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Felix Klein is best known for his work in non-euclidean geometry, for his work on the connections between geometry and group theory, and for results in function theory. He was born on 25/4/1849 and delighted in pointing out that each of the day (52), month (22), and year (432) was the square of a prime.
Klein's father was secretary to the head of the government. There is a colourful description of Felix's birth in his obituary in the Proceedings of the Royal Society:-
Without, the cannon thundered on the barricades raised by the insurgent Rhinelanders against their hated Prussian rulers. Within, although all had been prepared for flight, there was no thought of departure; on that night was born a son to the stern Prussian secretary. That son was Felix Klein.
The revolution against the Prussians, which resulted in such a dramatic birth for Felix Klein, was completely crushed by the summer of 1849.
Klein attended the Gymnasium in Düsseldorf. After graduating, he entered the University of Bonn and studied mathematics and physics there during 1865-1866. He started out on his career with the intention of becoming a physicist. While still studying at the University of Bonn, he was appointed to the post of laboratory assistant to Plücker held a chair of mathematics and experimental physics at Bonn but, by the time Klein became his assistant, Plücker, from the University of Bonn in 1868, with a dissertation Uber die Transformation der allgemeinen Gleichung des zweiten Grades zwischen Linien- Koordinaten auf eine kanonische Form on line geometry and its applications to mechanics. In his dissertation Klein classified second degree line complexes using Weierstrass died leaving his major work on the foundations of line geometry incomplete. Klein was the obvious person to complete the second part of Plücker. Clebsch had moved to Göttingen in 1868 and, during 1869, Klein made visits to Berlin and Paris and Göttingen. In July 1870 Klein was in Paris when Bismarck, the Prussian chancellor, published a provocative message aimed at infuriating the French government. France declared war on Prussia on the 19th of July and Klein felt he could no longer remain in Paris and returned. Then, for a short period, he did military service as a medical orderly before being appointed as a lecturer at Göttingen in early 1871.
Klein was appointed professor at Erlangen, in Bavaria in southern Germany, in 1872. He was strongly supported by Clebsch, who regarded him as likely to become the leading mathematician of his day, and so Klein held a chair from the remarkably early age of 23. However Klein did not build a school at Erlangen where there were only a few students, so he was pleased to be offered a chair at the Technische Hochschule at Munich in 1875. There he, and his colleague Brill, taught advanced courses to large numbers of excellent students and Klein's great talent at teaching was fully expressed. Among the students that Klein taught while at Munich were Hurwitz, Rohn, Planck and Ricci-Curbastro. Also in 1875 Klein married Anne Hegel, the granddaughter of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Grace Chisholm Young recalls in [3]:-
... the sunny days when the tall handsome young professor wooed and won the lovely granddaughter of the philosopher Hegel.
After five years at the Technische Hochschule at Munich, Klein was appointed to a chair of geometry at Leipzig. There he had as colleagues a number of talented young lecturers, including von Dyck and Engel. The years 1880 to 1886 that Klein spent at Leipzig were in many ways to fundamentally change his life. As D E Rowe writes in [13]:-
Leipzig seemed to be a superb outpost for building the kind of school he now had in mind: one that would draw heavily on the abundant riches offered by Riemann's geometric approach to function theory. But unforeseen events and his always delicate health conspired against this plan. .. [In him were] two souls ... one longing for the tranquil scholar's life, the other for the active life of an editor, teacher, and scientific organiser. ... It was during the autumn of 1882 that the first of these two worlds came crashing down upon him ... his health collapsed completely, and throughout the years 1883-1884 he was plagued by depression.
His career as a research mathematician essentially over, Klein accepted a chair at the University of Göttingen in 1886. He taught at Göttingen until he retired in 1913 but he now sought to re-establish Göttingen as the foremost mathematics research centre in the world. His own role as the leader of a geometrical school at Leipzig was never transferred to Göttingen. At Göttingen he taught a wide variety of courses, mainly on the interface between mathematics and physics, such as mechanics and potential theory.
Klein established a research centre at Göttingen which was to serve as a model for the best mathematical research centres throughout the world. He introduced weekly discussion meetings, a mathematical reading room with a mathematical library. Klein brought Hilbert from Königsberg to join his research team at Göttingen in 1895.
The fame of the journal Mathematische Annalen is based on Klein's mathematical and management abilities. The journal was originally founded by Clebsch but only under Klein's management did it first rival, and then surpass in importance, Crelle's journal and the followers of Clebsch who supported the Mathematische Annalen. Klein set up a small team of editors who met regularly and made democratic decisions. The journal specialised in complex analysis, algebraic geometry and invariant theory. It also provided an important outlet for real analysis and the new area of group theory.
Klein retired due to ill health in 1913. However he continued to teach mathematics at his home during the years of World War I.
It is a little hard to understand the significance of Klein's contributions to geometry. This is not because it is strange to us today, quite the reverse, it has become so much a part of our present mathematical thinking that it is hard for us to realise the novelty of his results and also the fact that they were not universally accepted by all his contemporaries.
Klein's first important mathematical discoveries were made in 1870 in collaboration with Lie surface. Further collaboration with Lie played an important role in Klein's development, introducing him to the group concept which played a major role in his later work. It is fair to add that Camille Jordan also played a part in teaching Klein about groups.
During his time at Göttingen in 1871 Klein made major discoveries regarding geometry. He published two papers On the So-called Non-Euclidean Geometry in which he showed that it was possible to consider euclidean geometry and non-euclidean geometry as special cases a projective surface with a specific conic section adjoined. This had the remarkable corollary that non-euclidean geometry was consistent if and only if euclidean geometry was consistent. The fact that non-euclidean geometry was at the time still a controversial topic now vanished. Its status was put on an identical footing to euclidean geometry. Cayley never accepted Klein's ideas believing his arguments to be circular.
Klein's synthesis of geometry as the study of the properties of a space that are invariant under a given group of transformations, known as the Erlanger Programme (1872), profoundly influenced mathematical development. This was written for the occasion of Klein's inaugural address when he was appointed professor at Erlangen in 1872 although it was not actually the speech he gave on that occasion. The Erlanger Programme gave a unified approach to geometry which is now the standard accepted view.
Transformations play a major role in modern mathematics and Klein showed how the essential properties of a given geometry could be represented by the group of transformations that preserve those properties. In this way the Erlanger Programme defined geometry so that it included both Euclidean geometry and non-Euclidean geometry.
However Klein himself saw his work on function theory as his major contribution to mathematics. As W Burau and B Schoenberg write in [1]:-
Klein considered his work in function theory to be the summit of his work in mathematics. He owed some of his greatest successes to his development of Riemann's ideas and to the intimate alliance he forged between the later and the conception of invariant theory, of number theory and algebra, of group theory, and of multidimensional geometry and the theory of differential equations, especially in his own fields, elliptic modular functions and automorphic functions.
By considering the action of the modular group on the complex plane, Klein showed that the fundamental region is moved around to tessellate the plane. In 1879 he looked at the action of PSL(2,7), thought of as an image of the modular group, and obtained an explicit representation of a Riemann surface. He showed it had equation x3y + y3z + z3x = 0 as a curve in projective space and its group of symmetries was PSL(2,7) of order 168. He wrote Riemanns Theorie der algebraischen Funktionen und ihre Integrals in 1882 which treats function theory in a geometric way connecting potential theory and conformal mappings. He also used physical ideas in this work, especially those of fluid dynamics.
Klein considered equations of degree greater than 4 and was particularly interested in using transcendental methods to solve the general equation of the fifth degree. After building on methods due to Hermite, producing similar results to Brioschi, he went on to completely solve the problem using the group of the icosahedron. This work led him to consider elliptic modular functions which he studied in a series of papers.
He developed a theory of automorphic functions, connecting algebraic and geometric results in his important 1884 book on the icosahedron. However Poincaré began publishing an outline of his theory of automorphic functions in 1881 and, as explained in [13], this led to a competition between the two:-
Klein initiated a correspondence with Poincaré, and soon a friendly rivalry ensued as both sought to formulate and prove a grand uniformization theorem that would serve as a capstone to this theory. Working under great stress, Klein succeeded in formulating such a theorem and in sketching a strategy for proving it.
