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He has performed in front of two presidents, sung with Jennifer Hudson, appeared in magazines, released a CD and become a national spokesman for sickle cell disease.
All before the age of 19. All while suffering from sickle cell disease.
AJ Green spent much of his childhood in Las Vegas doctors' offices and hospitals after being diagnosed with the disease when he was 2 weeks old.
Always in pain, he found transcendence in music.
"I get my voice from my grandma, and I get my feeling from my disease," Green says.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited, lifelong disease. Those afflicted experience pain and fatigue, and Green is no exception.
"I never know when the pain will come," he says. "Mostly my joints hurt, but right now it's my back. Sometimes I am in the hospital for weeks or months."
Sickle cell disease creates sticky, crescent-shaped red blood cells that block blood flow and cause pain.
"There's no cure, so it's just something you have to deal with," Green says. "You can lessen the pain by drinking a lot of water. So I stay hydrated, and every two weeks I have a blood transfusion. It starts around noon and finishes at about 3 a.m."
A life-threatening disease may be a curse to some, but to Green it has become a blessing.
"I don't want to be known for just my disease," he says. "I want my music to be about triumph over any situation. I want to show people that no matter what you may be experiencing, you will make it through."
Green started singing in church when he was 5 years old. Through his minister, the Rev. Alfonse McCloud, Green discovered the DeBlanc Music Academy and Billie Cole, whom he credits for guiding his development.
"I will never forget the first day I heard AJ sing," Cole says. "He was 11, and he sang Yolanda Adams' 'Open My Heart.' I cried as he sang 'I feel so lost 'cause I don't know what to do -- I'm so afraid of disappointing you.' I knew that I had been touched by something incredible."
Green always has dreamed of receiving a Grammy, and the path to his dream began when the Make A Wish Foundation granted his wish of recording with a producer. Through the foundation, Green met producer Rob Chiarelli, who brought together musicians and industry executives to produce Green's album called "Whatever You Need." The album, which includes pop, rock, R&B and contemporary Christian songs, was released online at www.ajsmusicroom.com and is distributed through Walmart.
Then known as the "kid who sings in the halls," Green graduated in 2010 from Agassi Preparatory Academy. When Las Vegas resident and tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi was looking for a student to showcase at his annual Grand Slam for Children fundraiser last year, Green was the overwhelming choice. Elton John headlined the event and David Foster provided musical direction. The surreal experience culminated with a surprise visit from Jennifer Hudson, who joined Green onstage for a duet, "The Grand Slam for Children Changed My Life."
Last season, the producers of "America's Got Talent" contacted Green and asked him to be on the show. After a review of contracts and commitments, Green dropped out of the competition. "I couldn't make it work with everything else I had going on," he says. However, one very special memory of the show will always remain. After nurturing a Mariah Carey crush for many years, Green called Cole from the show with big news: "I'm only one step from Mariah. Nick Cannon hugged me."
Green may have been a bit awestruck by the possibility of meeting Mariah, but he remained cool and collected while performing for political royalty. With former President Bill Clinton singing along in the audience, last year Green delivered the national anthem at a rally for Sen. Harry Reid. After that performance, the Reid campaign asked Green to sing at another rally with President Barack Obama in attendance.
"I wasn't nervous about the president," Green says. "I was just worried I would forget the words."
Green on Oct. 15 unveiled the results of his most recent collaboration with Cole. Invited to perform at the Denim and Diamonds event benefiting children with autism, Green wanted to try something new.
"I didn't want to do the same thing I always do," he says. "Billie is developing a new girl group called Mozaiq, and we collaborated on how to incorporate them into my performance. The chemistry was great."
Mozaiq includes a theater student from the Las Vegas Academy, Serrina Nasrollahi, and two former LVA choir students, Raven Thomas and Heather Brown. Channeling the Supremes and Destiny's Child, the girls took Green's songs in a new direction as the show mashed Prince, Adele and even John Lennon with Green's original songs. Following that performance, Green and Mozaiq opened for Gladys Knight at Aliante Station.
