressed to Mrs. Wilson.
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.
5 letters, 1960. Several refer to IACP assistance to Chicago police. Some letters by Ray Ashworth, director, Field Service Division.
Kelley, Douglas M.
See California. University, Berkeley.
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
See California. University, Berkeley.
Kidd, Alexander Marsden, 1879-
See California. University, Berkeley.
Kirk, Paul Louis, 1902-1970
See California. University, Berkeley.
Kreml, Franklin Martin, 1907-
5 letters, 1960-1961. Re Chicago police.
Lee, Clarence D.
See Berkeley, Calif. Police Dept.
Leonard, Vivian Anderson, 1898-
Letter, Jan. 23, 1970. Letter of introduction for a student.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
27 letters, 1949-1972. Re publication of Wilson's book, Police Administration. Included is a letter of condolence addressed to Mrs. Wilson.
McLaren, Roy C.
5 letters, 1969-1972, from a former student who went into the field of police administration. Includes a letter of condolence addressed to Mrs. Wilson.
Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-
2 letters, 1943-1948
Parker, Alfred Eustace, 1899-
2 letters, 1971. Re his book, The Berkeley Police Story.
Peterson, Virgil W.
5 letters, 1969-1972. Include letter written while executive director of the Chicago Crime Commission. Letters written after his retirement refer to his lecture course on organized crime at University of Chicago, his writing, etc. Letter of condolence to Mrs. Wilson also included.
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912-
See California. University, Berkeley.
Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-
See California. University. President.
Thomas (Charles C.) Publisher
4 letters, 1968-1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
4 letters, 1971-1972. Some refer to translations of Wilson's book, Police Planning, for police assistance programs.
Vollmer, August, 1876-1955
69 letters, 1928-1942. Written primarily while chief of police, Berkeley, Calif., and professor of police administration, University of California,
Berkeley. Letters discuss mutual problems in running police departments, developments in professional training of policemen,
courses offered in professional schools, mutual friends in the field, etc.
See also Bancroft Library correspondence; Wilson's article on Vollmer, carton 1; and subject files, carton 2.
Wichita, Kansas. City Manager
2 letters, 1928 and 1939. Letter, Mar. 12, 1928, answers questions raised by Wilson re the police force; 1939 letter relieves Wilson of duties as chief of police.
Wilson, Henry H. [son]
7 letters, 1959-1971. Also included is a letter written by his wife, Flo.
Wilson, Ruth [Mrs. O. W. Wilson]
Drafts of letters written during Wilson's illness and one letter, ca. Mar. 1960, addressed to Wilson.
Wiltberger, William Alden
Letter, Dec. 18, 1935. Copy of a letter written to August Vollmer, while director of the Police School, San Jose State College.


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Curated by Stephen Slappe for The Front, June 2013
Artists: Anthony Hudson, Arnold Kemp, Ashby Lee Collinson, Brenna Murphy, Carl Diehl, Chase Biado, Chris Freeman, Julie Perini, Kiel Fletcher, Laura Heit, Nadia Buyse, Rebecca Carlisle-Healy, Rebecca Peel, Stephen Slappe, Zachary Davis
The artists included in Subduction Zone have helped foster Portland's status as an outpost for wayward, engaged artists. It is difficult to wrangle them all under a single heading but it's safe to say that their works, like their city, suggest utopian ideals riddled with uncertainty. As a group, they create moving images that mine the rich history of experimental film and video making while mixing in adequate doses of net art, conceptual art, rock videos, animation, and performance art. From Anthony Hudson's hilarious structural cut-up of a lip sync performance by Jinkx Monsoon to Brenna Murphy's trippy, meditative patterns constructed from documentary footage, the videos in Subduction Zone slide between and around genres with strangeness, humor, and smarts.
Free and open to the public.
The Front
Claire Rau
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ST. CHARLES – Joe Estok boomed his drive down the middle of the first fairway at Pottawatomie Golf Course Wednesday morning before following with a short phrase.
Like a golfer's familiar "Sit down" or "That'll play," "That was for Wheeler" sounded instinctual. It was Estok's natural reaction hours after learning former longtime Pottawatomie pro Jim Wheeler had died Tuesday at 68.
Upon yanking his own opening tee shot into the trees only to see the ball kick back into the fairway, playing partner Bob Paluch smiled and suggested his departed friend played a role in the improved lie. Guidance from above? That might not be outside Wheeler's range depending on who you ask.
"Somehow, he's connected to this whole town. He really is," said Pottawatomie assistant pro Bill Ogiego, who worked alongside Wheeler for a decade. "You talk about the six degrees of separation kind of thing, Jim is. Being here for 31 years at Pottawatomie, there is somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody, obviously, that Jim has come across."
Whether they heard the news through that extensive pipeline Tuesday or as they arrived at Pottawatomie – still closely associated with Wheeler three years after his retirement – on Wednesday, the St. Charles golf community was reeling.
Wheeler worked meticulously to ensure his course felt like home to adults, juniors and high school athletes during tournament and regular play, and his personal touch won't soon be lost on those parties.
He brought the same approach to an active life in volunteering, including as coordinator of the Tri-Cities Salvation Army's Toys for Kids program each holiday season.
"I just call him a community treasure," said St. Charles North boys golf coach Rob Prentiss, who encountered Wheeler during his first season at Pottawatomie in 1980. "I'm sure I'm not the only one with memories flooding back today. I'm sure there are a lot of people whose hearts are heavy today."
Wheeler is survived by his wife, Patti, his sister, Carol, and daughters Amy and Kimberly – both of Oxford, Ohio. He had five grandchildren: Abigail, Matthew, Kaylyn, Molly and William.
Friends were told Wheeler died sometime in the late afternoon or early evening Tuesday after following a familiar daily routine.
Accompanied by friends Ken Robertson and Gary Beck, he arrived at Arcedium Coffeehouse in downtown St. Charles around 6 a.m. before heading to Mill Creek Golf Club in Geneva, where Wheeler had worked to varying degrees since his retirement from the St. Charles Park District on Feb. 28, 2011.
A heart bypass procedure in April 2013 did not deter him.
When he wasn't in the pro shop or giving lessons at Mill Creek, his business there often fell under what director of golf Steve Feddern called "typical Wheeler." Wheeler, who also had recently joined the Aurora Central Catholic boys program as an assistant coach, had coffee and hung around to stay immersed in the golfing business.
His appearance Tuesday wasn't among the renowned ironman's longest at a course.
"He gave me some crap going out the door. He was making a couple jokes about my game and blah blah blah," Feddern said. "He said he was going home to cut the grass. And I guess that's kind of what happened was he cut the grass and then laid down on the couch and that was it. Yeah. Strange. Strange, strange world, man. It [stinks]."
Ogiego said one of Wheeler's neighbors in Geneva called the Pottawatomie pro shop shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday to report an ambulance at the Wheeler home. Trying his best not to speculate for the worst, Ogiego didn't have to when Robertson called confirming Wheeler's death at about 7:15.
"It's just a shock. It's just trying to get to that point where you go, 'You're just not going to see him,' " Ogiego said. "There's so many reminders down here of him, you know, that he's never going to be gone."
For more than three decades, that could have been Wheeler answering phones at twilight. The Peoria native, who spent one year at Inverness in Palatine before coming to Pottawatomie, was no stranger to 14- to 16-hour days, even hypothetical ones.
"If you walk in the door on Tuesday, May 2, 1983, you're going to see the same Jimmy Wheeler as if you walked in the door on Tuesday, July 17, 1997," said Rick Bell of St. Charles, Wheeler's first Pottawatomie assistant and now a certified PGA teaching professional. "He was very, very even and I learned a lot from him from that standpoint. He had his professional hat on every time you walked in the door. And that meant a lot to me."
Pottawatomie regular Chuck Bowgren saw Wheeler both on the course and as a family man. With Bowgren's daughters as part of the group, Wheeler served as tribe leader in the YMCA Indian Princesses program.
"Jim was different, but different in a neat kind of way," Bowgren said. "He was Mr. Park District. He was anybody's employer's dream, if you will. He just cared about what he did. He loved his family and he loved his job."
At his core, Wheeler simply cherished people, especially those who played sports. In addition to supporting the St. Charles East and North golf teams, he was a mainstay at St. Charles high school athletic events and well-known throughout town.
"Always lively," Arcedium manager Michael Burkholder said. "Always on top of the world, you know. Always wanted to know who else was here when we opened, and 'How are you doing today?' Just an all-around, wonderful guy from everything I knew. It's a tough day."
Feddern and Ogiego both golfed at St. Charles High, knowing Wheeler's playful crotchitiness first as teens and later colleagues.
"He could light some people up," Feddern said, "but he cared about every one of us. Can't say enough about how much he gave to everybody."
Prentiss also has spent the past couple days searching for words.
