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For an NHL prospect, being drafted is the ultimate goal. But before this year's crop of young men made the trek to the draft in Los Angeles, they were forced to take part in the 2010 Scouting Combine in Toronto.
The combine begins with gruelling personal interviews, but when the talking is done the athletes are put through a battery of vomit-inducing tests that make training for a marathon look easy.
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It is with mixed emotions that I am hereby no longer breeding. I am happy to provide referrals to breeders and assist with any questions you may have about our breed that I am able to help you with.
For as long as I can remember I have had a love for the American Cocker Spaniel. Growing up in the Military we moved every three years, often overseas, which was not very conducive to having a family pet, however, on the occasions that we could, we always had an American Cocker.
As a birthday gift in 2005 my father gave me a buff male American Cocker… and so began the next phase in my lifelong love for this breed.
In 2009 I contacted Jean DeWolfe of Shadyhill Kennels to inquire about adding a new Cocker to our family. Jean graciously allowed Shadyhill's Belladonna to come to our home on her retirement. Not long after, CH Shadyhill's Heart Song, Lyric also came to live with us on her retirement.
CH Shadyhill's Swan Song, Moke came to us in June 2012 and we entered the Confirmation dog show world together. Moke became my first owner/handler Canadian Champion with multiple Best Puppy in Group wins.
Currently I live in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada with my husband David and our 3 American Cockers. We encourage you to visit us at our home to see how our dogs are raised and socialized. It is our objective to breed healthy puppies who will be a happy addition to your family.
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LEESBURG — A reported Leesburg gang member accused of participating in a carjacking in which the victim was pistol-whipped, was arrested on federal charges Tuesday during a multi-agency raid at his home.
According to the indictment, 23-year-old Jonathan Kyle Lanier, two men and a woman conspired to rob a man of his vehicle as well as his money and other personal property by arranging a Dec. 23 meeting at a Leesburg remote location between him and the woman.
The victim believed that he only was going to meet the woman.
But officials say after the victim arrived, Lanier and two other men, all masked and armed, pulled the victim from his car and stole his wallet and other personal property.
A third suspect, Avery Tumer, then reportedly pistol-whipped the victim and took his car.
Afterward, Lanier, Tumer, 23, Timotheus Reed, 29, of Leesburg, and the woman drove to a residence in Leesburg, where they stashed firearms in an attic, officials said.
Lanier was indicted on charges of carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of carjacking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The arrest was among a number made Tuesday in which suspects wanted on federal indictments were rounded up by the FBI, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Leesburg Police Department and other police departments outside of Lake County.
Leesburg police Lt. Joe Iozzi said officers from his agency and a SWAT team from Federal Bureau of Investigation was able to arrest Lanier without incident
"These are all violent criminals with pending gun and other felony charges," Iozzi said.
William Daniels, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said Lanier's criminal history allowed his charges to become federal. His prior Lake County charges include aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest, possession of a firearm with an altered serial number and cocaine possession.
Lanier made his initial appearance at the Ocala federal courthouse Tuesday and remains in custody. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison for the carjacking count alone.
Tumer is currently detained on state charges, awaiting transfer to federal custody. Reed faces federal charges and remains at-large.


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With vodka homemade beverages can really attain great heights
If your interest is to sample and savor various
sorts of alcohols and spirits, and if you definitely need to prepare these heady drinks at home then with vodka homemade beverages can truly attain great heights. Vodka is a heavy spirit that is quite fun to prepare and even more fun to sip it along with your buddies.
As with a lot of other alcoholic beverages including beer or wine, vodka too can be prepared at home though you will need to have a distilling kit and a fermenting kit. Even so, these kinds of kits can often be made simply by following guidelines from well-known sites over the internet or you can as well basically pay for readymade kits from online stores and be excited on making your own hard spirits right at home. You have to bear in mind to firstly examine if you are legally allowed to produce and take vodka in your home, backyard or garage before you turn your spirited dream into reality.
Whether you make your own homemade kit or order a readymade one to ferment and distill your vodka, you should be certain that it is made up of a fermenting bucket with a helpful airlock, a copper distilling pot that is enclosed on top and attached with a temperature gauge and a flexible copper pipe, an electric or gas stove to heat your mash, a condensing unit containing flowing cold water or ice to cool down ethanol vapors, and a collector vessel to gather those sparkling vodka drops at the other end of the copper tube. You will also need to have key ingredients which include water, sugar, and a number of other starchy ingredients such as potatoes or grains depending on the variety of vodka that you want to prepare in your homemade kit.
Even so, one essential ingredient that will certainly threaten the character and strength of vodka homemade or otherwise is the addition of heavy vodka yeast. You should purchase tough yeast with high alcohol tolerance levels that can also make it through in high temperatures during yeast fermentation. One such fortified dried yeast can be purchased over the internet and can truly perform wonders at the time of the ethanol fermentation process. This dry yeast is called turbo yeast and being fortified with micro nutrients like amino acids, vitamins, minerals and different enzymes helps this super yeast to give you with 100 % pure and strong ethanol even from weaker mashes.
If your ethanol fermentation gives you with healthier ethanol alcohol then your distillation process too will be a lot easier because you will have to distill your alcohol at least 3 times to end up with strong and smooth vodka. You can then filter your vodka and flavor it with lemon, orange or other exciting flavors if you wish or simply enjoy it in its basic form. You can now invite your good friends over to your home in order to show your homemade efforts with them.
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The path toward 100% renewable energy starts with you. Making a conscious effort to conserve power at home is an easy, effective and economical way to contribute to the cause. Even small steps, like changing the settings on your thermostat, can have a big impact on our ability to achieve our goals.
Using less can also help you spend less. Conserving energy at home can reduce the cost of your monthly hydro and electric bills. Incentive and rebate programs are also available for those willing to switch to high-efficiency appliances and heating/cooling systems.
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In our recently released Finance & Insurance Industry Employee Engagement Report, we found that only 22% of employees in this sector indicated that they were truly happy at work. Not great. So we dug around to figure out the source of these workers' unhappiness.
One thing we found is that less than half of these employees are satisfied with their direct supervisors' performance. When asked, these are the top three reasons they gave:
These shortcomings aren't industry-specific, of course. Unfortunately, managers in all fields can fall prey to these mistakes. So here are some tips on how to work on these problem areas:
1. Poor communicator: Communication is about more than what you say; it's how you say it. Along with giving your team the information they need, you have to make sure you're telling them in the way they need. Don't send important updates through email alone. Follow up with in-person meetings where people can ask questions. Use one-on-one check-ins to find out what your employees need.
2. Doesn't allocate time for me and/or the team: Unfortunately, this can happen a lot when a manager gets caught up in leading the team's tasks and forgets to check on the people. Leave your door open so your employees can reach you when and how they need. This can mean literally opening your door, but you have to make sure to back that physical gesture up with action. Try setting office hours when your employees will always be able to come and talk to you. And reach out to them — make it clear that you welcome their questions and concerns.
3. Doesn't care/have time for my personal development: Here's another mistake that can happen when managers focus too much on the day-to-day tasks. You can't lose sight of your employees' future growth, because it can hurt their current performance. If they feel stonewalled when it comes to questions about their professional development, they'll feel like they're going nowhere, which will sap their motivation at work. Discuss their professional goals during your one-on-ones. See how you can support those goals within their present roles, such as by letting them take on new responsibilities or helping them get training through the company.
The employees have spoken. The three leadership qualities in the shortest supply are communication, making time for their direct reports, and supporting their team's personal development. Managers from every industry should pay attention and make sure they're giving their employees what they need in order to stay happy and engaged.
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A custom recovery is a must for your LG L Bello if you ever plan to flash a custom ROM on your phone. The most easiest and the widely popular way of flashing a custom ROM on an Android device is to use the custom recovery mode.
There are various custom recoveries in the market that offer various features, however, most of them do have the standard features that let you flash custom files on your phone.