When questioned about his personal struggle, Green offers his heartfelt perspective on life.
"Nobody is promised a day," he says. "We don't know our personal expiration date. We should all live each day -- really live it. "
The lyrics to AJ's song, "Jump," reflect the man inside:
"Hope remains the maker of your dreams.
"When the chance comes you gotta take it."
"Get ready. Take a step. And jump."


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
Obamacare Will Reduce Income Inequality And Help Poorest: Study
The "great majority" of beneficiaries of the law's subsidies and Medicaid expansion will be in the bottom half -- and the "overwhelmingly majority" in the bottom third -- of the income distribution.
The findings aren't surprising but serve as a reminder that the health care law advances one of the Obama administration's highest priorities: to address the growing wealth gap. The law finances trillions of dollars in new long-term health care spending for poorer Americans with a mix of taxes and fees on upper incomes as well as cuts to federal subsidies for health insurers and providers.
The Brookings study found that the benefits of the law would have been greater for lower incomes if the Supreme Court hadn't made the Medicaid expansion optional for states. About half of them have refused the federal funds to cover low-income adults and families up to 133 percent of the poverty line. "An additional 6% of Americans in the lowest money income quintile would have obtained health coverage if the enacted version of the ACA had gone into effect," Brookings concluded in its executive summary.
The study projected that net enrollment in employer-provided insurance plans will shrink by 5.9 million, due to new employer mandates and the available of health insurance elsewhere. This shift, the study said, is likely to increase money wages (which does not count health insurance benefits as income) in the bottom one-fifth of the income distribution while reducing it elsewhere.
"On net and under the broadest income measure," Brookings concluded, "the gains and losses cause small proportional drops in income for Americans in the top three-quarters of the income distribution which offset the larger proportional gains obtained by Americans in the bottom quarter of the distribution."

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2Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Lausanne, Switzerland
The centrosome is a highly organized cellular organelle that functions as the main microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) of animal cells and is crucial for fundamental cellular processes (1). Proteomic analyses have revealed a network of interactions among centrosomal proteins (2, 3). We report here that two widely used commercial mouse monoclonal antibodies against the master cell cycle regulator Cdk1 (sc-54, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX; ab18, Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom) cross-react with the centrosomal protein Cep152. Our results provide an explanation for previous conflicting reports on the localization of Cdk1 and also question the reported centrosomal recruitment of Cdk1 by Cep63.
Recently, we reported the existence of a Cep57-Cep63-Cep152 centrosomal complex, in which Cep63 and Cep152 exhibit a strong mutual dependency for their localization at centrosomes (4). Given that Cep63 has been reported to be required for the presence of the master cell cycle regulator Cdk1 at centrosomes (5, 6), we expected that centrosomal Cdk1 localization should also depend on Cep152 function. To test this hypothesis, we carried out pull-down experiments, performing Western blot analysis of the fusion proteins purified from HEK293 cel l s expres sing SNAP-Cep152, SNAP-Cep63, SNAP-Cep57, or Cdk1-SNAP. SNAP-tag is a 20 kD protein tag that can be covalently labeled (e.g. with fluorescent dyes), thus permitting detection of the fused proteins in vitro and in vivo (7-9). We probed the membrane with the mouse monoclonal anti-Cdk1 antibody sc-54 that was utilized in the study reporting the dependency of centrosomal Cdk1 on Cep63 function (5). This antibody has also been used in over 200 published studies (www.scbt.com/datasheet-54-cdc2-p34-17-antibody.html).
Surprisingly, we found that sc-54 recognized not only Cdk1, but also Cep152 (Figure 1). To clarify this issue, we purchased four other commercial anti-Cdk1 antibodies that were raised against other Cdk1 immunogens and repeated the Western blot analysis (Table 1, Figure 1, Supplementary Figure S3B). We found that the mouse monoclonal anti-Cdk1 antibody ab18 similarly cross-reacted with Cep152, whereas the rabbit polyclonal HPA003387 antibody or mouse monoclonal antibodies ab8040 and 610038 did not (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Characterization of Cdk1 antibodies using Western blotting. (Click to enlarge)
Table 1.
