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Our new booking service BookMe has been in operation for five months, and many companies have jumped on board. BookMe enables smaller service providers to offer their customers a fast and convenient way to book appointments online.
We want to know how our new offer is being received in daily business. Who is using BookMe and for what purpose? A few weeks ago, we reported on float Zurich. Today, we look at how Eurocentres' language schools are using our new service.
The company
With 35 schools on five continents and teaching in eight languages, Eurocentres has been offering language courses for more than 60 years. Every year, all around the world, about 13,000 people learn a new language with Eurocentres.
The direct sales of the global courses are organized by an international team based in Zurich, primarily through e-commerce activities and personal phone calls.
Why BookMe?
Eurocentres offers its customers a free service number for advice on suitable courses and to book the selected courses over the phone. The disadvantage of this approach is that the large number of customer requests can lead to long waiting times — especially at peak periods.
To prevent this and to operate a more efficient phone sales system, Eurocentres has long been searching for a suitable callback service solution. Being an international company, the ability to provide this service in several languages was a crucial requirement. BookMe fulfilled its expectations exactly and Eurocentres implemented the new service in October 2012.
Experience with BookMe
In addition to the phone service, Eurocentres customers can now place a callback request directly through the company's website with BookMe. A particularly popular function among customers is the ability to specify a date for the callback.
Michel Sägesser, head of E-Commerce and ICT Services at Eurocentres, is convinced of its benefits: "If you want to receive advice on our language courses, all you have to do is choose a free appointment on our BookMe schedule. It even works across time zones. Customers can prepare themselves beforehand and rely on the time of the callback. With BookMe, not only are we providing a new service, we are also ensuring that potential customers are not lost through the waiting queue."
The first BookMe inquiry came on the first day of offering the new service – and the number of recall bookings by potential customers from around the world is growing daily. Eurocentres' employees are convinced of BookMe's benefits, while Michel Sägesser is certain that the potential of the new callback service is far from exhausted:
"Our busiest season is spring, when most of the courses are booked for the summer holidays. The advantages that BookMe brings to our daily work will become even more obvious then."


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Vin Diesel Used to Be a Bouncer, So Negotiating Riddick Was Nothing
Reviving a failed franchise? Small potatoes compared to the nightly beatings Diesel used to endure in his hired-muscle days.
Vin Diesel may be one of the more underrated people in Hollywood, and his latest, Riddick, may be what our own Bilge Ebiri calls a "typical action flick," but you still want to avoid getting on his bad side. Last night, he talked about his surreal former life as a bouncer in a chat with Craig Ferguson (himself a former bouncer, astonishingly enough). Turns out negotiating the return of a failed sci-fi franchise wasn't much to worry about after years of anticipating daily bare-knuckle brawling.

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Many criminal events can be looked at as hazards, accidents, or at the very least, caused occurrences. Someone is doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time, and there are elements of human failure, operator error, mistake, negligence, and intent, just to name a few. With accidents, for example, courts have come to rely upon experts to determine pre-existing conditions, risk and hazard assessment, and causes.
A tradition has existed with the use of such experts in civil liability cases (tort law) for many years, and in recent years, there has been a profound increase of such use in criminal law. Although traffic accidents are the most common area of application, the expertise is by no means limited to just that. It is helpful to distinguish between two types of experts: investigators — who try to determine the causes of an event and reconstructionists — who try to mimic conditions before the event took place.
A few investigators are reconstructionists, but not many, and courts have broad discretion in whom they will consider a forensic reconstructionist. Police investigators must generally have some advanced training, extensive experience, and membership in professional associations. Any person proffered as an expert will usually be probed before the court in a procedure known as voir dire of the expert.
This will then determine the expert's competency to testify. Procedures are fairly rigorous because if the trial court too easily accepts or rejects such an expert, this is grounds for reversible error and the overturning of a verdict at the appellate level. .
An associate's or bachelor's degree is more common. In other cases, years of experience as a police investigator who has attended numerous seminars and been recognized before by courts as an expert may be all that's necessary to qualify.
You can't put an arbitrary number on it — some jurisdictions will require having testified six times before, others less or more. The accepted laws of motion and mechanics form the basis of this expertise, which are easily learned in a variety of domains: aerodynamics; hobbyists; manufacturing; safety; transportation, etc.
Again, courts have wide discretion, and will often limit the testimony of the expert to one or two points, such as safety, but not design issues. In addition, some states, but not all, restrict the expert from testifying as to the ultimate issue — an opinion or inference as to cause and effect which embraces the issue of who is at fault or guilty. The ultimate issue is usually the province of the jury, and courts that allow the expert to testify about it leave it to the jury to weigh both the expert's credibility and their opinion on the ultimate issue.
Most accident investigators are trained on the job, on a one-on-one basis through actual field experience. It's a difficult career climb from traffic patrol officer. They must arrive quickly at the crime scene and consider each situation on its own merits, not follow some standard checklist. They must collect evidence, take witness statements, and determine the cause. Evidence as to the cause will lead to the cause.
Although taking statements and ascertaining the condition (intoxication) of witnesses are done, probably more important is determining the working condition of the vehicle involved — brakes, lights, wipers, turn signals, mirrors, etc. Then, the surrounding physical conditions are noted — roadway surfaces, loose material, weather, visibility, etc. All observations must be made from the driver's line of sight. Photographs, sketches, and accident reports are then filed routinely.
This is an area of expertise in which the expert must not only know various laws of physics but also how to explain mathematical formulas. When faced with an emergency, most drivers apply the brakes and/or swerve their vehicle. The resultant skid marks provide a means by which the minimum initial speed can be determined. Note that the previous sentence said «minimum» speed only because skidmark analysis almost always underestimates the actual speed to the benefit of a speeding driver.
Skidmarks are measured from the terminal point backwards. Marks from the front wheels must be distinguished from marks by the rear wheels. If they overlap, divide by the wheelbase. Each wheel mark, should in fact, be measured separately, if possible. On a curve, the tape measure should follow the curvature. It is possible for curved skidmarks to be what are called yaw marks. Yaw marks occur when a tire tries to rotate in one direction while sliding in another.
Yaw marks can also yield information about speed, direction of travel, and point of impact. Skidmarks are dark and have clear beginnings and ends, as opposed to tire imprints and scuff marks which tend to show tread or stipples and are not as affected by driver actions as skidmarks. Marks occur because small particles of rubber are torn off the tires and internal tire temperatures average between 200 and 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The principle is one of kinetic energy — energy varies as the square of speed — where foot-pounds (kinetic energy) are transformed by sliding into heat energy (stopping energy). By the law of conservation (of energy), energy cannot be created or destroyed, so the energy of motion must be equal to the energy of stopping. Another principle is that of centrifugal force, which is used when there is an impact, and holds regardless if the brakes have been locked or not.