However it was during this work that Klein's health collapsed as mentioned above. With Robert Fricke who came to Leipzig in 1884, Klein wrote a major four volume classic on automorphic and elliptic modular functions produced over the following 20 years.
We should also mention the Klein bottle, a one-sided closed surface named after Klein. A Klein bottle cannot be constructed in Euclidean space. It is best pictured as a cylinder looped back through itself to join with its other end. However this is not a continuous surface in 3-space as the surface cannot go through itself without a discontinuity. It is possible to construct a Klein bottle in non-Euclidean space.
In the 1890s Klein became interested in mathematical physics, although throughout his career he showed he was never far from this area in attitude. Following from this interest, he wrote an important work on the gyroscope with A Sommerfeld.
Later in his career Klein became interested in teaching at school level. W Burau and B Schoenberg write in [1]:-
Starting in 1900 he began to take a lively interest in mathematical instruction below university level while continuing to pursue his academic functions. An advocate of modernizing mathematics instruction in Germany, in 1905 he played a decisive role in formulating the "Meraner Lehrplanestwürfe". The essential change recommended was the introduction in secondary schools of the rudiments of differential and integral calculus and the function concept.
Klein was elected chairman of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction at the Rome International Mathematical Congress of 1908. Under his guidance the German branch of the Commission published many volumes on the teaching of mathematics at all levels in Germany.
Another project he worked on around the turn of the century was the Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften. He took an active part in this project, editing with K Müller the four volume section on mechanics.
Grace Chisholm Young writes in [3] of Klein's efforts on behalf of women in mathematics:-
When in [1893] he and others succeeded in opening the doors of the University of Göttingen to women, it was, I think, a real pleasure to him that the first woman to take the degree of D.Phil. should do so under his auspices, and should be a Girton girl who had sat at the feet of his revered friend Cayley.
Klein was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1885 and received the Copley medal of the Society in 1912. The London Mathematical Society awarded him their De Morgan Medal in 1893.
Chisholm Young writes in [3]:-
[His mind] teemed with ideas and brilliant reflections, but it is true that his work lacks the stern aspects required by mathematical exactitude. It was in personal contact that this was corrected, at least in so far as his students were concerned. His favourite maxim was, "Never be dull".


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Afghanistan ranks 191 – currently dead last – on the Quality of Life Index. To compare: DR Congo and Cambodia are tied at 160.
Maternal deaths are the 2nd highest in the world., where one women dies every 30 minutes.
Newborn deaths are the highest in the world with 1 in 4 children dying before their 5th birthday.
81% of women deliver at home without assistance. Women and their babies die in childbirth or in the first two days due to lack of medical care and support.
80% of these deaths could be managed by a skilled birth attendant (SBA).
19% of newborn deaths come from asphyxia, and 50% from simple infections. Both are preventable with simple tools.
That's the cold hard facts. Women are not valued the same as men or boys in Afghanistan. In populated areas, often families are simply unwilling to pay for available health care for women when they are sick. Their lives are simply not worth a $25 doctor's visit. In rural areas, the family may not HAVE $25 for a doctor's visit.
Mountain 2 Mountain is approaching this problem with a fully unique approach that mirrors their cyclical model for education, training, job creation, and small business start ups. Smaller footprint, less infrastructure, more education and training, microfinance, and sustainable development to reduce dependence.
The traditional model employed by larger NGO's build and staff midwifery training clinics in large communities so that they can bring graduates to a centralized location. Afghanistan is a decentralized country even at the government level, and when coupled with the gender and cultural issues that often prevent young women to travel outside of their communities alone for schooling, it is often ineffective. Conversely, it is difficult to encourage graduates of these schools to travel to rural areas to live and work as health care workers. Freedom of movement and relocation for Afghan women is not the same as it is in other regions of the world. This model is cumbersome and doesn't address the immediate issue at hand. High rates of women and babies will continue to die in rural communities.
Our approach not only takes these important points into account by bringing the education to the rural communities and training local girls, often only a 4th grade level. These candidates can learn enough during an intensive four week training in their community to effectively manage and potentially prevent nearly 70% of maternal and newborn deaths.
Each year another 4 week training will take place to continue their education and allow it time to be put into practice. The full program would take 5 years to complete. This may seem like a long process, but the effect is immediate after the initial 4 week training.
Skilled birth attendants can make an impact by decreasing birthing deaths, teaching basic sanitation and prenatal care to their community, and creation of jobs for women in rural communities that often have no opportunities for female employment.
The long term effect is a thriving, healthy community, and a shift in the role of women within the male dominated society. They prove their worth and earn respect organically by provided a needed service to their community.
That's not to say that certified midwives and OB/GYN's are not needed. They most definitely are, but larger NGO's can do that work best with bigger budgets and deeper resources.
When strong candidates, with talent, education, and family support, emerge for continued education we would sponsor those candidates for further nursing or midwife training programs and ensure that we can set them up with clinics and support back in their village upon completion of their training.
This model can be replicated throughout rural communities across the country, with Western doctors and nurses that have a knack for teaching and want to donate their time for the 4 week trainings. Spending the majority of the funding on education, training, equipment, and resources, versus construction and staffing of large scale training clinics.
We plan to move forward with this village to village approach to health care and midwifery with our first communities this year, so that our first round of skilled birth attendants can make an impact in their respective villages. We look forward to sharing with you their progress in the months and years to come.

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Bucks rally to beat Bulls 93-92
Milwaukee erases 27-point second half deficit
Ersan Ilyasova scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 27-point deficit in a stunning 93-92 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.
Richard Hamilton scored a season-high 30 points for the Bulls but missed a shot at the buzzer that could have won it.
Ilyasova led a 31-4 second half-run as the Bucks snapped a nine-game losing streak to Chicago and prevented the Bulls from moving past Milwaukee into first place in the Central Division.
Ilyasova scored 12 points in the fourth quarter when Milwaukee outscored Chicago 30-12. Milwaukee played the entire fourth quarter with five reserves: Ilyasova, Epke Udoh, Beno Udrih, Mike Dunleavy and Doron Lamb.
John Henson, Udrih and Udoh all scored 11 points while Monta Ellis added 10. The Bucks hadn't beaten Chicago since April 6, 2010.
Hamilton was coming off a season-high 22 points in Chicago's 93-86 win at Milwaukee on Saturday. Kirk Hinrich added a season-best 17 points and six assists.
Chicago had one final chance after Dunleavy failed to inbound a pass under the Milwaukee basket. Udoh knocked the ball out of bounds reaching for Dunleavy's pass with 7.5 seconds left and Chicago called a timeout. Hamilton took an inbounds pass and shot a fadeaway at the buzzer over Lamb from 15 feet, but came up short.
Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago. Luol Deng added 10 points and eight boards.
The game was reminiscent of the biggest lead the Bulls ever blew at home, which was a 35-point lead in a home loss to the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 21, 2009.
Hamilton and Boozer combined for 17 points in the third period as Chicago seemingly blew the game open.
The Bulls outscored Milwaukee 28-13 in the third period and opened up a 27-point lead on Hinrich's 3-pointer with 2:50 to go in the third quarter. That gave Hinrich his season-high for points, just the third time he's reached double digits this season.
Hamilton scored eight of his 17 first-half points in the second quarter as Chicago took a 48-40 lead at halftime.
Milwaukee hit just 20 percent from 3-point range (3 of 15). The Bucks entered the game shooting 16 percent from deep over its last three games (10 of 62).
NOTES: Henson got his first NBA start for the Bucks, starting in place of Ilyasova. He led Milwaukee with 11 first-half points, but didn't score in the second half. ... Brandon Jennings started despite spraining his left ankle toward the end of Saturday's game against Chicago. He scored six points. Jennings, who is leading the league in steals, failed to record one in a game for the first time this season. ... The Bucks shot 45.9 percent from the field and have shot 50 percent or better just once in their last 34 games against the Bulls, dating to March 26, 2004. The Bulls have won 24 of those games.


