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On this day in economic and financial history...
Who invented the telephone? The name on the first telephone patent, which was granted on March 7, 1876, reads "A.G. Bell" -- Alexander Graham Bell. The reality of its invention is much more complicated. Bell was only one of several notable inventors to contribute to the telephone's development. The story of how he came to be forever linked with this revolutionary technology while others have faded into the mists of history is one of intrigue, subterfuge, and heated legal combat as much as it is a story of entrepreneurial or inventive brilliance.
The earliest "telephone" was purportedly developed by Italian Antonio Meucci as early as 1856. Unfortunately for Meucci, he lacked the finances to continue developing his prototypes. Despite a patent caveat (essentially a notice to the patent office to expect a full patent application at a later date) filed in the United States in 1871, Meucci's contributions to the development of telephony are largely ignored today because of continued disputes over whether or not he actually understood the principles of electric telephones. Meucci wound up spending years in court battling Bell's legal team, and he died in relative obscurity.
However, Elisha Gray did understand electric telephones -- perhaps better than Bell. Elisha Gray was a prominent postbellum American inventor and one of the founders of Western Electric, which was a major supplier of relays and other equipment to Western Union (NYSE:WU), the nation's leading telegraph-operator. Gray would have been one of the first people expected to develop a way to use telegraph lines to transmit sound. In 1874, he created a "harmonic telegraph "that could transmit tones, but not the sounds of speech" and conducted a public demonstration of the device late in the year. Gray's key innovation was the use of a liquid transmitter, which became the major point of contention in his later patent battle with Bell.
Bell was also working on a telephone around the same time. During his early inventive days, Bell worked in a Western Union lab -- the same lab where Antonio Meucci had purportedly filed away the sketches for his electromagnetic telephone. Concurrent with his development efforts, Bell engineered a bribery scheme at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that would alert him whenever any competing telephone patents were filed. Sure enough, when Gray's lawyer filed a patent caveat on Feb. 14, 1876, Bell's lawyer raced to file a full application on the same day. The two filings contain extremely similar drawings, and at the time, Bell had not yet managed to successfully test his prototype. That would not happen until March 10, three days after Bell received his patent.
Bell later privately admitted to Gray that he was aware of the liquid transmitter described in the caveat at a time when Gray's caveat was not available for public viewing. This, combined with his public admission -- under oath in a subsequent patent lawsuit with Gray -- that he had discussed the caveat with Zenas Fisk Wilber, the bribed patent examiner, seems sufficient to cast doubt on Bell's claim to be the sole father of the telephone. Wilber himself also admitted under oath to showing Bell the caveat in person several days after its filing in exchange for a $100 payoff.
Bell's efforts worked, regardless of his methods. However, Bell did not pursue liquid transmitters for his commercial telephones, as it would have been impractical for mass production at the time. Instead, he returned to electromagnetic transmission, which he quickly developed to commercial viability, and which became the standard for telephone transmission thereafter. As he pursued telephone development more doggedly than Gray throughout the patent battle, he gained full claim over the rights to its earliest patents.
Bell became the founder of the Bell System, and Gray, though he continued to invent, never gained greater prominence. Bell vigorously defended his patents, building AT&T (NYSE:T) into a national monopoly as a result. AT&T has been an important part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) since 1939. When its initial membership period of 1916 to 1928 is considered, AT&T has been a part of the Dow for a total of 86 years.
Adding insult to injury, AT&T predecessor American Bell wound up acquiring Gray's Western Electric in 1881 for its manufacturing capabilities. When the Bell System was broken up in 1984, Western Electric and Bell's other development subsidiaries became AT&T Technologies, which was renamed Lucent Technologies after a 1997 spinoff. Today, it carries on Gray's and Western Electric's legacy of invention and telecommunications supply as Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), which continues to provide hardware, software, and services for telecom purposes around the world.
The telecom industry has become one of the largest and most important elements of the global economy. All told, the industry generated an estimated $2.1 trillion in global revenue in 2012.
The strike that shaped TV's modern landscape
The Writers Guild of America began the longest strike in its history on March 7, 1988. At issue was the payment of residuals for longer programs and a demand for greater creative control. What resulted was a deep erosion of television audiences that hastened the decline of television as an entertainment medium shortly before the Internet began to offer a viable (and far more varied) alternative. The strike lasted for five months, and by the time it ended, between 5% and 10% of American TV audiences had tuned out -- some for good.
The strike had a major impact on the Los Angeles area, costing $500 million in lost economic opportunity. Quality suffered, as you might expect. David Letterman filled the time on his talk show by getting a shave on air. However, the strike did help give rise to two new TV phenomena: the documentary-style news program, whose writers were exempt from the strike, and the reality program, which didn't need any writing. CBS began running 48 Hours shortly before the strike, and News Corp's Fox began showing Cops a year later after commissioning it during the strike, inaugurating the reality-show craze. Animated programs also regained prominence during and after the strike, as animation writers did not take part. Fox's The Simpsons also premiered a year after the writers' strike, and its enduring success created a sustained interest in prime-time animation programs that continues to this day.
A very German genesis
Bayerische Motoren Werke -- that's BMW to you -- was formed on March 7, 1916 from the combination of two aircraft engine manufacturers. After World War I, the punishing armistice treaty forced upon Germany effectively ended the nation's production of aircraft, and BMW had to find a new way to apply itself. This led it to manufacture boat and truck engines, as well as farming equipment. Another strategic shift in the 1920s, to motorcycles and then automobiles, proved more durable. BMW was set on the path to automotive leadership, but it did not abandon aircraft engines. As the armistice prohibited only military aircraft, BMW became a manufacturer of both automobiles and aircraft by the end of the 1920s.
The global Great Depression and the rise of Nazism in Germany diverted BMW for some time, and it was not until the 1950s that BMW again produced cars for the commercial market. It rose to prominence during the 1970s as a German luxury alternative to Volkswagen and has been one of the world's leading automakers ever since. Although BMW trails the largest automakers in production totals, it certainly doesn't lag in mind share.
Ford graduates to the Big Board
Ford (NYSE:F) went public to tremendous investor interest in mid-January of 1956. It joined the ranks of stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange two months later, on March 7, 1956. Its IPO had been a spectacle, and so too was its exchange debut, which was marked by ceremonies that (among other things) announced that Ford was already one of the 10 most widely held stocks in the U.S. At the time, it was by far the newest of the Big Three on the Big Board, but it has since become the American auto industry's elder statesman on the New York Stock Exchange following its competitors' bankruptcies in 2009. A share bought on Ford's exchange debut day would have cost about $62. Over the following 50 years, that single share would have paid out total dividends worth $673.45.


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TALLAHASSEE -- Here's the session-opening speech as prepared for Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville:
Every teacher, Senator Legg, Senator Thompson, Senator Bullard, Senator Hukill and even we old superintendents, Senator Montford, we all know what a midterm report means. Senator Detert, Senator Galvano, you know, when you have finished the front nine, it is still a long way to the clubhouse. Senator Gardiner, when you are 5K into that 10K run, it is just as far to go forward and finish as to turn around and go back. Senator Hays was a football player, a linebacker. He knows what half time is. It is the start of the second game. The only question is – do you start that second game ahead or behind. Well, here is the halftime score. With the run half done. Teeing off on the back nine. The midterm grades in the book. The Florida Senate is ahead, way ahead.
Already passed, already on the books of this Legislature, what has been called the most sweeping ethics reforms in 38 years. No less than Governor Reuben Askew, the father of open government, described what you did as "amazing, a miracle."
You have also begun the transformation that will lash Florida education to the realities and opportunities of the economy. In 2008 only 803 students, 803 students in the entire state of Florida, earned national industry certifications in our high schools. In 2013, you passed the Career and Professional Education Act. Because of that act, this year CAPE Students – in middle and high school – are enrolled in 1,915 CAPE academies earning 62,000 national industry certifications in aerospace, biomedicine, digital design, diesel mechanics and 236 more career-technical fields in demand today in Florida's recovering economy. Though many are from economically poor families, CAPE students are graduating at a higher rate with higher GPA's and getting better jobs with more pay than their peers. When you voted for the Career and Professional Education Act, you changed the lives of generations of Florida students, forever and for the better.
