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To engage in philosophy is to ask a variety of questions about the world and our place in it. What can we know? What should we do? What may we hope? What makes human beings human? These questions, in various forms, and others like them are not inventions of philosophers; on the contrary, they occur to most people simply as they live their lives. Philosophers, however, seek to keep such questions open, and to address them through reasoned discussion and argument, instead of accepting answers to them based on opinion or prejudice.
The program in philosophy is designed to aid students in thinking about these issues, by acquainting them with influential work in the field, past and present, and by training them to grapple with these issues themselves. The program emphasizes training in clear, critical thinking and in effective writing. Philosophy courses center around class discussions and the writing of interpretive and critical essays.


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Many JRF, SRF and Technical Assistant posts have been advertised for the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar.
The last dates for each of them with the necessary qualifications are provided in the individual advertisements. Weblink provided below can be refereed for further details.
Web-Link: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/sric-application/
Deadline for some of the posts is 19-Oct-2015.

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Various Artists | 04/10/12
With way more than a mere array of classic remixes under its belt, Domino is proud to release Motion Sickness – a collection of some of the finest the label has to offer – on December 3rd. A full track list can be found below.
Taking the name from the opening track of Hot Chip's current album In Our Heads, Motion Sickness brings together the most respected names in dance music with some of the key players in the Domino family.
Whether it's Joy Orbison's coldly detached slicing of Four Tet, Justice's violent and abrasive detonation of Franz Ferdinand or Jon Hopkins' heart-breaking reworking of a spoken-word James Yorkston composition, this record makes a mockery of the concept of "highlights", being as consistently excellent as it is stylistically diverse. Motion Sickness will work throughout the night and into the morning and will be available digitally and on CD.
Listen to the Grammy-nominated Carl Craig remix of Junior Boys' "Like a Child" now.
Also featuring suitably kinetic artwork from Liquid Liquid's Dennis Young, Motion Sickness is guaranteed to get your walls shaking. PRE ORDER HERE.
The track listing is as follows:
Disc 1
- Austra – Beat & The Pulse (Still Going remix)
- Tricky – Time To Dance (Maya Jane Coles remix)
- Junior Boys – Like A Child (Carl Craig remix)
- Juana Molina – Un Dia (Reboot remix)
- About Group – You're No Good (Theo Parrish remix)
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- Liquid Liquid – Optimo (Matthew Dear remix)
- Hot Chip – Night & Day (Daphni remix)
- Stephen Malkmus – Kindling For The Master (Major Swellings remix)
Disc 2
- Sons & Daughters – Orion (Emperor Machine remix)
- Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen (Ruined by Justice)
- The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful (SebastiAn remix)
- Bonde Do Rolê – Marina Gasolina (Fake Blood remix)
- Test Icicles – What's Your Damage? (Alan Brax Fred Falke remix)
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- Blood Orange – Champagne Coast (Mike Simonetti remix)
- Animal Collective – Summertimes Clothes (Dam Funk remix)
- James Yorkston & Athletes – Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins remix)
- Twin Sister – Kimmie In A Rice Field (Balam Acab remix)
- Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (ii) (Oneohtrix Point Never remix)


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For almost three years now, Mt. Morris residents have been watching their water and sewer bills climb at regular intervals.
The good news is that the regular quarterly increases will end in March.
Faced with the necessity of digging and paying for a new well in 2008 and then starting construction of a new sewer plant last year, in 2010 the village board implemented gradual increases for both water and sewer in the form of surcharges that were added to the bills every three months.
Village president Greg Unger said that although the total increases are substantial, he and the village board opted for surcharges rather than permanent rate hikes because once the projects are paid for the surcharges stop.
"We felt a surcharge was better than a locked-in rate increase," he said.
Water surcharges began in June of 2010 and increased 5 percent every quarter until last March for a total hike of 40 percent. The base rate went from $8.57 for 350 cubic feet (2,625 gallons) of water to $12.
Sewer surcharges went into effect in June of 2010 as well and have increased 10.5 percent each quarter. The last increase will go on the March bills.
Overall the base rate will more than double from $14.47 for 350 cubic feet to $32.69.
Despite the pain in the pocketbook, Unger said the surcharges helped reduce the cost of both projects in the long run.
The water increases put the operating fund for the department back in black ink and made the village eligible with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for a grant to cover part of the cost of the well project and a low interest loan to cover the rest.
The sewer increase meant the village could pay for the land where the new sewer plant is located and the engineering plan before going to the IEPA for funding for the project.
"You can't apply for grants or loans without a way to pay for the project," Unger said. "The rates had to increase to cover it."
The new well became necessary, he said, after high levels of radium were detected in Well 3, bringing fines from the IEPA.
The aging sewer plant, built in the 1930s and updated in the 1970s, was unable to meet IEPA standards for the effluent being discharged, also bringing fines.
"We were running in violation because the plant had not been making its numbers, and then the numbers tightened and we couldn't make them," Unger said.
In both cases, village officials were able to get the fines decreased because they had a plan in the works to solve the problem.
In fact, Unger said, the village board started planning for the sewer plant eight years ago.
The $12 million project will cost the village only $9 million, thanks to two grants, one for $2.5 million and another for $500,000, he said.
Savings along the way and a lower interest rate than anticipated means the IEPA loan for the project may be paid back sooner than expected.
"We may get it paid off in less than 20 years," Unger said.
Some residents have asked why the village proceeded with the sewer project after the closing of the Quad/Graphics plant, Unger said.
"We had to for our 3,000 residents. It wasn't the plant we needed it for — it was for our residents," he said. "Also if we are to attract new industry, we have to be able to offer them good infrastructure."
The new plant is designed to handle 800,000 gallons of wastewater per day, larger than the 600,000 gallons the village currently processes.
"The IEPA requires a capacity that allows for growth," Unger said. "Once this is completed, Mt. Morris should have an 80 to 100 year plant. It will be 20 years with minimal maintenance."
The new plant is expected to go into operation late this year.


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Royals edge A's on Dyson's late RBI
Kansas City, MO – Jarrod Dyson finished 3-for-3 with a clutch two-out RBI single in the eighth to help lift the Kansas City Royals over the Oakland Athletics, 4-3, in the middle contest of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium.
After recording the first two outs of the eighth, Ryan Cook (1-2) couldn't buy an out. Miguel Tejada reached when shortstop Adam Rosales couldn't handle an easy ground ball. Pinch-runner Alcides Escobar stole second, and Cook threw eight of nine pitches out of the strike zone to walk the next two batters. Dyson's single up the middle broke the tie and gave the Royals a 4-3 lead.
"We know as a team we can't give up," said Dyson. "We've got enough talent to get back in the ball game as long as we don't hang our head, we give ourselves a shot."
Mike Moustakas had a solo shot while Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler each had an RBI for Kansas City, winners of four of their last six.