In the following guide, you are going to flash PhilZ CWM based recovery on your LG L Bello. It is quite a popular custom recovery for the Android phones that works like a charm.
Go ahead and give it a try using the following guide:
Files You Need
- Please backup your phone before doing this tutorial, just to be in safe side.
- Your phone must be rooted before you can install a custom recovery on it. If you are not rooted, please head to our how to root the LG L Bello tutorial and get your phone rooted first. Then, come back here and continue.
- This should first flash a boot image and then a custom recovery on your LG L Bello.
- Download Boot Image to your computer. It should unlock the bootloader on your phone.
- Download PhilZ CWM Recovery to your computer. It is the custom recovery that will be flashed on your phone.
- You should only try this on the D335 variant running Android 5.0.2.
Installing a Custom Recovery on the LG L Bello
- Connect your phone to your computer using a suitable USB cable and make sure that your phone can receive files from your computer.
- Copy both Boot Image and PhilZ CWM Recovery from your computer over to the external SD card storage on your phone. Place them in the root directory or the following steps will not work.
- When both the files have been copied, disconnect your phone from your computer.
- Launch Google Play on your phone, search for and tap on Terminal Emulator for Android, and install it on your phone.
- Wait for the app to be installed on your phone.
- When the app's installed, launch it from your app drawer.
- Type in the following command into the Terminal app and hit return:
- You will be prompted for SU permissions. Hit Grant in the pop-up that appears on your phone.
- Now, type in the following command and hit return:
dd if=/storage/external_SD/uboot.img of=/dev/uboot count=1024
- It should place Boot Image at its appropriate location on your phone.
- That should have unlocked the bootloader on your phone.
- Next up, issue the following command using the Terminal app and hit return:
- Accept the prompt by hitting Grant and the app will be provided with the SU permissions.
- Now issue the following command to flash the recovery on your phone:
dd if =/storage/external_SD/recovery.img of =/dev/recovery count=32768
- That should flash the custom recovery on your phone.
- When the recovery has been flashed on your phone, use the following command to reboot your phone into the newly installed recovery mode:
reboot recovery
- Your phone should reboot into the recovery mode.
- You are done!
And, a custom recovery is now up and running on your LG L Bello smartphone. You can learn how to boot the LG L Bello in custom recovery mode by following our guide.
Now that you have root access, a custom recovery, and the knowledge to get into the recovery mode, go ahead and get a custom ROM flashed on your phone by finding a suitable ROM for your phone from many of the sources on the Internet.
Before you flash a custom ROM on your phone, make sure you have backed up your current ROM using the backup option given in the recovery mode. It should help you restore to the stock when things are not working good on your phone.
You might also be interested in:
- How To Root An Android Device Using WinDroid Toolkit
- How To Root An Android Device Using PurpleDrake Method
- How To Root The LG G4 On Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- How To Root The Motorola Moto X On Android 5.1 Lollipop
- How To Install A Custom Recovery On The Huawei Nexus 6P
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Célian Laurent.
Manhattan royalty.
Notorious playboy.
Heir to a media empire.
...And my new boss.
I could have impressed him, if not for last month's unforgettable one-night stand.
I left it with more than orgasms and a pleasant memory--namely, his wallet.
Now he's staring me down like I'm the dirt under his Italian loafers, and I'm supposed to take it.
But the thing about being Judith "Jude" Humphry is I have nothing to lose.
Brooklyn girl.
Infamously quirky.
Heir to a stack of medical bills and a tattered couch.
When he looks at me from across the room, I see the glint in his eyes, and that makes us rivals.
He knows it.
So do I.
Every day in the newsroom is a battle.
Every night in his bed, war.
But it's my heart at stake, and I fear I'll be raising the white flag.
I love L.J Shen's books so without a doubt, I jumped into Dirty headlines.
I'm not a fan of office romance but hoped L.J Shen would change that, sadly it didn't.
The setting of a newsroom and office affairs, a struggle over power and an ongoing battle with Celian and his father over who was top dog isn't something I haven't read before.
Jude or Judith, I immediately liked, she had backbone and sass, spoke her mind and wasn't at all intimidated when she discovered her one night stand was now her new boss.
Celian was an Ass, he was arrogant and not in the bad boy kind of way were they say and do stuff that leaves your jaw slack but you just love them anyway for their arrogance mixed with charm but Celian was just arrogant and rude full stop and I think I spent 92 percent of this book turning the pages eagerly to get to the end hoping he would redeem himself. I just didn't like him.
I enjoyed Dirty Headlines but it didn't blow me away and was a forgettable read, It lacked angst, drama and some shock factor to make it more memorable for me.
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He had an American accent. Not French. American. Smooth. Familiar. Ordinary. He fired out sentences at the speed of light. I heard him, but I couldn't listen. Shock gripped my body as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. My dirty one-night stand was my boss. My lying, American boss. And now I had to deal with that—hopefully for a very long time, because I desperately needed this job.
Someone snapped their fingers, and my gaze shot from Célian's face to Grayson.
His forehead had crumpled into a frown. "You look like you're trying hard not to cry or having a really intense orgasm. I'm hoping for you that it's the latter and some kind of a weird-slash-awesome condition. You okay?"
I nodded, scraping up a smile. "Sorry. Zero orgasms happening under this dress. I just zoned out for a second."Lies. I was about to orgasm just remembering how good Célianhad felt parting my thighs with his big, callused hands and dipping his tongue into my slit.
Then words stopped streaming down on everyone's heads like a scalding shower, and I realized that indeed there was something worse than hearing Célianspeak in his perfect American English. And that was not hearing him speak at all. Because now the icicles were pointed at me like a cocked gun.
I glanced up to meet his gaze. He stared at me for exactly one second before his focus snapped to Grayson. "Am I understood, Gregory?" he asked.
"Crystal clear, sir," Grayson bowed, his voice trembling at the edges.
Célian jerked his chin toward me. "Your cover girl material is going downhill."
God. Damn. Bastard.
He recognized me, and I knew it. His eyes had kindled, melting the ice and growing darker the minute our gazes mingled. He remembered, and maybe it killed him that I was here in the same way it buried me.
I want my iPod back, my gaze told him. I had over three thousand songs on that thing, and they were all too good to be wasted on that jerk.
"Jude Humphry. Junior reporter. It's her first day," Grayson highlighted, almost pleadingly. He shifted in my direction, as if he might need to physically protect me from the sharp-tongued, suited monster.
I suppressed a smile when I realized I'd told Célianmy last name was Spears. Well, he certainly wasn't a Timberlake. He was a Laurent. An American monarch through and through. A billionaire, a powerful force, and judging by our one and only encounter—a raging playboy.
This man was inside you, I internally shrieked. And not just once. His cock was buried so deep in you, you screamed. You can still taste the salty, earthy flavor of his cum.You know he has a freckle on his lower back. You know what sound he makes when he empties inside a woman.
I internally thanked my mind for ruining my panties in public, and nodded. "Pleasure to meet you, sir." I offered him my hand, my face flushing with embarrassment at my choice of words.
Everyone was looking at us, and there were at least fifty people in the room. Célian—if that was even his name—ignored my outreached hand. Instead, he turned his face to the man beside him. "Mathias, any other words of wisdom?"
Mathias? Wasn't that his father? Just how cold was the man with the icy blue eyes?
"I think you touched everything," said the big boss—and he did have a heavy French accent, so at least the lie had a seed. Mathias stared at me placidly, like he could read the secret his son and I shared on my face.
Célian spun toward me, uncuffing his cufflinks and rolling his sleeves up his veiny forearms. "Accounting can go back to their unfortunate line of work. Couture is excused from this meeting—though not forgiven for their horrid blog. Miss Humphry?" He snapped his fingers impatiently.
He was already waltzing down the narrow hallway, knowing I'd chase him like a puppy, and no doubt taking pleasure in that fact.
"I have a bone to pick with you."
Bone, boner—same difference, right?
I shot Grayson a please-save-my-butt look. His eyes said, I would but I still have a life to live.