He embraced Pottawatomie as his home course after his parents relocated to St. Charles late in his college career, then got to know Wheeler so well that each of Prentiss' four children were rattled by Tuesday's news.
"I know that was a scare last spring, but we figured he was as good as new and would be around forever," Prentiss said. "Sometimes you forget to treasure those special moments in your life that add quality to your life. We didn't get to say goodbye to him."
Funeral arrangements
Visitation for Jim Wheeler will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main Street, St. Charles.
The funeral will began at 1 p.m. Monday at Hosanna! Lutheran Church, 36W925 Red Gate Road, St. Charles. Burial is private.


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i have taken louie into the care home and dad new louie straight away and was really pleased to see him and made a fuss of him. louie was very unsettled while in dad's room i think it was the heat its so warm in the care home. dad could remember louie's name but he could not remember my name i think he nose me by my voice
i have being given some very bad news on dad i have being ask for signed consent by the dr and medical staff at the care home to do not resuscitate as dad has heart failure there is morphen and other injection on standbye for him but nothing my dad he is such a fighter
i wonder what kind ov christmas i'm going to have but i wish all my ct friends a very merry christmas and a happy new year


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New genetic technologies pose unprecedented challenges to human integrity, individual liberty and the health of the biosphere. Since the questions that these technologies raise affect all of us, there is a pressing need to ensure the public is brought into the process of regulation and governance.... http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/Projects/CurrentProject.aspx?projectId=5
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SDSU is red hot at the Chile Pepper Invite
Brookings, S.D. — The men's cross country finished fourth today in their first 10k of the season at the Chile Pepper Invite.
Michael Krsnak finished the day in ninth place, with a time of 30:37.7. Krsnak was just off of his personal best in 10k, which is 30:22.7.
Number one ranked Oklahoma State won the event, with six runners in the top 10. There were two runners in the top 10 that were not from Big 12 schools; Krsnak was one of the runners.
In 21st was Trent Lusignan, who finished with a time of 31:12.2. Lusignan's time is a new personal best for him. His previous time was 33:05.8.
Jared Ailts finished in 33rd and also set a personal best with his time of 31:48.5.
Drew Kraft completed the course in 32:32.6, which was good enough for 73rd on the day.
Andrew Thies and Phillip LaVallee competed in their first 10k of their collegiate career. Thies and LaVallee completed the race in 32:54.7 (97) and 33:04.2 (110) respectively.
Kenny Mayer was right behind LaVallee with a time of 33:06.3, Mayer finished 113th on the day.
Other finishers for the Jackrabbits were:
Joel Reichow, 118, 33:11.1
Connor Branick, 134, 33:23.7
Dylan Slaba, 144, 33:30.6
Austin Hamm, 173, 33:59.0
Christian Karels, 200, 34:23.3
Grant VanKeulen, 230, 34:47.4
Kipp Kinsley, 266, 35:52.1
Lars Mattison, 267, 35:54.3
Overall the Jackrabbits finished fourth out 34 teams, with
an average time of 31:49.14. All SDSU runners finished in the top 267 spots,
there were 313 runners in the race.
SDSU will be back in action in two weeks in the Summit League Championships in Rochester, Mich. at 10 a.m. on Oct. 27.


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A match-up of two similar styles of play unfolded on the soccer pitch in Muscatine Thursday, with the Pella High girls soccer team coming up on the wrong side of a 2-0 loss to Sioux City East in the Class 2A State Quarterfinals. The Black Raiders seized an early opportunity on a ball that got loose in front of the Pella net and knocked it in on a header just ten minutes into play.
That margin proved to be game-altering, as the Lady Dutch then had the unenviable task of trying to play catch-up against a very stingy Sioux City East defense. Pella High coach Mark Howard said the initial goal really set the tone for the rest of the match.
"Once the other team gets a goal, it changes the whole complexion of the game. All they have to do is control the ball, and that's pretty much what they did," said Howard. "I thought they got to the ball better than we did and they possessed the ball better than we did, and that's why the outcome was the way it was."
The Raiders added the final score in the 61st minute, and though enough time remained to mount a comeback, the hopes of Pella advancing to the Class 2A State Semifinals began slowly slipping away.
"We had our chances, definitely, and we couldn't capitalize on them. When you play a good team like Sioux City East, you really have to capitalize on your chances, and we didn't do a very good job of that," added Howard. "I did talk to the girls about that a little bit, and then we kind of shifted to a three-forward formation for a while, thinking that might give us some more firepower, but it didn't really work out that way; so we had to go back to the 4-4-2 that we were playing at the beginning of the game"
Howard said he was pleased with the perseverance the team showed and was proud of them for their season as a whole, particularly the seniors.
"I knew it was going to be hard, and I asked for the girls to just keep trying and never give up, and that's what they did," said Howard. "I'm very proud of the team. The seniors that got us here to State showed the freshmen, sophomores and juniors what it takes to get here, and hopefully next year we can come back and get a win too."
The loss ends an exceptional season for the Lady Dutch, as they finished with a 16-4 overall record, an unblemished conference record and league title, and back-to-back 10-0 shutouts in the Regional Tournament. It was also the final game for ten seniors on the Pella High squad, including captains Lexi DeHeer, Kim Korver, Taylor Rennich and Addie Van Vliet.


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Designed by Rob Humphreys, this high speed motoryacht is constructed using the VIP (Vacuum Infusion Process) in Carbon- fibre to obtain an ultra-lightweight construction able to withstand the extreme loadings of up to 2.2G while travelling at over 55 knots.
Combining design and styling by Humphreys Yacht Design with composite engineering by High Modulus, this was certainly a technically challenging project, adding to an already accomplished resume of high tech, high performance custom projects by McMullen & Wing.
Even with three MTU16V 4000 M90 series engines, each rated at 2,720 kW, and KaMeWa jet units, weight saving remained a critical requirement to achieve the high speed performance. The M&W design team embarked upon a program to critically analyse every component of the vessel to save weight; the vacuum infusion process of Carbon-fibre / Kevlar / Foam composite was utilized in the building of hull and superstructure, Titanium where possible for deck fittings and hand rails, and light weight veneered foam panels for interior joinery, all to Germanischer Lloyds Class and MCA.
Fitted with a generous array of navigation and communications systems, ERMIS2 is a state of the art vessel, complimented with a interior that is streamlined and light. Paint-treated ash and clear varnish maple combine with contemporary furnishings to create a modern nautical language.
The vessel has a relatively narrow 21' beam and walk-around decks, thus she looks fairly small in company with large-volume around-the-world superyachts, but one only has to step into the bridge control room to realize what Ermis2 is all about. Here seven naval-style Stidd chairs are set up for heavy weather passage making. Surrounded by deep blue ultra-leather, they face an instrument panel that features mostly tried-and-tested Furuno gear augmented by C-Plath autopilot, gyrocompass and speed log, Sestrel compass, Echo Pilot sonar and Brookes & Gatehouse wind instruments.
Above on the flybridge, a troika of more relaxed-looking Stidds is doubtless meant for driving in less stringent conditions. Behind this is fore-and-aft seating for guests, a U-shaped lounge and table for al fresco dining, a sunpad and space for the rescue tender. Four prominent domes for the communications gear are also clustered aft. Deck fittings are partly M&W custom-made in titanium, again to reduce weight, and where stainless steel has been used, it is brushed to match. The forward windlass is from New Zealand-based Maxwell Winches, which supplies many superyacht yards worldwide, and a 3,306-pound C-Quip davit astern, by the swim platform, handles an Aquatx Delta RIB.
The principal lounge, dining area and galley are gathered in a conventional no-nonsense layout, and light, paint-washed ash veneer bordered by clear-finished maple is used throughout. Colonial-style overhead fans in the lounge and master suite, one beneath a skylight, are used to good effect, while the galley mixes Miele with equipment from New Zealand specialist Fisher and Paykel.
Below are two twin and two double staterooms, including the master, which is preceded by a common use lounge and study. Copious storage has been provided behind the paneling, and the same paint-washed theme runs through the lower deck to form a light and airy backdrop for the soft furnishings, with mirrors port and starboard in the owner's stateroom furthering the sense of space.
The overriding theme is comfortable and minimalist, to comply with all-important weight considerations.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Kraft Foods Group Inc., Campbell Soup Co., VF Corp., and Zipcar Inc.