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Visitors with a valid passport may obtain a visa at any Jordanian embassy, consulate, or legation abroad. You can also obtain a visa upon arrival at Amman's Queen Alia International Airport or at any other border crossing (except the King Hussein Bridge (Allenby Bridge) and the ferryboat from Egypt). Visa fees are 40 JDs ($56) for single entry valid for one month but easily extended at the nearest police station, or 120 JDs ($170) for multiple entries, valid for six months and non-extendable, to be paid in local currency. Few formalities need to be observed when departing Jordan: A departure tax of 8 JDs ($13) is paid at any border crossings except the airports.
Coming to Jordan by road from Syria, you can cross into Jaber or Ramtha.
Jaber is 80km away from Amman and is most commonly used by visitors, while Ramtha is 90km away and is mainly for cargo. Both borders are open 24/7 throughout the year.
There are three border crossings between Jordan
and Israel.
The Allenby/King Hussein Bridge, 57km away from Amman, is located in the
southern Jordan Valley and is open Sun–Thurs 07:30hrs – 22:00hrs, and Fri-Sat 07:30hrs – 13:00hrs.
Prior visas must be arranged and cannot be obtained at the border. Private cars
and tour buses cannot cross – travellers must change vehicles upon crossing or
use the other two border crossings.
Sheikh Hussein crossing /North Border is 90km away from Amman. It is located in
the north, close to Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), these are open Sunday -
Thursday: 08:00hrs - 18:00hrs and Friday: 8:00 - 18:00hrs, Saturday: 08:30hrs - 18:00hrs.
At this crossing, visas for most nationalities can be obtained at the border;
prior permits are not needed except for restricted nationalities
Wadi Araba Crossing/South Border, located in the south, 324km away from Amman,
connecting the two Red Sea resorts of Eilat and Aqaba. These are open Sun–Thurs
06:30hrs – 20:00hrs and Fri – Sat 0800hrs – 20:00hrs.
Kindly note that starting 1st of January 2016, entry visas will no longer be
issued at the Wadi Araba Border Crossing. The only exceptions are Israeli tour
groups and others carrying proper entry documentation entering Jordan for
tourism purposes. Moreover, Israeli tourists and those carrying proper entry
documents, who have bought the 90JOD entrance ticket to the Petra Archeological
Site, will be exempt from the obligatory 24 hour stay in Jordan under the
conditions that:
They should submit manifest lists and travel
documents pertaining to the tour group to the Tourism and Marketing
Directorate of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority at a minimum of 24
hour prior to the group's arrival to the country, so that visas and
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Local tour operators should submit necessary
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of departure.
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granted to groups in which members included on the original manifest are not
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granted to those who have obtained an entry visa to Jordan through Jordanian
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Wadi Araba Crossing closes on Islamic New Year
day and Yom Kippur.
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Visitors can travel to Jordan by road from Iraq through Al-Karamah Border Crossing, which is 331km away from Amman and is open 24/7 throughout the year.
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There are three border crossings with Saudi Arabia from the east:
Umari Border Crossing: 155km away from Amman and open 24/7 throughout the year.
Mudawara Border Crossing: 322km away from Amman and open 24/7 throughout the year.
Durra Border Crossing: It is to the south , 349km away from Amman and open 24/7 throughout the year.
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Perhaps you haven't heard of ReaganBook yet, but it did exist earlier this week and was billed as the social network for conservatives. At least that was before it was overrun by Internet trolls posting pornographic images and shut down by its creator.
"Thank you to all those who participated in the pre-release of ReaganBook.com Your participation is helping us build a more secure site," the site's manager wrote. "Please be patient while we make the necessary changes to keep the site free from obscenity, pornography, and those intent on the destruction of life, liberty, and the family. We will be opening the doors again soon with additional protections in place. As Reagan taught us, trust, but verify."
U.S. & World
The Verge reported that ReaganBook's anonymous login -- where users didn't have to prove their identity -- led to a veritable hodgepodge of famous conservative names, pornography and prayer for liberal trolls. The social network allows users to see every update in a "single homepage stream," so there's no escape from the worst of ReaganBook. "(It's) a disaster. It's like you're on a busy bus where you can't tune anyone out, and everyone is hostile toward the bus, because the bus holds what the passengers believe to be extreme views on foreign policy," The Verge wrote.
Despite the trolls, it seems as if ReaganBook, which was started by Republican Jane Porter, will be back but probably without the anonymous login.


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Saleen will be conducting manufacturing design and engineering work required to bring the Gibbs Aquada and Quadski to the North American market. Gibbs plans to introduce the models here late in 2009 or early in 2010. In addition to working on production processes for the amphibians, Saleen is also looking at ways to improve their performance.
Sort of a cross between a Jet Ski and a quad bike, the Quadski can reach speeds of 40 mph on land and water. Not just a big toy, it can be a valuable tool to rescue workers and military personnel that need to rapidly cross varied terrains. The Aquada is intended to work as a sports car on the road and a speedboat on the water. Capable of reaching 110 mph on land and 40 mph on water, its 175 HP motor is capable of towing water-skiers as well.
We're really looking forward to getting our hands on both machines. Anyone know where we can get "Save the Enzos" printed on a Speedo? [via WWJ]


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Described as "a marriage of passion and grace, of adventure and relaxation, of beauty and raw earthiness," Omar Akram's eclectic sound and fusion of multicultural inspirations have earned him sought-after status as a Grammy-winning entertainer and resident artist at the House of Blues—no small feat for an Afghan-American world musician.
Though he was born in New York, young Omar was a globe trotter gifted early on with an eager mind and an ear for a song. The son of a United Nations diplomat, he began playing piano at the age of six while living in Prague (then the Czech Republic) because his parents thought it might focus him. "I used to be a hyper child," he explained "and my parents got me a piano thinking that it'd mellow my mood. I loved taking piano lessons but what was most fun for me was after the teacher left, to sit there and play."
From there, Omar and his roving family resided in far away locales such as Afghanistan, France, and Cuba. As a teenager studying at a music conservatory in the Caribbean, he said, "I really started to develop a love for Latin culture and music. I would sneak into Jazz clubs in Havana, and when the band would take a break, I'd go on stage and play the piano. They'd come back and tell me to stay." Those experiences would prove to be integral to the early stages of his career, playing as a set musician with Top 40 bands in Los Angeles.
In 2002 he got signed to a recording contract, and Omar's album "Opal Fire" was in the top fifteen on the (New Age) Billboard charts. But it was a decade later when "Echoes of Love" was nominated for Best New Age album that he realized how much originality and perseverance pay off in the music industry. "It wasn't really different from other albums I've done; I was just out there long enough. I think you really have to be out there for a while to kind of see what you're doing I've been out there long enough that they took notice. My music borders both new age and world music-- putting all of that energy into my music made it stand out from the rest of the genre."
Omar also attributes the success of "Echoes of Love" to its ease of emotional connection, which he believes comes from a lack of lyrics and his successful collaboration with producer and co-writer Gregg Karukas. "If you have singing or spoken word in any language it pigeon holes you in that culture. Being instrumental I've found that it opens up quite a bit for me. I receive emails from people all over the world who actually see different images and have their own interpretations."
His cross cultural appeal has fostered a loyal following that got his live performances recognized as well. On the bustling Sunset Strip, Omar is one of few musicians that can call the legendary House of Blues home, as the first New Age musician to consistently fill up the venue as a HOB-appointed resident artist. "They found me," he said. "Someone heard my music and they wanted to give me a chance to come in and see what I was able to do. Once the first show sold out, they asked me back. We sold out over and over again. I'm the first new age artist to be able to do that. Santana is a resident artist; I'm not even that kind of rock guy! It's a great venue, an intimate venue, and a lot of fun." His ever-changing cast of world-class entertainers have included Peruvian guitarist Ramon Stagnaro (Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Luis Miguel) and Pedro Eustache (Paul Mccartney, Yanni) a woodwind wizard who plays over six hundred instruments.
