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The Obligatory "I've been busy" Post
Once these projects clear, then I'll get the okay to post some stuff as I think that some of you all would enjoy checking them out. In fact, I do plan on posting about some past jobs that I've had the privilege of working on as we do tend to get a good amount of high quality projects come our way here at Primal Screen.
I've been noticing that I've had a good amount of new visitors here at The Ward-O-Matic, most notably from Robot Johnny, Cartoon Brew, and Jared's Crockpot of News and Thoughts. (And I noticed that I'm the "Blog of the Day" over at Citrusmoon in the "Blogliners" section. Very nice. Thank you!) I'm greatly honored to be mentioned by these fine folk on their wonderful sites, and my only hope is that you may find something of enough interest here at The Ward-O-Matic to want to come back for more. If you're curious as to who I am, check out this post. That should do the trick.
For the uninitiated, just check out my past posts over there in the right column, and take the time to browse through my wordy commentaries and ruminations. I tend to go overboard sometimes, so forgive me. But I hope it makes for good readin'!
Look for lots of new stuff very soon....
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No problem Ward. Can't wait to see your new stuff as well as stuff from your past projects!ReplyDelete
For all you newcomers out there; I want you all to know that Ward and I go way back, before all of the fame and attention. I knew him when he wore green suede candies and wore hair scrunchies!ReplyDelete
Ah, but klahd-- I borrowed those candies from you, my dear friend! Must give credit where credit is due....ReplyDelete
I was trying to help you out! You wore hair scrunchies for god's sake!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2005 6:49 AM
By the way, thank you for the link, Ward! I'm honored :)ReplyDelete
Worky worky worky...ReplyDelete
All work and no play makes Ward a dull boy! Ha! Just kidding. Looking forward to seeing what comes next my man! Cheerio!
Still working hard, my friends. I do plan on posting soon, but I need to get some info first before doing so.ReplyDelete
And, no problem, Jo. Only I should've done it sooner. And thanks for getting us back on track from that crazy scrunchie tangent.
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People You Know, June through Sept. 2003
Lawrence Nagle (38, BS, mining engineering) and his wife Joy dropped into the Alumni Office during a visit to Socorro from their home in Stephenville, Texas. Lawrence is retired from the oil and natural gas industry. He toured campus and reminisced about Prof. John Weir and Pres. Edgar H. Wells, whom he had known and who now have buildings named after them. Joy's great-nephew Michael Cannady is a current Tech student.
Michael Bikerman (56, BS, geology), emeritus professor at the University of Pittsburgh, has been elected President of the Pittsburgh Geological Society for 2003-2004 for the second time. His first term was back in 1977-78, so continuity is not assured!
Thomas J. "Jerry" Reese (58, BS, geology) was a semi-finalist in the GoldCorp Challenge, in which GoldCorp posted geological data on its Red Lake Mine (Ontario, Canada) online and challenged participants to identify potential targets for more gold exploration. Over 1,400 geologists and companies from 51 countries registered for the competition, and Jerry was one of only three semifinalists selected from the United States.
Jerry also brought us up-to-date on his life and doings: "After I received my degree from New Mexico Tech, I worked at the City Engineer's Office in Albuquerque, then entered the U.S. Air Force, which sent me to Ohio State University for my master's degree in geodetic science. After the Air Force stint, I did graduate work in economic geology at Colorado School of Mines.
"I retired from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the end of 2001, where I worked as a senior physical scientist for 17 years, principally working on projects for deep geologic disposal of radioactive nuclear waste. Prior to joining DOE, I spent 11 years in mineral exploration, mainly in the western United States and South America, and three years as a mining geologist at the Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The ten years with the U.S. Air Force were spent primarily in geodetic surveying, establishing first-order base stations around the world using photography of satellites.
"After my retirement, my wife (an Argentine whom I married in South America) and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where we have established our home."
Dr. Marvin W. Rowe (59, BS, chemistry) was named as a 2002-2003 Distinguished Lecturer at Texas A&M University. Two A&M professors are selected yearly for this honor based on research. He presented a public lecture on April 8, 2003, at the Bush Auditorium at A&M.
Rowe earned his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1966 at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. From 1966 to 1968, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, Physics, University of California, Berkeley.
He married Kathleen Craig in November 2002, and they plan to retire to Santa Fe in the near future.
John H. Carman (60, MS, earth science) writes that he has retired from the University of Iowa, but is still interested in how the Earth works. His company, Care-Man Enterprises, has recently published his article "The Core as the Third Pivotal End Member of the Earth's Plate Tectonic Cycle."
Tim Pearse (60, BS, geology) writes, "After receiving my bachelor's in geology, I went to Missouri School of Mines and obtained a master's in mining engineering. My first job was as a trainee with Kennecott Copper in Silver City, N. M. As part of my training, I worked in the maintenance shop, and fell in love with the work. So, for the next 39 years I worked in maintenance of open pit mining equipment with Kennecott, B. C Molybdenum, Anaconda and Kaiser Steel, finally retiring from International Mill Service as Director of Equipment and Maintenance.
"It has been a wild and fun-filled trip; however, had I known how much fun retirement would be, I would have done it first! (Kind of like grandkids.) In 2001, I retired and moved from New Jersey to Illinois. My children are all adults and remain in New Jersey. My first wife, Eleanor, died in 1993 and I am remarried to Betsy. I now live between the Illinois River and the Mississippi River in Calhoun County, Illinois. The geology here is very interesting and I am just now getting back to my first love while still enjoying heavy equipment."
Jim Rowles (65, BS, chemistry) writes "After working as a chemical technician, a chemical engineer, a Scientology counselor, a radiation safety (health physics) officer and state inspector, a health physicist and then industrial hygienist at the Nevada Test Site and the Yucca Mountain Project, old Jim Rowles let semi-retirement set in. My wife June and I will leave Las Vegas, Nev., in two or so years for cooler and mountainous climes: Ruidoso, Cedar Crest, Cedar City (Utah), or north central Washington state."
Jim adds a personal note: "I have learned and gained from the School of Mines, and other venues. I had to learn that LIFE is a learn-it-as-you-go thing. Lots of luck on your journeys."
Tom Dolittle (72, BS, computer science) writes, "After spending 15 years with the County of Santa Barbara as the network and operations manager, I 'retired' and began a second career as the information systems manager for the City of Santa Barbara. I am responsible for all servers, desktops, applications, help desk and network for the paradise area of California known as Santa Barbara."
Tom adds, "Please drop by and visit. Let's reacquaint and enjoy life."
Tom's wife, Lorrie LeSage, is a marriage and family therapist. Son Chris, 30, is also in Santa Barbara.
Dr. John F. Alderete (73, BS, math; 74, BS, biology) was named this year's 2003 Distinguished Scientist Award by The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The presentation take place at the SACNAS Annual Conference in Albuquerque in October. Dr. Alderete plans to dedicate his award to Dr. C. B. Moore, who was written up in the last issue of Gold Pan, and whom he regarded as an important role model during his college years.
Dr. Alderete is a professor of microbiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Charles G. (Jerry) White (73, BS, biology) is working for the Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey as an HIV social work case manager. He is also pursuing an advanced social work degree at Rutgers University. He has recently purchased 40 acres in Hildago County, New Mexico.
