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Update: Drue is now in his forever home, but don't forget about his furry friends up for adoption at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League.
Meet our Peggy's Picks Pet of the Week Drue. He's a 1.5 year-old pit bull who is up for adoption at the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League.
Here's a special message from Drue:
"Drue is my name, and fun-time is my game. I have plenty of energy for whatever activity you want to do with me... I just hope you can keep up! I can be a bit of a goofball, too, so don't be surprised if you see me rolling around on the ground scratching my back. Nothing feels better than a good back scratch!
"I also love to learn new things. I'm actually pretty smart if I do say so myself. Sometimes, my attention span is a little short, but motivating me with treats is a sure fire way to get my full attention. And I'll do whatever I have to do to figure out what you're asking of me so I can get that treat!
"I still have some manners to learn, but I'm well on my way to becoming an upstanding canine citizen. Now I just need you to teach me the rest of what I need to know, you game!?"
Peggy's Picks is sponsored by the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, Harmony Animal Hospital in Jupiter and Community Animal Hospital in Royal Palm Beach.
Learn more about Drue.
About Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is a limited-access humane society and provides services to more than 15,000 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens each year. Operating continuously since 1925, we have been positively impacting animal welfare and addressing overpopulation in Palm Beach County through a variety of services.
Through the adoption and spay/neuter programs, our vision is to ensure that there are no homeless animals and every animal has a home in Palm Beach County.
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Our mission is to provide shelter to lost, homeless and unwanted animals; to furnish medical and other services for the care of companion animals; to care for, protect, and find quality homes for homeless and neglected animals; to advocate animal welfare, community involvement and education to further the bond between people and animals, for the mutual benefit of both.
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Today is a very important day for Cookening. It's launch day! After a year of development, of which six months in private alpha, Cookening is finally ready to open its gates to everyone!
The time of the Alpha private version has come to an end, everyone is now welcome to register on Cookening…
Exciting Times!
Recap: Three editions of LeWeb Social Business Track
I was lucky enough to be the curator and host of "LeWeb Social Business Track" during the last two years. It started in Paris in 2011, then London and Paris in 2012 where a total of around 60 speakers joined us for this specific program.
This track is all about the companies (consumer brands, B2B, non profit etc.), digital agencies, solution providers and social media experts who have shared the best strategies, practices and examples that have propelled them to success.
What's very interesting is that this content is very low time-sensitive, and as everything that happens at LeWeb is recorded, streamed live and then published on Youtube.com/LeWeb, I recommend to anyone to have a look at it, and learn from it. In this recap, I'll share companies' names only, but each time executives and doers are speaking on behalf of the brand or company.
- Renault & Lufthansa (Paris 2012)
- Lego (Paris 2012)
- Intel (Paris 2012)
- Rossignol (Paris 2012)
- Dunkin' Donuts (Paris 2012)
- Evian - Danone (Paris 2012)
- Greenpeace (Paris 2012)
- Kraft Foods (London 2012)
- British Heart Foundation & Voice (London 2012)
- Adobe (London 2012)
- Yves Saint Laurent - L'Oreal (London 2012)
- American Express (London 2012)
- IBM (London 2012)
- Nestlé (Paris 2011)
- Dell (Paris 2011)
- Danone, IBM & Salesforce (Paris 2011)
- Ferrero (Paris 2011)
- Domino's Pizza (Paris 2011)
- Kiva (Paris 2011)
- PepsiCo (Paris 2011)
- RedBull, Disneyland, AirFrance (Paris 2011)
Solution Providers
- Tag'By (Paris 2012)
- Wildfire, Hearsay Social, Exacttarget (Paris 2012)
- IFeelGoods (Paris 2012)
- Gnip (Paris 2012)
- Hubspot (Paris 2012)
- GlobalWebIndex (Paris 2012)
- SocialBakers (London 2012)
- Salesforce - Radian6 (London 2012)
- Zendesk (London 2012)
- Wildfire & BuddyMedia (London 2012)
- Foodspotting (London 2012)
- GetGlue (London 2012)
- Bazaarvoice, Getsatisfaction & Zendesk (Paris 2011)
- BuddyMedia (Paris 2011)
- Tigerlily, Wildfire & Socialbakers (Paris 2011)
Agencies & Consulting Firms
- Buzzman (Paris 2012)
- Joshfire (Paris 2012)
- TRND (Paris 2012)
- McKinsey (Paris 2012)
- Work Club (Paris 2012)
To know more about these sessions:
- LeWeb Paris 2011 - Social Enterprise Track Program & Full Playlist on Youtube
- LeWeb London 2012 - Social Business Track Program & Full Playlist on Youtube
- LeWeb Paris 2012- Social Business Track Program & Full Playlist on Youtube Day 1 & Day 2
Latest news
This is a recap of worth-sharing personal news or activities happened during previous months.
- Cookening is going very well. We're close to launch our alpha (we're testing things privately since August actually). Very, very excited.
Things I wrote:
- I did a mentor session at Le Camping with some advices about pitching your startup (on stage, during events, to the Press). My slides are on SlideShare and the video is on LeCamping website.
- My slides about the Food & Tech ecosystem, that I initially did for the Web2Day conference (video here) were a hit. PetitWeb did an article (Fr) about it in September, and I was invited to present them again during a FrenchWeb workshop.
- I wrote an article about social travel for Influencia Magazine #3 about Mobility. Available online for free (in Fr)
- I wrote a guest post (Fr) about the new Twitter search in Greg's blog I'm still convinced about the potential of this, but I wish Twitter would bring this feature on mobile, and make it stable…
- I've also written an article for the next edition of EBG book Internet Marketing 2013 that will be published in November.
Other Activities
- I keep giving lectures at business schools (that has two main benefits: practicing even more public speaking, and getting some money for Cookening). This year, I speak about collaborative consumption (slides here), how to launch on the web , tips on networking/working in the web industry, and a regular workshop about web innovation.
- I joined Sup'Internet as an advisor for the E-Business bachelor (the worskhop I just talked about is done at Sup'Internet). Objective there is to help define the program and find external speakers.
- I'm involved again in LeWeb this year, as I did for London'12 and Paris'11 editions. I'm especially in charge of curating and hosting the Social Business Track.
- The private Facebook group for French Startupers I created is going well. We're almost 500 now, with interesting things shared and discusses. Ping me if you wanna join.
- And if you're interested in getting some advice for entrepreneurs and startupers, check my curation on Scoop.it
And on a personal note, I'm now a happy married man ;)
Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2012
It's a tradition since I'm blogging. Every year in august, I'm waiting for the new edition of the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, edited by Gartner. Here is the 2012 one that has just been published.
