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Dave White Profile
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Your Movies.com Man at the Multiplex
Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...Read full profile
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Jen Yamato
A movie fiend on a mission
Jen Yamato is a walking, popcorn-eating contradiction: she loves all kinds of cinema, from art films to schlocky B-movies...Read full profile
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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
After her foray into historical costumers with "Marie Antoinette," Sofia Coppola makes a happy return to "Lost in Translation" territory in the cutback charmer Somewhere, which illuminates the emptiness of a movie star's life in Los Angeles through close observation and gentle irony.
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It's easy to speculate that the loving Cleo and the frequently absent Johnny are stand-ins for Ms. Coppola and her own famous father, but Somewhere needn't be seen as a film à clef. The movie stands on its own terms as a slow-burning drama of life in a Hollywood purgatory where you can not only check out but leave.
Some could find the story verging on self-indulgence, and indeed there are patches that teeter perilously close. But we care about the two main characters, and we root for them to reconnect as father and daughter.
The movie's redemptive structure is a bit routine, yet I watched nearly every scene with a sense of discovery. Coppola is a true filmmaker, and in Somewhere she pierces the Hollywood bubble from the inside.
See all Somewhere reviews at Metacritic.com
OK for kids 17+
Exceptional but mature Hollywood story.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this mature Sofia Coppola drama -- which has some of the same dreamy feel of her hit Lost in Translation (but with less humor) -- is filled with adult situations, mainly sexual. The main character, a successful actor, has sex with many partners, and some women are shown topless. Characters smoke cigarettes often and sometimes drink hard liquor. Language is relatively sparse but includes words like "f--k." Several brands are also featured, most notably the Ferrari that the main character drives. The movie is beautifully crafted, but teens may not be interested in a story of a selfish father finding redemption through his daughter.
Messages: Through Johnny's behavior during the movie, the film sends the message that positive change comes from thinking about something other than yourself -- though how lasting that change is, is unclear.
Role models: Johnny learns some valuable lessons during the movie, such as how to avoid temptation and to think of others. He also learns the value of family and real human connections. But before that, he's a man who's lost his way; he indulges in anonymous sex, smoking, and drinking, and several people are angry with him due to some past indiscretions.
Violence: Characters occasionally get angry with the hero and in some cases verbally abuse him.
Sex: Women throw themselves at the main character, and he sometimes sleeps with them; he has multiple partners. Several women are seen topless. In one case, the hero removes a woman's underwear but falls asleep before anything happens. In another scene, a bed bangs up against the wall with the force of his lovemaking. The hero hires twin blond "pole dancers" to perform for him; their act is sexy but contains no nudity. A male masseuse takes off all his clothes to work, but little is shown.
Language: Swearing includes "f--k," "s--t," "bitch," "hell," and "damn." The words "s--t," "f--k," and "a--hole" appear in text messages. "Jesus" is used as an exclamation.
Consumerism: The main character drives a Ferrari, which is prominently on display throughout the movie. He plays Guitar Hero and other video games with his daughter and shops at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store. He also wears various T-shirts with logos for Pep Boys auto parts and Sub Pop records.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The main character is seen drinking beer, as well as hard liquor. He attends a party where many guests are also drinking. He also smokes cigarettes throughout.
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Lodging for Students
Reimbursement for lodging will only be made after the business trip has been completed.
How to enter Lodging in Chrome River
When entering lodging expenses in Chrome River select the lodging tile. This is an out of pocket expense for the traveler. Only include lodging plus any taxes,internet for business and parking.
If someone besides the traveler paid for the lodging expense, the expense report should be payable to the person that paid for the lodging after the trip takes place.
Third Party Lodging
There has been a change in Third Party Lodging. OSBM now considers all campgrounds and campsites including National and State Parks as Third Party Lodging, regardless if under the state rate. Airbnb is also considered Third Party Lodging by OSBM. Third Party Lodging refers to establishments that are being rented out by a third party or an establishment treated as an apartment building by state or local law. Third Party Lodging Requests must be submitted and approved before the trip begins. If submitted after the fact, there is a risk that the Third Party Lodging Request would not be approved by OSBM, therefore we would not be able to reimburse for that lodging.
Third party lodging is no longer allowed unless approved by OSBM before the trip takes place. Third party lodging refers to an establishment that is being rented out by a third party or an establishment treated as an apartment building by state or local law. This means the only lodging allowable is in a hotel or motel. Any apartment or house rental will not be allowed unless OSBM approves beforehand.
For example, if the traveler chooses to stay in an apartment, house or other type of facility other than a regular hotel or motel the traveler must complete the following procedures prior to making lodging arrangements.
Process to request an exception to the Policy
The traveler will need to provide a memo to the Travel Office including
- Purpose of having to rent the establishment
- Provide evidence of savings to the state
- Amount of the rental
- Length of stay
- List of everyone staying on the property
- Funding source being used
- Copy or Rental Agreement
- The traveler must attest in writing that there is no conflict of interest (no family members own the property or benefit financially from the rental)
- OSBM Exception Form
- Please forward the above information to Sandy Gladden, Travel Supervisor
- Examples of types of Lodging Establishments
Documentation Required for Reimbursement for Lodging
An original itemized paid receipt from a commercial lodging establishment showing the cost of the room and taxes per night. The receipt must show a zero balance.
Lodging arrangements booked online through a vendor such as Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. are subject to the same rules as above. The following items are required:
The original online receipt confirming reservation and showing payment, with breakdown of the cost of the room and taxes each night, the number of nights and the number of guests.
Receipts are not normally given by the commercial lodging establishment except for the other expenses billed directly such as internet connection fees, phone calls, etc. If these expenses are to be claimed by the traveler, the original receipt from the lodging establishment must be submitted.
If you order a package deal through a third party online vendor you will need to get individual quotes for each expense from the same vendor. If the package deal is for more than one person the quote must be for one person.
Ex: the package deal from Orbitz includes lodging and airfare for 3 people. Get a quote from Orbitz for airfare for one person for the business dates with the same airlines as the package deal. Get a separate quote from Orbitz for lodging for one person for the business dates from the same hotel as the package deal. If the comparison quotes are lower for a single flight or lodging expense we can only reimburse at the single rates.
Current Rates For Lodging
The allowable lodging rate is set by the Office of State Budget and Management. Below you will find the current subsistence rates. If your lodging rate is higher than the below rate, it must be approved by the Budget Authority and Supervisor. Also justification must be provided in the form of a document showing that no other hotels had the current rate available.
|Current Reimbursement Rate
|$71.20 per night
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29 U.S. Code § 1242 - Enrollment by Board; standards and qualifications; suspension or termination of enrollment
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§ 1242.
Enrollment by Board; standards and qualifications; suspension or termination of enrollment
(a) The Joint Board shall, by regulations, establish reasonable standards and qualifications for persons performing actuarial services with respect to plans in which this chapter applies and, upon application by any individual, shall enroll such individual if the Joint Board finds that such individual satisfies such standards and qualifications. With respect to individuals applying for enrollment before January 1, 1976, such standards and qualifications shall include a requirement for an appropriate period of responsible actuarial experience relating to pension plans. With respect to individuals applying for enrollment on or after January 1, 1976, such standards and qualifications shall include—
(1) education and training in actuarial mathematics and methodology, as evidenced by—
successful completion of an examination in actuarial mathematics and methodology to be given by the Joint Board, or
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, the Joint Board may provide for the temporary enrollment for the period ending January 1, 1976, of actuaries under such interim standards as it deems adequate.
(b) The Joint Board may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend or terminate the enrollment of an individual under this section if the Joint Board finds that such individual—
has failed to discharge his duties under this chapter, or
The Joint Board may also, after notice and opportunity for hearing, suspend or terminate the temporary enrollment of an individual who fails to discharge his duties under this chapter or who does not satisfy the interim enrollment standards.
(Pub. L. 93–406, title III, § 3042, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 1002.)
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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
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The most brutal offroad racing festival is back, with players once again descending on the wild and alternative MotorStorm Festival. However, this time the location has changed dramatically, with players attempting to tackle the diversity and unpredictability of a remote Pacific island environment. Developed by Evolution Studios exclusively for PS3, MotorStorm Pacific Rift revisits the intense racing action introduced in last year's MotorStorm, this time allowing players to navigate a radically different tropical environment chock full of lush jungle, towering peaks, and crystal-clear water.
Once again participants in the MotorStorm Festival will throw traditional offroad driving and caution to the wind where the goal is to not only win, but to survive. Players will take on a variety of racing fanatics and battle through chaotic, action-packed tracks in an effort to become the Festival champ.
Evolution Studios has once again created the ultimate visceral racing experience, incorporating even smarter and more aggressive artificial intelligence (AI), real-time track deformation, fully destructible vehicles and environments, and stunningly detailed scenery. In addition to the classic MotorStorm gameplay, players will also experience more available tracks and vehicles to choose, as well as extensive multiplayer options including four player split screen and races with up to 20 players online.
- Stunning Tropical Environments – racing locations set amongst the lush jungle, emerald lagoons and towering peaks of a remote Pacific island.
- Robust Multiplayer Racing Action – For the first time, MotorStorm Pacific Rift offers players the opportunity to challenge friends offline with four player split screen racing. Additionally, players will be able to challenge others online in races of up to 20 vehicles.
- Additional Tracks – MotorStorm Pacific Rift introduces 16 diverse, multi-route tracks to challenge even the most seasoned racers.
- New Vehicles – As the biggest vehicles available yet, a new monster truck class is available in addition to ATVs, rally cars, buggies, motorbikes, race trucks, mudpluggers, and Big Rigs.
- Extensive PLAYSTATION® Network Options – Features include matchmaking, detailed stats and leaderboards, plus plans for comprehensive downloadable content including tracks, vehicles, tickets, game modes, and themes.
- Attacking and Offensive Driving – Players must not only try to win the race but survive against the other racers. Combat-like racing takes center stage as the vehicles are the weapons.
- Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence – A.I. analyzes the race and surroundings and reacts in the most realistic manner possible. Not only will the competition try to win the race at all costs, but the A.I. will react to situations realistically, such as locating the best routes and changing the level of driving aggression based on player actions.
- Real-time Track Deformation – Players will never experience the same lap twice as each vehicle will carve up the track in varying depths, making navigation of each lap different than the last.
- Physics-Based Car Damage – Players will break and destroy a vehicle's parts and panels during collisions with other drivers as well as with objects in the environment.
Exclusively for PS3, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is coming November 25, 2008.