Aaron Crow (6-3) tossed a scoreless eighth to earn the win and Greg Holland faced the minimum in the ninth to collect his 20th save of the year.
Josh Donaldson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, two RBI and two runs scored for the A's, who lost for the first time in five meetings against the Royals this season.
"That was a very poor game for us," said A's manager Bob Melvin. "The way we started it, the way it ended, really everything in between. We didn't play well defensively, we didn't come through in some situations offensively."
Oakland opened up the scoring in the second. Donaldson drew a one-out walk and Seth Smith singled to right. Josh Reddick drove in Donaldson with a line drive base hit to center, Smith and Reddick advanced a base when Dyson's throw home was off target. On an Rosales grounder to third, Smith tried to score but was out by a mile.
Kansas City gave the A's a gift in the third when a routine inning-ending fly ball dropped between three Royals players in right field to score John Jaso from second. Donaldson was generously awarded an RBI on the play. Jaso singled and Yoenis Cespedes worked a walk to reach base.
Dyson singled and stole second to begin the home half of the third followed by an Alex Gordon walk. Jarrod Parker's failed pick off attempt to second went into center field to advance the runners one bag. Butler's ground out to third cut the deficit in half.
Moustakas connected on a changeup over the right-field wall to tie the game in the fourth.
Donaldson crushed a fastball down the middle to deep left to give Oakland the lead back in the sixth.
After an Elliot Johnson single and a Dyson walk in the seventh, Parker was replaced by Jerry Blevins. Gordon drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases. Hosmer's sacrifice fly to center tied the game at 3-3.
Game Notes
Ervin Santana surrendered three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts over seven frames, while Parker yielded three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings ... Oakland is 16-11 in one-run games ... Kansas City was 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, while Oakland finished 2-for-7 ... The Royals are 30-6 when they score more than three runs ... Oakland is just 16-19 in day games.


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nice bio. a style worthy of emulation. well thought out, and an interesting read. this is the first one i read, now i'm going to have to go hunt down the others to read!
I am continuing with my series on the races of Thindacarulle. Writers live for feedback, that's a hint.
The Fauns, or satyrs (the males), and nymphs (the females) are one of the races created in the first days of the world by Slainta Tommie.
Fauns are considered the least civilized of the major Fay races. They create little, build nothing, and have no lasting works attributed to them. What they do seem to have is a great deal of fun.
Fauns are a humanoid race with the legs of a goat, including the cloven hooves and tail, and the bodies of stocky Elves. Males are typically hirsute, with full beards and much body hair. They also have horns growing from their heads just forward of the ears. These horns are much like those of sheep growing in spirals for the entire life of the Faun that bears them. Females are more slender, and have less hair. Their legs however are still covered by short curly hair.
Fauns seldom get out of their home territory and prefer virgin woods untouched by the hand of non-fay creatures. They will share land with Elves, Centaurs, or Leomans, never with Gnomes, Hobbits, or Humans.
Fauns don't wear clothing. Modesty is not a concept with this race. While a faun might wear something they thought was attractive, they wouldn't do so out of any sense that they need to be covered. Fauns cannot be embarrassed by nudity.
Fauns are openly affectionate with those they are friends with. Hugs, kisses, the works. If they don't know you they are very shy and difficult to approach.
Fauns consider a foot and a half to be a good conversational distance.
Faun Life
A Faun is born after an eight month gestation. Mother has the sole care of her child. She does however receive help and aid from the other females of her group. Dad, is usually absent, and unknown. The males keep all the females in their group with no preference for any one. Childhood is short. Short on formal training and short time. The faun grows quickly, reaching adulthood within 10 years. A female joins the family of her sisters and Aunts.. A young man has to find his own way in a different band.
The male band consists of the leader, and his fellows. This is not a strict hierarchy of top dog and underlings. It is more a case of first among equals. All the male members of a band share the load in hunting and gathering food for the female band they associate with. An equal number of males to females is the rule. More, or less is not acceptable. Everyone should have a warm body of the other sex to cuddle. The leader makes the decision as to where to hunt and so forth, and gets first pick of the females to court, but that is the limit of his power.
The one thing the band leader can and does do is send newly adult males out to find another band. Some of these seeking young men end up in lives of adventure, they don't mean to you see, but it is such fun. Most find another band short a male and settle down, or they find a female seeking a new band and join with her to create the core of a new band.
The female band cares for the children, tends the shelters, and carries any non-weapon possessions the bands might own. A female is member of her band by birth, although it is possible for her to change bands it is highly unlikely.
Adulthood is a long afternoon in the sun. It stretches for well over a century in most cases. Age is forgotten, and death more often a surprise when it comes than not. The death of a band member can send a band into mourning for weeks.
Faun Politics
Outside the bands, they don't care. Inside the bands they very much care. Friendship and jockeying for position in the band are a constant thing. Who is leader is judged by who can find the most food, hunt the best, and most Important, who can play and party down.
Female politics are a little more subtle, but not much. Age has more to do with it, with the eldest female the natural leader.
Faun Art
Fauns do not farm, and are mostly illiterate. They seldom get above the hunter/gatherer stage of living. Faun creative urges are limited to the simple items they make for utility, baskets, shelters, and wooden weapons. All metal items are bartered for, usually with Centaurs who need someone light to work on the roof.
The majority of Faun art is in the lifestyle itself. They only work as much as is needed to live and to have wine. What they really live for is parties, and they party every chance they get. Faun song and dance are famous, and every night is orgy night. Eat drink and be merry is the only Faun philosophy there is.
Faun Race
There is only one race of Fauns. Horn shape will vary from area to area somewhat as well predominate hair and eye colors.
Fauns run from 5 foot to 6 foot plus in height. They have builds in the slight to heavy range. Hair color is from dark brown to light tan on the body and head, rarely blonde or white, very rarely red. Body and head always match. Complexion is swarthy to fair.
Garry AKA --Phoenix-- Rising above the Flames.
My favorite game console is a table and chairs.
The Olde Phoenix Inn
nice bio. a style worthy of emulation. well thought out, and an interesting read. this is the first one i read, now i'm going to have to go hunt down the others to read!