Dr. Jim Olsen, P.E. (75, BS, mining engr.) was named Honored Faculty Member by the University of Phoenix, New Mexico campus, at commencement exercises on June 7 in Albuquerque. Olsen teaches a variety of classes including statistics, research methods, project management, college algebra, economics, environmental science, and a variety of management courses. In addition, Olsen serves as an Area Chair for Quantitative Analysis and Research at the graduate level and previously as Area Chair for Mathematics at the undergraduate level.
Outside of his role at the University of Phoenix, Olsen oversees the management training programs for Wackenhut Services, Inc., where his organization has a contract with the Central Training Academy of the U.S. Department of Energy. His previous experience also includes working as a professional engineer in water and wastewater utility engineering and operations management as well as construction project management.
Luke Jones (84, BS, computer science) writes, "We recently moved from Fort Collins, Colorado, back to New Jersey, where I have entered Princeton Theological Seminary. In just three short years I expect to receive a master's degree in Divinity and, soon afterward, to be ordained a pastor in the Presbyterian Church. My wife Margo (BS-ME Stanford, MS-ME CMU) continues in her job as a stay-at-home mom. Iris, 4, will be in pre-school two days a week, and Neil, 6, enters first grade. We'd love to hear from Tech friends."
David P. Jenkins (86, BS, math; 86, BS, petroleum engr.) writes, "This is my first letter to Gold Pan since I graduated in 1986. I joined Standard Alaska Production Company (SOHIO's Alaska division) out of college. After three years, SOHIO was purchased outright by British Petroleum. I spent my first seven years in Alaska, the next six years in England, and the last four years back in Alaska. I am in transition from my current job (Viscous Oil Development Team Leader for the Alaskan Milne Point Field); and expect to move out of Alaska again some time this year.
"I married my wife, Sylvia, the day before I graduated. We now have two daughters Valerie, 12, and Erica, 13, to help keep us out of trouble.
"Over the years, I have worked and bumped shoulders with other New Mexico Tech graduates (including Jeff Eckstein, Mike Watts, James Trantham, Rodney Stephens, Susan Starr, Robert Jackson, and Susan Sears). I have to say -- NMIMT puts out some darn good engineers.
Tim Stirrup (88, BS, biology; 88, BS, chemistry) has moved to a job at Outrider Environmental Planning and Technical Services in Albuquerque. Tim is vice president for Science and Engineering Technical Services, and he provides senior-level integrated environmental health and safety services to a diverse set of clients in New Mexico.
The Stirrup Family is doing well and is enjoying life in Corrales. Barbara (formerly Serna) Stirrup (89, BS, technical communication) has her hands full with Darby, 2, Kerry Ann 6, and Emily 7, and her active involvement in the community.
Alan Matthew Hill (89, BS, petroleum engineering) is married to Jennifer Plisga Hill (89, BS, biology), who got her M.D. degree in 1995 from the University of Texas. Matt writes, "Almost 15 years since graduation! Two kids (Paige is 7 and Sophia is 3) and a few more degrees between us -- MS, MBA, and MD. While Jennifer does not practice medicine, she teaches quilting and loves to cook. We are headed to Jakarta, Indonesia for a few years so Matt can support Unocal's new Deepwater developments . . . and travel!"
Melissa Allison-Ennis (93, BS, biology) and David J. Ennis (94, BS, geology; 96, MS, geochemistry) write, "We recently moved back to Las Cruces, N.M.. after living in southern California for four years. While in California, David worked for the County of Ventura Environmental Health Division as a project manager, providing oversight for the clean-up of leaking underground fuel tanks.
"Melissa became employed with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service while attending NMSU in 1997, and was offered a permanent position upon completion of her degree in 1998. She was employed at the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, where she was the refuge manager for two wildlife refuges.
"While Southern California was very nice, the cost of living was expensive, and we both missed New Mexico. The opportunity to return came when David was offered a position as a project geoscientist with his former employer in Las Cruces, Souder, Miller & Associates. Melissa was also just recently offered a wildlife biologist position with the same employer. We are enjoying being back, and also enjoying our first home. We hope to see some of our NMT friends at 49ers this year!
Michael Portereiko (93, BS, biology) writes, "A lot has happened in the last 13 months. My wife, Brandi, and I were blessed with a little girl, Ann Elise, on Sept. 4, 2002. We bought a new home in Salt Lake the day before Ann was born. Lastly, I finished my Ph.D. in oncology at the University of Utah. I'm now doing a post-doc in the biology department."
Cindy Falkenstein (95, AGS) brought us up-to-date on the activities herself and her husband Matthew Falkenstein (96, BGS). They returned to the Washington, D.C. area after spending five enchanting years in New Mexico. They now live in La Plata, Md., with their daughter Sonya Corinne, who was born in 2000. Matt has been working for the Census Bureau as a mathematical statistician since their return, first in the Bureau's Planning, Research and Evaluation Division, where his work contributed to the 2000 Census. He has recently moved over to the Business Statistics Division where he will be working on the Bureau's Economic Census.
Cindy started out working for the Census Bureau's Geography Division during the 2000 census; then she took a position with Tele Atlas, North America, Inc. as the regional data collection manager for the Mid-Atlantic States under the Columbus 2002 Project which provided ground truth data for digital mapping of the entire United States. She is now back at the Bureau of the Census working as an IT consultant in the Geography Division assisting on the MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Project.
When Matt is not driving his red 1961 Buick Le Sabre convertible, he is working towards his master's certificate in Project Management in a joint Census/George Washington University program out of the School of Business and Public Management. Cindy is heavily involved with AAUW Maryland, and is serving as the state membership vice president and is also working towards her certification in software engineering management. In addition to their degrees from New Mexico Tech, both went on to study at New Mexico State University where Cindy completed a BS in City and Regional Planning and a second BS in Geography in 1998. Matt earned his MS in Agricultural Economics from NMSU in 1999.
Elizabeth (Griffith) Heard (97, BS, geology) and Ray Heard (97, BS, electrical engr.) were pleased to announce the birth of their son Glenn on July 8, 2003. Elizabeth adds, "He was born a little premature at 4lbs 3oz but is doing just great!"
Jennifer Knowlton (97, BS, environmental engr.; 99, MS, environmental engr.) and her husband Brad (attended Tech 93-95) welcomed their second son, Trenton James on April 9, 2003. He was a whopping 9 pounds 13 ounces. He is growing well and mom is adjusting to working with two small children. Older brother Wesley was born on Nov. 3, 2001.
Jennifer adds, "On the professional side, I received notice that I passed the PE exam. I am now a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of New Mexico and Wyoming."
Shari Bauman (99, MS, geochemistry) lives in the Tucson, Ariz., area. She works for Turner Laboratories, a small, women-owned, environmental analytical laboratory, where she was recently promoted to laboratory director. She adds, "I oversee the daily operations of the facility, manage analysts, provide quality assurance, client manage, and complete the reporting for the laboratory, and then some. This is a position that most aquire after years of experience. I can only say that hard work has its benefits!"
David Bonal (00, BS, computer science; 00, BS, electrical engineering) married Nedra Alexander (00, BS, geophysics with geological and environmental studies option) on Saturday, April 19, 2003, in Austin, Texas. David is working at National Instruments, while Nedra is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.
Marty (Martha) Jonas (00, BS, technical communication) and Dennis Lee (03, MS, geology) were married on Aug. 2, 2003. Dennis is a petroleum engineering working in the Gulf of Mexico. Marty has been project coordinator for the Office for Advancement for the past three years, and will be joining Dennis in Lafayette, La., in December.