I followed Célian down the hall, my Chucks slapping the floor in a hurry. He sliced through the throng of accountants, then stopped at a corner office, opened the door, barked "Out!" to the man inside, and tilted his head for me to go in. I did. He closed the door, and it was just the two of us.
Two feet of empty space between us.
About LJ Shen:
L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.
Before she'd settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who'd be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets people's' birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.
She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.
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USAID and Kenyan partners created the Northern Rangelands Trust, or NRT, which is an umbrella organization that oversees local conservancies owned and managed by local communities. The roles of NRT include building capacity, ensuring financial transparency, and improving local security for both pastoralists and tourists. NRT also provides a means for granting microfinance loans – just one of the many ways that this program has encouraged women's empowerment. In the past five years, USAID has helped NRT maintain its presence and gain momentum in Kenya.
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Now in its eighth year, the event champions local athletes, coaches, volunteers, sports clubs, participants and projects. Following a rigorous judging process, the winners and runners up were named at an award ceremony that took place on 13th November.
Active Rutland promotes sport, active recreation, health and physical activity for people of ages and abilities in Rutland and is full supported by Rutland County Council.
"The Active Rutland Community Sports Awards do an incredible job of recognising and rewarding the people involved in the local sporting community. This includes those who actively take part in a sport and those who work tremendously hard behind the scenes. This year's winners and runners up come from a huge range of different sports, which shows the amazing variety of activities that are available in our small county. We hope these awards start the ball rolling and inspire local people to get involved in sports in Rutland, whatever their age, ability or interests." Chris Traill, Strategic Director for Places at Rutland County Council
At this year's awards ceremony, there were 15 categories in total.
Uppingham School Sports Centre Junior Sportsman of the Year
Roger Begy Memorial Trust Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Rutland Agricultural Society Young Sportsman of the Year
Think Digital Print Young Sportswoman of the Year
Greetham Valley Young Volunteer of the Year
Rutland Community Wellbeing Service Volunteer of the Year
Rutland Marathon Sportsman of the Year
Rutland Cycling Sportswoman of the Year
Inspire2tri CIC Disabled Sportsperson of the Year
Lands' End Coach of the Year
Rutland Radio Team of the Year
Rutland Tennis Academy Physical Activity Programme Award
Catmose Sports Centre Active Lifestyle Award
Active Magazine Club of the Year
Anglian Water Lifetime Achievement Award
"We are delighted to once again be able to pave the way for this fantastic initiative. The awards celebrate the hard work and talent of local sportspeople, coaches and clubs and we'd like to congratulate all those involved. We look forward to another year of sporting excellence in Rutland." Peter Hyde, Highways Maintenance Director at Tarmac (overall event sponsor)
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One SAP employee's seemingly off-the-wall idea to apply machine learning in pursuit of legal compliance has already borne proofs of concept for numerous industry use cases.
Bruno Terlizzi de Renzo now knows that no new idea is too crazy, no challenge is off the table when it comes to applying the latest innovation platforms that apply new technologies like machine learning to automate business processes.
The senior localization product manager from SAP Globalization Services was faced with the job of updating SAP Localization Hub, tax service with changes to the Brazilian tax code. Sure, thought Terlizzi de Renzo, somebody has to do it, but instead of updating the service manually, wouldn't it be easier to give the machine enough examples so that it can learn by itself to describe each taxation rule and formula?
That idea was ambitious enough, thought Terlizzi de Renzo, but there was more to it than that. As legislation changes all the time in Brazil, it was clear that a complete machine learning model would be outdated before it saw the digital light of day. This triggered the second question: "What if we build a second machine that will read through legal changes, detect new tax rules, and generate data to teach the first machine?" For Terlizzi de Renzo and his development team, the feasibility of the idea was fading quickly – but that's not the end of the story.
1,000 Legal Changes Across 100 Countries
There are around 1000 legal changes delivered across 100 countries per year. Deciding what is important or not can be challenging and missing a legal change can significantly impact business. The most valuable benefit of deploying machine learning to simplify legal change processing is that experts can be freed up from tedious manual work so that they can focus on activities that require their expert skills. And most importantly, the automation of these processes can significantly reduce non-compliance and fines and provide adequate time for the manual confirmation of the system-proposed data.
"Law-to-Action" is Born
Not long after Bruno Terlizzi de Renzo shelved his idea, he discovered that there was another team at SAP working on updating legal texts. The two ideas were merged and the concept was named "Law-to-Code." So at the end of 2016, Terlizzi de Renzo embarked on his quest for self-learning program for legal-change processing.
In September 2017, it became clear to Terlizzi de Renzo and his team that a great deal of groundwork would be covered if he changed the approach to development by using the text services of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Foundation.
Terlizzi de Renzo explains: "The amazing APIs delivered by SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Foundation pushed the innovation in a very positive way as the team could then focus more energy and time on the core proof of concept, to develop an application that utilizes machine learning. A combination of these services accelerated the proof of concept development in ways nobody could imagine, making a very small team even more efficient."
"With the SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Foundation, machine learning can be developed quickly and without profound data science knowledge," says Markus Noga, head of Machine Learning at SAP. "The team was able to paste our intelligent and seamlessly integratable foundation services into their application – easy to consume, scalable, and secure."
Since the beginning of 2018, the proof of concept is now being shared with customers with the help of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Business Development teams. The use cases covered by this initiative are growing, and currently include:
- Compliance: As the legal obligations and regulations multiply worldwide, the need to stay compliant has become more critical than ever and highly qualified experts struggle with complex legal and tax regimes. With machine learning, customers can proactively scan and analyze thousands of records for legal requirements using algorithms to determine relevance of new changes so that experts can be alerted instantly with automatic workflows.
- Pharma and Chemical: The pharmaceutical industry has one of the most regulated systems in the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes new and changed regulations on a daily basis and it is quite a challenge for pharma companies to keep abreast with these updates and also change recipes within the stipulated time. In this use case, machine learning allows customers to track changes such as the announcement of banned substances and notify the relevant departments in time so that they can take action immediately.
- Food and Beverages: In the global food industry, the same product is likely to be sold across most countries, however with different packaging that complies with country-specific legal requirements. By plugging a robot to the regulators, a food producer can instantly get informed when new regulations are published, and the initiate compliance requirements in the packaging.
- New Industries: Emerging industries like autonomous driving and blockchain are disrupting entire markets, but are not immune to governmental regulations. Given the small scale and lack of experience in dealing with regulatory bodies, companies in these industries can use Law-to-Action can help them stay compliant with regulations.
Ferose V R, head of SAP Globalization Services, is convinced this is just the beginning a long and productive use of machine learning in tracking the unrelenting jungle of legal changes worldwide. "The law-to-action use case is easy to understand and demonstrate: It demystifies machine learning; shows the power of machine leadning and, with appropriate human in the loop, drives unique value to end users," concludes Ferose.
Who Made "Law-to-Action" Happen?
Law-to-Action Team in SAP Globalization Services: Michael Depner, sponsor; Jan-Klass Heinsohn, sponsor; Gert Eichberger, product manager; Bruno Terlizzi de Renzo, product owner; Vivek Gollapudy, developer/intern; André Dantas, developer; Marco Furlanetto, developer; Micael Ramos, developer; Guilherme Dellagustin, developer/fellow; Tamara Juschkova, developer/fellow.
SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Foundation Team: Markus Noga, Christian Boos, Helena Staader
SAP customers interested in co-innovation can contact Michael Depner from SAP Globalization Services.
Namita Gupta-Hehl is head of Marketing and Communications for Globalization Services at SAP.


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Isobel. Gorgeous. Pure. A perfect angel.
From the moment I see her
I have to know her.
Take her. Claim her.
But our fathers are sworn enemies.
Feuding families.
Once I take her captive
It will start a full scale war.
I don't care.
I'll make her mine.
Show her the power and freedom
Of giving in to dark desires.
Darkness. Depravity.
It's all I know.
But her light becomes my salvation.
She lights a fire in me. A hunger.