We had a good session last year. Results without rancor. Partnership more than partisanship. Each of us, all of us, had victories for the people who sent us here. I look into the faces of 39 Senators and see success. But Jeb Bush was right when he said, "reform is never finished and success is never final." That is why they make the back nine, the last lap, and the second semester.
Therefore, following the State of the State Address, I ask the Senate to come back to this floor and get down to business today.
There is a reason our priorities did not die in the House last year. We all worked our bills, but we also had someone working with us. We have a talented, trusted partner and friend across the Capitol Rotunda. The Speaker of the House, Will Weatherford. The Speaker has reached out to the Senate once more in an invitation to work together again on a 2014 Work Plan. On urgent priorities that cross the capitol, cross the aisle, and cross the state.
The first of those priorities is to protect Florida's most vulnerable.
Since the passage of the Jimmy Ryce Act, 594 sexual offenders have slipped out the side doors of the criminal justice and civil commitment systems. Gaps in the law, inconsistencies by state agencies, local law enforcement and prosecutors without the tools they need. Whatever the causes, one chilling consequence, 594 predators caught but then released to stalk, violate and murder our children again. Today, in this Senate, that will end. We cannot legislate the evil out of evildoers. But today four Senate committee chairs, bi-partisan, working together, will bring us the legislation that prosecutors, police, and parents have asked for. We will protect our children and we will scorch the earth against sexually violent predators. We cannot waste one more day. We cannot lose one more child.
This session we will also take up long overdue reforms to safeguard the elderly in Adult Living Facilities. We will reform a child welfare system so porous that 430 children known to DCF have disappeared or died in the last five years. We will toughen the laws against human trafficking and care for its victims. Our budget will increase funding for Child Advocacy Centers, ensure that every child caught in the court system has a guardian ad litem, and end the long critical needs waiting list of disabled children standing in line, or sitting in their wheelchairs waiting for services from the Agency for Persons With Disabilities.
Today, while we in the Senate are acting to make Florida the most unwelcome place in America for those who would harm our children, the House of Representatives this afternoon will take up the second of our Work Plan 2014 priorities, legislation to make Florida the most welcome place in America for our military, their missions, and their families.
What we are calling The Florida GI bill will:
• expand educational benefits for veterans;
• provide scholarships for our Florida National Guard members;
• help our returning and retiring military start businesses and get jobs;
• cut red tape so physicians leaving the military can practice in Florida immediately;
• make needed repairs and renovations to remaining National Guard armories within two years;
• and, go national with a campaign to recruit military families to make Florida their permanent home.
Our mission is to make Florida the Welcome Home State for our military and their families, the most military-friendly state in America.
The third shared House and Senate priority is to double down on transforming our education system into a pathway out of poverty and into jobs. I spoke of the extraordinary success of our Career and Professional Education academies. Now it is time to lift the course limit on career-technical education so more students, from middle school through college, can take more courses and earn more industry certifications. The pathway out of poverty is education – education that qualifies you for a job.
Our education committees will ask you to support the Board of Governors in establishing metrics of performance for our state universities and tying funding to that performance, so more students will actually earn degrees and those degrees will qualify graduates for real jobs.
It is time to end another waiting list. 10,000 low income families are waiting in line for their children to attend schools that meet their needs, schools of their choice. It is time to expand school choice by expanding the Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
School choice, financial accountability and student achievement are part of the same transformational policy. The performance of Tax Credit Scholarship students should be assessed just like the performance of any other child. Why? Because testing is not just about score-carding. It is about measuring academic progress so schools and teachers can customize instruction to meet individual students' needs, so parents will know how their children are really doing, so taxpayers can be sure how their money is used.
Another scholarship program deserves our support, as well. Every year the cost of a Florida Prepaid Scholarship for a university goes up by 15 percent. If you bought four year Florida Prepaid contract for a newborn today, the lump sum cost would be $53,729. That price slams the door on the dreams of many parents and grandparents to help the children they love go to college. Our Work Plan calls for ending the automatic price increases, saving the average family $10,000 on a newborn Prepaid contract and putting college within reach for more families with modest means.
Government accountability and efficiency, a smarter, cleaner government, is a moral imperative.
President Lee and Speaker Bense passed lobbyist compensation audits in 2005. They were never enforced. Now they are.
Today, Senator Thrasher will bring to the Senate floor a joint rule to ensure that legislators live among the people they represent.
This session we will consider legislation to apply higher ethical standards and greater disclosure to local government, special districts, statutorily created corporations and direct support organizations. They take public funds. They have a public responsibility. They must live up to the public trust.
And to those who have treated our ethics laws with contempt, refused to comply and then refused to pay their fines, I ask you to put teeth in the law so they can be removed from office.
Pension reform is one of the few issues that divides this Senate. There is nothing to be gained by taking the Senate down the same road as last year with the same results. So, I have asked the proponents of pension reform to compromise, to consider options different from last year's bill. I ask opponents to unfold their arms, roll up their sleeves and help craft a compromise. Here is the stubborn fact: annually the Florida Legislature appropriates $500 million to subsidize the unfunded actuarial liability of our pension system. That is $500 million that cannot be spent on the environment, or education, or health care, or left in taxpayers' own pockets. It is $500 million off the top. For the sake of our future employees, for sake of our taxpayers, we should not be like Washington. We should look for a solution.
Work Plan 2014 includes a fifth priority, which Governor Scott has put into words everyone can understand: It's Your Money. Every dollar in Tallahassee is involuntarily extracted from the pockets and cash registers of the people of Florida. I ask you to stand with Governor Scott, Speaker Weatherford, President-designate Gardiner, and Budget Chair Negron and cut taxes by $500 million this year. The centerpiece of our tax cut proposal will be a reduction of vehicle fees to help working families who drive their cars and trucks to school and to their jobs. In Washington, the debate is about which taxes to raise. In Florida, the debate is about which taxes to cut.
This, then, is our 2014 Work Plan:
• Broad-based tax cuts helping working families;
• A smarter, cleaner government, more efficient and more accountable;
• Education, transformed, so more students can graduate, so graduates can get better jobs, so Florida can be first in the nation in preparing our young people for success in the real economy;
• The Florida GI bill to make our state the number one "Welcome Home" state for America's military missions and military families;
• Protection for the most vulnerable, our children, our elderly, our abused, our disabled.
Your DNA is all over this 2014 Work Plan. So many senators have contributed, and will contribute, your designs, your improvements in committee, your bold ideas. This is truly our Work Plan. Bi-partisan and bi-cameral. I ask for your help to perfect and pass our Work Plan for Florida, and I promise you my help, for there are a hundred compelling ideas of yours already moving toward this floor.
Some say the second year of a presiding officer's term is not supposed to be ambitious. The recommendations are "soft landing," "quiet harbor", "risk averse." I commend to you instead the advice of Theodore Roosevelt who said that each of us is given his "crowded hour" to do great things even though risking failure, but to never be "with those poor spirits who live in the gray twilight of fear and indecision that knows neither victory nor defeat." Starting now we have 60 days. Let's fill them with crowded hours.
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It's not unusual to see Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi get entangled in a brawl, but they aren't typically of the legal variety.
The 24-year-old "Jersey Shore" star has been hit with a $7 million counter-claim by a licensing company called SRG Ventures, in response to a claim Polizzi had filed against them last October.
Polizzi, who partnered with SRG with the understanding that they would help her launch a merchandise line including watches, shoes, lingerie and even school supplies, claims the company did not fulfill its obligation to secure branding partnerships and the appropriate capital.
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Now SRG is firing back, saying that Polizzi violated the agreement by allegedly negotiating behind the company's back with brands.
SRG's lawyer, Robert J. Hantman, released a statement saying, "Ms. Polizzi disputes SRG's version of the facts and looks forward to her day in court."
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Floor Show
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Savvy ideas to boost sales
Floor Show
Advertising is hitting the floors running. Yes, even the space under customers' feet is sporting slogans and logos--good news if you're looking for a new place to advertise.
