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When the Mandarin makes his big screen launch in Iron Man 3, he'll be missing one—make that ten—important weapons: his rings. While early shots of Ben Kingsley's portrayal of the Mandarin have shown his hands cluttered with jewelry, director Shane Black stressed during an early press day for the film that the rings are no longer imbued with individual superpowers like flames, ice, mental control, disintegration, and matter-rearranging.
In fact, the rings no longer have special powers at all—and Black knows that fans might not be happy.
Explained Black:
"I hate to break it to you, but he's not from space in this. The rings are rings. They're showmanship, they're accoutrements. They're paraphernalia of warfare that he sort of drapes himself with. He studies Sun Tzu, he studies insurgency tactics. He surrounds himself with dragons and symbols of warlords and Chinese iconography because he wants to represent this sort of prototypical terrorist who—we use as the example Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now—may have been an American, may have been a British National, someone who is out there doing field work, supervising atrocities for the intelligence community who went nuts in the field and became this sort of devotee of war tactics, and now has surrounded himself with a group of people over which he presides, and the only thing that unifies them is this hatred of America."
The decision erases one of the Mandarin's key defenses, but it does make a certain amount of sense given Black's goals for the film. Black wants Iron Man 3's tone to be as natural as possible, which means taking liberties with a character who has, in the past, been dismissed by some as an Asian caricature. Like in The Dark Knight—a film he name-checked as a reference point—Black wanted to ground the Mandarin in real world tactics.
"One of the joys for me has always been seeing how you take a villain from the comic book and realize him in a slightly more realistic way for the movie—render him for movies in a way that's recognizable, but different. That's fun. Like the Joker in The Dark Knight is not the Joker from the comic book, but there's just enough of him that you recognize him and go, 'Wow, what a creative way of interpreting the Joker for motion pictures.' So that was our task here, too. The fans love this character of the Mandarin and we just said, 'Well, what we don't want is this potentially racist, stereotype of a Fu Manchu villain just waving his fist.'"
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Amanda Presnell
Amanda was our first Digitization Outreach Coordinator, in charge of usability studies, GTAs and interns, collaborative projects, and marketing. She was the one primarily responsible for our blog and Facebook page!
In 2011, Amanda completed her Masters of Library and Information Studies here at UA, with a double focus on children's librarianship and archives. Amanda hopes to become an archivist one day. Prior to coming to digital services, she worked in both print and digital media. From January 2010 - February 2011, Amanda served as Project Manager for the digitization of the Septimus D. Cabaniss collection, a project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Then in early 2012 she performed a usability study that helped us determine how we need to modify Acumen.
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This version is not standalone, you need to install the NTW3 version 7.5 before.
All details here: https://www.thelordz.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=16524
This patch is mostly about correcting mistakes and rebalancing gameplay from the previous version.
- Minor adjustments have been made to some of the starting armies for more balanced game-play.
- Saved games from your v75 campaigns are NOT compatible with the new v76 patch due to the updated changes.
- Campaign db tables have been thoroughly checked and tested to remove small errors that affect game play and cause random ctd's.
- The uniform files have been condensed for the SPC mod from the larger MP battle mod files and should result in fewer battle crashes.
- There are a few small uniform issues that we'll be working to correct, they're listed here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/y8693fptj5tolmh/v76_SPC_known_uniform_issues.rar
- ...please post any new uniform issues here on this thread:
- A special thanks to Vilain de Bourg-en-Bresse for his usual help in play testing the v76 SPC mod
Naval Battles
- Please note the new startup procedures for the Naval battle mod on our NTW3 thread at the TWC forums: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?633481-NTW3-v7-5-NAVAL-Battles-MP-amp-SP-mods
- Lord Commodore Wesley has added more historically accurate custom ships for several of the factions
Multiplayer gameplay changes (compared to 7.5)
- All units cost about 10% less (if stats remain the same)
- Musket fire: more effective at middle/long range, especially for skilled units
- Artillery: barrage lasts five minutes
- Artillery canister: reload slightly faster, more deadly
- Howitzers: less expensive
- Cavalry: less prone to trample infantry, especially when in square formation
- Cavalry: increased speed difference between heavy / medium and light cavalry
- Heavy cavalry : lower defense
- Lancers: less effective
Reshaped rosters
France 1799's and the Peninsular Coalition's infantry and cavalry rosters have been completely redone.
France 1811's and Russia 1812's cavalry rosters have been redone.
Spain 1812's infantry and cavalry rosters have been significantly improved.
Spain 1808 and Ottomans' rosters have several new units.
A few more factions have one or two new units.
Artillery icons have been redesigned to be more easily recognizable in battle.
Unit descriptions
Russia 1807's units descriptions are all available (many thanks to MighyOwl)
Download and installation
- This version is not standalone! First, install NTW3 version 7.5 (https://www.thelordz.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=16524)
- Download patch 7.6: http://www.moddb.com/downloads/ntw3-7-6-setup
- Launch the installer and select your own NTW root directory (by default "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Napoleon Total War")
- Launch the "NTW3 v7.6" shortcut on your desktop, or Napoleonic Total War III.exe in /data/NTW3/Launcher7.6 folder.


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Things you should know about Jens:
You don't want to eat his hummus, or he will kill you.
If you're a promoter that ripped off another band he was working for who happens to be at the show he is at, you best find a ATM because he will shake your ass down for all that loot. (Did that make any sense? I don't care.)
After a quick bro down with him, we made our way to Interlaken where following a night of hanging with some road homies and watching some Rammstein… Wait, I have to say something right now. I, like a lot of people out there, have never given a good goddamn about Rammstein. Never got the allure. But after watching them live—HOLY FUCKING SHIT! I couldn't tell you what one of their songs sounds like but their stage show is insane. Fire shooting everywhere at all times, dudes on treadmills, crossbows shooting flames, face masks blowing flames, guitars blowing flames, gigantic mechanical bull penis things that hose the crowd with foam. It was like Gwar on PCP—on acid. I would love to shake every one of their crews aloe coated, skin grafted hands and tell them what a great job they are doing.
Back to Slayer, the day we played Slayer was the headliner, so we snuck side stage to check out the riffage:
After about a half hour LJ invited us into the dressing room. We assumed that the band had already left and strutted in like the cock of the walk only to walk directly into the entire band chilling out. John immediately blurted out something like "I don't want to be a fan boy or something but you know, it's like, you know…" We were off to a great start. After multiple shots with the band that left us a little too at ease, the boys got some photos with the band, who were cool as hell to us, and then Slayer's tour manager came in and told them it was time to go. They had to catch a flight. On the way out the door Kerry King turned to us and said "Take whatever's left, we can't use it." Thus began the great Slayer Dressing Room Pillage of 2013.
Then we grabbed a trashcan from the hall way and started a crammin':
To be honest the next few day were a blur. There was our breathtaking stateroom on the ferry over to the UK with the finest sleeping faculties that money could buy:
I guess it's not really all that surprising that all the photos I have from the UK and Ireland look something like this:
I did try to get this guy to give me his pot of gold:
After the shows in the UK we hopped a flight over to Poland for a show. Once again we had first class accommodations:
After Poland it was over to Genève where a buck-naked couple stormed the stage and danced around for most of the encore. Of course I missed the entire thing because I set up merch behind a tree, which I thought would be " A nice little place to spend a Swiss summer's eve." Idiot. Nerd Idiot. Nidiot.
Okay, this is just getting stupid. I started this file on June 25th it's now July 10th and I've made it like three days since the last entry finished or someshit. I'm gonna have to go all word butcher on your asses and trim the fat. You know, tell you all the basics that you need to know about a bunch of shit you really don't need to know about.
At Hellfest John shared his love for the art of dance:
We played a show in Gigors et Lozeron that was so bitchin that Aaron's head exploded mid set:
Sucked in the sights in Milan:
I wish he had blindfolded me so I wouldn't have this burned in my brain until death or I get an elective lobotomy.
We were pretty excited when we pulled into the Graspop Festival and saw this:
Did a little shopping:
David picked up a new axe:
Nothing all that out of the normal really, just your average dudes chilling like muthafucks.
Tour To Live!
P.S. Tour wrap up will be coming soon. Or later. But hopefully soon. But probably later.