Timothy Sande (00, BS, petr. engr.; 02, MS, petr. engr.) married Leah Nicole Gassner of Albuquerque on May 26. She is a 2003 graduate of New Mexico Highlands University. The Sandes live in Birmingham, Ala.
Stephanie Marie Baca (02, BGS) and Robert Brewer (02, BS, engr. mech.; 03, MS, engr. mech.) were married on Aug. 30, 2003 at San Miguel Mission in Socorro. The couple live in Ridgecrest, Calif., where Rob works for China Lake Naval Testing Facility.
Meghan Wingate (02, BS, computer science) and Danny Quist (01, BS, computer science) were married at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos on June 7, 2003. Danny writes, "We are both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Our two dogs, Murray and Gracey (as well as we ourselves) miss the green campus of Tech, but we are happy here in the mountains."


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MKW has reached yet another milestone, at last all of the spritesheets for Mortal Kombat II are complete! Here's the lastest addition:
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- Mileena: Complete Spritesheet (385 Sprites)
Of course this is thanks to staff member Maggo, we'll now begin uploading MK3 spritesheets until completion, stick around.
Update: I also put the following MKA Bios up:
39 responses to "All MKII Spritesheets are now Complete!"
wait, is Mileena's gettin fat and exploding blood supposed to be…not red?
Awesome job! Top notch! You also made a typo. You said "at las". Get MK3 Cyrax after Noob Saibot.
You also forgot to put up Raiden's bio and Mileena's last victory pose [regular] sprite.
Superawesomeness Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 9:06 pm
wait, is Mileena's gettin fat and exploding blood supposed to be…not red?
Sorry Superawesomeness. I just played MKII, did Kitana's kiss fatality on Mileena, paused it just right, and saw that is really Mileena's blown up sprite. Oh yeah. Murdoink, are you including MK3 Noob Saibot's spritesheet?
Is that really Mileena's soul stolen sprites? Hmm…
MK2 is finally done: But why didn't u include Baraka's combos and Raiden's animality ,combos and MKT bodyparts as you put both their MK2 and MKT sprites together?
Well, I wouldn't say its complete, there are in fact a few things missing. Firstly, Mileenas sheet isn't complete, her "Soul Stole" sprites are incomplete (ie half there) and You lumped Shao Kahn's MKII and MK3 sprites together and hes missing the sprites for his arrow toss. There may be more, but thats all Ive noticed. Im not complaining its still a fantastical collection
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY mileena sprites!!!!
oh yeah i agree with superawesomeness that this about the blood…same thing with jade
If you wanna be real picky, you could point out that projectiles are missing, including some shadow move effects(Kahn's Shadow shoulder, and Victory knee). Oh, lets not forget the still incomplete sections for some character's.
We're not here to nitpick, we're here to be thankful we have such a site.
Unless you plan on ripping the missing sprites yourself, suck it up princess.
Malenko, that's how Shao Kahn appears in MK2 and MK3. His arrow toss sprites are there. If your looking for his arrow, go to MK2, scroll down a bit and find FIREBALLS. Wait a bit and you'll see the arrow. Now Murdoink, since MK2 has all of the spritesheets, you should put the fireballs in the right spritesheets or remove them if there already there.
Do you have Kintaro's fireball? Speaking of fire, you haven't forgotten about stage props and fire/body props? Plz include some for future updates.
What I was saying is that the arrow sprite isn't in the Kahn set, but Mileena's sai shot is in hers, as is kitana's fans etc. The reason why Kahns sprites shouldnt be lumped together is that he didn't have the hammer move in MKII and he didnt have the arrow move in MK3. I honestly thought the arrow in the sprites section was nightwolfs *shrug*.
as for the sole stole sprites appearing like that , there no way half the sprite disappears. I don't have the time to play and check right now but Im 99.9% positive it was ripped improperly
How about the selection sprites for Puzzle Kombat from Mortal Kombat Deception? Those would be neat although there are only a select few
MKII is not completed.
MK II Kung Lao FriendShip is missing two sprites at the beginning.
Sorry I been meaning to tell you this for a long while.
Here: http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3852/kunglaomissingfriendshihg2.png
For those arguing about the Mileena Soul stolen sprites.
That's how it is. It wasn't ripped wrong, that's how Midway programmed it so blame them :P
Same goes for the "Kiss of Death" explosion. Which btw Murdoink it's [Lk]F F D F[/Lk]
@ Legend_armlet
"Raiden's animality"
Woah Raiden has an animality? O_o
What's next? I'm hoping UMK3 Sub-Zero's next, I can't wait for him.
I now have a the reason WHY the sprites look the way they do, its because the sprite is covered by the green "soul" effect, I feel retarded I took the time to play in mame and advance 1 frame at a time during the move when if you go to Shang Tsung's page they have a video clip of him stealing Kitana's soul and you can see the sprites and why they do what they do.
I think the sprite could have been ripped better (with the green effect) but thats not to say whats ripped is wrong.
I guess u did not play MK Trilogy.
I dunno if its been posted already but don't you guys have to finish Jax?
So, what's next? MKT sprites or polishing of the remaining 3 spritesheets [Jax,Cyrax,Noob] of MK2/MK3? If MKT, you gotta try all the fatalities that have it's own sprites (triple separation, super skinny, burned, shocked, blown away, head blown up, sucked in, no bones) on the classic characters. I don't believe Baraka, Raiden[both], and MK2 Kung Lao have any combo sprites. They probally still will have special body part sprites. Don't forget to look at News Archives, May 2006, MKII Johnny Cage's spritesheet, comments, comment 7 by Hornbuckle. The links will be really helpful even though it won't include MK1 Kano's victory pose.
I gave some Kano MKT sprites to Maggo , and probably to Murdoink too . I have some shocked classic animations in the mko fan sub forums , just look for animation forum by Maggo , I included my shock animations of MKT classics in page 2 .
Hey, didnt you miss the noob saibot sheet for mk 2? sorry i just am wondering
never mind my last comment, cant wait for the next sheet!
i think that having more spirtes for mileena is reall great today i finnaly did her altnate fight stance
which is kitana`s fight stance
you should still get noob Sprites cuz when i try to make it i just screw up
hey,acekombat,do you have a website?
Great! Any Chameleon Sprites later (Like i said)
Noob is the last sprite. Its pretty easy, get a ninja and paint it all black
wut he said
I Know how to make em' Transparent, Murdoink!
reply from: Murdoink asking me
I said: I dunno i make more Chameleon Sprites
is there goning to be a mythologies section?
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In the wake of the murder of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by a policeman, and the subsequent protests of police brutality, tensions have been high among many communities. On Saturday August 16 in Philadelphia, artist activists draped yellow CAUTION ribbon around the iconic LOVE statue in Love Park and actor Keith Wallace positioned himself face-down in front of the statue, wearing a white t-shirt that appeared to be stained with blood, as if he were shot from behind. Standing near him, two people alternated the holding of a sign that read "Call Us By Our Names." For an hour, Wallace lay in front of the emblematic, tourist-attracting statue – all the while, tourists continued to pose in front of the statue, usually while framing Wallace out of the photo, or blocking the view of his body in some way.