In Safeway supermarkets in Northern California and Winn-Dixies in the South, advertising on floor tiles is nothing new. So far, mostly large companies such as Coca-Cola and Frito-Lay are advertising on grocery store floors, but smart small businesses won't be far behind. Why? Because according to early reports, sales for items featured on floor tiles increased as much as 30 percent. And while fees vary among stores, an average price of $75 per tile per month makes this mode of advertising surprisingly affordable. (Of course, if you want to advertise on a store's floors, your products need to be on its shelves.)
According to Gene Gillespie of Ft. Worth, Texas, Indoor Media Group Inc., a company that makes ad floor tiles, supermarkets aren't the only stores trying the concept: Some Wal-Mart, McDonald's and AM/PM Mini Market locations are using floor ads to hype certain products. Have you got a retail store? You can use floor ads to tout a promotion, special sale or hot new product. It's just one more way to get your message across to your customers.
Emotional Rescue
Consumers are skeptical. That's why it's your job as a salesperson to listen carefully to customers' reservations and turn them into reasons they need your product or service. The best way to do that? Emmett Wolfe, co-author with Kevin Daley of Socratic Selling (Irwin Professional Publishing), offers five pointers for getting beyond the emotional barriers customers put up:
1. Acknowledge the customer's fears. If a customer says he's been burned before in a sales transaction, don't tell him there's nothing to worry about. Instead, address his fears directly.
2. Find out what, specifically, the customer's reservations are. If a consumer says "I'm wary of buying from a company this size," ask specific questions about that fear--and soothe his worries. "Don't think you're wasting time asking questions," says Wolfe. "It's important because it gets you into the customer's mind."
3. Emphasize value. If the customer is afraid something he buys will be instantly dated, stress the ways in which being a small company allows you to stay on top of the latest technology.
4. Calm fears of lack of follow-up. Most customers are afraid that once they buy a product, the company they buy it from will disappear. Find out what kind of follow-up the customer would like--a monthly phone call? A periodic meeting? Let him know that if there are any problems with the product, you'll be there to help.
5. Tout the product or service's value to combat reservations about price. Customers who are distracted by the price lose sight of the product's value. Remind them of how value and quality pay off in the long run.
Above all, clarify customers' expectations. That's key to serving them well.
Many Happy Returns
That's one thing all your customers have in common? They all have birthdays, and birthdays present a marketing opportunity for small-business owners, no matter what their industry. Do you own a restaurant? Offer customers a free meal on their birthdays. Retailers can offer a free gift; beauty salons, a free manicure--the possibilities are endless.
Offering birthday freebies is a highly personalized marketing gesture that makes customers feel singled out, cared about and pampered. It costs five times more to land a new customer than to keep an existing one, and treating your existing customers right is the easiest way to keep sales and profits in shape. What's more, customers to whom you wish a happy birthday are more likely to recommend your business to a friend or relative.
How can you keep track of your customers' special days? Set up a simple database or hire a consultant to help you. Even a file box of index cards can help you keep those dates in order.
Whatever route you choose, the goal is to create loyal customers. "Show your appreciation," says Vicki Lenz, author of Don't Forget Your Customers! (Affordable Marketing). "After all, they're keeping you in business."
Contact Sources
Indoor Media Group, (404) 261-3146;
Vicki Lenz, c/o Affordable Marketing, 8206 Lacevine Rd., Louisville, KY 40220-2895, (502) 495-1361;
Emmett Wolfe, c/o Communispond Inc., 300 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022, (212) 486-2300.


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January 21, 2016
The Selective Sync feature, described below, is no longer available due to certain operating system (OS) dependencies which were removed in recent OS versions on Mac. We have removed the user interface on both Mac and Windows rather than maintain a disparate feature set. If you'd like to see the selective feature return please add a comment and tell us and I will share it with the product teams.
Adobe's Creative Cloud comes with storage and it's super easy to share a folder with other people. These folders can then be synced to your computer which is very convenient, but what if you don't want to sync all those shared folders that have been shared with you or don't want to sync all those shared folders on another computer? The good news is there is now a way to selectively sync shared folders from Creative Cloud.
- Save hard disk space
- Control which shared folders you sync
- Let you have different shared folders syncing on all your Creative Cloud enabled computers.
- Make sure you have:
- Version 188.8.131.527 (October 2014) or later of the Creative Cloud for desktop app installed
- File syncing turned on
- At least one or more shared folders in order to be able turn off syncing for them. Note: A menu will appear only when you have accepted shares that belong to other people. You cannot turn off your own shares.
- Locate the Creative Cloud Files directory on your computer. To open the Creative Cloud Files directory from Creative Cloud desktop app, select Assets > Files and click Open Folder. Note: You will need to go one level higher to be able to select the Creative Cloud Files directory itself.
- Context click (usually a right click, unless you're left handed) on the Creative Cloud Files directory and click on the Select Shared Folders to Sync menu, this will show all your shared folders. Now just select the folder you do not want to sync.
- To select multiple shared folders, repeat step 3 above and click on the name of each folder you want to stop syncing. Any folder that does not show a tick next to the folder name will not sync and you will also receive a notification once the files have been removed.
- To sync a shared folder again that you previously stopped syncing, just repeat step 3 and select the folder you want to sync again. Note: Check that the folder does not have a tick next to it, as that means it is not currently being synced to your computer.
So now you can save disk space on your computer and have more control over what shared folders are synced with Creative Cloud.
Please share this technique with other Creative Cloud users so they can take back control of what shared folders are synced, they'll thank you for it.
Jonathan Ferman | Product Manager
Hopefully you won't need this section but now that Shared Folder Selective Syncing has been out in the wild for a few weeks I wanted to provide my top troubleshooting tips:
- Ensure you have accepted 1 or more Shared folders. If you do not have any Shared Folders in Creative Cloud there will be no menu or sync options to show. You must have accepted shares that belong to other people. You cannot turn off your own shares.
- Ensure you have version 22.214.171.1247 (October 2014) or later of the Creative Cloud for desktop app installed, you can check this by going to Preferences > General and clicking the Account tab in side the Creative Cloud for desktop app.
- Ensure you have File Syncing turned on and that it is not paused. To check click the cog wheel in the top right hand corner and select Preferences > Files and check the File Sync is turned On.
- Ensure you have restarted your computer. We've had a number of Mac users running Yosemite (10.10) saying they cannot see the the selective syncing menu. It turns out that while they have the latest Creative Cloud for desktops app they have not restarted their Macs and so the menu does not show up. As this is a system level menu it requires a restart to be enabled so please restart your computer and see if the menu becomes visible.
- Ensure you are selecting the Creative Cloud Files folder, not inside the Creative Cloud Files folder itself. On a Mac it's best to go to your Home folder and then Control click (usually right click) on the Creative Cloud Files folder. On Windows use Windows Explorer and select the folder a level above the Creative Cloud files folder to then control click on the Creative Cloud Files folder. Or simply click the cog wheel in the top right hand corner and select Creative Cloud Files and make sure to select The Creative Cloud Files folder itself (not inside the folder) and then Control click for the selective syncing menu.
- Ensure you are connected to the Internet, if you are offline and made changes to a Shared Folder they will be synced next time your computer is connected to the Internet, this feature requires an active Internet connection to work.
- Still not working? Try the forum or contact Adobe Customer Support.


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Conceptualized in the last quarter of 2006, CA Newfoundland was originally intended to cater to the employment needs of the growing industry of Alberta, Canada. However, many opportunities for job placement opened along the way. The company's competitive advantage rests on its core group of professional managers and eminent staff that have more than (30) years of combined expertise in their different careers.
To better respond to the growing demand for workers, CA Newfoundland Solutions, Inc. made partnerships with different training institutions to better cater to the increasing demand for jobs abroad.
CA Newfoundland Solutions, Inc. aims to supply qualified workers to the full satisfaction of our overseas partners and employers through careful personnel selection process. We also aim to develop programs that will support the families of deployed Filipino workers and connect them to various support institutions in order to build strong family values.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and leave a voicemail for Charlie Sheen. "Charlie, this is your father. You need help. Help loving all those fine ladies you got in that house! INVITE ME OVER! I HAVE VODKA!" LET'S GO!