Table 1. (Click to enlarge)
The observed cross-reactivity of some anti-Cdk1 antibodies does not pose a significant problem in simple Western blotting experiments because of the size difference between Cdk1 and Cep152, but it could potentially cause misleading results in immunofluorescence and pull-down experiments. We therefore set out to perform immunofluorescence with all five antibodies to determine whether the cross-reactivity observed by Western blot also applies to this experimental approach, which was previously used to report the reliance of centrosomal Cdk1 on Cep63 function (5). We fixed control cells and cells depleted of Cdk1 or Cep152, using two distinct siRNAs/siLNAs corresponding to each protein. The resulting samples were then stained with anti-Cdk1 antibodies (one antibody per sample), along with anti-γ- tubulin antibodies to mark centrosomes. In each case, we quantified the resulting centrosomal signal intensity in cells in late G2/early mitosis relative to the γ-tubulin signal; the outcome of these experiments is summarized in Table 1, and more detailed results are listed in Supplementary Table S1. First, we found that both sc-54 and ab18 antibodies labeled centrosomes in control conditions throughout the cell cycle, as reported previously for sc-54 (10). These results contrast with earlier studies using PSTAIR and CTR453 antibodies, which led to the conclusion that Cdk1 localizes to centrosomes solely in late G2/early mitosis (11). In accordance with the latter result, we found that in control conditions the HPA003387, ab8040, and 610038 antibodies indeed significantly labeled centrosomes solely during late G2/early mitosis (Supplementary Figure S1A). Second, we found that the centrosomal signal of the sc-54 and ab18 antibodies decreased substantially upon depletion of Cep152 but not upon depletion of Cdk1 (Table 1, Supplementary Table S1, Supplementary Figure S1B). Conversely, we found little or no change in the centrosomal signals for the HPA003387, ab8040, or 610038 antibodies upon depletion of Cep152, but a substantial decrease was observed upon depletion of Cdk1 (Table 1, Supplementary Table S1). Analogous results were obtained when Cep63 was depleted by RNA interference (Supplementary Figure S1B), as expected given that Cep63 and Cep152 are mutually dependent for their centrosomal localization (4).
Next, we conducted confocal imaging of U2OS cells to precisely localize the centrosomal signal of anti-Cdk1 antibodies relative to C-Nap1, which marks the proximal end of the centriole, or Cep152, which is present in a ring just above the proximal end (6, 12-15). The confocal microscopy experiments established that both sc-54 and 610038 antibodies labeled the proximal end of the centriole (Supplementary Figure S2A and B). Interestingly, however, we found that the distribution of the sc-54 signal was different from that of the 610038 signal, with the former matching the localization of the Cep152 ring perfectly (Supplementary Figure S2C and D). To confirm this, we generated a U2OS cell line expressing a Cdk1-SNAP fusion protein. Immunofluorescence experiments showed that the Cdk1-SNAP signal resembled the staining obtained with the 610038 antibody and not the sc-54 antibody (Supplementary Figure S2E and F). To investigate whether the distribution of Cep152 and Cdk1 at centrosomes may differ, we performed STED (stimulated emission depletion) microscopy. In accordance with previous observations (4), super-resolution microscopy showed that Cep152 was present at the proximal end of the parental centriole in a ring-like structure 367 nm in diameter on average (Supplementary Figure S3A). By contrast, we found that the 610038 antibody signal was positioned in a much more diffuse manner, most likely in the pericentriolar material (PCM), and could not be resolved as a ring by STED microscopy (Supplementary Figure S3A).