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Monica's Quilt & Bead Creations
Monica's Quilt & Bead Creations, located in Palm Desert, California, offers customers plentiful quilting and beading supplies.
Bolts & Baubles
Shop owner Monica Gonzales combined her passion for beading and quilting when she opened Monica's Quilt & Bead Creations in 2005.
Rows of Color
Bolts sorted by color lead to the classroom at the back of the 4,000-square-foot shop.
Meet the Staff
Front row, from left: Evelia Rojas, Monica Gonzales (owner), Maria Gonzales, and Susie Contratto; back row: Lettie Rodriguez, Joanne Hunt, Venita Haagenson, Emily Chiarello, Starr May McInerny, Wanda DeHoyos, Hester Mastro, and Mary Gorfine; not pictured: Rose Mary Jameson.
A Bounty of Beads
Many customers embellish handbags and quilt projects with beads, which fill a room at the shop.
Blending Batiks and Beads
Batik fabrics, beads, and buttons combine for an eye-appealing vignette.
California Welcome
Customers entering the shop are reminded of the location with a Palm Desert-theme display.
Desert Sands
Shop owner Monica Gonzales designed a batik quilt with horizontal sashing, Desert Sands, for Quilt Sampler® Spring/Summer 2013 magazine.
Machine-Quilting Details
Hester Mastro machine-quilted an allover spiky leaf-and-swirl design across the quilt top.
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Contact Monica's Quilt & Bead Creations to purchase Quilt Sampler® Spring/Summer 2013 magazine, pick up a copy at your local quilt shop or newsstand, or get the digital issue online.
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The outpatient program at The Monsignor Patrick J. Frawley Psychiatric Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital is designed to treat emotional and psychiatric disorders in adolescents, adults and geriatric patients in a warm and caring environment. The program is licensed and certified by the NYS Department of Mental Health.
Our specially trained clinic staff designs individualized treatment plans for many types of emotional and mental disorders. Our highly effective treatment plans include combinations of medication and group therapies. In addition, our patients have access to a number of comprehensive services in the Alcohol Outpatient Clinic and our Chemical Dependency Program.
In addition to direct care for individuals, the Mental Health Outpatient Clinic offers mental health consultation and outreach services to community organizations.
The Monsignor Patrick J. Frawley Mental Health Outpatient Clinic is located on the campus of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
We accept Medicare, Medicaid and private health carriers that provide benefits for Behavioral Health Services.
Please contact us for more information at 845.368.5222, selection Option 3 to speak to the receptionist.


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Mikaylis Martin, 7, left, and her sister, Peyton Martin, 6, eat sno-cones while spending the day with their parents at North Lake Park on Sunday.
Fourth of July revelers play a game of volleyball Sunday at North Lake Park while enjoying the park with others prior to the nighttime fireworks display. From left are Ryan Albert, Dylan Tippman, Nathan Lewis, Terry Walston, Eli Tippman and Tanner Weickum.
At left Longmont resident Donicca Lopez, 13, holds her Chihuahua named Nikota as she prepares to take a ride with her grandparents, Rosalita and Cris Lopez, in a pedal cab driven by Kevin Ha, 16, on Sunday at North Lake Park in Loveland.
New Orleans resident Matthew Carpenter, right, tries to keep dry as he sits in the rain at South Shore Scenic Park on the south side of Lake Loveland waiting for the fireworks show to begin with, from left, Chuck and Margaret Thornburg of Loveland and Brian Lister, also of New Orleans. The Loveland fireworks show was postponed until 9:17 p.m. tonight at the same location over Lake Loveland.
Four-year-old Aidan Koenig sits behind the wheel of his grandfather Fred Koenig's 1962 Chevrolet Corvette during the All American Car Show on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Outlets at Loveland. Aidan is from Norco, Calif. and was attending his first car show while in Loveland visiting his grandparents.
Flowerama owner Sabrina Covalt installs Friday one of the flags she has available for purchase at her flower store located at 1300 E. Eisenhower Blvd. on the southeast corner of the intersection of Eisenhower Bouldevard and Madison Avenue.
Six-year-old Ryland Nelson, right, helps customers Friday afternoon at her lemonade stand outside her home in downtown Loveland. From left are Cindy Siebert, Mia Siebert, 1, and Emma Siebert, 5, who purchased honey-ginger lemonade as well as Rice Krispies treats. Ryland said she was donating the proceeds from her stand to a neighbor to help with their medical care.
A fisherman, right, is assisted to shore by dive rescue team members from the Loveland Fire and Rescue Department after becoming stranded by rushing waters while wading in the Big Thompson River on Friday afternoon upstream from the Idylwilde Dam.
Magistrate Matthew Zehe asks defendant Daniel Ortiz (not pictured) questions concerning his DUI offense on Friday, July 2 during the first case heard by the newly formed Larimer County DUI court at the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins.
Members of Loveland Fire and Rescue's dive rescue team work together to assist a fisherman back to shore who became stranded by fast rushing water in the Big Thompson River while wading Friday afternoon.
Magistrate Matthew Zehe, far left, asks defendant Daniel Ortiz questions concerning his DUI offense on Friday, July 2 during the first case heard by the newly formed Larimer County DUI court at the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins.
Renata Comeau, 9, center, sits on the lawn outside the Loveland Public Library with her little sister, Charlotte, 4, and mother, Elisabeth, as they watch the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the library's expansion and renovation project.
Evan Patterson, left, and his nephew, Jon-Mark Patterson, look over plans for the Loveland Public Library's expansion and renovation Thursday during a reception in the Gertrude Scott Room after an earlier groundbreaking ceremony outside the library.
A woodpecker searches for food Wednesday afternoon in the stump of a tree located in the burn area of the Round Mountain Fire west of Loveland.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslands public affairs officer John Bustos walks Wednesday afternoon past some trees that were burned in the recent Round Mountain Fire.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslands public affairs officer John Bustos, right, points to a burned area off the Round Mountain Trail while answering questions from Wolves, Bears and Webelos from Pack 187 out of Loveland who were hiking on the trail Wednesday.


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There are 50 countries and 1,000 languages in Africa, the birthplace of the human species and the second-largest continent on earth. The art in the African Art gallery reflects the traditional cultures found south of the Sahara Desert, with examples from as early as the 6th century CE. However, many of the objects date from much later, because African art is frequently made of perishable organic materials like wood, cloth, and plant fibers.
The art in these cultures served religious purposes. Animist religion played a central role, with belief in the presence of spirits who must be appeased through ritual dominating all aspects of society. Powerful forces were thought to be present not only in nature but also in manmade objects. Sculpture functioned as a material manifestation of religion and as a tangible tool for communicating with deities, spirits, and ancestors. Most Sub-Saharan sculptures are representations of the human body and the soul. But instead of portraying individuals, African artists sought to transmit qualities, such as age and experience, health and moderation, endurance and restraint, sophistication and nobility. Standards of beauty reflected moral standards, distinguishing the good from the bad. In fact, many African languages use the same word for "beautiful" and "good."
For centuries, foreign scholars and collectors who were interested in African cultures viewed traditional objects as exotic artifacts rather than art, and housed them in ethnographic museums along with botanical or zoological samples. Over the past 100 years, African objects have gained recognition as art with emotional power, aesthetic qualities, and technical virtuosity. They also inspired such artists as van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, and Modigliani to explore new methods of representation, and so made an essential contribution to the emergence of Expressionism and to Cubism's abstraction of forms.