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Best answer to an interview question.... Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Best answer to an interview question.... Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Middle East Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:24 am Post subject: Try to get as close to the Straits of Hormuz as you can. That way you will be first to go in the coming World War.Last edited by scot47 on Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:14 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17608Location: USA Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:13 pm Post subject: Ah Scot... you are just a ray of sunshine in my day. VS Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject: "we'll all go together when we go Every Hottentot and every Eskimo....." Back to top sliimJoined: 27 Jan 2006Posts: 55 Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:18 pm Post subject: ihatewinter: I have to echo what some have already said. Yemen is a no-go right now. Things were barely ok when I lived there before the "Arab Spring" became a catch phrase. What do I mean by barely ok? I mean that there were already protests going on and people being shot. Houses being demolished. A pipeline near the refinery where I was teaching was blown up. I nearly went to prison because of some madman's scheming (and with no justice system to speak of, if you are on the bad side of the wrong person with the right connections, things can be difficult). An armory 500 m behind a school where I was teaching also exploded--bullets and grenades going off everywhere. There was a civil war already in the North between the Houthis and the government. And more. This was peacetime, not too long after Ali Abdullah Al Saleh was re-elected. Things then were on the knife's edge of being in control and out of control. Now they are out of control. Yemen is a sectarian and tribal country; the delicate balance that the government maintained--a mix of playing with foreign interests, tribal loyalties, and mountains of bribe money, no longer exists. Add the fact that many of the "language institutes" are rip off organisations run by sick-minded managerial staff who underpay, are paranoid, and seem to generally get perverse pleasure from making the lives of their employees needlessly difficult, and Yemen is easy to scratch from one's list. Now, of course, it is not all bad. The weather can be really nice, the architecture is out of this world, and, as anywhere, you will find a lot of good people. The best and most memorable students I ever had were from when I taught in Yemen. So there is good, but the bad is really bad. If you are still considering working there though, you are free to pm me should you wish for the low-down on specific employers. But I think that there are better options for someone like you. You are educated, mature, and seem to be looking for a positive change. There are a lot of peaceful places that can satisfy that. Do you insist on the ME? Asia, Central and South America can also be interesting options. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Middle East Forum All times are GMTGoto page Previous 1, 2 Page 2 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Absorption Pharmaceuticals Names Laurence A. Levine, MD As The Company's Chief Medical Officer
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Jan 08, 2013, 06:06 ET
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Absorption Pharmaceuticals, makers of the world's first FDA-Approved topical treatment for premature ejaculation, Promescent, announced today that Laurence A. Levine, MD will assume the role of Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Levine will oversee the company's growth and education efforts, with a focus on getting Promescent written into protocols as a top-line treatment for premature ejaculation nationwide.
"We're thrilled to have such a highly respected and knowledgeable physician join our team," says Jeff Abraham, CEO of Absorption Pharmaceuticals. "We have been growing rapidly due to Promescent's proven effectiveness and securing Dr. Levine– whom has already provided invaluable assistance in reaching key opinion leaders in sexual medicine– adds to the credibility of this revolutionary product in the sexual medicine category. We look forward to the ongoing adoption of Promescent as the primary medical solution for premature ejaculation."
Dr. Levine received his medical degree from the University of Colorado Medical School, followed by a residency in general surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center and in urology at the Harvard Program in Urology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He has made a substantial contribution to the medical press in the form of peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and Internet publications regarding male sexual dysfunction, fertility, chronic orchialgia and reconstructive urology. Currently, Dr. Levine is a professor of urology at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and is in private practice with Uropartners, LLC. He has received multiple awards and honors; and served as a past-president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America and the Chicago Urological Society.
"I am very excited to join Absorption Pharmaceuticals as Chief Medical Officer," says Dr. Levine. "Promescent is a ground-breaking, unrivaled product and doctors across the country are delighted to have a solution to a problem that previously has not received the attention it deserves. As an early adopter of the product as treatment for my patients with PE, I'm proud to lead the charge in spreading awareness of Promescent to the medical community."
Created by a urologist, Promescent is a lidocaine-based spray for premature ejaculation designed to absorb below the surface of the skin where nerve endings that control ejaculation are located, ultimately prolonging the time period of intercourse.
Promescent is available through doctors' offices, pharmacies and online at www.promescent.com.
For more information on Dr. Levine, go to www.urologyspecialists.net/meetus.html.
About Absorption Pharmaceuticals:
Absorption Pharmaceuticals is the maker of Promescent, the world's first FDA-approved topical treatment for premature ejaculation. Based in Huntington Beach, California, the company was founded in 2011 and has seen tremendous growth including distribution in doctors' offices, pharmacies, and online at www.promescent.com.
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Bar Refaeli: Berlin Babe
Bar Refaeli indulges in some retail therapy on Monday (May 9) in Berlin, Germany.
The 25-year-old Israeli model shopped for shoes with a guy pal and also stopped by the Escada boutique.
"In Berlin to launch my new Escada fragrance campaign :) this is my welcome- cute! Big day ahead.. Expect pictures!" Bar wrote on her Twitter page.
"Had a great night with @Scottlipps, Dan, Escada people. Going to sleep before another big day.Nighty night! Sweet dreams," she wrote in another tweet.
FYI: Bar is carrying Jimmy Choo's "Rosalie" bag from the Choo 24:7 Collection.


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Guest entry by Michael Hardy, managing editor/daily report.
The August 9 announcement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates of his detailed plan to reduce the Defense Department budget by $100 billion over the next five years raised more questions than it answered. One of the key questions: What is the proper role of a chief information officer in the leaner, more consolidated information technology infrastructure that Gates envisions?
Gates proposes closing the office of the assistant secretary of defense for network intelligence and integration -- the official who serves as the CIO. Where would the CIO's new home be, organizationally?
Robert Hale, DOD comptroller, said that DOD's IT capabilities and networks are really just one more weapon system. He suggested, at an August 9 news conference, a re-organization that would center on networks.
"If you could move the operational activities under operational control and take the oversight into administrative and policy issues and put them in another organization, that would align us in such a way that what has become the reality in that our networks are really weapons," he said. "We treat them as weapons systems, they go all the way from the tactical edge -- the Aegis or the warfighter in the foxhole -- back to the headquarters."
If the network is a weapon, that implies the leader of the IT organization is really the head of a weapons program, not just a technology strategist.
What is your take on this? What is the proper role for the CIO of the Defense Department? Is it fundamentally different than that of a CIO in any other agency?
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Many people inside and outside of the Pentagon were very dissatisfied with ASD/NII's leadership and vision (or lack thereof) and cheered at SECDEF's decision. Transferring acquisition oversight of IT acquisition programs to OSD/AT&L is a good thing so long as the same NII players don't transition over. Yet many within DOD have huge concerns about transferring the DOD CIO role to DISA and feel that's going from bad to worse. The DOD needs a strong CIO within the Pentagon to fight the battles within the building and champion a strategy for the Dept. Friends who have worked with/for DISA say "DISA is where careers go to die" and you can't spell disaster without DISA. ASD/NII failed to implement IT Acquisition reform for years and DCMO Beth McGrath and DEPSECDEF William Lynn assumed that role, but their Section 804 Report to Congress was a huge disappointment. It lacked any details and was kept close hold without coordinating with the stakeholders. Instead of disbanding ASD/NII and J6, I think they simply needed a large turnover in personnel and adjusted roles and responsiblities. CCA and Title 40 are just excuses for continuing to fail as the implementation of CCA has been a disaster. So while NII may have failed at their mission, I don't know if we're going to be more efficient by eliminating NII and J6 and have DISA assume their roles.