Omar is currently in the studio working on a new album, to be released in August. Though he continues to make Hollywood his home and has added composing music for films to his passions, he plays cities coast to coast in the U.S. Still ever the voyager, the virtuoso has also been invited to perform in countries from Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, to Tunisia in North Africa.
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FORT COLLINS — As the 2013 season approaches, Colorado State has an offensive line group with 87 career starts among them, most all of them side by side with each other.
On the surface, that should be a positive. But coach Jim McElwain also has a wrench to throw into the sprockets.
"Let's talk about 87 starts, but how many of those were quality starts?" he queried, and with good reason. To start out the 2012 campaign, there weren't a lot of rushing numbers and the sacks allowed (though some can be traced to the quarterbacks) were too high.
It makes for a valid criticism, and starting tackle Jared Biard brings up the same point himself.
"It's a luxury. It doesn't really add much to it," the senior said. "It tells people we're familiar with each other, we know each other and have played the game before with each other. Other than that, it doesn't really mean jack."
But he continued from that, lending a hit to the confidence that stems from the familiarity with all of those games together.
"As long as we're up on what we know, what we need to do and keep practicing the way we are," Biard said, "we're going to be fine."
The bottom line is, McElwain thinks the offensive front is a good one, based on what he witnessed the final five games, when the Rams produced three of their four wins and all five of their 100-yard games from running backs.
At the same time, the quarterbacks were protected better.
That brings McElwain back to the here and now, and with all of that experience together, the Rams' offense is better set to accomplish the goals it has entering this season.
"It is very important to have that — now the understanding and the way they've played together," he said. "I go back to those last couple of games last year where that production really took hold. I felt that unit really bonded. Now we have to lean on them because of those 87 starts.
"From a mental standpoint, they're at that point where, 'hey look, we have the ability to actually take a game over when needed,' and I think that's a really important thing to have in your mind. I feel good about that."
As the team heads to the practice field, the offensive line waits for each member to arrive — chiding those who are last out of the locker room to hurry up — and they huddle. It is their way of coming together before each practice and focusing on what they as a unit need to achieve.
"It's a camaraderie to let us all know we're in this together to get better for rest of the team, for a bigger and greater cause," guard Brandon Haynes said. "That way we're not going into practice with our individual mindsets. We come together collectively, we say what we're going to do and then go out and do it."
Weston Richburg has started all 36 games of his college career, and next to him at guard is Jordan Gragert, and the two have started the past 24 games side by side. Next to him is Biard, who started the first 10 games last year, before an injury had him on the side. Haynes started seven games last year, and Ty Sambrailo has 17 starts the past two years between guard and tackle.
What that gives them is an understanding between each other before a single line call is made.
"And that's the best part about it. If we're in pass situations, I'm pretty much already running through my mind what Weston is going to call, so I can make my calls ahead of time to Ty, usually," Haynes said. "Then everything is on track. If something switches, I pretty much know what Weston is seeing, so I can tell Ty my calls. It's just being comfortable with the people around us helps communication flow a lot better."
The line has goals, the most basic of which is to set the tone for the entire offense, taking the stance that if they don't move forward, the team will lag behind.
One might call it pressure, but Biard would rather not, because it doesn't fall in line with the positive atmosphere the Rams have heading into this season.
"I look at it as a good challenge," he said. "Pressure kind of adds a negative connotation to it. I take it as a challenge, a challenge of we want to win, we want to carry this offense. I've already said one of our goals in that room is to have at least one of our backs rush for 1,000 yards. So we don't think of it as pressure, because every offense is like that. Every offensive line has to play great everywhere. If you don't, you're going to lose.
"Here, we know that, and we want to take that responsibility. We want to be the leaders of the team, or at least the leaders of the offense and pick people up when they get down and carry this team forward."
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MUNICH, 8 JANUARY 2014 Dutch Golden Age artist Leonaert Bramer (1596 1674) was one of the most gifted and prolific draughtsmen of his time. Originally bound, his briskly sketched sequence illustrations of the escapades of beggars, adulterers and rogues are regarded as the first examples of the graphic novel in Europe. These include cycles from the Old and the New Testaments, texts from classical Antiquity and more contemporary literature.
The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, is home to two extensive sets of illustrations for Spanish novels which are now on display for the first time.
As a draughtsman, some1300 sheets are attributed to Bramer today. The high number can be explained by the fact that his highly specialised work had no competitors, and nothing similar was produced at the time: his series of illustrations on mostly literary subjects were sold as one-off originals to connoisseurs and aficionados of draughtsmanship. Bramer completed a series of illustrations to accompany the Old and New Testaments, Ovids Metamorphosis and other ancient writings. He repeatedly also worked on lesser-known material largely neglected by other artists.
In 1646, Bramer created 72 drawings for Lazarillo de Tormes, the first pícaro or picaresque novel ever written. These drawings are now on display in the exhibition. The book was first published in Spain in 1554, and was rapidly translated into different languages and distributed across Europe . The main character is the narrator Lazarillo, who struggles to get by in the milieu of beggars and rogues. In a series of loosely connected episodes, the drawings illustrate the real hardships suffered by the poor at the time. It begins with the merciless training of the protagonist, while still only a child, as a guide for the blind. Lazarillo only manages to survive by using his wits and resorting to petty crime. Lazarillo is still considered in Spain today to be the most important book of folk tales of all times; its unabated popularity is comparable to the significance of Grimms Fairy Tales on the German soul. The extremely anti-clerical novel was banned immediately, which hindered the publication of illustrated versions for a long time.
Quevedos Los Sueños (Dreams), published in 1627, is regarded as one of Spain s first great literary novels. Francisco Gomez de Quevedo (15801645) came from a family that belonged to the Spanish gentry. Alongside his political career, he created a literary work punctuated by gloomy pessimism and harshly critical of Spanish society. His Sueños consists of cynical prose that aims to uncover abuses, vices and deceptions in all the professions and stations of the world. In a series of dream sequences, the narrator lands in the madhouse of lovers where he meets famous personalities from the past in various burlesque scenes. Bramer was the first to illustrate the work. The 60 drawings presented in the exhibition were made in 1659.
Bramer was an attentive reader who carefully and with obvious pleasure selected the most important passages to maintain the flow of narrative.
Todays viewers may see the humorous interjections in the recurring comic scenes as slapstick. In the large series, the drawings follow on from one another in rapid succession. As a result, Bramers approach has often been described as cinematographic, something which was first attributed to him as early as 1920. No contemporary illustrations from that time can compare with his work. After one thorough reading of the novel, the scenes would have been familiar to its readers, who could then appreciate the book of illustrations in its own right.
The decision to make an entire series of drawings and not reproduce them in print was peculiar. It opened up certain possibilities for a private audience, which would most definitely not have been acceptable for the general public. The artist plays with traditional motifs, provocations, and erotica which are interspersed throughout the work along with several blasphemous allusions. In a strict, Calvinistic society, it would have been inconceivable to create this work for general publication and distribution. Bramer had a circle of clients who gave him carte blanche, and also expected to be delivered with something special in return.
Leonaert Bramer was born on New Years Eve in 1596 in Delft , where he died in 1674 at the age of 78. Bramer set off on a grand tour in 1615 which took him to Italy. He lived there, mostly in Rome , until 1628. In this environment, he was particularly influenced by Adam Elsheimer (15781610) and the paintings of the Caravaggisti. Back in his hometown of Delft , Bramer was able to establish himself as a reputable painter. Approximately 350 paintings have survived to this day.
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Former student honored posthumously with Sustainability Leadership Tree Award
Former student honored posthumously with Sustainability Leadership Tree Award
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Sustainability Institute, in conjunction with the Student Sustainability Advisory Council (SSAC), has dedicated a dogwood in the Leadership Tree Award grove in memory of former Penn State student Jon Taiclet.