For Wallace, an idea like this had been brewing for quite some time. "I just tried to think about a way I could use my spirit of activism coupled with my artistic passion to make a statement about what's going on. So I just decided that for me, I'm a very image-driven artist. I think images speak louder than words can, most times. And so there's some value in forcing a society to look at the most ugly parts of itself and just putting it out there for them to examine and discussed, and to be disgusted by, in the hopes of provoking some sort of dialogue or provoking some social change in an effort to eradicate some social ill, whatever that is."
The phrase "Call Us By Our Names" was born from the knowledge that though we know the names of victims like Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, there are countless other victims of police brutality whose faces go unrecognized and unnamed. "I was tired," Wallace says. "No, we're NOT thugs, we're not this, we're not that. We're unarmed citizens, so call us who we are. Call us by our names. Say 'Michael Brown' instead of 'unarmed robbery suspect.' When you give a face and a name to a victim, the public becomes socially responsible in a different way."
According to Lee Edward Colston, a theater student who was helping with the protest, visitors to the statue expressed a variety of feelings and opinions. "There was an older white couple that wanted to take a picture in front of the LOVE statue," recounts Colston. "The older white gentleman said, 'Why do they have to shove their politics down our throats?' The woman replied, 'They're black kids, honey. They don't have anything better to do.'" In another account, Colston says, "There was one group of white guys who wanted to take a picture in front of the statue, but one of the guys in the group couldn't take his eyes off of Keith's body. His friends were trying to convince him to get in the picture. He told his friends, 'Something about this doesn't feel right, guys. I don't think we should.' One of his friends replied, 'Dude, come on … he's already dead.' Then they all laughed." Additionally, "There was a guy who yelled at us… 'We need more dead like them. Yay for the white man!'
Colston did relate two more positive reactions to the performance. Recounting one, he says, "One young guy just cried and then gave me a hug and said 'thank you. It's nice to know SOMEBODY sees me.'" And in another, "There was a Latina woman with two young boys. She held her boys' hands and said to them, 'I want you to see this. This is important. Never be afraid to tell the truth.'"
Accompanying the silent protest, a sheet of paper was handed out that included information about rights and responsibilities, and a statement that partially reads, "I am racially charged not because I want to be, but because I have to be. I am racially charged because in certain instances, that hyper awareness may ensure that I make it home to my family at the end of the day. I am racially charged because I am not afforded the luxury to wander through life with my head in the (nonexistent) 'post-racial America' clouds. I see color because my color is seen, dismissed, devalued, and implicated as a threat everywhere I go. I am racially charged and if I make you uncomfortable by speaking out about it and calling attention to it, then I implore you to eradicate the ugliness I see every day in the world." (via ra's al ghul is dead, thinkprogress, philadelphia magazine)


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Merchandising for one of the fall TV schedule's most fashion-focused new shows — ABC's "Pan Am" — is already in the bag.
The retro-stylish logo bags have been given away at Comic-Con, floated to fans on the Internet, displayed in bus shelter ads and looped over the lithe arms of the "Pan Am" flight attendants in promotional posters.
Even though the show doesn't make its inaugural flight until Sept. 25, handbags and accessories bearing the name and logo of the world's most famous defunct airline are easy to come by. Many of the products are made by the same company that created the bags for the new series.
Dover, N.H.-based Pan Am Brands owns the rights to the Pan American World Airways name and logos (bought at a bankruptcy auction in 1998), which it licenses for a variety of uses, including the upcoming show.
In 2007, it launched Pan Am Originals, a retro-flavored collection inspired by the airline's original take-away blue-and-white cabin bags. The line includes messenger bags, weekend trolleys, totes, wash bags and round hat bags that sell for $49 to $300. Additional product categories, such as watches and cuff links made from pieces salvaged from an old Pan Am Boeing 707, are licensed to other companies.
For the last several years, Stacy Beck, director of marketing and corporate development for Pan Am Brands, has been the gatekeeper of Pan Am in popular culture, the one responsible for signing off on requests to use the airline's name, logo or likeness. Past deals include the 2002 movie "Catch Me if You Can" and a line of limited-edition Marc Jacobs bags in 2007 that emblazoned the fashion designer's signature across the back of blue-and-white Pan Am bags.
But none of these efforts has been as high-profile as the upcoming TV show — or taken as long to come to fruition, Beck says.
"The negotiations were about a three-year process," she said. "We needed to make sure that they had the same vision and passion for the brand that we did," Beck said.
That shared vision includes tapping into Pan Am Brands for promotional events, prop purposes and, once the show starts, merchandising.
"We'll be carrying their products on our site," said Gregory Economos, senior vice president of Global Consumer Products for Sony Pictures Entertainment. "They've got all these really great iconic bags, passport holders and things like that. And we'll probably add some elements that specifically involve aspects of the TV show."
Economos said that the deal also gives Sony Pictures Television, which produces "Pan Am," the right to create show-branded merchandise. Categories in discussion include health and beauty, home décor and fashion.
Although Economos wouldn't offer specifics, if "Pan Am" takes flight with TV viewers, expect the sexy stewardess costume — officially licensed or not — to be all the rage this Halloween.


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Among individuals making a name for themselves on YouTube is a diverse group of people from Utah — or Utubers, as they call themselves.
Utah is the No. 3 location in the world for YouTube celebrities, just behind Hollywood and London, according to Ricky Ray Butler, the creator of the Utah-based advertising company Plaid Social Labs.
The following is a list of Utubers who have acquired faithful followers and millions of video views.
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Lindsey Stirling was a BYU student who wanted to be on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." She was a classic violinist who also loved to dance.
Stirling participated in "America's Got Talent" and was a quarterfinalist. But things didn't fall into place until she teamed up with Devin Graham and turned to YouTube. Stirling now has 1,832,461 subscribers and 260,216,875 video views.
Shay Butler says on his YouTube channel, "If life's worth living, then it's worth recording!" And that is exactly what he has done.
The Butler family posts everything from playing with the dog, to jumping off the table and attacking their dad.
Their family home videos are no longer just for their own enjoyment. The Shaytard channel has 1,130,079 subscribers and 567,234,476 video views.
Blendtec was one of the first companies to turn to YouTube to advertise their product. With a goal of answering the question "Will it blend?," the number of videos this company could produce are endless. Their channel has 552,514 subscribers and 218,769,158 video views.
Pianist Jon Schmidt and cellist Steven Sharp Nelson teamed up with videographers Paul Anderson and Tel Stewart along with music producer Al van der Beek to create the group now known as The Piano Guys.
After having success online, The Piano Guys created an album and went on tour. They will visit Salt Lake City on May 11. Their channel has 1,468,348 subscribers and 203,521,517 video views.
Devin Graham was a student at BYU studying film. His dream was to work in Hollywood on feature films until he and roommate Jeff Harmon began to look at YouTube. Graham's YouTube channel has 1,025,938 subscribers and 182,826,118 video views.
Mindy McKnight didn't study film or advertising, but with five daughters, she has lots of hair to do. Many people commented on the stylish looks her girls sported each day, so in 2008, McKnight created a blog and eventually a video blog in order to share the hairstyles with family and friends. McKnight's channel has 855,528 subscribers and 156,865,243 video views.
Andrew Hale has drawn attention on YouTube for filming social experiments such as echoing people, trying to hold strangers' hands and much more. Hale usually films on college campuses such as Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University and Utah State University. Hale's channel has 465,516 subscribers and 62,677,828 video views.
Jeff Harmon didn't look into YouTube until Orabrush inventor Robert Wagstaff turned to some marketing students at BYU as a last resort. Harmon produced the first YouTube video for the company and it went viral. Orabrush has 189,620 subscribers and 40,948,189 video views.