After all these years looking at it, I've come to the conclusion that we do not have to see this cycle as granted, but more as something that gives us some perspective, that validates some trends etc. Very often, it'll be true, by showing the current state of a technology and the time it will need to reach maturity, but sometimes, this time is really bad evaluated, because markets change unexpectedly. I really invite you to compare the different editions (see below for links).
A few interesting things for this year's cycle:
- 3D Printing, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and Social Analytics are at the peak
- Virtual words are still in the through, as last year
- Cloud Computing starts to be less trendy, which is not a surprise.
- I'm surprise to see that Gamification is considered as having not yet reached the peak
- It should take more than 10 years for the Internet of Things to have a mainstream adoption. I bet this will be at the peak next year.
- Crowdsourcing, which is part of the Web 2.0 era, is back here in the trigger. This is definitely the Kickstarter effect.
- While Speech Recognition is reaching the plateau of productivity, related technology speech to speech recognition will be soon at the peak.
And if you want to compare it with previous editions:
This year edition found via Syscon
We need to fight Mediocrity!
There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged
Sean Penn
It can sound arrogant or pretentious to say so, but I really think we need to encourage people to fight mediocrity! It's perhaps one of the most dangerous poisons of our current lives. But what is mediocrity? Mediocrity is this status between bad and good, when something is not suffisant, not qualitative. The problem of mediocrity is not only its intrinsic definition, but also, and perhaps more important, is the fact that people are satisfied with mediocrity. Fighting mediocrity is fighting its production, and also its celebration.
Mediocrity is everywhere in the tech world for example:
- Startups that limit themselves to copy a concept, or do something cheap (a good example: all the daily deals stupid websites)
- Medias, and especially blogs that write articles about topics they don't know anything about or just because it generates trafic, so they produce crap.
- Consultants or any business guys, who just tries to do the minimum viable, and not the best.
In my post about me turning entrepreneur, I wrote something that people remembered "My project will be huge. Actually, it's either it's huge, or it isn't". I've thought a lot about it since I've started the project and met plenty of people. What I really think is that not only am I trying to build an ambitious project, not only do I want to change things, but I'm also trying to fight mediocrity as much as I can. I don't want to take the easy way, I don't want shortcuts that lead me to bad quality.
And as in Sean Penn's quote that I used to start this post, not only do we need to fight mediocrity in what we're doing, but we also need to fight mediocrity celebration!
Oh, and I need your help. If you ever think something I say, write or produce is mediocre, please tell me. Honestly.


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(WHAS11) Fall is officially here, and so is flu season.
The director of Louisville Metro Health, Dr. Laquandra Nesbitt, stopped by the WHAS11 studios on Wednesday to give us information on flu shots.
Flu shots are available by appointment to everyone six months and older at four community sites, or you can head to the NIA Center Tuesday, October 4. There is a flu shot clinic there from 9:00 a.m. until Noon.
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District 3 Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell will have a town hall meeting Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Community Center, located on 3400 Sandy Plains Road.
She will spotlight the Canton Road Redevelopment Foundation.
Birrell has been working in recent months to revive economic development in the Canton Road Corridor, beginning with a request before the Development Authority of Cobb for seed money to fund a non-profit entity that would provide loans.
She also created the redevelopment committee, made up of civic and business interests in the Canton Road and Northeast Cobb community.
For more information on the town hall meeting, call 770-528-3317 or visit cobbcounty.org/birrell.


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The world watched on Sunday as the Louisville Cardinal made another stop on the revenge tour to play the Duke Blue Devils. Basketball fans across the country tuned in hoping to see another great match up between the 2 power houses, with the winning earning a sport in Atlanta for the FInal Four. Those fans saw more than just a basketball game, they saw a group of young men that are more than a basketball team. In the 1st half Kevin Ware went down with a horrific injury, the worst that I've seen in sports, but it was what happened following the injury that deserves the headlines.
Moments after watching their teammate, their brother, break his leg the Louisville Cardinals had 2 choices; get distracted and lose the game or win for Kevin Ware. Ware called the team over and told them to win. Don't worry about him, but win the game. Tears were dried away, emotions checked, and the remaining Cardinals did what Kevin said, they won the game. We have all read countless stories recapping the events of that day, but the boys have work to do for Ware. We have a few days before we are back on the court, and hopefully this can adorn your background leading up to the big game. And hopefully, we can Win 4 Ware.


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There's a bumper sticker that says "Love People, Cook Them Tasty Food." Well, on Thanksgiving Day there was plenty of tasty food at the community dinner in Breckenridge. A big thank you to everyone who helped. Because of this community effort, over 600 people enjoyed a delicious meal and wonderful company for the holiday.Mi Casa was graciously offered as the location and Dick Carleton, Jen Cawley, Tracey Roach and Bruce Carlton provided their time and expertise to ensure the day would be a success. Also, a big thanks to the staff of Mi Casa who helped, Maggie and Wally Ducayet who picked up needed food and supplies, and Genia Gallagher for assisting with the many details. The outpouring of support was evident when over 130 people volunteered their time to work at the dinner. Finally, a huge thank you to the many restaurants who provided food and their culinary skills: Beaver Run Resort, Blue Moose Restaurant, Blue River Bistro, Breckenridge Brewery, Briar Rose Restaurant, Bubba Gump's, City Market, Clint's Bakery, CMC Culinary, Fatty's Pizzeria, Hearthstone Restaurant, Le Petit Paris, Mi Casa Restaurant, One Ski Hill Grille, Quandary Grill, Relish, Salt Creek Steakhouse and Steak & Rib. Our community is amazing and the support of everyone involved with this event was greatly appreciated!Sally Peel, coordinatorBreckenridge Community Thanksgiving Dinner
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Warsaw, Poland » — September 1939: World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland from the west, quickly followed by the Soviet invasion from the east. The carving up of Poland results from a secret pact between Adolf Hitler's Germany and Josef Stalin's Soviet Union. The Soviets soon capture thousands of Polish officers and transport them to POW camps in Russia. They also deport hundreds of thousands of Polish civilians to Siberia.
April-May 1940 » Soviet secret police kill 22,000 Polish officers and other prisoners of war and dump their bodies in mass graves. The murders, carried out with shots to the back of the heads, take place in the Katyn forest in western Russia and other locations. At that time, letters from the officers to their families come to a sudden stop, bringing despair to relatives and creating an early Polish belief that the Soviets killed them. Questioned by Polish leaders on the fate of the officers, the Soviets begin decades of denying their guilt.