Taiclet, a 21-year-old geography honors student and sustainability leader, died in 2006 during his tenure as a student at Penn State. Clean energy was a passion of his, having just attended the PA Clean Energy Expo weeks before his death.
His sister, Angel Mazack, said Taiclet was known to educate those around him about sustainability issues. A former professor of his, Brent Yarnal, said "(Jon's) positive, can-do spirit, and his love for and commitment to the environment were infectious. He was the heart and soul of that course, and his passing was profoundly felt by every one of us."
Taiclet had hoped to eventually pursue a career in environmental work in Colorado or Arizona.
"(Jon) was loved by his classmates as someone who spoke not to show how much he knew, which was quite a lot, but to move the whole class forward."
-- Denice Wardrop, Sustainability Institute director
After his death, a plaque commemorating his dedication to the environment was placed by his peers at the solar array near the Living Machine at the Sustainability Experience Center in 2006.
In April of this year, the Taiclet family had reached out to the Sustainability Institute in hopes of visiting the memorial on what would have been Jon's 30th birthday. After days of searching, Sustainability Institute staff was unable to locate the plaque. Construction and redevelopment at the SEC had taken place over the years and unfortunately the plaque was misplaced during that time period. So an order was placed for a new one to be permanently installed with a tree planted in his memory. In addition, Penn State's Sustainability Student Advisory Council decided to award Jon posthumously with the Sustainability Leadership Tree Award.
"The Student Sustainability Tree Award is given each year to outstanding leaders in sustainability at Penn State, and Jon was just that," said Pamela Gramlich, Panhellenic representative, SSAC. "By awarding Jon with this tree, it is the hope of the SSAC that his legacy will not be forgotten at Penn State, and that it may inspire others to lead sustainable efforts in the same capacity as Jon," she said.
"If this award had existed during Jon's too-brief time here, he surely would have been who they had in mind," said Denice Wardrop, a former professor of Taiclet's and the director of the Sustainability Institute. "His classmates were broken-hearted the next year, and I think of Jon often when I am trying to arouse engagement and caring about environmental issues -- mainly because he was one of the rare ones who needed no such reminder."
"By awarding Jon with this tree, it is the hope of the SSAC that his legacy will not be forgotten at Penn State, and that it may inspire others to lead sustainable efforts in the same capacity as Jon."
-- Pamela Gramlich, SSAC representative
On his birthday, May 29, 2014, Taiclet's favorite tree was planted in his memory at the MorningStar Solar Home. The Taiclet family, Sustainability Institute staff and a member of the SSAC were all in attendance at the dedication that included a reception with live music and light refreshments.
"I can't believe they did all of that for my Jon," said Marc Taiclet, Jon's father. "Words can't convey what this means to us."
"(Jon) was loved by his classmates as someone who spoke not to show how much he knew, which was quite a lot, but to move the whole class forward. Truly, a tree suits his memory and spirit -- so well-grounded and with a face turned toward the sun," said Wardrop.
For more information about sustainability at Penn State, please visit www.sustainability.psu.edu.


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Working at Purl Soho, I have a front row seat to the parade of effortlessly chic people that give our neighborhood its renowned style. From here I can report that, for men and women alike, this season's prevailing trend in neckwear is the bandana. Jauntily tied around the neck, it tops off everything from Sunday's T-shirt and jeans to Friday's night-on-the-town dress! The bandana is a sassy, casual touch that suggests that the wearer possesses an innate stylishness. It's the perfect accessory for those cool mornings when you've hit snooze a few too many times and need to turn "thrown–together–in–a–rush" into "casually glamourous"!
My Bandana Cowl is inspired by my desire to make "effortlessly chic" even more effortless. I was so excited to create something with the same freshness as the tied bandana but without the fiddly aspect of actually having to tie anything!
I chose to make my Cowl out of Swan's Island Bulky, a brand new yarn made from a beautiful blend of undyed merino and alpaca that feels wonderfully soft against the skin. The yarn creates a dense, rich fabric that's cuddly perfection for the chilly days of fall!
- 1 skein Swans Island Bulky, naturally dyed colors are 100% Organic Merino and undyed colors (Natural, Oatmeal and Seasmoke) are 85% Organic Merino and 15% Alpaca. (This color is Oatmeal).
- A US #10, 16-inch circular needle
- Jumbo Locking Stitch Markers, 3 total (optional)
This cowl uses approximately 100 – 130 yards and would be stunning made out of many of Purl Soho's yarns. Here are some beautiful options:
- 1 skein of our Worsted Twist in 100% merino
- 1 skein of our Understory in 50% baby alpaca, 25% baby yak, 25% silk
- 2 skeins of Jade Sapphire's 8 Ply Cashmere, 100% Mongolian cashmere.
- 1 skein Manos Del Uruguay's Maxima, 100% extrafine merino
4 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch in stockinette stitch
19 inches in circumference and 12 inches from top to bottom.
S2KPO: Slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass the 2 slipped stitches over the knit stitch. (This makes a centered double decrease.)
Cast on 89 stitches.
Place a marker and join for working in the round, being careful not to twist the stitches.
Set-up Round: Purl all stitches.
Round 1: K43, S2KPO (see Pattern Note, above), knit to end of round. (87 stitches)
Round 2: P42, S2KPO, purl to end of round. (85 stitches)
Round 3: K41, S2KPO, knit to end of round. (83 stitches)
Round 4: P40, S2KPO, purl to end of round. (81 stitches)
The next section is worked back and forth in short rows, building from the point of the bandana to the back of the neck. You'll be turning the work between each row instead of continuing around the needle. For a great Short Row Tutorial, click here!
Row 5: K42, wrap and turn.
Row 6: P3, wrap and turn.
Row 7: Knit to the wrapped stitch, knit the wrapped stitch making sure to pick up the wrap, k1, wrap and turn.
Row 8: Purl to the wrapped stitch, purl the wrapped stitch making sure to pick up the wrap, p1, wrap and turn
Repeat Rows 7 and 8 eighteen more times. Don't worry if you lose count; you'll know you're done when you wrap and turn the stitches right next to the marker!
You've finished the short rows!
Next Round: With the knit side facing you, knit to the marker, making sure to pick up the wrapped stitch.
Continue with the knit side facing you, working again in the round. Knit 2 rounds, picking up the wrap of the first stitch.
Set-up Round: K18, place marker, k45, place marker, knit to end of round.
*Decrease Round: Knit to two stitches before the first marker, k2tog, slip marker, knit to the next marker, slip marker, ssk, knit to end of round. (2 stitches decreased)
Knit 3 rounds (or for 1/2 inch).
Repeat from * five more times. (69 stitches)
Next Round: Purl
Next Round: Knit
Repeat the last 2 rounds once more.
Bind off very loosely in purl. (I like to go up several needle sizes to bind off. In this case, I bound off with a US #15 needle.)
Weave in your ends and block as desired. Blocking isn't strictly necessary for this project, but it significantly improves the drape and softness of the yarn. I'm personally convinced that Soak wash makes anything short of a Brillo Pad feel next–to–the–skin cuddly!
Enjoy your Bandana Cowl on all the brisk fall days to come! -Erin


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Insurance License Exam Info
Examination Scheduling Service
PSI Services, LLC, a California-based company providing state-based regulatory licensure services, handles the scheduling of examinations for individuals licensed by the California Department of Insurance's (CDI) Producer Licensing Bureau. Instructions for scheduling examinations are posted on PSI's Examination Scheduling Service. Individuals may schedule their examinations with PSI either online or by telephone.
PSI provides additional examination sites and other test development services for CDI. Specifically, individuals have more choices on the location and times for taking their examinations. To complement the CDI examination site in Los Angeles, PSI offers 21 additional sites statewide where individuals may take their qualifying license examination and obtain the required fingerprints.