One that will only be stated
When she becomes mine.
My captive. My bride.


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Katya Arnold (1947–) Biography
Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Work in Progress, Sidelights
Born 1947, in Moscow, USSR (now Russia); Education: Received degree, 1965; Moscow Polygraph Institute, M.A., 1971. Politics: "Hate all." Hobbies and other interests: Mushrooms, reading, hiking, cooking, gardening.
Agent—Diane B. Foote, Holiday House, 425 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017.
Fine artist and illustrator. Painter, 1960–; illustrator for a children's magazine and for Moscow publishing houses, 1970–; art teacher, 1965–. Makes frequent school visits. Exhibition: Arnold's work featured at Matthew Brown Gallery, London, England, 2005.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Honors Awards
Aesop Accolade List, American Folklore Society, 1994, for Baba Yaga; Best Book of the Year citation, Nick Jr. Family magazine, and One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing citation, New York Public Library, both for Elephants Can Paint Too!
(Reteller) Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale, North-South Books (New York, NY), 1993.
(Reteller) Baba Yaga and the Little Girl: A Russian Folktale, North-South Books (New York, NY), 1994.
(Adapter) Knock, Knock, Teremok!: A Traditional Russian Tale, North-South Books (New York, NY), 1994.
(With Sam Swope) Katya's Book of Mushrooms, Holt (New York, NY), 1996.
(Reteller) Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev, Duck, Duck, Goose?, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1997.
(Reteller) Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev, Meow!, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1998.
(Reteller) Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev, The Adventures of Snowwoman, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1998.
(Reteller) Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev, Me Too!: Two Small Stories about Small Animals, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2000.
(Reteller) Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev, That Apple Is Mine!, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2000.
Let's Find It!: My First Nature Guide, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2002.
Elephants Can Paint Too!, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2005.
Several of Arnold's books have been translated into French, Dutch, and Chinese.
Eric A. Kimmel, reteller, The Red Valiant Rooster: A Story from Hungary, Holt (New York, NY), 1994.
Eric A. Kimmel, reteller, Onions & Garlic, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1996.
Daniil Kharms, It Happened like This: Stories and Poems, translation by Ian Frazier, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1998.
Also illustrator of The Wise Man's Solution, retold by Jean Casella, Big Book magazine.
Knock, Knock, Teremok! was adapted for television and performed on Storytime, PBS, 1995.
Work in Progress
Nose; "Hide & Seek" Nature Book; Give Me Back My Tail!
Russian-born author and illustrator Katya Arnold has written several children's books, among them Baba Yaga and the Little Girl: A Russian Folktale, Katya's Book of Mushrooms, and It Happened like This!: Stories and Poems Arnold has also displayed her paintings around the world, and has acted as an ambassador of Russian culture by retelling several popular Russian fables in English-language versions. In addition to her books Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale and Baba Yaga and the Little Girl, she has contributed to the growing library of multicultural children's literature with her retellings of the stories of noted Slavic author Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev.
Born in Moscow, in the then Soviet Union, in 1947, Arnold grew up in a house full of books because her father and mother were both well-educated academics. She was not allowed to explore the family library on her own, however, until she became a young reader. Instead, her mother would sit and read to her when she was ill and bedridden as a young child. Arnold recalled in particular an illustrated copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, with its wonderful drawings by John Tenniel that her mother painted with watercolors in shades of blue and red. "I watched the story come to life with her brush," the author once recalled in a publicity release for North-South Books. "Ever since that time, I have been stunned by the magic of color, the magic of creating a new world, and the different worlds, real and imagined, that people can live in."
Artistic talent seems to be a tradition among the women in Arnold's family: her mother was an art historian, and her grandmother was a painter, sculptor, and writer. To add further to Arnold's creative legacy, her uncle wrote children's books. At the age of twelve, Arnold determined that she, too, would become an artist, and she began to study painting. After receiving her undergraduate art degree in 1965, she attended the Moscow Polygraph Institute and graduated with a master's degree in 1971. While doing her graduate studies, she worked as an art teacher and provided illustrations to Russian-language children's magazines and Moscow-based book publishers. Interestingly, her art was considered dissident by Soviet authorities, and she was one of several artists who, involved in a creative rebellion, featured their work in an open-air art show Soviet authorities destroyed with bull-dozers. After marrying fellow artist Alexander Melamid, she continued to work as a teacher and painter while she, Melamid, and their two children left the Soviet Union and traveled around Europe. They lived for a time in Jerusalem and visited Italy, Scotland, France, Finland, and several other countries before settling in the United States.
Baba Yaga was Arnold's first book for young children to appear in the United States. Published in 1993, the book retells a Russian folktale originally collected by Aleksandr Afanas'ev in the nineteenth century. It begins with an elderly, childless couple bundling up a piece of wood like a baby, placing it in a cradle, and rocking it to sleep. Magically, the wood is transformed into a real boy named Tishka, and he is raised as the couple's own son. When evil witch Baba Yaga kidnaps Tishka to eat for her dinner, the boy tricks the witch's daughter into climbing in the oven in his place, and Baba Yaga eats her own child instead. When the furious witch later discovers the frightened Tishka hiding in the trunk of a tree, she tries to gnaw her way through to him, but a goose rescues the boy from the witch's wrath. According to Denise Anton Wright in School Library Journal, Baba Yaga "presents a slice of Russian folklore in an authentic and masterful style." A reviewer for Junior Bookshelf appreciated the "splendidly colourful" illustrations in the "style of early woodcuts." Arnold's gouache illustrations are "a fitting match for this retelling," a Publishers Weekly critic concluded.
Arnold continues the adventures of the evil Baba Yaga in a sequel, Baba Yaga and the Little Girl. In this story, an evil stepmother attempts to rid herself of her troublesome stepdaughter by sending the unwitting girl to the home of Baba Yaga to borrow a needle. Fortunately, the girl is coached by a loving aunt and avoids trouble. This story brings to life the menacing forests and clever heroes that characterize Russian folklore. Praising Arnold's artwork for accurately reflecting the theme of the story, Booklist reviewer Kay Weisman noted that "Arnold's thick black-line drawings resemble woodcuts; the vivid gouache colors give the artwork a fresh, modern look while remaining true to the story's classic roots."
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Several of Arnold's books for young people retell the stories of Russian author Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev. Suteev, who was born in Russia in 1903, released his first animated film in 1931 and became known throughout his homeland. Equally popular as an author of picture books, Suteev based many of his stories on his films. One such story, Duck, Duck, Goose?, is transformed, under Arnold's pen, into "a quirky story imbued with the spirit of a folktale," according to a Publishers Weekly contributor. Cited by School Library Journal reviewer Christy Norris as "a pleasing tale about identity and acceptance," the picture book Duck, Duck, Goose? is about a vain goose taking over the best-looking parts of each of her animal friends in an attempt to improve her appearance. She ends up looking totally silly, with the beak of a pelican at one end and a peacock's tail at the other. In Meow! a young puppy searches for the animal that is making a teasing yowl, suspecting a rooster, mouse, and even a bee in turn before discovering a playful kitten to be the noisemaker. "Arnold's brash illustrations are great for this classic," noted a Kirkus Reviews contributor, adding that the pictures capture "the puppy's energetic bumblings and the cat's prickly-backed hiss perfectly."
In The Adventures of Snowwoman, again based on an animated film by Suteev, a group of children are preparing for Christmas, but worry because they have no Christmas tree. Deciding to ask Santa for one, they conjure up a snowwoman, made from seven apples, a carrot, and an old stewpot, to be their messenger to the North Pole. Most of the story recounts Snowwoman's adventures on the way to the frigid North Pole. Praising both text and illustrations, School Library Journal contributor Lisa S. Murphy commented that "Arnold's bold illustrations portray exuberant children, a big and beautiful Snowwoman, and the camaraderie of the forest animals with equal verve." Me Too!: Two Small Stories about Small Animals features two of Suteev's stories: one about kittens, the second about ducklings.
