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Kids today don't have to go far to learn quality lessons about life. In fact, all they have to do is press play.
Many animated movies feature themes highlighting values that promote honesty to oneself, loyalty and love, to name a few.
Animators transport children to fantastical worlds that bend the rules of reality to teach them how to be contributing members of society as they enter the realms of adolescence and adulthood.
Here's a look at some of the values that animated films from the past 20 years continue to instill in children today.
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Disney doesn't teach kids about honesty, parents do. The films are great to watch, but they are entertainment and nothing more. We shouldn't think of them as teachers or mentors. That's what people are for.
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By Sarah Shearman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 11:40AM
Everything Everywhere has agreed to transfer some of its 1,800MHz spectrum to network operator Three, which could enable it to roll out 4G services next year.
Everything Everywhere was given the green light by Ofcom yesterday to launch a super fast 4G mobile network as early as 11 September, using its existing 1,800MHz network.
As part of the European Commission's competitive assessment of the merger of Orange and T-Mobile in March 2010 Everything Everywhere was required to dispose of part of its 1,800MHz spectrum.
Three has not disclosed how much it has agreed to pay in the transaction, which is subject to review by Ofcom and the European Commission. A decision is expected in the next three months.
No timescale has been given as to when Three will be able to use the spectrum, but it could be as late as September 2013, which is the deadline Everything Everywhere has been given as to when it has to be cleared.
It is unlikely the chunk of spectrum Three has bought will be enough to support a national 4G network, and it is likely Three will bid in the 800MHz and 2,100MHz spectrum auction planned by Ofcom for the start of next year.
Dave Dyson, chief executive of Three UK, said: "Acquiring this spectrum will more than double the capacity available to customers on our network. We have seen a huge growth in data consumption with average mobile handset customer usage now more than 1.1GB per month.
"New spectrum, supported by further committed technology spend, is a clear signal that we are committed to maintain our lead as the network built for the mobile internet," he said.
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St. Theresa in Salem is the champion of the St. Peter Lutheran Invitational. St. Theresa got past Patoka 55 to 43 in the championship game. St. Theresa pulled out to a 12-5 first quarter lead and led 28 to 13 at half time on the4ir wy to victory. St. Theresa was led by Levi Cannon with 18 and Nathan Gardner and Spencer Reincke wit 12 apiece. Patoka was let by Ty Cain with 19, Hunter Jolliff with 12 and Colton Hill with ten. In the fourth place game, Sandoval beat Kell/Farrington 61 to 27. Sandoval was led byKael Calhoun with 24 and Amarion Moore with 14. Kell/Farrington was led by Cord Hails with eight points. St. Theresa ends the tourney with a 4-0 record. Patoka was second at 3-1, St. Peter third at 2-2, Sandoal fourth at 1-3 and Kell Farrington fell to 0-4.
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Perennial UFC Middleweight contender Michael Bisping has seen some bad luck as of late. Last seen defeating Alan Belcher back at UFC 159, Bisping ran into a roadblock after a detached retina forced him out of his scheduled UFC Fight Night 30 main event against Mark Munoz.
"The Count" had to have surgery on the eye, but apparently it went quite swimmingly. Bisping showed up on "UFC Tonight" to announce he'll be back to training quite soon:
"I was at the doctors this morning, they've given me the green light to start proper training again. I've been running and lifting weights for awhile. Now I can get back in the gym and start working on a few things. I can definitely fight around March or April next year."
March or April of next year is still a bit of a ways off, leaving the UFC plenty of time to find Bisping a suitable return opponent. The promotion will of course be hosting a March 8 event at the O2 Arena in London, so that could be a great place for Bisping to make his way back into the fold.
Or it could be too soon.
Either way, Bisping has recently been rumored to face off with former Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy, who recently knocked out Rafael Natal with a huge left hand at UFC Fight for the Troops 3. Bisping insists that he'd rather fight a bigger name like Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza or the new-to-Middleweight Lyoto Machida, but those two are already booked.