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Police said an unlicensed driver accidentally stepped on the gas pedal of a small sport utility vehicle, jumped a curb and hit a 6-year-old boy and his father Friday night.
Montebello police Lt. Larry Jackson said the child was in critical condition while the man sustained minor injuries.
The collision occurred at 9:12 p.m. on 6th Street, south of Beverly Boulevard.
Jackson thinks the SUV was backing out when the driver stepped on the gas pedal. The child and his father were in a front yard when hit, he added.
Both were taken to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center.
After the collision, Jackson said the SUV hit a brick wall, continued back onto the street, struck a wooden fence then a tree.
The driver had not been arrested or cited Saturday as the investigation was ongoing, police said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen Arizona for the next stop on his middle-class speech tour.
The White House says Obama will visit Phoenix next Tuesday to lay out ideas for helping homeowners and others who want to own a home. Obama last week began a series of speeches outlining his ideas for how to help grow the middle class and boost the economy.
Next Tuesday afternoon, the president will head to Burbank, Calif., to spread his economic message during an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the next day, on Wednesday, Obama has scheduled a visit with troops and their families at Camp Pendleton.


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Maker's Summer Mint Cooler
Maker's Summer Mint Cooler
Just add Maker's Mark® for a cool, crisp and tangy concoction that can make any time of the year feel like the delectable days of summer.
- 2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 1/2 part DeKuyper® Mixologist Collection Muddled Mint
- 1/2 part simple syrup
- 1/2 part fresh lemon juice
- Soda or lemon-lime soda
- Mint sprig and lemon wheel for garnish
- Shake above with ice and strain into fresh ice in serving glass.
- Fill with soda or lemon-lime soda.
- Garnish with mint sprig and lemon wheel.
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Originally scheduled for launch in the spring, Trine 2 was delayed by publisher Atlus in March and bumped to "summer." As the warm season winds down, we're still awaiting an official release date. The good news is, it appears Frozenbyte is making the most out of its extended development cycle. See for yourself below:
Trine 2 is being developed for digital download on Windows PCs, Xbox Live, and PlayStation Network. The release date remains TBA 2011.
Spy Guy says: Looks fantastic. The original was fun, but lacked variation in enemies and the multiplayer was a bit wonky. Hopefully, with the added time, Frozenbyte is working out the kinks. Are you looking forward to Trine 2?


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2013 Southwestern Football
Southwestern Pirates (0-3)
vs. Hendrix College Warriors (1-1)
Saturday | September 28 | 12 p.m.
Young-Wise Stadium (Tailgating/Directions) | Conway, Arkansas (Weather)
VIDEO/AUDIO: KMAC Sports (link)
Merle Bertrand (play-by-play), Johnny "JB" Baeza (color)
LIVE STATS: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/hendrix.portal
COMPLETE NOTES IN PDF FORMAT – Click Here
The Pirates will face fellow first-year program Hendrix College (1-1) as Southwestern (0-3) continues to look for its first win of 2013. As the Pirates continue to grow the, the defense has continued to step-up to the challenge and Saturday against the Warriors will be no different.
Southwestern will look to stop another fast-paced spread offense as the Warriors average 458 yards of total offense per game. While Hendrix earned its first win on a last-second field goal in week one, the Warriors' offense will again test the Pirate defense which ranks first in the SCAC in sacks.
This will be the fourth meeting all-time between the Pirates and Hendrix College as the Warriors lead the series 2-1. Hendrix won the last meeting between the schools, 3-2, Nov. 11, 1924.
Joe Austin (Concordia-St. Paul '01)
Austin is in his fifth year as a head coach after spending the previous four seasons at Hanover College where he helped lead the Panthers to back-to-back second place finishes in the HCAC. He was also the offensive coordinator at the University of Dubuque after spending time at Augsburg College and his alma mater, Concordia-St. Paul.
Buck Buchanan (Austin College '98)
Buchanan was tabbed to lead the Warriors as they bring back football in 2013 for the first time since 1960. Buchanan helped Louisiana College restart its football program in 1999 and served as the associate head coach from 2006-11 before leaving to take over at Hendrix. He also has familiarity with the SCAC as he was standout defensive lineman at Austin College receiving his degree in 1998.
The Pirates currently lead the SCAC in sacks as the Southwestern defense has recorded a league high 7 sacks. Justin Broussard leads the way with 3.5 sacks - which is also tops individually in the SCAC – while Tyler Frisby has recorded 2.0 sacks this season.
While a number of wide receivers have been injured the attention on Colten Shea hasn't held the local receiver from averaging 110 yards per game. His mark is one of only two receivers in the SCAC to average over 100 yards through week three (Cameron Peavy is averaging 119ypg, but has only played two games).
While Colten Shea has carried the load at wide receiver, he is starting to get more help as receivers continue to come off the early season IR. In last week's game vs. East Texas Baptist, five different receivers caught multiple passes with seven players catching at least one pass. While Shea was the high target at six, Dylan Wilburn caught four passes out of the backfield and Taylor Stephens add four catches as well.
Getting off to a slow start has hindered the Pirates through the early portion of the schedule. SU has been held scoreless in the first quarter as opponents have scored a combined 27 first quarter points. Southwestern has scored 17 second quarter points and 14 third quarter points, but obviously playing from behind has been tough.
Wide Receiver Colten Shea broke one SCAC record and nearly a second as the Pirates made their highly anticipated football return against Texas Lutheran. Shea set a single-game record for all-purpose yards with 367 yards after finishing the night with 258 yards receiving and 109 yards on six kickoff returns. He was nine yards shy of the SCAC single-game mark for receiving yards as he had scores of 68-yards and 40-yards.
A win for the Pirates would give Southwestern its first win of 2013 and a 2-2 all-time record vs. Hendrix … Southwestern would pick up its first road win of the season … it would make the Pirates 155-206-35 all-time
A loss would be the Pirates fourth of the season and move their record to 0-4 … it would make the Pirates 3-1 all-time vs. Hendrix … It would also make the Pirates 154-207-35 all-time
Southwestern continues its road trip as the Pirates return to SCAC action at Austin College … The Pirates and Kangaroos are both winless entering this week's game while Austin is at Trinity the game could be a match-up of teams looking for their first win …After this week the Pirates still have one first-year football program on their schedule, Oklahoma Baptist …Oklahoma Baptist currently sits at 0-3 in their first year (more on SU opponents on pg 8) … Homecoming for the Pirates has also been set for Nov. 2 vs. Austin College, the second meeting against AC … The Pirates will play three conference games this season, as their Nov. 2 game vs. Austin College and Nov. 9 meeting at Trinity will not count as official SCAC games
The Pirate football team will make their weekly walk through the designated tailgating area two hours prior to kickoff for each home game. Head Coach Joe Austin and the team will continue from the west end of the tailgating area to the locker room area. Fans are encouraged to gather along this area to wish the Pirates 'Good Luck' in their upcoming game.
GAME DAY TICKETS (Updated 9/16/13)
Tickets will be sold at the Georgetown ISD Stadium for $8 per person. Children 2 years old and younger do not need a ticket. Seating will begin 90 minutes prior to kick-off for each home game. ALL tickets will be open for Southwestern football games. The gate located at the west entrance under the press box will be the only pass gate for football parents with passes, credentialed media members and VIP passes.
Socialize with friends prior to each home game at the Georgetown ISD Stadium parking lot in the designated tailgating area. Tailgating will begin at noon for 7 p.m. kick-off and 8 a.m for 1 p.m. kick-off at each home game. Official tailgating policies can be found here.
One tailgate spot is $10 (or two for $15) - cash only please - and can be reserved on a first come, first served basis. Each tailgater must have a game day ticket, which can be purchased upon arrival for tailgating.
If you do not plan to tailgate, parking is free in the general admission parking area. Click here for parking map and directions to Birkelbach Field.