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1941 » Germany attacks Soviet Union, and in its eastward advance overruns the territory surrounding Katyn. The Soviets join the Allies in the war against Hitler.
April 1943 » Nazi Germany's propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels announces the German discovery of mass graves at Katyn. Goebbels hopes public knowledge of the Soviet crime would sow distrust between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies and weaken their alliance.
May 1943 » As part of the Nazi propaganda effort, the Germans bring a group of American and British POWs to Katyn, as well as other groups, to see the remains of the Poles in the mass graves, in an advanced state of decomposition.
May 1945 » World War II ends. Upon being freed Lt. Col John H. Van Vliet gives his first report to Army intelligence on what he witnessed at Katyn, one that disappeared and still has never been found.
1951 » The U.S. Congress sets up a committee to investigate the Katyn crimes after questions about the whereabouts of the missing Van Vliet report from 1945. Even ahead of the formal establishment of the committee, Van Vliet in 1950 makes a second written report on his impressions from Katyn.
1952 » The Congressional committee concludes there is no question that the Soviets bear blame for the massacre. It faults Roosevelt's administration for suppressing public knowledge of the truth. The report also says it suspects pro-Soviet sympathizers within government agencies buried knowledge about Katyn. It expresses anger at the disappearance of the first Van Vliet report and says: "This committee believes that had the Van Vliet report been made immediately available to the Dept. of State and to the American public, the course of our governmental policy toward Soviet Russia might have been more realistic with more fortunate post-war results."
1990 » The reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev publicly admits that the Soviets bear guilt for Katyn.
Sept. 10, 2012 » The U.S.National Archives releases about 1,000 pages of newly declassified records related to the Katyn massacre. Among them are the newly declassified U.S. army documents proving that two American POWs wrote encoded messages to Army intelligence, MIS-X, soon after their 1943 visit to Katyn, pointing to Soviet guilt.
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CHOP ranks in the top four in every pediatric specialty area ranked in U.S.News & World Report's 2012-13 survey of the nation's best children's hospitals. We are also the only children's hospital in the region on U.S.News' prestigious Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll.
Ongoing research at CHOP is leading the way to new treatments for many childhood conditions. Learn about some of our latest studies.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects in connection with a burglary in Upper Manhattan.
Police say one of the suspects entered an apartment on Seaman Avenue through a fire escape window and removed property.
A security video caught the male suspect leaving the premises with a female suspect.
No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Do you know where the food in your lunch originated?
Chances are, it probably didn't come from around here.
If you want to taste what Kentuckiana has to offer, you can check out an event this weekend.
The All Local Feast at the Root Cellar is Sun., Oct. 6.
It runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and costs just $20 for adults, $10 for teens under 15 and it's free for kids under seven.
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Oral Roberts junior outfielder Brandon King is the Summit League Player of the Week after helping lead the Golden Eagles to a series victory at Oakland over the weekend.
King went 9-for-17, drove in seven runs, scored six times and hit two home runs as ORU took three of four games from the Golden Grizzlies.
He had at least two hits in three of the four games, including a 3-for-4 effort in game one and 3-for-5 in game two.
King is batting .335 with a team-leading seven home runs and 40 runs batted in this season. He also leads the team in slugging percentage (.553) and on base percentage (.439) and has drawn a team-best 24 walks.
Oral Roberts is now 25-and-18 overall and 14-and-6 in Summit League play. The Golden Eagles will play at Wichita State Tuesday night before returning to conference play in a four-game weekend set at home against league-leading South Dakota State.
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Dawn of War 2: Retribution CE owners get 'Dark Angels' DLC free
Relic has revealed in a forum thread on its official site that Collector's Edition owners of Dawn of War 2: Retribution will receive free access to the recently released Dark Angels downloadable content.
"It's going to be the Dark Angels DLC," Relic confirmed on its official forum when asked about bonus Collector's Edition DLC. "Emails on how to redeem it will go out right before launch." Relic revealed the news on April 4, so users should already have a note about content redemption as the add-on launched this morning.
Dark Angels is a cosmetic add-on that puts the "iconic Space Marine chapter" in the recent standalone expansion. The downloadable content is regularly priced at $7.50.
There seem to be a number of reasons Collector's Edition owners are getting the special treatment from Relic. Some CE owners complained that they were forced to wait for their boxed version of the game, while digital owners were able to play immediately. Additionally, some were perturbed by the launch day sale of the game's Wargear Race Pack DLC. The Race Pack was originally slated to only be available, individually at multiple retailers and as a bundle for the Collector's Edition, which retailed for $10 more than the standard edition. The sale offered the bundle of content for $5.
Since launch, only one of the six Race Packs are available for purchase on Steam.
The Dark Angels DLC includes eight unique models for the major multiplayer units and new color schemes for the others. The description on the content's Steam page notes: "The Force Commander is replaced by a Dark Angels Company Master complete with winged helmet, the Tactical Marine squad all sport the iconic Dark Angels robes. Additionally, the Scout Squad, Assault Marine Squad and Terminators all receive similar chapter-specific revisions. The Space Marine vehicles also get a visual makeover with this DLC pack, adding custom designs and emblems to differentiate them from the standard vehicles."
For more on Dawn of War 2: Retribution, make sure to read our detailed review.
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Here's a Map That Shows What Every American State is the Worst At
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Think you know what the Worst Thing in the World is? Well you obviously haven't had to take a dump right after getting out of the shower. Help us figure out the worst thing ever by voting here.
Trailer for Worst Christmas Movie Ever
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The 10 Worst Songs of 2013 (a 24-Minute Rant)
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Rebecca Black is Back with "Saturday"
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This is Why You're Not Allowed to Babysit Anymore
These Babysitters Club books all end in jail.
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Created inside a laboratory, this song was "designed to incorporate lyrical and musical elements that were annoying to most people," including "bagpipes, cowboy music, an opera singer rapping, and a children's choir that urged listeners to go shopping at Wal-Mart." Brilliant.
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Stricken with grief and working on an hour of sleep, Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith played a major part in a comeback victory against the New England Patriots on Sunday night just hours after learning that his brother died in a motorcycle accident in Virginia.
Smith was intent on honoring his 19-year-old brother, Tevin Jones, pointing to the sky after a 25-yard touchdown in the second quarter, and finishing with a team-high six receptions for 127 yards.
Kneeling in the end zone, Smith said a prayer during the fourth quarter.
"It was tough emotionally," said Smith, who was excused from practice Monday to be with his family and is expected to return Tuesday. "I didn't know how I would hold up. This is new territory for me personally. I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother."
