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my 89 year old mother had a fall whilst shopping in Barnet she had a very painful hip and I was worried it may be broken. I took her into barnet and was seen by a smiley young receptionist who explained to us what would happen next. We were seen by the triage nurse who gave her seom pain killers and took her through to what seemed to be avery busy department. We were sent to xray followed by an examinationn by a young doctor. My mother had not broken her hip but did need to see the physiowho provided some support to make sure she would be safe at home. There were lots of ambulance arrivals and one patient was drunk and swearing at the staff with very offensive language. A very calm young male nurse was managing the situation very well. This behaviour should not be tolerated and I felt very sorry for the nurses. Despite all of the noise and ambulance arrivals and what seemed to be lots building work the area was organised and seemed to very well run. I was happy to see a matron working with the staff and patients I thought that matrons had been abolished. We were offered tea and food by a support worker. which was well recieved by my mother. We did spend over 3.5 hours in the A&E but I can only have praise for the staff who were working in difficult conditions. My only negetive point is that the security officer did not appear to provide support for the staff when they were dealing with the offensive and abusive patient when the nurses should hve been released look after patients who needed them, He was scruffy and inaffective.
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Reclaiming Healthy Touch Introduction
The following pages are from a term paper I wrote while attending Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, Florida. This term paper is on a subject that is very near and dear to my heart. As I read through it, I realize how much I have learned and the skills I now hold compared to when this was written.
Because this was a 26 page term paper, I have broken it up into sections so it is easier to read. The term paper was titled, Reclaiming Healthy Touch. Author: Don Shetterly. Written on 7/21/2003
I have also discovered Unified Therapy with Dr. Paul Canali which has helped me greatly in my own life and in my work.
I have since gone on to write my first book, Hope And Possibility Through Trauma which is available on Amazon.
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There is a field of thought that once you encounter a feeling in a body and if you stay with this feeling, it will give rise to the sensation beneath that feeling. And if you stay with that sensation, you will reach the chemical reactions that produce the sensation. Staying with the chemical reactions, you will reach the molecules that make up these reactions. With enough time, the molecules can be divided and broken down into the smallest particles of living substance within our body where they can no longer be divided.10
There are so many things that are part of our body and that are a direct result of events that have impacted us in many ways. By becoming more aware of what our body currently experiences, we can connect with these events to free the energy within ourselves and become all that we are. It is through our patience, sensitivity and creativity as body workers, that we are able to be present for others as they travel down the road of self-awareness toward the world of being the beautiful and whole person that they are.
In a study done through the Touch Research Institute, it was scientifically found that participants receiving a massage had a decrease in depression, anxiety and cortisol levels over a control group that only received relaxation therapy. While both groups showed a response of a decrease in depression and anxiety, the group receiving the massage was the only one that reported a decrease in cortisol levels.11
While this paper is general in its delivery, it is meant to be an overall introduction into working with trauma survivors. There are so many more things that could be said but this will hopefully be the groundwork as you encounter people who have traumatic pasts. Learning how to work with trauma survivors will not only make you more effective but it will help to further survivors' body awareness and progression in life.
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- Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: June 3, 2003
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Sony Pictures
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85
- Audio:
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- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Additional Release Material:
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- Audio Commentary: Guy Ritchie - Director, Matthew Vaught - Producer
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Performers, Cast and Crew:
|Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt & Dennis Farina
|Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade & Alan Ford
|Directed by
|Guy Ritchie
|Edited by
|Jon Harris
|Screenwriting by
|Guy Ritchie
|Composition by
|John Murphy
|Produced by
|Matthew Vaughn
|Director of Photography:
|Tim Maurice-Jones
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"No snatching!"
- Vinny (Robbie Gee) admonishing his dog for snatching and swallowing a whole squeeky toy
"London. You know...fish, chips, cup-o-tea, Mary Poppins. London!"
- Avi (Dennis Farina), explaining he has to go to London to get the diamond
"I don't care if he's Mohammed Imar Bruce Lee, he's goin' down in the fourth!"
- Brick Top (Alan Ford) to Turkish (Jason Statham) about Mickey's (Brad Pitt) fight
"Bon jour'"
- Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones), politely answering his car phone after he's repeatedly slammed someone's head in the passenger-side door
Entertainment Reviews:
Box Office - 01/01/2001
"...Intelligible...stylish...humorous....Downright Tarantino-esque in the best sense..."
"...Intelligible...stylish...humorous....Downright Tarantino-esque in the best sense..."
New York Times - 01/19/2001
"...Mr. Ritchie seizes the bespoke machismo of British gangster movies and gives it an action picture's ferocity....[Mr. Pitt's] brio is a reminder of how adept he is at low comedy..."
"...Mr. Ritchie seizes the bespoke machismo of British gangster movies and gives it an action picture's ferocity....[Mr. Pitt's] brio is a reminder of how adept he is at low comedy..."
Film Comment - 01/01/2001
"...Ritchie is a talented director....His slick camerawork and editing suggest a born storyteller..."
"...Ritchie is a talented director....His slick camerawork and editing suggest a born storyteller..."
Hollywood Reporter - 09/05/2000
"...Pitt is in excellent form....Clever and funny...[It] offers the opportunity for a variety of actors -- ranging from the very experienced to the novice -- to shine..."
"...Pitt is in excellent form....Clever and funny...[It] offers the opportunity for a variety of actors -- ranging from the very experienced to the novice -- to shine..."
Los Angeles Times - 12/06/2000
"...Slick, quick and light-fingered....A brisk, cheerfully amoral entertainment..."