There is a $33 convenience fee to take an examination at the PSI locations. All PSI locations have free parking and are available for Saturday examinations in addition to Monday through Friday. Some PSI sites also have evening hours. Information about these additional locations is available on PSI's Examination Scheduling Service at the time that individuals are in the process of scheduling their examination.
The links below provide information about online examination scheduling, maps to the examination locations, examination times, the proper identification needed for admittance to an examination, how the examination is administered, fingerprint requirements and how to reschedule an examination.
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Award Winning Malibu Apartment Remodeling
Fernanda Marques Portrays The Malibu Apartment Remodeling
Fernanda Marques, the project leader of the displayed work Apartment Remodeling:Malibu by Fernanda Marques says, Completed in 2009, 800m² duplex apartment in São Paulo, designed for a young enterprising businessman,relies heavily on innovative and hi-tech solutions. Every piece was to be unique and yet fit in with the whole. In line with the project we chose large pieces, in proportion with the size of the spaces, with straight lines, extremely contemporary and technological. We chose especially Italian designs. Leather, velvet metal and glass prevail in the rooms. Pieces acquired in auctions in New York stand out, such as the Campana Brothers' chair and the curvy stainless steel sofa by Ron Arad. .
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raith free. sample not ready. sorry
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cancelling write
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removed res. jwc has it till the next user
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Hi there!
I would like to suggest you create a form, application... by which members can send their own tests, quizzes...
I have looked through the website and I haven't found anything - only the contact form and I don't think it should be used for that.
PS: Please, correct me if I have made any mistakes.
It's on our 'to do' list.
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Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve Its History, Promote Its Values & Celebrate Excellence Everywhere
(Millikin)...6'2'', 262...George Francis Musso. . .Typified superior line play of Bears' greatest era. . .60-minute star, specialized in big play as middle guard on defense. . . Started at $90-per-game tackle on offense, switched to guard in fifth year. . . First to win All-NFL at two positions - tackle (1935), guard (1937). . . Inspirational team leader, captained Bears nine seasons. . . Played in seven NFL championship games. . .Born April 8, 1910, in Collinsville, Illinois. . . Died September 5, 2000, at age of 90.
George Musso stood 6-2 and weighed 262 pounds, which made him one of the largest men playing pro football during the 1930s and 1940s. The big man from little Millikin College starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
With his pro team, the Chicago Bears, he specialized as a middle guard on defense and excelled in all of his offensive assignments, particularly as a pass blocker and as a pulling guard on running plays. On offense George began his career with the Bears as a tackle, but after four seasons, made the switch to guard when his team's personnel needs so dictated.
Musso played 12 seasons during a period when Chicago was the scourge of pro football. Teammates and opponents alike respected him as a dependable 60-minute performer. His outstanding play often forced teams to alter their game plan, something that was unheard of at the time.
His inspirational play contributed to the Bears' fearsome reputation. A team leader, George was the Bears' captain for nine years. He became the first player to win All-NFL honors at two positions, tackle in 1935 and guard in 1937. Musso also had the rare distinction of playing against two future Presidents of the United States.
As a collegian, George once lined up against Ronald Reagan, a guard at Eureka College. Several years later, when the Bears played the College All-Stars his opponent was All-Star Michigan center, Gerald Ford. Prior to joining the Bears in 1933, coach/owner George Halas offered him a tryout and $90 a game if he made the team. To seal the deal, Halas sent the future star $5 for expenses, $3 for the train ride to Chicago and $2 for incidentals. Musso made the team, and, eventually, Halas came through with the weekly $90 salary he first promised the big rookie.


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The Register's coverage at World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil includes blog entries from a variety of pilgrims—from regular Register correspondents and staff to seasoned filmmakers to a priest and bishop leading their flock.
WYD Witnesses bloggers include:
Bishop James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Neb., who is a veteran at WYD, having attended in Denver, Paris, Rome, Sydney, and Madrid.
Father Matthew Gamber, S.J., theology teacher at Jesuit High in Tampa, Fla. Leading a group with 52 students and teachers from Jesuit to WYD Rio.
Tim Watkins, the director of the documentary film The Blood & The Rose, and president/CEO of Renegade Communications headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md.
Chris Kudialis, a Register correspondent, who lives in Detroit and whose work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Raleigh News & Observer, and Mundo Cristianois, the last of which featured coverage of 2011 WYD in Madrid, Spain.
Justin Bell, a Register correspondent, who lives in Boston and at WYD is embedded in a national group of about 20 deaf participants and leaders, along with hearing interpreters, who are traveling with more than 100 from the Boston archdiocese.
Jeanette De Melo, the Register's editor in chief, who resides in Denver and who covered WYD Toronto in 2002. She's traveling with EWTN's television and radio crew.


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Name: 'Little' Johnny Rivera
Email Address: Nah fam
Best Way to Contact You: Skype: EpikPhailz
eWrestling Experience: UTA, IWF, EPW, NEW, WFW.
How did you find DEFIANCE? Justin
Are you willing to write matches? Yes. Not great at it, but haven't written many. So with consistency comes improvement.
Writing Sample
(Wrestleshow 25, show post losing the UTA Championship. http://archive.wrestleuta.com/results/99#828)
A black screen. You turn your television on and excitedly switch to Pure Sports Entertainment. It's just in time as the PSE logo appears on your television. As it fades away, the United Toughness Alliance logo cues up before exploding to reveal a shot of a screaming audience. The word Live appears at the bottom of your screen.
As the camera pans across the fans, our faithful commentators begin to talk.
Blackfront: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Wrestleshow, live on Pure Sports Entertainment. I'm Jason
Blackfront and with me as always, the one, the only Tommy Ace!
The camera switches to focus on them.
Ace: Thank you Jason, it's exciting to be here. We're live in Leeds, England in the First Direct Arena..
Blackfront: Tonight Dynasty has control thanks to a carefully placed stipulation in Perfection's contract.
Ace: It's great! I love it!
Blackfront: You would. On tap tonight we have-
The sound system begins to play the opening riffs of Perfect Gentleman by Helloween as the crowd erupts in boos and jeers.
Blackfront: Oh come on.
Ace: Show Perfection some respect Jason!
Perfection stands at the top of the stage full suit and tie, dapper and glorious, truly looking like he is running the show tonight, even is sporting a handkerchief in his suit coat pocket. He begins to walk down the ramp as the crowd is slowly building up a chant of Imperfect! Imperfect! Imperfect!. The chant stops Perfection right in his tracks pointing at the people near to him to shut their mouths amongst other threats.
Ace: What disrespect! That man fought his heart out last Wrestleshow and not a single drop of gratitude!
Blackfront: It's not like they aren't saying the truth.
The chant grows and grows almost drowning out Perfection's own entrance music. He finally enters the ring a microphone being passed on to him as the music fades out, the chant however doesn't.
Crowd: Imperfect! Imperfect! Imperfect!
He stands there just absorbing it nodding his head.
Ace: Let the champ speak!
Blackfront: Former champ you mean.
Ace: No! He's still champion in my eyes!
Perfection: Welcome to Wrestleshow Twenty-five! Proudly presented on behalf of Dynasty!
The crowd is building and building, the heat is intense, "Imperfect! Imperfect!"
Perfection: Are you done?
The crowd flares up louder
Crowd: IMPERFECT! IMPERFECT! IMPERFECT!
Perfection paces the ring for a few moments before bringing the microphone to his lips.
Perfection: Last Wrestleshow!
The crowd begins to simmer down.
Perfection: Last Wrestleshow...in this very ring, yours truly was giving a lesson in humility.
Ace: What?!
Blackfront: I'm sorry, did he just say that?
Perfection: It's true. Last Wrestleshow I came into this ring confident, proud, and not fearful of my opponent, Yoshii. I came into this ring expecting the win, expecting to pin him with ease. I came into this ring not as a champion and I left just the same.
The crowd has now went silent, not knowing how to take in what they are hearing pour out of Perfection's mouth.
Perfection: So, where does that leave us? Claude successfully, flawlessly, unequivocally defended his title. Sean and Kathryn successfully and dominantly won the UTA tag team titles, and I...well...I still have my rematch clause.