TOP CHEF ALL STARS – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Last week, all five final chefs did such a nice job that Tom and Padma threw up their hands and we're like SCREW IT! YOU'RE ALL GOING TO THE BAHAMAS! And then everyone jumped around and hugged and it was very nice. But now, the finals have arrived, and the days of free passes are OVER. No more being nice to your okra, Tiffany. Anyway, tonight the five finalists must face off against the chef that beat them in their first "Top Chef" season. That means Mike Volt is back (YAY!), along with Hosea (Really? That dude won?). It should be a fun episode. It's almost enough to make you wonder if Bravo made sure no one got cut last week on purpose, just so they could bring back as many winners as possible. But hey, they'd never rig the show like that. They only do that at the very end! ANTICIPATION: RIGGED!
NOTHING PERSONAL – 10:00PM (id) This new id documentary series takes a look at contract killings and murders for hire. It's hosted by Steve Schirripa, who you no doubt remember as Bobby Baccalieri from "The Sopranos." And given the track record of most "Sopranos" alums not named James Gandolfini or Edie Falco, ending up on an obscure cable network hosting a cheesy hitman show is probably about the best Steve can do. ANTICIPATION: WHACKINGS!
AMERICAN IDOL – 8:00PM (FOX) The finalists sing songs by their favorite artists. I already know half of them will say Lifehouse is their favorite artist. I can feel it in my bones. None of them will select Radiohead, I promise you that. ANTICIPATION: KIDS HAVE NO TASTE!
UNDERWATER UNIVERSE – 10:00PM (History Channel) Tonight, the History Channel profiles the five deadliest predators in the ocean, with great white sharks and box jellyfish sure to be somewhere in the fold. But you know what can easily fend off such nasty creatures? Spilled oil. Take that, sharky! You're no match for 50 billion gallons of BP's finest reserve! ANTICIPATION: DEADLY!
HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE – 10:00PM (TLC) A man must choose between his hoard and his daughter. Pfft. That's easy. I have a daughter. I'd take the hoard every time. The hoard never talks back. And the hoard doesn't take five hours to dress in the morning. We're late for school, you little maggot! Don't you understand that?! ANTICIPATION: STUFF!
Wednesday Watch List: Top Chef Goes Tropical!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and leave a voicemail for Charlie Sheen. "Charlie, this is your father. You need help. Help loving all those fine ladies you got in that house! INVITE ME OVER! I HAVE VODKA!" LET'S GO!


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Dan Reynolds has accomplished so much with Imagine Dragons. The band has topped the charts, sold out stadiums all over the world, and even won a GRAMMY in 2014, but if you ask the frontman about career-defining moments, there's one that sticks out most in his mind. And it happened just a few months ago.
During a recent interview with Digital Journal, the singer divulged that playing Madison Square Garden in June was one of his proudest moments.
"Madison Square Garden was definitely a moment for us as a band. My parents flew out for it, and my mother could not believe that I was playing there. It was a celebration, where we were all able to sit backstage and say 'wow, we are playing Madison Square Garden. We've really made it. This is incredible.' It was one of my favorite shows," Reynolds said.
"The energy in the room was just magical since so many legends have graced that Madison Square Garden stage, so you feel the presence of so much art, emotion, and passion," he added about the experience.
With Imagine Dragons releasing their fourth album, Origins, last month, the band is climbing even higher into the alt-rock stratosphere. We can't wait to see where they go next.
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Apple claims that cases of overheating iPod nanos are due to faulty batteries, according to a statement given to Macworld. The statement refers only to first-generation nanos sold between September of 2005 and December of 2006. Apple says that the defect stems from a battery provided for the iPod nanos by a single manufacturer, and that so far, the company has only received notice of incidents in 1/1000 (.001) of the nano population manufactured during that period of time.
The first generation iPod nano used a 3.7V Lithium-polymer battery that was infamously soldered to the logic board connected by a red, white, and black lead. While none of the iPods are user serviceable by default, all nanos of this generation should be well outside of the included warranty, and the batteries can be replaced by a reputable service center. Alternately, those with the required soldering skills can order a kit for around $15.
Apple stated that, to its knowledge, no one has been seriously hurt because of the malfunctioning batteries yet. Even so, if you have an overheating iPod, Apple says to call AppleCare and faulty units will be replaced. There is no indication whether these overheating batteries are the same as the iPod sparking in Japan last March.


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It's not surprising that Ridley Scott has an itch to return to "Blade Runner" - it's the movie he never stopped making, in a sense. Between the Theatrical Cut, the Director's Cut, the Work Print Cut, the "Harrison and I Cut This One as a Goof After 12 Bacardi Shots" Cut, it's the movie he's never been happy with and can't stop picking at like a scab that won't heal.
The problem is, "Blade Runner's" bizarre imperfections are what make it such a classic. It's a weird, once in a lifetime kind of movie experience that you can't recreate because you have no idea how you put it together the first time. There were too many happy accidents (and unhappy accidents) that any attempt would seem flavorless and pale in comparison.
And yet, Scott can't let go. With rumors of remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, and whatever floating around for years, he has finally stepped up and confirmed two things: 1) He intends a new "Blade Runner" to be his next movie and 2) it's "liable to be a sequel" (according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal).
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Does this mean Harrison Ford will get a chance to half-assedly dust off yet another old character and begrudginly slog through a listless cash-in like he did a few years ago? Slow down. Scott goes on to say that the none of the "past cast" will be involved. When asked, "No Deckard?" the 74-year-old replied crytpically, "No, not really."
We'll leave it to the hardcore to find the interview tape and go over the "not really" like a Zapruder film ("His voice goes up slightly on 'really,' which would indicate that Deckard does appear in some form..."), and just say that this smacks of a bad idea. With no returning characters, it'll just be a movie that looks like "Blade Runner." Which, considering how thoroughly the original has been picked over since its release, will make it basically every sci-fi movie since "Blade Runner."
So if you follow our logic (good for you), we think a Harrison Ford-less "Blade Runner" is a bad idea. We also think Harrison Ford returning to "Blade Runner" is a bad idea. In conclusion, a new "Blade Runner" is a bad idea. Period.
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There is no effective substitute in Bali, in order to see the island to best effect, for taking a guided tour. Where your rental villa does not include a car and driver, this can be achieved by arranging a private car tour, or even one by plane or helicopter. All you have to do is sit and relax and be introduced to the best sights the island has to offer. Many tours will include visits to The Besakih Temple, which is of huge religious importance in Bali and covers almost a whole hillside, it is so vast. Another likely destination is Lake Batur, in the mountainous, volcanic region of Bali, and the views to be appreciated are stunning. The lake sits at the foot of the active volcano that is Mount Batur. There are also many boat tour options around Bali to see the island from a different perspective.
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It may well be the case that you choose to relax in Bali in the garden of your rented villa, or on one of the beaches which can be found in profusion on the island. The food culture of the island is so diverse, however, it is more than worth sampling some of what it has to offer. Prices vary hugely, from the extremely inexpensive street stalls to the better restaurants which can be fairly expensive, so care should be exercised. One special treat to try to take in is a Balinese dance performance, which is afforded at some of the better quality hotels along with an informal buffet dinner at a reasonable cost.


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On Feb. 2, 1951, St. Augustine residents turned out to play in the snow.
Visions of Valentine's Day cards were replaced by snowballs, snowmen and sledding.
According to the U.S. Weather Service, two inches of snow fell on St. Augustine, and it stayed cold enough long enough for people to pull out the heavy winter gear and get out in the white stuff.
For some transplants, it must have awakened a bit of maybe-not-so-welcome nostalgia. For natives and children, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The last snow had fallen in 1917.
As far south as Tampa Bay, the state got a dusting of the white stuff, but according to The St. Augustine Record, people "motored from surrounding towns" to see the two inches of snow that covered the Oldest City. Other Florida cities had snow flurries and sleet, but those quickly melted. Not so in St. Augustine.
"It was a winter novelty, of course, but the real McCoy. For four hours, beginning on Friday night around 9:30 o'clock, the snow came fluttering down until St. Augustine and the countryside were transformed into a wonderland of gleaming white," wrote The Record's Harvey Lopez.
"At least two inches of snow fell during the odd wintry trick; it piled up in yards, on rooftops, covered automobiles, and turned trees into a fairyland."