"...Slick, quick and light-fingered....A brisk, cheerfully amoral entertainment..."
Chicago Sun-Times - 01/19/2001
"...Ritchie is a zany, high-energy director....He's interested in voltage....SNATCH is fun to watch..."
"...Ritchie is a zany, high-energy director....He's interested in voltage....SNATCH is fun to watch..."
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A wild and tangled crime adventure involving gangsters, Irish gypsies, and a dog that can't stop swallowing things, SNATCH is both hilarious and action-packed. Jewel thief Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is in London en route to New York, where he will deliver an 86-karat diamond to his boss, Avi (Dennis Farina). A compulsive gambler, Franky is tempted into an illegal boxing scam, becoming the unwitting suspect in a robbery committed by bumbling pawnshop owners Vinny (Robbie Gee), Sol (Lennie James), and their oaf-of-a-driver, Tyrone (Ade). Meanwhile, novice boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham), and his dim-witted partner, Tommy (Stephen Graham), move into the "big time" with twisted crime boss, Brick Top (Alan Ford), and Mickey, a mumbling, unhinged Irish gypsy boxer (Brad Pitt). Thrown into the proceedings are killers Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) and Boris the Blade (Rade Sherbedgia). A stylized work with a gritty urban soundtrack and a cast of intricately developed characters, SNATCH delivers superb and witty dialogue while depicting one of the more zany, complex diamond heists ever portrayed in film.
Action | Theatrical Release | Crime | London, England | Heists | Criminals | Boxers
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- Theatrical release: August 23, 2000 (U.K.); January 19, 2001, (U.S.).
- The budget for SNATCH was only $6 million.
- Shot in London, with principal photography for the film beginning in October of 1999.
- After Guy Ritchie's first feature, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, Brad Pitt phoned the director and asked to be in his next movie. Pitt, who normally gets paid around $20 million for a film, agreed to a much smaller fee and the same trailer as the other actors. "He was one of the lads right from the start," said Ritchie about Pitt, "a top boy who doesn't mince around." Pitt's character, Mickey, was originally supposed to be a huge, overweight Irishman, but the part was altered somewhat when he signed on to the film.
- On the set, Ritchie devised a "fine system" to keep a tight ship: fining cast and crew for everything from having mobile phones, arriving late, taking naps during shooting, to being "cheeky" and unfunny, and moaning. "Unfortunately, I was one of the ones who suffered the most," said Ritchie of his system.
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- Scottish actor Ewan Bremner makes a cameo as Mullet.
- British electronica artist Goldie appears briefly as Lincoln.
- The film was originally titled DIAMONDS, but the title was taken by another
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WastePosted on: 14 October 2008 by Gareth Hargreaves
Personal and political lives collide in Samuel West's production of Harley Granville Barker's play.
Political and personal lives collide in Harley Granville Barker's play Waste which was banned by the Lord Chamberlain on its release in 1907 and revised in 1926. The superb new revival directed by Samuel West at the Almeida Theatre in Islington shows that time has not dimmed its impact and that it still carries strong resonances and relevance for today.
Radical politician Henry Trebell is determined to push through a Bill disestablishing the Anglican Church. But all of a sudden when he is on the brink of seeing his dream realised, backed by the Tories, an affair with a married woman creates a scandal and threatens his passionate ideals. Matters take a turn for the worst when this loveless affair results in both the death of the mistress after a botched abortion and the demise of his cherished political baby.
Barker provides a rich portrait of early twentieth century society which in dramatising the hypocrisy, sexual scandal and ruthless power machinations of the time makes it seem like the perfect play for the early twenty first century, in particular how politicians will do anything to prevent a scandal coming into the public spotlight, yet will stop at nothing to rescue an endangered Bill.
The drama itself is rather slow burning, yet wholly compelling, with a particularly gripping third act when the establishment is pressed into action as the beleaguered Tories seek to silence the woman's husband, a former Irish Republican.
Designer Peter McKintosh has created a stunning set, moving between a well furnished country house, Trebell's Mayfair residence and the Tory grandee's home in Queen Anne's Gate, all of which serves to heighten the realism of this beautifully written play.
Yet it is the impressive performances that really bring this subtle and satisfying drama so vividly to life - Will Keen who perfectly captures the mixture of idealism and cold-heartedness of the uptight but ultimately tragic Trebell, Nancy Carroll as his discarded mistress, Phoebe Nicholls as his spinster sister, not to mention Peter Drury as the wronged husband and Peter Eyre and Richard Cordery as power hungry politicians.
This in short is a play of penetrating insights which reveals what really goes on behind closed doors.
Laurence Green
Plays until 15th November 2008.
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Box office: 020 7359 4404 or: www.almeida.co.uk
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Sometimes called cobbler, this old-timey recipe is from the thrifty settlers of the Northeast. From the New England chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 apples (use good, tart baking apples)
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter
Baking Powder Biscuits
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3⁄4 cup milk
Directions See How It's Made
- For the biscuits: Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add butter, working it in with a fork or dough blender.
- Add milk to make a soft dough.
- Place on a floured board and toss lightly until the outer surface looks smooth.
- Roll out 1/2 inch thick.
- Pare and slice apples; arrange them in a well-greased shallow baking dish.
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon; dot with butter.
- Cover with biscuit dough and cut several gashes to allow steam to escape.
- Bake at 350F about 30 minutes.
- Serve hot with pudding sauce or nutmeg-flavored sweetened cream.