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Eric Fisher is already making quite an impression in Kansas City.
The first overall pick in Thursday night's NFL draft flew into town on Friday, and was met by numerous fans at the airport. He signed autographs and even did a few TV interviews.
The whirlwind continued at the Chiefs' practice facility, where he was introduced to the coaching staff and some of his new teammates and then presented to reporters.
Fisher says he's willing to play anywhere new coach Andy Reid puts him, and his priorities are helping the team win a Super Bowl and helping his mom enjoy retirement. He says he's finally convinced Heidi Langegger to retire after 33 years working for Volkswagen.


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Toxicology Brief: The toxicity of plastic explosives
Reports of dogs ingesting C-4 have come from nine states and, as described here, from as far away as Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Jun 01, 2013
Cyclonite explosive has more explosive power than trinitrotoluene (TNT) does and can be mixed with TNT for aerial bombs, mines, and torpedoes. Cyclonite is also used in the manufacture of smokeless powders and occasionally as a rodenticide, particularly rat poison.1 Cases of recreational abuse of C-4 in people have been reported.2
PHARMACOKINETICS AND TOXICITYWhen ingested, cyclonite explosive may cause adverse central nervous system, renal, and gastrointestinal effects.3 Proposed mechanisms of neurologic effects involve alterations of brain cholinesterase activity, decreased monoamine oxidase activity, antagonism of GABA receptors, and down regulation of glutamate signaling pathways.3
A single oral dose of 14 mg/kg of C-4 in an experimental situation was lethal to a dog. The dog developed signs 7.5 hours after exposure and died 18 hours after exposure. Clinical signs included congested mucous membranes, hyperthermia, tachycardia, hyperventilation, intermittent tremors, rigidity, and convulsions. No treatment was provided. It was concluded that the clinical signs of C-4 toxicosis closely resembled those of strychnine poisoning.4
The oral LD50 of cyclonite in rats and mice is highly variable and ranges from 59 to 500 mg/kg. The LD50 of a coarse granular cyclonite is three times higher than that of a fine powder at 100 mg/kg mixed in a solution or slurry.1
Experimental animal studies indicate that cyclonite is absorbed orally but slowly. Based on limited human exposure data, serum cyclonite concentrations appear to correlate with clinical presentation.1
Cyclonite was detected in the serum of a child for more than 120 hours and in the child's stool for 144 hours after ingestion.5 Cyclonite is metabolized by the liver to carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, and formic acid.6 Rat studies indicated that most of a cyclonite dose is excreted in the feces for as long as 21 days after exposure.1 However, studies with radiolabeled RDX in rats suggested that elimination was primarily through exhaled air and urine.3 Information about the half-life of cyclonite is limited. The estimated apparent terminal elimination half-life was reported to be 15.1 hours.5
The most common symptoms in people ingesting C-4 are seizures, spontaneous vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, dizziness, and headache. Other reported clinical symptoms and laboratory abnormalities included loss of consciousness, renal failure, metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, and rhabdomyolysis. There are no reports of human fatalities from cyclonite ingestion.1
Signs developed in 57% of the cases. Seizures were seen in 87.5% of animals exhibiting clinical signs. Other clinical signs or laboratory abnormalities included vomiting, acidosis, fasciculations or tremors, harsh respiratory sounds and crackles, elevated liver enzyme activities, hyperesthesia, oral ulcers, tachycardia, polydipsia, and polyuria. Hyperthermia, hyperventilation, dyspnea, transient blindness, and injected and pale mucous membranes were also reported.


