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The Honorable Alexis M. Herman
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June 22, 1998
Thank you Steve Yokich for your introduction, your leadership and your unwavering commitment to Americas workers. I also want to thank and acknowledge Secretary Treasurer Roy Wise and Vice Presidents Ernie Lofton and Carolyn Forest who are all retiring after decades of service and achievement to the UAW. We wish you all the best.
Let me just say, its great to be in Las Vegas--the hottest union city in the country. And its great to be with the UAW--because you literally keep America on the move.
You know, on my flight here this morning, I was thinking about the work and the history of the UAW--and I couldnt help but recall a story that my friend former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall once told me. Ray was my old boss at the Labor Department when I worked there 20 years ago.
And as Secretary he would often visit our nations schools to talk with students about their education and its relationship to work. Well, one day while visiting a school, a young girl ran up to Secretary Marshall--and she could hardly contain her excitement. She said: Mr. Secretary, I want you to know Ive been elected ?Labor Secretary of my 4th grade class.
Secretary Marshall said: Well, what do you do? And she said: Well...I wash the blackboard. I clean the erasers. I pick up all the mess. And on Fridays, everything thats in the wrong place, I put back in the right place.
Then she said: Mr. Secretary, what do you do? And he just looked at her and said: That pretty much describes it.
The fact is, for over 60 years, the UAW has fought to put things in the right place--and keep our nation on the right track. You not only build the best cars in the world, you have kept Americas engine of economic and social justice running strong.
And youve helped move our country further down the road of progress and dignity for working families.
From the struggle to form the UAW in the 1930s...to your calls for equal pay for equal work in the 40s...to marching for civil rights in the 50s and 60s...the UAW has led the way.
It was the UAW that worked to protect pensions and win the passage of ERISA in the 1970s--remembering the words of Walter Reuther who said we must remember those who were too old to work and too young to die.
The UAW made sure in the 1980s that workers had advance notification of plant closings. And I especially want to thank you for all weve achieved together inh the 90s under the leadership of President Clinton.
Family and Medical Leave. The minimum wage. Lower taxes for working families. The largest boost in education and childrens health care in over a generation. The American people have it because you fought for it.
Quite simply, the history of the UAW is the history of American progress and social justice in the 20th century--and you should be very proud of that.
We know that change never comes easy. Almost 40 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to a UAW Convention like this and said Social progress never rolls on the wheels of inevitability. Men and women all over the nation must work for it.
And thats why all of you are here at this Constitutional Convention. To work for social progress and to chart a course to a new century.
I can tell you that as I travel our country as your Labor Secretary, I am reminded time and again of how vital the labor movement is to peoples lives and their hopes for a better future.
And as we face that future together, this Administration will continue to stand up and say: We are proud.
We are proud to wear the pro-worker, pro-family, pro-union label.
And its no accident that our Administration has a pro-labor record while our country has a record strong economy. Because the two go hand in hand.
Our economy is the healthiest in a generation. Unemployment is at a 28 year low. Inflation is at a 30 year low. Over 16 million jobs have been created since President Clinton took office. After nearly a decade of decline, we have over 150,000 new auto jobs. Americas auto industry is number one-- and our budget deficit is zero. Thats not a bad deal.
But you and I know these numbers hide another truth. Because too many families are not part of that prosperity. Too many Americans are getting left behind--young people in our inner cities and rural communities...those struggling to reach the next rung on the ladder of opportunity...families working full-time but living paycheck to paycheck. And we know prosperity that is not broadly shared is false prosperity.
I am proud that our national unemployment rate is 4.3%. But its not 4.3 % in far too many of our neighborhoods and communities.
And, of course, the challenge is not just about getting jobs. We need to lift wages. We need to close the gap between rich and poor. We need to grow together.
This is a time of opportunity--but its also a time of challenge. Look at whats happening all around us. Our workforce is literally changing before our eyes. We are becoming more skilled and more diverse than ever before.
Our workplace is also changing. We are becoming more global. Technology is a growing part of our lives--at work and at home.
Times like these are not times to rest. As the President has said, these are times to build. And all of us in this room know that in order to build you need a strong foundation.
And, to me, the labor movement has always been about keeping the foundation of American values strong as we build Americas future. Thats the legacy of the labor movement.
Leading the way, giving voice to the values that define who we are, the values that built the American middle class.
Because you know that our world changes. Our work changes. Times change. But values dont.
So the work we do and the fights we wage are not about protecting laws-- they really are about protecting values.
What do I mean by that?
We as Americans believe in the value of responsibility and that means the right to a safe workplace. Thats why together, weve fought for a strong OSHA--one that can do its job by protecting workers in theirs.
Im proud that last year was the safest on record in the American workplace. But one worker killed or injured on the job is one too many.
And thats why I can assure you that the President, the Vice-President, and your Secretary of Labor will fight to protect OSHA as it protects Americas workers. Our bottom line is this: No worker should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood.
So when you go back home, you can tell your union brothers and sisters: Legislation to weaken OSHA may pass Congress--but it wont pass the Presidents desk.
Thats what we mean by responsibility.
We as Americans believe in the value of free speech. We were proud to stand with you in California to defend the rights of union members to participate in the political process.
Working together, we now have defeated the so-called Paycheck Protection Act in the House, in the Senate, and on the ballot in California. Because we know it is simple. A bill that purports to protect your paycheck at the cost of your freedom to speak is no bargain at all.
We as Americans believe in the value of democracy--and that democracy doesnt end when you start the workday.
When it comes to firing or refusing to hire union organizers--the so-called salting issue--some people are trying to say that its OK to punish a worker for exercising a fundamental democratic right. They are wrong.
Lets talk straight. The issue here really isnt salting in the workplace, its assaulting worker rights. No worker in this country should be forced to choose between their union and their job.
Freedom of association is a fundamental American right and it is the backbone of the labor movement.
I remember my own tutelage at the hands of my mentor a great labor leader A. Phillip Randolph. It was Randolph who said At the banquet table of life there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take and you take what you can hold. And you cant hold anything without power. And power comes from organization.
And that is, my friends, I stand here to say to simply and with no reservation: I will always protect and always respect the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively. Period.
And let me just say I know that strikes are never easy. Layoffs arent easy. And as your Secretary of Labor, I can tell you, I am concerned for workers, concerned for families, concerned for communities.
But I am also confident. Confident in our nations collective bargaining process--and confident in your 60-year tradition of resolving differences at the table. Thats your history. And as long as the collective bargaining process is working--I am confident that workers at GM will be, too. That is the American way.
That is why we as Americans also believe in the value of competition. That competition must be fair.
And rest assured that as Labor Secretary I will not shrink from the fight to see that the rights of American workers--and those around the world--are protected...that they can form unions, and that discrimination, forced labor and intolerable child labor are abolished once and for all.
We as Americans believe in the value of justice. It is very basic. If you work full-time, you shouldnt live in poverty. Everyone should have a fair shot and a fair share in our nations prosperity. And thats why we need to reward work and raise the minimum wage.