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A man has died shortly after a doctor found him lying unconscious and covered in blood on a road outside a western Sydney hospital.
Homicide Squad detectives have arrested another man and are questioning him over the death of the 29-year-old in Liverpool Hospital early on Thursday.
Police said a doctor who was leaving Bankstown Hospital just after midnight on Thursday found the man lying unconscious on nearby Claribel Street. He had suffered head and leg injuries and was covered in blood.
Police are investigating whether the injured man was intentionally dumped near the hospital.
The doctor alerted security guards and gave the injured man first aid, before he was taken to Liverpool Hospital, a leading trauma centre, for treatment. However, he died a short time later.
A NSW Police spokesman said it was not clear how the man suffered the injuries, and the circumstances of how he came to be lying outside Bankstown Hospital were not known.
The spokesman said police arrested a 30-year-old man near Claribel Street.
Homicide Squad detectives were questioning him at Bankstown police station on Thursday morning. No charges had been laid.
Detectives set up a crime scene on Claribel Street, and have appealed for anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to visit the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.


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According to The Telegraph, the wealthy art lover admitted the photographs looked horrific, but claimed he was trying to 'emphasise my point' during a debate about their children.
He said Lawson was seen weeping because she hated arguing, NOT because she was hurt.
However, The Telegraph reports that Heather Harvey of the charity Eaves For Women, believes: 'There is no way you can dismiss that as a 'playful tiff' and there is no way that you can think that is an acceptable way to emphasise your point'.
What if you're faced with a similar situation in your workplace? Do you really know what assault is?
According to The Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf Service, assault is classified as the unlawful and intentional application of force to a person, or a threat that force will be applied. For example, physically beating someone up or threatening to punch someone.
For you to know how to discipline or even dismiss employees for assault you have to know the three conditions for assault, otherwise you could end up defending an unfair dismissal case.
Revealed: Three conditions for assault you can't ignore
#1: Assault must be unlawful. This means it's a criminal offence. However, there are times when assault is legal, for example a police officer using physical force to arrest a fleeing criminal. In this example, the physical act wouldn't be seen as assault because it was carried out lawfully.
#2: Assault can never be 'accidental'– it's done on purpose and intentionally. Keep in mind that physical harm is an accident only when there isn't any intention to hurt someone else. For example, if Sipho accidentally drops a greasy heavy tool on Thabo's foot.
#3: Assault can take place without any physical contact. This means the mere threat made to another person can amount to assault. As long as any reasonable person hearing the threats would take them seriously and believes the aggressor has the power to carry out the threat. Even a shop steward issuing threats during heated and robust wage negotiations can be disciplined for assault
By understanding the three conditions that classify as assault, you can you know how to discipline employees even as they try to play it down as a 'playful tiff'.
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Charli XCX says she is "not losing sleep" over the leak of her new Giorgio Moroder collaboration 'Diamonds', which leaked this morning.
The track is due to appear on Moroder's new album Déjà Vu,
In an interview with Music 101 in Auckland today, Charli XCX explained, "I have a weird relationship and thoughts on music and the internet, and free verses not free... I haven't really sat down and given it much thought."
Charli XCX, who is yet to meet Moroder in person, collaborated with the Italian producer over email, sending him a 7 year old acapella from her True Romance writing sessions after he 'reached out' to her.


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Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio on March 9, 2017. Antioch reopened in fall 2011 after closing three years prior due to financial woes. The main building pictured here, Antioch Hall, is closed because it still requires renovations.Staff photo by Meghan Holden
The crowd politely quieted as the campus minister approached a podium on the stage.
"Let us pray," Father Vincent Wirtner began. "For the mission of St. Joseph's College, for its students, faculty, staff and administration ... for parents and loved ones who support it, and for our board of trustees who guide us. God, we need you with us right now tonight."
A few minutes later, the sound of students weeping reverberated throughout the room as the chairman of the board of trustees announced they had voted to temporarily shut down due to the college's dire financial challenges. The board would work quickly to find a way for the college to reopen, Chairman Ben Sponseller said, but no students would be there in the fall.
It has been a tumultuous two months since the impending closure was announced.
Students fretted to find new schools. Employees received their layoff notices and tenured faculty are now suing the college for allegedly failing to follow proper layoff procedures. Alumni, desperate to keep the college open, tried to oust the school's leadership.
Still, many people have faith the 126-year-old liberal arts school can remain. It may take something short of a miracle to reopen, but one private college 230 miles east of St. Joseph's proved the impossible could be done when it reemerged a few years after shuttering.
"Once the word went out, it was as if a sleeping giant were awakened"
Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio closed in 2008 after facing years of declining enrollment and funds. The news shook the college community and, after a strenuous fight with its board of trustees, alumni were able to seize control of the campus and welcome a new class of students in fall 2011.
"Once the word went out, it was as if a sleeping giant were awakened," said Mark Reynolds, a 1980 alumnus who's now the director of marketing and communications at Antioch. "I wasn't following higher education, so I didn't know what issues colleges were facing at the time. All (alumni) knew was that Antioch was in crisis and we had to do something."
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The International Futures Team has been working with Peru's National Center for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN) to embed IFs into the country's long-term visioning efforts. IFs contributed significantly to CEPLANs Bicentenary Plan, released in 2014 and looking out to 2021, the 200th anniversary of Peruvian independence. Work has also begun as foundation for studies on Peru 2030 and 2050. The IFs team has conducted a series of in-country IFs trainings in support of this effort, and CEPLAN is building a strong IFs team. Members of the IFs team have also discussed the possibility of adding a sub-national breakdown of Peru to the IFs modeling system with CEPLAN and Oxfam America.