Scott Winn was a BYU film student with Devin Graham, but unlike Graham, it took him a while to believe that YouTube was the way to go. Five months ago when Winn produced the first video for his channel, "Cute Kittens Fly in Slow Motion to Hip Hop," he recognized the opportunity available on YouTube. Winn's channel has 82,114 subscribers and 26,536,134 video views.
The Roberts brothers grew up making home videos, but it wasn't until they decided to enter a competition that they began creating Kid History. Their channel has 87,495 subscribers and 18,588,608 video views.
Jason Bagely attended Brigham Young University. Although he doesn't manage his own channel, Bagely was one of the masterminds behind Old Spice's YouTube success. Shortly after the first Old Spice commercial, "The man your man could smell like," hit YouTube and national TV, the idea exploded. But Bagely said it was when they began to interact with users on YouTube by creating video responses to viewer comments that they realized the real success they could have with this social media site. Their channel has 323,941 subscribers.


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30 in 30: Kings not satisfied, hungry for second Cupby Dan Rosen
The feeling among Los Angeles Kings players as they parted for the offseason was mutual disgust.
Surely this wasn't their first time losing a playoff round, but it was the first time they lost one after winning the Stanley Cup. That's why it felt so terrible to go out in five games against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Final.
"You don't know what you've lost until you've won it," Kings captain Dustin Brown told NHL.com. "Doing what we did in 2012 showed not only the players, but the staff and management, what it actually means and how special it is to win it, so the next year when you don't win it you feel like you've lost a lot more than you did."
Brown is realistic. He knows the Kings, even with their championship core players intact and signed long-term, can't win the Stanley Cup every year. It's been 15 years since a team has repeated.
But the Kings thought they should have done it last season -- and that feeling hasn't changed.
Every NHL team enters training camp with the goal of winning the Cup; the Kings expect it now and think they're better prepared to do it again because of the lessons they learned last season on how to deal with success.
They went from the hunters to the hunted and figured out the latter comes with its own supply of challenges, namely a target that doesn't go away and only feeds a hungry opposition.
"I can remember the night we got beat in Edmonton in overtime, I remember walking down to the dressing room and the fans were yelling, 'We just beat the Stanley Cup champions!'" Kings general manager Dean Lombardi told NHL.com. "That speaks to the challenges of having a target on your back and dealing with that. That rhymed with some of the things that I had been told."
Lombardi is talking about conversations he had last summer with champions in other sports. He spoke with John McVay, the chief executive who presided over four Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers from 1982-90. Lombardi met with former 49ers safety Ronnie Lott, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Everything they told him about trying to repeat, about being hunted, dealing with the inevitable adversity they avoided in the 2012 Cup run, it all came true.
The Kings had injuries to deal with before the regular season began. Willie Mitchell couldn't play and ended up missing the entire season with a knee injury. Matt Greene injured his back on his first shift of the season-opener against the Blackhawks and missed the next three months.
That's one-third of the Kings defense and their two most important penalty killers.
After getting through the regular season as the fifth-place team in the Western Conference, L.A. lost the first two games of the quarterfinals to the St. Louis Blues before rallying to win four straight. The Kings had to go blow-for-blow with the San Jose Sharks before finally fending them off in Game 7 with a 2-1 win.
The Kings lost three one-goal games to the Blackhawks in the Conference Final and were ousted 91:40 into Game 5 when a turnover in the offensive end gave way to the wizardry of Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.
"I can remember those guys on the 49ers telling me the second one was harder to win than the third and fourth one," Lombardi said. "Now that's just ridiculous how many championships that is, but even that statement, I get that now. I'm not sure I got it when they said it, but I can see that. Once they had won the second one, they knew exactly what they had to do to win the third one … but you've got to go through these next hurdles and it comes down to the heading of learning to deal with success. That's a very different challenge."
By most measurements, the Kings succeeded as they learned how to deal with it. It just wasn't the level of success they were now used to in L.A.
The Kings were one of the final four teams playing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and an overtime goal away from taking the series against Chicago back to L.A. for Game 6. Yet the Kings left for the summer feeling they didn't play up to their standards in the playoffs.
Additions: RW Matt Frattin, LW Daniel Carcillo, D Jeff Schultz, G Ben Scrivens
Subtractions: LW Dustin Penner, C Brad Richardson, G Jonathan Bernier
UFAs: None
Promotion candidates: RW Tyler Toffoli, C Linden Vey, LW Tanner Pearson
Those standards, of course, are extremely high.
"We didn't play up to our potential and we made it the Western Conference Final," Brown said. "I don't think that's a surprise, but in a roundabout way it's a positive out of a negative. We were one of the final four teams and I don't think we played anywhere near to our potential."
What does that mean for this season? How does it help the Kings to know they didn't play up to their high standards and lost?
"They can expect the best out of themselves," Lombardi said. "They can critique themselves. Whether it's individually or collectively, the ability to critique yourself is critical if you're going to be where you want to be. They went home and they weren't happy. That shows you some growth, and when they leave and they're ticked off you're hoping that lends itself to coming back hungry."
Based on their expectations, it had better.
"We've reached the level of winning the Stanley Cup, being in back-to-back Western Conference Finals, so going forward it's not going to be acceptable to lose in the playoffs," Brown said. "That's a high expectation, but that's the expectation that the players have, the group of guys in here now. We know what we're capable of doing."


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The Presidential race is getting pretty horse-racey in the waning days before the election, and both candidates and their running mates are furiously touring Ohio, Florida, and Colorado trying to convince people to vote for them. Today, Paul Ryan included an hilarious new bit of jokemaking in a speech to donors at a private fundraiser — one about how the so-called "War on Women" is made up. Tomorrow it could be a war on left handed dudes! AMIRITE, CHECKBOOKS?!
Ryan's statement, according to ABC News, was,
Now it's a war on women; tomorrow it's going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that.
Oh, geez! If only he would have wiped that "I'm going to cry" look off of his face and used used that one in the debate with Joe Biden, it would be a whole different ballgame!


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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—On the heels of a thrilling victory against Sacred Heart this past weekend, the Yale women's fencing team will compete at the Jan. 25 NYU Invitational, held at the Coles Sports Center in New York.
This year's NYU Invitational will pit the Bulldogs against six other teams in a daylong round-robin: Columbia, Notre Dame, NYU, Ohio State, St. John's and Wayne State. Yale will be looking to improve upon its record at last year's NYU Invitational, where it posted a 1-4 record with a 20-7 win against Wayne State.
Last year's record testified to the tough challenge of the NYU Invitational, where the Bulldogs face several higher ranked teams. Yale has registered a 1-4 record in the past three years of the tournament.
Still, this year Yale will enter the tournament with momentum from a victory against Sacred Heart at home this past weekend. With the score tied at 13-13, junior captain Lauren Miller won a 5-4 overtime bout to capture a 14-13 victory for the Bulldogs. That result reversed last year's heartbreaking 14-13 loss to Sacred Heart and will galvanize the team as it competes at NYU.
"This was an exciting meet to start off the bulk of our season, and I know we are all looking forward to the next three weekends of competition ahead," Miller said after the win against Sacred Heart.
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SATURDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Deaf people who use sign language recognize and interpret body language quicker than hearing people who don't use sign language, researchers have found.