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The Adventure Continues...
Rants, raves and random observations from an itinerant epidemiologist.
100 in 1000
Spend a week up a mountain learning to ski
Visit Karoline's place in Moravia
Hold a conversation in Czech (only)
Drink 500ml of each of the following beers:
Velke Popovice
U Fleku
Respond to at least one GOARN request (WHO and MSF are also acceptable)
Travel across the Atlantic
Return to South America
Read a book to, or with, an impressionably aged child
Participate in one NanoWriMo Challenge and come within at least 10,000 words of the goal length
Have my nose pierced
Have my next tattoo drawn
Purchase the perfect jeans (x 2 pairs)
Attend a spin class 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks
Bake Viv's cheesecake
Make David's casserole
Make David's Chicken Cashew-nut Stirfry
Invite 4 people who don't know one another too well to dinner
Ride from Vienna to Venice on a motorbike (pillion acceptable, those less desirable)
Attend a book group for at least two books
Go on a choir weekend (learn and perform difficult piece in two/three days)
Visit Madame Tussaud's (in London)
Take an architecture appreciation course
Join an all-girl group and sing a solo
Publish in a scientific journal (top two authors)
Cook a duck or other 'waterfowl'.
Locate the Al-Timimi's from Doha Veterinary Practise
Have a pedicure
Maintain a Brazilian (ouch) for three months.
Find a trustworthy Czech hairdresser
Treat my inner-6-year-old twice a week (at least)
Do the liver-cleansing diet properly (12 weeks)
Don't eat out for one month
Find a flat and flatmate
Purchase one Joseph sweater
Purchase one of the following pairs of designer shoes (they MUST also be COMFORTABLE, and be able to be worn with 4 different outfits and 2 types of occasion): Jimmy Choos, Manolo Blahniks, Christian Louboutin (Ebay or 2
hand are acceptable)
Send 5 books to the booksphere and track them.
Go hanggliding
Read 10 'classic' books (from 1001 Books to Read before you Die)
Moll Flanders
Everything is illuminated
Madam Bovary
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance
On the Road
Run (non-stop!) for 5kms outside (preferably in a street race thingy)
Send Christmas Cards on time
Make a collage/mural out of street lights on my wall
Buy a bed, build it, and sleep soundly in it
Go to Africa
Host an 'event' (classified as and when)
Organise a 30
Birthday Party
Wear a costume
Sing on stage
Buy a painting that evokes memories of Prague (cannot involve queues!)
Learn a god-damned card game that stays in my memory (other than fish/snap)
See sunrise. Be sober. Have woken for it. Excludes months Nov-Mar
Take a walk and flip coins at each intersection
Win something
Draft a will
Take a roadtrip
Go to Italy already
Sea Kayak around Abel Tasman Park (NZ)
Get plants
Take a train to another Eastern European Destination (accession countries are acceptable) alone preferably.
Get UK to give me a provisional motorcyclists license and simultaneously get a 'card' license.
Go SCUBA diving again - at least two dives lasting 30mins each.
Go to a dentist. *sigh*
Do a Czech Wine Trail. And live to tell the tale
Make an 'outbreak emergency kit'.
Go to bed prior to 11pm every night (inc weekends) for four consecutive weeks.
Marvel over lack of tiredness
Dine at a Gordon Ramsey restaurant (or Nobu)- preferably for free.
Bet on the nags
Do something for charity (applying and getting a 'red card' will count)
Walk along the Champs Elysee
Do 100 sit ups in a row
Do 50 pressups (arms in tight)
Make branston pickle (or nearest substitute)
Cook something 'new' and 'adventurous' at least once a month
Find a mentor
Be a mentor
Learn what mentoring is all about
Meet an online person in real life
Resist the flirt. Once. Just one night. It's okay if people don't immediately succumb to my natural charm. Really it is.
Spend time at a spa (spa towns in the CR don't count)
Send a care package to someone
Get a Tata Bojs CD
Take a French/German/Dutch course and SPEAK THE DAMNED LANGUAGE WHEN I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES ME SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT!
Order new contact lenses.
Make a list of things I take with me when I pack for different occasions
Eat lobster. Prepared by someone else.
Back up the blog
Put everything onto an external hard drive
Find a DDR mat and console and 'dance, I say dance!'�
Go to the beach and lie on the warm sand. For an hour. (with sunscreen on, natch)
Take and complete a course in either: Tango, Salsa or Flamenco
Join the Municipal Library of Prague
Move to another country
Go to a live concert of a band I actually like
Pay off debts (student loan excl.)
Send thank you cards for every gift I receive (other than the gift of happiness, blah blah blah).
Get an agent (literary or theatre)
Go to a sports bar without cringing, by personal choice
Ride a rollercoaster
Hold a snake
Spend a day wandering around a museum (not art gallery!)
Just when I think I can't get much lower...
Thursday, 25 June 2009
...I find a new reality television series to waste my life on.
Oh yes, folks. From the girl who watches A/BNTM and Come Dine with Me...we give you, "Date my Ex".
It's awful.
I'm hooked.
My self-loathing is complete!
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101: Extreme Aggressor
A vicious serial killer has just abducted his next victim, and with precious few clues to his identity, the FBI calls in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, an elite squad of profilers led by special agent, Jason Gideon. Gideon's team meticulously pieces together a portrait of the killer leading to the arrest of their prime suspect. But when inconsistencies with the original profile appear and the interrogation fails to uncover the whereabouts of the latest victim, the team concludes that two killers must be working together. After an exhaustive investigation, the team tracks down the second killer to his hideout leading to an intense stand-off between the madman and Gideon.
103: Won't Get Fooled Again
On a sunny Florida morning, Mr. Clurman carrying a package, walks to his car. He's intercepted by a former client who threatens Mr. Clurman because of a business deal that has gone bad. As Clurman puts the package into his car, the package explodes, severely injuring Mr. Clurman. Our team is notified of this event and as they begin their investigation they see another bomb explode near Mr. Clurman's home " live on TV. The team heads to Florida where Gideon questions Clurman in the hospital. Back at the BAU, Morgan rebuilds the bomb fragments and discovers that the device is an exact replica of bombs made by Adrian Bale, a serial bomber. Bale is currently serving time in an Atlanta prison for murdering Gideon's former BAU team in Boston a few years ago. Gideon goes to the prison and interviews Bale. Gideon realizes that Bale isn't behind the current bombings but it is a work of a copycat.
105: Broken Mirror
Trish Davenport, the daughter of a powerful federal prosecutor is kidnapped and the BAU is called in to find her. They discover that Trish is a "mirror twin and her sister, Cheryl, becomes a target of the same kidnapper when he tries to abduct her as she makes the ransom drop. However, the BAU team thwarts this kidnapping attempt enraging the unsub who profiles our team members and taunts them with their weaknesses.
106: L.d.s.k.
On a sunny afternoon in Franklin Park, three people are brutally shot in their stomach. The BAU is called in to investigate and to find this Long Distance Serial Killer (L.D.S.K.). They surmise that the LDSK isn't a sadist but a paranoid sociopath who will continue his shooting rampage. The LDSK continues his shooting spree by wounding three other victims at a local café.
115: Unfinished Business
After nearly twenty years of silence, a serial killer contacts the BAU with the promise that he will kill another victim in five days. As the team springs into action, Gideon enlists the help of a former colleague who worked the case when it was fresh to help find the killer.
116: The TribeMon, Sep 23 3|2cPM
When five college students are brutally tortured and murdered in the manner of the rituals practiced by Native American tribes during the Indian Wars, the BAU team investigates the residents of the nearby Indian reservation as well as the surrounding community to find the pack of killers.
117: A Real RainMon, Sep 23 4|3cPM
A series of seemingly random killings in Manhattan have the NYPD fearing that hey have a serial murderer copying the infamous "Son of Sam but, when our team is brought in, they discover a link between the victims that leads to a vigilante taking revenge on criminals let go by the justice system.
122A: The Fisher KingMon, Sep 23 9|8cPM
Everyone needs a vacation. Even our team. However, a "Saw-like killer (who leaves confounding puzzles) has decided that he is going to play with the BAU. Members of our team, all on vacation, are each confronted with a body and a unique type of puzzle in their individual locations. The puzzles are going to require all of their individual skills to solve and they get back together to do just that. But, as the season comes to a close, they realize that the killer's ultimate goal is to claim as his prize, one of our agents themselves. And, in this cliffhanger ending, we find one member of our team alone with a killer.