The Minerva Research Initiative began in 2008 in the Department of Defense as a collaboration with research universities to build a deeper understanding of the social, cultural, and political dynamics that shape regions of strategic interest around the world. In 2014, the DoD awarded the Pardee Center a grant to identify and measure (im)balances in development to determine what sets of conditions are necessary for popular grievances to spark abrupt socio-political change, using a combination of statistical and algorithmic analyses of existing data sets, as well as qualitative case studies. The DoD grant is active until 2017.
The International Futures team has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission within Uganda to guide their upcoming Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The CDCS is a five-year strategy required of each USAID mission to help inform budgeting, planning, and resource allocation. The IFs team will evaluate potential strategies within the CDCS's 2016-2021 period and how they could affect the country through 2040.
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The Pardee Center, in partnership with Institute for Security Studies via the African Futures Project (AFP), has been working with the Western Cape Provincial Government in South Africa to develop a nine-province breakdown of South Africa in IFs modeling system. As part of this ongoing effort to represent the history and future of development within the Western Cape Province, we have produced provincial level policy analyses and a series of IFs trainings for the Western Cape provincial government. An IFs team now exists within the Western Cape Provincial Government.


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The maximum amount of monies the United States can borrow. The debt ceiling was created under the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917, putting a "ceiling" on the amount of bonds the United States can issue. As of the end of July, 2011 the debt ceiling was set at $14.3 trillion.
Also known as the "debt limit" or "statutory debt limit."
BREAKING DOWN 'Debt Ceiling'
Before the debt ceiling was created, the President had free reign on the country's finances. In 1917, the debt ceiling was created during World War I to hold the President fiscally responsible. Over time, the debt ceiling has been raised whenever the United States comes close to hitting the limit. By hitting the limit and missing an interest payment to bondholders, the United States would be in default, lowering its credit rating and increasing the cost of its debt.
There has been controversy over whether the debt ceiling is constitutional. According to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law ... shall not be questioned." The majority of democratic countries do not have a debt ceiling, with the United States being one of the exceptions.
There has been a number showdowns over the debt ceiling, some of which has lead to government shutdowns. Usually the conflict is between the White House and Congress, and the debt ceiling is used as leverage to push budgetary agendas. In 1995, the republican congress — vocalized by the House Speaker Newt Gingrich — used raising the debt ceiling to negotiate increased spending cuts. President Clinton refused, which lead to the government shutting down. The White House and Congress eventually agreed on a balanced budget with modest spending cuts and tax increases.
President Obama faced similar issues during his terms. In 2011, Republicans in Congress demanded deficit reductions in order to approve an increase in the debt ceiling. During this time, U.S. Treasury debt was stripped of its triple-A rating by Standard&Poor's — a rating it had held for more than 70 years. In 2013, the government shut down for 16 days after conservative Republicans attempted to defund the Affordable Care Act by leveraging the debt ceiling. An agreement to suspend the debt limit was passed within a day of when the Treasury estimated to run out of money. The suspension will end March 15, 2017.
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About.com Weblogs – Why You Should Go
About.com Weblogs is a comprehensive guide to blogging. The site is now maintained by Susan Gunelius, who comes to the job with a resume complete with corporate and blogging experience, as well as experience as a published writer.
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GVTC Mobile & Digital Marketing Seminar
The Berry Company
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Berry Company, authorized sales agent for GVTC, is excited to present a seminar on mobile marketing for small businesses.
Google just released that 94% of smartphone users look for local information on their phone and 84% take action after a local search.* IIf you are not building a presence designed for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, your business may be left behind. Don't miss out on the opportunity to reach today's highly mobile consumers. Lunch will be provided.
*Ipsos MediaCT, Our Mobile Planet: United States of America, Understanding the Mobile Consumer, May 2013
A second seminar session will be held May 7 at GVTC Auditorium in New Braunfels. Visit http://GVTC2.eventbrite.com for details.
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GVTC Auditorium - KCEDC Conference Room
1221 South Main Street
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
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(CBS//WFOR) - Former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash is facing allegations of underage sex from yet another accuser, his fourth.
According to CBS Miami, the now 33-year-old victim says he met and befriended Clash in late 1995 or early 1996 on Miami Beach while the teen was looking for a job.
The station reports that the suit alleges the two used to talk on the phone frequently after Clash returned to New York. The victim claims Clash paid for a plane ticket for the teen to visit him in New York, and gave him cash and a free place to stay.
The teen allegedly stayed in Clash's apartment for four days during which, the suit states, Clash and the teen had sexual contact on multiple occasions.
The victim's attorney, Jeff Herman, is also representing two of Clash's other accusers.
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From There to Here: Greatest Hits
|From There to Here: Greatest Hits
|Greatest hits album by Lonestar
|June 3, 2003
June 23, 2003 (Europe)
|1995 - 2003
|64:47 (U.S. version)
|Don Cook, Wally Wilson, Dann Huff
|Lonestar chronology
From There To Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes the newly recorded tracks "My Front Porch Looking In", "Walking in Memphis" (a cover of the 1991 Marc Cohn song) and "I Pray", as well as a second recording of their 2001 single "I'm Already There". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles.