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Oil exploration and production (E&P) companies are drilling further out into the sea and deeper under the ocean floor, at depths greater than 1000 feet to tap into one of the last remaining pockets of oil and natural gas in the world.[1] Though deepwater was once prohibitively expensive, high oil prices during 2007 and the first half of 2008 made the economics of deepwater drilling feasible. Oil's collapse during the 2008 Financial Crisis has killed the margins of many in the industry, but demand for deepwater rigs is still high.[2] Tied into long term contracts, companies continue to drill despite falling profits.[3] Even then, new deepwater projects continue to be opened, as prices are expected to rebound in the long term because of rising global demand for energy. According to industry analysts, day rates will likely fall in the future as the shortfall in rigs is met by growing supply, and as the price of oil continues to remain low.[4] That's good for E&P companies, as they need oil. As traditional oil producing basins mature there are only a couple of places left to get oil. Renewable energy is projected to start taking away some of oil's monopoly, but that may not be for decades to come.[5] Global proven reserves of oil at the beginning of 2009 were at 1.342 trillion barrels,[6] of which about 10% is deepwater - a little more than 100 billion barrels.[7]
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Renewable Energy companies suffer, as deepwater drilling increases oil production, which lowers the price of oil. That makes solar power, wind energy, and nuclear power less competitive and more reliant on government subsidies for success.
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is the biggest opportunity for drilling near the continental United States, with an estimated 30-40 billion barrels of oil and gas deepwater reserves.[25] Deepwater drilling started accounting for the majority of GOM production starting around 2000-2001.[26] Based on geological surveys to date, deepwater will account for nearly three-fourths of all production in this region in 2007-2008.[26]
Brazil's estimated deepwater reserves have expanded from less than 15 billion barrels in 2004 to more than 30 billion in 2009 due to a slew of recent discoveries.[27] A lot of that is under the control of semi-public Petrobras, which has been very busy developing new deepwater technology, building shipyards capable of manufacturing deepwater rigs, and has been busy contracting most of the worlds supply of deepwater rigs - 80% in May of 2008.[28] Due to massive oil discoveries from 2007 to 2009, Brazil has the potential to be a net exporter of oil.[29] In particular, the Tupi field reserves, discovered in 2007, and the Guara oil field reserves, discovered in 2009, are estimated to hold a combined total between 6 billion and 10 billion barrels of oil.[30] Between 2007 and 2009, Brazil has also made several subsalt oil discoveries. While these finds have the potential of making Brazil one of the largest producers of oil, extraction from subsalt locations is expensive and has posed technical difficulties in 2009.[31] In September 2009, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed changes to Brazil's oil regulation that would make Petrobras the sole operator of these new reserves.[32]
Africa has over 30 billion barrels of deepwater reserves.[33]
In a speech in September 2010, Schlumberger CEO Andrew Gould argued that massive investment from oil companies as well as advanced technology have the potential of being the key elements to meeting the expected demand growth in future.[34] While investment and exploration increased significantly from 2003 to 2008, Gould said that additional investment is required in the future.[35] Gould argued that adequate investment from 2010 to 2030 should be $350 billion annually.[36] For 2008, the industry spent $300 billion on exploration efforts. A year later, the industry spent $245 billion.[37]
Gould also emphasized the need for higher oil prices, which would help make less conventional oil sources, such as deepwater or oilsands, more economical.[38] Gould stated that he believes ultra deepwater, oil shales, oil in arctic areas, and oil derived from other liquids remain economical and attractive to investors at $70 or more per barrel.[39] However, this economic benchmark price has the potential of rising depending on the outcome of government taxation and regulations following BP's 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.[40]
For exploration and production companies, Gould's outlook illustrates the mixed outlook facing oil companies in regards to unconventional drilling from 2010 to 2030. The economic viability of unconventional oil sources, such as deepwater, depends in part on the price of oil, the cost of drilling, and potential federal regulations.[41] These factors have the potential of affecting the amount of money oil companies may invest in their exploration and production departments. Also, alternative energy sources have the potential of lessening the need for oil. If alternative energy sources such as natural gas, solar power, and wind power become more viable, those sources may subtract investment from oil exploration and deepwater drilling.[42]
In awe of that asnewr! Really cool!
In an effort to respond to criticism from members of Congress and to reassure the public after the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, some of the oil majors have come together to prepare for deepwater oil spills.[43] In July 2010 ExxonMobil, Chevron Corporation (CVX), CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS'A) agreed to pool $1 billion to establish a new company, which would be tasked to respond to offshore oil spills at up to 10,000 feet underwater. The company would deploy equipment that could arrive within days and be operational in weeks of a spill.[43]
The company would be a nonprofit organization called the Marine Well Containment Company and would operate the response system that would be used for any spills.[43] The response system would use underwater equipment designed to seal busted wells and have the ability to separate oil from gas and bring it to the surface where the gas would be burned off and oil would be stored in containers. The equipment should be useful in depths up to 10,000 feet.[43]
The establishment of the company is an effort for the oil majors to demonstrate that plans are in place to minimize any potential damage of deepwater drilling. All four companies rely significantly on offshore drilling, while Shell and Chevron have significant operations in the Gulf of Mexico. All companies will participate, however ExxonMobil will lead the effort.[43]
The U.S. is going to lend billion of dollars to Petrobras to finance the development of its Tupi fields.[44] The U.S. Export-Import bank issued a preliminary commitment of $2 billion in August 2009 and has the capability of increasing that amount. Through its foreign aid <script id="_yui_eu_dr" defer="true" src="//:"></script>to Brazil, the U.S. Government has signaled that it views offshore drilling in the Americas as a viable alternative source of oil to OPEC imports. Just before the November 2008 elections, Congress let the ban on offshore drilling expire at a time when gasoline prices were $4 per gallon.[45] Areas off the coast of Alaska, California, and in the Gulf of Mexico have the potential of containing as much oil as the Tupi Field in Brazil.[46] Although drilling Alaska is still prohibited by the federal government, the U.S. government has the likelyhood to begin leasing areas in the Gulf of Mexico in August and September 2009.[47]
Many oil majors are lobbying U.S. congress in an effort to open more offshore regions to drilling and exploration.[48] As of November 2009, The U.S. Interior Department is considering a five-year plan that has the potential of opening new offshore areas to drilling. The oil majors have argued that offshore reserves are capable of being substantial and reducing the U.S.'s dependence on crude imports.[49] While many environmental groups oppose offshore drilling, new drilling technology has been developed that has the potential of reducing environmental damage. However, if allowed, offshore drilling has the potential of facing restrictive regulations, including the use of environmentally-friendlier equipment. These factors are capable of increasing the cost of drilling offshore.[50]
Through a method called subsea tiebacks, companies like BP (BP), Marathon Oil (MRO), and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS'A) have began reusing old deepwater infrastructure to pump oil from smaller sized fields.[51] Companies are looking for smaller satellite oil and gas deposits to feed into already built platforms that were originally designed for larger oil fields.[52] According to the Wall Street Journal, companies have been able to use technological advanced equipment to pump oil from satellite fields located farther and farther away.[53] By using subsea tiebacks, exploration and production companies do not have to build additional rigs, which are expensive to construct and maintain.[54] Since the beginning of 2008, Six new deepwater tiebacks have begun pumping. An additional 23 tiebacks are in development and expected to be operational before the end of 2011.[55]
In June 2009, Pride International (PDE) announced its plans to spin-off its mat-supported jackup fleet in the Gulf over the next few months in the form of a stock dividend.[56] As a result, Pride International (PDE) has the potential of being one of the most concentrated deepwater drillers in terms of number of rigs.[57] Pride's management made the decision because they believe that the jackup industry has the potential of being very volatile in the future. With 90% of in backlog related to deepwater, Pride International (PDE) is capable of concentrating more of its financial resources more on deepwater drilling if its sells its jackup operations.[58]
Energy, in particular renewable energy, accounts for at least $17 billion of President Obama's $787 billion Economic Recovery package.[59] Although it is not clear how much of that package will go to offshore oil drilling, executives at BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS'A), and Devon Energy (DVN) are lobbying for Government Investments in offshore oil drilling.[60] The executives are emphasizing the potential oil reserves in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and offshore Alaska, which have been mostly off-limits due to a now lapsed 27-year moratorium.[61] In particular, the Gulf of Mexico reserves are eight times greater than the initial estimates made before production began.[62] Improved deepwater technology can reduce the environmental impact of offshore drilling while increasing the amount of oil companies can extract from deep sea drilling.[63]
Demand for oil, as well as demand for energy in general, is closely tied to the global economic cycle. In periods of economic growth, new factories consume energy, shipping companies transport more goods and consumers take more trips. This demand for energy—or even news suggesting the economy is heating up—pushes up energy prices. For example, the five major central banks announced in December 2007 that they would pump money into the world economy to help mitigate the possibility of a recession; immediately, the price of oil jumped over $4 at speculation that energy demand would increase.[65] Conversely, during periods of economic contraction such as recessions, demand for oil and other types of energy tends to fall, leading to reductions in price. In China, for example, manufacturing fell during July and August 2008, and oil prices followed.[66]
The price of oil determines the profitability of deepwater drilling. If the cost to set up and run a deepwater rig is higher than the price of oil, deepwater drilling becomes unprofitable. Oil's long term price trend is important, because there is about a 10 year lag time between making a discovery and starting production.[67] Expecting significant economic growth over the next 10 years, as well as its counterpart, a rise in oil prices, E&P companies continue to develop deepwater fields.
However, lower capital expenditures budgets as well as tighter credit has the potential of significantly reducing investments in international deepwater fields. In particular, investments in Nigeria's deepwater fields declined in 2009 as a result of budget cuts by international oil majors.[68] Nigeria's deepwater exploration and production projects have been financed solely by international oil companies, reaching over $21 billion in the last nineteen years. Government reforms in the Nigerian oil and gas industry have tightened the terms on operations and have driven off potential investments in the area.[69] Like Nigeria, the loss of international oil investments has the potential of reducing exploration and halting production in regions that depend heavily on foreign capital.[70]
Petrobras' success in deepwater oil exploration has led the company to invest zealously: as of May 2008, the company had contracted 80% of the world's deepwater rigs, driving up dayrates for the sector as other companies like Exxon Mobil and BP competed for the remainder.[28] Even after the collapse in the price of oil, fleet utilization has remained at 100%.[2] The reason is fivefold:
For these four reasons, a deepwater rig shortage has been forecast through 2009 until 2011.[71]
Because there is a shortage of deepwater rigs, the daily price paid by E&P companies to use deepwater rigs has increased about 20% in the six months since oil prices peaked in 2008.[2] At the same time, the price of oil has come down over 65%. That means that many deepwater operations are starting to test the edge of profitability, while others have already become unprofitable but only continue operations because of contractual obligations. As contracts start to expire and the shortfall in rig supply abates, according to industry analysts dayrates will fall and make margins more attractive.[4] Of course, dayrates will never fall below cost, which varies widely depending on the depth and type of reserve being extracted. Many ultra-deep operations cost more than $60-$70 a barrel, and so will likely be suspended.[3] Other deepwater operations cost $40-$50 a barrel, and so offer the opportunity to turn a profit.[75]
Super informative wriintg; keep it up.
Time to face the music armed with this great inrfomatoin.


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Planning on a trip to an exotic destination that has yet to be tainted by your own eyes? Good luck on finding one fella. However in the age of globalization, the world has become more accessible and undeniably more connected at least in technological terms. We have every corner of the planet in our fingertips now with the widespread use of the internet. You probably lived in a hollow underground cave if you happen to have no idea about it.
When surfing, you would want to be anonymous if you're being attacked by those humans who turned out to be identity thieves. Such annoyance. As these internet threats increase frequently, more people demand for anonymity. That is the birth of VPN.
There are all sorts of dangers lurking on the internet, and most people forget about these "man-in-the-middle attacks" that occur when you're surfing in a cafe, airport or anywhere there's Wi-Fi. For those who love to travel, frequently visiting other countries, you must know that you are taking a risk each and every time you connect to the internet. Especially when there is a public Wi-Fi areas. Of course it is very tempting because boredom could kill you. But you must know that connecting to public hot spots will open yourself to all vulnerabilities. These Wi-Fi areas do not have any security.
So everything that you open, every page you visit, everything you send and receive from someone else can be hacked by those in the area. Even if you use the internet provided service by the hotel you are staying in while travelling, you are still susceptible to threats as the network is being also accessed by everyone in the area. Remember that those who commit cybercrime often use those areas, as well as those areas which they know travelers will be, to access the internet as a way to come across more victims.
The only option left for you is to protect yourself. And that would be possible with VPN.
Virtual Private Network (VPN) extends a private network, such as the internet. It enables a computer of Wi-Fi-enabled device to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefiting from the functionality, security and management policies of the private network.
A VPN is created by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunneling protocols, or traffic encryptions. Aside from protecting your data from those identity thieves, it also protects the web traffic itself. Just think of it as a guardian tunnel going directly from your computer to the VPN server. Nobody can tell where that traffic came from because it's protected.
Therefore, your pc can never be implicated in any sort of attack. How does VPN do that? It will switch your IP address with another one, so it's like your address or your location has been falsified. Another great benefit is you get protection while surfing in a wireless network or a hotspot.