Kraft Foods Group Inc. US:KRFT North America's fourth-largest consumer packaged food and beverage company, on Friday reported a 72% decline in fourth-quarter earnings. Quarterly profit fell sharply to $89 million, or 15 cents per share, from $319 million, or 54 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Analysts had expected 23 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. The company spun off its international snacks unit last year to form Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ, +0.05%
Campbell Soup Co. CPB, +0.76% said Friday fiscal second-quarter profit fell to $190 million, or 60 cents a share, from a year-ago profit of $250 million, or 64 cents a share. Adjusted earnings, which exclude restructuring and acquisition costs, rose to 70 cents a share from 64 cents a share. Analysts had expected second-quarter earnings of 66 cents a share. Earlier this week, analysts at Deutsche Bank raised the company's price target to $36 from $34. Read more: Campbell Soup second-quarter profit falls 7.3%
VF Corp. VFC, -0.60% reported a 30% increase in fourth-quarter earnings. Profit rose to $334.2 million, or $2.98 a share, from $257.3 million, or $2.28 a share, in the year-ago period, and adjusted earnings rose to $3.07 a share from $2.32. Analysts had projected earnings of $3.03 a share in the fourth quarter.
Zipcar Inc. US:ZIP said Friday profit rose to $13.8 million, or 34 cents per share, from $3.9 million, or nine cents a share, in the year-ago period. Profit surged as the company is pending acquisition by Avis Budget Group Inc. CAR, -2.12% and was boosted by a tax benefit. Analysts had expected fourth-quarter earnings of 6 cents a share. Read more: Zipcar profit surges on revenue, tax benefit
J.M. Smucker Co. SJM, -0.09% said fiscal third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales to $154.2 million, or $1.42 a share, from a year-ago profit of $116.8 million, or $1.03 a share. The company, which makes its namesake fruit spreads and owns the K-Cups brand, expects sales growth of more than 6% compared with previous guidance of about 7%. Read more: J.M. Smucker's profit up 32% on stronger sales
Burger King Worldwide Inc. US:BKW said fourth quarter profit almost doubled to $48.6 million, or 14 cents a share, from $25 million, or seven cents per share, last year. The fast-food company benefited from lower expenses and also reported slumping revenues.


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Aberavon soon replied though, a superb run from deep by winger Stef Andrews setting up an attack with full back John Phillips in support. He then found Jamie Davies who spotted the gap and raced through to score in the corner though the fly half was unable to convert.
Thomas then missed a second effort at goal, a wasted opportunity given that the Wizards then added their second try. This time around it was Phillips who was the scorer, Davies converting for a 12-3 lead.
And although Swansea saw hooker Scott Otten yellow carded for killing the ball, the score remained the same up until the half time whistle.
As the second half got underway, Aberavon's hopes of making the most of their man advantage went up in smoke as the numbers were soon levelled - Aberavon centre Mathew Jenkins sent to the sin-bin for a late tackle.
However, it was the Wizards who continued to look the better side and a chip through by Davies was almost pounced on by Andrews, only for the Whites' defence to scramble back and save a certain try.
Two more Davies penalties gave Aberavon some more breathing room and although Swansea's replacements were making an impact, a try was not forthcoming. And with flanker Matthew Davies yellow carded too, it left the Whites struggling to get back into the game.
And although Richard Williams scored in the corner with 80 minutes up, it was Aberavon who progressed to a tie with Bridgend this weekend.


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Meterko, Martz, Schall, 4x800 team win district championships
BROOKVILLE — Six Punxsy athletes are headed to next Friday and Saturday's state championships in Shippensburg after they won at the District IX Class AAA Track and Field Championships Thursday in Brookville.
A.J. Meterko followed through on his multiple No.1 seedings by winning both the 800- and 1,600-meter dashes.
Meterko, a senior, edged DuBois junior J.J. Clinchoc — 2:02.04 to 2:02.84 — in the 800 run and held off St. Marys junior Gideon Woelfel — 4:30.04 to 4:33.64 — in the 1,600 run.
Meterko was also the final leg of the Chucks' winning 4x800-meter relay, which beat DuBois by more than four seconds. Junior Derick Kelly, freshman Kevin Hughes and sophomore Nathan Ward preceded Meterko in the event, which Punxsy finished with a time of 8:12.04 — 16 seconds better than their seasonal best.
Meterko also finished second in the 3,200-meter run.
A pair of Punxsy seniors are headed to states on the girls' side. Nickita Martz earned her fourth and final state championship berth when she won the javelin for the fourth time. On her first throw of the day, she won the event with a mark of 123-5. The closest competitor, Bradford junior Emily Marshall, threw 108-3. Marshall was seeded ahead of Martz entering Thursday.
Martz also finished third in the shot put.
Punxsy's Milea Schall is heading to states for the first time after she easily finished first in the 3,200-meter run. To say she ran away with the event is an understatement, as her time of 11:43.54 was 37 seconds better than the second place-winner, her senior teammate Shannon Byerly.
Also placing for the Lady Chucks were Timi Shoick (tie for second, long jump), Alexis Young (second, 1,600 run and fifth, 800 run), Karah Hollis (tie for second, 100 dash and fifth, high jump), Jacque Barnett (third, javelin), Shannon Carpenter (fourth pole vault), Alexis Minich (fourth, shot put and discus), Santana Smith (fifth, shot put and discus), Kirsten Dean (fifth, triple jump), Juliann Boddorf (fifth, 200 and 400 dashes).
Punxsy's 4x800 team was second, and the 4x100 and 4x400 squads were third.
Punxsy's other boys to place were Hughes (third, 400 dash), Dylan Lettie (third, 110 hurdles and high jump; and fourth, 300 hurdles), Brody Morgan (third, javelin) Tyler Presloid (third, pole vault and fourth, triple jump), Kevin Byars (third, long jump) and Ward (fifth, 1,600 and 3,200 runs).
Byars, last year's triple jump champion, fouled on all three triple jump attempts Thursday.
Punxsy's 4x400 team was third, and the 4x800 squad was fifth.


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In the latest of an ongoing series of discussions between Sakurai and Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata, Sakurai explained that the Nojima's original vision for the story was very different from the final product.
"It went something like this... 'Some of the characters are on a bus on the way to the stadium. Samus is there. Donkey Kong is there and Snake is watching the bus from afar,'" Sakurai said of Nojima's original scenario.
"I had envisioned a more serious tone for the story. Something with some misfortune like a single character escaping total annihilation of his squadron and then fighting back while rounding up his allies. Ultimately, we worked together and successfully organized our ideas into the storyline for The Subspace Emissary."
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is shaping up to be one of the most high-profile collaborative efforts in recent history, with famed Lunar and Grandia developer Game Arts revealed as handling the bulk of the title's development, and celebrated game musicians including the composer of Final Fantasy VII and other Final Fantasy titles, Nobuo Uematsu, among many others, pitching in on the score.


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What's going on? The story of a Motown icon
Marvin Gaye's life unfolds in latest Black Ensemble production
For playwright Jackie Taylor, the turbulent life of 60s Motown icon Marvin Gaye was a story that had to be told.
"I am just a believer that all of our stories that pertain to the genius of who we are as human beings and who we are as African Americans need to be told," Taylor said of her latest production, "The Marvin Gaye Story."
The play runs now through July 29 at Black Ensemble's new theatrical home located at 4450 North Clark St.
"Marvin was certainly way ahead of his time and was a pure genius in his work," she added. "That needs to be understood... and not forgotten. The only way for it to not be forgotten is to continue telling the story."
And in her usual flare, Taylor infuses toe-tapping live musical numbers with biographical sketches to recreate Gaye's life story. The play takes audiences on a musical journey of Gaye's early music career as a shy backup singer for a doo wop group to his meteoric rise to become the "Prince of Motown."
Hands will clap and heads will bob as a live band cranks out such memorable hits as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Distant Lover" and "Pride and Joy." RaShawn Thompson, who plays Gaye, evokes his personae while gyrating to "Let's Get It On." Thompson's voice melds with Melanie McCullough, who plays Tammi Terrell, whose untimely death had a profound effect on Gaye.
Taylor punctuates the musical numbers with gripping snippets of the singer's complex life - where family, secular music and religion clashed with deadly consequences. In 1984 Gaye was killed by his preacher father, Marvin Gaye Sr., in a family altercation.
Taylor offers an emotive glimpse of Gaye's struggle to reconcile fame with his strict religious upbringing and the heartache his family suffered at the hands of an abusive father.
Taylor, who wrote and directed the play, spared nothing. The musical delve into the soul crooner's drug addiction, philandering and the inspiration for his most poignant song, "What's Going On," which was an ode to his brother's time in the Vietnam War. It's no wonder why Gaye's family reached out to Taylor to do the play. The family has yet to see it.
"It was important that people understood why Marvin was how he was, because the drugs had a lot to do with shaping his character," Taylor said.
Much of Gaye's inner strife was shaped by his father. He ruled the household with an iron fist. But Taylor purposely didn't portray the tensions between Gaye and his father, played by Ronald Barnes. Instead, Taylor showed that strife through the elder Gaye's relationship with his wife and children. Gratuitous violence, Taylor said, has no place in her plays.