Suteev's fable of animals fighting over the season's last apple is retold in That Apple Is Mine! Hare saw the apple first, but Crow captures it from the tree, and Hedgehog claims the apple for himself when Crow drops it. The three animals bicker until wise Bear wakes up, encouraging the three to share. "This well-paced retelling … begs to be told," wrote Linda M. Kenton in School Library Journal. A Publishers Weekly contributor praised Arnold's illustrations, writing that she "casts a contemporary artist's eye on a century-old-story and refreshes the familiar theme of sharing." In Horn Book a contributor noted that "Arnold's lively animals, in strong, black lines," reflect "the energy of her young audience."
Moving from folktales to nonfiction, Arnold has also created Let's Find It!: My First Nature Guide. Featuring large illustrations and very few words, the book encourages readers to find plants and animals hidden in each watercolor painting. Each two-page spread features a key on the left that includes depictions of a variety of plants and animals, while on the right, these plants and animals are hidden within a larger painting showing their natural habitat. At the end of the book, Arnold provides information about all the species identified throughout the book. "This field guide to plants and animals is also a visual adventure," wrote Anne Chapman in School Library Journal. A Kirkus Reviews contributor considered Let's Find It! "an entertaining first-look for nature lovers," while Booklist contributor Carolyn Phelan described the work as "part picture book, part nature guide, and part game."
In addition to her career as a children's book author and illustrator, Arnold works as a teacher in Brooklyn, New York, where she shares her talents for painting and illustration with her students. Working together with her husband, she also became involved in a project working with elephants that are no longer used for their traditional tasks in Thailand's logging industry. In Elephants Can Paint Too!, Arnold includes photographs of both the trained elephant's art as well as the art created by her human students in Brooklyn, then adds photos of her human and elephant students. "This is a wonderful book for parents to read to young children," wrote Temple Grandin, reviewing the book for the New York Times, concluding that Elephants Can Paint Too! "should enthrall children and get them interested in animals and nature." According to Diane Foote in Booklist, "In addition to the silliness, there's some factual information" about elephants, as well as about the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project, the group that sells the artwork created by the elephants. "Arnold's amusing and colorful photographs—of elephants and children at work—will have readers laughing as they view them side-by-side," Foote added.
Biographical and Critical Sources
Booklist, April 15, 1994, Kay Weisman, review of Baba Yaga and the Little Girl: A Russian Folktale, p. 1536; August, 2002, Carolyn Phelan, review of Let's Find It!: My First Nature Guide, p. 1966; August, 2005, Diane Foote, review of Elephants Can Paint, Too!, p. 2032.
Horn Book, September-October, 1997, p. 553; January, 2001, review of That Apple Is Mine!, p. 80.
Junior Bookshelf, December, 1993, review of Baba Yaga, p. 224.
Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 1998, review of Meow!, p. 492; July 1, 2002, review of Let's Find It!, p. 948; August 15, 2005, review of Elephants Can Paint, Too!, p. 908.
New York Times Book Review, March 13, 1994, p. 20; December 20, 1998, p. 24; December 18, 2005, Temple Grandin, review of Elephants Can Paint, Too!, p. L16.
Publishers Weekly, August 9, 1993, review of Baba Yaga, p. 478; May 5, 1997, review of Duck, Duck, Goose?, p. 208; November 20, 2000, review of That Apple Is Mine!, p. 67.
School Librarian, February, 1994, p. 15.
School Library Journal, January, 1994, Denise Anton Wright, review of Baba Yaga, p. 103; September, 1997, Christy Norris, review of Duck, Duck, Goose?, p. 172; March, 1999, Lisa S. Murphy, review of The Adventures of Snowwoman, p. 162; December, 2000, Linda M. Kenton, review of That Apple Is Mine!, p. 129; October, 2002, Anne Chapman, review of Let's Find It!, p. 140; September, 2005, Kirsten Cutler, review of Elephants Can Paint Too!, p. 190.
Matthew Bown Gallery Web site, http://www.matthewbown.com/ (February 14, 2006), "Katya Arnold."
North-South Books publicity release, 1994.
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Six years is a long time to wait for anything, especially when what we've been waiting for is new music from The Metal Queen herself, DORO. Well, the long, arduous torture is over because at last we have Forever Warriors, Forever United (out now, Nuclear Blast Records), a double-disc set featuring 25 songs!! I always get nervous when bands and artists put these out because the streets are littered with the carcasses of ill-fated, bloated, overindulgent double albums that quite frankly maybe, MAYBE have 10 good songs between them (Guns N'Roses, Five Finger Dick Punch, Smashing Pumpkins, anyone?) and are just bad. Well fear not, that ain't the case here! What we get is a set that ebbs and flows in perfect fashion. So let's dive in.
The record opens with a one-two punch of "All For Metal" and "Bastardos", both of which bring the heavy and the hooks in spades and were obvious favorites from jump. The latter features an all-star cast helping out on the choruses, too. Speaking of guests, the mighty Johan Hegg from AMON AMARTH shows up to duet on the very dark number "If I Can't Have You – no one Will." What truly makes this one leap off the page is that I watched them perform it live at Wacken a few weeks ago and live it simply destroys. A change of pace comes with "Soldier of Metal," one of several ballads in this collection. Longtime fans will definitely feel this one, no question.
It's back to rockin' with "Turn It Up" and "Blood, Sweat, and Rock 'n' Roll." You can just hear the band locked in, and the riff machine is humming along at full power. There's some really sweet guitar solo stuff going on behind the verses and choruses, too of "Blood, Sweat", something I always love. "Don't Break My Heart Again" is vintage DORO at its finest, and I could easily see this one on Angels Never Die or 1990's self-titled album. But it sounds fresh and current at the same time. "Love's Gone to Hell' is next, and truth be told…I wasn't real big on this one when it was first released two years ago. Blasphemy, I know. Seeing/hearing it live twice since then has brought me around though, so I definitely dig it now.
"Freunde Fürs Leben" (Friends For Life) is sung completely in German, and DORO makes you hang on every word, whether or not you speak the language. There's real feeling in this one. "Backstage to Heaven" reminds me of the glory days of L.A.'s Sunset Strip and there's even a cool breakdown featuring some saxophone courtesy of German musician/comedian Helge Schneider. "Be Strong" is an all-out rocker and one of the reasons this review is only happening now. It's a bonus track and I didn't get those till yesterday. Disc two opens with "Résistance" and keeps the metal train rolling nicely, while "Lift Me Up", "Cuts So Deep", and "1000 Years" are three very beautiful love songs. "Cuts" in particular has a real pained longing in the chorus.
"Heartbroken" features guest guitars from my man crush Doug Aldrich and has a soaring hook and fiery solo. Then again, I expected nothing less. And speaking of guitar-driven rockers, "Love Is a Sin" has axemen Bas Maas and Luca Princiotta flexing their muscles over a smooth groove laid down by the rhythm section of Nick Douglas (bass) and Johnny Dee (drums), making for another surefire winner. "Living Life to the Fullest" is a special number because it was written in the wake of Lemmy's death in tribute to him. It also encapsulates the spirit of who he was lyrically, set against a sort of metal minuet. Either way it works perfectly.
"Fight through the Fire" and "Metal Is My Alcohol" show a more raw, unpolished side of DORO and her bandmates, with the latter being damn near full-on punk. This was a pleasant surprise! She also made the very wise choice to cover "Lost In the Ozone" a MOTÖRHEAD tune, once again to honor her fallen friend. I steady abuse the REPEAT button. All in all, this is a magnificent collection from The Metal Queen. 25 tracks of kickass metal, gorgeous balladry, and foot-stompin' rock 'n' roll. Every song hits the mark, and in all honesty Forever Warriors, Forever United is THE best DORO album since Warrior Soul. The race for my Top Albums of 2018 just got a lot tighter. Hail to The Queen, FÜR IMMER!!