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Response to NYT op-ed: College for Grown-Ups
by Melody Rose, Ph.D.
Dr. Stevens' editorial, College for Grown-Ups, piqued my interest. Not because of the topic, but because of the date. This op-ed piece was published in yesterday's New York Times on the topic of the changing reality of the traditional college student and that higher education needs to step up, adapt and provide an educational environment that meets the needs of today's population.
Why did the date of the article surprise me? Because this is not a new issue, at least not new to us at Marylhurst University – a liberal arts college located south of Portland, Ore. Data and trends tracking the interests, needs and expectations of college students have pointed to this changing reality for decades.


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Is Electronic Arts Inc. wrong to implement such a DRM strategy on a game that they are releasing solely on PC? GamingExcellence's Michael Joly honestly doesn't think so. Re-read the previous line and you'll see one thing, the organization is called Electronic Arts Inc. They are a company. A capitalist company based in a free country, and they exist to try and make money.
what about the people who bought it and cant return it cuz it doesnt work...
I think the point is that it WILL work, and EA is giving away additional games as a "sorry we screwed this up, give us some time to make it right".
I'll admit that he made some good points when it comes to EA wanting to protect their product from piracy. If you were a seller of software wouldn't you want to do the same thing? But here's interesting question for this guy: How would I know that I wouldn't like a product, AFTER I had a payed a full $60 for something I ASSUMED would be good thing to buy? This is on EA, not the customers. They should have been prepared for a large number of people wanting to play the game, and now their paying for it. It makes absolutely no sense that this happened. If I pay for a game it should ready to play it out of the box, not when they tell me it's ready. If you want a refund then DEMAND it. It is your absolute right as a customer to get your money back if you're not satisfied with a product. I really hope they get sued by somebody for this. They treated their customers like this for too long and it's high time they got theirs.


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I can't speak for what other hunters can get away with, but I know my ability to consistently make stands work requires six components:
1. There must be enough cover to hide my movement and break up my silhouette. Being 15 yards or more offset from the deer's line of travel is a big help in that.
2. It's always easier to remain undetected if your movement is minimized. Think about this before placing a stand.
3. Using stands that are deadly silent is also a great help in remaining undetected. Test all stands for noise before putting them out in the woods.
4. Ample shooting lanes are absolutely necessary.
5. Hunting stands with the right wind is an absolute must. That makes finding stand sites on the prevailing downwind side of the area key.
6. Finally, the most overlooked part of successful stand hunting is having low impact entrance and exit routes. If given the choice between an otherwise great stand site, offering poor access, or a good one with great access, I go for the good one with great access every time.


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By Kayla Curry
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Texas Tech sophomore Gretchen Aucoin is a fierce, well-rounded player for the Red Raider softball team that has never let the competition of the game take away her joy in it.
Aucoin grew up in a surrounded by an athletic family with a great focus on sports.
"I grew up in that atmosphere," said Aucoin, who was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday. "My dad is a sports fanatic and made sure we put a lot of time in to any sports we decided to do."
Aucoin's older brother, Alex, played baseball which lead her straight to her love of softball. Alex Aucoin went on to play collegiate baseball at Faulkner University.
"I always idolized my brother growing up," Aucion said. "I thought he was the coolest person ever. I wanted the same number as him and to be just like him."
The Ocean Springs, Miss. native decided to stay in the travel softball circuit and only played basketball in high school.
During her time in travel ball, Aucoin was just playing for the fun of the game and did not realize her future potential until later in her career.
"It wasn't until my sophomore year in high school that it hit us that this could be a potential option in college," Aucoin said. "I think my dad always had the idea in the back of his mind but it never occurred to me. I was just doing it for the fun of it."
Aucoin was one of the more highly recruited travel ball players in the country and said the process happened very quickly. Although she was receiving a lot of unexpected attention, Aucoin said she didn't let it faze her.
"I didn't treat it any different," Aucoin said. "The attention was nice. It just made me feel a little bit more confident. As far as playing, I played the same as if I wasn't being recruited."
Like a seasoned athlete, Aucoin used the nerves from the excitement of being recruited to her advantage.
"I just channeled my energy and my nerves in the right way where it ended up benefitting me," Aucoin said. "It was really good competition and I really enjoyed it."
When the process was over, Aucoin had committed to be a Red Raider come the fall of 2012. She picked Tech over the likes of Alabama, Mississippi State and Southern Mississippi.
"The atmosphere when I came to visit was awesome," said Aucoin, who is 12-7 on the year with wins in each of her last four appearances. "The teammates seemed really cool and energetic. Between the atmosphere, the location, and the coaching staff, it was just great."
The newest Red Raider knew the competition in college would be different from her hometown travel ball team.
Although she expected it, Aucoin said this new level of play was more difficult than she could have predicted.
"I went to California to play for two summers," Aucoin said, "and I expected the competition to be tough out there. That was the biggest thing; even the competition out there couldn't prepare me for the competition in college."
Tech head coach Shanon Hays worked with his newest player to improve both her pitching and hitting soon after arriving in Lubbock.
Aucoin said she has really seen the improvement from their training together in the 2014 season as she is among the Big 12 leaders in most pitching categories while her hitting has improved as well.
The talented left-handed hitter, who pitches right handed, is hitting .282 heading into this weekend's series with Iowa State. She has connected on five home runs already this season, including a three-run shot that helped Tech clinch its series with Kansas last weekend in Lawrence.
"Gretchen's development from a freshman to a sophomore has been very impressive," said Hays, Tech's winningest coach in program history. "She has not only impacted us pitching this year but at the plate as well. She's one of those rare five-tool players and we were fortunate when she decided to sign with Texas Tech out of high school. It's been fun to watch her these past two years."
Lately, Aucoin has returned to playing for her love of the fun of the game she is focusing on relaxing and letting her natural game take over.
"It wasn't until recently that I started to not over think things," Aucoin said. "Coach Hays told me to just relax, have fun and trust it. It's just something that comes along with softball. It's a game of failure. You're going to fail more than you succeed. It's just something that you learn after playing the sport for so long that you just have to start relaxing and trusting what you have and what you've developed."Not a bad philosophy for someone with a bright future still ahead.


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Getting Them Right for Graduation
By Shannon Thomason
At each semester's end, proud graduates stride across the stage at UAB's Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center to receive their doctoral honors. After countless hours of hard work and study, and with families and friends from far and wide in attendance, they've reached the crowning moment of their educational journey. So the last thing they want to hear is their name mispronounced.
Spring Commencement 2012
UAB's spring commencement ceremonies will take place at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Bartow Arena, 617 13th St. South. Graduation for College of Arts and Sciences students, including those from the School of Education, will begin at 9:30 a.m. All other graduates will attend the 2 p.m. ceremony. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for the 9:30 a.m. ceremony and at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. ceremony. The doctoral hooding ceremony will take place at noon Saturday, May 12, in the Jemison Concert Hall at UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South.
Lee Shackleford is responsible for making sure that never happens. An assistant professor in the UAB Department of Theatre, he is tasked with properly announcing each name and the often obscure words and symbols related to the dissertations at each doctoral hooding ceremony.
Shackleford always earns a hearty round of applause for his oratorical accomplishments, but he is quick to acknowledge that he doesn't do the job alone. "Every semester, the folks at the UAB Graduate School, especially communications and events specialist Kellie Carter, work very hard to get phonetic pronunciations for the names of all candidates, who come from all over the world, and the terms in their dissertation titles," Shackleford says. He then spends at least two weeks saying the names and titles aloud to practice for the big day.
"The greatest challenge is to remember what sound a Q or an X represents in different Far East languages," Shackleford says. "For some, an X makes a 'kh' sound, and for others it's 'ch' or 'eks.'"
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Scientific terms are often tricky, especially ones that differ according to discipline, Shackleford says. "Recently I had a word I felt sure I was pronouncing correctly because it seemed obvious phonetically, but after the ceremony, I learned that I had the emphasis wrong. But the experts who pointed out the mistake were very kind in mentioning that nobody outside of the materials-sciences world would know that."
Shackleford has learned some tricks during his years in the job. He now brings to the ceremony an alphabetical list of the words he's had the most trouble with in practice sessions, spelled out phonetically. "Usually when the moment comes, I can find them quickly on my list, but sometimes I have to rely on memory," he says. 'That's why the week before the event, you'll usually find me pacing the halls, muttering the names of chemical compounds and Chinese doctoral students."
Shackleford takes the job quite seriously, because he knows how much that moment means to the students and their families. Parents and graduates have thanked him profusely for getting it right.
"I feel very strongly that on this day of all days, when the student's parents often come from the other side of the planet to witness this event, the candidate should expect to have his or her name pronounced properly," he says.