First, everyone should realize that this is just another DoD internal political shuffle. The role for a CIO is defined in CCA and must be a senior level person who has a clear grasp of mission and technology as well as the authority to guide it best for the organization. In other words enterprise architecture, and not just enterprise infrastructure. DISA is an agency of "implementers" and technologists (a good one at that). However, the CIO needs to be above that and not be overly influenced by fancy technology but be able to understand mission and the business to support it. Wherever the CIO goes, it must be given the right support and respect that it has been denied for years.
The "IT is a weapons system" elevator speech is getting pretty worn out. I've seen all kinds of senior leaders make all kinds of ill-considered decisions on the strategy, policy, programs and investments end of IT on the grounds that "IT is just another weapons system." I happen to think the SECDEF was poorly advised on the matter of needing an ASD/NII or not. Just because there has been a general failure of leadership, specific vision/strategy and most certainly a failure of execution from ASD/NII doesn't mean that the need, the charter and assigned functions of that staff don't remain as legitimate and important as ever. ASD/NII probably represented SECDEF Gates' last fighting chance to break the tyranny of Title 10, to drive programmatic and acquisition reform in IT, and to consolidate/integrate commodity DoD and IC IT infrastructure. He needed to do this in close alignment with ODNI and USD/I, and the ASD/NII staff needed to be specifically empowered and charged to make it happen. Putting the right leader in the job would certainly have been key - and I have no idea of California's former CIO was the right leader. Time would have told. So now it will take another 5-10 years for some other new top-level staff to get their shingle out and get their heads wrapped around the challenges. I'm not seeing this as an inspired course of action, frankly.
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The CIO is not just a technologist but rather an individual/organization that is responsible for enabling the most efficient and effective technology for the sharing and distribution of data and information across the department in support of the deparment's mission execution. The CIO function/responsibility requires the knowledge of the mission execution process, the required data/information for execution, the data/information exchange requirements for execution, the individual tasks/activities that must be performed to execute the mission, where and by whom those tasks/activities will be performed in order to efficiently apply information technology to enable mission execution. The major issues are incentivizing the use of same/similar technology by each of those individuals responsible for mission execution within the department, ensuring the individuals responsible for mission execution are responsible and accountable for the data and information they use and/or produce in support of the department's mission execution and ensuring the individuals responsible for mission execution document the "as is" and "to be" knowledge identified above so the CIO can execute his/her responsibility.
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Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister gets into the holiday spirit with a post that gives thanks to technical advances for developers, including open source tools, modern IDEs, and distributed version control. 'I'm old enough to remember when performance-critical routines meant hand-coded assembly language and sometimes even keying in machine code as hexadecimal digits. We've come a long way since those bad old days, and not surprisingly we owe a lot of our progress to technology. So for this Thanksgiving, here are just a few of the modern advances for which I, as a developer, give thanks.' What are you giving thanks to?
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Age: 34
Hey all, i'm new to the board.
Got sucked in by your Christmas Banner competition thread, was reading through and then found that I couldn't pull away. I am a REAL photoshop and image editing noob, have practically never touched the programs before but have suddenly become motivated to learn.
Also I'm Australian (from Melbourne) and currently living in Japan.
Anyone else around on the board living in Japan?
Last some of my favourite anime's are..... (probably just generic ones that everyone likes)
Prince of Tennis
Naruto (although not been great 'lately')
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic: Second Raid
Voices of a Distant Star
Cowboy Bebop
Eyeshield 21
Rurouni Kenshin
...... There's probably a bunch i've missed.
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Glad to meet you all. I hope you have fun here.
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hello all
whats up everyone. Im a hard anime fan to please compared to my friends.
my favorites are Gits, cowboy bebop and other more mature anime stuff.
some of u might know me from other network eh.
If college wasnt too hard i'll be looking for a translator job in fansubs...
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Welcome to the forums everyone.
If you have any questions, feel free to PM one of the staff members. We look forward to your thoughts and ideas. Cheers.
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Hello all im jaricko.
Im new to this forum but i decided i would join.
I have great interest in anime and like to talk about it, thus why i joined.
Anyway I have high hopes for this forum and hopefully it will be pretty fun around here for me. I just left another forum because they were not much of a friendly forum. Even the head admin and creator dont like me.
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Well, to put it simply, I'm a random Native American who got hold of a computer, and like living in the white man's world. I have a taste for anime and that started back when I lived on Guam(A small isle south east of Japan by handfuls of miles).
It has been a small thing I took a liking to, a simple hobby really, I started with Ranma 1/2 half as a child, Sailor Moon(Yes, Sailor Moon ), Ronin Warriors, and Mobile suit gundam 0079.
All of them good animes to start with I do dare think, and from there, over the years I have become interested more and more in old school animes but, have dabbeled in new age ones as well.
And as the years went by my library become larger with additions of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Star Dust Memory, Cowboy Bebop, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. Along with Lupin the 3rd, Robotech, and FLCL.
However, probably around my 10th grade year in High School, I cut anime out of my life and concentrated on making it through HighSchool which was a monster to do let me tell you.
However, in recent months, I have picked it back up now that I am not only graduated from High School but am studying to become an animtor in an Art Institute here in Colorado.
These new animes I delved into are Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist and Naruto.
Thus, there it is, Who I am and my anime history to a point since I dare not reveal my entire life in on forum post. And from there, I say happy to be a part of this here Forum and Anime site.
See y'all around.
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Hi my name is noisytime. I've been visiting this message board on and off for a little over two years, but my previous account vanished after the forum crashed.
At the moment, I'm here because my beloved 4chan is down.
My native language is Russian, my favorite English word is "licorice", and I would like to be frontman of a rock group called The Licorice. Aspiring rock stars should feel free to contact me via pm.
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Series Updates
Whats up guys,
Change is good, but change also makes us a little sad.
As we gear up to bring you a new season with some great new anime to showcase, some of our favorite shows are ending.
First we say thanks and farewell to series like Gintama, Shugo Chara, Chu-Bra, So-Ra-No-Wo-To, Omamori Himari and Hanamaru Kindergarten that have come to a close after entertaining us for so long.
Fear not!
You can still watch your favorite episodes and marathon all of the awesomeness whenever you like! We're going to hang on to these guys as long as possible!
Then we have a show like Tegami Bachi which have temporarily ended, and can only hope to look forward to seeing more of it in the Fall when season 2 is rumored to be released.
And now for a little more sad news (I promise this will be the last bit of sad news): Naruto Shippuden will be postponed this week AGAIN!!
I know...it's very sad.
However, we can look forward to next week when it will feature an AWESOME double header! Plus Episode 153 will become available this Thursday morning for all free members to view! So there's still some things to look forward to.
Let's end on a high note, by reiterating that very soon we can ALL look forward to the great new simulcasts we have geared up for launch in the Spring!!! I can't tell you guys what we have in store yet (though I REALLY REALLY WANT TO).