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How do I find potential leads?
There are several different methods that you can use to generate leads:
Of all the methods of prospecting that are available, referred lead prospecting is the very best. Your effective ongoing service to your existing clients and to Centres of Influence will provide you with a positive reference for other business.
Prospective clients can be approached over the phone or by letter (Word), ideally with a handwritten note of introduction. Check that your current clients do not object to being used as references.
Review sample prospecting scripts in the Related Links section.
If designed and promoted well, seminars will:
- Provide you with the opportunity to present benefit programs in an advisory role when organized by you for the benefit of local businesses
- Establish you as a dedicated group insurance plan advisor within the small business community
Seminars may be directed to two audiences:
- Local business owners seeking information on a new plan or interested in improving their program
- Centres of Influence (accountants, lawyers or other advisors) to whom you can sell the advantages of a benefits program, which they can present to their clients
Pre-seminar checklist:
- Book a venue in a central location with comfortable/convenient facilities
- Send announcements/invitations one month in advance of the seminar date, including seminar topic, location, date, time, your name/organization, telephone number, response instructions
- When responses received, confirm names and numbers
- Arrange for refreshments
- Prepare/rehearse your presentation – ensure you end on time!
Build your strategy for trade show prospecting:
- Take the time to research trade show events in your area to ensure the businesses attending are in the target market and the trade show environment is conducive to doing business (i.e. business owners)
- Plan ahead and pay attention to the detail
- Determine what you are trying to achieve by participating in the trade show – is it higher sales, more leads, raising your profile?
- Prepare and stick to your budget
- Know what your pitch is and stay consistent
- Make sure your exhibit will draw attention with either an interactive display or interesting giveaways
- Secure a good location in the exhibit hall
- Make sure you have print material on hand to give out to interested leads
- Pick the right people to staff the booth
- Follow-up promptly on any leads generated
- Check out trade-show-advisor.com for more tips on how to run a successful trade show exhibit
Use a direct mail campaign:
- Develop or purchase an appropriate mailing list
- Develop a standard letter. (three different samples (high level (Word), tax advantages (Word), top 10 reasons to buy group insurance (Word))
- Follow up promptly by phone to set up interviews
Take advantage of good lead sources
- Local Chamber of Commerce/Board of Trade – check for a list of businesses in your community. These resources can often provide you with the number of employees and the key contact or principle officer's name. Ask that they keep you informed of new businesses forming.
- Yellow Pages, www.canada411.ca, and other business directories – this is a great source of information on businesses and professional services in your area - Canada411 will also link you to the website of the business so you can find out more about it.
- Your own clients – take a closer look at your own client base – the next time you are selling a life insurance policy, ask if they have group insurance coverage through their employer.
- Your own community - Canvass the community and make your presence known. It pays to have your finger on the pulse of what's going on. Find out who's moving into the new building under construction and get to know the tenants of large office towers. Your personal contacts can also provide a great source of information about new operations that may be entering the area.
- Your personal banker – they are usually among the first to know of a new firm entering the area.
- Your lawyer – they may be a good prospect for group insurance or they may know of others in the legal profession who would be interested – Bar Association coverage may not be comprehensive enough.
- Other advisors – some of your peers may have lead sources but are not interested in writing group insurance – become an expert in your office to whom other brokers can refer business.
- Your property and casualty broker – ask if they have a Financial Services division – commercial accounts are potential group insurance accounts.
- Other lead sources:
- Better Business Bureau
- Dun & Bradstreet Database
- Municipal Economic Development Department
Helpful information to look for when developing a direct mail mailing list:
- Names of local firms
- Number of employees within each business
- Owner/key contact of each business
- Addresses/telephone numbers
- Industry category
- When each business was established
Although not as effective as other prospecting methods, cold calls can generate some worthwhile leads and referrals by allowing you to:
- See the work site
- Receive an immediate response to fact finding questions
- Gauge the level of interest
Cold Call Tips
- Get to know the owners of the businesses you regularly deal with (stores, plumbers, home hardware stores, general insurance brokers, etc.)
- Let them know that you can provide them with various types of business insurance, including employee benefits
- Take particular note of small factories, machine shops and other small industries in the area, as you go about your daily activities
- Don't forget about the larger office buildings in your area where small firms may be hiding
- Keep an eye out for new businesses opening in your area
- Select a few local industrial areas and visit them regularly to familiarize yourself with the business there
- Cold call and establish contact with desirable prospects by introducing a topic that will grab their attention
- It may take some time but soon they will become used to seeing you and discussing group benefits
When they are ready to buy, they will certainly think of you.


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ok ladies, here's our newest teacup month roundup. a few of you lovely folks have emailed me some goodies you have found around the web that were made from teacups so i got inspired to go digging to see what else we could find to whip up some crafty goodies using our teacups. some of these are for fun, some for purpose, some for decor & home organization, cooking and even inspiration. i didn't include just tutorials in the roundup this time because i ended up getting so inspired by all the lovely projects i found that i couldn't resist posting them all. i hope you find something here that strikes your fancy! my fave are the dishtowel kitchen embroidery designs from posie gets cozy & the teacup bracelets - luv, luv, luv them!
1. almonds in vintage teacups from real simple
2. teacup lighting fixture via paper n stitch
3. teacup lamp from sweet paul
4. teacup wall clock on sweet paul (clock from umbra)
5. jewelry storage from martha stewart
6. teacup wreath by beth's bagz
1. vintage bone chine teacup bracelets by abigail maryrose clark
1. teacup candles from design sponge
2. teacup wine glasses from re-nest (via country living)
3. cake stand for all about you
4. hand painted teacup and saucer by aya rosen
how to: porcelain decoration from carina's craftblog
1. teacup lights from martha stewart
2. teacup organizer via apartment therapy
1. teacup garden from woman's day
2. easter place cards from holiday crafts and creations
3. tree cups from martha stewart
1. teacup garden by woman's day
2. teacup birdhouse by the runnerduck
3. pink sugar peony by lynette horner
4. terrarium teacup by pretty little things
5. teacup bird feeder tutorial by cap creations
6. teacup bird feeder tutorial by little chief honeybee (via readymade)
1. vintage teacup w/charming favour and name tag by sugarblossom
2. printable teacup note cards by to be charmed
3. teacup card by zakka life
1. teacup cupcakes by sweet paul 2. teacup snack by ada and darcy
1. teacup pin by lupin
2. lavender tea bag tutorial by lupin
3. fabric teacup via try handmade
4. teacup pouch by patchwork pottery
1. vintage emroidery kitchen designs from tipnut
2. dish towel emroidery designs by posie gets cozy
i can't believe teacup month is almost over...where has the time gone! i've been having so much fun. have you guys been enjoying it? anything you would like to see before the tea party is over?
p.s. don't forget to get your entries in for the retro mama teapot cozy giveaway.