But its not just wages, its benefits. So we must keep up the fight you helped lead on health care. That is why the President now is calling for a Consumer Bill of Rights. Because all Americans should have the information they need about quality of care. No American should be denied emergency room care. And no American should fear losing health care when they need it the most.
Lastly, we as Americans believe in the value of opportunity. We have to make sure that when any American shows up to work--they have the opportunity to compete.
That they dont face barriers because of their gender or their race.
You know, Ive spoken at a number of commencements this spring. And I tell the story about when I graduated from college. I remember being turned down for job after job sometimes because I was a woman...sometimes because I was black.
One employer in my hometown of Mobile, Alabama looked at me and said: Ms. Herman, you can be a clerk. You can be a typist. Perhaps you can be a secretary.
Well, Steve, I often wonder where that employer is today because I would like to be able to turn to him and say: Sir, I did become a Secretary.
That was some time ago. But the point is this. We still have work to do when it comes to lowering the barriers, opening the doors, and leveling the playing field for all Americans.
And the labor movement knows the doors of opportunity--the doors to better jobs and higher pay--are through education and training. Through lifelong learning and skills development.
Higher skills lead to higher productivity to better jobs, higher profits, and higher pay.
Thats why the President has made education and training pillars of his economic policy. Thats why we are working hard to cut class sizes in Americas schools...to put 100,000 new teachers to work...to make college more affordable for working families...and to pass the Presidents GI Bill for Americas Workers.
Now, I know I dont need to tell you about the importance of education and training to getting the good jobs of today and tomorrow. But history shows something else. And I will end on this note.
Unions are key to ensuring the average worker not only has access to training, but access to rewards. Unions raise pay. Unions increase benefits. Unions keep workers safe. Unions help make sure more workers can share in our nations prosperity. Unions improve the lives not just of organized labor, but for all who labor.
So as I conclude, let me thank the UAW for keeping Americas engine revved up and running. Thank you for taking our nation down the higher road.
This is a time of challenge. But its also a time of tremendous opportunity. And I know that if we keep hold of our values, we will take hold of the future.
And I am confident that with your vision, your vigor and your values, the UAW will do in the next century, what you have done throughout this one: You will keep America moving.
Thank you and God bless you for all you do.


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I found Britzman's work on Colossal and was struck by the beauty he was able to achieve using cast-off plastic bottles and colored water. As one who's been mulling over quite a few upcycling projects lately, this is a nice reminder for me to keep imagining the future potential of an item. If discarded plastic bottles are able to reemerge as a cascade of leaves or a spattering of stars, there really is hope for almost anything to be salvaged and turned into something beautiful.
The only downside of this is, you just know the people who park next to him now feel totally inferior about their dinky $12 sunshades.
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The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy."
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And like FreeBSD, it's not known for running on UltraSPARC systems. Among its many platforms, OpenBSD does indeed have a port for both SPARC (sun4/4c/4m) and SPARC64 (sun4u/UltraSPARC), and the SPARC64 port supports my Ultra 5. So in continuing with my ongoing series on evaluating operating systems running on the Sun Ultra 5, I took a look at OpenBSD 3.4, SPARC64 edition.
OpenBSD, like FreeBSD and NetBSD, exists as a 64-bit only operating system on SPARC64. And like FreeBSD, OpenBSD has no mechanism for supporting 32-bit applications. This contrasts with Solaris and Linux, where 64-bit and 32-bit binaries, libraries, and kernels live together in harmony.
My test system is of course my Sun Ultra 5, of which the specs can be found in my intro article.
If you've used OpenBSD, you know the installation is about as no-frills as you can get. No fancy menus, no nice and neat CD ROM ISOs, and certainly no graphics. But while it's lacking in refinements, it's perfectly functional, and there is excellent documentation to back it up.
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any prompt except password prompts you can run a shell command by typing
'!foo', or escape to a shell by typing '!'. Default answers are shown in []'s
and are selected by pressing RETURN. At any time you can exit this program by
pressing Control-C and then RETURN, but quitting during an install can leave
your system in an inconsistent state.
You can get the install files from OpenBSD's FTP site or one of many mirror sites. You can also order install media from the OpenBSD site. With my cable modem on the ready, I chose the download route.
The SPARC64 install tree contains a bootable ISO image for installation, but the bootable CD does not contain the actual installation files, only the installation program itself. You can either burn the installations files to a separate (non-bootable) CD, or make them available via other means, such as FTP (either locally or from a main FTP server/mirror), HTTP, or NFS.
Because of its spartan design, installing OpenBSD may be a bit intimidating for more green users, but the documentation should be able to walk most through.
Probably the toughest part of this (or just about any other) install is drive partitioning. Every operating system seems to have their own unique way of doing the same task, even among the BSDs. Mentally switching between the various iterations can get tedious, although that's more of a general complaint, not one directed at OpenBSD.
Fortunately for me, I already had my drive partitioned from NetBSD and FreeBSD, so I didn't make any changes. I let OpenBSD re-format the already-existing partitions and continued on.
Installation is quick, taking only about 10 minutes to get a system up and running. I didn't run into any problems.
Although I hadn't it in my previous reviews, I thought it important to make special note of the documentation that accompanies OpenBSD. Having a reputation for putting security above all other matters, I was expecting somewhat weak documentation.
However the documentation for OpenBSD is in fact, excellent.
It's concise, easy to follow, and comprehensive. As I found myself pondering a question, I quickly found the answer in the FAQ. What files do I need there to be available over HTTP, FTP, etc. for install? Does OpenBSD support soft-updates? Those questions were all covered simply and succinctly in the documentation. Kudos to the team that put that together and maintains it. They've done an exceptional job.
By default OpenBSD runs more minimalist than a living room spread in an Ikea catalog. Here's a ps -auxww from my OpenBSD 3.4 system:
Speaking of SSH, you can thank OpenBSD for the ubiquitous OpenSSH, used in just about every *nix system on the planet. Even Sun's commercial SSH is based on OpenSSH. A detailed history of OpenSSH can be found here.
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DALLAS - March 27, 2014 - Dr. Benjamin P. Tu, associate professor of biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was honored today with the 2014 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research. Dr. Tu was recognized for innovative studies of once-unappreciated molecules that may someday improve treatments for cancer or conditions associated with aging.
The award is given by the Houston-based Welch Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and largest sources of private funding for basic research in chemistry. The Welch Foundation presents the $100,000 award annually to honor early career scientists at Texas institutions who are expanding the frontiers of chemistry. Dr. Tu, 36, is the fifth UT Southwestern researcher since 2002 to receive the award, which is named after Dr. Norman Hackerman, an internationally known chemist and former president of both the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University.
Dr. Tu's work indicates that metabolites - small molecules produced when the body processes nutrients - may be the drivers of key cellular processes rather than mere bystanders, as conventional wisdom had held. In research that may lead to new treatments for human disease, Dr. Tu identified a unique nutritional pathway in mammalian cells that is unnecessary for healthy cells but crucial to support the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. He then discovered a way to block that pathway.