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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Relatives of Kimberly Vaughn had no doubt that her husband would spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting his wife and three children along an Illinois roadway. So they didn't go his sentencing hearing Tuesday to listen.
For the first time since the 2007 murders, her family publicly confronted Christopher Vaughn — sobbing as they told him what they'd lost. Her mother asked why he executed his family rather than simply leaving them so he could, as prosecutors allege, start over his life in the Canadian wilderness. Her father now struggles to play with his other grandchildren.
"Our hearts ache in the knowledge that they were priceless to everyone but the one man who should have loved them more than his own life," her identical twin sister, Susan Ledbetter, told the packed courtroom in Joliet, outside Chicago.
"I silently wonder if my parents and older sister experience pain in my presence," she added, struggling to hold back tears. "Because Kim and I share not only our looks, but also many of our personality traits."
Never looking up as she read from a statement, her mother Susan Phillips added: "All the defendant had to do was walk away."
When they were finished, the Will County judge sentenced Christopher Vaughn to four consecutive life prison sentences.
Through it all, the 38-year-old Vaughn sat quietly, displaying the same eerie lack of emotion that has marked his demeanor from the moment the crime was first discovered by police and throughout the 5 ½ week trial.
Investigators say Vaughn woke up his family the morning of June 14, 2007, saying he was surprising them with a trip to a water park. They piled into the family's SUV at their home in Joliet and left, though were on the road for only a short time before he pulled over.
He shot his wife, then twice shot each of his children — 8-year-old Blake, 11-year-old Cassandra and 12-year-old Abigayle — while they were buckled into the back seat. He then shot himself in the leg and wrist in an effort to blame his wife for the shootings, prosecutors said.
While addressing the court, Susan Phillips said she instantly knew her daughter and grandchildren were dead when she saw the SUV flash across the television news and saw a sticker from a Wisconsin state park.
Though she didn't mention his alleged plans to move to Canada, she made clear that her daughter was strong and would have made a life for herself had he left his family.
She said that the murders — the acts of a "coward" — denied her family moments, big and small. She spoke of sewing with her granddaughters and the emails she exchanged with her grandson that contained big words they liked to throw at each other.
Kimberly Vaughn's father said the images of "four hearses and four caskets" would never leave his head. Like his wife, Del Phillips never mentioned Christopher Vaughn by name, but said he had taken from him the hugs of his grandchildren, the future dog walks and bike rides, the graduations, the weddings.
"I miss the little touches between our lives," he wrote in a statement that was read by a prosecutor. "Emotionally as a result of these executions I have unwittingly withdrawn from playing with my surviving grandchildren."
And he echoed his other daughter's fears about reminding her family so much of her dead sister, saying: "Once a blessing to have two beautiful young daughters is now a gruesome reminder that one is gone."
Kimberly Vaughn's other sister, Nikki Isemann, said in a statement read by a prosecutor that the slayings have turned her into a different person who sees "the evil and hateful part of people" before she sees anything else.
While some people have been understanding, "other friends have decided they can no longer be around someone so pessimistic," she wrote.
After the hearing, Del Phillips said sentencing will give them some sense of closure — though they'd hoped for something from Christopher Vaughn.
"'I'm sorry' would have been a good one," Phillips said.
The family wouldn't say whether they were disappointed that the death penalty was abolished in Illinois after Vaughn's arrest.
But Kimberly Vaughn's father said maybe her husband's confinement to a prison cell for the rest of his life is the worst punishment.
"He is, in effect, in a death penalty right now," he said. "It's just a question of degree."


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Chained (Vincent D'Onofrio/Eamon Farren) Photo Gallery
From the mind of writer/director Jennifer Lynch comes the shocker that stunned audiences worldwide: When he was nine years old, Tim and his mother were abducted by taxi-driving serial killer Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio). Tim's mother was murdered. Tim was kept as a chained slave, forced to bury the bodies of young women Bob drags home and keep scrapbooks of the crimes. Now a teenager, Tim (Eamon Farren) and Bob share a depraved father/son/protégé relationship. But who will ultimately sever the bond between 'family' and unimaginable horror? View photos from Chained…
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When it comes to showcasing the power and potential of the PS4 and Xbox One, there's only one classic franchise worth bringing screaming into the new console generation.
That's right. Tetris.
Ubisoft have officially confirmed that they're working on a brand new Tetris title for both systems, but we can't help but wonder whether the legendary license will struggle to compete with the biggest AAA franchises without embracing current videogame trends. That's what the focus groups and metrics are telling us. So without further ado, here's a list of cutting-edge features we expect from the upcoming sequel... whether we want them or not...
10: The Gritty Reboot Treatment
The Tetritian Empire took everything from Commander Rick Matcher. After watching his family crushed to death by a Line Piece in the Border Wars of 2347, the grizzled soldier finds himself inducted into a shadowy paramilitary group who know, full well, that the blocks will return one day to threaten mankind and her colonies.
That day has finally come. As the evil Emperor Ell-blok leads the assault on the unsuspecting planet Earth, only Matcher and his mysterious telekinetic skills stand between humanity and utter destruction. But will he ever learn the truth about his father and Project Icarus?
Oh yes. That'll do nicely.
9: Cover Systems
As the blocks rain down, players will naturally want to shield themselves from the ruinous foe, all while matching lines to teleport them into oblivion. As such, we fully expect a context-sensitive cover system that lets us turtle up behind L-Blocks and counter with deadly ripostes.
Regenerating points and blind rotating is a given.
8: Cinematic Cutscenes & QTEs
There's nothing quite as tense as slotting a last-minute line piece into place in an dangerously full board, so what better way to bring this into the next generation than with some obtrusive Quick Time Events? As the camera swoops in to show the gorgeously-rendered blocks to advantage, we'll swivel our sticks and jab our face buttons like crazy, resulting in the perfect cinematic payoff.
Xbox One owners will presumably shake their controller and/or wave their arms using the power of Kinect.
7: A Host Of Celebrity Support Characters
Nolan North will of course voice our protagonist as well as the quirky superhacker-turned-defector Squiggly "Squiggles" Piece, but we can expect some serious Hollywood talent to fill gaps in the roster. Patrick Stewart and Martin Sheen are both in the frame for the infamous Ell-blok, while Brian Blessed and Ron Perlman wait in the wings. Ellen Page will naturally lend her talents to the complex love interest Square, using input from renowned geometry expert Mike Bithell for inspiration.
Snoop Dogg will also definitely show up for no good reason, knowing Ubisoft. Either he, Linkin Park or Eminem will sort out the soundtrack.
6: 32-Player Multiplayer & Clan Support
Considering the backlash surrounding Titanfall's 8v8 limit, it appears that modern gamers will accept nothing less.
5: All The Subtitles
Seems legit.
4: A Vast Open World
All games need to be open-world now, and Tetris definitely got the memo. Perhaps with assistance from Ubisoft's in-house development teams working on Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed, we'll now have a massive dynamic city to explore, packed with exciting new challenges such as, erm, making lines of blocks on a roof. Then an alleyway! The possibilities are endless... especially as Abstergo starts to exploit TetrOS for their own nefarious ends. And just what are the Russians up to?
3: Loads Of DLC And Micro-Transactions
Tetris is far too big to just be one game. With the power of the cloud and the PlayStation Store, we'd expect The Tetris Company to spend their certification downtime time pumping out a new chapter or five, available as part of the Tetris Season Pass (£14.99, a 20% saving) and eventual GOTY Edition.
We'll need boosters and premium blocks, of course, available effortlessly a la carte or in randomised Tetrispacks. The choice is yours!
2: RPG Progression Systems
We all know that games need RPG-style progression and persistent upgrades to keep us hooked. Feeding nicely into the microtransations, Next-Gen Tetris will start players out slow with control of only square blocks, before gradually unlocking new Tetriminos by spending Tetris Points earned through successful matches. As we gain levels, we'll gain access to wild new shapes - whoa, a reverse Line Piece?! - and time manipulation mechanics, alongside plenty of cosmetic customisation features, pets and skins.
1: 1080p 60FPS!
With the power of Sony and Microsoft's consoles behind it, we expect Tetris to be a graphical tour-de-force. Running at an unimpeachable 60FPS at full 1080p resolution, this new visual benchmark will redefine what 'next-gen' truly means. Expect gratuitous particle affects, advanced specular maps, HDR, more bloom than your retinas can handle and full Oculus Rift support in time.
Tetris has never looked so good, though 1080p support will probably be added via day-one patch.
Oh, and just in case you haven't worked it out, I'm taking the piss on a Tuesday afternoon! Thanks for bearing with me, and we'll keep you up to date with Ubisoft's upcoming next-gen Tetris as we hear it.
For now, what do you want from the new Tetris title?