All of St. Johns County was blanketed, The Record noted and "Elkton and Hastings reported a snowfall comparable to this city's."
Up go the snowmen
One of the first snowmen went up in front of the City Building, put together by local firemen and policemen. A photo captured fireman B.M. Hall Jr., fireman J.V. Davis, policeman James Grisson and fireman Herbert Capo standing by their creation. Soon snowmen started going up everywhere as children and adults got in the spirit. The St. Augustine Historical Society has a photograph of two of the Sisters of St. Joseph constructing a snowman downtown.
A front-page picture featured children armed with snowballs on Friday evening, ready to throw them at passersby. "Practically every person in St. Augustine threw at least one snowball after Friday night's Florida oddity," the caption claimed.
"Citizens rode or walked around the streets amazed by the snowy wonderland seen on every side," wrote The Record. "Tourists merely shook their heads, some in disgust. But to this oldest city it was an event that happens once in a generation."
The snow started and stayed through the next day along with cold temperatures. The Fort Green hill at Castillo de San Marcos was filled with adults and children giving sledding a try. Stuart Bridle of Charlotte Street, whose family had recently moved from Free Point, Ill., was photographed using the sled he had brought with him. Other people used what they could find to take a ride down the hill.
Last snowfall in 1917
The last time snow had stayed in St. Augustine was Jan. 30, 1917, when half an inch covered the ground. The newspaper then reported one child urging his mother to "come and see all the grits all over the roofs and ground." That snow was also a novelty for many of the older residents "who have never wintered north," The Record said.
In 1917 the mercury dropped to a reported 20 degrees. That had residents and farmers concerned about possible damage, although The Record reported "vegetables in the city gardens look as if they had been laundered and hung out to dry."
Growers had greater concerns since the area still contained numerous citrus groves, but the hope was some of the hardiest varieties would recover.
A hard time for farmers
The 1951 snow, combined with a spat of cold weather, caused lots more concern to farmers and cattlemen throughout the state. Florida was still heavily agricultural, and crops paid the bills. The cattle industry took a particularly hard hit, with thousands of cattle killed by the combination of cold rain and extremely cold winds.
The Record reported the weather had "wiped out the county's tender cabbage crop and other produce. It is feared that citrus in the county is also hurt."
Weather officials said a mass of dry air over the state contributed to the snow conditions. The temperature dropped into the teens in parts of North Florida.
Predictions were the cold wave gripping Florida would get worse early Sunday. "A hard night is ahead for citrus, truck crops and the rich cattle industry," reported the Record.
The Associated Press reported heavy winds, sleet and snow as far south as Tampa Bay. "The weather was so bad and the air lanes so crowded in the key area that six big commercial airliners had to sit down at Key West," according to AP.
A cause for bragging
But in St. Augustine people were taking a break from worries by playing in the snow under bright sun.
They even took the time to do a little bragging. News organizations wanted photographs of the phenomenon, and the Chamber of Commerce and Record photographers obliged. Berniece McCarter from the Chamber staff drove the photos up to Jacksonville, where they were placed on wire photo machinery and sent to big city papers that had the capacity to receive them. For other papers, the AP made mat pads with photo engravings and air-mailed them.
The Record got calls for photos from papers as far south as Miami and as far north as Toronto.
They got 200 calls alone from people wanting a Record photographer to come take a picture of "the best snowman in town."
Lopez reported The Record regretted photographers could not get everywhere, but because of limited time in order to beat their morning deadline, many "shots the Record needed had already been taken before most of its subscribers had breakfast."
The St. Augustine National Bank, in a quick turnaround, used the weather phenomenon in an ad in the Sunday paper. Against a drawing featuring snow, the bank declared: "Since the Last Snow Fall in St. Augustine assets have grown over $9,984,000."
The Sunday paper told readers: "The weatherman promised even colder weather for today but St. Augustinians are used to anything now."
It would be January of 1977 before St. Augustine would see snow come to stay again.
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PASADENA>> The 96th Rose Queen was crowned in a Thursday evening ceremony at the First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena.
Queen Ana Marie Acosta, of Pasadena Polytechnic School will reign over the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1 and the Rose Bowl Game later that afternoon.
The announcement was made midway through an hourlong event hosted by CNN anchor Michaela Pereira. The TV personality characterized the lead up as a "long and exciting road to the coronation."
Acosta, from Altadena, beamed as Tournament President R. Scott Jenkins made the announcement. Members of her court huddled around Acosta in celebration. She was escorted to the stage for the official coronation by her father Dr. John Acosta.
"Dreams come true," Jenkins said, opening an envelope that concealed the winner's name. "Don't they ladies?"
About five PETA protesters one in a orca costume gathered along Sierra Madre Boulevard as guests drove into the ceremony. They took issue with Sea World's planned entry in the New Year's Day parade.
"SeaWorld's float is deceptive in the extreme showing a family of orcas leaping in a magnificent ocean," said Virginia Fort, senior campaigner for PETA.
"SeaWorld routinely captures these animals and forcibly removes them from the wild," she said. "A float that celebrates cruelty to animals at something that's family friendly makes a mockery of the parade."
Fort said the goal of the protest is for the Tournament of Roses to remove the SeaWorld float from its line-up.
The Tournament of Roses made some changes to Thursday night's announcement and coronation ceremony. Rather than holding two separate events for the Rose Queen announcement and her coronation as in the past, the tournament combined the two events into one this year.
Several queens from years past attended the event, which is a precursor to the 125th annual Rose Parade
The change required that the girls go through a quick costume change from formal wear into gowns.
Acosta, beamed again as she emerged onto the stage in a white, floor-length ball gown.
Jenkins said the combination of what had been two events was made so the princesses miss less school time in the weeks before the annual parade.
Acosta, 17, was selected from an initial group of about 1,000 young women that was narrowed down to 30 before the final seven ladies of the Royal Court were chosen.
Joining the queen, members of the Royal Court, which were announced Oct. 7, are:, Sarah Hansen, 19, of Pasadena City College, Kayla Johnson-Granberry, 17, of Pasadena High School, Jamie Kwong, 17, of La Salle High School, Katherine Lipp, 17, of La Canada High School, Elyssia Widjaja, 17, of San Marino High School, and Elizabeth Woolf, 17, of La Canada High School.


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Could someone please add a pincture of this jutsu. I've been trying to get one from orochimaru's fight with naruto in the anime but haven't found a good one. Neji uchiha (talk) 20:16, October 15, 2009 (UTC)
No Longer Unnamed?
In the english ccg this technique is called the Ecdysis. http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/attachment.php?attachmentid=1312&d=1255964689 Kevin krash (talk) 04:34, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
- We don't generally consider the CCG to be canon. Besides, I wouldn't call that a jutsu name, but simply an official term for moulting.
- The wrong term, by the way. ecdysis refers to moulting in arthropods, specifically. In snakes, moulting is simply called shedding. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 09:11, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be better to call this the "Oral Rebirth technique"? I believe removing Orochimaru's name would be better.
¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 05:53, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
- I would rather see the Oral Rebirth part of the name go, since Sasuke seems to have crawled out of his chest. Orochimaru's name does not really bother me, as the technique is pretty much unique to him. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 11:49, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Oral Rebirth just seems to hilarious to let go. But I do see the point. How about Body Shedding or something.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 12:18, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Body Shedding sounds all right. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:21, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Alright...get to it then. >.>--TheUltimate3 (talk) 12:31, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Body Shedding sounds all right. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:21, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
Relation to Body Replacement Technique
While we do note in the trivia that this technique was referred to by Itachi as "Orochimaru-style Body Replacement Technique" (大蛇丸流の変わり身の術), given that Sasuke also notes it to be a Body Replacement Technique earlier in chapter 390, shouldn't it at the very least be listed as a derived/related technique? Blackstar1 (talk) 02:54, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
- There doesn't seem to be anything in common between those techniques, other than Body Shedding being able to be used to avoid attacks.TricksterKing (talk) 03:05, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
However, both characters are seemingly pretty clear in referring to this ability as a type of Body Replacement Technique. Given that both Uchiha have had a great number of dealings with Orochimaru, I can't think of a reason that Kishi would be so definite, other than to imply some level of relationship between the two techniques. Blackstar1 (talk) 13:23, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
Well, now that we have a more "official" name, should we move the page? Like Mirage Genjutsu, with kanji describing the technique. Yatanogarasu (Talk) 21:42, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
This is just a type of BRT, so why isn't it just added to the BRT-page? Seelentau 愛議 22:44, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
- Why not? Yatanogarasu (Talk) 06:25, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- The restoration effects make it a separate technique, even if it's related to BRT. TricksterKing (talk) 06:31, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I doubt it's up to us wether to decide if it's a different technique or not, based on what we see. The manga clearly states that it's just a kind of BRT and who are we to oppose the manga? Seelentau 愛議 13:54, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
- The restoration effects make it a separate technique, even if it's related to BRT. TricksterKing (talk) 06:31, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
- The third databook (page 217, "Shape Alteration") uses this as an example of a creative new use for an established jutsu, in this case the Body Replacement Technique. Another example it uses is the Shadow Clone Technique for training purposes. And the wiki doesn't consider training with shadow clones a separate jutsu, does it? ~SnapperTo 22:06, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Name Change
If Itachi and the 3rd Databook refer to it as "Orochimaru-style Substitution", why are we still calling it Body Shedding? I like the name Body Shedding but it seems pretty official at this point. Arrancar79 (talk) 23:13, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
- I think so too.220.127.116.11 (talk) 23:17, January 30, 2013 (UTC) Yomiko-chan
Anyone have any thoughts as to Orochimaru-style Substitution being the actual name? Arrancar79 (talk) 04:37, January 31, 2013 (UTC)
Something I might actually support. This differs too much from the usual body replacement for me to think of it as the same technique. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:00, January 31, 2013 (UTC)
- Agreed, the Body Shedding is very unique in what it does but the name looks to be what Kishi intends it to be called. Any other references to it being named other than the two we know of? Arrancar79 (talk) 22:21, January 31, 2013 (UTC)
Okay, anyone have a reason to think "Orochimaru-style Substitution" is not the real name of this jutsu? Arrancar79 (talk) 23:16, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Bump Arrancar79 (talk) 21:58, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Bump again. Arrancar79 (talk) 22:10, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
What is this topic about again? I'm confused--Elveonora (talk) 23:01, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
- The question is, is the actual name of this technique "Orochimaru-style Substitution"? It is referred to as such by Itachi and is again called by this name in Databook 3. It appears to be the name Kishi intends it to be. Arrancar79 (talk) 00:17, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
Yes, but don't you think it sounds... stupid? That's like calling Naruto's Shadow Clones: "secret technique: asexual reproduction" ;D jk, still, sounds weird.--Elveonora (talk) 01:19, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
- Totally agree. It sounds very weird, mostly because it's just so... plain. I just didn't think it was right to use a place holder name with what seemed to be the real name out there even if it was kinda lame XD. Arrancar79 (talk) 04:05, February 9, 2013 (UTC)


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Battlefield 3 preview
Shacknews enters Battlefield 3's area of operations to get hands on with the upcoming shooter from developer DICE at PAX 2011.
Though the franchise has taken a few detours over the last few years with spin-offs, the Battlefield series has finally returned to its roots. DICE's Battlefield 3 focuses on infantry and vehicle warfare on a massive scale.
The game has gained a lot of attention because of how good it looks, but how does it play?
The PAX 2011 demo featured one mission from the game's two-player co-operative mode, broken into a number of objectives. First, my partner and I were tasked with infiltrating an enemy compound to locate and secure a VIP. Once the VIP was in tow, we extracted to a convoy, and escorted it on foot through a hostile town.
At one point, gunners situated in Humvees were taken out of commission, and my partner and I were ordered to get on their weapons to help thin enemy lines. The demo constantly asked us to change tactics: sometimes we retreated, sometimes we stopped and engaged hostiles littering the street, and sometimes we chipped through the environment to take out enemies holed up behind cover. A large wooden gate obstructed the convoy's progress nearing the last leg of our extraction and my partner and I were ordered to place explosives to clear a path to safety.
Enemy fire is relentless and came from all sides during the demo. Some adversaries take cover on street level, while others are perched high in windows and balconies throughout the city. It's dark and difficult to see enemy placement, though my weapon's scope helps cut the darkness and highlight the bad guys with its night vision scope.
At the end of the level, every soldier is forced to abandon their vehicles in response to a massive, coordinated ambush. I clear my sector and push through to take out a few snipers, but I'm cut down by a new wave of enemies on my right flank. My partner slides in and comes to my rescue and gets me back on my feet. It's a brutal battle that ended too soon as my demo time ran out.
Ultimately, the action in Battlefield 3 feels more realistic versus the action-heavy approach of other shooters. You aren't a superhero, but an intelligent soldier that knows how to pick his or her battles.
The PS3 version I played had a few graphical glitches. While outdoor environments looked good, the opening areas of the game highlighted the game's aliasing issues on the console. Edges were sharp and jaggy, and thin railings looked made up of lines.
I also thought enemy reactions could be improved. For example, enemies on street level spawned out of a specific area and did little to gain a tactical advantage. They typically selected their cover positions, took shots, returned to reload, and repeated. Some of the foot soldiers did attempt to flank my position, but enemies perched up high felt more like fodder as they had nowhere else to maneuver.
EA has released a generous amount of media surrounding the title, but I could never tell how much was "manufactured" to look cool. Playing the demo proved that Battlefield 3 is legit. It feels more like a war and less like an action film, which is exactly what I'm expecting from the final game when it launches on October 25.
Xav de Matos posted a new article, Battlefield 3 preview.
Shacknews enters Battlefield 3's area of operations to get hands on with the upcoming shooter from developer DICE at PAX 2011.
Definitely; on top of the limitations that just come with the console territory, Dual Shock 3 controllers are pretty bad for first person shooters. They insist on using L1 and R1 for shooting instead of the "triggers" which doesn't feel natural, and the deadzone on the analog sticks isn't nearly tight enough.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Today's Teachers Tackle The Tough Issues
2 comments:
- Nick said...
This is... just sad.
- Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:49:00 PM
- soulful sepulcher said...
Believe it or not this is a true living example of BS and more BS in schools. WITH an IEP accomodation ONLY, was my daughter allowed to carry a water bottle with her at all times. Believe it or not, these meetings held Supervisors of Secondary Education, teachers, my daughter etc. and to attain this in an IEP was hard to due[it's a legal document]. Give me a break. It's worse than this, but good catch on this post CP.
School politics-- also promote medicating kids....oh, that's off topic. [or is it?]
Lithium requires hydration, Zyprexa users need to watch for over heating in PE...[insert IEP]
The politics of mental health start in Kindergarten, and by the time it hits high school, it's a whole new ball game.
But the cafeterias sell Starbucks.
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Other organized crime activities are not fuelled as much by public demand. They involve the importation and distribution of harder drugs such as heroin, Internet and credit card fraud, and murder and extortion. Other activities that aid and abet organized crime include the ongoing corruption of public officials and the "laundering" of the proceeds of criminal activities.
One of the simplest ways to "launder" money is to engage in activities in which there is a constant flow of cash, such as slot machines and gambling. If the owner of a gambling casino claims to have taken in $1 million when he has actually taken in only $100,000 -- to which has been added $900 000 of illegally obtained money -- it is almost impossible to demonstrate that the $1 million was not procured in the normal course of business. Neighbourhood coin laundries have also been popular ways of laundering organized crime money in
Without corruption, organized crime groups would find it difficult to exist. The efforts of organized crime members to corrupt police, judges, politicians, lawyers, and government and civilian officials are probably more harmful to society than any other organized crime activity.
Of all organized crime groups operating in
Joe Bonanno, a Mafia don, describes the term in his memoirs: "Mafia is a process, not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan co-operation to which its individual members pledge lifelong loyalty. Friendship connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience – this was the 'glue' that held us together."
The Mafia was exported and adapted to North America by a small group of Italian immigrants, mostly from Sicily and Calabria. In Sicily, and later in the US and Canada, 'Mafia' came to refer to an organized international body of criminals of Sicilian origin, known as Cosa Nostra, but it is now applied to the dominant force in organized crime – the largely Sicilian and Calabrian organized crime "families." These families are held together by a code emphasizing respect for senior family members; by the structure or hierarchy of the family; and by an initiation rite or ceremony.