Smith's performance was reminiscent of the focus displayed by former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre nine years ago during a 41-7 win over the Oakland Raiders after his father died. Favre passed for 399 yards and four touchdowns one day after his father, Irvin Favre, passed away.
The poise and composure displayed by Smith didn't go unnoticed.
"Playing is therapy for your soul; it is an escape," said former NFL running back Marshall Faulk, an NFL Network analyst. "What he did in this game is going to lift him up and it gives his family something to be excited about."
Smith said he didn't decide until shortly before kickoff whether he would play, checking first with his mother, Monica Jenkins.
"Obviously, you play with a heavy heart," Smith said. "You want to play for that person. My mom, all my family, they didn't even know I was going to play until the last minute. She was like, 'Of course, he'd want you to play.' He admired me so much.
"I didn't want to be out there, just running around, doing nothing. If I was going to be out there, I was going to give it my all. Afterwards is when you can sit back and reflect on things. My teammates, I love them to death, and they helped me get through this."
How an athlete deals with difficult personal circumstances depends on the individual.
Life and death transcend sports, but athletes often decide to be with their teammates, a second family of sorts, when tragedy strikes.
How Smith excelled after his brother died in a single-vehicle accident when his motorcycle struck a utility pole, is remarkable, according to Dr. Joel Fish of The Center for Sports Psychology in Philadelphia.
"It clearly takes a tremendous level of will and motivation and character to dedicate your performance to a loved one to honor their loss," Fish said in a telephone interview. "The tribute can allow someone to harness those emotions and channel them. Not everyone can do it.
"The stress is amazing, and it's not about strength and toughness. It's important to recognize that everybody responds differently to these kinds of tragedies. This is a tribute to dedicating our moments to someone, connecting and elevating our focus."
Two years ago, Ravens free safety Ed Reed boarded a private jet to return home to his family when his younger brother Brian Reed was reported missing after jumping into the Mississippi River after being chased by police.
Ed Reed joined his family after an AFC wild-card playoff victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. He returned to the Ravens while his brother remained missing and started the divisional round game the following week. Brian Reed's body was discovered weeks later, and coroners determined he had drowned.
"When I went through losing my brother, being around these guys really helped," Reed said. "Everybody is mourning and trying to figure out what happens. I gave [Smith] a psalm. We don't know our time, none of us.
"I just told him that we're here for him, I'm here for him. I can relate to him. I still talk to my brother to this day because I know there's much more to us than just being here. I told him he could still have those conversations, just know that he's in a much better place."
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There's something to be said about a 2-man band that can squeeze themselves into nearly every movie and TV show known to man (Black Snake Moan, Gossip Girl, Dexter, Hung, Victoria's Secret, American Express, and Sony Ericsson commercials, Eastbound and Down, Zombieland, Entourage, Grand Theft Auto IV, Big Love, One Tree Hill, I really could keep going), and yet still manage to keep relatively under the super mainstream radar.
Easily becoming the new American rock standard, The Black Keys, consisting of Dan Auerbach (vocals/guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums/production), know how to arrange a song like some of their most influential predecessors. Their grimy classic rock sound seamlessly blends with the subtle intelligence of their lyrics drawing fans from all walks of life. Present at The Fox last night were anyone from grandma and grandpa reliving their disenfranchised youth, to hardcore metal fans, groupies, and young 20-somethings living out their own Skynyrd-era fantasies, and everyone in between. Auerbach and Carney slammed out over half their set as a duo, only bringing on keys and bass to punch it up a bit for their newer releases off Brothers. Multiple backdrop changes, including homemade Christmas lights outlined in Black Keys fashion, a giant protruding disco ball, and sharpie-d on Black Keys logo onto Carney's kit kept the visuals interesting, but the energy didn't subside for even a second. Powerful drums carried with slamming guitar riffs and penetrating vocals, nearly blowing everyone's minds for over an hour and a half.
All there was to ponder at the end of the night was just one question: how is it humanly possible that 2 men can make that much well-placed noise?
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Mr. McFarlin is a Democrat running for governor from Bay County. He's doing it without the blessing of the big shots in his party. He's doing it without much money, name identification, and most would agree, not much of a chance of wrestling the nomination away from fellow Democrat Mark Schauer.
So when the underdog was asked to appear on statewide Public TV, he likely dropped everything he was dong to gobble up some free media, and he made news, perhaps without knowing it.
As is often the case, once they turn the TV cameras off, Off the Record guests suddenly make news.
The questioning started out rather innocently.
"Have you ever voted for a Republican?" the Democrat was asked.
"Yes, Mitt Romney," he revealed while adding he had two chances to vote for Barack Obama and did not.
Now he had every correspondent's attention as he launches into his assertion that Mr. Obama is not a citizen of the United States.
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Asked if he believed Mr. O. was born in Hawaii, he said, "No."
Asked if he believed Mr. O. was born in the United States, he said. "No."
As a private investigator, Mr. McFarlin argues the document the White House issued to end this never-ending flap is suspect.
How's so?
He claims the term "African-American" appears on the line for race on the birth certificate and Mr. McFarlin says at the time Mr. Obama was born the term was not in use. He argues the term should have been "Negro."
But under further questioning, asked to confirm his notion that the President was not an American citizen, he seemed to walk it back.
"Based on the evidence that is out there that leads me to that direction."
So he was not sure?
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Georg Cantor was wrong about infinity. Greatest Mistake in History True Infinity explained
Infinity - boundless endless = ∞
Mathematics/universe - bound end = ()
Cantor said ( ∞ )
Greatest Oxymoron in existence
Cantor did find something, however it is not Actual infinity.
What he found:
The infinite possibilities within the core of our numerical system, the Number 1.
ALL types of numerical expressions, be it fractions, decimal points, percentages, whole numbers etc are different ways of expressing this one number. Hence,
What Cantor perceived to have found = ( ∞ ), an infinite restricted by time and space
What Cantor actually found = ( 1 ).
Now to what I found about the number 1 in finite. (1)
There are many ways to express mathematics, but what is the core?
x, ÷ , √ , Etc are grouped and fancy symbols explaining the only two symbols. + and -.
Every mathematical expression can be explain by these two symbols. Remembering maths is finite, this numeric 1 is comprised of or subject to
( + | - )
This is Theory of Everything.
Quantum Mechanics states for nothing to create something, laws must be in place for nothing to produce something.
How do you explain this. Easy....
+ ( + | - )
This is the link between Quantum Mechanics and Gravitational Physics.
Even a law however is not nothing, but something. It is an action and must proceed an entity.