Centrifugal force always resists the direction the operator is trying to control. It produces skidmarks which are less visible and often curved. These type of tire marks are called impending, because the wheels are just about to stop rotating. By contrast, locked marks are usually straight and left by a nonrotating wheel. It's important to collect information about both impending and locked wheel skids.
When known facts are entered into a computer, the computer can then generate conclusions based upon assumptions in the software being used. Animations are one form of forensic reconstruction. Other forensic experts have been doing reconstructions for years, to try to figure out what a disappeared person would look like after 10 years, for example.
Forensic animators, however, use animation and computer-aided design (CAD) software to make images of auto crashes and crime scenes. Their creations try to answer questions like: what was the driver's view on the foggy night or what the witness could and couldn't see from a third-story window. Sometimes, the testimony is a frame-by-frame demonstration. Other times it's a full motion video simulation. Simulation (expert testimony) is given greater scrutiny by the court than demonstration (adjuncts to testimony).
A simulation often involves the mathematical capability to project different possible outcomes of what happened. Forensic computer animations are subject to strict discovery and disclosure rules. Under Frye standards, it must be determined what field of science is involved: physics, engineering, or accident reconstruction. Under Daubert standards, calculation accuracy/error must be computed.
It must also be determined that probative value outweighs prejudicial effect. Experts must be able to explain the factual basis for the animation (sometimes the software's algorithms), the kind of computer they're using, where they received their information, and the expert numbers they were given. In many ways, the credibility of the reconstructionist depends upon the credibility of the investigator.


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The Unravelled Watch
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Poem by: LilLoCksea
The Watch
Come to me you thread of a guy
no need to hide, its true-you know your slay.
Appearing to be in truce,
but as the time with pure in-take glows;
every peice of truce is in a rebellion recluse.
Watch the night pass the sky,
watch me take a breath in sigh,
your unravelling, sweet secrets are drowning.
Watching as you fall apart,
take another round on the mary-go-round,
spin your head, now spin back in!
say your prayers and become one...
Watch me as I run...
watch me as I reach my slumber.
Finally peace! but yet no thunder.
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love the picture of the owl ")not sure what to make of this one? but i like it none the less. you are watching a boy you like but are to shy to approach him even though you are fasinated by him? but then it says "watching as you fall apart" is someone on the path of self destruction? very poetic and intriguing. hope you can shed some light on it for me " )
yeah somthing like that...its not really a boy its more based on man...mankind if you will...its about how even though they have people that care about them that they would still keep secrets and lie...and at one stage in life they will fall apart as their secrets unravel and then those people that cared will be to far in the distance..'watch me as i run'....then it also says 'finally peace!but no thunder' emphasizing on how peace could mean rest and eternal life...hope that helps a 'lil..;)
Ok truthfully ... And it's hard for me to say this because I truely love alot of your other work. Personally I did not connect with this peice, I struggled to get into the flow of the poem.
What let it down for me was the first stanza .. Is it stanza? :-$
I found a flow after that but missed the message.
This is not your fault your writing is beautiful, others may find it more to their taste.
I'm really sorry about this comment, I thought I owe it to you and tell the truth rather than one line of a lie. :-)
Keep writing and kmu updated on any of your work I am a fan xx
haha noooo,,i really do appreciate honesty* so thank you so much! and yeah i know this poem was bit of a risk since i knew not everybody was gonna get it or would be able to relate to it...but its simply because its very personal and well hidden....it seems like a good story...yet the story is unknown....just like our futures;)
This is one that isn't too easy to get, eluded in mystery a bit. Think I got it. Some good lines here.
I like the merry-go-round metaphor in this piece. It has a good flow. Well done.
thanks for your reply and yes it helped a lot ") yeah the secrets and lies that are kept usually always come out in the wash. finally peace, well i believe when we die that we see our lives from the outside and all the mistakes we made and lessons learnt. we also find out all the secrets and lies and see the reason why they were made in the first place. there is a reason for evrything whether we think it is valid or warranted or not. there is a great song that elvis sung called "walk a mile in my shoes" which refers to people judging others with out living their life and with their personality. this why i never judge although i will never tolerate people hurting the innocent ")
We all hold secrets until teh day we die, there is only one person that knows our inner selves and that is us. We share what we want and keep those things at bay that we dare not discuss with others. nice work
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Calling all Donna Pinciotti fans! OK, so it's not exactly the same redhead from That '70s Show, but Laura Prepon is back on the small screen with a lighter 'do and a big role — playing Mom on the new ABC drama October Road, which airs a new episode tonight at 10 pm/ET. While she's no Kitty Forman, her 28-year-old character, Hannah, does balance a job, a relationship and parent-teacher meetings. But her biggest struggle is her high-school sweetheart (played by Bryan Greenberg) rolling back into town after a decade's absence and dragging the past along with him. TVGuide.com talked to the fun, enthusiastic Prepon about her "awesome" character, grand gestures and her Jersey upbringing that brings it all full circle. Plus, a look at her directing debut and her own review of another new show.
TVGuide.com: So I've already watched the first four episodes of October Road, and I like the story.
Laura Prepon: Yeah, the vibe of the show is pretty different... the music, too. There aren't a lot of pop hits in there, it's all Rush and Journey.
TVGuide.com: It's funny you bring that up, because I kept thinking about how much I liked the music as I was watching.
Prepon: Well, it's nostalgic. Whenever I hear any of that music, it brings me back to that comfortable place. The music is definitely a really big part of the show. [Writers] Scott Rosenberg, Josh [Appelbaum] and Andre [Nemec] did that deliberately.
TVGuide.com: What made you sign on for this show?
Prepon: I got the script for October Road a week after I wrapped That '70s Show, and I was like, "Oh, my god, ['70s] was the best job in the world, I just want to focus on my films." Even though all these movie stars are doing TV now, like Hugh Jackman [with the CBS pilot Viva Laughlin] and Minnie Driver [The Riches], I still wanted to focus on my films. My manager, Paul Brown, who I've been with for 11 years, was like, "Look, I know your taste, you're going to love this. It's written like an independent film — you have to read October Road." I knew that Scott wrote Beautiful Girls, which I love, so I read it and loved it.
TVGuide.com: Hannah has such an interesting story and it creates a complicated character. She's hurt by the past, confused in the present, surviving on her own....
Prepon: Isn't she f--kin' cool?! I love her. It's pretty crazy, because here she is, in love with this guy [Greenberg's Nick], they thought they were going to be together forever, and he's going on a six-week trip, but really she knows that he's leaving [for good]. Imagine that happening and then 10 years later, you've moved on. [Hannah] now has a new boyfriend, is dating the guy who we all hated in high school, and has a 10-year-old son.
TVGuide.com: It all creates so many storytelling possibilities.