From There to Here: Greatest Hits comprises thirteen tracks from the band's first four studio albums, arranged chronologically and starting with the band's 1995 debut single "Tequila Talkin'". This, "No News" and "Runnin' Away with My Heart" all come from Lonestar's self-titled debut album. "Come Cryin' to Me", "You Walked In" and "Everything's Changed" are from 1997's Crazy Nights; "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now" and "Tell Her" from 1999's Lonely Grill; and "I'm Already There", "With Me" and "Not a Day Goes By" from 2002's I'm Already There. Five single releases are missing from the album: "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" and "Heartbroke Every Day" from Lonestar, "Say When" from Crazy Nights, "Saturday Nights" from Lonely Grill and "Unusually Unusual" from I'm Already There.
Also included on this album are three new recordings: "My Front Porch Looking In" and "I Pray", as well as a cover of Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles in 2003, respectively reaching #1 and #8 on the U.S. country charts.[1] Closing off the album is a remix of "I'm Already There" entitled the "Message from Home". This remix is interspersed with telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers.
Critical reception[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|Country Weekly
|Robert Christgau
Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four stars out of five on Allmusic, where he called it a "fine retrospective" of the band's sound.[3] In the Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating[5] and called it "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."[6]
Track listing[edit]
- "Tequila Talkin'" (Chris Waters, Bill LaBounty) – 3:27
- "No News" (Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) – 2:53
- radio edit
- "Runnin' Away with My Heart" (Hogin, Sanders, Michael Britt) – 3:31
- "Come Cryin' to Me" (Sanders, Wally Wilson, John Rich) – 3:31
- "You Walked In" (Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:31
- "Everything's Changed" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Richie McDonald) – 3:53
- "Amazed" (Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Marv Green) – 4:01
- "Smile" (Keith Follesé, Lindsey) – 3:35
- "What About Now" (Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, Anthony L. Smith) – 3:32
- "Tell Her" (Kwesi B., Craig Wiseman) – 3:28
- album version
- "I'm Already There" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, McDonald) – 4:13
- "With Me" (Brett James, Troy Verges) – 3:51
- "Not a Day Goes By" (Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond) – 4:07
- "My Front Porch Looking In" (Myers, McDonald, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:441
- "I Pray" (James Dean Hicks, Chuck Cannon) – 3:471
- "Walking in Memphis" (Marc Cohn) – 3:501
- "I'm Already There" (Baker, Myers, McDonald) – 4:311
- "Message from Home" version
- 1Previously unreleased tracks.
International Version[edit]
An alternate version of the album released outside of the US removes the track "I'm Already There (Message From Home)", and replaces it with two others:
17. "Love Can Change Your Mind" (Bob Farrell, Regie Hamm) - 4:17
18. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Joe Michael Hill) - 4:24
- Don Cook and Wally Wilson – tracks 1-6
- Dann Huff – tracks 7-17 (7-18 on international version)
Personnel on new tracks[edit]
- Tim Akers - keyboards
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Michael Britt - electric guitar
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Dann Huff - electric guitar
- Paul Leim - drums, percussion
- Richie McDonald – lead vocals
- Jimmy Nichols - keyboards
- Matt Rollings - keyboards
- Dean Sams - keyboards, background vocals
- Russell Terrell - background vocals
- John Willis - acoustic guitar, banjo
Chart performance[edit]
|Chart (2003)
|U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
|U.S. Billboard 200
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Fabian, Shelly. "CD Review: Lonestar - From There To Here - Greatest Hits". About.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "From There to Here: Greatest Hits - Lonestar". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "From There to Here: Greatest Hits (BNA)". Country Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "CG: Lonestar". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG 90s: Key to Icons". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
|Preceded by
by Toby Keith
|Top Country Albums number-one album
June 21–27, 2003
|Succeeded by
by George Strait
|Preceded by
by George Strait
|Top Country Albums number-one album
July 12–18, 2003
|Succeeded by
Buddy Jewell
by Buddy Jewell


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Slip covers offer a way to change the look of a chair without purchasing a brand-new piece. A new cover helps update out-of-style chairs and fixes stained or damaged chair cushions. The same techniques work for both rocking chairs and swivel rocking chairs. Some sewing experience is necessary to successfully make a slip cover, but once someone has learned the steps, it does not take much time at all to complete this type of project.
Things You'll Need
- Brown butcher paper
- Tape
- Straight pins
- Black marker
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
- Fabric
- Sewing machine
- Thread
Cover the entire chair with brown butcher paper by pinning the pieces around the cushion, front, back and sides. Trace the outline of the chair carefully on the paper with a black marker. Include all of the sides and any architectural elements in the chair the slip cover will go over. Do not forget about the skirt that runs along the bottom of the chair. Attach brown butcher paper to this area as well to get proper measurements.
Place the pattern pieces on the table and measure each one. Add the measurements together to determine how much fabric you will need to complete the slip cover. Add two to three inches to the skirt measurement to allow a hem.
Put the fabric on the table or floor. Place each pattern piece on top of the fabric and cut each out separately. Pin a small piece of paper on each fabric piece to indicate where each one goes, such as "cushion top," "back" and "left side."
Pin the back fabric piece to fabric that goes on the left side of the chair. The front of each piece of fabric should face each other. Place the pins one-half from the edge to allow for a seam.
Sew the two pieces together using a straight stitch on the sewing machine. Repeat the same steps to attach the right side, front and seat of the slip cover, leaving the bottom open.
Turn the slipcover inside out, and slip it over the swivel rocking chair. Fold the bottom edge of the cover up to create a hem. Make the hem long enough to hide the swivel mechanism underneath the rocker. Pin the bottom edge so it is even.