1 + ( + | - )
What is 1 added onto finite or 1 added onto Mathematics as the equation shows.
It is ∞.
1 + ( + | - ) = ∞
The Actual True infinity
This means
If we add 1 onto finite addition itself, we have infinite positive and respectively 1 added onto subtraction itself, infinite negative
1 + (+) = + ∞
1 + (-) = - ∞
Religiously what does this mean?
God (1) created (+) everything ((+|-)) and after judgement day (=), depending on our free will choices, we could end up in either heaven ( + ∞) or hell ( - ∞ ).
Please watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVHJJMxZa8 to understand the theological aspect of equation.
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Sep 2 2012: That is exactly my point. Cantor said there is brackets around the infinite and that there are an infinite amount of possibilities within the number 1.
You are just agreeing with me and rejecting Cantors concept of the infinite.
The only possibility of the actual Infinite is outside of finite, then 1, with the infinite possibilities is the infinite in totality.
In all honesty it doesn't bother me if you accept heaven and hell, based on the dicissions you made within the finite, as long as you can see where the mistake of the greatest mathematician in recent history is, I've been successful in promoting my findings.
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Sep 2 2012: We already agree that the number 1 has infinite possibilities and can explain itself and every other type of number in existence. There is no other number that exists.
The misunderstanding of infinite stems from most thinking there could be multiple infinites. Truth is only 1 infinite can exist that everything else is a part of and not Seperate.
In my terminology 1=God. A 100% complete being with infinite possibilities; the Omni.
If God is multiple Gods, or as you state an infinite amount of Gods (any more than 1), then could you really have an infinite? It would not be all encompassing because a Seperately unique infinite would exist.
You do not have to call it God, but we already know thanks to Cantor the infinite possibilities of the only number; this is quite easily seen even with our restricted perception.
The same rules also apply to beyond the brackets.
If 1 is complete (100%) and can explain itself and every other numerical possibility,
Then how can we have any other number?
Now let me ask this religiously,
If God is complete (100%) and can explain himself and every other created possibility,
Then how can we have any other God?
Do you see my point my friend
Jon HoSep 3 2012: No, we simply are not in agreement at all sir!
You equate :
1 God = 1 and
1 God = Infinity
Whereas I say :
Infinite Gods = Infinity
You are God, I am God, everyone on TED is God. The unborn child in your wife's belly is God, you dead grandfather is God. The moon, the planets, the stars, the galaxy; the whole universe is God.
But this has degenerated from Theoretical Mathematics into Religious Philosophy, and like I said, I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole.
Thou Art God. ;)
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A shoulder dislocation occurs when the head of the humerus (upper arm bone) pops out of the shallow shoulder socket of the scapula (called the glenoid). This can happen when a strong force pulls the shoulder upward or outward, or from an extreme external rotation of the humerus.
Glenohumeral dislocations are generally classified by the direction of dislocation of the humerus.
Dislocation can be full or partial:
Shoulder dislocations can also be associated with fractures—one can have a fracture and dislocation at the same time. Nerves and blood vessels can sometimes be injured with a severe shoulder dislocation, requiring immediate medical attention.
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A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease, condition, or injury.
Risk factors for a shoulder dislocation include:
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Symptoms include:
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The doctor will ask about your symptoms and how the injury occurred, and will examine the injured area. Diagnosis is also based on the physical exam of your shoulder area. The doctor may do an x-ray to rule out a related fracture or damaged surrounding soft tissue and to see which direction the shoulder is dislocated.
Treatment TOP
Do not try to force the bones back into place. Seek medical care immediately. Delaying treatment increases the chance of permanent damage to the shoulder joint.
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After the BlogHer 2011 conference ended, my daughter and I stayed in San Diego for a couple of extra days. I'd used a Travelocity voucher obtained through Eversave to get a decent deal for a hotel in the city's Gaslamp Quarter.
The conference had been pretty tiring, so we were ready to rest by the time we showed up for the 3 p.m. check-in. A desk clerk told us it would be another 20 minutes because our room had not been cleaned.
Twenty minutes went by. Abby, who has a chronic health condition, was so fatigued she could barely sit upright. I inquired again. Still not clean, but they'd let us know as soon as something was available.
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Another 20 minutes elapsed, during which I saw the clerk have a soft drink and chat with co-workers. What I didn't see him do was call housekeeping to ask about the progress of the room. Meanwhile, I was wondering just how big an irritant I needed to be to get this fixed.
Of course, I knew that being an irritant wasn't the answer. Being a smart consumer was.
How long would we have sat there?
At 4 p.m. the employee told us he was sorry, but the hotel had been full the night before and housekeeping was running late.
Given how close the hotel is to a major convention center, I wasn't surprised that it had been full the night before. What did surprise me was that management didn't schedule enough staff to make sure rooms were ready for the next night's customers.
Finally my daughter approached the counter, pleading with them to do something. If she didn't lie down soon, she knew she would wind up in bed for most of the next day -- or, as she put it, for half of the time she had to spend with her mom. We hadn't seen each other for eight months.
The clerk put us in a pair of adjoining rooms with a shared bath. While I was grateful that Abby was finally able to rest -- she was swaying with exhaustion -- I had questions:
- Had that room been available the whole time and he just didn't want to give it to us?
- We were the only people waiting. Couldn't the housekeeping staff have been asked to clean our room first, then work on others?
- How long would he have allowed us to sit there if we hadn't forced the issue?
I posted the situation on my Facebook page and soon had more than a dozen comments, ranging from "This is appalling" to "This REALLY irks me. I have had similar things happen at other hotels. Unfortunately, a lot of management teams/corporate owners DON'T CARE."
At that point I tended to agree with both statements. So I did what I'd suggest you do when faced with a service snafu: I wrote a letter. Post continues after video.
'We can't change what we did'
Actually, I sent my genteelly furious note via email. Then I visited the hotel's Facebook page, where a post asked visitors what their best experiences of the summer had been thus far.
I left a comment that began along the lines of, "I can tell you what it hasn't been: my current stay at this particular hotel." I said I'd sent a note detailing our problem and asked that someone from the hotel chain read that email and contact me as soon as possible.
The next day I got a voice-mail message from the general manager with an apology, his cellphone number and an offer to help make things better.
When I spoke with him, he said all the right things: It shouldn't have happened, he'd sat down with housekeeping and front-desk staff to discuss where the ball had been dropped and, by the way, they'd like to comp one night of our visit.
"We can't change what we did," he said, "but we can make sure it doesn't happen again."
I hope you never experience a customer-service snafu. But I know better than that. Mistakes happen. A smart manager knows that in the days of Facebook, Twitter and Yelp it pays to give a rip professionally, if not personally.