"It is enough to be impacted by it. It is enough to be aware of it, but to glorify it?" Taylor asked. "That's why you didn't see the father shoot his son. You know it happened. Putting it in front of your face and having to relive that sickness all over again, I just don't find that fascinating."
There's a lesson in the play Taylor wants the audience to walk away with. Even with all the turmoil and pain one can cause another, Taylor said, there's power in forgiveness. It was a hard lesson she had to learn when a drunk driver killed her brother. She admits she "went crazy with hatred" for her brother's killer.
"It was eating me alive and none of that would have brought my brother back," said Taylor, who often writes plays with uplifting messages. "I finally had to let it go. I finally had to forgive that man for his sickness and let it go, because holding on to it was destroying me."
When asked if she believes Gaye forgave his father, Taylor said she didn't know.
"I think it is important to understand how to forgive," she said.
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To the editor:
According to the dictionary, the definition of freedom is liberty of personal choice, action, or thought. Self determination, the condition of enjoying civil liberty without interference, coercion, or restrictions, etc. That is a lot to digest. Imagine how wonderful life would be living under such a set of conditions. Governments like to feel it is their duty to place a lot of restrictions upon all of its citizens. With these restrictions comes a lot of taxes to hire an extremely large quantity of government employees to enforce and/or modify them. Seems like somewhere along the line things got a little out of hand. I read that we have in excess of 5,000,000 laws on the books in the U.S.A. to enforce the Ten Commandments. That is more than a little mind bending and unnecessary. Most of our laws are not even enforced and those that are enforced make loads of exceptions for various groups of people.
I cannot help wondering about the ability to provide freedom in the area we need it most. Our personal lives and emotions. How may we provide freedom for those tortured souls among us trapped in a body full of strange, bizarre, and grotesque thoughts and behavior? Is it possible for them ever to be free? Or those suffering from a most serious loss and have difficulty coping with it?
I recall a song about being "A prisoner of love" and being too weak to break the chains that bind us. These people, like the preceding group, are prisoners of their mind. Just how do you propose to free them? At one time or another, we have all experienced a bit of this torment. Freedom is most elusive with respect to mental anguish.
We dare not overlook the untold thousands of people-past, present, and future - in prisons without freedom of any kind and very dim prospects of release, other than by death. Some of them have certainly been unjustly incarcerated, to be sure. Many falsely accused, some others standing firm on unpopular views or opinions.
Think of the many ways it is possible to lose our freedom. The possibilities are endless. Bad relationships and marriages. Harmful addictions. Mental deficiencies. Defective governments. In the past, economical difficulties could put one away. Probably in some parts of the world, this is still true. This same rule applies to unpopular political opinions. Then there are always some around that can not afford sufficient nourishment and hydration and have very little, if any, hope. These unfortunate folks are the homeless among us. Their's is a prison without a roof, walls, or bars. How do we free them??
It is a noble gesture to sing about "Freedom that rings from every mountain side," or to make an eloquent political speech espousing morals, (that in many cases do not exist), dedication, sincerity, honesty, commitment, ethics, & love of country & mankind in general. Afraid it is a little more complex than that. Absolute freedom does not exist at all. Now or ever. There are different levels of freedom applying at a varying degree to all levels of every society. Absolute freedom and equality, exists only in our minds. There is only one key that will eventually unlock the door to total freedom and equality. We will be presented with that key the instant we exhale our last breath. The ultimate solution, our final act, our last sunset! Free at last, free at last, free at last!
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Catching rays: Conditioning works underwater too
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. What's the trick to safely hand-petting a stingray in the wild? –J. Cousteau
A. A trip to "Stingray City" of the Cayman Islands just might do it, where for 35 years fishing crews have gathered conch and cleaned them over a certain barrier reef, says David G. Myers in Psychology. Stingrays (shark relatives) in the surrounding bay gradually became accustomed to these treats and started hanging out in numbers. Scuba divers then began feeding the increasingly friendly rays by hand.
"Today, tourists can do the same, and can even pet the rays as they graze past them," Myers notes.
Psychologists know rewarded behavior is likely to recur. B.F. Skinner took this a step further with his "behavioral technology," teaching pigeons to walk a figure-8, play ping-pong, and keep missiles on course by pecking a target on a screen. Pigeons have also learned to discriminate categories such as people, flowers, cars and chairs. "With training, they have even been taught to discriminate between Bach's music and Stravinsky's," says Myers.
Q. How is flipping a coin a lot like tracking the volatile stock market? –W. Buffett
A. Imagine a series of 1000 coin tosses where Henry bets on heads every time, Tommy on tails, poses John Allen Paulos in A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market. The coin is "fair," so the two players are equally likely to be in the lead. But once one of them gets a bit of a lead, he's likely to stay in the lead over most of the 1000 flips. People find this hard to believe, says Paulos, because they believe in the "gambler's fallacy," thinking that the coin's deviations from a 50-50 split are "governed by a probabilistic rubber band: the greater the deviation, the greater the equalizing push toward an even split."
Not so! Even if Henry were way ahead, with 525 heads to Tommy's 475 tails, his lead would be as likely to grow as shrink. "Likewise, a stock that's fallen on a truly random trajectory is as likely to fall further as it is to rise," Paulos says.
True, in the long, long run the flips approach 50 percent-50 percent, but that's as a percentage, not actual numbers. Since lead switches are relatively rare, it wouldn't be surprising if either Tommy or Henry came to be known as a "winner" or "loser." Similarly, if one professional stock picker outperformed another by a margin of 525 to 475, he might wind up interviewed on Moneyline.
"Yet he might, like Henry or Tommy, owe his success to nothing more than getting 'stuck' by chance on the up side of a 50-50 split," Paulos says.
Also, of 1000 stocks, roughly 500 might be expected to outperform the market next year merely by chance, like a flipped coin. Of these 500, 250 will likely do well for a second year, 125 for a third, etc., and one will do well for 10 years in a row, by chance alone. Yet "some in the business media are likely to go gaga over the performance," according to Paulos.
Q. From Earth, the Moon is a charming sight, rising and setting through the course of the night while passing through its various phases over the lunar month. How does the Earth look from the vantage of the Moon? –N. Armstrong
A. The Moon has become entrained to the rotation of the Earth, spinning now at an exact rate that keeps the same face always toward our planet, engendering a "far side" (though not a "dark side"), says Paul Hewitt in Conceptual Physical Science. So the Earth from the Moon isn't seen to rise and set at all. Instead, it stays at the same point in the lunar sky all day but does pass through its own phases while hanging stationary there.
Q. It all began in 1913, its original name now reversed, so popular today it is recognized the world over, yet it took 10 years before a book of them was published and then only under a company pseudonym, though the book became a best-seller. What's a nine-letter word for the answer? –M. Farrar
A. The first crossword puzzle, by U.S. journalist Arthur Wynne, who called it a "word-cross," done for the 1913 Christmas edition of the New York Sunday newspaper World, recounts David Crystal in Language Play.
Send Strange questions to brothers Bill and Rich at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The University of West Alabama was in serious need of an upgrade to its data protection strategy.
The university had serious concerns about their legacy backup's ability to protect its systems in the event of a disaster. If any mission-critical systems went down, it would a long time to get systems restored and functional. The prospect of such delays and downtime was just unacceptable.
This short case study explores how the University of West Alabama was able to easily and affordably modernize its data protection and the benefits they now enjoy, including:
- 5-fold faster recovery of critical systems
- 50 percent less storage capacity required for backup data
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As a leading manufacturer of biotech products, Eppendorf uses 100% virgin, pure PP (polypropylene) and PE (polyethylene) granulates. These materials are specifically suited for laboratory applications and manufacturing processes of micro test tubes, Eppendorf Combitips, and pipette tips. Additives are only used if they are essential for proper function, e.g. to improve the gliding ability of Eppendorf Combitips. Since 1984, Eppendorf has only added coloring matter void of organic heavy-metal compounds, maintaining with deliberate care low volumes with correspondingly low-saturated color in the product.
The constantly high level of quality is, among other things, attained by design and comprehensive monitoring of the injection molds and a fully developed process for quality assurance certified according to ISO 9001.Chemical reactions on disposables Chemicals interact with disposables in a number of different ways. These include:
For each chemical, two figures are stated (X/X). The first figure (left)
is the stability at a test temperature of +20C, the second figure
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You thought natural motion technology couldn't get any better than the original Nike Free models, but you thought wrong. The Nike Free 5.0 2014 revolutionizes barefoot-like running, for a sneaker that boasts multi-directional flexibility in a lightweight package.
After years of research, Nike designers determined that in order to offer flexibility in all directions, they had to remake the outsole. The result is the first ever Nike running shoe with a hexagonal flex groove pattern that allows for the most natural ride Nike has ever offered. Flywire cables also come into play, wrapping around the foot and adapting your stride, while the woven mesh upper allows for maximum breathability on the run. Plus, the combination Phylite midsole and outsole cuts even more weight and offers impressive cushioning without the bulk.