"There are a lot of anecdotes about deaf people being better able to pick up on body language, but this is the first evidence of that," David Corina, a professor in the department of linguistics and Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, said in a university news release.
Corina and a colleague compared the response times of deaf and hearing people to video clips of people using American Sign Language or making other "non-language" physical gestures, such as stroking their chin.
"We expected that deaf people would recognize sign language faster than hearing people, as the deaf people know and use sign language daily, but the real surprise was that deaf people also were about 100 milliseconds faster at recognizing non-language gestures than were hearing people," Corina said in the news release.
The findings are important because they indicate that the human ability for communication is adaptable and not limited to speech, Corina explained. The research also suggests that deaf people may be especially adept at detecting subtle traits in the physical actions of others, a skill that could be valuable for some sensitive jobs, such as airport screening.
The study was released online in advance of publication in the March print issue of the journal Cognition.
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text: Shohreh Solati (Persian: Shohre Solati) (born Fatemeh Solati in Tehran, Iran) is a well-known and popular Iranian singer. She has vast artistic skills in singing and performing. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, she has continued her music career in exile and achieved acclaim for her contribution to Iranian music. Biography Shohreh Solati born on January 4, 1959 in Sar-cheshmeh in Tehran to a well-to-do family of artists and entertainers, Shohreh developed an interest in music early on - singing at seven years of age. She later went on to study at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where she received training in singing and the clarinet. Her first album titled Dokhtar-e-Mashreghi (Persian for "Eastern Girl") was successful, garnering some notability. Magazines directed toward the youth of Iran in the 1970s also gave exposure to the singer. The Revolution Shortly before the Revolution in 1978, Shohreh left Iran to perform in a series of concerts in the United States and, due to restrictions imposed on entertainers by the new leadership, she was not able to return. So for the time being, she decided to settle down in New York City, where she married soon after. Since the revolution came unexpectedly, she and other exiled Iranian singers initially faced some difficulties to re-establish the community. However, after the birth of her daughter, Shohreh became more involved in her professional career. Wider appeal Leaving behind New York, Shohreh moved to Los Angeles in 1982, settling with the exiled Iranian music industry of the 1970s, who also established in that city. Working with songwriters, composers and arrangers such as Mohammed Moqadam, Jaklin, Siavash Ghomeishi and Shubert Avakian, she produced and released several new albums. Most of these albums were nostalgic of the golden years of Iranian life just a few years before and thus appealed to a much wider audience, giving Shohreh's fame momentum. The yearning for Iran in Shohreh's music established a strong solidarity amongst the struggling Iranians who found comfort in her songs. Her notable albums during this period include Jaan Jaan, Salam, Sedaayeh Paa and Shenidam. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, Solati managed to increase her appeal by the release of newer albums, each earning commendation. In the 1980s she had many concerts with Siavash Shams and Andy Madadian. However, it was not until the release of the album Zan (1994) that she unequivocally garnered positive reviews from critics. The themes of her songs in that album not only highlighted greater recognition of women's rights, but they also underlined the importance of women's duties. 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Ian Tucker has been announced as the new headteacher of Abbeyfield School in Chippenham from September.
Mr Tucker, 42, is coming from an associate headteacher position at Rushden Community College in Northamptonshire, where he was on secondment.
Rushden is an 11-18 school of a similar size to Abbeyfield and, like Abbeyfield, was last year converted to an academy sponsored by the Educational Fellowship.
Mr Tucker lives in Malmesbury with his wife, who teaches at a Swindon primary school, and their two sons, aged 10 and 13, and eight-year-old daughter, all of whom go to school in Malmesbury.
He is already known in several Wiltshire schools. Brought up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, Mr Tucker's 21 years in the teaching profession began as a teacher in Bradford, West Yorkshire and later in Swindon.
Mr Tucker then became deputy head at Woodborough Primary School in Pewsey and went on to have two headships at primary schools, first at Lyneham Junior School for four years, and then from 2006, at St Mary's CE Primary School in Purton for six years.
Mr Tucker, who visited Abbeyfield yesterday and spoke to a group of year sevens, said it was very important to him to be known as a "hands-on and a highly visible" headteacher.
He said: "Both the students and the community will see plenty of me and I intend to prioritise getting to know what makes this tremendous school and area tick.
"Over the coming weeks and months I look forward to working with the leadership team and the governors so that when I arrive in September, I can hit the ground running."
He said he would be setting "really high expectations" in terms of academic achievement and behaviour, but he does believe in having an academic and vocational balance and said he would be developing the school's links with both local universities and colleges.
Michele Blain, Abbeyfield's chair of governors, said: "As an experienced headteacher, Mr Tucker comes with a significant track record of leadership in both secondary and primary phases.
"We are all looking forward to a new exciting period in the journey of our school."
After eight years at Abbeyfield, three of those as head, David Nicholson will be taking up a new headship at Costello School in Basingstoke, Hampshire, which has 1,300 pupils compared to Abbeyfield's 750.
He leaves Abbeyfield with a 'good' rating by Ofsted.
Mr Tucker will be available to meet prospective parents at the year seven induction evening on Monday, July 14.


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Like it or not, the paleo diet fad has now gone mainstream.
This week, Taco Bell announced that it will be beefing up its menu — quite literally — by launching a new menu centered around meat and protein. The new menu, which, as the Mexican fast food chain explained in a statement, is "the next evolution of its Cantina Bell menu," will be called the Cantina Power Menu, and will feature food items with double portions of meat and more than 20 grams of protein. Essentially, it's Taco Bell's bet that Americans are increasingly interested in protein content, and decreasingly interested in so-called diet foods.
"We heard customers requesting a higher protein solution with the flavors Cantina delivers, so here is Cantina Power," company president Brian Niccol said in a statement. "People are not looking for diet food. They want food that gives them energy," he said.
Taco Bell launched its original Cantina menu back in 2012 to appease consumers looking for brighter and fresher ingredients. The menu initially included items with ingredients like fresh guacamole and fire roasted corn salsa, and was promoted with artfully shot ads sporting the aesthetic of Food Network cooking shows.
But it appears that Taco Bell has either come to the conclusion that its customers go elsewhere for that sort of fare, or simply learned that America's love for protein-packed foods trumps all else.
Most likely, it's the latter.
Taco Bell isn't getting rid of the "fresh" ingredients — it's merely topping them with more meat and using that as the prevailing marketing pitch.
Taco Bell 's bet comes at a particularly promising moment for protein. Demand for protein-rich foods is growing quickly around the globe, but especially fast in the U.S.. Protein supplement sales, for instance, have grown by more than 40 percent since 2008, and are expected to grow by another 40-plus percent by 2018, according to estimates by market research firm Euromonitor.
And interest in foods with higher protein content is especially pronounced among America's youth, which just so happens to be Taco Bell's prime audience.
Taco Bell isn't the first fast food company to double down on America's growing muscle obsession. Other chains, including Panera Bread Co., which sports its own power menu, have made similar bets. And large food manufacturers, like Kraft, have tried their hand at the trend, too. Kraft, for its part, began selling a product called P3, which combines nuts, meat and cheese, earlier this year.
But Taco Bell does seem pretty serious about it. So serious, that it isn't stopping at extra meat and added protein — it's even extended its menu to include Greek yogurt. "There are lots of yogurt parfaits out there, so we asked ourselves what would get people excited about yogurt at Taco Bell, and the answer is Greek yogurt," Niccol said.