The smile creeps over the lips of Perfection as the crowd starts back up with the hissing and booing.
Perfection: A lesson of humility, Ungratefuls! The fact that a simpleton could somehow out wrestle the BEST damn wrestler in this company not only makes me question my own inaccuracy but I accept my defeat in honor.
Ace: Honor?! Why?! No! Don't give any honor to that Jap trash who stole your title!
Blackfront: Hey! Watch it with the slurs, we just got this TV deal.
Ace: It's cable, no one cares.
Perfection: Accepting defeat and acknowledging it is important. How can you ever claim to have the IDEOLOGY of Perfection if you ignore flaws? You can't...I CAN'T. And so, tonight, I openly admit...Yoshii pinned me one...two....three.
Perfection begins to mockingly clap with the microphone in hand.
Blackfront: At least he's being honest. I can't believe I actually said that.
Perfection: I lost! I lost the match, I lost my perfect record, I lost MY title. However, one of those things are able to be taken back!
Ace: Tonight! Say tonight, he's the GM he can book it whatever way he wishes tonight!
Perfection: But that night isn't tonight.
Ace: Awh, come on!
A partial boo from the crowd? Interesting.
Perfection: You don't deserve such an epic match, here in the UK!
And roll the jeering
Perfection: Now, for those of you snickering in the back at my loss, let me remind you. This IS a professional sport! The Yankee's don't win every game to become World Champions, the Patriots don't win every Sunday to become Champions, and I DON'T WIN EVERY TIME, JUST TO ENTERTAIN THE LIKES OF YOU!!!!
The crowd roars in their Imperfect chant again.
Perfection: Ironic! Ironic that the likes of you...you Ungratefuls, would call ME that! Imperfect. Like any of you or them backstage know what Perfection truly is...what I AM. I don't have the title, fine, but I have control of this show and the means and power to do it again....and again...and again!
Ace: Damn right he does!
Blackfront: For a moment there I thought we were getting a different side of him. Nope. Still a jerk.
Perfection: MY title, the one that sits around that fat heaping waste WILL come back home, don't underestimate my intentions like I did my opponent. Don't think for one second you are safe, Yoshii! In fact, if it wasn't for the Shoot Kings, Dynasty would STILL have the UTA Championship....I would still be champion! So who do I blame....who do I punish?
Blackfront: Punish?
Perfection: Graham Clauson and Thatcher Rex?....You'd think they'd appreciate the fact that we gave them a chance for the Wildfire Championship, not even a thank you. So, because of their interference with my business at Wrestleshow, because they are a constant thorn in my side....
Blackfront: Oh no....
Perfection: We'll just change that match.
Ace: Yes!!!!!
Perfection: To a Canadian Lumberjack match.
The crowd pops, everyone loves violence.
Ace: I knew he'd be a better GM than James Wingate!
Blackfront: I hope you like your job, may not have it after that comment.
The speakers cue back Perfection's music and again the crowd sparks up with their Imperfect chant.
Blackfront: Well folks, Perfection pulling the GM card.. Tonight Graham Clauson and Thatcher Rex in a..
Canadian Lumberjack Match. For you who do not know what that is, it is where the lumberjacks have leather straps to use.
Ace: That is entertainment Jason!
Blackfront: No it isn't Tommy. Plus, we're here in England. Making it a Canadian lumberjack match is just as much disrespectful to the fans as it is to the men in the match.
Ace: No it's not. It's a tribute to Canada's own CBR!
Blackfront: This night will be one to remember. With Dynasty being in charge, I'm worried that memory will be tainted by stuff as tasteless as this.
Ace: Tasteless? That is a word that isn't even in Dynasty's vocabulary!
Blackfront: Well, the action starts right after commercial break. We'll be right back here on Pure Sports Entertainment.
We fade into commercial break.
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Title: A Testimony to My Championship
Featuring: Perfection
Date: 10/6/14
Location: The Doll House- New York, New York
New York City, New York, it's been a while since Perfection has been to Katheryn Velmont Thomas' The Doll House, it's become a frequent visit for Dynasty. James has taking a next flight out from Connecticut and the club is hosting only a few staff members who are cleaning and preparing for the evening. Perfection is in the personal office of KVT, he sits on the desk, yet feet are still on the ground, full suit, black tie, white shirt, black suit jacket and pants. Behind him is a large glass window overlooking the entire club below, however, it's one way glass so the club can't see the office. Perfection's hands grip the table as he looks at the floor shaking his head.
"So, we've come full circle now, haven't we, Yoshii?"
He looks up at the camera, hands still gripped.
"A little less than three months ago you stood opposite of me in Dynasty's ring to try and become the first Ring King of UTA. You and I, fighting for a chance at the UTA Championship….MY championship."
Perfection reaches behind him and comes out with the UTA Championship it shines and glistens to the light, James turns his head and looks at it as he speaks.
"Now look where you are, in almost the same position I was in August. You have the opportunity to become the next UTA champion and take down me, the pinnacle of this industry. An opportunity…"
He looks up back towards the camera a smile crossing his lips.
"...That will be squandered and wasted, an opportunity that will solidify MY championship reign at your expense!"
James slings the belt over his shoulder and clasps his hands together in a semi-excited fashion.
"Let's touch on that for just a moment, Yoshii. I want you to sit there and ponder on what exactly you've done to earn this belt. I want you to think, as difficult as it is for you to do, about the consequences of stepping into that ring with me."
Perfection leans forward just slightly his eyes piercing into the lens.
"The lengths of which I've gone to beat you for a title shot and the lengths I'd go to retain it are far different in nature…and nature, at it's core, is very unforgiving."
He smirks turning it into a grin as he leans back away from the camera.
"At the Ring King finals you were lucky to leave with simply a chair shot courtesy of YOURS TRULY...but….this isn't the Ring King finals, Yoshii- this is MY legacy at stake. Let's be clear, if you would have gotten the win over me at Ring King my journey to the championship would've went down a different road but you didn't, you failed to do such…and do you know why?"
He raises his right hand, the title still draped over his left shoulder and shoots up his index finger.
"It's your compassion. When I turned and decided to cold clock that scumbag of an agent that leech's from you off that ring apron all you saw was red. Even if you don't realize it was deserved and you would've done the same thing had it been Sean Jackson or CBR trying to blindside you."
James holds his palm out almost sarcastically asking a question.
"And who's to say they won't? Who's to say Sean Jackson won't take your leg out much like he did to Graham Clauson before my flawless win at Wrestleshow or Sean decides to beat Jed Dye to a pulp with a chair, just like Thatcher Rex."
Perfection shrugs just slightly before he peers at the camera, deadlock and serious as can be.
"..or....maybe, I'll do this the old fashioned way. Where I get in the ring, take your knees out myself and beat you down. Where I put on a clinic of chain wrestling and submissions until you tap out."
Perfection sets his right hand back on the desk and adjusts his belt with his left.
"I wasn't intimidated back at Ring King just like I'm not intimidated now, because my skills in MY ring…Dynasty's ring…are unmatched…"
James points at the UTA Championship with his right index finger
"…That's what MY belt represents, Yoshii! This UTA championship means I'm the best damn wrestler in the company…hell, the world! Every time I enter that ring it's up to me to put forth my all to retain this belt- unlike our previous champion who'd rather eat Cheetos and rub a peanut butter treat for Peach on his nuts."
Perfection begins to nod agreeing with what he says next.
"And I will retain this belt, mark my words, because you, Yoshii, are weak."
His right hand raises and closes to a fist.
"Emotionally…mentally...skillfully. People like you, Yoshi, can't muster up the talent to beat me and more importantly…WON'T."
Perfection huffs his face turning to one of aggravation and anger.
"The most bothersome part of it all, you got to this point without having to go through the hurdles I had to. A Chamber Match, a sixty minute Iron Man Match, and more importantly a fractured arm….which you caused!"
His right hand shoots up and he points at the camera.