"Dr. Tu is an outstanding investigator whose discoveries are at the nexus of biology and chemistry," said Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, President of UT Southwestern Medical Center. "Dr. Tu's work is advancing our understanding of what could be a very critical connection between metabolism and the fundamental cellular processes of cell growth, division, and autophagy, the 'housecleaning' process through which cells destroy damaged proteins and organelles."
"I am very honored to receive this award and wish to thank all my mentors, colleagues, and trainees who believed in me along the way," Dr. Tu said. "It is wonderful that the Welch Foundation so generously supports basic chemical research in Texas. This support will help us better understand processes that are fundamental to conditions such as cancer and aging. We hope to continue discovering unforeseen roles for small molecule metabolites in biology, improving our understanding of diseases affected by cellular metabolism."
Dr. Tu began his research in yeast and recently expanded to mammalian cells to understand how metabolism affects fundamental cellular processes when nutrients are scarce. His strategy runs counter to the usual approach.
"Scientists tend to culture cells under nutrient-rich conditions because we want them to grow," said Dr. Tu. "In reality, cells in the wild or growing in a tumor often face unfavorable nutritional states. Those are the times you can really see the impact of metabolites. They kick off cellular strategies for survival, such as delaying cell division until more nutrient-favorable times."
The son of two scientists, Dr. Tu enjoyed numbers as a child. An undergraduate course in the organic chemistry of life and lab work at Harvard College convinced him to pursue a career in biochemistry. He arrived at UT Southwestern as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Steven McKnight, chairman of biochemistry, in 2004 and joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2007.
"Ben graduated from Harvard with honors, and then did fantastic doctoral work in biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco," Dr. McKnight said. "He has proven to be as good as it gets as an experimental scientist."
Dr. Tu's honors include the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences, a Sara and Frank McKnight Foundation Fellowship (named to honor Dr. McKnight's parents), an AAAS/Science/GE Healthcare Young Scientist Regional Award, and a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
UT Southwestern's other Hackerman Award winners are Dr. Kim Orth, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, in 2010; Dr. Patrick Harran, former professor of biochemistry, in 2007; Dr. Zhijian "James" Chen, professor of molecular biology, in 2005; and Dr. Xiaodong Wang, former professor of biochemistry, in 2003.
About UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty includes many distinguished members, including five who have been awarded Nobel Prizes since 1985. Numbering more than 2,700, the faculty is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide medical care in 40 specialties to nearly 91,000 hospitalized patients and oversee more than 2 million outpatient visits a year.
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Maxine Waters
|Maxine Waters
|U.S. Representative from California's 43rd District
From: January 3, 2013 - Present
|Joe Baca
|U.S. Representative from California's 35th District
From: January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2013
|Jerry Lewis
|Gloria Negrete McLeod
|U.S. Representative from California's 29th District
From: January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1993
|Augustus Hawkins
|Henry Waxman
|Sidney Williams
|Non-denominational Protestant
Maxine Waters (born August 15, 1938) is a Democratic United States Representative from California. She is an African-American woman who represents California's 43rd district in the 113th Congress, which includes South Central Los Angeles. Waters is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the Chairwoman of its Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Also, Waters is on the Committee on the Judiciary overseeing Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Immigration, and Border Security. She is the founding member and Chair of the "Out of Iraq" Congressional Caucus, a member of the Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus. She is known for being an outspoken liberal and for espousing socialistic goals. She was a cosponsor of the House resolution to impeach then-Vice President Dick Cheney in 2007 for the War in Iraq.
Early life
Maxine Waters was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended college at California State University. Before entering politics she was a teacher. Waters is married to Sidney Williams.
LA Riots
Standing up for her constituents, she defended the people involved in the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Waters maintains that to label it a riot was to call people crazy. She understands their motives so she decided to call it a rebellion.[1]
Blaming Big Oil
Rep. Waters is on record blaming oil executives for the high cost of gasoline: "Guess what this liberal will be all about, this liberal will be all about socializing... taking over and the government running all of your companies."[Citation Needed]
Ethics Violations
Rep. Maxine Waters used her influence to help a bank in which her husband owned stock. The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation of her and whether she benefited as a result.[2] After nearly three years of investigation, Rep. Waters was cleared of the charges.[3]
In 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011, the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) named Maxine Waters one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress.[4]
- ↑ Was it a 'riot,' a 'disturbance' or a 'rebellion'?, LATimes, April 29, 2007
- ↑ California Rep. Waters Is Under Investigation, NewsMax.com, October 29, 2009
- ↑ Maxine Waters cleared of House ethics charges, September 21, 2012
- ↑ http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/maxine-waters
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Catch and view bugs through the magnifier lid.
This nifty magnifying jar is perfect for viewing bugs and other small items from nature. These handy bug jars provide a means to both contain any interesting creatures you may find, as well as examine them under magnification. Start with the included plastic bug, then move on to faster moving creatures.
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This chapter covers problems that you may encounter as a result of security settings:
Mutual Authentication Not Working With the Application Client
The following error occurs from an application client or in the server.log:
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission name write...
There is a permissions issue in the policy files. Either the client.policy for the application client or the server.policy for server side components does not have permission to set the property.
Add the permission in client.policy (for the application client), or in server.policy (for EJB/web modules) for the application that needs to set the property. By default, applications only have "read" permission for properties.
For example, to grant read/write permission for all the files in the codebase directory, add or append the following to client.policy or server.policy:
grant codeBase "file:/.../build/sparc_SunOS/sec/-" { permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read,write"; };
Role-mapping information is available in Sun-specific XML (for example, sun-ejb-jar.xml), and authentication is okay, but the following error message is displayed:
[...INFO|sun-appserver-pe8.0|javax.enterprise.system.container.ejb|...| javax.ejb.AccessLocalException: Client not authorized for this invocation. at com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.preInvoke(BaseContainer.java:... at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(...)
Check whether the EJB module (.jar) or web module (.war) is packaged in an application (.ear) and does not have role-mapping information in application level, Sun-specific, sun-application.xml. For any application (.ear), security role-mapping information must be specified in sun-application.xml. It is acceptable to have both module-level XML and application-level XML.
Check whether the installation and server startup was performed as a local user, instead of as the root user. Always start the Application Server as the root user, because the Solaris realm works only with the root user. It was not designed to work with any other local user. Note also that role mapping can happen on the local user.
This failure can occur when the keystore and truststore properties are not set properly.