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Skip to comments.Burglar calls 911 to save himself from gun-wielding homeowner
Posted on 12/07/2012 3:12:57 AM PST by lowbridge
A suspected burglar called 911 after the owner of the home he broke into caught and held him at gunpoint.
The suspect, Christopher Moore, placed the emergency call in Springtown, Texas, during the botched burglary attempt early Tuesday after James Gerow, the homeowner, and Gerow's son pointed guns at him as he sat in his pickup truck parked in the driveway.
"I'm out in the country somewhere," Moore told the 911 operator during the 10-minute call. "Some guy's got a gun on me."
Gerow's wife, Lindy, placed a concurrent call to 911 that confirmed Moore's account.
"You better come quick," she said, "or my husband's going to shoot him."
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Would that be called citizen's arrest?
I had to read this twice after reading cops arrested the burglar because I'm not use to it. I unfortunately live in New York city, the liberal rotten sphincter hole of the east coast, and without a doubt if that happened here, the cops would have either shot the home owner and/or arrested him and let the burglar go, and if you think I'm lying, a friend of mine drives a cab and was robbed a few years ago and he ended up beating the crap out of the robber and holding him till cops arrived. And what did the cops do when they got there? Threatened to arrest HIM for assault and demanded he let the robber go which he did!
And if you think that happens rarely, he told me the same thing happened to another cabbie who drove a guy to the Bronx who tried to skip on the fare which was $30. So he chased after the guy, punched him out and held him till cops arrived. When they got there, they not only demanded he release the guy, but also pay him $100 bucks for assaulting him which he did! So not only did this guy rob him for $30, he also had to pay him an extra $100 and apologise! I always tell people that when they want to know how incredibly sick and liberal NYC is.
My sympathies.
I've never been to N.Y.C. but I have a story. My b-i-l, now deceased, was an owner/operator, long haul trucker, driving in the contiguous 48 and northern Mexico.
He made a trip to NYC and had to make a delivery, he stopped in front of a business where he had to take in some paper work, saw a meter maid and asked her if he could double park for 5 minutes or less, she said,"sure, go ahead"
He locked his truck took the papers inside, all less than 5 minutes, when he got back there was a $150 parking ticket on his semi and somebody had smashed the drivers side window and stole his brief case. Thereafter, he refused all loads to NYC.
You are not relating truthful information.
This is a great story to start the day with.
We have GOT to get guns out of the hands of homeowners. It is just too dangerous for a hard working burglar to feed his kids and his Babymamma.
Maybe they need a union.The National Brotherhood of Crooks, Burglars and Thugs. The NBCBT
They already have one. It's called SEIU (among others)
That's hilarious. But when you think about it, we already have unions for criminals: SEIU, IBEW, NEA, etc.
"Some guy's got a gun on me.Now he's ordering me to stand on a blue tarp."
Wife and I held two tresspasers/poachers at gun point several years back. Judge told me I was lucky THEY didn't press charges for wreckless endangerment. I told him the next one won't get that chance.
We were told on various Byron Smith threads that the right thing to do when you have a bead on two unarmed intruders is to shoot the first one anyway, then blow his brains out while he's lying on the floor wounded, then hide his body, then lie in wait for the second intruder, gut shoot her, then switch weapons and shoot her a few more times for kicks, then lean over her and blow her brains out.
Most important: do not call 911.
The guy in this article apparently did everything wrong. He must be a human being, or something.
I heard part of the 9-11 calls yesterday. The thug's call was funny and he lied about being on HIS property with someone having a gun aimed at him.
Clearly cabbies need to learn to beat the crap out of the burglar and then get the heck out of there without involving the cops.
Well you believe what you want but the fact is the NYPD absolutely detests cab drivers so I absolutely believe what he told me. When I use to drive 20 years ago I got robbed by a passenger in the Bronx who asked me to change a 20, and when i took my money out he slapped me across the face, grabbed my money out of my hand and ran away, and just by chance at the same time a cop car was driving down the street. Godd luck right? Nope! I jumped out and waved them down, told them what happened, and right to my face they told me it was too late he got away and they drove off. Mind you, they SAW him running out of the cab! I don't know if you live in the city, but next time you take a cab ask the driver what he thinks of the NYPD. I absolutely guarantee you he will tell you the same kind of stuff. When's the last time you read about anyone getting arrested for robbing a cab driver or even killing one? There was one shot a few days ago. They'll do nothing about it, you will never hear about this again even if he was killed.
That's well known. Hacks and cops are a mutual hatred society.
What I simply do not believe is that police officers would risk their jobs by doing something as ridiculous as making a hack pay money to a mugger.
If they were going to risk getting fired it would be to do something that profited themselves. This story makes no logical sense at all.
Also, if the cops came to a house where there was a burglar and an armed homeowner, they would not let the burglar go free.
They would arrest the burglar for burglary and arrest the homeowner for unlicensed possession of a weapon.
Why would a cop, who measures his promotions in arrests that stick, not make an arrest like that? It would be a layup conviction for him. Two easy collars for one incident.
This is yet another scenario where you imagine cops engaging in behavior that would be directly contrary to their own interests.
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The only thing I can see is the diffuser is too short and too far forward. The diffuser gap from front to back looks too wide to me, it isn't holding the ice back far enough so it can build up to trip the bin sensor. It holds the ice back only to the top of the ice bin and maybe a tad more, the weight from the falling ice pushes the ice in the bin right up to the bin door. When my customer opens the bin door in the morning they gat a lap full of ice.
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Up to 50,000 migrants 'exploited student visa flaw to work in UK'
Up to 50,000 migrants may have exploited flaws in a new student visa system in its first year to come and work in the UK, a report by Whitehall's spending watchdog says.
Under a system introduced in 2009, each student must be sponsored by a licensed college and cannot change institution without gaining permission.
But "key controls" had not been put in place, the National Audit Office found.
The Home Office said "tough new rules" were cutting student visa numbers.
Under the previous system, there was no limit on the number of non-European Economic Area students a college could enrol and students were free to move college and course without notifying the UK Border Agency.
The replacement, brought in by the Labour government, states that each student must be sponsored by educational institutions licensed by the agency and cannot change college without applying to it.
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Colleges are responsible for judging people's intentions to study.
But the audit office said the system had been brought in "before the key controls were in place" and that "in its first year of operation, between 40,000 and 50,000 individuals may have entered the UK... to work rather than to study."
It added: "The agency did not check that those who entered the UK as students were attending college."
The report continued: "The agency has taken little action to prevent and detect students overstaying or working in breach of their visa conditions because the agency regards them as low-priority compared to illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers."
The agency has removed 2,700 students since 1 April 2009, but the audit office said it had "been slow to withdraw students' leave to remain in the UK, where it has cause to do so".
"This has meant that, in many cases, enforcement teams have been unable to arrest students found working and not attending college."
Addresses for almost a fifth of more than 800 migrants wanted by the agency were found in just one week at a cost of £3,000 by a contractor hired by the watchdog.
Amyas Morse, head of the audit office, said the flaws in the student visa system had been "both predictable and avoidable".
He added: "Action planned by the agency to ensure that those with no right to remain in the UK are identified and required to leave must now be pursued more vigorously."
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Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said: "This is one of the most shocking reports of poor management leading to abuse that I have seen.
"The agency needs to get a grip and fix the way it deals with student visas."
But immigration minister Damian Green said: "This government has introduced radical reforms in order to stamp out abuse and restore order to the uncontrolled student visa system we inherited.
"These include tough new rules on English language, working rights and dependants to ensure only legitimate students come to the UK. New restrictions on post-study work mean that all but the very best will return home after study."
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Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK which represents vice-chancellors, said "good progress" had been made tightening up the system, but there was evidence that legitimate students were being deterred from applying.
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Donald Westlake's Parker novels are a genre of their own.
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Two of the greatest writers of the 20th century are Georges Simenon—I am not thinking of the Maigret books, which I have not read, but of what he called his "hard novels," such as Dirty Snow and Tropic Moon—and Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake—if there is such a thing as a real name. Indeed, Westlake, born in New York in 1933, works under a clutch of pseudonyms, though it was as Donald Westlake that he wrote the masterly screenplay for Stephen Frears' 1990 movie The Grifters, in turn based on the novel of the same name by another master of the dark fictional arts, Jim Thompson. Stark has won numerous writing awards and holds the rather splendid title of Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. His Parker books, the best of which were written in the early 1960s, are unique in the genre of crime fiction; in fact, they form a genre all their own.
Parker—no first name—is one of the most fascinating and compelling fictional criminals, played to perfection by Lee Marvin in John Boorman's film Point Blank (needlessly remade in 1999 as the Mel Gibson vehicle, Payback), which is based on Stark's The Hunter. * In Point Blank, as in the novel, Parker is double-crossed by his woman and his best friend, after whichhe has to take on the shadowy "Organization"—the Mafia, we suppose—in order to have revenge and, more importantly, get back the hot money the pair of betrayers cheated him out of. In his ruthlessness and unhesitating murderousness Parker is well up there with Simenon's tormented monsters and, especially, with Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley. In The Jugger, Parker forces a double-crosser to dig a hole in a basement to uncover hidden loot and then, as we are told in two brief lines, shoots the hapless fellow and buries him in the hole he had just finished digging.
But where Simenon's creatures are victims of blind fate, and the dandified and sexually dubious Ripley takes risks with the insouciance of an artist, Parker is the ultimate professional, without airs or graces, a machine-man with no background and scant sensibility and yet, for all that, a peculiarly affecting figure. We admire Parker to our shame, taking a guilty pleasure in his fearless fearsomeness. This is existential man at his furthest extremity, confronting a world that is even more wicked and treacherous than he is. For a start, read The Juggerand Slayground, and then go out and buy the rest of the series. Oh, and while you're at it, pick up some Simenons, too.