Remove the slip cover, and sew the hem. Turn the cover so the hems are inside the cover. Slip it carefully over the chair and smooth out the fabric.
Tips & Warnings
- Select fabric such as heavy-duty cotton that are durable and will hold up to washing.
- Put the fabric in the washer and dryer before cutting the pattern to eliminate any problems with shrinking.
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Tesla had first made an offer for Solar City in July just before CEO Elon Musk unveiled his Masterplan: Part Deux, about his vision for Tesla's future as a one-stop shop for clean energy, solar panels, home battery storage and electric cars. The plan also revealed details of Musk's aim to expand Tesla's consumer base with a range of new cars including a pickup truck and a minivan.
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Ted movie poster
The large image of a teddy bear acting as if he were a human being is very attention grabbing. The large letters showing the title are also attention grabbing. The teddy bear is the main characters best friend and he came to life because John, the main character, made a wish on Christmas when he got a teddy bear and he came to life the next day.The teddy bear acting as a human would be the main reason why people would go to watch this movie. The poster does a good job of telling a little bit about the movie. It looks like it is about a human and a teddy bear being best friends. The poster shows a scene where they are having fun and laughing and ted is drinking a beer and no other movies have that.
3 Most important marketing movie strategies
I think one of the most important movie strategies is getting the trailer out there early because that way you build up the hype for the movie. I would put the movie trailer out at least a year and a half before the movie comes out. I would make different versions of the movie trailer. Another important strategy is to sell the posters for the movie before it comes out. The poster should show an interesting scene and the title should be in big bold letters. The movie "The Dark Knight" has a large picture of batman with a burning building behind him and that really drew my attention. Another important marketing strategy is to have a well-known actor in the movie. The movies that don't have a big star in the movie usually goes to Netflix because it isn't good enough to be in theatres.
3 Best and 3 Worst Marketing Strategies for Amusement Parks
One of the best strategies for amusement parks is creating a park with a variety of different themes. One theme could be about Nickelodeon things like Sponge bob, Fairly Odd Parents, and an Avatar the last Air bender. They could also have a section for sports and have games where you can win things. Another important strategy is to make it fun for everyone. They should have a smaller section of the park for little kids and the larger portion of the park should be for older people. They should also have a daycare section where you could drop off your kid and go on all of the bigger rides.
Movie Trailer Review
The trailer gives a very good idea of what the movie is about. It showed me that it is about a plane getting hijacked and the terrorists say they will kill someone every 20 minutes. They are demanding 150 million dollars to be put into this bank account. The trailer puts an interesting twist in it when the bank account ends up being the good guys account. So the army thinks that the good guy is the one hijacking the plane. The climax happens when the good guy is jumping in the air shooting the gun. The trailer does a good job of making people want more of the movie because right as he starts shooting the trailer stops. The special effects in the are very good. When the plane ends up getting shot and there is now a hole in the side of the plane it makes people want to see it.
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My reaction to Artifact was that the way record labels are screwing their artists is really outrages. I think a fair deal between the labels and the artists would be to give the artists about 30 percent of all things sold that have their name on it and in concerts. I believe the reason why artists continue to sign with the big record labels is because they don't know that they are going to end up getting screwed by the labels. Another reason is because they think that if they sign with a huge label they are going to become all rich and famous when really they are digging themselves into a bunch of debt and they don't make enough money to pay it all off. If I were '30 Seconds to Mars" I would sign with a private label after the contract with the big record label so that they continue to be famous but aren't getting screwed and therefore they are actually making money instead of going into a bunch of debt.


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Job Title: Commercial Manager -Radio
Organisation: Monitor Publications Limited (MPL)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: General Manager-Commercial
About MPL:
Monitor Publications Limited (MPL), a Nation Media Group Company is Uganda's most influential media house, operating The Daily Monitor, Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor newspapers, 93.3KFM, 90.4 Dembe FM, Nation Couriers and the Monitor Business Directory.
Job Summary: The Commercial Manager –Radio will formulate and coordinate strategic advertising plans and to implement them to ensure growth of print advertising revenues and advertising market share of Monitor Publications. The position will entail optimizing MPL profitability and market share by achievement of short, mid and long term revenue objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Responsible for the growth of all advertising revenue in the radio business
· Actively promotes the services offered by Radio to existing as well as potential clients
· Develops outbound communications that are geared towards enhancing the corporate image of the company among the advertising clients and Business Executives
· The jobholder recruits, trains, motivates and evaluates the performance of the Radio Sales team
· Takes responsibility towards reduction of the debt burden together with finance and credit management.
· Coordinate activities with the Advertising Manager and other managers and achieve teamwork in the department and enhance the cross functional potential.
· Responsible for generating and implementing client satisfaction, retention and acquisition programmes.
· Responsible for growing the market share of the Sales revenues.
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· The applicants for the MPL Commercial Manager –Radio career should hold a bachelor's degree in any business-related course or equivalent business or sales management.