So if the UFC comes calling with an offer to fight Kennedy, Bisping will be happy to oblige his longtime employer:
"I wouldn't say there's been back and forth with Tim Kennedy. I'd say there's been Tim Kennedy chomping at the bit, trying to make a name for himself. He came over from Strikeforce, he's had a couple wins over people I've never heard of, and he's trying to get some notoriety. Of course, people like to call me out, I'm no stranger to that. Good for him. I've never turned down an opponent once, I'm not going to start with Tim Kennedy. If that's who the UFC wants, I'll be happy to fight him. Myself personally, I would like someone ranked a little higher up the ladder, someone in the top five maybe. But it's down to the UFC."
Bisping may have a point that Kennedy hasn't fought anybody with huge recognition. However, he needs to be cautious in doing so. Although Bisping has fought some of the best fighters mixed martial arts has had to offer, he hasn't exactly fared well against top competition. His losses to Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Rashad Evans, and Chael Sonnen are a testament to that.
So he's kind of stuck in a Middleweight no-man's land as of right now and that's definitely not a good thing. The 185-pound arena is arguably the most talented it has ever been at the top right now. There's not a lot of wiggle room for Bisping to fit in as a true contender.
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When Thomas Jefferson and John Adams served the infant American republic as diplomats in Paris in 1785, they were both deeply concerned about the Barbary pirates.
These pirates, Muslims living in North Africa, had been preying upon American merchant vessels plying the Mediterranean.
It was customary for the rulers of these Barbary states to enrich themselves by taking American sailors—and those as well from European ships—and holding them hostage. The Europeans paid off the hostage takers. It was thought cheaper than fighting them.
Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Adams ventured forth to Versailles to meet with America's great friend, the Comte de Vergennes. France's Foreign Minister had sent millions of livres his king could ill afford in order to sustain America's struggle for independence. He also sent thousands of disciplined French troops who made all the difference at Yorktown.
Jefferson and Adams hoped to enlist France's aid in suppressing the Barbary pirates. "God and fear, fear and gold—those are the only things they understand in those courts," said Vergennes of the Barbary rulers. Jefferson wanted to fight them. Adams thought it would be cheaper for the cash-strapped United States to pay off the kidnapers. It was perhaps the beginning of the clash that would bitterly separate these two giants of the Revolution.
For fifteen years afterward, America paid ransom and tribute to these Muslim kidnapers. Jefferson constantly urged Americans to fight. He recommended sending Captain John Paul Jones to vindicate Americans' honor and independence. But throughout the administrations of Presidents George Washington and John Adams, America paid up rather than fight. By 1800, the United States was paying out fully one-fifth of our federal treasury to these pirates. It was never honorable. And it was no longer cheap.
In 1801, however, Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States. He defeated John Adams in a close election. One of the many changes wrought by what Mr. Jefferson called "the Revolution of 1800" was a change in policy toward the Barbary pirates. President Jefferson stopped paying these Muslim hostage takers. He resolved to fight them instead. He sent naval Capt. Stephen Decatur to the Mediterranean. He ordered in the U.S. Marines. They fought bravely and gained fame on "the shores of Tripoli."
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The required decisions and approvals for Saab's acquisition of TKMS have now been granted. The company will become a business unit within Saab's business area Security and Defence Solutions. The business unit is named Saab Kockums. Saab expects operations will continue to be carried out primarily in Malmö, Karlskrona and Muskö.
In June, Saab and FMV signed a letter of intent regarding the Swedish armed forces' underwater capabilities. With the acquisition of TKMS, Saab, together with the Swedish authority, is able to ensure access to the existing knowledge and intellectual properties (IPR) necessary for continued development, production and maintenance in the underwater sector, for both the Swedish and the international markets.
"The acquisition is in line with our strategy to expand our offering and strengthen Saab's position in the market for naval systems. Kockums has a unique offering and a strong local presence in Sweden concerning submarines and warships. The acquisition makes us a complete supplier of naval military systems. We also see good potential to expand the company's current market position through opportunities in the export market," says Håkan Buskhe, president and CEO of Saab.
"We are now beginning the integration of Kockums with Saab, focusing on reaching full capacity, and we are starting work immediately with the orders placed by Sweden as well as deliveries to other existing customers. This will be followed by efforts to increase operational efficiency and profitability. This is key in order to be globally competitive in the long term. There are also good synergies to achieve with Saab's current naval operations," says Gunilla Fransson, head of Saab's business area Security and Defence Solutions.