Set the following properties on the JVM:
javax.net.ssl.keyStore= <keystore-file-path\>;javax.net.ssl.trustStore=<truststore-file-path\>
To use the application client, set the environment variable VMARGS to the following value:
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore= ${admin.domain.dir}/${admin.domain}/config/keystore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore= ${admin.domain.dir}/${admin.domain}/config/cacerts.jks


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Russia have recorded a historic maiden triumph at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Ravenna/Italy 2011, beating defending champions and four-time winners Brazil quite comfortably in the final. A further mark of the quality in an outstanding Russian team came after the tournament, when the Eastern Europeans carried off two of the individual honours. FIFA.com reviews the accolades handed out at the end of the event.
adidas Golden Ball: Ilya Leonov (Russia)
The Russian captain hoisted two trophies into the Ravenna sky on Sunday evening, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup itself, and the adidas Golden Ball for the player of the tournament, the result of a poll of all officially accredited media representatives covering the event. The Russia No8 showed all the qualities associated with a true leader, contributing vital goals, keeping his defensive line superbly well-organised, and delivering textbook set plays.
adidas Silver Ball: Andre (Brazil)
There was always danger for defenders when Brazilian striker Andre moved into position, and he also mastered the happy knack of scoring just when his team desperately needed a boost. His goals ultimately made the difference in the Brazilians' wafer-thin quarter-final victory over Nigeria, and his daring technical skill swiftly won him a host of admirers among the fans. Andre is a worthy and popular winner of the adidas Silver Ball as second-best player.
adidas Bronze Ball: Frank Velasquez (El Salvador)
El Salvador were the underdogs who ruffled the big guns' feathers at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011, mounting a courageous charge all the way to the semi-finals, spearheaded by adidas Bronze Ball winner Frank Velasquez. There was more to the agile striker's game than mere scoring too: his explosive pace and inventiveness in front of goal caused opposing defences no end of problems.
adidas Golden Boot: Andre (Brazil)
A fifth straight FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup triumph for Brazil proved just out of reach, but there was a consolation prize for Andre as he carried off the adidas Golden Boot. The skilled sharp-shooter finished top scorer in Ravenna with 14 goals.
adidas Silver Boot: Madjer (Portugal)
Goals are never far away when superstar Madjer takes to the sand, and the Portugal captain was his usual dependable self in Ravenna with a 12-goal haul, including a host of sizzling volleys and thunderbolt free-kicks. He takes home the adidas Silver Boot as second-highest scorer.
adidas Bronze Boot: Frank Velasquez (El Salvador)
El Salvador sniper Velasquez was his courageous team's top scorer, and also came third in the tournament goalscoring chart. He finished with nine goals at Stadio del Mare, where he acknowledged the crowd's cheers as he collected the adidas Bronze Boot.
adidas Golden Glove: Andrey Bukhlitskiy (Russia)
Russia's triumph in Ravenna was based on their rock-solid defensive platform, and the cast-iron last line of defence provided by goalkeeper Andrey Bukhlitskiy. The shot-stopper drove opposing strikers to distraction with his stunning reactions, and even kept a clean sheet in his country's group meeting with Tahiti. Even more remarkably, it is the third time the Russian has achieved the amazing feat at a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) duly named Bukhlitskiy best goalkeeper of the tournament and winner of the adidas Golden Glove.
FIFA Fair Play award: Nigeria
Nigeria came within an ace of beating previously all-conquering Brazil in the quarter-finals, finally coming off second-best in a tense period of extra-time. The Africans thrilled the crowds with their sparkling attacking play but never resorted to underhand tactics or overly muscular play, deservedly earning them the FIFA Fair Play Award.


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maysie77 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 185 designs submitted by 47 freelance designers.
InsiemePoker.it ( it meens We are together poker ) in italian
I am a freelance designer working for a leading European poker site who are looking to expand into new territories. InsiemePoker.it will be a poker site for Italians only for now ,feel free to reflect this in the design.
Poker players are approx 70-80% male and aged between 16-35 yrs. More and more younger players are taking up and dominating the online scene and its not unlikely to see 18 yr olds betting huge amounts in a single hand. This generation of player is web savvy , cashed up carefree and partying their way around Europe playing both online and offline tournaments. They are not conservative types they are bold , aggressive poker players looking to win and if they aren't like that yet that is where they want to be .
InsiemePoker.it ( it means We are together poker ). The key here is 'We are together' . This needs to be reflected in the design and is a key concept of the poker site. Playing poker together.
The logo needs to be broad enough to hold a website banner, but simple enough to use on a business card / playing card
The logo should appeal to web savvy young adults who are used to viewing high quality websites and designs.
I would prefer a horizontal design but will consider vertical examples if you chose to go that road.
The logo needs to convey 2 key elements , 1.Poker and 2.together if you do this then you are well on you way
Although the logo is InsiemePoker.it there will also be a .com version so please keep this in mind this change will have to take place with minimal fuss.
InsiemePoker.it will be a poker site for Italians only, feel free to reflect this
'italian' target in the best way you see fit.
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Voodoo Moon (US - DVD R1)
Gabe wishes there was a Voodoo spell to ward off bad, made for Sci-Fi movies..
Seven childhood friends reunite in a small East-Coast town to face down the ultimate evil, once spiritually and physically defeated in their past. Each member of the group has a supernatural power which they will have to utilize to over come the demon menace...
...Oh wait, that's a synopsis of Stephen King's It. Let me try that again.
A young British man with a tortured past learns the mystical ways of a Catholic priest, and couples this knowledge with the mystical ways of a Voodoo priest, in hopes of exorcising evil. He wanders the planet in search of his prey...
...No, no, that's Alan Moore's Hellblazer, which was made into a big budget Hollywood film called Constantine, staring Keanu Reeves.
How about you just mix those two stories together, swap out the Brit with an American, age up those kids, and call the East-Coast the Mid-West. Add a dash of John Carpenter's Vampires, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot, and you've got yourself Voodoo Moon, a derivative piece of junk featuring bad special effects and worse acting. Did I mention this film premiered on the Sci-Fi channel?
Well shoot, that's pretty much my review right there. There isn't much else to say, but I'll stretch this out a little more if I must.
The film's top three selling points (according to the press release) are as follows: Actor Eric Mabius, actress Charisma Carpenter, and the fact that writer/director Kevin VanHook is a semi-famous special effects supervisor. Personally, I don't know anyone who gets excited about watching a film featuring the star of Crow: Salvation and Resident Evil, and with good cause, as Mabius has the acting range of a paint chip. Buffy and Angel fans may flock to the film because of Carpenter, but will probably get more out of her recent Playboy spread than this two-by-four performance. Besides, she's Mabius' sister in the flick, so there is no (intended) sexual tension.
This leaves us with VanHook, who like Phil Tippet and Stan Winston, has decided to prove he's more than pixels and puppets. This isn't VanHook's first trip behind the camera or the word processor, however, and one might like to think he's learned a thing or two. I've not had the pleasure of watching the director's first two films, but if this film is representative of a marked improvement, I think I may want to steer clear. And you're a SFX man, Kevin, let's at least see some quality control on that awful digital animation.
I've covered the fact that the story is derivative, and the acting wooden, and the supposedly spectacular effects are lame, so what else is wrong here? Well, it appears the editor was just as enthralled by this mess as I was, and fell asleep at the switch because every single scene goes on far too long. The camera work is entirely uninspired, even if VanHook will have you understand differently on his self-congratulatory commentary track (more on that later). The character dialogue, 99% of which is expositional, is sub-Saturday morning cartoon. Sometimes it feels like VanHook actually wanted to make the film's prequel, given the vast amounts of time and characters he delegates to the extremely thin back-story.