Although Italian crime families have been active in Canada since the early 1900s, they now operate in much more clearly structured and defined areas acceptable to other mafia families in the U.S. and Canada. More recently new N'drangheta cells of the Calabrian Mafia have emigrated to Canada after coming under intense pressure by Italian authorities in the early 2000s. Many of these newly arrived Mafiosi went to work with older, established Mafia figures, settling in the greater Montréal, Toronto and Hamilton areas. Though located mainly in the major cities, family members tend to gravitate to where wealth moves; in the late 1970s and early 1980s, some moved westward, following the movement of business to British Columbia and Alberta. Vancouver has had serious Mafia infiltration over the years as well as a more obvious biker and Asian crime presence.
Toronto Mafia
In Toronto until the mid-1980s, at least four major Mafia-style criminal organizations existed and were run by Canadians of Sicilian or Calabrian origin, two of whom were named as members of the Mafia during the Valachi hearings -- namely the organizations run by Paul Volpe and Johnny "Pops" Papalia. Since the murder of Volpe in November 1983, his old organization has mostly disappeared as well as that of Papalia, after he was murdered at the behest of a rival local Calabrian Mafia family in 1997.
Today, several older Calabrian organized crime groups operate in the Greater Toronto/Hamilton areas. There are also newly arrived cells of the N'drangheta operating, many having emigrated from Siderno, Calabria. There is no one godfather in Toronto, but there is a ruling commission of the N'drangheta, of family leaders in the Toronto area which tries to keep order, resolve disputes, and co-ordinate some activities with the ruling commission in Italy.
Montréal Mafia
Since the mid-1980s, Montréal has had one dominant crime family, led by the Sicilian-born Nick Rizzuto and then by his son Vito. Another family was run by Frank Cotroni until his death in 2004. The Québec crime probe exposed the membership and activities of this highly structured group in a number of its reports in the 1970s. Established first in the 1940s by Frank's older and more powerful brother Vic Cotroni, the family evolved in the 1950s into an important branch of the powerful New York City Mafia family of Joe Bonanno. It has extensive ties with Mafia families in Italy and throughout the U.S., as well as with the Toronto, Hamilton and Vancouver organizations.
Serious internal problems between Sicilians and Calabrians in the Montréal organization led to the violent deaths of Paulo Violi (chief lieutenant of Vic Cotroni) and his brothers in the late 1970s. The Cotroni family had primarily been involved in illegal gambling, loan sharking, drug importation, extortion, and the murder and corruption of public officials. After Vic Cotroni's death in 1984, the Sicilians, led by Nick and later Vito Rizzuto took over. The last decade of Vito Rizzuto's rule was marked by internal warfare, especially while Vito was in jail in the U.S. for his role in various mob hits in New York. He died suddenly in 2013 at the age of 67, from natural causes in a Montreal hospital.
There is no clear leader of the family now, as many senior Rizzuto leaders have been murdered, died or are in jail. Reynald Desjardins, Vito's number one lieutenant and right hand man in the decade preceding Vito's death, is now awaiting trial for orchestrating the murder of ex-Bonanno family acting boss Salvatore "the Iron-worker" Montagna, after he tried unsuccessfully to take over the family in 2011.
As of 2014, there was still an ongoing battle for Mafia supremacy in Montréal involving some Calabrian Mafiosi cells from Ontario and dissident Rizzuto family members in Québec.
At the same time, the hearings of the Charbonneau Commission into the practices of the Québec construction industry brought additional heat to bear on the old Rizzuto family leadership. The Commission's televised hearings included the broadcast of surveillance videos and wiretaps of Rizzuto family gatherings, including old man Nick consorting with and taking money from construction bosses and union leaders.
Recent arrivals from Calabria of senior members of the N'drangheta are also vying for a position in the Montréal Mafia world. A state of flux is the best way to describe the Montreal "Mob" as of 2014. In spite of this, most Mafia operations continue unabated. A new figure will likely emerge as the new godfather to run the Montréal Mafia, and he will likely come from the ranks of family members who have power and respect both in the Montréal underworld as well as in Italian and American mafia circles.
Other Groups
Biker Gangs
Since the 1970s, motorcycle gangs such as the Hells Angels, the Rock Machine, the Outlaws, Satan's Choice, and many others have been significantly involved in organized crime in just about every province from the Maritimes to BC. Their initiation rites have made it difficult for police to penetrate the groups (though in recent decades huge strides have been made in this area), which have become major suppliers of illegal drugs. Motorcycle gangs are also involved in prostitution and contract killing. It is not unusual to find them working with other organized crime groups. The Hells Angels are the most influential and powerful outlaw motorcycle gang in Canada.
With biker gangs comes violence and murder. A major biker war in Québec from the mid-1990s to the early 21st Century led to the killing of hundreds of people, including many innocent bystanders who were in the wrong place at the wrong time — including an 11 year old Montréal boy killed by a biker-war bomb.
New Crime Laws
The resulting outcry from the public and the media in Québec eventually forced the federal Parliament to enact stronger anti-organized crime laws, going after the gangs' wealth, and convicting individuals of membership in an organized crime entity.
By 2006, new organized crime laws were also used for the prosecution of scores of members of the Rizzuto Mafia family, from "soldiers" to senior lieutenants, and even to old Nick Rizzuto, onetime godfather who was then still criminally active in his 80s . Shortly after serving some of his time, Rizzuto was released from prison early because of old age.. The 86-year-old was then killed by a sniper outside his lavish Montréal-area home.
The Hells Angels organization has been hit hard by prosecutions under the new anti-organized crime laws. The once-powerful Hells Angel boss Maurice 'Mom' Boucher is now in jail for life, for his role in a number of murders. Still, the Hells Angels continue to operate, especially in Québec, with the help of puppet gangs with different names but working for the Hells Angels.
Asian Crime Groups
Various Chinese and Vietnamese organized crime groups have become more prominent over the past 35 years in Vancouver and Toronto, following a wave of immigration from Hong Kong. In BC, Chinese crime gangs have been operating for more than 100 years. In the 1920s, Shu Moy, the famed 'King of the Gamblers,' was a powerful organized crime figure in BC, according to the 1928 special inquiry set up by Vancouver City Council to look into illicit gambling rackets, opium dens, houses of prostitution and corruption at the highest levels of municipal government in Vancouver.
Today Chinese youth gangs operate in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and other cities and towns, and are involved in protection and extortion rackets. They also run massage parlours as fronts for prostitution, hydroponic grow operations for much in-demand marijuana, as well as the production and export of conventional speed drugs. More sophisticated groups are organized by senior triad leaders from Hong Kong to import heroin from southeast Asia through Vancouver and western Canada. The triads are the Chinese version of the Mafia, especially in their hierarchy and global networks and reach.
The organized crime structure changes quickly in Canada, and usually exists for some years before it is detected in cities or other locations; therefore, there are undoubtedly other groups that have not yet been identified. Columbian cartels are active in Toronto and Montréal. Russian and East European organized crime groups are also quite active in major Canadian cities.
First Nations
First Nations organized crime gangs have long existed in Canada. One prominent native organized mob group is the "Manitoba Warriors," which operates in the Winnipeg area. In January 2014, Winnipeg police arrested 57 men and women aged 17 to 51, alleging that they were members or associates of what police called the "the city's most powerful street gang."
There are strong organized crime gangs in the Greater Toronto Area primarily composed of Jamaicans, including among others the 'Malvern Crew' and 'The Galloway Boys.' Both gangs have had some of their members plead guilty to belonging to a gang under the anti-organized-crime laws. Innocent people have been killed over the past decade by members of these street gangs, in shoot-outs in Toronto streets, restaurants, and even at a neighbourhood barbecue.
In Montréal, Haitian gangs rule the sale of drugs on the street. Gang members have also been involved in violent killings in the past two decades, including the fatal, 2010 shoot-out at an upscale boutique in Old Montréal owned by the late Ducarme Joseph, a long time, well-known Haitian gang leader. Joseph himself was shot to death in August, 2014.