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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Rob: Out For Hobbit Blood
Boston Rob is a name we're all familiar with. He's played Survivor 85 times and has never won. He transformed himself from a semi unlikable guy to a guy you kind of want to root for.
A lot of people have issues with former players coming back, but I don't mind it at all. I just want a good solid game with a shitload of drama and lots of backstabbing. I think Rob is someone who can contribute to my vision of a Survivor Utopia. Only a select few are handpicked to become "Professional Survivor Players" and you kind of have to respect that. Whether you love him or hate him, Rob is back to play bitches. It'll be extremely difficult for him to win, but you better believe I'm going to enjoy watching him try.
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God, he's hot.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 3:57 PM
I am not a huge fan of Rob, but he does make the game interesting...even his strange accent and his proclivity to crying and passing out in the jungle are entertaining in some way...besides, his hatred for Russell (not exactly unrequited) should make quite a few sparks that (hopefully) would make this season fiery...ReplyDelete
we all do need some change from the boring last season...
- DiabolicalFebruary 12, 2011 at 11:45 PM
I still like him. Despite how well he's done for himself, he still comes off as someone you should feel sorry for because he's never actually won it and you just know it's the one thing in life he really really wants. I hope he manages to stay in it and keep us entertained for as long as possible but I think his team will have it in for him.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Rob has become a professional reality show contestant by now. What wouldn't he do for money!ReplyDelete
However, out of his 3 times on Survivor twice he didn't even make it to the jury.
His TAR appearances were not a great success either.
I also remember there was a real accident on one of TAR seasons when a car (with two contestants and two crew members in it) lost control and overturned. The only person who drove by without even slowing down was Rob (along with his bride). Not even bothered to check if someone was injured or dead, let alone offer help.
Well, my point is - he might be ok for the Survivor show, but I wouldn't count on him to help you survive in real life.
- JenniferFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:54 AM
I like Rob. I'd love to see him win. He's scrappy and he keeps coming back for more and from what I've seen and heard from him he is so damn grateful to Survivor that I can't help but love the guy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Self-absprbed, cheezy, no-real-talent, *bor-ing*, polyester-wearing, used-car-salesman.ReplyDelete
Not surprised by anon-1:13's report of him driving by a rollover accident. *no* money would ever let me do that. I'm all for a cut-throat game... but my kids and I celebrate 'Survivor Day' every July 8th--to mark the day we survived a horrific rollover, and we owe our lives to the scores of people who stopped and helped. Now I know what an asshole Rob really is. ...There's game-asshole, which I love, but he is just beyond pathetic.
polyester wearing.
yep, the nastiest double-knit kind.
the kind that never, ever goes away. yuk.
I like Rob. I'd love to see him win. He's scrappy and he keeps coming back for more and from what I've seen and heard from him he is so damn grateful to Survivor that I can't help but love the guyReplyDelete


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[50 Cent]
It's 50 Cent and S-N double O-P
You don't want no snoop and you don't want it with me
[Hook (50 Cent)]
Everytime I come around they like "Oh No"
I get to trippin; slap the clip up in my 44
Shit I been thru in my hood made my heart cold
I get to poppin off that thang like I'm loco
No sense in coppin pleas when you see my knife out (knife out)
Motherfuckers light out (light out)
Here come snoop, uh (oh shit) (Oh No)
Sup nigga, sup now huh? (Oh No)
[Snoop Dogg]
Ricky Ticky Timble, C's is the symbol
Courdoroy khakis, stacies & brimmed up
Straight razors just keep you trimmed up
1-8-7, oh yeah, now you remember
He's electrifyin & original
So gangster, Snoop Dogg the criminal
The one you hate to love, in the club, in the cut
Hugged up wit yo bitch, nigga I don't give a shit
You betta check dat ho, that's what wreckin G
Now step your game down, cuz ain't no checkin me
You'll be respecting me until I leave this room
Or my gat'll go boom, bullets go zoom
Now your name is on a tomb
They pourin out liquor with no room to consume, silly bafoon
I pop niggas like balloons, I ain't feelin em
Walkin in my big blue chucks cuz I'm killin em
[Talkin] Hey what up cuz, it's 50 Cent;
What's happin nigga?
[50 Cent]
Ever since the moment I was born I been dyin (yea)
Hundred miles an hour pulse flyin wit my eye... an
He who fears fate lives like coward
You go against me, you'll be devoured
Then you get to poppin you'll have change of heart
I hit your chest a couple times you'll have to change your heart
Have doc usin donors, dead niggas wit spare parts
You come back wit lungs of a snicth, and the heart of dead nark
Niggas never see the light till spark
Then they bleed, it get cold , then shit get dark
You can call me the beast from the east, I run these streets
You can eat hollow tip shells or you can work for me
These rap niggas crazy, my mercy has limits
Push me a hundred revolvers'll get to spinnin
Your services are no longer needed; rock-a-bye baby
My bitch will do it to you with a lil 380 (yea)
[Snoop Dogg]
I'm bailin thru the door again
Let momo pour again
Me and my ho again
Yea she got the four up in this motherfucker
And I'mma bust it if you try to rush us or touch us or sucka ducka us
It'll crack off, now back off -real slow
An if you don't know , I never hesitate to shoot a ho
Yea that's my reputation - you test my patience &
You & your fam - bam - gon hear the blam, blam
Goddammit I'm at it again
They done let bitch niggas up outta the pen
And now he lookin for me - what the heck - my game is built on respect
Now I'm breathin down your motherfuckin neck
I dumps till my clip is empty
I'm headin down willshire to send the scent
And when I get there don't ask who sent me
Just take dem shots and drop it like it hot
Bitch nigga
Yea nigga
Just when you though I was gone
Slide back up on you like the wind nigga
Hurricane D-O-Double G
With the G,G,G,G,G,G,G-UNIT
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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison asked Thursday for Republicans and Democrats to come together and compromise in the debt ceiling debate to avoid wounding an already fragile economy.
With the Aug. 2 default deadline less than 120 hours away, Hutchison said both houses of Congress must quickly find an agreeable solution so the country won't hit the debt ceiling, causing a potential spike in interests rates.
"The Senate majority leader and the House speaker have put forward plans. I believe that we must find a common ground between the House and the Senate with the proposals that have been put out," the Texan said. "There have been a lot of proposals and there are good parts in several of these proposal. We need to come together and find the best parts that we can agree on, knowing that we are a divided Congress and a divided government and move forward."
Hutchison said most in Congress understand that failing to reach an agreement before Aug. 2 would have dramatic effects on the country's economy, but said that members are letting ideological differences hold them back.
"We all know that we are at the point where we are because we have a fundamental difference in principle on how we believe the government should be run," she said on the Senate Floor. "At the same time, most agree that our country can not go into default."
The Republican hoped both chambers would settle on an agreement that was without tax increases, had "meaningful" cuts and would extend the debt ceiling quickly.
Beyond solving the debt crisis, Hutchison said the country needs to take an hard look at its entitlement programs, touting her new Social Security act as a way to reform these program. That legislation would increase the retirement age over a 16-year period to 69.
"The time is here, it is past here, to take the necessary step to get the fiscal house in order," she said.