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Led by Myrtle Beach-area legislator, state lawmakers consider further limits to private pollution lawsuits
Proposed legislation that environmentalists say would further erode private citizens' ability to hold polluters accountable for their actions took another step toward passage Wednesday with a Senate subcommittee forwarding the bill to a full committee hearing scheduled for Thursday.
The Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Ray Cleary, R-Murrells Inlet, unanimously agreed to move the bill – an amendment to the state's Pollution Control Act – to the full committee but did not make a recommendation about whether or not it supports the measure.
The bill – co-sponsored by state Rep. Nelson Hardwick, R-Surfside Beach – would eliminate the ability of private citizens and environmental groups to file lawsuits under the Pollution Control Act for any pollution discovered after June 6, 2012, regardless of when the pollution actually occurred.
The bill is intended to clarify similar language included in a 2012 amendment to the act.
The legislature approved a law in 2012 that prohibits private claims under the Pollution Control Act. However, that legislation included a "savings clause" that grandfathered private pollution lawsuits prior to June 6, 2012. Environmentalists took that clause to mean private lawsuits can continue to be filed as long as the pollution that is the subject of the litigation occurred before June 6, 2012. A circuit court ruling that year appeared to back up the environmentalists' interpretation.
Lawmakers who support the current proposal say the intent of the 2012 law was to prohibit any further private litigation. They say the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is the only agency allowed to bring legal action under the Pollution Control Act.
"This would be very detrimental to environmental efforts," said Nancy Cave, north coast director of the Coastal Conservation League. "Private individuals have to have some leverage because DHEC is not as vigilant as we feel they should be."
Hardwick said private individuals directly impacted by pollution still can file lawsuits claiming violations of other state laws – such as negligence and trespass – but the Pollution Control Act should be left to DHEC's oversight. He said the bill would stop third-party groups, such as the Coastal Conservation League, from suing on someone else's behalf.
Members of the Senate subcommittee said Wednesday there needs to be further clarification on what legislators intended when they approved the 2012 law.
"I don't think we want to change policy here, we want to affect what was approved two years ago," said Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort. Davis said he still isn't clear on what legislators meant by the language included in the 2012 law.
"What we passed is what everybody said they agreed to," said Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg. "Now, there's been a different interpretation about the language that we passed. . . . I think one side is going to tell you they thought what was written down meant something that it didn't and the other side is going to tell you we agree to what was written down."
"I think that's the heart of the problem," Cleary said. "There was an agreement and everybody thinks it was agreed to different."
Cleary said he hopes to bring representatives from both sides together for Thursday's full committee meeting "so we can get a better feel for it."
The Senate committee is taking up the measure after the House approved the bill in February. State Rep. Dwight Loftis, R-Greenville County, co-sponsored the legislation with Hardwick.
The proposal has the support of Horry County's legislative delegation, including those lawmakers whose districts have been beset by pollution in recent years.
State Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, represents residents in a roughly 10-block neighborhood where electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. polluted the groundwater with a toxic chemical called trichloroethylene. And state Rep. Kevin Hardee, R-Conway, represents a district where coal ash ponds at the Grainger electric plant threaten the adjacent Waccamaw River.
Clemmons and Hardee, who voted in support of the bill when it was in the House, did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Lawsuits brought by private groups have played key roles in forcing remediation of pollution in Horry County.
For example, Santee Cooper initially wanted to leave the coal ash ponds in place indefinitely at the Grainger site, but agreed last year to move them to an offsite, lined landfill after private environmental groups sued the state-owned electric utility.
"We would still have coal ash ponds sitting at Grainger if we hadn't been able to litigate," Cave said.
Frank Holleman – a lawyer for the Southern Environmental Law Center, which fought Santee Cooper in court – said private actions under the Pollution Control Act "have been very good for South Carolina and particularly Horry County and the coast."
"It has allowed citizens to protect their communities from illegal, toxic pollution," he said.
Hardwick, who sponsored the 2012 legislation banning private lawsuits under the Pollution Control Act, said citizens still have a venue for fighting pollution violations by filing a complaint with DHEC.
"If they see something that is a violation, they can ask DHEC to investigate it," he said.
Holleman said the limits on private actions under the Pollution Control Act are an example of state legislators bowing to business interests at the expense of their constituents. The S.C. Chamber of Commerce, for example, listed the elimination of "frivolous lawsuits" under the Pollution Control Act as one of its top legislative issues for this year.
"This is being driven by the utilities and manufacturers; nobody from the public has asked for this bill," Holleman said. "Unfortunately, instead of looking at what's in the public's best interests, so many legislators just follow the lead of the lobbyists for those utilities and manufacturers."


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My hope is that we can put aside any and all political differences and opinions as we take the time this week to remember all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. My hope is …
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My hope is that we can put aside any and all political differences and opinions as we take the time this week to remember all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. My hope is that we will also continue to pray for, and support all of the brave men and women who courageously fight and stand at the ready to fight for our continued freedoms today.
In 1986 Ronald Reagan opened his speech at Arlington National Cemetery with this statement, "Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It's a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. It's a day to be with the family and remember."
To some, Memorial Day is just another holiday. It comes once a year, we become patriotic for a day or maybe for the weekend, and then we get back to business as usual, life as we know it. Really, some people treat it no differently than Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah, or Thanksgiving, a holiday that comes and goes and will come again next year.
How awesome would it be to be grateful and give thanks throughout the year rather than just at Thanksgiving? What would our lives be like if we truly thought about the significance of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Easter throughout the year and not just when the holidays are upon us? My belief is that we would live in a more purpose-filled world, a kinder community, and live together in a more meaningful way.
And Memorial Day is really no different. You see we shouldn't just go back to business as usual or life as we know it, because without the people who have defended us in the past and who have given their lives for us, have been injured, who suffer mental and emotional trauma, and who have served this country with dignity and valor, you and I would not be sitting where we are today. We wouldn't have "life as we know it." No one wants war, but we have countries who continue to posture as if they do. So we need to protect ourselves, our sovereignty, our allies and the future for our children and grandchildren and all generations to follow.
You may be a veteran reading this column, and if so, I salute you. You may have had a family member who gave their life in support of our country, and if so I grieve with you. You may have a friend or loved one serving right now, and if so, I stand in respect with you. And you may be considering enlisting yourself, and if so, I honor you. If you are reading this column and thinking that Memorial Day ended a few days ago, and if so, I encourage you to think again. And again. And again. And again. Our veterans and military deserve to be remembered in life and in death.
So how about you? Is Memorial Day just another holiday to you? On the day after the Fourth of July do you immediately forget our independence? On the day after Thanksgiving do you forget what you are thankful for? And today and for the rest of the year, will you remember what Memorial Day really stands for? I would love to hear your story at email@example.com, and when we can pay tribute to all those who have served and all those who do serve, it really will be a better than good week.
Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
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The Evolution of the Television - infographic timeline
The Evolution of the Television looks at the last 84 years of TV's history. Brought to us from the Sterling Satellite blog.
Did you know it took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users? TV has evolved from the time it started with just a few programs airing each day into 24/7 news and hundreds of stations to choose from.
People didn't immediately embrace the new technology though. 10 years after its debut in 1936, the head of 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck (seeing TV as a competitor to movies) famous last words were predicting it would not catch on. He said he thought "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
But they have not.
Thanks to @Matt_Siltala for the link!