Finally, we found that there may be a simple explanation for the observed cross-reactivity between Cdk1 and Cep152 using the sc-54 and the ab18 antibodies. Indeed, these antibodies were raised against partially overlapping immunogens of Cdk1, which exhibit some degree of similarity with the amino acid sequence of Cep152 (Supplementary Figure S3B and C).
In conclusion, our observations indicate that both sc-54 and ab18 antibodies recognize not only Cdk1 but also Cep152 in Western blot and immunofluorescence assays. By contrast, HPA003387, ab8040, and 610038 appear to recognize Cdk1 specifically, and demonstrate that Cdk1 localizes most likely in the PCM of centrosomes in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Our work also serves as a reminder that numerous independent control experiments are needed to verify antibody specificity in immunofluorescence and other antibody-based experiments (16).
The authors thank Fernando Romero Balestra, Meritxell Orpinell and Rūta Gerasimaitė for their useful comments on the manuscript.
The authors declare no competing interests.
Address correspondence to Kai Johnsson, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Institut des sciences et ingénierie chimiques Lausanne, Switzerland, E-mail: [email protected]; or to Pierre Gönczy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Lausanne, Switzerland, E-mail: [email protected]
1.) Gönczy, P. 2012. Towards a molecular architecture of centriole assembly. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 13:425-435. 2.) Andersen, J.S., C.J. Wilkinson, T. Mayor, P. Mortensen, E.A. Nigg, and M. Mann. 2003. Proteomic characterization of the human centrosome by protein correlation profiling. Nature 426:570-574. 3.) Jakobsen, L., K. Vanselow, M. Skogs, Y. Toyoda, E. Lundberg, I. Poser, L.G. Falkenby, M. Bennetzen. 2011. Novel asymmetrically localizing components of human centrosomes identified by complementary proteomics methods. EMBO J. 30:1520-1535. 4.) Lukinavicius, G., D. Lavogina, M. Orpinell, K. Umezawa, L. Reymond, N. Garin, P. Gönczy, and K. Johnsson. 2013. Selective chemical crosslinking reveals a cep57-cep63-cep152 centrosomal complex. Curr. Biol. 23:265-270. 5.) Löffler, H., A. Fechter, M. Matuszewska, R. Saffrich, M. Mistrik, J. Marhold, C. Hornung, F. Westermann. 2011. Cep63 recruits Cdk1 to the centrosome: implications for regulation of mitotic entry, centrosome amplification, and genome maintenance. Cancer Res. 71:2129-2139. 6.) Sir, J.H., A.R. Barr, A.K. Nicholas, O.P. Carvalho, M. Khurshid, A. Sossick, S. Reichelt, C. D'Santos. 2011. A primary microcephaly protein complex forms a ring around parental centrioles. Nat Genet.. 7.) Keppler, A., S. Gendreizig, T. Gronemeyer, H. Pick, H. Vogel, and K. Johnsson. 2003. A general method for the covalent labeling of fusion proteins with small molecules in vivo. Nat. Biotechnol. 21:86-89. 8.) Mollwitz, B., E. Brunk, S. Schmitt, F. Pojer, M. Bannwarth, M. Schiltz, U. Rothlisberger, and K. Johnsson. 2012. Directed evolution of the suicide protein O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase for increased reactivity results in an alkylated protein with exceptional stability. Biochemistry 51:986-994. 9.) Bojkowska, K., F. Santoni de Sio, I. Barde, S. Offner, S. Verp, C. Heinis, K. Johnsson, and D. Trono. 2011. Measuring in vivo protein half-life. Chem. Biol. 18:805-815. 10.) Pockwinse, S.M., G. Krockmalnic, S.J. Doxsey, J. Nickerson, J.B. Lian, A.J. van Wijnen, J.L. Stein, G.S. Stein, and S. Penman. 1997. Cel l cycle independent interaction of CDC2 with the centrosome, which is associated with the nuclear matrix-intermediate filament scaffold. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:3022-3027. 11.) Bailly, E., M. Doree, P. Nurse, and M. Bornens. 1989. p34cdc2 is located in both nucleus and cytoplasm; part is centrosomally associated at G2/M and enters vesicles at anaphase. EMBO J. 8:3985-3995. 