TKMS designs, builds and maintains naval systems such as submarines and surface vessels. Other successful products include the air-independent Stirling propulsion system, submarine rescue vehicles and mine countermeasures systems. The company has approximately 850 employees and supplies systems and products to the navies of Sweden, Australia and Singapore. During the financial year 2012/2013, TKMS reported sales of approximately SEK 1.7 billion (2011/2012: SEK 1.9 billion) and income from operations of approximately MSEK 34 (2011/2012: MSEK 13).
The cost of the acquisition, which is financed by existing funds, amounted to MSEK 340. The impact of the transaction on Saab's results for 2014 is not considered to be significant.
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"The sworn statement recounts internal Pilot conversations that led investigators to conclude there was a widespread scheme to defraud trucking company customers in order to boost company profits and pad sales commissions," a recent article by The Associated Press stated.
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The Commission is counting on cattle and other large animals being an increasingly untenable source of protein in decades to come, and hopes that some research group will be able to devise ways to convince people to eat insects despite the inherent "yuck" value.
The EC is also helping support a project by the UK Food Standards agency to investigate the nutritional value of insects. Insect meat is much lower in fat, and higher in calcium, than beef or pork. But the UK study is looking especially hard at any risks presented by eating insects.
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Homebuilding in Northeast Florida continued its upward trend in 2013, with builders in Duval, Clay, St. Johns and Nassau counties pulling nearly 6,000 permits.
Builders in the four counties pulled a combined 5,971 permits, just shy of 2007's 6,830 permits. The market peaked in 2005, when builders pulled 17,753 permits.
In addition to creating construction jobs, homebuilding is a bellwether for the region's economy. The upswing — 1,700 more permits than 2012, and practically double permits pulled in 2009, 2010 and 2011 — means that more people are able to afford a home and mortgage, and that they are confident in the economy and real estate market.
As has been the case since 2011, St. Johns County led the region, with builders in that count pulling a total of 2,721 permits.
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As many as 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may close their shops if political malaise continues for another six months, said Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) chairman.
Supant Mongkolsuthree noted that the political impasse would take a toll on businesses, particularly SMEs. He urged all to reserve cash for necessary spending.
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Sorry for the vent but I'm so fed up with healthcare insurance or the lack there of when it comes to services around breastfeeding. I have a very good plan through my work but have seriously been battling them tooth and nail since LO was born. In am unable to breastfeed so have been renting and diligently pumping around the clock and paying a ton out of pocket for lactation services (when I was still trying daily to bf). Just found out that my pump is $1300 ton purchase or $45 per month- that's a LOT for the next year or so. I guess I'm just venting bc I was already traumatized at bfing not working for the last 12 weeks and now I found out the crappy coverage on 'medical equipment' which is 50%. This should fully be covered as a preventative measure!
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i'm surprised they're even going to cover 50%. seems like they'll cover the cost if your baby was in NICU.
insurance doesn't do "preventative" stuff cuz think about it, if anything does happen, you'll most likely be on another insurance carrier. We've had 4 different carriers in 2 yrs in my household! That's why some insurance carriers don't cover smoking cessation programs as well.
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With the proliferation of computers and data in the business world, it's time the IT department had a strategic weapon that will enable it to operate with the same flexibility as other departments and with more financial transparency. A large part of the answer is a new concept in hardware and data storage known as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Every year at budget time, IT executives play the same old guessing game. How much will the company grow in the coming year, and what IT assets will it need to support that growth? A mistake in either direction can be financially disastrous and career ending since companies are increasingly holding managers' feet to the fire about meeting their targets.
Guessing too high, based on sanguine business projections that may not pan out, or lack of good planning data burdens a company with expensive hardware that may sit underutilized or IT staff that may need to be downsized.
Guessing too low can mean a scramble midway through the year to squeeze existing inadequate computing and storage capacity to their limits, endangering the business's ability to sustain growth and creating an overwhelmed staff that may find it easier to seek employment elsewhere.
The many crucial jobs IT performs for a company are hard enough - provisioning employees and keeping their workstations up and running; protecting data to meet the stringent requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, PCI, and other regulations; managing data recovery and business continuity; and so on. The risk of operating with inadequate resources or burning unnecessarily through corporate funds are unwelcome addenda to the IT department's burden.