Here's a small sampling of what one can expect from this ode to ineptitude, a critical dissection of a single scene:
Mabius and Carpenter are lost looking for their hometown, and stop to ask a couple of old men directions ("You want to ask for directions? Ok, who are you, and what have you done with my brother?", wow, never heard that gem of a line before). The old men tell them that the town has been flooded, and is now a water reservoir. After far too much text-book 'old-man' dialogue (something about how young folks are always looking for trouble, or some such dreck), one of the elderly exposition machines announces that he has a news paper clipping, and walks over to his tool box to get it, then reads it aloud to Mabius.
First of all, I don't care who you are, if your hometown is turned into a lake, you and/or your sister has heard about. The fact that this comes as a revelation to our main characters is asinine. Secondly, nobody floods a spooky small town because its history freaks them out, and they especially don't use that dead body filled floodwater as drinking water (which is implied). Third, it's not implied that this old man collects newspaper clipping besides this single one, which he keeps in a nearby toolbox. And why can't the audience just take his word for it, or maybe VanHook could simply cut to the following shot of Mabius and Carpenter standing on the shores of their sunken town, complete with a sign? Did we really need to waste our time with such a trivial and pointless sequence, that we've seen a hundred times before?
And this is one scene. The film is full of this stuff. I struggle to find something nice to say at all. I guess that Jeffery Combs fanatics will want to see the film for the man's small role as a zombie cop set on helping Mabius before he can move onto the next life. Combs is pretty hammy, but shows up the entire rest of the cast, including usually dependable stand-bys Dee Wallace (Stone) and John Amos, who seem to have a pretty good idea of how bad the movie is, and don't seem to be willing to exert too much energy considering their director doesn't know the difference between a good or bad performance anyway.
Voodoo Moon looks like a made for TV flick. The image is soft, and has a hint of that weird daytime soap opera look. The DVD is a nice representation of the finished film. Detail levels are high with only a hint of edge enhancement, and even nighttime scenes are entirely discernable. Interiors are occasionally grainy. The overall image is so sharp that it manages to uncover some of the films less-than-stellar make-up effects, including some bullet hits that have no holes, as if shot from a paint gun.
The film's score is ambitious, but thin, and more than a little derivative. There are a few moments of slight inspiration, and this Dolby Digital 5.1 track makes the most of it. The 'special' effects power battles aren't nearly vicious enough. Considering all the fire and brimstone on screen, one might've expected a little sound and fury on the soundtrack. The dialogue is inconsistent, to the point where sometimes a two-character conversation sounds like it was recorded in two different rooms. It's a given that a massive amount of dialogue usually needs to be fixed in ADR, but this is one of the more obvious cases I've come across in a recent film. The mix on a whole is passable, but nothing special.
What's worse than watching a bad movie? Listening to a proud writer/director talk about how much he loves said bad movie. I'm not one for false modesty, but there is something unmistakably conceited about loving one's own work so very much. My eyeballs almost fell out of my skull I was rolling them so often during the DVD's solo commentary track. VanHook has the gall to call his own, flatly delivered, entirely unoriginal lines great. The worst part is that these self praises are often preceded and followed by long, meditative pauses.
At the film's end, a character is impaled on a church's cross spire (as if all the black bird imagery and use of Mabius weren't calling enough attention to the film's penchant for ripping off The Crow films), and surrounded by some of the most unconvincing digital fire I've ever seen. After about a minute of silence, VanHook pompously states, "That's a powerful image". I couldn't believe it. When not praising his work, VanHook is letting us lowly viewers in on some of the trade secrets he's learned over the years, including the use of multiple locations in one scene, and digital composition. Kevin, we all know that was a digital gun and digital bullets, and we really never believed that you drove a truck into a lake. The two-dimensional water effects kind of gave it away.
Those with a real sense of self-hatred will want to move onto the disc's two brief featurettes. The first one is a long trailer featuring actors pretending to be interested in the project, VanHook practically calling himself a cinematic God, and a few fleeting moments of behind the scenes footage. The second featurette is all about the films SFX work, and is mercifully short.
If you really, really can't get enough, you'll want to check out the deleted scenes. There are a lot of them, and the fact that these were the scenes not good enough for this film might lead you to understand their general quality level. The disc is mercy killed by an image gallery, bios, and some Anchor Bay trailers.
Buffy and Angel fans, don't bother with Voodoo Moon. Do yourselves a big favour and just rewatch those old series DVDs. The only good Sci-Fi original movies are the ones featuring title monsters, like Abominable, Frankenfish, and Mansquito, and even those are negligible in quality. Even Jeffery Combs fans should stay away. The only reason to see this DVD is to listen to VanHook's asinine commentary track, and wonder if he's ever seen another movie, besides Constantine, It, Salem's Lot, and The Crow, of course.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Matt Thompson Member Join Date: April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 236
I saw this last night... couldn't stand it, turning it off 50 minutes in. It's terrible. That said, I'm glad you screen-capped the opening Mortal Kombat fatality.
Ha Ha, Thanks!
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
I agree, this one really sucked. Jeffrey Combs must have really needed the money to to do this. That guy deserves better than this garbage.
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
You certainly do pick 'em, Gabe.
I'd love to know which focus group came up with the idea that soft lighting is good for TV. I'd love for a TV movie director to push the boat out and try to be properly cinematic but that hardly ever happens.
Funny you should mention Stephen King's IT... I watched it recently and it hadn't lost much in the ten years since I last watched it. Now there was a TV movie that delivered.
I'd love to know which focus group came up with the idea that soft lighting is good for TV. I'd love for a TV movie director to push the boat out and try to be properly cinematic but that hardly ever happens.
Funny you should mention Stephen King's IT... I watched it recently and it hadn't lost much in the ten years since I last watched it. Now there was a TV movie that delivered.
I don't pick anything that doesn't have a "xpoloited cinema" link at the top. I'm just unfortunate enough to get this stuff.
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
So does this mean that Kevin VanHook is the next Uwe Boll?
Well, he certainly has the ego and skills to be.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd October 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, You Reap What You Sow, Black Magic, Deleted Scenes, Trailers, Photo & Still Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kevin VanHook
Cast: Eric Mabius, Charisma Carpenter, Rik Young, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, John Amos
Genre: Fantasy and Horror
Length: 90 minutes
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) reported better-than-expected operating profits Friday, but its finance director admitted that it and other U.K. banks are still paying the bill for sins committed before the credit crisis.
Bruce Van Saun, finance director of RBS, told CNBC on Friday: "Banks didn't live up to the standards of integrity or have the right culture during the lead up to the crisis and now we're paying for some of the sins of that."
"We'll have to deal with some of these things and where we've done wrong we'll pay the fines or redress our customers."
The bank's core operating profit came in at a better-than-expected 1.05 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) for the third quarter, after the successful initial public offering of insurance division Direct Line. Including charges, the company reported a pre-tax loss of 1.26 billion pounds.
Read More: Mis-Sold Payment Protection Insurance
The bank had been expected to report operating profit of 700 million pounds for the quarter, and a statutory loss of 1 billion pounds.