Prepon: Yeah, and Warren Christie (Battlestar Galactica) who plays my new boyfriend, Big Cat (Ray), is so great at playing that role, because he's endearing and you actually really like Big Cat. The casting on this show was so smart, because that character could have been a typical, by-the-book guy who was a d--k, but Warren gives him so many different levels. Same thing with Tom Berenger. Some guy could come into that commander role and be the gruff dad who doesn't really speak, but Tom brings so many levels to that guy, you totally feel for his character.
TVGuide.com: Even Slade Pearce, who plays your son Sam, is great.
Prepon: He's rad! [Laughs] He's hilarious. It's insane, he's so smart.
TVGuide.com: How is it playing a mom?
Prepon: All my friends always tell me I have a maternal instinct. Even when my sister gave birth to her son, I picked him up and it was so natural to me. It just isn't something that freaks me out. Most of my friends are guys, and my house is like the central stomping ground of our group, so in between auditions and meetings, they come over, I make them food, they hang out, and then they go about their day. So playing a mom wasn't weird to me at all. Even though Slade is 10 years old, what's so cool about Hannah is she doesn't treat him like a kid — her son is her best friend.
TVGuide.com: I noticed that she doesn't talk to him like she's the mom.
Prepon: I think kids know when you're speaking condescendingly toward them. Whenever I'm around kids, I always try to talk to them like I would anybody else, except for maybe cutting back on my swearing, which Slade charges me a dollar for every time. [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: Without revealing too much, there's this grand gesture that goes down at the Pumpkin Fest in an upcoming episode. Have you ever had a guy try to impress you like that?
Prepon: That's a good question. My boyfriend got me a horse one year, but that doesn't really count. That isn't like Say Anything. I need a Lloyd Dobler moment. Guys are always too scared to do anything to me, they're always so intimidated. [Laughs] And the boyfriend I'm with now, I picked him up at a bar, so let me just think about this for a second.... No one's asked me that question yet.
TVGuide.com: The horse story is pretty funny, though.
Prepon: Yeah. He brought me to the stables, showed me the horse and said, "It's yours." It's a really great gesture, but it's not like standing on a street corner with a boombox over your head. Definitely nothing like Slade did to Amanda. [Sings] "Amandaaaa!"
TVGuide.com: Well, I loved that scene. It suited the small-town feel of Knights Ridge, where everybody knows everybody.
Prepon: There are so many towns like that across the United States, and that's the thing I love about the show. You feel like you know this place exists somewhere, like you know these people. Dude, when I go back to Jersey, I'm sorry, but some of my friends still live with their moms, some of them drive tow trucks or snow-plow trucks, most of them work in construction or at a gas station. The characters on this show, I know these people, it's so freaky. No matter where you are or what walk of life [you're from], there's somebody on the show you relate to.
TVGuide.com: That's exactly what I wanted to ask you, because I grew up in Jersey, too....
Prepon: Dude, get out!
TVGuide.com: So I thought you'd also relate to Knights Ridge.
Prepon: Oh, totally, besides the fact that my character is awesome, and the creators and everybody are so great. Here's the thing: It's not a CSI, it's not a doctor show — which, don't get me wrong, you've got to love Grey's Anatomy; we're following them, so I'm glad everyone loves them — and we don't have a crazy hook or explosions or a meteor hitting Earth. It's literally thirtysomething meets Beautiful Girls. Our show is about these people and these relationships, which is what all of us deal with every day. That's why I hope people will like it.
TVGuide.com: I talked to Bryan last week, and he was saying how he was nervous at first because it's not gimmicky like Lost or 24. Do you have that feeling at all?
Prepon: This isn't cliché, I'm actually sincere about this, but I always just try to do work that's going to be with an incredible group of people, a really great product, and a character that speaks to me and really challenges me, and this girl does that. And also, it's someone I want to play every day. Like, I loved playing Donna. It was such a great first thing for me. From here, I'll do movies on my hiatus, but this seemed like the perfect next step. It's like '70s was high school and college, and then you step out in the real world, and now I'm playing a woman who has a kid with all these real human emotions in serious situations.
TVGuide.com: It does seem fitting.
Prepon: It's a natural transition, and I'll continue with my directing, which I'm all about. You're always nervous, like, "Oh, my god, are people going to like it?" Dude, Little Miss Sunshine is such an incredible movie and people didn't even want to make that at first. You just never know. If everybody knew what was going to be a hit, there wouldn't be so many canceled pilots every year. All I know is, we are so proud of [October Road], we stand behind every frame that's on the screen.
TVGuide.com: Do you all have fun on the set? Any poker going on in between scenes, since I know you're a fan?
Prepon: We have so much fun. Most of the guys actually don't play poker! Only myself, Bryan and Warren played a bit. When the show goes [on hiatus], I'm going to teach everybody how to play so we can have a weekly game.
TVGuide.com: Do you miss the '70s cast? Still talk to anyone?
Prepon: Oh, yeah, all the time. I just talked to Wilmer [Valderrama], I saw Topher [Grace] a couple weeks ago, I see Ashton [Kutcher] and Mila [Kunis], I see Danny [Masterson] all the time.... I did The View [last week] and Debra Jo [Rupp] called me right after and said, "I watched you!"
TVGuide.com: What's lined up on the movie front?
Prepon: I want to direct my first feature, Abide with Me, this year. I could go out and get money for the film just based off of, "Hey, I want to direct a movie, I'm blah-blah-blah," but I would never do that. I want to get money for the right reasons and have actors sign on because they believe in my work as a director and they know I know what I'm doing. I've been taking a film class for a couple of years, but I never wanted to step behind a camera until I was fully in control of what I wanted to put on the screen and how I'd want to affect an audience. So I took scenes from the movie and directed a short film. Now I can send it to actors who I want to be in the movie and be like, "Look, watch this, just so you know to give me a shot at this," because they wouldn't deserve anything less. When you're on a set, it's such a close-knit, collaborative thing, if you don't trust your director, the project is done. I want to do everything I can so my actors have faith in me before we step foot on a set.
TVGuide.com: Well, good luck with everything.
Prepon: Thanks for watching all the episodes of October Road, that was really sweet of you.
TVGuide.com: Well, I couldn't really stop since I had them all.
Prepon: I was like that with The Riches. When I was [guest-hosting] The View, we had to interview Minnie Driver, so they sent me three episodes and she is great in it. Talk about a complicated character! It's interesting because Eddie Izzard is serious in it, yet when you think of Eddie Izzard, you think of a stand-up comic. I kept on waiting for him to go into something funny. Like when Ashton and Wilmer started doing movies, everybody was waiting for them to go into their funny bit, and I found myself doing that with Eddie Izzard. If all you do is comedy, you have to break out of that.
TVGuide.com: That's funny, because I just watched The Guardian [starring Kutcher and Kevin Costner] and I was like, "Wow, this is a different side of Ashton."
Prepon: Yeah, you keep waiting for him to trip over a table or something!