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Tap Project
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
image courtesy of Tap Project
I wanted to alert you to a cause that I think needs more recognition! Tap Project, which I learned about by belonging to The Momlogic Community.
Please join the Tap Project Group on ML and spread the word!
While you're at the Tap Project's website, be sure to Search for a participating restaurant in your area, or you can donate, or volunteer!
What is the Tap Project?
In 2007, the Tap Project was born in New York City based on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all funds raised would support UNICEF's efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.
Growing from just 300 New York City restaurants in 2007 to over 2,300 across the country in 2008, the Tap Project has quickly grown into a national movement. Restaurants, corporations, volunteers, advertising agencies, community groups, local governments and everyday diners participated to save millions of children's lives.
During World Water Week, March 22-28, 2009, the Tap Project will once again raise vital donations and awareness for UNICEF's water and sanitation programs. For every dollar raised, a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days. All funds raised support UNICEF's efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.
World Water Day
In 1992 the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22nd of each year as World Water Day. Countries are invited to devote the day to the conservation and development of water resources. As a result, conferences, round tables, seminars and exhibitions are held worldwide to promote public awareness of this global issue.
In 2007, a grassroots initiative called the Tap Project was created, which helps UNICEF provide clean water to children around the world. What started as a pilot effort in New York City has now become an internationally recognized fundraising program that operates in all 50 states. And, in years to follow, the Tap Project will be an international resource of donations for UNICEF and World Water Day.
In 2009, the UN World Water Day theme is "Shared Water–Shared Opportunities." Special focus will be placed on transboundary waters. This year on World Water Day, we call attention to the waters that cross borders and link us together. Whether we live upstream or downstream, we are all in the same boat.
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Secret Service chief seeks to reassure senators
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest embarrassing episode involving a drunken Secret Service agent overseas for a presidential trip was an isolated incident, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson said Tuesday.
Pierson and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson met with senators from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to talk about the incident involving an agent found drunk in a hotel in the Netherlands last month.
Johnson spent about 15 minutes with the lawmakers while Pierson answered questions in the closed-door meeting for about an hour. Homeland Security said Johnson went to the meeting to show his support for Pierson.
United States Secret Service director Julia Pierson and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., leave a committee hearing on recent Secret Service agents behavior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
In her written statement, Pierson told lawmakers she has "made clear to the entire workforce that I will not tolerate unprofessional behavior or misconduct at any level — both on and off duty."
"I remain committed to swiftly and vigorously addressing any instances of misconduct that are brought to my attention and have instructed my senior staff to do the same," Pierson said. "In addition to instituting and clearly communicating a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to misconduct, I recognize the need to put equal weight on continuously improving our human capital policies and practices."
Pierson was appointed director last year after then-Director Mark Sullivan retired almost a year after a South American prostitution scandal made world-wide headlines.
Thirteen agents and officers were accused of partying with female foreign citizens at a hotel in the seaside resort of Cartagena, Colombia, where they were staying before President Barack Obama's arrival for a Latin American summit. Some of the women were prostitutes and incident came to light after an agent had a fight with one prostitute over payment in the hallway of a hotel where the agents were staying in advance of Obama's arrival.
Since then, there have been a handful of other incidents and details of previous misconduct allegations have come to light.
Weeks before the incident in the Netherlands two agents in Florida were involved in a traffic accident that The Washington Post reported involved alcohol. Neither of the agents in that case was charged by local police.
Pierson said that incident and the events in the Netherlands don't represent the entire agency. "This is isolated incidents of misconduct and we are working to correct that every day," Pierson told reporters after the meeting.
After the Colombia scandal, Sullivan issued a series of new conduct rules, including ordering agents and officers to stop drinking 10 hours before reporting to duty. Agents and officers have also been ordered to drink alcohol only "in moderate amounts while off duty" or on temporary assignment, according to an updated Secret Service professional conduct manual obtained by The Associated Press.
Committee Chairman Tom Carper, who has previously said he was "troubled" by the recent reports of misconduct, said Tuesday "there are a handful of members of the Secret Service who are shaming, and smearing" the agency's reputation.
The Delaware Democrat said Pierson is continuing to implement new disciplinary policies and has his support.
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United States Secret Service director Julia Pierson speaks with reporters as Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., listens after they departed a committee hearing on recent Secret Service agents behavior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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T-Bone in the Wild
Posted by dan in Totally Random but Decidedly Awesome, Um what now? on May 16, 2010
I haven't talked about my good friend T-Bone in a while, mostly because he had a baby and turned into Mr. Mom and doesn't really leave the house anymore. It's definitely a new era in the T-Bone saga, which I suppose can only be considered a good thing, although it has resulted in a serious drop in bloggable nights out for danny.
Fortunately for T-Bone, he's making lots of new friends. Tattooed friends. Sad-clown-tattoed friends. Sad-clown-with-nipples-for-noses-tattooed friends.
He looks like he needs one of the tissues with the infused lotion. No wonder he's crying.
Oh craps, I just realized that I missed T-Bone's birthday in April while I was in New Zealand. No wonder he doesn't call me anymore.


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Your nose gives away when you're lying - not by growing like Pinocchio's, but by increasing in temperature, according to a new study.
Spanish researchers used thermographic cameras to measure the changes in participants' body temperature during different emotions.
Emilio Gomez Milan and Elvira Salazar Lopez, from the University of Granada's Department, found that when a mental effort is made (performing difficult tasks, being interrogated on a specific event or lying) facial temperature changes.
When participants told a fib, researchers found the temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye rose.
They dubbed the phenomenon the "Pinocchio effect", after the fictional character whose nose grew whenever he didn't tell the truth.
When we lie, a brain element called "insula" is activated. The insula is a component of the brain reward system, and only activates when we experience real feelings.
"The insula is involved in the detection and regulation of body temperature. Therefore, there is a strong negative correlation between insula activity and temperature increase: the more active the insule (the greater the feeling) the lower the temperature change, and vice-versa," the researchers said.
When people concentrate, facial temperature drops, while anxiety makes people's facial temperature go up.
The study also found sexual excitement could be identified in men and women using thermography with temperature increasing in the chest and genitals during arousal.
The researchers also looked at the thermal footprint of aerobic exercise and different dance.
"When a person is dancing flamenco the temperature in their buttocks drops and increases in their forearms. That is the thermal footprint of flamenco, and each dance modality has a specific thermal footprint," Prof Salazar says.
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Bob Page, the gay owner of Replacements Unlimited, lobbied vigorously against the adoption of North Carolina�s constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. He opposed it on his electronic billboards along Interstates 40 and 85. His employees wore T-shirts urging customers to vote against the amendment.
The reactions from supporters of the amendment were vicious. Page was cussed. People vowed they would never set foot in his business again. According to an article in The New York Times, Page even received death threats. The gay bashers were nasty and spiteful.
A significant majority of Guilford County voters voted in favor of the gay marriage ban. If the Guilford County Board of Commissioners acted the way that the Elon Student Government Association has about the Chick-fil-A issue, they would have told Page to shut down his business and leave town. Fortunately, more mature heads prevail there, and Page has been left to run his business as he sees fit.
It is saddening to see a group of people who have been as discriminated and as oppressed as gays turning around and acting as badly as their oppressors have against them.
The Pendulum, Elon�s student newspaper conducted an online poll that asked �Do you support the removal of Chick-fil-A from campus?� Twenty-nine percent of the respondents said yes.� Seven percent were unsure. Sixty-four percent voted �no.� The poll was unscientific, but it is interesting to note that 61 percent of North Carolina voters opted to approve the gay marriage ban. There may or may not be a corollary in the numbers, but it is interesting that they are so close.
If Elon chooses to ban Chick-fil-A from campus, are they saying to the majority of North Carolinians, �you aren�t welcome here�?
One member of Spectrum, the Elon University gay-straight alliance group said about Chick-fil-A, �they don�t share our values.� Where is it written that someone has to share your values? Muslims don�t necessarily share Jews� values. Democrats don�t share Republicans� values. What is important � and what universities should be emphasizing � is that people should respect one another�s values.
Universities and colleges give lots of lip service to diversity and tolerance. The sad fact is that the tolerance often applies only to those with whom they agree, or with whom it is fashionable to agree. Witness Duke and Davidson banning Chick-fil-A from their campuses. They have flatly demonstrated that they don�t tolerate the beliefs of conservative Christians. I can�t speak for Davidson, which was once known as a good Presbyterian college. It was at Duke, however, that more than 80 faculty members paid for a full page newspaper ad condemning innocent lacrosse players and the school president fired a coach before any of the facts were known. The thinking there must be that it is better to be politically correct than it is to be correct.
Elon University does not need to make this mistake. They can use this opportunity to reaffirm tolerance for all and respect for all � gay students and conservative Christians alike.
The words of the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire come to mind. �I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.�
Steve Buckley of Elon is a retired newspaper executive and former publisher of the Times-News.