Faster, lighter and more flexible than ever, the newest iteration of the Nike Free 5.0 boasts the latest in running technology. Free your run with the Nike Free 5.0 2014 running shoe.
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Over the past quarter century Congress, state legislatures and the courts have radically reshaped America's laws dealing with sex offenders in an effort to reduce the prevalence of sex offenses. Most convicted sex offenders must now register with the authorities, who then make information about them available to the public. Possession of child pornography has been made an extremely serious crime often punishable by prison sentences that dwarf those meted out to child molesters, rapists, robbers, and even killers. Federal law now imposes a minimum sentence of ten years in prison for those convicted of using the internet to attempt to lure minors for sex. And the federal government and 20 states have "sexually violent predator" laws that allow the indefinite civil commitment of convicted sex offenders to secure institutions for treatment after they have served their full criminal sentences.
- Are these laws supported by empirical evidence, or even by well-reasoned psychological theories? Do these laws actually work?
- Are mental health professionals capable of reliably determining an offender's future behavior, and how best to manage it?
- Are experts capable of providing effective treatment for sex offenders -- i.e., treatment that actually reduces the likelihood that an identified sex offender will re-offend?
Ewing …gives a lucid, objective analysis of the laws, easily separating myth from reality in this intensely emotional area.
-- Philip H. Witt, Ph.D., ABPP, President, American Academy of Forensic Psychology, co-author, Evaluation of Sexually Violent Predators
A remarkable, eye-opener of a book—Professor Ewing brings to this highly controversial subject his knowledge as both a law professor and as a practicing forensic mental health expert.
--Alan M. Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
This book is a breath of fresh air. It debunks the media-driven frenzy of fear, hate mongering, and utterly irrational laws that do far more harm than good. Professor Ewing writes thoughtfully, carefully, and persuasively. This book should be read by all who care about—and think about—this topic.
Ewing is a prolific author, and never disappoints. His other recent books, which I have reviewed, include:--Michael L. Perlin, Law Professor, Director of International Mental Disability Law Reform Project, New York Law School


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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's May and July waterfowl surveys indicate hunters can expect another large fall flight. Opening day for North Dakota residents is Sept. 22 for ducks, coots, mergansers and geese. Nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl in North Dakota Sept. 29.
Mike Johnson, game management section leader, said North Dakota's fall flight – breeding ducks and the young they produce in the state – is based on data from the May breeding duck survey and the July brood survey. "This year's production was up from last year, and there are strong indications for a good fall flight this year," Johnson said. "However, late summer has been dry and hunters should scout their favorite areas to check water conditions prior to the opener."
The brood index from the Game and Fish Department's annual mid-July survey was up 110 percent from 2011 and exceeded the long-term average by 155 percent. Average brood size was 6.9 ducklings, down 0.8 from last year. The long term average is 7.1 ducklings per brood. The water index observed during the survey was down 48 percent from last year, but still 10 percent above long-term.
Results from the May breeding duck survey indicated the duck index was up 16 percent from 2011 and exceeded the long-term average by 112 percent. Water conditions in May were down 57 percent from 2011 and 6 percent from the long-term average.
Resident hunters must possess a general game and habitat license and a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate. In addition, hunters age 16 and older must have a small game license and federal duck stamp.
Nonresidents must purchase a nonresident waterfowl license, including the general game and habitat license, and certificate. Hunters age 16 and older must possess a federal duck stamp. Nonresident youth hunters from states that provide a reciprocal licensing agreement for North Dakota residents, qualify for North Dakota resident licenses. See the 2012 North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting Guide for details.
All migratory bird hunters are reminded to register with the Harvest Information Program prior to hunting. Hunters who purchase a license through the state Game and Fish Department website (gf.nd.gov) or instant licensing telephone number (800-406-6409) can easily get HIP certified.
Otherwise, hunters must call (888) 634-4798, or access the department's website, and record the HIP number on their fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate. Those who registered to hunt the spring light goose season or the early Canada goose season in North Dakota do not have to register with HIP again, as it is required only once per year in each state hunted.
Hunters should refer to the waterfowl hunting guide for season regulations including licensing requirements, dates, bag limits, season zones and nonresident hunting zones.


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Appeals Court (April 14, 2010)
A person who is found mentally ill and requires strict custody at Bridgewater (or other) state hospital may only be found guilty of assault and battery upon a correction officer in violation of G.L. c. 127, §38B if they are still serving a criminal sentence, or are awaiting trial on a criminal sentence. Otherwise, they are not "prisoners" as required by statute.
The defendant was convicted of assault and battery upon a correction officer. When his criminal sentence expired, the defendant was determined to be a mentally ill person (pursuant to G.L. c. 123 §§7 & 8) who required the strict custody of Bridgewater State Hospital and who would not receive similar care at any other DPH facility. Thereafter, he committed an assault and battery on a correction officer employed by the DOC and assigned to Bridgewater. The defendant appealed and the Appeals Court reversed and remanded for the defendant to be sentenced in accordance with the lesser included offense of assault and battery.
G.L. c. 127, §38B prohibits a "prisoner" from assaulting or battering an "officer, guard or other employee of any jail, house of correction or correctional institution" of the Commonwealth. The Appeals Court held that the defendant is not a prisoner within the meaning of the statute. In Commonwealth v. Gillis, 448 Mass. 354 (2007) the SJC held that the Commonwealth may not petition for an individual's SDP commitment if they are no longer serving a criminal sentence, even if they are still confined to a facility, because they are no longer a "prisoner." As in Gillis, the Court held that the term "prisoner" is defined as an individual who is either serving a criminal sentence or is awaiting trial on a criminal sentence. The defendant was a civilly committed patient and was neither serving a criminal sentence, nor awaiting trial and therefore, could not be convicted of c. 127, §38B.


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|2011-07-02, 16:57
|Link #21
Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 28
On that note, I actually liked the song, which I see had Elements Garden behind it. Sometimes I worry about myself when I find stuff like 1000% LOVE and Take Off cool to listen to from time to time!
|2011-07-02, 18:39
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I enjoyed ep1, although the streamed quality made it hard to judge the animation. The guys were introduced naturally and made sense. The characters all seemed to have possibilities. And we got a plot point right near the end.
Sawashiro Miyuki was a big draw for me, and I enjoyed her performance, but it was fairly strange. She seemed to be absolutely overdoing things, and yet it worked for me emotionally.
Personally, I liked her yellow and lime eyes, lol.
|2011-07-02, 19:24
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Join Date: Nov 2006
I found this show surprisingly good. Forgive me, those who don't like it!
|2011-07-02, 22:07
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
This was decently amusing, surprisingly. Trashy but certainly amusing. I mean, there's Wakamoto as SHINING☆SAOTOME whose antics makes me crack up. The seiyuu were alright, except Otoya. His voice didn't sit well with me. The songs were okay for their genre. I didn't quite like Miyano's singing in the insert song but the ED (actual OP?) was quite good. Haruka's eyes still freak me out. Production was good overall too. The concert scene was done rather well. The biggest shock came from Yuichi Nakamura though. Oh dear lord, I've never had to pick my jaw off the ground like this since Sakurai Takahiro voiced the granny in Soremachi...
No comments on the actual story and character personalities, since that's not what I'm watching this for XP. Maybe they'll grow on me, who knows?
|2011-07-03, 02:11
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... The OP... My nice memories of the characters... Whu---What. Is that Johnny Jr esque concert--
Ahem, anyway, seems like there are lots of changes and additions, most recognizable with Haruka-chan being less fangirly sparkling eyes, idol/song loving type. Plus the past thing is really... Cliche and cheesy in a way for me -3- Not a matter though, I like this Haruka (more characterized), and Miyukicchi just make it better And loli Haruka! ///^w^/// (More Yusa Kouji is needed though >.< I think I was slamming my head on the desk when I realized he only have 1 line i the episode. Guh.)
And SHINY. AWESOME SHINY. 8Db I am awaiting more of his antics in the future!
I'll be honest here, as much as I love the cheesy comedics in the game, I do like how the anime flows... Better. Yes, I was on the verge of tsukkomi-ing Hayato's scene; but still. Will be following to see how far it will amuse me. Plus reverse harem rarity in the world making my fangirl self a sad panda. ;;
Addendum: The ED (Seems like OP from next ep on) has THAT GUY. And I actually wondered how A-1 will fit that in...
Addendum 2: A-1 anime rendition >>>>>>>>>>>> I.G anime game CG rendition (Save Otoya's). :sob: DAAAAAMMMMIIIITTTTTT WRY ARE U ADVERTISING REPEAT IN THE END BROCCOLIIIIIIIII--- *middle finger* <- Still bitter
|2011-07-03, 02:14
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Adelaide
Age: 30
I'm still going to remain optimistic for this title.