Last year one of my MSN Money columns detailed how to complain about a poor restaurant visit. One of the experts noted that the people in charge can't be everywhere and thus need to know about problems: "You're doing the company a huge favor if you complain."
So when service goes south, speak up. Complain, preferably in writing. Do it reasonably. Do it courteously. But do it.
And if it turns out management doesn't give a rip? There's always Facebook, Yelp and Twitter.
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Complaining does not always work even when done tactfully. I am an artist and was teaching my craft in the classroom of a local craft store. The classroom was always dirty and piled with boxes and broken merchandise. After filing complaints with the manager of the store and getting nowhere, I decided to send a tactful e-mail to the store's corporate office. I explained the problem and told them about the store managers attitude and how I and my students were badly treated by him and that we would really appreciate a clean and orderly classroom. The next day I received a phone call from the corporate office. They had called the store manager about my complaint and he told them that I was rude and belligerent to him and that my students had been stealing from the classroom for several months,which was not true at all. I was then told that I could no longer teach art classes in the store again. If I had ignored the problem and put up with it I would most likely still be teaching classes there, so in my case, complaining made matters worse even though it was done in a tactful way.
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That's kinda the problem. It feels like they missed the boat on Demon Hunters and are now trying to turn Warlocks the Demon Hunter replacement rather than creating a Hero class for the DH. It would have made sense to drop the Demon Hunter into Burning Crusade, and make it the iconic Hero Class for that expansion. What with the focus on Illidan and the Burning Legion it would have worked as well as Death Knights for Wrath.
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Salt Lake Community College (also called SLCC, pronounced "slick") is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah.[citation needed] The College offers online class options and operates 13 locations throughout the Salt Lake valley. The college has a student to faculty ratio of 20:1. Since 1948, the College has focused on providing individual attention and personal care to each student. SLCC has open enrollment and serves the local community, with approximately 95% of the student body considered Utah residents. Of the enrolled student body, two-thirds aspire to eventually obtain four-year degrees.
Although the college does not offer four-year degrees, school officials work with the state's other institutions of high learning to ensure that credits are transferable. General education credits may be transferred to any four-year school in Utah including private schools such as Brigham Young University and Westminster College.
Salt Lake Community College began teaching classes September 14, 1948 as the Salt Lake Area Vocational School.[2] A product of the GI Bill, the school evolved out of the War Production Training School established at West High School during the war. After most federal support dried up in 1946, the Salt Lake City School District continued funding the program on its own, which was a burden for the district. The district, with the State Board of Vocational Education, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, the local American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars successfully lobbied the state legislature to create state-supported vocational schools. On March 19, 1947 money was appropriated for establishing vocational schools in all school districts serving populations of at least 140,000.
The Salt Lake City School Board selected long-time vocational teacher Howard Gunderson as the school's first president. The old Troy Laundry Building on 461 South 600 East in Salt Lake City was selected as the school's first building, and equipment was donated from Salt Lake area High Schools which had housed War Production Training Schools during the war. Gunderson received authorization from the Salt Lake City, Park City, and Tooele School districts to teach 39 vocational programs, although teachers could not be found for all of them immediately.
Newspaper ads for the school carried the slogan, "Learn to Earn", which would be used into the 1970s. In its first quarter, tuition for the school was $78 annually, and 246 students registered in 14 classes. By the following quarter, 948 students were enrolled including 589 veterans.
In 1949 J. Bracken Lee became governor of Utah. A fiscal conservative, he opposed the Area Vocational School as duplicating services available elsewhere. When the legislature presented the 1949–1950 budget with expenses projected to exceed revenues by $2 million, Lee used line-item vetos to cut the entire $500,000 appropriated to the school. Lee's veto drew criticism from The Salt Lake Tribune, labor unions, and veteran's organizations, but the supporters of the cut stood firm, alleging wastefulness at the school. Only by scaling back operations to $145,000 annually was Gunderson able to keep the school open.
The second President of the school, Jay L. Nelson (1949–1978), referred to the first years of Lee's governorship as "the starvation years". No state funding was provided to the school again until 1951 when it began receiving modest subsidies, and a $312,000 grant to purchase the Troy Laundry Building it was in.
Initially the school was seen as a central location for high school vocational education, and the school was thus an extension of public secondary education. The school was guided jointly under the direction of the state and local school board until 1959 when it changed its name to Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute, reflecting the more adult-oriented nature of the school. Governance for the school also moved solely into the state's hands under the State Board for Vocational Education.
In 1967 most departments of the school (now renamed Utah Technical College at Salt Lake) moved to the current location at 4600 South Redwood Road in what is now Taylorsville. The state legislature granted money for expansion at the Taylorsville Redwood campus, which is now the primary campus of SLCC. A thriving vocational program existed at the original site well in to the 1980s that served thousands of students seeking basic education and occupational skills.
In 1969 the State unified the scattered public higher education direction into the State Board of Higher Education (later called the Board of Regents). However, the Technical College was not placed entirely under this board. Instead, it was jointly governed by the State Board of Higher Education and the State Board of Vocational Education. Turf wars between the boards erupted almost immediately in 1970 and again in 1974 when the boards fought over who had authority to raise salaries (it was decided that the vocational board controlled wages, but that the higher education board dictated budgets). The Board of Higher Education first sought to convert the schools into community colleges in 1970, which the vocational board outright rejected. The Vocational Board eventually relinquished control of the school in 1978 with an agreement that technical school maintain 75% vocational training, which was state law at the time. President Jay L. Nelson believed this was necessary to prevent the school from becoming merely a feeder for the University of Utah. However, in 1987 the school formally became Salt Lake Community College and the old requirement 75% for vocational training ended.
Taylorsville Redwood Campus (1967)[edit]
Located at 4600 South Redwood Road in Taylorsville, the Taylorsville Redwood Campus is the primary campus and harbors the school's student center and main offices. Serving over 15,000 students a year, the campus is spread across two city blocks and is home to twelve academic buildings. Taylorsville Redwood contains a library (approx 90,000 volumes), athletic facilities, an amphitheater, and a student union.
Anime Banzai and Anime Salt Lake, which are two different anime conventions, were both initially held at the Taylorsville Redwood campus. The Rocky Mountain Revue, a pre-season basketball tournament sponsored by the NBA's Utah Jazz, was hosted in the Lifetime Activities Center until 2008.[3] The arena has played host to professional basketball teams over the years, including the Utah Snowbears, the Salt Lake Dream, and the Utah Eagles.