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Take a step back in time at the Carthage Fitz Randolph House Inn
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:30:00 GMT —
It is hard to miss the majestic beauty of the
Fitz Randolph House Inn
Located at 262 Main Street in Carthage, its current owners Steve and Karol Carr say that opening up a bed and breakfast was not their original plan when they purchased the grand old home nine years ago.
"We purchased the home, realized it was entirely too big for just the two of us, tried to find a creative way to make use of the space and kind of provide a service for the city of Carthage," Karol said.
The house features
five unique bedrooms
filled with beautiful furniture. Each bedroom has its own unique name like the Turret Suite, The Nursery Suite and the Curtis-Black Suite.
But that's not the only unique thing about the home according to Steve Carr.
"What makes it unique is all the detail in the woods and everything you see here, the windows, the spindles, the stairway, all the details were done by hand," Steve said. "Everything was built by hand, fitted by hand without the benefit of all the power tools and conveniences that we have today. And we try to recreate these things, it really makes you appreciate the skill and the craftsmanship of the people who built this house in 1873."
But not everything is from 1873.
The house also features a modern kitchen complete with a microwave and dishwasher for guests to use.
And when the weather is right, you can spend some time out on the beautiful wrap-around porch.
The Carr's consider themselves caretakers of a precious legacy.
"We like to think that we're conservators," Karol said. "We appreciate and value antiques and the ambiance of the old house and that's a lot of what we sell here is the experience of staying in bed and breakfast surrounded by antiques and the different style of life from the 1870s or 80s."
Steve and Karol encourage you to stop by, ring the bell, and discover for yourself the historic beauty of the Fitz Randolph House Inn.
KHQA will be coming to you live from Carthage for our Mountain Dew Days of Summer event on Thursday, July 31.
Come out and watch your KHQA News at Five and your KHQA News at Six live from the square, participate in fun activities for all ages and watch the animated movie "The Nut Job" at dusk!
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In her four years as the assistant county attorney for the Shelby County Commission, Christy Kinard has been a key part of drafting three sets of Shelby County charter amendments and the first proposed metro consolidation charter to go to local voters in 39 years.
(Photo: Lance Murphey)
"I think that because of my strong research and writing skills, it only seems fitting that I moved into the legislative area," Kinard said this week as her job description changed.
For the last four years, Kinard has been the commission's parliamentarian, sitting by the chairman at the body's twice-a-month meetings and attending the committee sessions on the weeks between the meetings of the full commission.
Kinard has been the voice viewers have heard reading items from the agenda during the webcast of commission meetings. Her duties have included providing legal advice to the numerous appointed boards and commissions that are also part of county government.
This week Kinard became part of Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell's staff as legislative affairs adviser. She remains an assistant county attorney.
Her new job is representing the Luttrell administration locally and before the Tennessee legislature.
Kinard cited the influence of former Shelby County Attorney Brian Kuhn, who hired her as an assistant county attorney in 2006 after she worked in the office as a paralegal and had clerked in the office as a student at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis.
"I feel that I've followed the path of public service and I've been able to work in the legal field, which is something I was always interested in," Kinard said.
But her interest wasn't always exclusively on being an attorney. In high school, she wanted to be a police officer.
"Eventually, I ended up in the paralegal program at State Tech (now Southwest Tennessee Community College) and still found my way into the legal field," she said. She worked for several attorneys starting in 1993 after earning her associate's degree and then pursuing a degree in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Memphis.
"I had worked as an auxiliary probation officer volunteer through juvenile court, having done my internship there when I was an undergrad at the University of Memphis," Kinard said. "I also interviewed with the Secret Service to work as a special agent. Then I applied to law school and got admitted much quicker than the other options were working out."
For the charter amendments, Kinard's job was to find the right legal wording for what the commission proposed to add and subtract from the existing charter. She also worked to word the amendments in such a way that people who aren't attorneys or part of county government can understand them.
Another consideration was streamlining the charter so that a topic covered in one part of the charter was not repeated multiple times but still remained clear.
Kinard stresses her role as an attorney on that and other matters was very specific.
"We only advise on legal matters, not on policy matters," she said. "My role was really about advising about what the law provides in terms of how they want to proceed (and) also to advise on how to make changes to particular laws in the event they were prohibited from doing things in the fashion they wanted to do it."
The commission submitted two sets of charter amendments to voters in the 2008 referendum. Voters rejected one that included expanding the existing limit of two consecutive terms on the mayor and commission to three consecutive terms and including other countywide elected officials in the term limits.
The rejected set of charter amendments was revised to extend the current limit of two consecutive terms to the other countywide elected officials and was approved by voters in the last election of 2008.
By then, the proposal to consolidate the Memphis city and Shelby County governments was taking shape.
The metro charter was voted down in 2010. Like the charter amendments, part of Kinard's role in the process was working with the appointed charter commission to reflect what the commission wanted in the charter in the simplest and most understandable wording possible.
There were also certain elements the charter had to have that are basic to any county government in the state.
Both commissions noted her attention to detail and organizational skills as both sets of proposals went to voters.


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Driving through a thunderstorm can be harrowing at times. Bridges are known to be especially slick during heavy rains, and even more so if you're traveling on your own two - or four - feet. One stormy night in Kansas City, two police officers stumbled upon a deer in distress. Deer are not very adept at crossing roads, and the slippery surface of the bridge made it extra difficult for this little one.
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A Tale of Two Cheek Piercings
e all I have heard about cheek piercings and how almost everyone I know
has had raunchy ecperiences with them and had to eventually take them out, I
wanted to get mine done anyways. I have always been a pretty quick healer,
with only one piercing ever getting infected before (conch). So I went to
SanDiego to visit my friend's Andy and Eddie in there new piercing shop, and
we decided Eddie would pierce my cheeks. I had been wanting them done for a
while, and had never been pierced by Eddie yet, and got to do it in his new
shop, so it was pretty exciting for personal reasons.
I was pretty excited
when we did it, and only moderately nervous to reach in to my mouth and feel
how fleshy and thick cheeks are...I really can't remember if we used clamps or
not, I was so anxious. All I remember is feeling the needle go through, and
how this felt better than any piercing I have ever had before. It felt soooooo
good! It had the pressure of getting a shot at the dentist. It felt so good I
was glad I was getting two done :)
Eddie was an increidble piercer...he
has a very peaceful demeanor, and is sweet as can be. Their shop is as clean
as it should be, and the atmosphere is very professional and cosy at the same
time. I know there are a million piercings shops in SanDiego...but I would
have to say theres is one of the best, and I would trust Eddie and Andy with
my body completely, no matter what I could want done.