I like the heroine and her eyes have stopped bothering me. Her voice has a bit to much Yoru/Tomitake in it for my liking though.
The guys haven't really had a chance to get a proper reading on. But for now my favourite is the red head. This might be a show I don't learn the names of the characters though.
I'm interested in the Hayato mystery but the financial scion rivalry doesn't look that interesting from the outset.
|2011-07-03, 03:25
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Join Date: Oct 2004
I guess I'll around for 2 or 3 more episodes see how it turns out. Fairly high production values for an otome series and the premise so far doesn't seem that bad. Mostly importantly there's.....
NORIO F!@$ING WAKAMOTO!!!!WRRRRRRRY! Dude never fails to be awesome.
|2011-07-03, 10:26
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Join Date: Sep 2008
If laughter lengthens life (as an old saying goes), and if this series continues onwards like this, I'm going to be immortal by the time it's over.
That said, thank god it's not like Starry Sky (that one just puts me to sleep)! And I hope they wont drop the level of animation, because all the theatrics and craziness is so wonderfully accented by all these characters who can't stand still.
Actually, the animation level reminds me of Neo Angelique Abyss. I mean, there are short cuts, but not enough for them to jar you out of the viewing experience.
Still, this show, alongside Jewelpet Sunshine, is amongst the crackiest shows I've ever seen, and they're both on in the same season.
|2011-07-05, 06:58
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Age: 30
Oh wow, Nakamura my dear! It's worth seeing this anime just to hear him use a high-pitch voice for his transvestite character to me. (and maybe some more dance sequences, if I'm lucky enough?)
Anyway, this series is not half bad, except for the terrible title (whoever made up that title deserves a good spanking) and the terrible color design (those creepy creepy eyes). I'm not a fan of the singing either, but I guess it can't be helped.
PS. The OP in this episode gave me a heart-attack.
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|2011-07-08, 07:18
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Cah Gunungkidul
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Jogja
Age: 29
thanks to niconico's comments feature
|2011-07-09, 11:12
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
Oh daamn, this thing is actually gooood ! lol
I usually don't watch this type of genre, but if they have good character design in it then I'll watch it It's been a while that I watch something of this genre after Starry Sky though..
I can't use nico streaming so I don't know what comment they gave during the stream..but I've heard it's about 00?
Forgot to mention ;( I can't comment much about the OP songs because those fangirls keep me from actually listening to the music (they're way too loud ), but Hayato's song is..good ;_; I understand how the main character become his fan after listening to that.
|2011-07-09, 16:11
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Age: 30
Apparently, reading those comments on niconico plus the blogger's comments made the episode 10x more hilarious to me.
|2011-07-10, 00:54
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Cah Gunungkidul
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Jogja
Age: 29
I was streaming nico2 japanese
and the comments are very funny ( "ARE YOU LOLI?", GN Particle, Sakamoto-san, etc etc )
I even blogged this anime based on their comments and maybe will blog this weekly
and mamoru miyano's voice is very good
|2011-07-10, 12:31
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Damn, this is going to be my guilty pleasure of the season. Cliché plot? Check. Cliche characters? Check. But the production value is too good and the whole thing is just too hilarious XD
It's just a pity I can't view the niconico episodes in my country, I wanted to see the comments ;_;
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Well we see that Haruka has talent with music notation at the very least since she did the musical equivalent of learning Kana in a few days and then jumping into weaving near fluent sentences not long afterwards. Seriously, what she did usually takes a few months to master at the very least, so we might as well call her a musical genius (also, did we get a hint that she's a good singer as well?).
Still lulzy, especially with the rule, which somewhat makes sense when you think about how hardcore Otaku can be about their idols' virginity (plus, a boarding school that churns out pregnant girls wouldn't stay open, or co-ed, for a very long time), but the way it's presented is just ham-fisted and obviously telling the watchers that the rule is added only for drama and making Haruka's inevitable emotional wavering more understandable.
On the Tokiya-Hayato thing I think they might be the same person trying to distance himself from his earlier stage persona and reinvent himself as a new idol. Especially with how Haruka recognized the pitch (again with her musical savant abilities, she's to music what Ichigo was to sweets!) and the principal had to jump in again with the twin excuse.
One of the funniest things with this series is the comments everyone has on the internet about it. Most call it trash, but funny trash which doesn't take itself seriously, and that Haruka's eyes are scary as hell (which kind of remind me of comments on Utena's designs).
So we're left with the generic twin-plot, Haruka's been revealed as a musical genius (thus explaining how all the guys will eventually want to pair with her), the principal is still flamboyant (and planning something that likely will involve Tokiya/Hayato), we got a hot-blooded teacher, everything's still ridiculous, but the animation haven't dropped by much so I'm going to continue to watch it! *Strikes SHINING Saotome pose*
Also rivalry pairings amongst the guys have been established (and yes, it is the pairings in which they sing in the ED concert, which just makes it the more lulzy and suggests that the ED concert will be in the last episode and that Haruka will have made them all friends/frenemies by then). Didn't expect the shouta to be so against being cute, though.
|2011-07-10, 19:28
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-On the twin thing: i think they are twins, not the same person, but there will be a 'twist' where the song that made Haruka fall in love with her idol was not actually him singing but his younger twin brother.
|2011-07-10, 19:48
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-Yeah, sounds more plausible. Especially if Hayato's singing sucks and he was called to do a performance out of the blue and they simply substituted his musically talented brother instead. Maybe it lead to Tokiya having to perform as his brother multiple times (and thus propel Hayato's stardom but not gaining any recognition himself) and he grew bitter and resentful towards his brother.
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-Yeah, that's what i thought. plus, Haruka said she recognised the pitch, but she said she doesn't have a tv where she lived. So even if she managed to hear one or two other songs by her idol, the one song that's definately on her mind is that first song. Plus, this is the master of all twin cliches: chick thinks she was saved by twin A and loves him. Meets twin B that is very rude to her, nothing like her beloved twin A. She ends up in love with B and then finds out the twin that had saved her was actually B all along.
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So, if McCullum somehow guns it at 4, what will happen when Ross returns?
Wild and unlikely speculations aside, I'm looking forward to how Wagner and Bartin go. Hope Watling can farm a hundred before then too.
So, if McCullum somehow guns it at 4, what will happen when Ross returns?
Wild and unlikely speculations aside, I'm looking forward to how Wagner and Bartin go. Hope Watling can farm a hundred before then too.
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Ross will open the batting and keep obv
Exit pursuing a beerOriginally Posted by Jimmy Neesham
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
Leading the charge against nuances being used in posts.
Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
...Jonathan Millmow posted this in the Dom the other day:
Twenty20: New Zealand's Strongest Lineup | Stuff.co.nz
Did anyone else see this evidence of "togetherness?"Although the series was lost 2-1, McCullum settled well into the captaincy role, there was a togetherness about the team that hasn't been evident previously, and a couple of rookie bowlers upstaged more senior team-mates.
it's Millmo, he's a ****.
I wouldn't read anything that **** writes.
Colin Munro has apparently stayed on with the test squad because Fulton's knee has flared up. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse
Sounds as though the only reason Brownlie isn't playing in this game is because he's picked up a bug, so fingers crossed he's right come next week.
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Couldn't really see Fulton scoring runs anyway. Just means we're stuck with Franklin, who is just as unlikely to score runs but can compliment that with a few overs of pies.
Hope Sinclair's wrist is okay. Could easily see a sensational PE return for him after some Cape Town carnage.
Don't squander the gold of your days making a shrine of cricket videos, trying to improve the hopeless failure, giving your life away to the Blockys, the Devciches and the Weerasundaras! Surrender your devout little cricketing heart to the inured agribusinessman.
Fulton out of the tour says little Cricinfo chrome extension.
Martin and Wagner taking some serious tap. Looks like it'll be Boult, Martin, Bracewell and Patel for the first test. Really hoping for a holiday season miracle that Martin is back to his accurate and somewhat effective self of a couple of seasons ago.
Seriously, a ****ing thumb injury?! FFS Southee...
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What you have to understand that ENISA is a completely useless EU agency [enisa.org] residing in Greece. It was installed by the lobby, and is back mostly by BSA members as Symantec, Microsoft,...
This year the Commission attempted to rewind it by merging its competences into a new regulatory institution for the Telecom sector. However the Telecom package debate lead to the rejection of the regulatory authority and thus to the survival to ENISA.
In other words, this institutione is owned by the industry lobby. It is just an advisory institution and its guidance is bullshit so far. It has no competence to propose laws or anything.