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- The foremost Sumeriangoddess, patron deity of Uruk. Her name was written with a sign (mus) that represents a reed stalk tied into a loop at the top. This appears in the very earliest written texts from the mid-fourth millennium B.C. She is also mentioned in all the early god lists among the four main deities, along with Anu, Enki, and Enlil (see LEXICAL LISTS). In the royal inscriptions of the Early Dynastic period, Inanna is often invoked as the special protectress of kings. Also, Sargon of Akkadclaimed her support in battle and politics. It appears that it was during the third millennium that the goddess acquired martial aspects that may derive from a syncretism with the Semitic deity Ishtar. Inanna's main sanctuary was the Eanna ("House of Heaven") at Uruk, although she had templesor chapels in most cities.During the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur, Inanna's ritual marriageto the king was much celebrated in poetry. In the context of the Ur royal ideology, Inanna does not appear as the "Lady of the Battle" as in Akkadian inscriptions but as the "Lady of Voluptuousness." The king is said to be "worthy of her holy loins." Her lover in many songs is the "Shepherd" Dumuzi, and the king of Ur identified himself with this role. Inanna was the subject of a great number of literary compositions, hymns, songs, and prayers. Many of these depict Inanna as the embodiment of sexual drive and allure in all its ambiguities; she could "turn men into women," and in her entourage appear transsexuals and transvestites. She was the patron of prostitutes and was said to haunt the taverns in search of male partners. Without her, life cannot continue; one myth recounts that when she was kept captive in the underworld, all copulation (and hence reproduction) came to a sudden end. Although it was Inanna's sister Ereshkigal who ruled over the underworld, Inanna, too, had destructive and dangerous qualities. She doomed her lover Dumuzi to be her substitute in the underworld and tricked the normally wise god Enki into relinquishing many of his divine powers. Inanna as the "Queen of Heaven" was associated with the planet Venus.
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Sandra Bullock is taking the producer seat while eyeing to land a starring role in the big screen adaptation of the Marina Palmer's memoir "Kiss & Tango."
Extending her credits as film producer, Sandra Bullock is set to serve as a producer in a big screen feature entitled "Kiss & Tango" alongside Denise Di Novi with an eye to also become the flick's leadstar, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.
An adaptation of Marina Palmer's memoir of the same name, the project will be developed by Fox 2000 Pictures following its successful attempt to obtain the rights to the book. The studio is currently in talks with Nicole Perlman to adapt the work into a screenplay.
Published on June 28, 2005 under William Morrow, the book version chronicles Palmer's journey as she gave up her job as a New York advertising executive to pursue her dreams in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she finally was able to rediscover herself.


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See also: 1985 in Afghanistan and 1987 in Afghanistan.
- President: Babrak Karmal (until 24 November), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (starting 24 November)
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces that six regiments will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of the year. The withdrawal of troops begins on October 15. Gorbachev's offer is made from Siberia and is part of a much wider Soviet initiative in Asia. The withdrawal brings sharp reactions: the U.S. dismisses it as "inadequate" and suggests it is no more than a normal rotation of troops; Afghan resistance groups reject it as a "bluff," while Pakistan sees it as a small but positive move. Strategic analysts say the withdrawal has no military significance since three of the six units are air-defense regiments and the Afghan resistance has no air capability. The regiments constitute only a little over 6% of an estimated 120,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan. The war continues unabated, with many clashes between Soviet-backed Afghan troops and the resistance. Claims of success are made by both sides, but they are impossible to verify. A number of major offensives are launched during the year. Toward the end of 1986, the resistance fighters begin to receive more and better weapons from the outside world - particularly from the United States, the United Kingdom, and China - via Pakistan, the most important of these being shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles. The Soviet and Afghan air forces then begin to suffer considerable casualties.
February 1986[edit]
A report by the U.S. State Department states that the war has resulted in "one of the greatest mass migrations in history" and that Kabul's population has more than doubled to two million. "More than five million have been uprooted, nearly four million of them becoming refugees abroad ... In large areas of the countryside where resistance is active, wartime conditions and longstanding animosities among competing tribal groups have led to multiple taxation, arbitrary detention, and outright banditry." The resistance shoots down several military aircraft in Herat province; the reported death toll is 200.
April 1986[edit]
700 resistance fighters are killed in Paktia province.
May, July, and August 1986[edit]
Karmal resigns as general secretary of the PDPA, retaining the less important position of president of the Revolutionary Council. The resignation is officially attributed to reasons of health - he has made no public appearance since March 30 and is reported to have been in the U.S.S.R. for medical treatment. It is widely thought[who?], however, that the Soviet leadership is dissatisfied with his performance and wants to create a broader power base. His successor, Mohammad Najibullah, was formerly head of Khad, the country's secret police, and more recently took charge of security.
Government troops clash with resistance soldiers in Badakhshan province, leaving 200 Soviet-Afghan soldiers and "dozens" of resistance soldiers dead. Also in July 120 government troops died during an ambush on a military convoy in Zabol province.
A massive explosion destroys an ammunition dump in the headquarters of the Afghan Army's 8th Division near Kabul, reportedly killing up to 100 people.
For the fifth consecutive year, UN-sponsored talks are held in Geneva between Afghanistan and Pakistan with the object of ending the military presence in Kabul. None of the meetings produce any concrete results, though differences between the two countries have narrowed since the talks began in 1982. Discussions continue through diplomatic channels, and in December a UN spokesman announces that agreement has been reached on the monitoring of Soviet troop withdrawals. The remaining stumbling block is the timetable for a total withdrawal, with Pakistan insisting that this should take place as soon as technically feasible.
September 1986[edit]
A national reconciliation campaign is approved by the Politburo, including a unilateral six-month cease-fire to begin on January 15, 1987, but it meets with little response inside Afghanistan and is rejected by resistance leaders in Pakistan.