The only thing, I can say right now is that it's going to be another great season with more great shows that you can EXCLUSIVELY watch right here. So keep your eyes and ears open as we will be announcing these titles soon!
Aww, Gintama :(
EDIT : Hoping for a news article about adding One Piece. It's a great series minus all the people who undermine it.
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sad to be loosing such great anime but....
there will be a season 2 for gintama :D!!! (all amazing info should be bold and red :3 )
I like cute things
Really? That's cool, i just thought how tired the publishers would be. All the other series ending are great too.
So sad. Gintama, one of my favorites!
"If we are to die one day, wouldn't it be better to have no regrets?" ♥
i want ironman and ikki tousen it may sooth my wrath at losing gintama(supersad)
"laugh and the whole world laughs with you, weap and you weap alone."-oldboy
nooooo not gin..........
So gintama officially ended... sigh... at least they made a movie o.o but it'll take iono.. 6 months? to be put on the internet.. might as well read the manga.
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Well acoording to http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-29/gintama-director-shinji-takamatsu/it-not-over It is basically on hiatus until there is more source material. Just going in a different direction than Naruto did when it had so many fillers at the end. Hopefully this will prove to be the case and we will see Gin back in a season or two. And as to the new series announcements what ever happened to the calender style of announcing like was done here what was it three seasons back? I thought that was a great way to do it, it created excitement with people trying to guess what would be announced on what day according to the release dates of shows. For those that weren't CR users back then a calendar was posted and there was maybe two blank spots on Monday, 1 on Tuesday, 3 on Wed, etc... There was tons of speculation about what would be added each day and tons of threads were started guessing since the calendar was posted 2 or 3 weeks before the actual release week. (I dont remember exactly how far before but at least a week or 2.) I really wish they would bring this method of announcing new titles back; I looked forward each day after work to turn on my comp to see what was announced.
Building a turtle fence.
well, the manga runs longer I guess so it's probably only a temporary goodbye to gin-san.
As long as he comes back I'll be in good shape.
Next I just wait for high school of the dead to air...
Nakama mada irukara. Sorede iie
There's a ninja in my attic
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Hoping for a news article about adding One Piece. It's a great series minus all the people who undermine it.
It's already simulcasting on Funimation's website, so the chances of Crunchyroll getting it are slim.
they better announce some new anime this week cause i only got like 2 other shows to watch this week with everything else over.
hoping for heroman.
Not much of a gintama fan but I enjoyed the first 82 subbed episodes.
Good bye SC :')
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Stennis Space Center, MS -- The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced Nature's Academy Inc. will receive a Third Place 2013 Gulf Guardian Award in the Youth Environmental Education Category for its Island Adventure Project. The awards ceremony will be held on June 26, 2013, at the Tampa Bay Grand Hyatt beginning at 6PM.
Since 2009, the Island Adventures Project (IAP) has impacted over 4,500 Pinellas and Manatee County fifth grade students in Florida. At no cost to the schools, participants are given the opportunity to investigate the complex ecological connections comprising their local estuaries, watershed and barrier islands. The project reinforces comprehension through inquiry-based field work, including water quality testing, sea grass biodiversity study, and a shark dissection led by biologists. Students also participate in a coastal cleanup which reinforces a sense of stewardship for the Gulf's limited resources, as well as the anthropogenic aspects that impact the area.
The IAP aims to improve local science literacy by delivering an engaging educational experience that further connects coastal communities with their local environment and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico. In a comprehensive analysis by the State Education and Environmental Roundtable (SEER), 92% of students exposed to outdoor environmental programs outperform their peers from traditional classroom based programs in standardized testing and academic performance. By providing this alternative educational approach, the efficacy of the IAP has been demonstrated in the previous four years by an average 85% increase in academic achievement directly correlated with this project.
The Gulf of Mexico Program initiated the Gulf Guardian awards in 2000 as a way to recognize and honor the businesses, community groups, individuals, and agencies that are taking positive steps to keep the Gulf healthy, beautiful and productive. First, second and third place awards are given in seven categories: individual, business/industry, youth environmental education, civic/nonprofit organizations, cultural diversity/environmental justice, partnership and bi-national efforts.
"This year's Gulf Guardian Award recipients are to be commended for providing environmental leadership to protect and restore one of our nation's most treasured natural resources, the Gulf of Mexico. These Award recipients are true environmental stewards and protectors of this vital ecosystem," said EPA Regional Administrator Gwen Keyes Fleming.
The Gulf of Mexico Program began in 1988 to protect, restore, and maintain the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem in economically sustainable ways. The Gulf of Mexico Program is underwritten by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is a non-regulatory, inclusive consortium of state and federal government agencies and representatives of the business and agricultural community, fishing industry, scientists, environmentalists, and community leaders from all five Gulf States. The Gulf Program seeks to improve the environmental health of the Gulf in concert with economic development
Ben Scaggs, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Program said, "Given all the incredible challenges that the Gulf has faced over the last several years and the work that has continued with strength and vigor despite what sometime seem like overwhelming obstacles, it is difficult to adequately and succinctly express the community value of the awards and the role they play in reminding us of what yet needs to be done while giving us all the energy and optimism to stay the course."
For more information please contact, Jessika Blersch, Phone: (941) 538-6829; or Email: email@example.com


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pb_designs needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 29 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
This is a new company running an air charter company, finding flight solutions for managers/directors of large organisations to get to destinations around the world.
Please submit your design ASAP to ensure there is enough time to get feedback and make modifications by the end of the competition.
Please ensure that the image is provided in a format that I can open in either Fireworks (prefered) or Photoshop. It must be a layered file I can edit.
Flight Arrangements
Flight Arrangements provide themselves on "good old fashioned service in a modern high tech world". The website should have a traditional look to it (we're not looking for web 2.0), and a very high quality, expensive feel to it (the site is targetted at managers/directors of large organisations.
I have provided a very basic mockup at http://www.plasticbox.co.uk/99designs/flight.jpg
The important aspects: The background must be of the sky, with clouds. The strapline must curve around as per the mock. The text logo must end with an aeroplane.
The aeroplane to use is this Gulf:
The font I've used for the title is Monotype Corsiva.
I'd suggest at the bottom of the page is the following text:
Good old Fashioned Service in a Modern High Tech World
Pages for the menu (I'll leave menu placement up to you):
The text for the front page is:
FLIGHT ARRANGEMENTS is a progressive Air Broker Established to provide Old Fashioned Service in this Modern High Tech World.
Our aim is to provide a quick and simple service to the Customer. No frills and therefore a competitive price is guaranteed.
Contact Details (to go at the bottom of the page)
Call: +44 (0) 1252 540 679
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Flight Arrangements
Business Aviation Centre
Farnborough Airport
- There is no set colour sheme, although I would suggest a dark blue/purple as this suggest a high-quality product.