Multi-Ethnic Gangs
Murderous, multi-ethnic drug gangs – such as the one run for years by the three Bacon brothers in BC – killed their way into a large piece of the drug trafficking business there through an alliance with the Red Scorpions, a long-running Asian gang. The Bacon crew has killed many innocent people along their way to power, including the 'Surrey Six' murder victims, two of whom died simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. One gang brother, Jonathan Bacon, was himself gunned down by hit men from a rival gang in 2011..
The so-called United Nations (UN) gang in BC is another example of a multi-ethnic crime gang structure that is becoming more common across the country in the 21st century.


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Jacques Roy, who's accused of leading the largest home health-care scam ever organized by an individual physician, has surrendered his Texas medical license.
An order released today by the Texas Medical Board cites both his February arrest on Medicare fraud charges and "allegations he failed to meet the standard of care for two patients."
No details about those patients' woes were released. But as I reported in February, Roy has a history of patient harm dating to the 1990s.
"His failures have been linked to at least one patient's death and another's permanent loss of sexual function, public records show," my prior story stated. "The Texas Medical Board, however, let him keep his license despite evidence of persistent misconduct."
Roy, who lived in Rockwall but is now jailed without bail while awaiting trial, agreed to the new medical board order. He has denied criminal wrongdoing, as have six co-defendants tied to his now-closed DeSoto medical office.
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Nokia is the latest tech company to suffer from the current economic climate, as it's just announced it'll cut 300 jobs globally and outsource up to another 820 to consultants.
The job losses will be in the company's IT operations. The changes will "increase operational efficiency and reduce operating costs, creating an IT organisation appropriate for Nokia's current size and shape," according to the Finnish phone maker.
They're part of the firm's downsizing strategy it announced last June, involving 10,000 job cuts before the end of this year. But Nokia says these are the "last anticipated reductions", so hopefully there won't be any more job losses.
The 820 jobs will be outsourced to two Indian companies, while the majority of the 300 redundancies will be workers in the company's Finnish operations. Those made redundant will be offered financial compensation and a support program.
Nokia already closed its mobile production plants in Salo in Finland, losing 4,000 jobs, and sold its Espoo headquarters for 170 million euros, leasing it back in an attempt to cut costs. So it's batten the hatches time.
The company's fourth quarter of last year was surprisingly good though, with the Lumia and Asha smartphones outselling expectations. So it's not all bad news.
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Grey Pyrenean wool blanket with orange leather strap carrier by Midipy
J.Press lambswool Tartan scarf in muted hunting Stewart
Dunhill perforated leather driving gloves
Five English stirrup cups (antique, 19th century)
Billykirk No. 223 Tapered Oval-Ring Belt
Garden & Gun magazine
Engraved hunting notecards from Terrapin Stationers
Original British tobacco fox hunting sign (antique, 1920s)
Holland & Holland toffee tweed and bridle leather hip flask
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The whole world now knows that, at last month's GOP Convention (aka the "California Can't Get No Respect Tour"), New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, verbally smacked down the Golden State's Governor, Jerry Brown.
Speaking at a California delegation breakfast (no snarky food remarks, please) Christie told his audience--including HP chief Meg Whitman, who'd spent a bundle running unsuccessfully against Brown for Governor in 2010—they'd "made the bad choice by going with an old retread."
Well, Governor Christie, unemployment in New Jersey is on the rise and above the national average and your state is facing its own budget deficit (although nowhere near as large as California's).
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Here in California, the economy is improving, albeit slowly, and the high unemployment rate has been trending downward. And just as the legislative session was ending last week, that "old retread" delivered two major pieces of legislation.
In the space of three days, Brown's intensive personal lobbying of business groups, labor union leaders and lawmakers of both parties helped propel the first comprehensive overhaul of California's worker's compensation program since 2004 back from the near-dead to legislative passage by large, bi-partisan majorities in both the Assembly and the Senate.
Brown told a reporter, "It was a tall hill…and I was able to bring it around."
Brown was also instrumental in the Legislature's last-minute scramble to pass a package of public pension reforms, again by lopsided majorities.
The Associated Press reported that the Governor "negotiated the reforms with the Legislature's Democratic leadership."
Not only did that allow Brown to check off a campaign promise to rework the state's ballooning pension obligations, but it may help him to argue for his tax initiative, Proposition 30 on the November ballot.
Democrats, including Brown, are betting that California voters will be more amenable to raising taxes, if they see some evidence that Sacramento is trimming government spending.
Not only did Gov. Brown flex his political muscle, he hyped his physical strength, challenging Gov. Christie "to a three-mile race, a pushup contest and a chin-up contest."
From here on out, I'd be careful with your California tongue lashings, if I were you, Gov. Christie.
At the height of Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as California's chief executive, a popular political button read: "My Governor can kick the crap out of Your Governor."
Brown has updated that slogan.
Addressing Christie in a recent speech to a friendly union audience, California's veteran Governor boasted, "This old retread can beat you any day of the week."
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe is a Senior Fellow at the USC Price School of Public Policy and the political analyst for NBC4.
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The US Supreme Court has denied a plea from anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on its movement as Japan's whalers accused the activists of violating orders to stay away.
Sea Shepherd, which disrupts Japan's controversial whaling missions in the Southern Ocean, last week asked the Supreme Court to end a lower court's injunction to stay at least 500 yards (meters) away from the vessels.
Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday rejected the application, a Supreme Court document showed. As is customary for such denials, Kennedy did not offer commentary.
Japan's whalers earlier this week filed a motion with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit accusing Sea Shepherd of violating the injunction when its ship, the Brigitte Bardot, approached whaling vessels on January 29.
Japan's whaling organizations, the government-backed Institute for Cetacean Research and the company Kyodo Senpaku, sought to find Sea Shepherd in contempt of court -- which would carry potentially serious legal penalties.
Sea Shepherd has not denied that the Brigitte Bardot, a former ocean racer named after the French actress and animal rights activist, trailed the whalers. The group has claimed success by preventing the Japanese from killing whales this season.
But the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, based in Oregon, said its vessel was sailing under an Australian flag and operated by the group's Australian sister organization, meaning it is not subject to the US court order.
Australia and New Zealand voice outrage over Japan's annual whaling expeditions in the Southern Ocean, which the International Whaling Commission considers a sanctuary for the ocean giants.
Japan uses a loophole in a 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling that allows "lethal research" on whales and sets out to kill hundreds each year.
Japan makes no secret that the meat ends up on dinner plates and has pushed for a resumption of full-fledged commercial whaling, accusing Western nations of insensitivity to its cultural traditions.
The Ninth Circuit court issued the injunction on Sea Shepherd on December 17, citing safety concerns as it reviews a lawsuit from the whalers.
Sea Shepherd has argued that the US court has no jurisdiction over activities halfway across the world.
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(Fuel Fix) The United States will pass Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's top oil and gas producer this year, according to a government report released Friday.
Led by oil booms in Texas and North Dakota, the nation's crude oil production hit 7.5 million barrels per day in July, a 45 percent jump over July 2008. The United States produced 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in July, a 16 percent jump from five years, boosted largely by shale gas production in the Northeast, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Growth in petroleum output from Saudi Arabia and Russia has been very modest by comparison.
Innovations in drilling and fossil fuel production have opened new regions of the United States to oil and natural gas activity in recent years. Advancements in the technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing made oil and gas production from deep, dense shale rock economic for producers, unleashing a new wealth of oil and gas on the energy-hungry nation.
In 2013, the United States is projected to produce nearly 50 quadrillion British thermal units of petroleum and natural gas, beating out No. 2 producer Russia by about 5 quadrillion British thermal units, the EIA said.
The boom is expected to continue. Analysts at investment banking firm Jefferies & Co. expect Texas' prolific Eagle Ford Shale to reach oil production of 1 million barrels per day by next summer and soar to 1.8 million barrels per day by 2022.
However, Americans still consume far more fossil fuels than they produce. The United States used about 95 quadrillion British thermal units of energy in 2012, according to EIA data. Still, the surge in domestic oil and gas has affected the nation's trade deficit.
The United States' natural gas imports plummeted 21 percent between 2008 and 2012, while imports of crude oil and petroleum products fell 18 percent.
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