South City (1992)[edit]
Located at 1575 South State Street in Salt Lake City, the South City Campus occupies the former home of South High School. This campus serves over 6,000 students in nearly 100 classrooms. Additionally, the campus houses a swimming pool, labs, and the Grand Theatre, home of the Grand Theatre Foundation and Community Institute, which sponsors many community events.
Jordan Campus (2001)[edit]
Located at 3491 West 9000 South in West Jordan, the Jordan Campus is SLCC's third full-service campus. It houses a library, food court, financial aid, a dental clinic for the dental hygienist program, academic advising offices, and Cate Field (where the SLCC baseball team plays its home games).
College plans call for the Jordan Campus to become the largest and main campus by 2020. The nursing program opened at the campus by 2007 in a new five-story Health Science building. A UTA TRAX station will eventually be constructed across the street for the college. Other non-college buildings on the campus include the Jordan School District applied technology center, Itineris Charter School built by Bill Gates, and an LDS Institute of Religion.
Organization and administration[edit]
In November 2013, The Utah Board of Regents named Deneece Huftalin as interim president of Salt Lake Community College effective January 1, 2014. She replaced president Cynthia Bioteau, who left to become president of Florida State College at Jacksonville.[4]
The Thayne Center is a non-profit organization established in 1994 (originally named the Emma Lou Thayne Community Service Center) to coordinate a variety of service-related programs for Salt Lake Community College. Most of the money the organization obtains comes directly from the college, and 75% of all donations go back into the Thayne Center's cause.
Academic profile[edit]
SLCC offers more than 200 degree and certificate programs in academic, technical, and vocational fields.[5] It is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and many credits are transferable to all of the state's four-year colleges. More SLCC graduates attend the University of Utah than graduates of any other institution of high learning.
Student life[edit]
Salt Lake Community College's mascot is a Bruin Bear named Brutus. He is seen at most local parades in the summer and performs at the Women's Volleyball and Men's Basketball games. Brutus has his own Facebook page[6] that he updates with photos, post and videos.
The Bruins have competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) since 1985. Currently, the school fields men's teams in baseball and basketball and women's teams in basketball, softball, and volleyball. Also, the school hosts club teams for men's and women's soccer. Dating back to 1985, the Bruins boast 54 NJCAA All-American athletes. Additionally, SLCC has produced 513 Academic All-Region honorees and 192 Academic All-Americans.[7]
Led by veteran coach Norm Parrish, the men's basketball program advanced to the NJCAA championship game in 2008, narrowly losing to South Plains College. The following season, the Bruins returned to the title game, this time defeating Midland College to claim the first national championship in school history.[8]
Noted people[edit]
Prominent professional athletes who trained and competed at SLCC include Justin Braun (soccer), Eddie Gill (basketball), Sinan Güler (basketball), Chris Shelton (baseball), and Eddy Alvarez (baseball).
- ^ "Tab C Enrollments". Utah System of Higher Education. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ How the Revue began.
- ^ http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57135533-78/president-huftalin-college-bioteau.html.csp
- ^ "Salt Lake Community College - Catalog". Slcc.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ Brutus the SLCC Bruin Bear
- ^ SLCC Bruins Awards and Honors
- ^ Salt Lake CC comes back, wins NJCAA championship
- Randa, Ernest W. Salt Lake Community College: A College on the Move 1949-1998. Agreka Books. ISBN 1-888106-46-8
- [2] Salt Lake Community College's Thayne Center for Service & Learning Website
External links[edit]
- Salt Lake Community College, official site
- Salt Lake Community College, capsule from the Utah System of High Education
- Salt Lake Community College Student Association
- Salt Lake Community College's Thayne Center for Service & Learning Website
- Universities and colleges in Utah
- Salt Lake Community College
- Buildings and structures in Tooele County, Utah
- Community colleges in the United States
- Two-year colleges in the United States
- Universities and colleges accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Universities and colleges in Salt Lake County, Utah


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BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI (WTAQ) - A former employee of an historic Jackson County restaurant has been accused of burning the place down, to help his boss with financial problems.
19-year-old Kyle Rott was charged Tuesday with felony arson for a blaze 15 months ago.
It destroyed the Rustic Mill Bar and Restaurant in a 146-year-old building near Black River Falls. Prosecutors said a couple ran the eatery for almost a year before closing it down a few days before the blaze.
The criminal complaint said a man who owned it offered $10,000 to Rott for starting the fire – but Rott said he'd do it for a couple packs of cigarettes, and they laughed and shook hands.
The man's son reportedly overheard the conversation, and he thought it was a joke until Rott said the day of the blaze he would keep his word. The male owner told investigators he owed over $60,000 to vendors and a building contractor – and while he said he wished the restaurant would burn down, he hoped Rott wouldn't take the offer seriously.
The owner has not been charged, but District Attorney Gerald Fox says the investigation is continuing and more arrests are possible.
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Join TED Speakers John Bohannon and Carl Flink Monday, 12/17 to delve into the super-awkward world of "The Facts of Life"!
When you were a kid, did your parents ever sit you down for THAT conversation? As in, the "facts of life", "the birds & the bees"? Or was it all just too awkward? If you're a parent now, have you talked with your kids?
Join TED speakers John Bohannon and Carl Flink of Black Label Movement to delve into the super-awkward: Monday, December 17th at 4:30 pm Eastern, here on TED Conversations.
Watch their TED-ED video here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/let-s-talk-about-sex-john-bohannon-and-black-label-movement
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John and I thank everyone for tuning into the conversation about our Talk. I think we all quickly revealed the humor and seriousness of this critical subject and the broad range of experiences around it. We hope that our presentation continues to catalyze conversations around talking about sex and also thinking about how TED talks can incorporate different elements such as live performers beyond the tried and true powerpoint structure.
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1. When you were young, did your parents or another adult talk to you about "the facts of life"?
Yes, I got the low-down on both sex and drugs.
Yes, but only about sex.
Yes, but only about drugs.
No, I had to learn things the hard way.
2. If you have teenage kids (or older), did you (or someone) tell them about "the facts of life" yet?
Yes, they received the wisdom about sex and drugs.
Yes, but so far only about sex.
Yes, but so far only about drugs.
No, that conversation never happened. Awkward!
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Dec 17 2012: I have an awkward "Fact of Life" story for you!
When I was in 5th grade (this was 1992, I believe), I had the awkward experience of being in a sex ed class composed of mostly girls, but taught by a male teacher. On the day our syllabus read "menstruation," he couldn't bring himself to talk. So instead, he showed a film strip! A really, really old film strip -- from the 1970s if not earlier.