- A traditional look to the site
- Stong emphasis on aeroplanes, to ensure it's clear what the site is about
- Clever use of space - the site will have very little text on it.
- Nothing web 2.0
- The site must not make the company look like a "budget" company


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Value Line's Growth objective group is by far the largest group under review. It is broadly constructed on purpose, taking into consideration any fund that has a primary objective of capital growth. Weeded out are funds that follow more-specific mandates, such as capital growth by investing in small and mid-cap companies or sector-oriented funds. To fine-tune what is an extremely diverse grouping of funds, we use peer groups.
That said, why such a broad category? The main purpose is to put funds together that, by prospectus, are trying to do the same things. While it is important to view certain funds against smaller, similar groups, it is a mistake to take them completely out of the broader construct within which they operate. Investors should be keenly aware that a fund that is the best out of 20 or 30 specific peers may still be a laggard when compared to a broader group of competition. Unless such a fund is owned for a very specific reason, there would likely be better investment options.
Despite the objective's title of Growth, this category can contain both growth- and value-oriented funds. In fact, there is a wide variety of funds here, spanning from the expected index funds all the way to focused funds that own just a handful of stocks. Managers can take any number of approaches to investing, too, including growth, value, growth at a reasonable price, socially focused, market-neutral, and tax minimizing strategies, or, in some cases, a combination of these.
Over the long term, the Growth objective group has performed slightly ahead of the broader market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index. For the 10-year period ended June 30, 2012, the group had an annualized gain of 5.1%, while the S&P 500 reported a return of 5.3%. For five years and three years, the group had an annualized loss of 0.5% and a gain of 14.2%, respectively, while the S&P 500 reported increases of 0.2% and 16.4%, respectively. During the past year, the Growth objective group reported a negative return of 1.2%, compared to positive return of 5.4% for the S&P 500. The group has an average Risk Rank of 3, indicating an average level of risk.
However, for the year-to-date returns, the Growth objective group was outpaced by broader market, slightly outperformed by the S&P 500 over that span. It reported a gain of 7.6%, while the S&P registered an increase of 9.5%.
One fund with a relatively strong year-to-date return through the first six months ended June 30, 2012 is Berkshire Focus Fund (BFOCX). The Berkshire Focus fund is a "non-diversified" portfolio and invests primarily in common stocks that are selected for their long-term growth potential. It concentrates its investments in the electronic technology industry, which means more than 25%, and as much as 100%, of the fund's total assets can be invested in that particular industry. The fund will normally hold a core position of between 20 and 30 common stocks, although the number of securities held may occasionally exceed this range. In selecting investments for the fund, the investment adviser uses a "bottom-up" approach to stock selection. This approach to investing refers to a selection process in which the fund's investment adviser looks at companies one at a time to determine if a company is an attractive investment opportunity.
The fund may invest without limitation in foreign securities and certain types of exchange traded funds. Although some of the fund's holdings may produce dividends, interest, or other income, current income is not a consideration when selecting the fund's investments. The adviser employs a flexible investment style and seeks to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. As a consequence of the fund's investment strategy, it generally has a high rate of portfolio turnover.
Another fund with a very good year-to-date return is Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund (HFCGX). This fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
To achieve this objective, the fund invests in growth-oriented common stocks by utilizing a highly disciplined, purely quantitative formula known as the Cornerstone Growth Strategy. The growth strategy has historically selected small cap companies, but can include mid and large cap companies. Management selects the 50 common stocks from a larger universe with the highest one-year price appreciation and also meet the following criteria: 1) Price-to-sales ratio below 1.5 This value criterion helps to uncover relative bargains. The strategy uses sales as its guide because sales figures are more difficult for companies to manipulate than earnings and frequently provide a clearer picture of a company's potential value. 2) Annual earnings that are higher than the previous year While sales may be the best indicator of a company's value, the growth strategy considers improved earnings to be a key indicator of a company's financial strength. 3) Positive stock price appreciation, or relative strength, over the past three and six-month periods Historically, relative strength has been one of the most influential variables in predicting which stocks will outperform the market. Using the growth strategy, the universe of stocks is re-screened and the portfolio is rebalanced annually, generally in the winter. Stocks meeting the growth strategy's criteria not currently in the portfolio are purchased, and stocks that no longer meet the criteria are sold. Holdings of all stocks in the fund that continue to meet the criteria are appropriately increased or decreased to result in an equal 2% weighting.
A third fund with a very good return through the first half of 2012 is Bright Rock Quality Large Cap (BQLIX). This fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies with large-sized market capitalizations. The fund defines large-cap companies as those companies with market capitalizations within the range of companies in the Russell 1000 ® Index at the time of investment. As of May 31, 2012, the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 1000 ® Index was between $390 million and $535 billion.
The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in common stocks of large-cap U.S. companies. In addition, the fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign large-cap companies that are traded in the U.S., including companies located in emerging markets, as well as American depositary receipts. To a limited extent, the fund may sell securities short and may use derivative instruments, including options and futures contracts.
In selecting investments for the fund, the adviser (Bright Rock Capital Management, LLC) seeks to identify high quality businesses by applying its disciplined, bottom-up fundamental research process, which takes into account a company's history of earnings stability and growth; proprietary products, processes and/or services; leadership or competitive positions in the market or industry; balance sheet strength; and experience of management teams. The fund will invest in both growth and value stocks, and will maintain exposure across a variety of industry sectors. The adviser utilizes a proprietary quality screening methodology to determine companies that meet the adviser's criteria for inclusion in the quality universe.
In the table below, we have listed 10 top-performing funds through June 30, 2012 that we follow in The Value Line Fund Advisor's database.
10 Top Growth Funds Performance
Fund Name
% Year-to-date
Total Return
% 1 Month
% 3
% 6 Month
% 5 Year
Berkshire Focus
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap
Matthew 25
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth A
Legg Mason Cap. Mgmt. Opp.
Artisan Growth Opportunities
Fidelity Advisors Consumer Discretionary
Janus Forty A
Growth Objective Group
At the time of this article's writing, the authors did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Adam Schwarz
Hometown: Norwalk, Conn.
Major: Political Science
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Internships: Will intern in Fall 2008 for conflict resolution project in campus residence halls.
Activities: Humanitarian Travel Club secretary, 2007-08; Habitat for Humanity participant; volunteer and intern at Wildlife in Crisis Inc., 2007
Honors and Awards: Dean's List, 2007; 3.76 GPA
Adam Schwarz is from a small German village called Muennerstadt. "It's in the north of the state of Bavaria, about 90 minutes east of Frankfurt. Middle of nowhere if I'm honest," he says.
After finishing his secondary education in Germany, Schwarz worked as an apprentice.