Now imagine a world where you can scale your IT capacity up or down on command without any capital expenditure. Imagine knowing that all your data is safely backed up and can be restored in hours, even if it's totally wiped out. Imagine being able to free your highly skilled IT staff to work on value-added tasks such as development and planning, instead of chasing bugs and installing patches ad infinitum. And now, as the executive in charge of your IT division, imagine doubling your personal market value (read salary) as you free yourself from tactical concerns and build a path to fulfilling a more strategic corporate role than ever before.
This world exists. It's enabled by a new business concept based on virtualizing the IT environment and is called Infrastructure as a Service. IaaS extends the remote hosting concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) to hardware.
If IaaS is a fairly new concept to you let me provide a basic understanding. Fundamentally, IaaS provides IT resources - processing power, storage, data center space, services, compliance - on-demand, enabling IT to bill these services as a variable fixed cost.
The interest in IaaS can be attributed to significant increases in IT-enabled business models such as e-commerce, Web 2.0 and SaaS, which drive demand, and by advances in technology that enable it, including virtualization, utility computing, and data center automation.
Just-in-Time power and computing capacity sounds like a dream come true to many people, yet to others it might sound like a nightmare in which they lose control of their IT environment, or worse, become redundant themselves as computing tasks are offloaded to an outside supplier. In my (admittedly biased) opinion, IaaS can be viewed as the newest strategic weapon in the IT arsenal, rather than a threat.
Weapon 1: The IT Administrator Takes a More Strategic Role
According to Forrester Research's 2007 worldwide PC adoption forecast, "There will be more than a billion PCs in use by the end of 2008 and more than two billion by 2015 - a 12.3% compound annual growth rate." With that kind of explosive growth in the computer sector, it's clear that the IT administrator's scope of responsibility is going to change dramatically.
When you hire an IT administrator you don't want someone who just knows how to log into a Windows box, find his way around, and get little things to work. You want someone who understands the big picture, who can grasp the importance of the 200 or 2,000 computers in use at your company and how they all operate together, and can manage them as a fleet. That's the Infrastructure as a Service model.
When administrators can manage five to 10 times the number of devices they're managing today, it might sound like a fast track to downsizing, but the real equation is the availability of trained staff in today's IT market, and how best to utilize their talents. As we know, there's a shortage of IT skills, so what companies need is a weapon that will enable them to recruit and retain good people. Since we can't educate new people fast enough, there's also a need for professionals who understand how to do more with less.
IaaS is the enabler.
At some point in their careers, IT people realize that they can only exert their influence or philosophy on things they can touch directly. Without a disruptive change, such as scripting or data center automation, their touch is their limitation. The administrators of tomorrow will need to understand how to manage hundreds or even thousands of devices. IaaS doesn't take away responsibility, but adds a strategic dimension to the job of IT, making managers more marketable, because they're now accustomed to working at a higher level.
The idea of a one-server-to-one-administrator model is gone. The only people likely to be threatened by this concept are those who are comfortable with their limitations.
Weapon 2: It Gets Aligned with the Core Business
Every executive wishes IT would be better aligned with and able to support the core business strategy. Today's businesses realize that IT isn't just a tool to help, but is a critical part of day-to-day operations and frequently instrumental in delivering the end product. With e-commerce, B2B portals, EDI, IP phone systems, and even e-mail, today's applications are fully integrated into the business, so it's critical that they behave the way the business does.
The first step to business alignment is cost control. No additional IT dollars should be spent unless it makes a positive impact on revenue. With IaaS and its variable but predictable monthly costs, you can manage spending on a monthly instead of an annual basis.
IaaS enables a whole new and more transparent way of accounting for IT. Today, IT is one line item. You know what you spend on all of your servers, all of the labor to maintain those servers, all of the power, and so on. You tote it up and allocate it by business unit. In the IaaS model, precise usage and costs are transparent down to the resource level - blade servers, operating systems, storage.
Because these resources are modular and transparent, IT can begin to tie utilization more closely to the bill that each business unit receives. This creates a closer link between what the business unit spends and the "service" it gets. Once that link is established, IT can begin to change business unit behavior away from "all-you-can-eat" to prioritization and cost/benefit.