My cheeks swelled
instantly, and within 24 hours one was infected. I think part of this had to
be from being on vacation and things going kind of wierd...I was not in my
environment and my son was pretty sick so I was stressed out. Even though it
was infected it still felt to good to feel the steel on the inside of my
cheeks. I felt like I was getting shots all day long:)
When I got home I
went to the doctors and got on antibiotics because the infection just wasnt
going away no matter what I did. And I dont normally go to doctors or go on
antibiotics. And I do take very good care of my piercings. I spent 40 minutes
a day doing sea salt soaks and went on my antibiotics, and the infection went
away. But it was back again in the other side in a month. Antibiotics
again...and I was starting to get a little sick of that. So on and off it
seemed like they were starting to heal, then they would get gross again.
Months and months of everytime my boyfriend went to kiss me he had to ask me
to wipe off my piercings first. Pretty nauseating :)
But I loved them, so
I just kept putting all of my energy into healing them, doing reiki on my
face all day, taking all my herbs, etc. They were by far my favorite
piercings and I wanted them to heal! But I eventually wound up on antibiotics
TWICE more. I had taken more medicine for these than I had taken for being
sick in years.
One day I could feel them getting infected for the fifth
time, and decided I would try it once more. I hate doctors and all their
medicines, but I really wanted these to stay in me and work out. So I was
going to hold out for the weekend and go getting medicine one more time. But
by that night they were so bad and swollen I was trying to get the jewelry
out with a pair of new pliers. My face was so swollen I just cut up the
inside of my mouth trying. Luckily there was one piercing shop that I knew
people at still open for 10 minutes, so I ran down there and got them out. It
was pretty gross. There was LOTS of infection...and my body was pretty happy
to have them out even though it made me want to cry.
Despite all this, I am going to try again with them someday, and hopefully Eddie can do it again. I am at a different place in my life right now, so maybe next time it will work out better. But I wanted to type this out anyways so people can be aware of what they may be in for getting these done... I would suggest this as a good play piercing, though, it honestly feels so good. I am getting suspended next month and I am going to do play piercings on my cheeks for the first time by myself while I hang... Atleast now I have the cutest dimples in the world...:)
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Teaching about Prayer1 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." 2 Jesus said, "This is how you should pray:*"Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.3 Give us each day the food we need,*4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.And don't let us yield to temptation.*" 5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: "Suppose you went to a friend's house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,6 'A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.'7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, 'Don't bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can't help you.'8 But I tell you this—though he won't do it for friendship's sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.* 9 "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 "You fathers—if your children ask* for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."Jesus and the Prince of Demons14 One day Jesus cast out a demon from a man who couldn't speak, and when the demon was gone, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed,15 but some of them said, "No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan,* the prince of demons."16 Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority. 17 He knew their thoughts, so he said, "Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A family splintered by feuding will fall apart.18 You say I am empowered by Satan. But if Satan is divided and fighting against himself, how can his kingdom survive?19 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said.20 But if I am casting out demons by the power of God,* then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you.21 For when a strong man like Satan is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe—22 until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings. 23 "Anyone who isn't with me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with me is actually working against me. 24 "When an evil* spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.'25 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.26 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before." 27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, "God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!" 28 Jesus replied, "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."The Sign of Jonah29 As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, "This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah.30 What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man* will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God. 31 "The queen of Sheba* will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.32 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.Receiving the Light33 "No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket.* Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house. 34 "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is bad, your body is filled with darkness.35 Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.36 If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light."Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders37 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table.*38 His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom.39 Then the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness!40 Fools! Didn't God make the inside as well as the outside?41 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over. 42 "What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,* but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 43 "What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces.44 Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on." 45 "Teacher," said an expert in religious law, "you have insulted us, too, in what you just said." 46 "Yes," said Jesus, "what sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the burden.47 What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago.48 But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!49 This is what God in his wisdom said about you:* 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.' 50 "As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God's prophets from the creation of the world—51 from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be charged against this generation. 52 "What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don't enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering." 53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.
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Effect of surfactant on TiO2/UV mediated heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of DDT in contaminated water
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Keywords: photocatalysis, DDT, surfactant, TiO2/UV
Abstract:The toxic effects from the use of pesticides are of great concern to the environment. The pesticides containers are not treated according to the Mexican normativity and hence increase the pollutant levels in the environment, so we propose to clean these containers with surfactant for a further photocatalytic TiO2 treatment. Recently it has been demonstrated that semi conducting nanomaterials mediate the photo catalytic oxidation of the organic compounds that degrade pollutants. When the semi conductors are exposed to UV light, redox reactions occurs at the surface of the catalyst generating, hydroxyl radicals and superoxide ions which induces the oxidation process. The use of surfactants could increase the pesticides removal from the containers that can be degraded through remediation by photocatalysis, however, the presence of this surfactant could inhibit the free radicals produced during the catalysis. Conclusion: After this study we conclude that the best result for the degradation is found to be at 200ml/L air flow and CMC concentration of the surfactant. This surfactant concentration does not inhibit the generation of free radicals involved in pesticides photocatalytic degradation, the degradation time is reduced to 40 minutes for o,p-DDT and DDE, and to 10 minutes for p,p-DDT


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Argo's Rory Cochrane and Five Other Incorrectly Predicted Breakout Movie Stars
Wiley Wiggins? Ryan Phillippe? C. Thomas Howell?
Argo starts frantically: An embassy is stormed, paper is burned and/or shredded, and people with guns yell a lot. Yet, there is one American diplomat that appears cool as a cucumber. It's because underneath that mustache lies Rory Cochrane, the actor best known for playing the undeniably cool Lucas in Empire Records. Seeing him in a critical and commercial blockbuster like Argo isn't a surprise. No, the surprise is that he hasn't been in more of them in the seventeen years since his supposed breakout role. Sometimes it's hard to predict breakthrough success, and often the most heralded member of a teen-movie ensemble isn't actually the one who ends up on top. Except for Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. That worked out just fine.
Movie: The Outsiders, 1983
Supposed Breakout: C. Thomas Howell
The Praise: Variety: "Howell is truly impressive, a bulwark of relative stability in a sea of posturing and pretense."
Eventual Star: Tom Cruise
Movie: Dazed and Confused, 1993
Supposed Breakout: Wiley Wiggins
The Praise: Reel Views: "Most memorable of all is Wiley Wiggins' Mitch, who performs almost every scene (including one where he buys his first six-pack) with an affecting blend of charm and realism."
Washington Post: "The mostly first-time performers in this ensemble drama are too numerous to outline, but ... there's sweet-faced Wiley Wiggins, an eighth grader who grimly anticipates the ritual beating he's in for — not only today, but probably for the whole summer."
Eventual Star: Ben Affleck
Movie: Empire Records, 1995
Supposed Breakout: Rory Cochrane
The Praise: Chicago Sun-Times: "It's a good thing the trip to the casinos opens the movie, because Cochrane's performance is the best thing in Empire Records ... [He has] unmistakable screen presence."