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: From Software
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sep. 16, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-8 (Online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
For Answer might be a next-gen game, but, at first glance, you wouldn't know it. Aside from the various NEXT, everything in levels - from buildings to transport vehicles - has very little detail. The game also suffers from that fake sheen-look common in early next-gen titles, so the side of a canyon wall looks shiny and water, instead of looking like a fluid, moving object, resembles a sheet of Vaseline. What makes it even worse is the muted color palette. Everything is a shade of gray, blue, or brown. This leads to a bland look that doesn't pop. The audio side isn't as bad as the graphics, but it just sounds so generic that, ultimately, it's not memorable. Nothing - not even explosions - really stand out in a noticeable way.
Online play does throw co-op in the mix, allowing you to play nearly every single-player mission with a friend, but since the levels aren't that fun to play solo, throwing another NEXT in the mix doesn't really boost the fun factor. Up to eight players can participate in a deathmatch-like mode. However, this ends up being chaotic, as NEXTs slide around the screen spamming missiles in every direction.
What's so strange about For Answer is its trading of extensive customization for actual gameplay. Sure, you can build the ultimate mech, customizing it to your heart's content, yet when you actually play the game, you realize its shortcomings. It's like a gear head and their car - it's fun to tinker under-the-hood all day, but if the car isn't actually fun to drive, then it all seems like wasted effort.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Along the Mexican border, at the busy U.S. Port of Entry here, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers geared up recently for another long day of processing Cuban immigrants.
Waiting in the lobby were 11 exhausted Cuban men and women who had arrived overnight asking for political asylum in the United States. Included were two middle-aged Cuban doctors who are husband and wife.
Each of them would be questioned, photographed and fingerprinted before being paroled into the country under a Cold War-era provision that grants Cubans special immigration privileges and relatively easy entry into the U.S. The screening process typically takes less than an hour.
Authorities say in the last two years they have seen a dramatic rise in the number of Cubans entering the U.S. through the Southwest border, particularly between Laredo and Brownsville, Texas.
In fiscal year 2007, CBP officials said, more than 11,000 Cubans immigrants were cleared into the U.S. through Texas alone, much more than in any other state, including Florida.
Law enforcement officials suspect most of these Cubans did not arrive at the border on their own.
"What we've seen is that the majority of these people that are coming through are dealing with some type of smuggling operation," said Michael Freeman, the CBP's Brownsville Port Director. "This is definitely a coordinated effort."
A shift in smuggling routes
For years, Miami-based smugglers have used speed boats with GPS navigation systems, satellite phones and powerful, but quiet, four-stroke engines to sneak into Cuba under cover of darkness, pick up passengers, and bring them to South Florida, where many Cuban-American families finance these illegal and dangerous trips at a cost of $8,000 to $10,000 per person.
But, authorities said, increased patrols by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Florida Straits, and tougher federal prosecutions of smugglers have caused most of the human trafficking groups to shift their operations through Mexico, where there are fewer obstacles. Many boats now drop off their Cuban passengers at marinas and desolate beaches along the Yucatan Peninsula.
The 140-mile distance from Cuba to Mexico is only a little longer than the route to Florida.
The biggest difference is that Cuban passengers arriving in the Yucatan Peninsula must also endure a long voyage by land north toward the U.S. border.
Law enforcement officials believe most of the trips are still coordinated by arrangers in Miami, who often supply the speedboats, and pay Mexican traffickers to hire local boat drivers and to organize the trips through Mexico.
It's widely suspected that many of these smugglers use the same routes and personnel as the illicit drug trade.
"All they care about is the money. They don't care about the human cargo that they have," said Thomas Winkowski, CBP Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Field Operations. "It's a very, very dangerous business, and we do not encourage anyone to take to the high seas with this type of organization."
One woman's terrifying journey
Arriving in Miami recently, after a harrowing trip from Cuba through Mexico, was a young woman who said she would never recommend the trip for anyone. "It's a risk, you risk your life," she said.
The woman said she was recruited for the trip by fellow Cubans, and was instructed to go to a park in a town near Havana, where she and others were put on a bus.
From there they were driven west, and then walked for miles, she said, through thick underbrush and mangrove trees until they reached a deserted beach. In the middle of the night, she and 37 other people waded in water up to their chests and boarded a boat driven by Mexicans.
The trip to the Yucatan Peninsula was terrifying, she said, with water pouring into the boat, and gasoline containers spilling on the deck. After outrunning a Cuban Coast Guard patrol boat, she said, the smuggling boat sped west in rough seas. "That part is very ugly. Everybody's really scared, children, men and women, all scared." For most of the trip she suffered from extreme seasickness.
After arriving in Mexico, she said, she was held in a house in Cancun, while the smugglers repeatedly called her family in Miami demanding a $10,000 payment for the illegal trip. "They are calling your family constantly, trying to get more money out of them, basically creating a scare," she said.
After her family finally wired a partial payment to the smugglers, she said she was driven to the city of Merida, then put on a plane to Matamoros. "Our tickets were already taken care of. We were given a number, and with that number we boarded the plane. Nobody asked for our identification."
In Matamoros she had to pay a driver to take her to the border town of Reynosa. Along the way, she said, she was stopped twice by Mexican immigration authorities. "They started yelling at us that they were going to jail and deport us, and they scared us," she said.
With the little money she had left, the woman said she bribed the officers. "The first time they asked for money, we gave them $200." After the second stop, the cost of freedom was a bit higher. "They took $300, and let us go on" she said. From there, she walked to the port of entry at McAllen, Texas, and was admitted into the United States.
As bad as this smuggling trip was, she said, a previous unsuccessful attempt was worse.
After the boat she was on broke down in Mexican waters, she was turned over to authorities there, and was detained.
"We were held for three months, sleeping on the floor, without any contact with family," she said. "It was really ugly there. They would make us take off our clothes, they mistreated us a lot. It was ugly--they beat the men."
Finally, she said, she was taken to an airport without explanation, and was flown back to Cuba. A few months later, she would try again, this time successfully, but insists she would never allow a family member to take such a grueling trip. "Over my dead body," she said, "It's dangerous."
Increased violence draws attention
Recently, news of four murders near Cancun, the international resort destination, filled the headlines and cast a spotlight on the lucrative business of trafficking Cuban immigrants.
In August, the bodies of three men and a woman were discovered bound and shot to death. Mexican authorities said they suspected the victims were linked to a Cuban-American smuggling ring, and had been executed in a dispute.
Three of the bodies were found in a natural well known as a "cenote." A Mexican prosecutor said the killers had painted a red arrow along a highway so the bodies could be located.
From the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, another man, who allowed us to only use his first name--Mario--claimed his brother is also missing after being lured by a promise of lots of money to work on a smugglers boat. Mario feared his brother is either dead, or languishing in a Cuban prison.
In an attempt to find his brother, who was a deep-sea fisherman, Mario said he has spent the last two years investigating the Cuban smuggling business in Mexico. "It's a massive operation within the Yucatan Peninsula and Miami, Florida, that's sponsored by people who have money, who are interested in getting people out," he said.
Mexican fishermen can make as much money in one successful smuggling trip to and from Cuba, he said, as they could earn in six months of legitimate work on the water. "They're aware of what they're going out there to do," he added. "Nobody's going to offer you that kind of money for a smooth easy job that isn't dangerous."
Mexican government refuses to comment
Despite repeated requests for an interview by NBC News and the Spanish-language network Telemundo, Mexican government officials refused to comment publicly about the smuggling trade, saying they didn't want to hamper improving relations with Cuba.
Other authorities and experts, though, in Mexico and the U.S. said that while Mexico will repatriate Cuban migrants intercepted at sea, they rarely return those who arrive on Mexican soil--a policy that closely resembles the so-called "wet-foot/dry-foot" procedure in the United States.
Cuban immigrants who are arrested for entering the country illegally can often pay their way out of detention, informed sources say, and are then free to head north to the American border, the ultimate destination for most of the Cuban arrivals.
With the number of Cuban immigrants headed for the southwest border increasing each year now, FBI officials are concerned about who else might be carried aboard the speedboats.
Sources say agents have interviewed some of the passengers, and are concerned that Cuban intelligence agents could use the illegal routes to slip into the United States.
Ricardo Pascoe, Mexico's former Ambassador to Cuba, said Mexico is trapped in the middle of a decades-long dispute betwen the United States and Cuba. Complicating the problem is that Mexico does not have a migratory agreement with Cuba, and is officially unable to repatriate Cuban immgrants after they arrive in Mexico.
"It's a real dilemma," he said. "It's a dilemma that's not been solved, and that needs to be solved."
A special immigration privilege
At the secondary inspection office at the Brownsville Port of Entry, CBP officers are suspicious of many of the stories they hear from the Cuban asylum applicants.
Some of them say they flew legally from Cuba to Mexico or Honduras. While in many cases that is likely true, some immigrants when asked for their Cuban passports either say they lost them, or claim the pages with the appropriate immigration stamps that would have proved they took the legal trip were ripped out.
Officers believe the Cubans are fearful of exposing the smugglers, and lie to protect them. Despite that, the likelihood is the passengers will still be cleared into the U.S. during a procedure that usually takes less than an hour.
Because of a federal law passed during the Cold War--the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966--Cubans enjoy a unique immigration status in the United States. If they can make it to U.S. soil, they're almost always allowed to stay in the country, even if they were smuggled.
After a year, they can apply for U.S. residency.
With reference to the well-known "wet-foot/dry foot" policy that requires Cubans caught at sea to be repatriated, but lets those who step on land stay in the country, officials joke that the many Cubans walking across the arid Texas border have a "dusty foot."
A passionate argument
Aside from their concerns, CBP officers working at that border crossing can't help but note the relief expressed by the Cubans who have just been cleared for entry. "When you see the excitement on their face, that's something that you do understand," said Michael Freeman, the Port Director. "Some of them kiss the ground, they say thank you very much."
The method by which most of them arrived, though, is increasingly controversial, and is the subject of passionate arguments. Some see the smugglers as a necessary evil for family reunification and escape from the social and political hardships of Cuba. A U.S. Coast Guard official conceded that most of the Cuban-American family members who pay for the illegal trips have never committed any other crime, but feel this is the only way to bring in their relatives.
Others argue the smugglers are vile opportunists, interested only in money, with little concern for the safety of their passengers. Federal prosecutors have targeted some of the smugglers, and have won numerous convictions leading to years of prison time.
By shifting many of their operations through Mexico, the smuggling organizations have made it more difficult now for the authorities to stop them. Unfortunately for the Cuban passengers, it's also more trying and dangerous.
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/30- Norbert Leo Butz
Welcome to BWW's ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!
Happy Birthday Norbert Leo Butz! Butz made his Broadway debut as Adam Pascal's replacement as Roger Davis in Rent in 1996. Additional Broadway credits include Thou Shalt Not (Camille Raquin, 2001-2002), for which he received a Tony Award nomination; Wicked (the original Fiyero, 2003) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy) for which he received the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, a Drama League Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award. His Off-Broadway credits include The Last Five Years (Jamie), Songs for a New World (Lead Male 2), Saved (Fred), and Juno and the Paycock (Jerry Devine). Most recently, Butz originated the role of Carl Hanratty in the new musical Catch Me If You Can. For this role he won his second Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He most recently starred in Dead Accounts opposite Katie Holmes.
In celebration of this day, we bring you his performance of "If I Didn't Believe in You" from the Last Five Years. Click below to check it out!