"During lunch break I started reading German political magazines, like Der Spiegel. I got intrigued by all the things that happened not only in my country but also on an international level, like the Sudan crisis starting, developments in the Balkans, etc. Once my sister offered me the opportunity to come to the United States and start college, I knew that I wanted to take up political science, and especially international or human rights issues, as a focal point."
Schwarz studied for two years at Norwalk Community College before transferring. He was not entering uncharted waters by coming to WestConn. "My sister went here a few years before me, and she had only good things to say about WestConn, especially about the social science faculty," he says. "Another big part, of course, was the cost of studying. As an international student I'm charged out-of-state tuition, which is about three times as high as that of in-state students; therefore state universities like WestConn were the only viable solution for a four-year college."
Schwarz has a great deal of praise for Professor of Political Science Dr. R. Averell Manes, whom he describes as his unofficial mentor. "She has certainly become a central figure in my education," Schwarz says. "Besides teaching wonderful, exciting and insightful courses, she always has time to listen to problems, give advice about what grad schools to go for, how to improve an essay, or simply to stop by and discuss current events. She has a great repertoire of knowledge and wisdom that she gladly shares, and cares immensely about her students. She's also a great, great academic adviser."
Asked what he will remember most about his WestConn experience, Schwarz, who will graduate in December 2008, says, "I still have some time to go here, though generally I'd say meeting a fascinating array of people from different backgrounds and cultures, be it in the darkroom in the arts department, the social science classrooms, or Warner Hall. Specifically though I'd have to say I had one class with Dr.Averell Manes that really opened my eyes quite a lot more. The class, Global Conflict Resolution, really changed my perception about what power is and how it works on a personal as well as on a theoretical level. No matter the major, this is one of the classes anybody that needs some credits should take."
After graduation, Schwarz's plan is to "head back to Europe after I graduate here. I hope I'll find some time to travel around there for a while, but eventually I'll start graduate school somewhere in Europe."
Schwarz's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Find an advisor that truly cares about you, what you want to do and where you want to go, and who also knows her/his way around school. Also, make teachers take (positive) note of youself in class; it helps wonders when needing some leniency, help or letters of recommendation later in the term."


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During the last few years, we've seen a lot of fashion films — "Valentino: The Last Emperor," "Coco Before Chanel" and "The September Issue" among them.
But "L'Amour Fou," which opens locally Friday, May 20, may be the most tender. It centers around Yves Saint Laurent's lifelong partner, businessman Pierre Bergé, as he comes to terms with the death of the designer.
Filmmaker Pierre Thoretton uses the 2009 auction of their extravagant art collection to frame the story and bring up issues of love and loss, especially where they relate to material possessions.
The film opens with Saint Laurent giving his televised retirement...


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Erik Rivera
Hollywood Laugh Factory
Very Funny - not like TBS - really funny
Since bursting onto to the NYC comedy scene in 2004, Erik Rivera's name has become synonymous with comedy. His boy next door good looks and unique perspective make him one of New York's fastest rising young comedians. His quick wit along with his commanding stage presence, charisma and infectious smile make him a favorite act at comedy clubs and colleges throughout the country.
Erik is one of the most requested comedians on both coasts; when in New York he can be found nightly at the Comedy Cellar, The Comic Strip Live, Comix, Broadway Comedy Club and in Los Angeles he calls the Laugh Factory, The Ice House and the Hollywood Improv his comedy homes.
Eriks star is quickly rising! Recently, Eva Longoria Parker's production company, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment took notice of Erik's talent and approached him about producing a sitcom based on his comedy. LATVs American Latino, which highlights accomplished Latinos in the community, will feature him this season as they document his rise to fame. Rivera is a familiar face all over several cable networks as he has appeared numerous times on SiTV, Comedy Central and most recently on MTV Tr3s. Erik also starred in the feature film Stand Up 360 along with Caroline Rhea, released in theaters across the country. In addition, he was selected to host their Latino film series, Stand Up 360 Muy Caliente! Rivera has also appeared in two independent features, My Brother and Stand Up, by award winning director Michael Rainin. Erik wrote and directed his first award-winning short film, The Cyclist last year featuring fellow comedians Ross Bennett and Imagine.
Erik continues to tour colleges and universities nationwide. He also had the privilege of being selected this year, by NBC from a nationwide search to represent their networks Stand-Up for Diversity College Tour!
When not touring or acting, Rivera is one of the most requested young Latinos working today. During the 2009 Holiday season, he served as the spokesperson for Duracell SmartPower Lab in Times Square, interviewing celebrities from Justin Bieber to Academy Award nominated Gabourey Sidibe. The SmartPower Lab used human power to light the 2010 numeral during the world famous New Year's Eve festivities. In February of 2010, The National Hispanic Media Coalition invited Erik to be their special guest performer at their annual Impact Awards Gala, which honored Oscar Nunez (The Office) and Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family). He has also appeared at The Latino Laugh Festival along side Carlos Mencia to a packed house at The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. In both 2008 and 2009, Erik was honored to be the only comedian to perform two consecutive years for The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC.
When not touring the country. Erik calls both New York City and Los Angeles home


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March 20, 2008
The Bisons continued their success at home, defeating Gardner-Webb 6-5 for their 9th win of the season on Thursday, March 20.
The Bulldogs wasted no time getting on the board, plating a run in the first to take a 1-0 lead.
The Bisons quickly responded, scoring two on Caleb Joseph's fourth homerun of the season and another on an RBI single by Shane Simpkins.
Gardner-Webb got to Bisons starter, Rex Brothers again in the second, plating three runs on three hits to retake a 4-3 lead.
An inning later, the Bisons tied the game at four on an RBI single up the middle by Ryan Wilkins.
However, the Bulldogs retook the lead in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly. The Bisons retied it, this time at five, in the bottom of the inning. After Jorge Gutierrez stole second with two outs, Joseph drove him home on a single to left for his third RBI of the day.
Brothers was relieved by right-hander Chris Burnett with two outs in the eighth. In 7.2 innings of work, Brothers gave up five runs on 11 hits, while striking out six in the no-decision.
After Burnett recorded the final out of the eighth, the Bisons took the momentum with them into their at bat. With one out, Ben Williams doubled to left center. One out later, Joseph added his fourth RBI of the day, a single to left, scoring Williams to give the Bisons a 6-5 lead that they would not relinquish.
Burnett recorded the win to improve his record to 1-0. In his 1.1 innings of work he did not give up a hit, while striking out two.
"The win definitely gives us momentum going into tomorrow," Burnett said. "It is hard to take two in a double-header, so winning today was vital. We could easily have panicked with the way Gardner-Webb was swinging the bat, but we hung in there, and had confidence that if we could keep it close our batters could get the runs back."
Joseph led the team on offense with three hits and four RBIs. Williams also recorded three hits in the game, with Blake Bratcher and Wilkins contributing two each.