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Podcast: Sensors stalking while you're shopping may not be so bad
Before the New York Times posted its story this week on shoppers at Nordstrom and coffee shops being tracked using their smartphone, I had talked to Hilmi Ozguc, CEO and co-founder of Swirl, a company that provides such technology. Ozguc didn't seem evil, and in fact, most of the podcast was spent discussing how this helps bridge the online and offline shopping experience to the benefit of consumers.
We discuss how the company's app lets people opt-in to such tracking and how sensors placed in participating retailers will let those retailers know what shoppers want and offer them discounts. As more retailers participate, users of the app who are in a store might get notified if another store has the item they are looking at for a lower price. We end with Ozguc's vision for the future of retail. If you want to see it in action, just hit up a Kenneth Cole store in NYC or The Blue Jean Bar in Boston.
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Host: Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Hilmi Ozguc, CEO and co-founder of Swirl
- How is Swirl not like a retailer stalking me through the store?
- Who is the customer here? The retailers or the consumer?
- How does the internet of things change shopping?
- How soon will retailers open up their data so consumers can see what's in stores in real-time?
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In the center of Beijing, there is a modern design structure made with forty-two thousand tons of steel beams woven together to resemble the shape of a bird's nest. It's the result of a wonderful vision of an international team of architects and engineers, and it took center stage in one of the biggest events of the last decade, the 2008 Olympic games.
The stadium was designed by the architect Herzog & de Meuron, ArupSport, and China Architectural Group. The Beijing National Stadium is made of giant masses of twisted steel, which are put together to form a steel skeleton structure of this unusual arena. Its steel roof is 320 meters long, 297 meters wide, and 69 meters high which covers a massive bowl that seats 91,000 spectators. It is one of the largest stadiums ever built in China.
It also became the center of the biggest sporting event in Chinese history, the 2008 summer Olympics. But even more impressive than its sheer size is its unprecedented design. It's an ambitious plan that calls for giant curving beams which crisscross in an intricate pattern of woven steel. They give the building its name the "Bird's Nest". No building like this has ever been attempted in the world in the history of architecture.history of architecture.
Birds Nest Stadium Structure
As the design evolved it was quite clear that it was going to be a major challenge to engineer it, fabricate it, and assemble it, which was very complicated. The complex design structure, with its twist and turn, is the first of its kind. The steel structure of the bird's nest is super huge and is one of the biggest structures in the world. There were some challenges with the construction of this mega steel architectural structure, one of them is that it is located in the middle of a seismic region. Now, the main challenge was to make this fragile design strong enough to withstand seismic activities.
Beijing Bird Nest Stadium construction began in December 2003 and was completed in a span of nearly four years in September 2007. The original design for the stadium consisted of a retractable roof, which was later eliminated in keeping in mind the safety of the spectators and also the reduced budget. However, the roof design was altered to save the fans from undesirable weather conditions. There were many problems during its construction and architects changed the structural analysis and design many times.
As the stadium was mainly constructed for the 2008 Olympics, the biggest problem was the accommodation of thousands of people in the stadium. There were many problems during its construction and architects changed the structural design many times. As the stadium was mainly constructed for 2008 Olympics, the biggest problem was the accommodation of thousands of people in the stadium.
The steel roof of the stadium was skinned with high-tech membranes, which let the sunlight in to conserve energy. The membrane also keeps the rain and wind out. A state-of-the-art technology system was used to conserve energy, water and to regulate heat.
The building's facade is open, allowing natural ventilation. Nearly 17,000 professionals and workers were involved in the construction of this magnificent structure. Around 110,000 tons of steel were used in the overall construction, which was made in China. The grass field has a surface area of 7,800 square meters.
The stadium was originally constructed and designed for the 2008 Olympics, after that, the stadium has hosted various sports events, including football.
The architects who designed this stadium have also designed the famous Allianz Arena in Munich. But this was a whole different task. The architectural concept for this was inspired by Chinese art, where sweeping lines are arranged around a round vessel.
The architects and engineers wanted this to become a city icon rather than some contemporary event building. The architects have to think and come up with a design that can appeal to people, where they can walk in and out freely. Also, it had to be such that it does not lose its identity after the 2008 Olympics event.
The budget for the construction was reduced from $500 million to $290 million. As a result, the plan for recreating the roof has to be dropped, thereby reducing the sitting capacity of the stadium by 9,000.


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Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides
- R S Deshpande - Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India
- Saroj Arora - Centre for Rural Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Land Reforms in India series
Agricultural Economics | Rural Sociology | South Asia Studies
The essays, based on the research and analyses conducted by academics from different parts of the country, examine the reasons for the growing agrarian crisis and increasing incidences of farmers' suicides in specific regions of the country. They take into account regional discrepancies in agricultural growth and implementation of policies in specific areas. In doing that, they also bring to light the various types of farm sector distress, which, in turn, leads to a better understanding of the whole situation. The compilation also attempts to define a systematic policy line.
[The book] deals with the issues related to the agrarian crisis and farmer suicides in a most comprehensive way…The book is well rounded as it has chapter on the behavioural and social issues…The Editors put forth a very robust "Introduction" and balance it with "The Way Forward" at the end.
Deshpande and Saroj Arora, editors of the volume, discuss the pros and cons of various options and suggest what needs to be done for ending the present agrarian crisis. Overall, this well-edited and well-organised volume has plenty of material relating to agriculture in general and the agrarian crisis in particular. Researchers and policymakers are sure to find it immensely useful.


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Located near Stachus, the little bar is easy to miss. If you find it, it's worth looking inside, though. Whether it's the shots that are served in test tubes or the bartenders wearing white lab coats, you feel like being back in chemistry class - with the exception that you can down the 'dangerous' chemicals in front of you!
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Description: How the hell do you review a DVD like the "Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior"? and walk away with a straight face? This mockumentary about the rise and fall of Jim Hellwig will either have die-hard smarks laughing in disbelief or have the wrestling fans laughing at the subject. There are so many fabricated lies and hypocritical statements made by the people in the interview that you'll roll your eyes the moment you hear them (HHH: "Arguably one of the most unprofessional guys I've ever stepped in the ring"). This is the same guy that put himself in the title picture and bury those he feel aren't worthy of the spotlight. Oh, and he married the boss' daughter. Yeah, that's professional.
But at the same time, the DVD is somewhat of an entertaining guilty pleasure and it clearly shows as to why the Warrior was indeed a nutcase and a delusional person. As evident of his bizarre events outside of wrestling like his notorious "queer-bashing" speech at the University of Connecticut, people who have read about these bizarre events will quickly connect to this so-called "documentary", even though 75% of the crap isn't true and believe that Warrior is an idiot. This, along with the wrestlers' impersonation of his interviews, will have many fans rolling all over the floor.
Anyone expecting a real-life biography of the Ultimate Warrior will definitely want to look elsewhere, as this is nothing but a series of one-sided fabrications similar to that overrated piece of garbage "Monday Night War" that was released last year. This is nothing but a negative, bitter assault on the wrestler as he is mocked, made fun of, insulted, buried and demoralized in a cruel fashion. It's shit like this make me wander what would've happened had Bret Hart didn't sign up for a DVD deal.
Simply put, the worst hatchet-job in the history of professional wrestling.
Anyone who enjoys a good laugh at a wrestler they despise will definitely warrant this package. The brutally bad interviews, horrible storylines and the laughably horrific Hogan v. Warrior match from Halloween Havoc 1998 involved are pure entertainment, in a guilty way. If you like comedy and unintentional hilarity, this DVD is for.
For the die-hard fans, the DVD consist of several dandy extras including the classic retirement match between Warrior and Randy Savage at WM7, the Warrior's historical squash on the Honky Tonk Man and a good match with Rick Rude at SummerSlam 1990. Those are the only reasons those fans want to waste your $22.00 on this DVD.
Rating: Strongly recommended and strong recommendation to avoid, depending on your tastes.
Reviewed by Joe L. on October 17, 2005.