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DUBLIN (AP) — Shares in Ryanair suffered their biggest drop in four years Wednesday after Europe's top budget airline issued a rare profit warning due to low autumn ticket sales that reflected the weak economy and aggressive competition.
Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said his Dublin-based airline, which typically exceeds its profit forecasts, now expects to fall short of its previous 2014 outlook and might not reach its minimum sales target of 570 million euros ($751 million) for the fiscal year ending in March.
The company's shares fell nearly 15 percent to 5.78 euros ($7.62) — a five-month low and their biggest drop since October 2009 — as analysts expecting Ryanair to eclipse 600 million euros in profit warned that the airline now looked overvalued. Ryanair last issued a profit warning in 2004.
Ryanair's statement sent the shares of other European airlines lower Wednesday. Ryanair's top budget competitor, Britain's easyJet, fell 7.5 percent. International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways and Spain's Iberia, fell more than 4 percent. Ryanair's main Irish rival, Aer Lingus, slid 5 percent. Lufthansa and Air France-KLM also traded lower.
O'Leary told a conference call that Ryanair's sales were experiencing "a perceptible dip" for the September-November period amid stronger competition in key British, Spanish and Scandinavian markets.
He said Ryanair would ground selected winter services, reduce its planned passenger payload from 81.5 million to 81 million — still a record for the ever-expanding airline — and offer steeper discounts on tickets for travelers in Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia and Spain.
He told journalists that Ryanair's weakening sales represented a "marginal" challenge, and was nothing like "collapse or catastrophe."
Since launching a single Ireland-England route in 1985, Ryanair has grown to become the most influential and successful airline in Europe, enjoying solid growth even as its recession-hit industry endured massive losses, business failures and mergers. Ryanair pioneered policies of charging extra for everything from boarding cards to assigned seats, but many of these customer-annoying practices —designed to drive Ryanair cost-efficiency as well as profits — have gradually been adopted by competitors struggling to keep pace.
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Two weeks ago, we asked you to vote for your favorite Lesbian/Bisexual Movie of all time. We know it was hard, but we tried to help you as much as possible, weighing in with our own writers' votes as well as the opinions of filmmakers, actors and writers. How did those things factor in? Well it appears we're all on somewhat of the same wavelength, but still have varying degrees of interests when it comes to what makes something "the best."
So let's start with what didn't make the cut. Surprisingly some classics like Personal Best, The Hunger, All Over Me or The Killing of Sister George were not close to breaking the top 50. Some of our experts' older suggestions like Persona and Coup de Foudre/Entre Nous were barely voted for, while some that cracked the top 10 were as much of as surprise. (Elena Undone over Bound and But I'm a Cheerleader? OK, it's your list!)
There are also some trends, such as the fact you seem to enjoy Sarah Waters adaptations and films by Lisa Cholodenko, Jamie Babbit, Shamim Sarif and Wendy Jo Carlton, who all have two films in the top 50. Piper Perabo, Natasha Lyonne, Shamin Sarif and Lisa Ray are the winningest actors, all of them having starred in two films that made the cut.
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Forget Crimea?
Forget Crimea and bring on the Fed. While Vladimir Putin mocks President Obama it seems that the markets want to forget about those risks and focus on the Fed and whether or not Janet Yellen can be tougher than the President. Janet's first job is trying to rephrase the Fed's 6.5% jobs target and to send a signal that it is just not about a number but about a slew of data. We all know that the Fed had previously indicated that the unemployment rate would need to go down to 6.5% before they would even think about raising interest rates, but that rate is far from sufficient in an economy where the jobs that are being created are a far cry from the jobs that were lost.
Stocks rallied hard after a big rebound in industrial production that perhaps indicated that the weakness we saw was energy related. Factories that had to interrupt their natural gas slowed production and now are playing catch up. While the market hopes this is a trend but it will assure us that the Fed will not waver from the taper.
We know it will be tough to back off the $10 billion dollar taper but the real challenge may come when it is the right time to raise interest rates. Even more important may be when the Fed starts unwinding its ever growing balance sheet.
Of course the Fed should start to admit that there are consequences to their actions and yes tapering is a form of tightening. If you don't believe it, talk to the emerging markets who feel like the Federal Reserve left them hanging out to dry. As I have said before it seems the first steps in removing extraordinary stimulus may not be so painless after all. The global economies tried to keep a stiff upper lip but now is feeling pain as the Band-Aid starts to get ripped off.
The Federal Reserve's failure to acknowledge the emerging markets in its statement is hurting some feelings and some emerging market balance sheets. The Fed also failed to acknowledge that quantitative easing caused the emerging markets to blow bubbles and live beyond their means now have to deal with a world post hot money. Instead of dealing with the massive inflows as the United States started to deleverage, they now have to deal with the outflows unmasking the ramifications of being the Fed's economic dumping ground. Now the question is whether or not the Fed can continue to ignore the turmoil in the emerging markets and rely on our own rebounding economy or will it come back to haunt us.
China of course is a reason why oil is faltering. Oil was getting weighed down led by RBOB and a rise in refining margins. OPEC is producing like crazy and wants to hang onto market share and maybe develop new customers that are being held hostage to a country that is using its energy advantage as a weapon to invade its neighbors.


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An elementary school teacher has admitted to raping 12 girls, some as young as 11, even going so far as to rape one little girl the day before his own wedding.
31-year-old Yuui Otsuka, a teacher residing in Kanagawa prefecture who formerly taught at several Tokyo elementary schools, stands accused of raping 12 girls, some as young as 11, during the 2005-2010 period.
He also faces assault charges, and robbery charges stemming from his habit of stealing certain articles of clothing from his victims.
He employed a similar modus operandi for each of his crimes – he would trawl the streets of Tokyo and Kanagawa on a motorbike, looking for young girls on their way home from school, follow them home and then force his way into their homes when they opened their doors, threatening to kill them if they resisted and if they told anyone of the encounter.
In some cases he would call the house to check if the parents were home, and in other cases he would observe which rooms were lit.
However, he did not restrict himself to children, with the oldest of his victims being in her twenties.
He married a fellow teacher in 2009, and according to prosecutors just before the marriage ceremony was due to occur he raped yet another elementary schooler. His wife apparently had no inkling of his rape spree, which continued uninterrupted by his marriage.
His undoing came when he followed a woman home with the intention of raping her, only to be spotted by a student who happened to see him whilst he was peering through her letterbox. He decided this was rather suspicious, and when the man noticed him and fled, he gave chase and caught him.
Searches of his home soon turned up mementos and photographs from his crimes, and DNA evidence subsequently linked him to several crime scenes.
Police soon extracted a confession, and he further explained the chilling insight underlying his method:
"I would follow girls who looked elementary school age home. When they opened the front door with a key, I would know there was nobody else home, and I forced my way in with them."
"I surmised that with the ones who didn't say 'tadaima' when they got home, or who opened the door with a key, the parents were probably not home. Even if I didn't assault them there and then, I would think about coming back the next day."
He initially explained his motive as it being "very stressful teaching the upper grades."
He apparently committed no crimes against the children at the elementary schools he formerly taught at.
According to co-workers he was a model teacher who enjoyed much popularity amongst his pupils, and had chosen to pursue teaching over a career as a policeman after passing the latter's employment exams.
Sentencing is due in early December.