12.) Conroy, P.C., C. Saladino, T.J. Dantas, P. Lalor, P. Dockery, and C.G. Morrison. 2012. C-NAP1 and rootletin restrain DNA damage-induced centriole splitting and facilitate ciliogenesis. Cell Cycle 11:3769-3778. 13.) Fry, A.M., T. Mayor, P. Meraldi, Y.D. Stierhof, K. Tanaka, and E.A. Nigg. 1998. C-Nap1, a novel centrosomal coiled-coil protein and candidate substrate of the cell cycle-regulated protein kinase Nek2. J. Cell Biol. 141:1563-1574. 14.) Mayor, T., Y.D. Stierhof, K. Tanaka, A.M. Fry, and E.A. Nigg. 2000. The centrosomal protein C-Nap1 is required for cell cycle-regulated centrosome cohesion. J. Cell Biol. 151:837-846. 15.) Dzhindzhev, N.S., Q.D. Yu, K. Weiskopf, G. Tzolovsky, I. Cunha-Ferreira, M. Riparbelli, A. Rodrigues-Martins, M. Bettencourt-Dias. 2010. Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly. Nature 467:714-718. 16.) Stadler, C., E. Rexhepaj, V.R. Singan, R.F. Murphy, R. Pepperkok, M. Uhlen, J.C. Simpson, and E. Lundberg. 2013. Immunofluorescence and fluorescent-protein tagging show high correlation for protein localization in mammalian cells. Nat Methods. 10:315-323.


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Hibernate - O/R Mappings
So far we have seen very basic O/R mapping using hibernate but there are three most important mapping topics which we have to learn in detail. These are the mapping of collections, the mapping of associations between entity classes and Component Mappings.
Collections Mappings:
If an entity or class has collection of values for a particular variable, then we can map those values using any one of the collection interfaces available in java. Hibernate can persist instances of java.util.Map, java.util.Set, java.util.SortedMap, java.util.SortedSet, java.util.List, and any array of persistent entities or values.
Collection type | Mapping and Description |
java.util.Set | This is mapped with a <set> element and initialized with java.util.HashSet |
java.util.SortedSet | This is mapped with a <set> element and initialized with java.util.TreeSet. The sort attribute can be set to either a comparator or natural ordering. |
java.util.List | This is mapped with a <list> element and initialized with java.util.ArrayList |
java.util.Collection | This is mapped with a <bag> or <ibag> element and initialized with java.util.ArrayList |
java.util.Map | This is mapped with a <map> element and initialized with java.util.HashMap |
java.util.SortedMap | This is mapped with a <map> element and initialized with java.util.TreeMap. The sort attribute can be set to either a comparator or natural ordering. |
Arrays are supported by Hibernate with <primitive-array> for Java primitive value types and <array> for everything else. However, they are rarely used so I'm not going to discuss them in this tutorial.
If you want to map a user defined collection interfaces which is not directly supported by Hibernate, you need to tell Hibernate about the semantics of your custom collections which is not very easy and not recommend to be used.
Association Mappings:
The mapping of associations between entity classes and the relationships between tables is the soul of ORM. Following are the four ways in which the cardinality of the relationship between the objects can be expressed. An association mapping can be unidirectional as well as bidirectional.
Mapping type | Description |
Many-to-One | Mapping many-to-one relationship using Hibernate |
One-to-One | Mapping one-to-one relationship using Hibernate |
One-to-Many | Mapping one-to-many relationship using Hibernate |
Many-to-Many | Mapping many-to-many relationship using Hibernate |
Component Mappings:
It is very much possible that an Entity class can have a reference to another class as a member variable. If the referred class does not have it's own life cycle and completely depends on the life cycle of the owning entity class, then the referred class hence therefore is called as the Component class.