Eventual Star: Renée Zellweger
Movie: Clueless, 1995
Supposed Breakout: Alicia Silverstone
The Praise: Variety: "Silverstone, who's not only adorable but possesses a real comic flair."
San Francisco Chronicle: "Silverstone proves herself a major talent."
Eventual Star: Paul Rudd
Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999
Supposed Breakout: Julia Stiles
The Praise: New York Times: "Still, 10 Things I Hate About You has its charms, most notably Julia Stiles's brash, cheeky portrayal of Katarina Stratford ... Ms. Stiles, whose slightly rushed, impatient delivery sometimes recalls the young Jane Fonda, lets enough sweetness seep into her portrayal to lend even the nastiest retort a hint of forgiveness."
Entertainment Weekly: "The young actress Julia Stiles, in her first major role, casually plays against her luminescent Pre-Raphaelite glow. At times, her hot-blooded earthiness recalls Cate Blanchett's in Elizabeth."
Eventual Star: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Movie: Cruel Intentions, 1999
Supposed Breakout: Ryan Phillippe
The Praise: Village Voice: "It's the Valmont role that's the litmus test, though — would all these women fall for this shit? The question has come up in every previous version, but Phillippe's supremely cocksure performance dismisses it out of hand."
Variety: "Since Sebastian's personality varies depending on who he's with, the role provides Phillippe plenty of opportunities to display his considerable skills.
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- HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze
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this my first guide so i hope i doing good :)
I always use Exhaust and ignite cuz, if you use exhaust on 1vs1 he be blinded and you can finish him easy.
Ignite is lovely for if they run with low hp use ignite on them and KO.
My build is : First long sword for extra damage for the firstblood.
if it goes good with money get sword of the occult but if u are in trubble with money better get avarica blade.
next item is boots of swiftniss for movement speed.
next item is sword of the occult cuz garen is a good kill maker so you can get good stacks. then get again a avarica blade for extra crit and extra gold regen...
Next item is youmuu's ghostblade cuz its crazy good for garen.
you can activate it and run fast to the enemy and finish him also gives good crit change and more. the next item is on how you want to play garen its like if you dont got tank in your team better get warmog's armour but if you got a good tank in your team better get frozen mallet cuz if you attack your enemy it slows him and you get more time to finish him.
the final item is like almost the best for garen its the : infinty edge cuz it gives garen incredible good crit attacks and attack damage. and if you then got much money i should go for the warmog's armour or if you bougth warmogs instead of frozen mallet buy frozen mallet.
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Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge (tp), Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Gene Krupa (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl)
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This de luxe 2-CD Box Set of previously unissued live recordings, includes a 16-page booklet plus a facsimile reproduction of the original German program that was handed during JATP's 1956 European tour.
In superb Hi-Fi Digitally Remastered sound, the only unreleased and undocumented Jazz At The Philharmonic show to see the light of day in recent years. What makes this extraordinary discovery so special is the consistently high level of invention, musicality, inspiration, excitement, sense of swing, and the relaxed spirit of happiness that pervades virtually every moment of this Hamburg concert that took place during JATPs fifth annual tour of Europe. There is no arguing that Norman Granz made, with the JATP concerts, his most spectacular contribution to the history of jazz.
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02. My Man Featuring Dizzy Gillespie (6:02)
03. The Modern Set (6:38)
04. Jam At JATP #2 (14:48)
05. My Man #2 Featuring Dizzy Gillespie (6:47)
06. The Modern Set #2 (7:17)
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b) A Ghost Of A Chance Featuring Illinois Jacquet (3:50)
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d) Lullaby Of The Leaves Featuring Dizzy Gillespie (2:30)
08. Drum Boogie Featuring Gene Krupa (5:51)
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02. Easy Does It (7:25)
03. Airmail Special (5:58)
04. Elevation (3:07)
05. How High The Moon (6:27)
06. Seven Come Eleven (3:58)
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08. It Might as Well Be Spring (3:27)
09. Hard Hearted Hannah (3:01)
10. I Love Paris (3:08)
11. Lover Come Back To Me (2:21)
12. Lullaby Of Birdland (2:48)
13. I Cant Give You Anything But Love (4:27)
14. I Want You To Be My Baby (1:40)
15. Lady Be Good Featuring the full JATP ALL STARS (9:58)
"An outstanding JATP discovery! , June 1, 2007, Fresh Sounds has put together an outstanding 2-CD box with richly illustrated booklets from Norman Granz's Feb. 29, 1956, Jazz at the Philharmonic Concert in Hamburg, Germany. Ella Fitzgerald and the Oscar Peterson Trio (with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, plus drummer Gene Krupa) present 15 classics on one disc. The JATP All Stars (trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge, plus saxophonists Flip Phillips and Illinois Jacquet) join Peterson, Ellis, Brown and Krupa for jams, modern jazz, ballads and a Krupa drum solo on the second CD. The sound is outstanding throughout. Many of the first JATP recordings were issued on Verve, and several others followed when Granz moved to Pablo. This is the first new JATP recording issued in recent years, and it belongs in any serious fan's collection. With Granz, Fitzgerald, Krupa and too many other All Stars gone now, we can only hope more of these once-in-a-lifetime sessions will turn up in the near future."
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A response to Christian Sandvig's extensive but harsh comment on Data Dealer
Thanks for your extensive feedback, also for all the positive points you made. You're one of the first reviewers to take such a close look at our game design and you've mentioned many things we've been discussing intensely since we started the development of Data Dealer back in 2011.
In general we didn't want to develop a complex data mining simulation game which offers a 100% accurate representation of today's personal data ecosystem. We had to simplify things to achieve what we wanted to achieve: Creating an easily accessible, casual game – which will attract people who didn't previously engage in issues of personal data and privacy so much. This translation of our topic into a simple, casual game design was one of the hardest parts during development. We repeatedly had days and weeks of discussion about these issues and we've changed some concepts several times. Besides being a small nonprofit group who started to develop this game without any money (and alongside our jobs) this is one of the main reasons it took us such a long time to develop it.
I. Demo vs. full version
I believe some of your acute critique is very true for our demo version, but not for the full version we're planning to finish in the next months:
- The selection of data sources, attributes and clients in the demo version is FAR from perfect, yes. For the demo we just put in some of the many ideas we had collected. This also explains why some aspects are over-emphasized, others under-emphasized, others completely missing. In the full version (it's already 80% finished) you'll have more than 100 database attributes, and of course credit card information as well as browser cookies will be included. And there will be much more variation in the kinds of companies and online ventures you'll be able to run as a player, e.g. public records crawlers, phone surveys, product registration cards, smartphone apps, self tracking apps and of course your own Smoogle, Tracebook and online advertising networks! And there will be many more kinds of clients as well.