However, it announced an additional 400 million pounds had been set aside for compensating consumers who had been mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).The scandal over mis-selling PPI is now the most costly in U.K. banking history, with a total bill of 12.3 billion pounds so far, which is expected to rise, according to U.K. consumer group Which?.
Van Saun said: "Our safety agenda continues to make excellent progress. The core bank had a very resilient quarter in the face of a tough economic environment. And we continued to tick off milestones."
"We have another 15 months to end the recovery plan."
As well as the IPO of Direct Line, RBS also exited the government's asset protection scheme during the quarter. Its Core Tier 1 ratio, a key metric under new Basel III regulations, remained constant at 11.1 percent.


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How to Pick Dividend-Paying Stocks
There are big differences between dividend strategies and an overwhelmingly large number of stocks to choose among, Mark Hulbert discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... so the way to go to a lot of people only alot should he decide to buy a dividend stocks have you with all those can you find the real winners ... MarketWatch's Mark Albers is here to talk to say about ... how to pay a dividend stock this are we where we get some real value to the the viewing audience more ... well I hope so it turns out we track it over and above this up more than five hundred separate strategies make it as ... an ongoing story to tell ... thus in over the years is well ... with strategies they are the ones to go with that we follow a number of dividend trading strategy is the one that is done the best of a long term ... is a service called investment quality trends said that it via the London Kelly right ... and that his approach is done better than I had he not only a minute the other defendants that ... attracted any of the dividend oriented ... exchange traded funds that are out there as well ... that strategy hasn't pulled up some tried to get that that strategy hasn't tricky area for picking some of these stocks ... on Telenet's on the top of ... that coming to increase their dividends five times the last twelve years and it is ... well that's right that the overall strategy to date calibrate has is ... to make sure you're only looking at the dividend yield of companies that aren't strong financial shape ... to continue paying ... dividends ... even thirty seconds and the reason for that as they can out of a better than I had the better in ... great danger of cutting the dividend and then not only when you lose the dividend the stock ... or bond so that's not ... the APUs it so ... they look at it the perfect year six of them thank you mention one of the time difference ... at the stairs ... with a dusting themselves against ... that possibility and head ... with a subset of the bluest of blue chip stocks ... what they'll do with the look of those stocks are trading near the high end of the store or dividend rate so ... the idea that if there ... is a story trading range in the store dividend yield between three and six for seventy or ... close to six percent that these are all they undervalued and that tied the knot ... will the new ... filter all for under those SNP five hundred company that he did this filter them through that ... and totally come out ... well they had ever ties with ten for the color ... of this ... stocks that the ... that that ... that they save you money go into that they don't call it sector in August but nonetheless the other hand I ... find some of the bigger names overwhelmed McDonald's Johnson Johnson took over our own three of some of the big names ... those inching his list tomorrow is that a lot of the names on their say Archer Daniels Midland ... high Occidental Petroleum Union Pacific ... they are not the companies that we talk about all the time you know and when we intend to talk about all about ... the real saw the hot stocks the real movers the momentum plays ... the stocks on this list are not those stocks ... well that's right and that's a very good point because ... did I ... go into dividend stocks versus been repeated often enough ... the idea of going to dividend strategies Make Sense It is ... that if there is a ... bear market the providing downside protection by and will never was exacerbated the bull market that continues and so ... are a lot of people who talk about the strategies that they don't get the kind of attention ... in the market continues going up because they're probably not going to be in the top performers are around but not alas they may be slow and steady wins the race that is going to be at the heart of eventually ending stocks might provide ... some very ... valuable downside protection another ... Mark called the Canadian Tire balk ... at MarketWatch Mark appreciate the time as always


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Apple and Samsung have been locked in a patent war for most of this year. It's a complicated situation, and you should check out Digital Trends' full breakdown of the legal dispute if you really want to understand it, but the long and short of it is: Apple alleges that several of Samsung's Android-based smartphones and tablets infringe on its own iPhone and iPad. The iThing-maker has been working to block sales of targeted Samsung devices since the dispute started, and it's a bid that has now been officially derailed.
A Friday ruling from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh officially denies Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against Samsung, Reuters reports. The U.S. is just one of the contested battlegrounds, however, with Apple scoring a victory on Friday as well, when an Australian judge extended a previously placed ban on Galaxy Tab sales for another week.
The iOS maker has more than 20 cases pending in 10 different countries, with the U.S.-based lawsuit having been filed in April. Friday's ruling effectively blocks Apple's request that sales of three Samsung smartphone models, plus the Galaxy Tab 10.1, be blocked. The case is far from over for either side, but Apple's failed request is a definite setback.


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I'm late with this week's update but I had a good reason. I was in Las Vegas for the Annual Internext Porn Convention. I'll talk about that in a minute...
I saw Ponytail walking down the street in the snow when I was coming out of my babymomma's house one morning. I quickly had to get out to my car to warm it up and get all of the ice off of the windows so that I could catch her in time. I got that ice off like a madman. I hurried so much that I left the right half of my windshield still covered with ice now allowing me to see too well but Fuck It. I had to go get this girl naked.
Obviously I was able to catch her and get her to the crib naked. As you can see she has a phat ass and all of that and I got the wide open pussy shots as usual. If you're not a member, you need to go ahead and join up. I'm now an established pornographer who now has more connections in the porn industry than the average muthafucka out here. And I obtained them while at the porn convention in LAS VEGAS!


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We're back in cold, rainy, foggy, LOVLEY England again and trying to get our sleeping back on track (not really, it's 4am). It's so hard getting things back to normal when we were 8 hours ahead. Ryan is back to work and we're back to real life. I've got my dance classes again on Thursday and I haven't been in over 3 weeks so it's going to be rough and wobbly (I make it sound like I'm an actual dancer…psh). I'm going to try and get some Yoga practice in these next few days so it isn't so bad.
Thanks to everyone that left the lovely comments about out trip photos. We were so happy to be back in the states but it is nice to be in our own place. I really needed this trip. Before we flew out there I was really missing America. Of course I always miss family and friends but I didn't think I'd miss the places much – even Ryan was sad to leave.
I have a feeling I'm going to have trip withdrawal like most people do when they get back from a little holiday. I've got some plans to keep myself busy and crafty things to do to occupy my mind. I guess I should start the job hunt again so I can actually buy people things for Christmas. It's creeping up on us fast.
We're spending our FIRST Christmas together. This is also the first Christmas away from family but I don't want that to get me down. There will be lots of Christmas's to spend with everyone at different times. I usually get the blues this time of year and I plan to turn that around. Can't wait to get our first tree, buy our first ornaments and wrap secret presents.
What am I saying?! I still have to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Don't think just because I'm in England now that I'm not eating a Thanksgiving dinner!
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Both anim00z' pilot episodes turned the world upside down
(okay a little exaggeration but whatever)
easily becoming favorites of almost everyone who'd seen them.
But my question is, which one was better?
Which one was more epic?
Which one was more groundbreaking?
Which one was more goosebumps-worthy?
And do you think AOT will achieve the same success as SAO and more?