The mapping of Collection of Components is also possible in a similar way just as the mapping of regular Collections with minor configuration differences. We will see these two mappings in detail with examples.
Mapping type | Description |
Component Mappings | Mapping for a class having a reference to another class as a member variable. |


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December 08, 2010
Sprint Inks International 4G Roaming Agreements With Digicel and Global Mobile to Establish Global Ecosystem
4G Customers Traveling Abroad Will Soon be Able to Roam on 4G Networks in Jamaica and Taiwan
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 08, 2010 - Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan, leveraging the global ecosystem for 4G services to enable travelers on the go. Select Sprint devices that operate with the Sprint SmartViewSM Connection Manager will automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks, giving customers the option to connect and roam with an unlimited 24 hour Daypass. Pricing and launch details of the agreements are still to be determined.
"With these agreements, Sprint is kicking down the door to 4G international roaming and taking a first step toward allowing people to enjoy 4G service wherever they are around the globe," said Matt Carter, president-Sprint 4G. "We've taken the 4G leadership position in the U.S. and are now proud to partner with visionaries Digicel and Global Mobile to solidify our international leadership role."
The Sprint SmartView Connection Manager allows users to create a high-speed Internet connection for their computer anywhere on the Sprint 3G or 4G networks or on compatible international networks with a Mobile Broadband Device, such as the Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem 250U by Sierra Wireless or Sprint 3G/4G U600 USB Modem. Sprint customers traveling to Jamaica and Taiwan will be able to access the Digicel and Global Mobile 4G networks for mobile downloads, video chat capabilities and turbo-charged Web browsing at 4G speeds.
Sprint SmartView features:
- One-click activation for supported devices
- GPS features and services are available at the touch of a button for GPS-capable devices
- Easy connections to Sprint Wi-Fi networks around the globe, available on a pay-as-you-go basis
- Access to Sprint support services and tools via the Application section
- Enterprise custom configuration available – business customers, please contact your Sprint account manager for details
"The response to our Digicel 4G broadband service – launched in August this year – has been phenomenal, and customers across the island are enjoying the benefits of Jamaica's fastest wireless broadband," said Mark Linehan, CEO of Digicel Jamaica. "We are happy to welcome Sprint's customers to Jamaica and trust they will enjoy the roaming experience delivered by Digicel's mobile and broadband networks as much as they enjoy all that Jamaica has to offer."
"We are honored to be a part of this global collaboration," said Rosemary W. Ho, CEO of Global Mobile. "This agreement represents another major milestone in asserting Global Mobile as the leading 4G broadband operator in Taiwan. I want to welcome our international roaming customers to experience the same innovative quadruple play service offering enjoyed by our customers. I look forward to expanding this partnership to other operators around the world and to making 'Worldwide Interoperability' a reality."
Sprint 4G can be found in 68 markets1 across the United States, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C. Sprint 4G plans to light up several new major markets, including San Francisco and Denver, by the end of this month.
Sprint is delivering the power of 4G as the majority shareholder of Clearwire, the independent company that is building the WiMAX network. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.
About Digicel
After more than nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has more than 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.
Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea that focus on educational, cultural and social development programs.
In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, ranking as one of the top-rated shows.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean. Visit www.digicelpacific.com or www.digicelgroup.com for more information.
About Global Mobile Corporation
Global Mobile is a 4G pioneer in the digital industry value chain, integrating various triple play contents, with all types of communication at home, and totally new fourth-generation wireless communications, all in one click. Global Mobile is a strong group consisting of industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience. They understand consumer needs and have designed a CPE system that is as easy to use as a personal computer.
Taiwan currently lacks a content platform that bridges the commercial and public sectors. Also lacking are an impetus for creativity, a standardized distribution and broadcasting format, and a unified payment method. It is our company's goal to provide such a standardized platform to allow our customers to use WiMAX wireless broadband – anytime, anywhere – on any device.