With the win, the Bisons evened out their record at 9-9, and improved to 6-4 in the conference. The Bisons will return to action when they take on Gardner-Webb in a double-header, tomorrow, March 21, with the first game scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m.
"It was a huge win for us," Joseph said. "They are a very scrappy team. They were never out of the game. It will be tough to win two tomorrow. They are well coached and they execute. We just came in and we stayed focused. Rex took us deep and Burnie finished us out. The deeper we can get with our pitching, the better off we are."


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More than three dozen members of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity at the University of Florida descended upon the Redlands Christian Migrant Association child-care center Saturday.
ANTHONY — More than three dozen members of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity at the University of Florida descended upon the Redlands Christian Migrant Association child-care center Saturday for a volunteer workday of cleaning, landscaping and painting.
"Usually our centers are located in remote rural areas and this many volunteers in one day is extraordinary," said RCMA spokesperson Bill Coats.
Fraternity member Tyler Dwyer painted several areas and spruced up the white and blue paint on the handicap parking pavement emblem because he enjoys volunteering.
"I like to help others," said Dwyer, 19, of Keystone Heights, a communication sciences major who has cerebral palsy and used a walker during the workday.
Dwyer worked with Alex Viso, 18, a UF biochemistry major, who said Dwyer was her "big brother" in the fraternity.
The students made the trip from Gainesville as one of the fraternity's many volunteer outreach projects.
"Alpha Phi Omega has its roots in the Boy Scouts and the Eagle Scout program. About nine of our members are Eagle Scouts and four are Gold Award Girl Scouts. We are a coed service fraternity as opposed to a social fraternity," said fraternity president Talhah Siraj, 21, a senior studying microbiology and economics.
Siraj, an Eagle scout, indicated the fraternity has been established at UF since 1931.
"We have about 94 total (UF student) members. Our weekly projects include volunteer work with disabled children at Noah's Endeavor and Forest Green, with elderly persons at Harbor Chase, working with the Salvation Army, Humane Society and field trips like this one perhaps each semester," Siraj said.
Alpha Phi Omega service vice president Lindsey Backman, 20, a junior studying chemistry, said the group volunteered over 10,000 hours last year.
"We should do more than that this year," Backman said.
Backman volunteered previously at an RCMA facility in the Ruskin area and reached out to the RCMA nearest the UF campus to arrange a day for the fraternity.
RCMA area coordinator Leticia Gonzalez said the help is much appreciated at the RCMA center.
"The work done today will be a great help. We serve 30 children here regularly, mainly for migrant farm workers working seasonal crops and parents working in the horse farm industry. We have two centers, one in west Marion. We also serve with the Department of Children and Families protective services and the Early Learning Coalition," Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez indicated that clients include agricultural workers from "Chiefland working the tomato fields, Floral City picking strawberries, locally picking blueberries and working on horse farms."
RCMA program coordinator Martha Wright said the horse industry may be considered "agricultural."
The Olvera family is one of the clients at the Anthony RCMA center.
"I work as a groomer at a nearby horse farm," said husband and father Crescencio Olvera as his wife, Juana Olvera, and children Darey, 4, and Aleahir, 8, played in the center's courtyard.
"It would be very difficult without the RCMA center for Darey. He also enjoys learning numbers and the coloring," Crescencio Olvera said.
Gonzalez, with RCMA for 22 years, said having transportation for many of the client parents is a major concern, with some paying amounts like $70 a week for someone to drive their child to a facility while they find a way to get to work.
RCMA literature states that about 264 children receive day care and preschool service annually at the two local centers.
RCMA was started in 1965 mainly through efforts of the Mennonite Church in the Redlands area in southern Miami-Dade County as a nonprofit child development service for farm worker families and other rural, low-income families providing child-care centers, family child-care homes, after-school dropout prevention programs and charter schools.
Anthony RCMA center coordinator Maurin Urdaneta said the center provides a "high scope curriculum and socialization" for children. The center is open to children from infant to age 5 with a sliding fee scale based upon family income.
Fraternity members Eric McBride, 21, Carlotta Murri, 20, and Patryck Wiech, 20, worked adding and spreading mulch in a "fall zone," a log-encircled area surrounding a piece of playground equipment.
"It's fun; it's cool to help others," McBride said as RCMA groundskeeper Manuel Mejia showed the volunteers how deep to make the mulch bed.
A group of fraternity volunteers worked at cleaning and repainting an eight-foot-long piece of playground equipment nicknamed "the Jeep," fashioned from metal tubing in the form of an off-road vehicle.
Pierre Marrou, 18, a UF freshman from Miami studying international studies with an eye on the foreign services, Shannon Hill, 20, a junior majoring in food and resource economics, and Chase Wheaton, 19, a sophomore studying public relations, gave the "Jeep" a new coat of red and blue paint,
"This is what we do as a fraternity," Hill said.
Jess Baldeweg-Rau, 20, a sophomore majoring in public relations, Malek Elsidawi, 19, a sophomore concentrating on international studies, and mechanical engineering student Preston Spencer, 20, a UF sophomore, worked clearing brush from a fence line.
Additional fraternity volunteers included Tatiana Munoz, 19, Janinna Torres, 19, Ariella Wilson-Dodard, 18, Jensen Werley, 21, Katie Nelson, 21 and Edison Velez, 21.


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8:00 pm
Paul McCartney Good Evening New York City The famed rocker attracts all ages - 120,000 people - to his three-night christening of New York's new Citi Field on the former Shea Stadium site, in July 2009. He and his band feature songs from the Beatles, Wings and McCartney's solo career. In addition to old favorites, the set includes strong material from his recent efforts.G
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The Artist Toolbox "David Garrett" "One, two, three, four." In this premiere episode of The Artist Toolbox, come and listen to the gypsy strings of the dazzling David Garrett, whose violin can conquer the classical work of composers such as Bach and Chopin as effortlessly, as gracefully, as old-world Russian folk music, as well as the more contemporary sounds of Metallica and Led Zeppelin. Sit in on a private rehearsal with the virtuoso violinist, known in Britain as "the David Beckham of classical music. D
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Sun Studio Sessions "David Ford" David Ford is a British singer-songwriter who has grown a loyal following from his brilliant live performances on both sides of the Atlantic. In this episode, David performs several of his latest songs and talks about his approach to songwriting. D
10:00 pm
Austin City Limits "Bob Mould/Delta Spirit" Punk veteran Mould showcases cuts from his album Silver Age. Youthful alternative rockers Delta Spirit highlight their self-titled recording.G
11:00 pm
Lennon Sisters: Same Song, Separate Voices Join the Lennon Sisters, television's greatest sister act, for this joyful and exuberant song filled career retrospective based on their bestselling autobiography "Same Song Separate Voices." This all new musical documentary is a celebration of the Lennon Sisters 55th anniversary in show business and a dazzling journey through the great American songbook of the classic pop hits of the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond.G