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John Baron: Britain's ageing nuclear test veterans need to be recognised at last
With the debate over Trident renewal ongoing, we risk forgetting the invaluable and unique contribution made by our nuclear test veterans in the establishment of our deterrent. They have yet to be officially recognised in any formal manner, and Britain ranks towards the bottom of the international table of decency when it comes to how other countries treat their test veterans. The time has come to put that right, both for the surviving veterans and the descendents of those no longer with us. The second phase of a campaign sees this important debate in Parliament on Tuesday.
Soon after the end of the Second World War, Congress passed the McMahon Act, which prevented the United States from sharing its nuclear technology, even with its friends and allies. Despite Britain's significant input into the wartime programme to build the nuclear bomb, access to the programme was frozen. This was tolerable until the USSR detonated its first nuclear bomb in 1949; thereafter it was decided Britain urgently needed to develop its own nuclear deterrent.
A crash programme followed which continued late into the 1960s, when the advent of more powerful hydrogen bombs once again necessitated an accelerated programme to keep parity with the US and USSR. Scientists played their part in this effort – but so did the over 20,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who took part in the tests in the South Pacific and Australia from 1952 until 1967.
As these tests were carried out at the dawn of the nuclear age, the science was not properly understood – if at all. Precautions were primitive and inadequate, and often failed to properly protect individuals from the effects of blast, heat and ionising radiation. Many of the test veterans believe their health was adversely affected as a result of these tests, a view substantiated by scientific research undertaken by Professor Rowland, whose work was peer-reviewed and subsequently accepted by the-then New Zealand Government.
Armed with this research, the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association (BNTVA), of which I am patron, succeeded after a long campaign to persuade the MoD to undertake a Health Needs Analysis of all surviving veterans. This was completed in 2011, and many helpful practical measures are now being introduced as a result, particularly in relation to a veterans' pathway through the NHS. The focus on health was our first priority, given the age and health profile of the veterans.
The veterans' next priority is to secure recognition of their unique and vital service to the nation, which has never been forthcoming from the Government. For these aging men, official recognition, in either a written or oral statement from the Prime Minister, would mean so much. To this end, we launched a fresh 'campaign for recognition' in Parliament earlier this year, and have secured the support of over 80 MPs of all colours and hues.
As part of the campaign, the veterans are also calling for the establishment of a £25m Benevolent Fund, to distribute grants – on the basis of need – to veterans and their descends to help with treatment and to pay for care. It is hoped the seed money will not come from the MoD, but rather from central Government funds. As it would be in the form of an ex gratia payment, the Government need not have any fears around admitting liability. In addition, the BNTVA has never taken part in any legal proceedings against the Government.
£25m may seem a large sum, but it is modest compared to how many other countries treat their nuclear veterans. The US, for example, gives each veteran £47,000, plus another £47,000 for any secondary attributable illness. No causal link between service and illness is required – if they were present at tests and have an illness, payment is automatic. Canada pays more than £15,000 to each veteran, in addition to war pensions. Even the Isle of Man makes an ex gratia payment of £8,000 to any resident test veteran. In all three countries, veterans benefit from a health system free at the point of use. Britain is truly towards the bottom of the international leagues when it comes to how we treat our test veterans.
I have had productive meetings with both the Prime Minister and the Minister for Veterans, and have discussed the campaign with them. Responses have been cautious, but I remain optimistic. This Government has an excellent record at righting historic wrongs and recognising good causes, and I am confident this will continue.
Next Tuesday, I have secured a Parliamentary debate on the nuclear test veterans. I hope the Minister will listen carefully to the debate, and the contributions from the many MPs who have leant their support to the campaign. Our nuclear test veterans deserve nothing less.
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The Florida Marlins' second proposal for a construction manager to build the team's new ballpark in Miami is on the street, but one of sports' three biggest contractors won't be rebidding for the job.
Turner Construction, a firm whose eight new or renovated MLB stadiums on its r�sum� include the new Yankee Stadium, has made a decision not to pursue the project, budgeted at $515 million.
Dale Koger, VP and GM of Turner's sports group, would not specify why his company declined to submit another bid.
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The Marlins are aware of Turner's decision as they move ahead with the project, team President David Samson said. Bids are due May 2.
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The lack of state politicians' support to provide public money for the ballpark in 2005 doomed that deal, but the city and state have since agreed to help the Marlins pay for constructing a 37,000-seat ballpark set to open in 2011 on the site of the Orange Bowl.
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