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
I liked AOT episode one more, but maybe im only saying that because its a new anime. Regarding success, i think they will be somewhat in the same league.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
I haven't watched AOT yet. The trailer was like OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS PERFECTION, so I'm guessing it's good.
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Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
I finished to watch SAO yesterday. Overall it was nice and had a proper ending.
As AOT just had its first episode run, I will supress the urge to judge it now... but I have some hopes for it.
Searching a demoness from hell or goddess from heaven...
I thought you detested SAO with a rabid passion?
icecreamsnow wrote:
I thought you detested SAO with a rabid passion? ;)
Shhhh you'll break the facade.
icecreamsnow wrote:
I thought you detested SAO with a rabid passion? ;)
Don't start.
Am not here to drag SAO for 20 pages.
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Shhhh you'll break the facade.
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Hmmm both chaotic, can't handle chaos..gimme some weed
OMG! AOT will be tons better! I love the manga and Im expecting alot from this EPIC storyline
Caught up in One Piece!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ *confetti*
Don't know. I don't like to watch shows as they air because cliff hangers suck. I'll let you know when the show wraps lol
I think Attack On Titan has the potential to be a better adaptation than Sword Art Online, but we'll have to see how well they adapt the anime from the source in totality.
Comparing to the two pilot episodes I'd say they're equal. But I will say that I think AOT's source material is of significantly better quality and depth than SAO's. Therefore, I think AOT has an edge on being a better show as a whole (again, depending on how well they bring it to anime).
AOT is definitely off to an excellent start, but really I thought the same of SAO and then was seriously disappointing with the whole fairy world bullshit and the sister/brother love story which was so poorly written/executed.
However, my prediction is that AOT will not have as large of a fanbase as SAO and will not be as popular as SAO was/is.
That typically happens. Example: horrible, mind numbing, intellectually vapid pop music is bought and loved by millions while excellent pop, jazz, or rock music that is well written with intelligent lyrics and complex instrumentation labors among only a few thousand fans.
AOT's source material is not as broadly friendly as SAO's is and SAO brought together two love interests that struck a cord with a HUGE number of people (including me). I think SAO appeals to most intellectual levels where as AOT will appeal to a narrower intellectual level and one that can tolerate violence, death, and gore more.
After reading AOT's source material these past few days, I honestly don't think it will have as broad of an appeal as SAO.
Just my opinion and willing to be wrong.
No ego.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
I always had the possiblity in my mind that SAO might have turned out terrible if they took it the wrong direction (Which they did) right from episode 1. I mean, it was a cool episode and all but it wasn't exactly intellectual social commentary
However, I don't see Titan screwing up. It's obvious to me that the show is way too intelligent to suffer the same fate as SAO.
So, Titan gets the win
I didn't honestly think SAO picked up until episode 3, even though episode 1 was good, it was exactly what I expected. AoT was a lot more suspenseful and epic on its first episode.
Side note: I wish the titans looked a little less awkward. That last one was plenty scary though.
AOT definitely.. First episode of SAO was okay but first episode of AOT was MILLION times better IMO...


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NASHVILLE, TN (June 4, 2012) - As part of a goal to support musicians in an unprecedented way, Yamaha Entertainment Group is launching its first of many upcoming promotional campaigns titled "Promises and Lucky Breaks" with singer/songwriter Jon McLaughlin, best known for his hit ballad "Beautiful Disaster" and his current Sara Bareilles duet "Summer is Over."
"Promises and Lucky Breaks" offers fans two unique opportunities: the chance to purchase an exclusive experience or to enter a sweepstakes and win a phone call from Jon, a copy of his latest album Promising Promises and a Yamaha Guitalele.
The exclusive "Promises" experience features a signed Yamaha P95 stage piano, an autographed copy of Jon's latest album, a never-before-seen photograph of Jon at a private Yamaha concert and a phone call from Jon, where he will record a voicemail message, all for the price of $1,499.
The sweepstakes begins June 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. CST and ends July 12 6, at 10:00 a.m. CST. One grand prize will be chosen at random from all entries received. The grand prize consists of a personal phone call from Jon, a copy of the new album Promising Promises and a Yamaha Guitalele, Yamaha's unique hybrid instrument that is half guitar and half ukulele.
It's easy to enter and no purchase is necessary. For additional details, visit http://www.Facebook.com/YamahaEntertainmentGroup. One entry per person. Please see official rules for details.
American heartland singer/songwriter and pianist Jon McLaughlin released Promising Promises, on May 22, 2012. Jon's debut album Indiana was released in 2007, and his career hit a major stride that year when he made a cameo in Disney's film "Enchanted," singing the song "So Close," which earned an Oscar nomination and led to Jon performing at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony. Jon has toured with Kelly Clarkson, Sara Bareilles, Paolo Nutini, Marc Broussard, O.A.R., Sister Hazel along with many more bands. He is currently on a solo tour across the nation.
The P95 stage piano gives musicians dynamic, top-notch sounds and natural Graded Hammer Standard piano-like keyboard action and a high-quality built-in speaker system. This slim, exceptionally affordable instrument includes a headphone jack so it's always ready to play when you are.
Now available for the first time in the United States, the Guitalele is a miniature nylon guitar that looks and sounds like a ukulele, but features six strings and is tuned like a standard guitar up to an A (A/D/G/C/E/A). Chord fingering is the same for any standard-tuned guitar, but now guitarists can easily join the ukulele craze with a portable, playable and thoroughly unique instrument.


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Last night before going to bed, I was thinking about how to create the artificial intelligence for my robot. As I thought more about it, I seemed to be experiencing a serious moment of doubt. So far, I have assummed without much critical evaluation that creating a true machine intelligence (I don't like the terms 'artificial intelligence' because I don't think that if machines were to become truly intelligent, there would be much use for the prefix 'artificial'.) would be a good thing. But with the recent articles on the Defense Department's use of robot-like devices for warfare, I am not so certain anymore. It seems to me that machine intelligence, especially when such intelligence becomes sentient, would have vast potential for abuse. One could argue that computers already have potential for abuse (i.e., crackers and virus spreaders) but I think this misses the point. To give machines a high level of independent intelligence (which is what I'm really talking about) would make them potentially much more dangerous then computers in general because the capabilities of most computers is limited by the skill of the programmer. But a robot or computer with a high level of machine intelligence might be able to do things far beyond the expectations of the human programmer.
Sentient computers and/or robots is a serious matter. I suspect that when computers/robots become recognizably sentient, people will be afraid of them. Humans will be threatened by them, just as some were by the great chess-playing programs (e.g., Deep Blue) in the mid to late nineties. It seems not only possible, but inevitable that computers will become sentient. In fact, I think it is possible with technology we have now. The problem is one of having the right software rather than hardware. Just think of how intelligent some species of birds are. Their brains are relatively small compared to many mammals, and yet some exhibit extremely high levels of intelligence, comparable to dolphins and chimps. (See, http://www.alexfoundation.org/index2.htm). Thus, it seems that the problem with robots and computers now as far as sentience is the lack of the right programming. True, some aspects of robots such as fast visual or sound processing require shear processing power (at least the way visual software and cameras are currently built), but the capacity for logic can be programmed easily. I think that when someone figures out a way to control a robot such as Honda's ASIMO by a supercomputer, and writes the correct software, we could have a robot exhibiting sentience tomorrow. If you observe the reaction that people have toward cloning, imagine how they will react to an autonomous robot that appears to be conscious. I think they would react negatively and fearfully when they observe it acting in unanticipated and spontaneous ways, as one would expect from an entity that was really conscious. They will be forced to deal with non-human intelligence, which will, at a minimum, threaten their religious views of human special-ness and if some Skynet-like machine emerges, threaten their life.