In the film strip, a women demonstrated how to use a "menstrual pad belt," a horrible looking metal device that one fitted a sanitary napkin onto and clamped around her hips. Every girl in my class had a look of utter horror on her face as she watched the demonstration.
As an early developer, who had already started getting me period, I had to speak up. I swallowed every once of pride and raised my hand, and let the class that this was horribly outdated and that really, you just stick a pad onto your panties—no metal belt needed. Every female face in the room looked relieved.
I wonder what other misinformation the girls in my class received being taught by someone not of our gender who seemed terrified by the idea of talking about any of this stuff in the first place.
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Gwinnett police have arrested an educator and charged her with having sex with a 17-year-old disabled student at her school. Police say Kari Lynn Bryan, a paraprofessional, met the disabled student at a private special needs school in Gwinnett County. Authorities have charged 38-year-old Bryan with sexual assault. Detectives say she had a year-long sexual relationship with the disabled student. "She's charged with the sexual assault because she has authority over him being from that school. They met at the school. She was a teacher for that student, a paraprofessional, and they consummated the relationship from the school," said Cpl. Edwin Ritter of the Gwinnett County Police Department.Police say Bryan repeatedly had sex with the teenager at her Lawrenceville home."According to our investigation, it appears that it happened at least 20 times over the past year," Ritter said. Police say they learned about the relationship when the victim's mother found what she says are love letters written by the assistant teacher.According to the police report, Bryan admitted to having sex with the teen."We are holding those people accountable based on law," Ritter said.The principal of the school said that Bryan was a facilitator in the schools adult program.. All the parents in that program were notified of the arrest, according to the principal.Bryan has been fired from the school, according to the principal.
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|David Lee, portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund and the T. Rowe Price Global Real Estate Fund.
In the current financial environment, yield and income are scarce commodities, with long-term government bond yields plunging to multi-decade lows. Globally, investors in search of yield have naturally gravitated to high-dividend-paying equities, including the attractive income provided by real estate investment trusts, or REITs. Following a period of weakness during the economic recession and global financial crisis of 2008, the commercial real estate sector has performed well. Investors remain interested in monitoring commercial real estate fundamentals and whether the asset class will continue to be a good investment in the coming years. The following Q&A reflects the views of David Lee, portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Real Estate and Global Real Estate Funds.
Diversification is essential, and commercial real estate investments have shown lower correlations to broader equities and fixed income over time. Investors with an allocation to commercial real estate have benefited from this diversification element and improved the long-term risk and return profile for their portfolios. The merits of including an investment in commercial real estate (e.g., REITs) come from both income—the ability for REITs to pay higher dividends due to the steady cash flows derived from long-term leases—and appreciation, which is driven by growing net asset values through portfolio improvements and rent increases over time.
In light of the diversification benefits, we believe an allocation to commercial real estate is appropriate in a broadly diversified portfolio. Investors looking for income or appreciation can find value in many REITs in the current environment.
On the demand side, the best-located properties are still recovering faster than inferior properties, both in terms of fundamentals and investor appetite. The recovery in prime assets and prime markets has been better than that of third-tier markets. Listed real estate portfolios have recovered ahead of private markets—a situation accentuated by public companies having superior access to capital via equity, debt, and preferred securities.
One subsector where we are seeing a pickup in supply is apartments, as fundamentals have held up well due to increasing renewals and occupancy levels. Demand seems to be keeping pace with any new construction. Homeownership levels continue to trend lower, implying a greater propensity to rent for new households. Today, despite historically low mortgage rates, home financing remains scarce. Gone are the days when homeownership was viewed as a surefire way to build equity.
On a broad level, we have been seeking flexibility in a mix of holdings with the potential to participate in a broadening economic recovery, yet they are positioned to prosper in uncertain times. We have been focusing on companies with offensive business models and defensive balance sheets. New supply is not an issue for dominant regional malls, which continue to enjoy strong demand—particularly in upscale markets. Local strip shopping centers also are doing well as occupancy gains were achieved within the "small shop" category that reflected an expanding economic recovery beyond national tenants. As we await further strength in this recovery, we are also enjoying above-average dividend yields from these shopping center holdings.
At the close of the second quarter of 2012, real estate fundamentals were still improving, although the pace has become more measured. Job growth, while not robust, is resulting in positive absorption against a lack of new supply. Leasing activity remains good. Small business leasing continues to improve with a stabilization of bad debt. The debt and preferred markets are open at very low rates, although what can be easily refinanced has generally been done as management teams work to stagger future maturities and limit additional borrowings.
Some REITs are selectively engaging in development by reviving stalled construction projects where there are favorable incremental returns. Many companies remain focused on disposing their weaker assets and redeploying the proceeds into stronger assets. A general lack of new supply, combined with modest demand and low rates, is a favorable environment for owning real estate. If demand recovery persists and yield alternatives remain scarce, we believe that REITs are well positioned to benefit from favorable supply/demand dynamics.
We are hopeful about eventually seeing viable resolutions to the global financial crises overhanging the markets, leading to revitalized economic activity, which would serve as the primary driver for real estate. Despite lingering uncertainties, global markets managed to generate positive returns during the first half of the year, with real estate stocks in particular bouncing back sharply from a weak second half in 2011. Several Asian markets were especially strong, even as investors digested the prospects of slowing economic growth in China.
It's still unclear. The government is engaged in a delicate balancing act, attempting to tamp down overheated residential real estate appreciation while simultaneously trying not to cool down other areas of the economy. An important leadership change will take place this year, which has generated much speculation about the remaining actions of the outgoing leaders and potential directives from the new ones coming in. In Hong Kong, a newly elected official focused much of his rhetoric on residential pricing issues. China's home-purchasing restrictions are also dampening commodity demand and pricing worldwide, which is having an impact on several exporting countries.
Recent elections signified widespread discontent with painful austerity measures and unresolved debt problems. European real estate, particularly away from weaker southern European markets, seemed to reflect a search for "safe havens" with the potential to retain their value in the midst of a weakening currency and changing government leadership. There is no shortage of macro factors influencing varied asset classes nor has there been a shortage of shifts in expectations about the possible outcomes as the year progresses. Global leadership changes may amplify these uncertainties, at least in the short run, but they also offer the possibility for hope and optimism for new resolutions.
Due to its concentration in the real estate industry, the fund's share price could be more volatile than that of a fund with a broader investment mandate. Trends perceived to be unfavorable to real estate, such as changes in the tax laws or rising interest rates, could cause a decline in share prices. Any foreign holdings would be subject to risks inherent in non-U.S. securities, including currency fluctuations.
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