The studies carried out so far are of low quality and target imaginary audiences. For them Enisa experts have trivial recommendations. And Enisa openly says it lacks expertise and asks the vendor lobby for input. Enisa is a placebo institution for IT security. Anything that comes out of the body is suspicious.
McGann is the lobbyist of EICTA. You don't expect members of the administration to work for a lobby organisation. The question is who defines what they do. And here ENISA does mostly awareness raising efforts for imaginative audiences.
http://www.enisa.europa.eu/pages/05_01.htm [europa.eu]
The point is not what ENISA is but what it is not! Ask European IT security experts what they think about ENISA and their consultant puppets.
You don't know Enisa. But I do know for whom Ebert works for.
Unfortunately privacy just isn't an important political issue.
Dear citizen of the EUSSR,
Here is the privacy you can expect from an ID card:
Thank you for your tax money to aid the state oppression of Europe's citizens. We knew you'd never consent to having ID cards, that's why we sneaked in ID laws under disguise of other laws (see UK as an example of how state oppression is pushed through).
Have a nice day.
OK, this is rough thought, but this is one way off the top of my head to make privacy as integral as part of the structure as security.
First of all, start with your average smart card, have your user private key on it and a PIN. The key stored can be revoked by whatever the EU's CA is and reissued.
Now, start adding certificated by whatever certifying agencies. For example, a county adds a certificate that this user is born in their county. A university adds a certificate that the user got a B. S. in chai
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Don't Worry About Obama; Worry about Seamus
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has got more to worry about than a lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy.
Romney has to worry about Seamus.
Seamus was Romney's Irish setter, whom Romney stuck in a crate and strapped to the roof of his station wagon for a 12-hour family trip to Canada in 1983. Seamus apparently defecated, mostly likely because he was terrified. Romney stopped at a gas station, hosed Seamus down and stuffed him back into the crate to continue the trip. According to Romney's sons, Seamus ran off when the family got to Canada.
And, now, it seems that just about everyone is talking not about Romney's substantive policies, but about what he did to Seamus.
We can forgive almost anything, but we can't forgive intentionally harming animals without there being a very good reason. To paraphrase a famous quote from Gandhi: "The moral greatness of a presidential wannabe can be judged by the way he treats his dog."
This isn't the first time there's been hoopla about someone's treatment of his dog.
Remember Michael Vick?
Most people will recall the matter involving former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and his involvement in a dog-fighting operation on some property he owned in Virginia. The matter was covered by the media nonstop for weeks when it first came to light in 2007 and, again, when Vick came out of prison in 2009 and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. Vick continues to be in the news and it is clear that people are still furious with him.
The answer is simple: Because Vick did a barbaric thing; he caused dogs to suffer and die for no good reason. Vick may have enjoyed the "sport" of dog fighting, but that was not justification for what he did.
Why not?
Again, the answer is simple. Although there is a great deal of disagreement about moral issues, no one disagrees with the notion that it's wrong to inflict unnecessary suffering on an animal. We need a good reason to inflict suffering on an animal. We might disagree about whether necessity exists in any given situation and what constitutes a good reason, but we would all agree that enjoyment or pleasure cannot constitute necessity or serve as a good reason. This is part of our conventional moral wisdom.
The problem is that eating animals is, as a matter of moral analysis, no different from dog fighting.
We kill and eat more than 56 billion animals a year worldwide, not counting fish. No one doubts that using animals for food results in terrible suffering. So, let's apply the analysis that we all agreed was uncontroversial just a moment ago: have we got a good reason for this suffering? Is there anything that is plausibly considered as necessity involved?
The short answer is no.
We don't need to eat animals. No one maintains that it's medically necessary to eat animal foods. The conservative American Dietetic Association acknowledges that "appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases." Mainstream medical people are, with increasing frequency, pointing out that animal products are detrimental to human health. But whether or not you agree with them, there is certainly no argument maintaining that animal foods are necessary for optimal health.
There is also consensus that animal agriculture is an ecological disaster. It takes many pounds of grain and many gallons of water to produce one pound of meat. It takes a great deal more land to produce animal-derived food for one person on a continuing basis than it does to produce food for a vegan. Animal agriculture is a major cause of global warming and is responsible for water pollution, deforestation, soil erosion, and all sorts of unhappy environmental consequences. And to anticipate the objection that non-animal foods are beyond the reach of those without economic means, a diet of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans is much less costly than a diet of animal products.
So, in the end, what's the best justification that we have for the suffering that we impose on the animals we use as food?
The answer: they taste good. We enjoy the taste of animal flesh and animal products. We find eating animal foods to be convenient. There is nothing here that remotely resembles necessity.
How is that any different from Michael Vick? The answer: it isn't. Vick liked sitting around a pit watching animals fight. The rest of us like sitting around a barbecue pit roasting the corpses of animals who have been treated just as badly as Vick's dogs.
It doesn't work to claim that Vick participated directly in the dog fighting and we just buy animal products at the store. We enjoy the results of animal suffering, but, unlike Vick, we don't enjoy the actual process of slaughtering animals. As any first-year law student will tell you, if John has an aversion to violence but wants Joe dead and hires Sally to pull the trigger, John is still guilty of murder. The fact that we pay others to produce meat and other animal products does not get us off the moral or legal hook. Although there is a psychological difference between ordering a steak for dinner and deriving pleasure from watching dogs fight, once we realize that that the torture and death of the animals we eat cannot be justified by anything other than pleasure or convenience, the psychological difference can have no moral significance.
But We're a "Humane" Society, Aren't We?
So, what's wrong? Why do we continue to participate in the infliction of suffering on billions of animals when we have no good reason to do so?
A good part of the answer is that because we want to continue consuming animal products, we delude ourselves into thinking that the solution to the moral problem does not require that we stop eating animal foods - it only requires that we raise and slaughter animals in a "humane" way.
This view goes back about 200 years to when British social reformers, such as philosopher and lawyer Jeremy Bentham, made the observation that our moral obligations to animals did not depend on whether they were rational, could speak, or had other "special" mental characteristics that we regard as exclusive to humans. Rather, the only thing that mattered was that animals could suffer and no one, with the possible exception of Descartes, doubted that animals were sentient, or perceptually aware and could, indeed, suffer. Bentham argued that because animals could suffer, we had an obligation to give moral weight to that suffering.
Bentham was no doubt aware that the animals we use for food suffer a great deal. He did not, however, advocate that we stop eating animals. According to Bentham, animals are not self-aware; they do not care if we use and kill them as long as they don't suffer in the process. So, we could continue to use animals as long we treat them reasonably well and kill them in a relatively painless way.
And thus was born the animal welfare movement, the central premise of which is that it is morally acceptable for us to use animals as long as we treat them "humanely" and do not impose "unnecessary" suffering on them. This moral sentiment soon found expression in anti-cruelty laws on both sides of the Atlantic and, eventually, much of the world. And most of us are stuck in this 19th-century paradigm: we accept the view that it is morally acceptable to use and kill animals because they do not care that we use and kill them. But we have a moral obligation to treat animals "humanely."
There are, however, at least two serious problems with this view.
"Happy" Meat and Padded Water Boards
The first problem is practical: the view that we can accord animals "humane" treatment is a fantasy. It cannot work.
Animals are property. They are things. And the whole point of being a thing is that you don't have an inherent or intrinsic value. Animals are economic commodities; they have a market value. Animal property is, of course, different from the other things that we own in that animals are sentient and have interests in not suffering pain or other deprivations and in satisfying those interests that are peculiar to their species. But it costs money to protect animal interests. As a general matter, we spend money to protect animal interests only when it is justified as an economic matter - only when we derive an economic benefit from doing so.
Anti-cruelty laws supposedly require "humane" treatment, but these laws generally either explicitly exempt what are considered as the "normal" or "customary" practices of industry, or, if the practices are not exempt, courts interpret pain and suffering imposed pursuant to industry practices as "necessary" and "humane." That is, the law defers to industry to set the standard of "humane" care. This deference is based on the assumption that those who produce animal products - from the breeders to the farmers to the slaughterhouse operators - will not impose more harm on animals than is required to produce the particular product just as the rational owner of a car would not take a hammer to his or her car and dent it for no reason.
Animal welfare standards have actually fallen dramatically in recent decades. We are using more animals today and we are treating them worse than at any time in history. The idyllic family farm - where, by the way, there was a great deal of pain and suffering - has vanished and been replaced by intensive agriculture - "factory farms" - where cows, pigs, chicken and fish are kept in crowded conditions, subjected to severe confinement and mutilation and generally lead miserable lives from the moment they are born until the moment that they die.
There is increasing consciousness about this horrible state of affairs, but the solution proposed by most animal advocates is to increase welfare standards. Peter Singer, author of "Animal Liberation" and regarded by many as the "father of the animal rights movement," agrees with Bentham that it is morally defensible to use animals if we provide reasonably pleasant lives and relatively painless deaths for them.