It's 5am october 12th, i've literally just finished watching the WWE dvd based on the ultimate "Destruction" and i sat pretty much the whole way through the dvd thinking "What the hell" For Hulk Hogan,Vince McMahon,Bobby Heenan & co to sit there and proceed to bash the man for the duration of this dvd made me sick. To sit and watch vince sit there with that look in his eyes as he knows excactly what he's doing by trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes much like the "Bret Screwed Bret" angle.
Sure the guy didn't have great technical ability or the time to showcase that he might've had any. But people often forget that even these days we don't see great matches produced on tv or ppv. The man created so much energy for the fans in the arena or watching at home that hairs on your arms stood up and on the back of your neck. Yeah his promo skills weren't great to begin with but if you notice that the more promos the show of him and the more comfortable he get's with the camera some of them kinda make sence.
The guy came out night after night and did what he had to do. Make an Impact, and half the people i see posting articles and stuff bashing him and yet would pay money to sit and watch Goldberg who does the exact same thing. If anything is the Ultimate warrior with no hair, no face paint...well altogether no colour. Has a 5 set move list sticks to it and matches are over within what 2 minutes. But it's 2 minutes that you'll always remember.
I don't know if i'm just rambling here or if i'm making any sence, i hope i am. But for WWE to sit there and do what they do when things ain't going their way, they try and turn it around so the image of the company don't look bad they blame the athlete. for me personally this whole dvd and guys bashing Ultimate warrior is just Vince and wwe's way of handling rejection. As he's flat out disagreed to work with WWE and rejects to sign up with their legends deal.
WWE is basically trying to turn the whole thing round so that they can say "You know what, we don't want him he ain't good enough". What's with the whole Byte this Invite? Another ploy by wwe to draw a reaction from Warrior. Sure his reply was alot to be desired and i'm sure looking back on it he thinks he maybe shouldn't have said what he said about droz, afterall he's done no harm to Warrior. But it's done what wwe wanted provoked a reaction when they knew fine well he'd say no.
Reviewed by Craig McDermid on October 12, 2005.


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Last night, Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger joined forces for their second runway collaboration. The see-now, buy-now Spring 2017 show headed to the West Coast, marking the first time the fashion brand has ever shown in Los Angeles instead of New York. From a star-studded front row to an all-star model lineup, here's what you missed at the Tommy x Gigi show.
1) The show was staged at "Tommyland" on Venice Beach, marking Hilfiger's first time ever showing on the West Coast. Like the duo's larger-than-life spectacle at New York Fashion Week last season, this show set had a carnvial-meets-festival vibe with food vendors, games, pop-up shops selling Tommy x Gigi merch and more.
2) Unsurprisingly, Gigi opened and closed the show. For the first look, the supermodel wore a red, white and blue crop top, leather pants and a windbreaker. For the finale, she walked the runway in an ethereal maxi dress.
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3) Lady Gaga made a splash in the the front row. Hot off the heels of her Super Bowl Halftime Show, the singer showed up wearing bedazzled face jewelry and no pants—giving some major old school Gaga vibes. Kris Jenner, Sofia Richie, Sereyah, Kaia Gerber and more also sat front row during the show.
4) Sister Bella Hadid and pals Hailey Baldwin, Joan Smalls and Stella Maxwell led the finale walk together. The model lineup, who all arrived to Los Angeles together aboard #AirTommy, also included Sara Sampaio, Devon Windsor, Alanna Arrington, Romee Strijd and more.
5) Gigi's younger brother, Anwar Hadid, ran out on the runway to give his sister a bouquet of flowers and a kiss at the end of the show—making for the cutest sibling moment.
After the show, Bella also posted a sweet message to her sister on Instagram, writing how proud she was of her:
6) Fergie performed at the after-party. The #TommyNow stage looked like a mini Coachella set for guests to get into the festival mood with music, food-stands, booths selling merch and more.
7) The Tommy x Gigi Spring 2017 collection is now available to shop and rent exclusively at armarium.com, marking the first time a see-now, buy-now collection has been available to rent.
Lauren Alexis Fisher is a freelance fashion editor and writer in New York. She is the former market editor for HarpersBAZAAR.com.


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Torah Cafe is proud to present a treasury of videos on a variety of topics related to Shavuot.
You can see them at: TorahCafe.com/Shavuot.
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• The Chosen People: Who Chose Whom?
If you're born Jewish, you're Jewish no matter what. You're bound by the laws of the Torah and branded with the title "Jew." Is that fair? Did you choose to be Jewish? A stunning analysis of free choice forces us to reconsider the nature of our commitment to Judaism.
• The Torah: Given by G-d?
Seeing is believing. Three million people stood around Mt Sinai and saw and heard G-d's words.
• From Sinai to Cyberspace
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I just received the December 5th edition of the Rock County Star Herald, my home town newspaper. I was delighted to read a story about Generations, the local senior citizens center. The center started an ambitious campaign to raise 2 million dollars for a building for senior activities which will provide meals and social activities for community seniors as well as for residents of all ages in the low income housing tower to which it will be connected.
The newest fund raiser is a calendar featuring, each month, a local senior posed in a scene from an iconic movie. Costumes were borrowed from the local community theatre company, and a local photographer volunteered to take the photos. So, on the front page of the paper, there she was, Neva, the mother of one of my high school classmates, posed like Julie Andrews from The Sound of Music, clad in that black dress with the white apron, standing in front of a mountain in the middle of the alpine meadow with her arms held out, ready to belt out The Hills are Alive. George, director of Generations and a retired horticulturalist, posed as Forrest Gump sitting on the bench with a suitcase and a box of chocolates.
They got the idea from the Winona Friendship Center. It seems like they had a great deal of fun doing it. They are making plans for next year's calendar.
What iconic film scene/character would you like to pose as for such a calendar?


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Streetlights flicker,
Eighty stories down below,
Headlights drifting,
Traffic moving to and fro.
All noise distant,
Just the wind rushing by,
Nightfall signals,
Crime to fight, time to fly.
Free fall entry,
To the back streets, start my day,
I'm so tired,
So much evil, too much pain.
No one knows me,
All they look at is my mask,
I'm so lonely,
Is one friend too much to ask?
Nabbing bad guys,
All the public ever wants,
No one asks me,
"Wanna go and grab some lunch?"
I'm an artist,
Wish the world could see me dance,
I can't show them,
Can't give villains any chance.
I'm not perfect,
All the toughness is for show,
Go home crying,
Hurt and bruised and broken boned.
Not all bad though,
Stopped a killer just last night,
Broke his cheekbone,
Locked him up and saved a life.
Just wish someone,
Would come join me, take my place,
I could rest I'm,
Almost past my fighting days.
Not retirement,
Boring no more beating thugs,
Just consulting,
Maybe one weekend a month.
Got no pension,
Have to get a full-time job,
I like justice,
Maybe I could be a cop.


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LEICESTER: Riyad Mahrez struck to give Leicester City a third consecutive Champions League victory as the fairytale Premier League champions edged FC Copenhagen 1-0 yesterday. Mahrez's athletic 40th-minute volley at the King Power Stadium left Claudio Ranieri's men five points clear in Group G and they are still to concede a goal in the competition. With Club Brugge losing 2-1 at home to Porto in the other group game, Leicester will be assured of a place in the last 16 if they win away to Copenhagen in their next match on November 2. Leicester are struggling domestically, their title defence effectively over after four defeats in eight games, but in Europe they are rekindling memories of their 5,000-1 march to glory last season. Indeed, their tally of points in the Champions League-nine-is one more than they have amassed in the league.
Ranieri was particularly indebted to his Copenhagen-born goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who brilliantly swatted away a shot from Andreas Cornelius with seconds of normal time remaining. It was a first defeat in 24 matches for Stale Solbakken's Copenhagen, but they remain in second place ahead of next month's return fixture. With Leicester's fans a little subdued following another heavy domestic defeat — 3-0 at Chelsea last Saturday-it was left to Copenhagen's supporters to create the pre-match atmosphere. The travelling fans were in fine voice and the Champions League anthem was accompanied by a burst of red flares in the away end that will almost certainly attract the attention of UEFA. On the pitch, though, it was Leicester who carried the greater threat, despite the visitors dominating possession.