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Social Work Internships/Field Experience
In the second semester of the Junior year, students engage in a field experience combined with pre-practice seminar (SWK 357 Field Experience). Students are required to work at social service agencies at least 60 hours for their field experience.
During the Senior year, students take two field instruction courses over the year, working about 400 hours at social service agencies under the supervision of a professional social worker. It is combined with 8 hours of field instruction seminar. Placement begins in September and ends in May.
Applicaton Procedure
In December* of the Junior year, students must apply for the Senior year Field Education Program** by submitting the following materials to the Field Coordinator:
- Three copies of the Field Education Program Application
- A current resume attached to each copy of the application
- A current transcript attached to one copy of the application
Director of Field Education
Field Education Coordinator
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*Field Education Program applications are to be submitted no later than December 7, 2015.
**Field Education is available to Social Work Majors only.
In order to enter the Field Education Program in the senior year, students must have completed the following courses and attained a minimum of a 2.5 overall average in completed social work courses in the junior year:
- SWK 242 Social Work and Christianity
- SWK 314 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
- SWK 324 Foundations of Social Justice
- SWK 354 Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
- SWK 355 Social Welfare Policy and Services
- SWK 357 Field Experience
Field Education Schedule – NYC Campus
Field Education Schedule – Rockland Campus
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Billy N. Tackett
Billy N. Tackett, age 77, of Lonsdale, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2011. He was born March 2, 1934, in Traskwood. Mr. Tackett was a retired from Boilermaker Local 69. He worked there from 1966 until 1983. He was mayor of Lonsdale for 20 years and fire chief of Lonsdale for 20 years. Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Amma Tackett, and brothers, Derwin and Dural Jean Tackett.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Vivian Tackett; son, Eddie Tackett and wife, Tami; daughter, Elaine Lashlee, husband, David; granddaughters, Amanda Fugitt and husband, Jamie, Laura Clift and husband, Justin, Tonya Lashlee; great-grandchildren, Maddie Clift, Ava Fugitt, Porter Fugitt and Brady Clift, sisters, Mary Lou Jackson and husband, Mark, Linda Statler and husband Buddy and Ann Cotten and husband, Pete; a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Chapel services is by Ashby Funeral Home will be 10 a.m. Friday with Vance Nutt and Wesley Howard officiating. Burial will follow at Ten Mile Cemetery.
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Monterey Bay is an oceanfront Myrtle Beach resort, offering luxurious suites with full and partial ocean views. Enjoy a complimentary hot deluxe breakfast served every morning. The lobby restaurant is open for lunch during the months of June, July & August. For refreshments and snacks during the summer the Surf Shack is open by the pool side.
Monterey Bay's upscale suites feature granite and raised oak cabinets, solid mahogany furnishings, as well as kitchens with updated appliances. We offer free Wi-Fi service throughout the hotel.
Guests of Monterey Bay start each morning with a complimentary hot deluxe breakfast at our ocean view restaurant that overlooks the pools. Our beach access is perfect for guests who like to feel the sand between their toes. Swim, relax and just enjoy the beautiful ocean views. Shaded picnic areas are perfect for slowing down life's frantic pace and enjoying time with your family and friends.
Relax and cool off on our wooden swings or take in a game of ping pong or cornhole before you head to the pool. Monterey Bay offers a variety of water amenities, including an indoor/outdoor pool, indoor lazy river and hot tub. Or get closer to the sun with a splash in our rooftop pool and hot tub. Monterey Bay is conveniently located on the north end of Myrtle Beach, just a few steps away from one of the most scenic stretches of beach on the East Coast and close to water parks, shopping, restaurants and attractions.


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Imperials - NapalmKing
The King climbs onto the second story.
And secures the key!
"Finally!, we must now get out of this horrid place!"
His last man stands guard.
Drakhirri - Zahru
They make it to the portal and enter, one by one.
The book is brought through the portal,
And F!SH goes through last, having finally escaped with their objective.
The portal reappears far away, near the source of a river. It spew them all out, falling into the water.
"Get your hand off of my-"
"That's my elbow you-"
"I'm sure yaoi fangirlsand arkbrik would get a kick out of this!"
"Well, I suppose a thanks are in order. Because of you, Pembridge is going to have a much needed boost in strength in the conflict in Fantoria.
"What? How the pedonuker did you get all the way here from somewhere that far away?"
"Naval power is a necesity in our ever-changing world. Those iron turds you sailed here from Medivo won't stand a change against some of the newer ships that are being developed across the continents."
"...Great... we'll just be taking our money now..."
"You mercenaries never change."
The ship sails away, leaving the Drakhirri to ponder their future.
"...Where the hell are we?"


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COMMERCE CITY CO (ColoradoRapids.com) - The Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Club announced today that the team's Game Entertainment department will be holding mascot tryouts for their final two open mascot positions!
The Rapids' two new mascots will have the privilege of representing the Colorado Rapids in front of home crowds at Dick's Sporting Goods Park and at community events throughout Colorado!
As a Colorado Rapids Mascot you will join forces with the Rapids' two existing mascots Edson the Eagle and Marco Van Bison to complete a brand-new unique 4-mascot team the only one of its kind in major league sports representing the Colorado Rapids with pride and forging strong connections with fans youth organizations and the community.
Responsibilities include performing at each home game interaction with fans making media appearances on TV and representing the club at community events charitable functions and at other events and occasions year-round.
TRYOUT DATE: Sunday October 7th 2007 10am-Noon
WHERE: Dick's Sporting Goods Park located at 60th & Quebec in Commerce City
WHO: The tryouts are open to men and women with prior mascot experience. Participants should be in excellent physical condition and come prepared to the tryouts ready to perform.
AGES: Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
TO REGISTER: Participants must send an e-mail to the Rapids' Game Entertainment Department at email@example.com with their name email and phone # as well as their resume detailing their mascot performance history to reserve a space at the tryouts!
Further information and detailed tryout instructions will then be forwarded to participants via e-mail.
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By now, Katherine Webb has surely swept every American off their feet. Miss Alabama USA 2012 was in the stands at Monday's BCS Championship game to cheer for her boyfriend, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. While Alabama was rolling Tide all over Notre Dame, Brent Musburger and the rest of the country took a second or 20 to relish in Webb's beauty. Musburger went as far as to suggest that Webb was reason enough for young men all over Alabama to seek out a life behind center. Now, ESPN is apologizing for the extent of Musburger's comments.
The ESPN statement reads: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that." [John Ourand]