For more information, please visit the Global Mobile website at http://www.G1.com.tw.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 48.8 million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2010 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, Common Cents Mobile and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation's greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Sprint 4G is now available in 68 markets: California – Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, Sacramento, Stockton, Visalia; Connecticut – Hartford, New Haven; Delaware – Wilmington; District of Columbia – Washington; Florida – Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa; Georgia – Atlanta, Milledgeville; Hawaii – Honolulu, Maui; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Chicago; Maryland – Baltimore; Massachusetts – Boston; Michigan – Grand Rapids; Minnesota – Minneapolis-St. Paul: Missouri – Kansas City, St. Louis; New Jersey – New Brunswick, Trenton; New York – New York, Rochester, Syracuse; Nevada – Las Vegas; North Carolina – Charlotte, Greensboro (includes High Point and Winston-Salem), Raleigh (includes Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Ohio – Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus; Oregon – Eugene, Portland, Salem; Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, York; Rhode Island – Providence; Tennessee – Nashville; Texas – Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls; Utah – Salt Lake City; Virginia – Richmond; and Washington – Bellingham, Seattle, Tri-Cities, Yakima.
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The Texas Tech Police Department, Permian Basin campus, exists to ensure a safe and secure working environment for all employees, patients and visitors.
The department is responsible for issuing required keys to employees, enforcing the parking regulations established by the board of regents, providing escorts and investigating crime related incidents. Visit the Traffic & Parking page for parking regulations.
All calls for service are important to the department. We encourage all employees to utilize the department for assistance as needed.
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OMG this is REALLY awful! What did they do?? Is Anna Wintour ok? I mean, I'm a huge US Vogue fan and have been a subscriber for years but this image does look really bad on a cover the pose, the clothing, the hair, the lighting, her expression. Where's the refinement? I mean now compared to the disaster of the SI cover for 2013 with Kate Upton we can't even count on US Vogue to produce a great cover? Woww this is such a letdown, especially when Beyonce is such a beauty and since her last US Vogue cover was absolutely fantastic, it was sleek, very well styled and glam. This, this is... just plain and silly.
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I've said before, it's always a bit hard to judge a cover before a HQ image, but so far I'm liking what I'm seeing. The clean-lines and simplicity to the cover is nice. I like that they didn't go with an over-the-top cover for Beyonce, this sort of cover is unusual for her, but I think it works. And it's hard to argue that Beyonce isn't a great choice for the Power issue, she really stands out amongst her fellow musicians right now and she has a strong sense of self which can be seen as a form of power. Also love that Gabrielle Giffords got a tagline; another great, strong, amazingly powerful women. I cannot wait to read that article about her.
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Best tenkai star (Main character) in Suikoden (1-5)
Suikoden is one of Konami's best RPG series.
Who is the "Coolest guy"? in Suikoden series. Exceptions: Hugo, Chris, and Geddoe. They are not tenkai stars but main characters. Exceptions: Thomas is a tenkai star but not a main character.
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2008-10-14, 17:05 | Link #4 |
Umineko and Mabinogi fan~
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Age: 35
I've voting for the Tenkai (cause he's not really THE main) you didn't put up anyways! Thomas! Yeah, the kid gets a lot of flak because of the odd pacing of his chapters, but I loved him.
Second place goes to Hugo though. 'Cause you know, he actually talks. My favorite of the silent mains though is Frey. Mostly because he had so many dialogue choices that he didn't FEEL like a silent character. Not to mention the kid had great body language. I really felt for him. My least favorite is Lazlo from IV. Though to be fair, I did kinda hate 4 in its entirety. Lazlo's never changing ANGRY GLARE face and the STUPID decisions that your forced to make him take just really soured me on him. |
2008-10-14, 17:18 | Link #6 |
Umineko and Mabinogi fan~
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Age: 35
Well.... he's the main of his two little chapters. But yeah, I know, that's just a technicality and he really can't be considered the main of entire game. Heh, heh. Still, I though it was interesting to cast the Tenkai, the one who gathers people together, as someone who was NOT be the main.
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