The hosts found joy with passes in behind Copenhagen's full-backs (less so when the ball was hoofed in the air towards Islam Slimani) and it was an approach that yielded the opening goal. Five minutes before half-time, Jamie Vardy lofted a cross towards the far post from the left, Slimani headed it back across goal and Mahrez darted in to beat Robin Olsen with a close-range volley. It was the Algerian winger's fourth goal of the season and third in three Champions League games. Shy of a Federico Santander shot that dribbled straight into the gloves of Schmeichel, the Danish champions had not really threatened. But they came within a whisker of equalising on the stroke of half-time when Cornelius's header from Ludwig Augustinsson's corner missed the left-hand upright by millim etres. Cornelius threatened again early in the second half, his flick working Schmeichel, but Leicester were playing with rediscovered belief, Mahrez seeing a shot blocked by Erik Johansson. Slimani had the ball in the net in the 67th minute when he followed in to head home after Olsen brilliantly touched his shot onto the bar, but he was denied, incorrectly, by an offside flag. The introduction of winger Rasmus Falk lifted Copenhagen and there was one last scare before Leicester could celebrate victory. In the last minute, Santander's cross from the left picked out Cornelius, but Schmeichel produced a superb one-handed reflex save to keep his countrymen at bay. — AFP


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Factors Influencing the Choice of Interpersonal Communication Forms Utilized In Promoting Maternal and Child Survival in West Pokot County, Kenya (Published)
Interpersonal communication is one of the most common methods used in campaigns to reduce high maternal and child mortality rate in West Pokot County, Kenya. The study sought to identify the factors that affect the choice of each form of interpersonal communication used in promoting maternal and child survival. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design. It also utilized a mixed research approach. The research sampled four hundred (400) respondents from the County. Cluster sampling, and purposive sampling techniques were used to identify respondents. Qualitative data was collected using four key informant interviews and focus group discussions and analysed thematically and then presented narratively. On the other hand, quantitative data from questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, then presented using a combination of narrative explanations, tables and graphs. From the study findings, government policies, indicators, national campaigns and routine of the health workers were identified as the major factors that influenced the choice of interpersonal communication forms used. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the views of the all the stakeholders should be sought and incorporated into programmes aimed at enhancing maternal and child survival. Cultural aspects that encourage the upholding of proper upkeep of children and pregnant mothers should be identified and used during maternal and child survival campaigns.
Keywords: Child Survival, Choice, Factors, Influence, Interpersonal Communication Forms, Kenya, Maternal, Promotion, West Pokot County


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Over next fews days, sizable amount of media coverage will be dedicated to patriot-terrorist narrative
Source: Kurt Nimmo
The LAX TSA shooting story is beginning to fall apart as the government and its propaganda dispensing media jostle to exploit the incident as a pretext to further militarize TSA procedures and also demonize official enemies, including Alex Jones and Glenn Beck.
In similar fashion to the government generated narrative on the Boston Bombing and "active shooter" incidents over the last two years, the cover story for the murder of a TSA agent in Los Angeles has a number of glaring incongruities and oddities.
It was initially reported that the shooter was a fellow TSA agent. "Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the gunman was a Transportation Security Administration employee at LAX," the media reported shortly before noon on Friday. "The gunman was killed by authorities after he opened fire Friday morning. He allegedly shot and killed a fellow TSA employee."
BREAKING. Law enforcement source tells @CBSNews the LAX shooter was an off-duty TSA agent.
— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) November 1, 2013
Less than an hour later, it was reported that a "federal law enforcement official said that the gunman was a ticketed passenger entering the airport. Officials don't believe the gunman has ever worked for TSA. Law enforcement sources had earlier told The Times the gunman was a TSA employee."
The New York Post carried a bizarre graphic photo allegedly showing a wounded suspect at the airport. The photo contradicts a news report stating the "triggerman wore dark clothes and a bulletproof vest." The individual in the photo is wearing a brown shirt and light-colored pants, not dark clothing. He is certainly not wearing a bullet proof vest. If the photo posted on the supposedly reputable New York Post website in fact shows the alleged shooter, then the earlier report is outright propaganda or shoddy journalism.
Then came the expected story turnaround to pave over previous incongruities. Enter Paul Ciancia, a reportedly mentally ill individual who turned out to be a perfect fit for the violent and dangerous antigovernment loner meme pushed by the Department of Homeland Security, the establishment media, and various organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. The now common domestic terrorist stereotype exemplified by Ciancia also produces fodder for a number of liberal bloggers and others who amplify a hysterical propaganda message about rightwing terrorists in our midst who must be ultimately dealt with by the government.
By mid-day Friday it was claimed that Ciancia carried a "manifesto" with him and that he "wanted to kill TSA and pigs." According to the Daily Mail and others, government sources said the note was signed with the letters "NWO," short for "New World Order."
Law enforcement: materials found on LAX suspect included rant referencing conspiracy theory, the New World Order http://t.co/gQIUyadanu
— CNN (@CNN) November 2, 2013
"Ciancia's views appear to be in line with the anti-government Patriot movement, whose members subscribe to the theory that a powerful secret alliance of international elites is plotting to form a one-world government, also known as a New World Order," the British newspaper reported on Sunday.
"In addition to the note found at the scene, investigators are using some other writings of Ciancia's to help build a case for what drove him to kill a TSA agent on Friday morning," the Daily Mail reported.
Southern Poverty Law Center has details on LAX shooter's alleged antigovernment manifesto. Keywords: "Fiat currency" http://t.co/BP60quUCXL
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) November 2, 2013
According to the SPLC, Ciancia's note characterized former Department of Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano as a "bull dyke" and dismissed her with an obscenity.
These alleged "writings" will undoubtedly be used to expand the rightwing meme and underscore the supposed need to deal with violent antigovernment radicals, i.e., anybody who voices displeasure with big government and the growth of a police state apparatus used against political enemies of the establishment. The murder of a frontline TSA hireling will inject the needed degree of urgency to deal with the problem of Americans growing increasingly angry and restless over TSA molestation and wholesale violations of the Fourth Amendment.
Crucial story flipflops are now fading into the background — as they did when the government shaped up the official meme on the Boston Bombing — and the antigovernment terrorist meme will be allowed to dominate the spotlight.
Over the next fews days, a sizable amount of media coverage will be dedicated to this now well-established patriot-terrorist narrative. MSNBC and other establishment propaganda outlets will dwell on media figures associated with different factions within a large and growing movement — from the more or less mainstream tea parties to originalist Constitution groups like the Oath Keepers — and will insinuate that allowing these individuals and groups to exercise their right to free speech endangers the government.
Case in point for the days ahead: the corporate media's failed attempt to connect Alex Jones to cop murderer Richard Poplawski in 2009. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the New York Times, Raw Story and dozens of liberal blogs parroted the lie that Poplawski was an Alex Jones follower. In fact, Poplawski disliked Jones, as his posts on Infowars.com revealed. After the convicted murderer's messages were re-posted to refute the ludicrous accusation, Raw Story corrected a story linking Jones to Poplawski.
The establishment media and its sycophants will undoubtedly renew the effort to undermine the alternative media and its key figures in the days ahead. They may avoid mentioning Alex Jones and Glenn Beck by name, but the insinuation will be crystal clear.
Anybody who criticizes the government and its Gestapo operations in airports and on the streets of America is a terrorist who will shoot to kill government workers. This is the primary objective of the incident at LAX on Friday. Its end game is to portray activists opposed to the New World order agenda as mentally deranged cop killers.


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One day, politicians will learn...Posted by Brian at 8:08 AM
That you never respond seriously to a comic who is mocking you on television, because it will always end badly. If you're really good, you can play along with the joke and turn it around on the comic, but in most cases, it's a wise move to just leave it alone.
Rep. Bill Posey of Florida is not a wise man.
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