"You may not hold a vendetta against me for putting a chair to the side of your thick skull, but I'm not done yet! I owe you for what you did to me, Yoshii! Do you think it was easy or a cakewalk wrestling Madman for sixty minutes with a cast?"
Witherhold starts to shake his head smiling innocently.
"I didn't think so."
The innocent smile fades quickly to a more serious.
"You couldn't make it out of a triple threat with a J. Stevenson who just lost to The First Lady of UTA- KVT. Yet, you want to get in the ring with the champion who won his title with one good arm because you think you have a shot?"
Perfection laughs loudly waving his hand in front of the camera. He goes for a few good seconds before catching himself slowing down his laugh and wiping his eye.
"No…no, that can't be right. You, who couldn't take the Internet Championship from our very Claude, who continually see's the arena lights at the hands of Dynasty, wants to challenge the best? You poor, simple man...you're getting in the ring because someone needs money…Jed Dye."
The camera closes in on Perfection's face as his eyes go wide and he puts on a fake image of shock.
"Oh you didn't know?! Who do you think is pushing for this match, Yoshii? Who do you think has been nagging Wingate for you to be launched into the title picture? Your agent, for his cut."
James smiles nice and wide as the camera slowly zooms out.
"Jed Dye isn't helping you out, Yoshii. Hell, weeks ago he could have placed you in a title match against Conrad Teller, a man you can easily twart! Instead, Jed Dye gives you me. A man that sees nothing but the UTA Championship in his eyes and you'll have to pry this belt from his limp fingers!"
Perfection now stands up and makes his signature walk towards the camera which begins to pan as he walks past and move behind him.
"Men like Jed Dye, my foreign friend, are nothing more than pond scum that need to be skimmed from the surface."
Wintherhold just shakes his head as he stands in front of Kathryn's office bar grabbing a rocks glass and filling it with ice. His head turns back towards us.
"He won't give a damn about you once the money-well runs dry...and when it does where will you be? Without a working visa and on a plane back to Tokyo broke because Jed Dye siphoned off your funds. That's what men like him do...they take advantage!"
He turns his attention back to the bar, grabbing a bottle of whiskey and pouring it with his right hand, his left maintaining the UTA Championship.
"Just like I plan to take advantage of your weaknesses and lack of wherewithal, Yoshii. Jed Dye and I are a cut from the same cloth, the only difference is I don't depend on others for my pay day! I earn what I have, I fight for what I have…I DESTROY for what I have!"
He lifts the glass and takes a drink before turning around and facing the camera.
"If it takes me destroying you Yoshii and your career, if it means breaking both my arms this time all to defend this belt- then so be it. This is about claiming that number one spot in this company. You aren't even number two…or three…yet think you can have this?!"
He nods over at the title that sits there on his shoulder.
"Wake up, big boy. This is MINE; it will be for a very, VERY long time. I've went to hell and high water to get to this point and there's no way I'm going to let the likes of you take it from me!"
Perfection points the glass at the camera his voice raising.
"It's MY title, MY legacy, OUR Dynasty! This is about the test of a champion, the will of a champion, and imprinting my name into the history books, all while yours gets lost in the shuffle!"
He now walks back towards the camera, taking another sip. The camera pans again as Perfection moves behind Kathryn's desk.
"I plan to walk out the arena with my title and adding another win to my undefeated record!"
He sets the glass down and places the title in a fashion so its upright and in view. The camera closes in, a shot of the whiskey, the UTA Championship, and Perfection.
"When you boil it down, Yoshii, I have no compassion nor a sense of remorse."
Perfection leans closer, the camera zooming and cutting the whiskey out of frame.
"I'm not illogical, yet precise and calculated."
His eyes stare us down, a serious tone to his voice.
"I never seek forgiveness, yet pursue revenge."
The camera closes in, now it's just Perfection.
"CBR may have slammed you, Yoshii…"
James squints, a glare still able to be seen.
"...But I plan to break you as a testimony to MY championship reign."
Now he smirks.
"And there's no witty puns from Jed Dye than can save you."
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Wrestler(s) Information
Ring Name: Perfection
Height: 6'0
Weight: 222 LBS
Hailing From: Hidden Hills, California
Alignment: Heel
Gimmick: James Witherhold, AKA Perfection to the wrestling world, made his relatively large wealth through venture capitalism (or Vulture Capitalism depending on one's view). He is a strict conservative, frugal to certain extents, and exploits all opportunities when available. He is the "man", and lavishes in it. He enjoys being booed, he enjoys being hated because in his mind it only equates to jealousy of his success or what he claims to be success.
Wrestling Style: Technical and Chain.
Three Weaknesses:
Showboat. Likes to pose after "big" moves and smack talk which leaves him open for attacks. Usually he can counter in the start of a match, but later on his technique goes yet his boasting doesn't.
Easily frustrated when things don't' go his way. Constantly will argue with a referee or roll out of the ring to disrupt the pace of the match. Most notorious for holding "rest holds" too long and giving his opponent an opportunity to also recover.
Doesn't pace his matches well. Perfection tries to drain out his opponent in a flashy scramble of holds and pins. His technique may be great, his conditioning however is rather poor. As such he loses gas faster than most wrestlers.
Three Strengths:
Amazing technician. If there is one thing Perfection can do best in ring it is chain wrestle and general technical wrestling. He can transition between chain and amateur style wrestling fairly quickly in the start of a match.
Very ring aware. Perfection is always looking at his ring position to exploit the rules and the referee to his advantage. His favorite is ducking between the ropes when corned into a turnbuckle.
ALMOST never gets caught cheating. Tying in that ring awareness with technical skill, Perfection somehow always manages to find an angle where the referee can't see him pull the tights or exploiting a way to win.
Ten regular move set moves:
Dragon Whip
Shin Breaker
Boston Crab
Dropkick to the (working) knee
Chop block
Heel hook
Inside elbow drop to the thigh
Japanese Whizzer
2-5 trademark moves:
Perfect Package (Fireman's Carry to Cradle Pin)
Glimpse of Fame (STO into second turnbuckle)
Less than Perfect (Punch duck-under to sit-down neckbreaker)
1 Finishing Move: Picture Perfect (Figure Four Leg Lock)
1 "MDK" (murderdeathkill) Finishing Move: Photo Finish (Unprettier/Killswitch)


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Sept. 20, 2013
72% of the poor and 71% of the middle-class believe government policies (fiscal and monetary) have done little or nothing to help them. Of course, this will be eschewed by the academics (as Santelli recently exclaimed regarding the arrogance of the intellectuals) because "the people" just don't get it. But when 69% of all Americans, according a new Pew study, say large banks and financial institutions have benefited the most from post-recession government policies; communications policies are going badly awry. Despite a surging stock market, exploding home prices, and low rates spurring all kinds of subprime auto loan exuberance, there has been little change in these perceptions since July 2010.
The public sees clear winners and losers as a result of the government's economic policies following the recession that began in 2008.
In the public's view, the beneficiaries of these policies are large banks and financial institutions, large corporations and wealthy people…
Sizable majorities say government policies have helped all three at least a fair amount – 69% say that about large banks and financial institutions, 67% large corporations and 59% wealthy people.
Roughly seven-in-ten say government policies have done little or nothing to help the poor (72%), the middle class (71%) and small businesses (67%).
The public had a dim view of assistance that the government gave to banks and financial institutions during the recession, after the 2008 fiscal meltdown threatened many of them. A Feb. 2012 survey found that 52% of Americans thought bailing out the banks through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was the wrong thing to do, while 39% supported the action. That was a big turnaround from 2008 when the crisis hit in 2008 and 57% had said TARP was the right thing to do.
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Large majorities of Republicans (80%) and independents (68%) say the economic system is not more secure than prior to the financial crisis. Democrats are divided: 51% say the system is more secure today while 45% say it is not.
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Relatively deep black levels, a uniform screen
Affordable price, Nice-looking design, Strong set of Smart TV apps, Deep black levels
Solid TV with great picture quality
Cheap, Full HD, good resolution
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