- You' wrote that algorithms are not being covered at all in our game and mentioned the "absence of any depiction of the combination of disparate data to produce new insights or situations". And you're right, this is completely missing in the demo. But the good news is: It's already included in the current internal development version! There will be different ways of combining attributes. A very simple example: You'll be able to increase the amount of age and gender information by "analyzing" your profile's first names. There will be "summary" attributes (e.g. combining all kinds of identity information or summarizing all kinds of friends/network information) and score attributes (not only credit score, but also health score and so on). To refer to your "political attitudes" example: In the full version you'll collect the books people are buying and aggregate this information to create a "political attitudes" attribute in your database. In the full version it will be possible to "play" the database.
- In the full version there will be several more ways to get into hot water as a player when acting too carelessly: Privacy regulations, whistle blowers (ehm) and more. And many additional ways to respond to those incidents as a player. You wrote: "It even feels like the makers of Data Dealer are trying to demean themselves". I believe that this ironic turnaround of blaming privacy advocates in our game could be experienced quite differently.
II. The Data Dealer's underground economy
You criticized the "criminal underworld" part of our game. You wrote that no legitimate data mining company would use personal data from sources like that. First, some of them certainly do. In Austria we recently had a case where a very small consumer data agency had systematically paid money to people working at court to make them hand over the data of bankrupted people. The small agency sold this information to a bigger, more serious agency. The boss of the small agency was convicted, the bigger one not. Or let's take for example Choicepoint (now: "Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions"): They've bought so many data collections and whole companies (including their data collections), nobody exactly knows where all their data is from. It's not transparent at all.
But that's not the main point. What we want to show by putting data sources like "Uncle Enzo" (refers to the Sony Playstation online network hack 2 years ago) into our game: Everywhere massive amounts of data are stored, there exists a risk of abuse. On the one hand personal data is abused (semi-)legally by companies or governments, on the other hand there is the risk of abuse through negligence, security holes, disloyal employees, or hacks. So, what could be the motivations for people to abuse personal data? How does social engineering work? But this part won't be as important in the final version.
III. What else?
Moreover you criticized that we included things like celebrity endorsements and ad campaigns. It's a game! When players e.g. can do "fake postings" to advertise their companies ("seeding") then this is not about personal data, right. "Data Dealer" is not just about personal data – there is much more to it...
Finally you wrote that one of the major problems in educational game design is how to offer both effective gameplay and effective education. And you're certainly right. We want both. But it's still a big challenge. We're the first ones trying to make a game about "personal data", so it's crucial for us to get as much feedback as we can.
By the way: Investigating the mistakes in the simplified model we use could maybe even play an important part in our game. Many gamers are used to analyze every tiny single detail of the games they're playing. We've already had the idea to explicitly ask players to discuss what might be "wrong" in our game compared to reality – as a part of the game!
In general "Data Dealer" aims to raise awareness of, but also to provoke conversation about surveillance, personal data & privacy in a new way. But we also want it to be a fun game! It's not easy for us to achieve that with our really small budget. But we're doing the best we can. If you have further ideas on what to change or add, please let us know! We'd be excited (and grateful!) to hear them.
I hope this helps to clarify some of your concerns. If interested: Here's a small report on our background research, here's a TEDx talk I did about our project and here's an interview I recently did with ThinkProgress.
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Arkansas Football Recruiting: Grading the Razorbacks' 2013 ClassFebruary 6, 2013
Arkansas Football Recruiting: Grading the Razorbacks' 2013 Class
Bret Bielema and the Arkansas Razorbacks are off to a good start to the 2013 season.
After much anticipation and concern about whether or not Bielema would be able to bring in recruits after the Hogs' dismal 2012 season, Bielema answered the challenge by signing a host of 4-star and 3-star recruits who will give him the raw materials necessary for his new coaching staff to create a successful team.
Here are the final grades for Arkansas' 2013 recruitment class.
All images and rankings on ensuing slides via 247Sports.com.
One thing necessary to have success in the game of football is options. And Arkansas has acquired two quarterbacks who will give Bielema and his staff just that.
Austin Allen is a 4-star recruit from Fayetteville, Ark. He is ranked No. 17 as a pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 3 in his state.
Damon Mitchell is a 4-star recruit from New Jersey who ranks at No. 12 in the country as a dual-threat quarterback.
These two players will give the Hogs options to choose from and may even each see playing time this season depending on the game scenario.
It's hard to complain about depth and options at a position when a team has two top-ranked quarterbacks with different skill sets who will allow an offense to face whatever opposing defenses throw at them.
Grade: B
Running Backs
The running back position at Arkansas is an enormous opportunity for a young player to come along and make an immediate impact.
All of the players on the current Arkansas roster will be sophomores next year, leaving plenty of chances for a freshman to break into the starting lineup.
Korliss Marshall is a 3-star recruit from Osceola, Ark., who could also play safety. He's 6'0", weighs 190 pounds and is the kind of versatile athlete the Hogs can utilize just about anywhere. They have also signed Denzell Evans, a recruit from Bellaire, Texas.
The crown jewel in this recruiting class is Alex Collins, a 5-star recruit from Florida who has the best chance of consistently playing this season. There is only the small matter of securing his signature, but if he remains committed at Arkansas, he'll be able to pair well with running back Jonathan Williams and the Razorbacks' new offensive line.
The Razorbacks needed some more highly ranked recruits to fill out the position, but a 5-star recruit from Florida attending Arkansas is a testament to the change that Bielema is bringing to Fayetteville.
Grade: C
Wide Receivers and Tight Ends
The Razorbacks did not bring in a lot of recruits to play as receivers. This is troubling given that Arkansas lost two of their best receiving options in wide receiver Cobi Hamilton and tight end Chris Gragg.
Arkansas did manage to bring in tight end Hunter Henry, a 4-star recruit from Little Rock, Ark., and Drew Morgan, a recruit from Greenwood, Ark., who played wide receiver and safety at Greenwood High School.
Maybe Bielema didn't have enough time to shore up receiver recruitment, or maybe he felt like his current roster was already in a strong enough position.
But either way, it would have been nice for the Hogs to have had a few more options at wide receiver.
Grade: C
Offensive Line
Bielema took some strong steps Wednesday to repair the Razorbacks' lackluster offensive line.
The Hogs landed a pair of 4-star offensive guards in Reeve Koehler and Denver Kirkland. They also landed a 3-star recruit in Dan Skipper from Arvada, Colo., and offensive guard Johnathan McClure, an early enrollee from El Dorado, Ark.
Koehler and Kirkland will be in the best positions to make an impact for the Hogs during their freshmen seasons. The offensive guard position is wide open for the Razorbacks, and the opportunity is there for a few 4-star recruits to break into the starting lineup.
The fans are waiting to see how the offensive line improves during the 2013 season, and with two strong recruits, they may not have to wait that long.
Grade: B
Defensive Line
Arkansas' defense finally came together when they played LSU the last game of the 2012 season.