Popular writers such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Pollan, Sarah Palin speech writer Matthew Scully and an endless parade of celebrities, rock stars and environmentalists have joined Singer in condemning factory farming and in calling for larger cages, "free-range" conditions and what are, in the grand scheme of things, minor modifications of a most horrific process. Large animal protection organizations promote various "happy" meat and animal products labels, which supposedly guarantee that the animals whose corpses or products have the particular label were treated better.
But no one is really kidding anyone here. The most "humanely" raised animals are treated and killed in circumstances that would constitute torture were humans involved. The standards required to get "happy" certifications require what would be analogous to padding on water boards at Guantanamo Bay; there is precious little difference between conventional battery eggs and "cage-free" eggs, where thousands of birds are, in effect, crammed into one large cage.
The bottom line is clear in that, although we can delude ourselves with myths about "happy" or "humane" animal products, welfare standards will necessarily be very low because animals are property and because it costs money to protect animal interests.
Eating People With Amnesia
The second problem with the animal welfare position is theoretical; it rests on the notion, which we would all recognize immediately as completely crazy if we were not so invested in continuing to eat animals, that animals do not care about their lives; that they don't have an interest in continuing to live, but only have an interest in not suffering.
Why did Bentham think such a silly thing 200 years ago? Why does Singer - and why do many of us - think that now?
We believe that animals occupy an "eternal present," that they don't have memories of the past or thoughts about the future because they don't plan vacations or think about what movie to see this weekend.
Any of us who have ever lived with animals surely recognize that position as factually wrong. We live with four rescued dogs and the notion that they are not self-aware and have memories and future desires is as absurd as the notion that they don't have tails. All you need to do is watch them. There is simply no way to explain their behavior without attributing some sense of self-awareness to them.
But let's not get stuck in the morass of trying to determine the nature of animal minds. Since we are the only animals who use symbolic communication, we will probably never really understand what it is like to be a bat or a chicken or a cow or any other animal. Let's assume that animals are perceptually aware and can suffer but live in an "eternal present."
So what?
There are humans who have a form of amnesia in which they have a sense of self only in the present. They have no memories and they do not think about the future. Is such a condition morally relevant? It might be. We might not want to appoint such a person as a history professor. But would we say that such a person has no interest in continuing to live and that death is not a harm to that person?
Surely not.
So, why do we say that about animals? The short answer: because we want to eat animals and we don't want to eat humans with amnesia. We tell ourselves that death is not a harm and the trick is to do it all "humanely." But we can't do it "humanely" and, in any event, death is a harm that we should not impose - however "humane" our treatment and method of execution - if we don't have a good reason.
Pleasure is not a good reason. That is why we got upset with Vick. Convenience is not a good reason. That is why we are unhappy that Romney could not have been bothered to make arrangements for Seamus to be transported properly. And that is why it's time to get beyond all the "free-range" and "happy" animal products' propaganda and see that we simply cannot justify the use of animals for food. We should care for the domesticated animals whom we have caused to come into existence, but we should stop breeding more for human consumption.
On one hand, that's a very radical conclusion. On the other hand, it isn't radical at all; it flows from moral ideas that we all already claim to accept. What is remarkable is that a species that prides itself on its rationality has allowed the desire to eat animals and animal foods to cloud our judgment to the point where we can criticize - and even hate - Vick, or regard Romney as some sort of unfeeling moral failure.
We entertain all sorts of crazy ideas in order to justify our daily consumption of animal products and the imposition of suffering and death on animals that this requires.
But the problem is that they are just that - crazy ideas.


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Thomas Guerriero, CEO of Oxford City Football Club, Inc.(OTCQB:OXFC) Enters into an Agreement to Acquire The Movie Studio, Inc./Destination Television, Inc. (OTC:DSTV)(April 01, 2014)
Deerfield Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 01, 2014
The acquisition by Oxford City will enable the company to maximize its national and global sponsorship and advertising opportunities, while taking advantage of a larger footprint, across which it will distribute, its media, sports, and entertainment content. The acquisition will also lead to more opportunities for global distribution, which is especially important to the future of Oxford City and their portfolio of companies.
CEO Thomas Anthony Guerriero stated, We anticipate the benefits of The Movie Studio/Destination Television acquisition will translate into increased cash flow and, ultimately, greater shareholder value for Oxford City."
For Oxford City, the transaction will deliver significant advantages, including:
- Providing unparalleled opportunities for delivering compelling news and entertainment to millions of consumers globally.
- Launching the Oxford City Sports Network to globally distribute content for all of Oxford City professional sports teams.
- Creating new sponsorship and advertising opportunities globally.
- Extending the distribution platform for original content generated by Oxford City and the digital offerings to be created and distributed into new large, growing markets.
- Delivering better economies of scale and strategic operating efficiencies.
For The Movie Studio, the transaction will allow The Movie Studio to:
- Leverage its production and entertainment content into additional vertically integrated media platforms utilizing Video on Demand (VOD) and other traditional distribution mechanisms to reach additional global content distribution outlets.
- Cross pollinate sports and entertainment in production of new content.
- Create new sports entertainment content by combining the resources of both companies creating potentially significant new revenue streams for the Company.
- Utilize the resources of both Companies reducing capital expenditures while maximizing shareholder equity and residual value.
We are excited about the combining of our companies creating a new media company with the ability to finance, produce and distribute competitive and compelling content for the media marketplace said Gordon Scott Venters, President/CEO of The Movie Studio.
About The Movie Studio/ Destination Television, Inc. (OTC: DSTV)
Destination Television, Inc. (OTC:DSTV) now The Movie Studio, Inc., is an integrated media and motion picture production company. DSTV develops, manufactures, and distributes independent motion picture content for worldwide consumption on various devices. The company intends to manufacture independent content, including independent movies with relevant movie stars and independent soundtracks with substantial fan bases. It also provides locations digital plates and green screen application for use in movies, commercials, for the location, web-applications, and print. The company was formerly known as Destination Television, Inc. and changed its name to The Movie Studio, Inc. in November 2012. The Movie Studio, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
About Oxford City FC (OTCQB: OXFC)
Oxford City is a diversified holding company, which controls four portfolios.
The First Portfolio (OXFC Sports Portfolio)
The OXFC Sports Portfolio have a controlling interest is the largest publicly traded diversified portfolio of professional sports teams in the world. Oxford City's portfolio contains a 132-year-old professional football club Oxford City FC, which plays in the Conference North Division of the English Football Association. They also own Oxford City Nomads, which plays in the Hellenic League Premier Division of the English Football Association. Oxford City owns Oxford City Futsal, which plays at the highest level of Futsal in England and has one of the best teams in the UK. Most recently the company has acquired Oxford City Basketball, which plays their games in the EBL, English Basketball League.
The Second Portfolio (OXFC Academic Portfolio)
The OXFC Academic Portfolio owns a diversified portfolio of academic institutions. OXFC owns Oxford City Sports College in Oxford and CIT University in the United States, which expects to have its first brick and mortar campus in the United States in South Florida in the near future to strategically put the University in a tremendous position for the future.
The Third Portfolio (OXFC Media & Entertainment Portfolio)
The OXFC Media & Entertainment Portfolio owns a diversified portfolio of media & entertainment companies. OXFC owns Oxford City Broadcasting Network (http://www.oxfordcitybroadcasting.com), which is broadcasted on 740AM in Florida that reaches from Miami, Florida to Jupiter Florida. OXFC has acquired 1882.tv, which will become the global television platform for the company and their interests. Oxford City's 24 hour television programming which will broadcasted around the world will feature the live radio show "The Oxford City Financial Report", cover all of Oxford City's professional sports teams, and provide continuously programming.
The Fourth Portfolio (OXFC Real Estate & Property Management Portfolio)
The OXFC Real Estate & Property Management Portfolio controls a diversified portfolio of real estate including Oxford City Stadium, Oxford City Indoor Arena, and the Oxford City 3G Training Facility. OXFC benefits from these facilities both in usage and in rental income.
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I'm using ajax/jquery to submit form data to server php file. After validation from server side I want to show user a form which is basically html summary of his input. I know how that page should look like but I have following concerns from implementation point which I need some help with:-
Please confirm your submission
Above,title I want to append in existing webpage incident.htm. This hyperlink is just as ref (not an actual .htm file) when the response reaches from the server. How can I do this?
I want to start with writing title (as above) to point where I'm inserting entire table with values on the page. So please give suggestions if rendering the html elements on ajax function in html is a good option or doing it through js.
If you want a real example. Here it is Incident report form.. You can dummy input to see how the summary page looks like (for your understanding).
Also this response should hide input form ( before insertion view) as the user is suppose to be just viewing summary page.
Please let me know if this enough for you to understand my requirements.