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Royal Oak police arrested a 45-year-old resident for breaking into Good Shepherd Church, 814 N. Campbell Road, with help from footprints left by the suspect in the morning dew and another department's police dog.
Lt. David Clemens said someone called 911 at 5:53 a.m. Monday to report a person dressed in black climbing a pole behind the church.
Officers arrived and surrounded the building to prevent the suspect from escaping. The Royal Oak Fire Department also was called in to provide a ladder for police to search the roof.
Officers saw fresh footprints in the morning dew and followed them to an unsecure window. They climbed through the window and unlocked a door to the outside of the church. A Southfield police officer, who brought his K-9 partner, Harley, then assisted with a search.
Clemens said Harley found the suspect hiding in a basement storage room. Police expect him to be arraigned on a charge of breaking and entering on Tuesday.


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Ari Steinberg, the former site director for Facebook's engineering office in Seattle, is cooking up a new travel-oriented startup in town. The Stanford-trained computer scientist isn't saying much about the startup, though it is operating in the travel space and will be based in Seattle.
"Sorry, no other details for now, still stealth :)" Steinberg said in an email. He worked at Facebook for more than six years.
TechCrunch reported on Steinberg's departure from Facebook in October, noting that the engineer was an "instrumental figure that helped turn the news feed into one of the site's most beloved features." TechCrunch also noted Steinberg's foray into the online travel arena.
Steinberg certainly will have plenty of company operating in the online travel sector in this town — which is home to Expedia and Concur (which interestingly just launched a new $150 million venture fund geared towards travel startups).
A lot of folks in the startup community have lamented the fact that Silicon Valley tech titans like Facebook, Salesforce.com and eBay have established new engineering centers in the region. After all, that's making it just that much harder to recruit engineers.
For the most part, we've looked at the arrival of these companies as a benefit, creating a diversity of opportunities and adding more fuel to the local economy. (It's certainly not lost on us that Google now employs about 1,000 people in the region).
And now here's another potential benefit. As talented folks move on from opportunities at the bigger companies, one possible avenue for them is to create new startups.
That could be a very interesting trend to watch.


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Alessandro Lira
|Woodbury, Minn.
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|New Life Academy
|Aerospace Engineering
2011-12: Saw action in three races … member of the B team at the Dartmouth Green Monster in the #4 seat (11/5) … competed in the #7 seat on the MIT C team at the Foot of the Charles (11/19) … rowed in the MIT freshman two boat against Harvard in the #8 seat (4/14) and at Penn (4/28) … rowed in the #3 seat in MIT varsity four boat at Penn (4/28).
Off The Water at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering.
High School: A 2011 graduate of New Life Academy … National Honor Society … Dean's List.
Personal: Son of Ricardo Lira.


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The rise in human resistance to antibiotics has prompted a major study to establish when and why sheep farmers use the drugs, in a bid to reduce dependency in agriculture.
Public health authorities worldwide have recognised an urgent need to reduce the use of antibiotics for both humans and animals to protect against illness-causing bacteria evolving and reducing the drugs' effectiveness.
Resistance to antibiotics - or antimicrobial resistance, as it is known - is predicted to get worse. A report to the Government led by economist Jim O'Neill published earlier this year suggested that antimicrobial resistance could cause the death of 10 million people a year by 2050 and led to the Government's chief medical officer for England, Professor Dame Sally Davies, saying that "a simple cut to your finger could leave you fighting for your life".
One of the report's recommendations was to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics in agriculture and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set targets to do so in livestock and fish farmed for food by 2018.
Defra has committed to an average UK-wide cross-sector target which will aim to reduce usage by 19 per cent over a four-year period.
Farming groups have responded to the call for action and a survey has just been completed by the National Sheep Association of more than 350 farmers across the country to ascertain trends in antibiotic use in the sheep sector.
Phil Stocker, the association's chief executive, said: "The sheep sector is taking antimicrobial use very seriously. We need to play our part in ensuring these medicines continue to be available and effective for both our human and animal populations. To focus our efforts, we need to understand why and when farmers are choosing to use antibiotics, so we can steer future work towards increasing vaccination for some conditions and finding alternative solutions to others."
To help the industry hit the government's target, the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) is helping individual sectors identify specific objectives and ensure more responsible use.
Veterinary services company MSD Animal Health said it was working with sheep producers to help them understand the flock productivity benefits of preventative healthcare in a bid to reduce infections from developing in the first place.
John Atkinson, technical manager at MSD Animal Health, said: "The continued focus on reducing the use of antibiotics in farmed livestock means it is vital that the whole UK sheep industry embraces active flock health planning."
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers said the farming industry must take a proactive lead to beat antimicrobial resistance and a recent survey of dairy farmers provides encouragement. The industry body's study found that most dairy farmers think they can cut their own antibiotic use by almost a third in dry cow therapy and a fifth in clinical mastitis over the next five years.
However, human use of antibiotics is higher than animal use. Responding to the O'Neill report, Sean Wensley, president of the British Veterinary Association, said: "The reduced use of antibiotics in animal agriculture is just one piece of the jigsaw."


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