The Hogs only brought two defensive linemen into their 2013 class, defensive tackle Ke'Tyrus Marks and defensive end Tevin Beanum.
Marks is a 6'2", 285-pound 3-star recruit from Florida, one of the geographic areas that Bielema is looking to target for recruitment purposes in the future.
Tevin Beanum is a 6'4", 233-pound 3-star recruit from Forrest City, Ark.
Bielema is known for building strong defensive lines and may have already liked his current roster at Arkansas or fallen victim to time given his short tenure at the job so far.
He needs more candidates to replace the four seniors who graduate this year, but maybe he has something up his sleeve that we haven't seen yet.
Grade: C
Bielema's new crop of linebackers are a solid class of recruits with the potential to line up with current linebackers Otha Peters and A.J. Turner in the fall.
Myke Tavarres is a 6'2", 220-pound early enrollee from California. Brooks Ellis is a 6'2", 215-pound recruit from Fayetteville, Ark. Martrell Spaight is a 6'0", 220-pound recruit from Kansas.
All of them received 3-star rankings, and all of them will have something to prove when they step on the practice field in 2013.
If Bielema's ultimate plan is to take 3-star recruits and coach them to greatness, he's off to a good start at the linebacker position.
Grade: B
Defensive Backs
Bielema will have many options when it comes to safeties and cornerbacks in 2013.
Tiquention Coleman, Alex Brignoni and Melvinson Hartfield are all 3-star recruits. Early enrollee Carroll Washington of California is a 4-star recruit.
The Razorbacks, out of all of the cornerbacks and safeties on their current roster, only lost three seniors this season. The rest are mainly freshmen and sophomores, and the recent batch of solid recruits will ensure that there is plenty of competition and room for growth at the position.
The Razorbacks had difficulty containing runners and stopping the pass in 2012, and fans are eager to see what kind of improvements a defensive-minded coach like Bielema can make to the Hogs' defensive performance this season.
Grade: B
Bielema did a competent job bringing in some solid recruits into the class of 2013.
He landed six 4-star recruits in key positions on both sides of the ball, 11 3-star recruits and (more than likely) a 5-star running back.
His two quarterbacks from this class will present the kinds of options that Bielema and Jim Chaney will need to install just about any kind of offensive scheme they want, and they've taken steps to strengthen the Hogs offensive line and defense, the primary areas of struggle from last season.
New hopes abound with the hire of any coach. All the fans have to do now is wait for the Hogs to take the field in the fall and see what Bielema can accomplish with the pieces he has acquired.
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NASHVILLE - State Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney is accusing the American Civil Liberties Union in Tennessee of using "scare tactics" to "intimidate" public schools into abandoning prayer at high school football games.
In a letter sent Thursday to school superintendents statewide, Devaney says that "with a new week of football games set to kick off, we write today to tell you we stand with you and the millions of Tennesseans who want to express their rights and not cower to the liberal self-interests of a leftwing organization."
Devaney charges that an ACLU-Tennessee letter sent last week to superintendents "misses a very basic principle about the First Amendment: It was written -- not to protect government from religion -- but to ensure religious freedoms are not violated by the government."
Hedy Weinberg, executive director of ACLU-Tennessee, said her letter wasn't directed at student athletes praying of their own accord. It's really aimed at coaches and other employees of government-run schools who push it on students, she said.
"I'm glad that we're on the same page with Mr. Devaney," Weinberg said. "His letter reinforces the central point of our letter -- that the [Constitution's] establishment clause and First Amendment are intended to ensure that religious freedom is not challenged by the government."
The letter battle comes as a different group, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, steps up activity in Southeast Tennessee by challenging pregame prayer traditions at South Pittsburg High School in Marion County, Tenn. Last year, the group targeted Ridgeland High School in Walker County, Ga.
It's a pretty common practice in the South. In a Chattanooga Times Free Press survey conducted last month, 32 public school coaches in Tennessee, Georgia or Alabama professed their Christian faith and said they endorse some form of team prayer.
The coaches consider the increased activity by the Wisconsin foundation a violation of their religious rights and of their ability to mold the boys on their team into moral young men.
"We as coaches fail if we only teach football, so we try to set an example of how a Christian man handles any situation," said Ridgeland High coach Mark Mariakis, who later added "we want to prepare our kids for the battle on Friday nights but we also want to prepare them for the spiritual battle. Make no mistake, there's a spiritual warfare going on and it's for the souls of our kids."
Instead of mentioning the Freedom From Religion group, Devaney takes off after the much better-known ACLU-Tennessee.
The state GOP has also started an online petition, leading one state Democratic legislative official to roll his eyes and speculate if it's an effort to develop a data base of potential contacts for Republicans' political purposes in 2014.
The ACLU-Tennessee, Devaney says in his letter, is "willfully" misrepresenting a point in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe case.
"The Court has found "(n)othing in the Constitution ... prohibits any public school student from voluntarily praying at any time before, during, or after the schoolday," Devaney says.
That's not getting much of an argument from Weinberg, who said the purpose of her letter "was a gentle reminder to school superintendents that they should commit or recommit to protecting religious freedom for all the students in their school system, including the religious freedom of their athletes."
"This letter doesn't talk about student-led prayer," she said. "This letter talks about the role of the coach and the recognition that he or she would be violating the provisions of the First Amendment if they promoted and endorsed religious activities."
In a news release last week, Weinberg said the Supreme Court established in the Santa Fe case from Texas that a district permitting its student body to vote at the beginning of each school year whether or not to have prayers before football games also violates the establishment clause.
But in her letter to superintendents, Weinberg also said "contrary to protests voiced by those who desire to use the public schools as a forum for promoting their particular religious beliefs, the Supreme Court's holding in Santa Fe is not anti-religious and does not interfere with the rights of students, guaranteed by the Free Exercise Clause, to worship and pray according to the dictates of their own consciences."
Absence of school-endorsed prayer from a public school's athletic event "does not impose any burden on the ability of students to personally affirm their religious beliefs," she wrote.
In 2012, Freedom from Religion charged Mariakis had taken players to pre-game church meals, complete with prayers, and that he pressured the public school students to attend a "Christian football camp."
Annie-Laurie Gaylor, co-founder and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said in September that it's not only prayers over the PA system and coaches involved in team prayer that have drawn the foundation's complaints. She cited student-led prayer on public school grounds, saying whether it's over the PA, on the field or in the locker room it violates the Constitution.
"There really isn't any controversy," Gaylor said. "Prayer of any kind, whether it's student-led or not, is not allowed.
That's not the ACLU-Tennessee's view on student-led prayer.
"I can't speak for any other organization," Weinberg said of the Freedom of Religion Foundation. "If we learned that football players could not bring their Bible to school and read it during practice breaks, ACLU would be the first group to support them. If we were told that students couldn't get together in the school yard during recess ... ACLU would protect their right to pray."
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