November 1986[edit]
A UN human rights report reports that 10,000 to 12,000 Afghan civilians have been killed in the previous nine months by Soviet and Afghan government forces, and that children have been killed by the indiscriminate use of explosives disguised as toys. The "continuation of the military solution," the report says, "will lead to a situation approaching genocide." The same month the UN General Assembly passes a resolution, by a vote of 122 to 20, calling for a negotiated settlement to the war. Karmal resigns from the largely ceremonial post of president of the Revolutionary Council. He is succeeded on November 24 by Haji Mohammad Chamkani, formerly first vice-president and a non-PDPA member.
December 1986[edit]
An extraordinary plenum of the PDPA Central Committee approves a policy of national reconciliation, involving negotiations with opposition groups, and the proposed formation of a coalition government of national unity. A cabinet reshuffle sees the elevation of Najibullah supporters Abdul Wakil and Mohammad Rafi to the posts of foreign minister and defense minister, respectively. Najibullah visits the U.S.S.R. to discuss prospects for ending the conflict in Afghanistan.


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The broad indexes saw gains after reports that the Greek government was close to signing an agreement on austerity actions, including pension and wage cuts, in order to secure a second bailout of 130 million ($171 billion) from the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and European Commission. The KBW Bank Index ( I:BKX) was up slightly to close at 44.71. BB&T's Crump deal follows the company's agreement in November to purchase BankAtlantic Bancorp's ( BBX) main thrift subsidiary for a premium of $301 million. The deal will bring on roughly 3.3 billion in deposits, spread across 78 South Florida branches. Wunderlich Securities analyst Kevin Reynolds on Jan. 31 initiated his coverage of BB&T with a "Buy" rating and $34 price target, calling the Winston-Salem, N.C., lender "the blue chip of the large regional banks, with a highly disciplined, returns-based culture that pursues a commercially oriented business model with a community banking approach to its local markets." Reynolds pointed out that BB&T's expanding market area -- extending from Washington, D.C., to Texas -- is "projected to experience population increases significantly higher than the nation overall." The analyst estimates that the company will earn $2.80 a share in 2012, followed by EPS of $3.15 in 2013. Please see TheStreet's regional earnings coverage for a detailed discussion of BB&T's fourth-quarter results. BB&T's shares have now returned 18% year-to-date. The shares trade for 1.9 times tangible book value, according to HighlineFI, and for 12 times the consensus 2012 EPS estimate of $2.47, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Interested in more on BB&T? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. Monday's financial sector loser was Bank of America ( BAC), with shares pulling back 1.5% to close at $7.85. Bank of America's shares have now returned 41% year-to-date, after declining 58% in 2011.


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Avengers wouldn't have worked out as well without the separate films.
Introducing each character
: Avengers consists of 6 different characters from 6
different universes. In the amount of
2.5 hours
they would literally have to explain why there is a WW2 veteran transported into the future, a Green giant monster, a man in a robot suit, a Demi-god, a russian spy and Samuel L. Jackson in an eye patch are somehow connected in
the same universe
because you know... those things are kind of hard to understand out of context.
Back stories
. Each one of these odd characters would have needed a back story. They would have to establish who Tony Stark is, his personality, his background. Bruce Banner's origin, his powers, why he is a fugitive. Cap's origin, why a man from the 40s is in the present, how did that happen, and etc. etc. etc.
Establish a main story
. The plot has to connect each character in some way.
. Have some kind of threat or threats. The villain, again has to be connected somehow to each of the characters, those character's back stories, their separate universes, etc.
Character development
. Each of the characters in addition to showing their back stories have to grow as characters and go through some kind of arc together.
If Joss Whedon would be able to pull all that off in a 2.5 hour movie. Then he would be a god.
Agreed. Most of those characters were already introduced before the Avengers movie was released. But for characters that didn't appear or star in their own movie, I don't think we got enough character development from them like Hawkeye.
I think if there was a solo movie for Storm, Jean Grey, Wolverine and Cyclops before X1, Bryan Singer would have probably given them an equal amount of screentime in the first X-Men team movie. But since it wasn't the case, Bryan Singer and writers had to focus on Wolverine, Rogue, Professor X and Magneto.
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I just hope Singer retcons the adamantium bullet! That was the worst.
Why retcon it? To retell on why Wolverine's lost his memories.
Its already been done. No need to redo it.
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The threat for malicious software is increasing everyday and to protect the Windows customers from these threats, Microsoft has announced the automatic updates feature for Internet Explorer. By this feature, IE will be upgrade to the latest version automatically.
The blog post of Microsoft claims that from Brazil and Australia, in January 2012, the users of Windows Vista, Windows XP and also Windows 7 are facilitated with the update of IE provided they have turned on the automatic updating option in the Windows update. The automatic updates have become a norm as the greatest online threat as of now is the social engineering malware that targets the outdated software such as web browsers.
These automatic updates are also known as silent updates that display no windows or messages while the process is in progress and they are already been used by the rivals of IE like Chrome and Firefox. These ensure the users that they are using the newest versions of web browsers and has noticed huge improvements in internet security.
In October, Microsoft released the Security Intelligence Report in which 99% of the attacks during the period of January to June 2011 have come from the unpatched but well known vulnerabilities. The report also showed that 90% of those infections were due to the vulnerability exploitation which was due to a security update that was made for more than a year by the vendor of the software.
Internet Explorer needs more security retain its leadership position in the market as per the recent research done by StatCounter. The results of the research went favorable to Microsoft's IE which has obtained a strong percentage of 40.63% of the market share which is followed by Chrome with 25.7% and then by Firefox by 25.23%. These results are already discussed in our article dealing about the research on browsers.