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NHGRI Scientific Director Departing To Lead New Genomics Consortium
NHGRI Scientific Director Departing To Lead New Genomics Consortium
June 26, 2002
BETHESDA, Md. - The National Human Genome Research Institute's Intramural Scientific Director, Dr. Jeffrey Trent, formally announced that he would be leaving the institute to lead the private, non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGRI) in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Trent will remain NHGRI's Scientific Director while a national search is conducted to find his replacement.
Prepared Statement of Dr. Francis S. Collins
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
"Jeff will be very much missed. He has been a terrific leader of genomic research on the NIH campus. He was instrumental in creating the intramural program of NHGRI and leading it to become one of the strongest programs in genetics and genomics in the world. His own research on cancer genetics, especially prostate cancer, melanoma, and breast cancer, has been groundbreaking.
"With the sequence of the human genome and a host of other research resources and technologies now available, the opportunities to translate basic science into clinical medicine are unprecedented. I am sure that the new TGRI will play an important role in the exciting new era."
"Jeff is not only a terrific scientist and a remarkably talented leader but a close friend as well. I am sad to see him leave NIH, but he clearly has a vision for what he wants to do in this next chapter of his life. He and his wife Dee have strong and deep roots in Arizona, and I know they are looking forward to going back home. All of us at NHGRI would like to extend our best wishes for success and happiness in their new endeavors."
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Phishing and Other Social Engineering Scams
The Internet is wild and untamed. While there are many useful and productive reasons to be surfing, there will always be nefarious groups attempting to steal your private information one way or another. One common technique these groups use is phishing, also called webpage spoofing. Phishing is a form of social engineering attack, where internet thieves attempt to manipulate you into performing certain actions or divulging your confidential information. Phishing attempts to get you to give up your confidential information by pretending to be a legitimate website or e-mail. The e-mails or web pages may look very convincing at first glance; many people don't notice any difference from genuine content, which is why it is used so frequently. Once the user turns over their sensitive information (such as login credentials or credit card numbers), they will begin almost immediately to find ways to profit from this information. They may attempt to log into your campus account and access your student or finacial information or they may try to access your online bank accounts, which can harm you, the University, or both. Technology can help reduce the risks from phishing, but there is much you must do to stay as protected as possible. Let's examine some key things to be looking out for to avoid being a victim of a phising attack.
Fake UIS Site Example
Below are sample screenshots from a recent fake site claiming to be the UIS Blackboard site. From first glance, this site appears very much like the real, valid UIS Blackboard site. However, there are some key elements missing from this site. Let's take a closer look.
Fake site viewed from Internet Explorer 9
There are several warning signs shown here to be looking out for including:
- The location starts with http:// not https://
- The location site (the part of the location URL in bold) is not "uis.edu"
- There is no security lock displayed
Fake site viewed from Firefox 6
In Firefox, in addition to the warning indicators listed above, when you click on the icon to the left of the location, it also displays the following important information:
- The web site's identity cannot be verified
- The connection to the web site is not encrypted
Valid UIS Site
Now let's compare the screenshots from the valid UIS Blackboad Learning site.
Real site viewed from Internet Explorer 9
Again, there are several key things to be looking for including:
- The location starts with https://
- The location site (the part of the location URL in bold) is "uis.edu"
- The security lock is displayed
Real site viewed from Firefox 6
In Firefox, when you click on the icon to the left of the location, it also displays the following important information:
- The web site's identity is verified to be uis.edu
- The connection to the web site is encrypted
Tips for Safe Surfing
By following the tips that follow, you can dramatically reduce the risk that your confidential information will be used againt you or the University via phishing attacks such as the one shown above.
- When going to a site that request login credentials or other sensitive data, type in the URL manually rather than clicking on links from e-mails, search engine search results, or other untrusted sources.
- When you arrive at the site, before entering any sensitive information, take a moment and verify that the security markers you expect are present:
- Does the URL start with https://? If the URL does not start with https:// (the 's' is the most important piece), there is a stronger chance that any information you provide could be stolen.
- Get in the habit of looking at the address line. Were you directed to "https://bb.uis.edu"? Does the address line display something different like "http://www.gotyouscammed.com/bb.uis.edu?" Be aware of where you are going.
- Does the site provide identity information? Legitimate sites will be able to offer proof that they are legitimate. Use the browser's security features to verify that the site has been shown to be legitimate.
- Don't use the links in an email, instant message, or chat to get to any web page if you suspect the message might not be authentic or you don't know the sender.
- If you think you may have provided login credentials to a fake site, CHANGE YOUR LOGIN PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY! Do not wait till later as thieves can quickly begin using your credential to access more of your sensitive information.
For more ideas on protecting yourself agains scams and fraud while online, see the Anti-Phishing Working Group website. If you need additional assistance related to a phishing or other social engineering attack, please contact the UIS Technology Support Center at (217) 206-6000 or e-mail them at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"I love his smile. That's it essentially," says Roger Boreham of his portrait of his father. "I tried to think of someone famous but there's no-one more famous for me than my Dad. He's a great father."
Boreham set out to invest as much power as possible into a small painting and worked hard to create a shimmering quality that didn't feel overdone.
"A lot of artists think size matters but for my own edification I wanted to paint something small that was just as powerful," he says. "I like the minimalist approach. A lot of artists put in backgrounds. I think a good portrait should stack up by itself.
"I've tried to go for something impressionistic. It took a long time to do. I kept building it up, nine or ten times. But it's all about capturing the warmth of the smile. It's a warm, happy portrait. Optimism is the name of the game."
Boreham is also a musician. With every portrait he paints, he composes a piece of music on the piano at the same time. "Every brushstroke goes down with a melody," he says. "Generally speaking a melody will just come into my head. It's an interesting little gift to have."
Born in England in 1965, Boreham trained at art school then travelled extensively throughout Europe. He came to Australia in 1981. A landscape as well as a portrait artist, this is his first time in the Archibald Prize.


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Do you ever feel rushed at the doctor's office? Do you forget to ask something that's been on your mind? Not sure what questions to ask? Be prepared for your appointment so that you can make the most out of the time with your doctor. Use the Doctor Discussion Guide before your visit. Don't forget to bring a pen to write down the answers to questions you have and specific instructions your doctor gives you.
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Fresh opportunities on the emerging markets
Emerise is Natixis Asset Management's investment division dedicated to emerging markets. To mark the first year since its creation, Head of Emerise Stéphane Mauppin-Higashino gives an update on the outlook on these markets.
Is it time to take another look at emerging markets?
"For the past few years, we have been negative on emerging markets (EM) equities. But very recently, we started to adopt a more constructive view as we see a multiplication of green shoots.
Aggregate GDP growth in emerging markets seems to be bottoming, with expectations that the gap with developed markets will widen in favor of EM in the coming years. Our proprietary synthetic PMI index has improved regularly and on the monetary front, a majority of EM countries are still in an accommodative phase with 35 rate cuts, providing a boost to EM economies.
EM currencies' adjustments to the dollar and euro seem largely behind us, enabling and corporates to take a breather in terms of margins and export competitiveness. Earnings per share (EPS) are beginning to recover.
The valuation/earnings risks balance on emerging markets is turning increasingly interesting for EM, unlike developed markets, where it is relatively burdensome.
Lastly, investors seem to be moving back towards these markets to a small extent, as confirmed by the recent recovery in institutionals' calls to tender in these zones. In the medium term, these capital flows will provide support for emerging markets."
China and Brazil: sluggish growth
According to Stéphane Mauppin-Higashino: "Despite disappointing growth in the first quarter, the latest indicators are pointing towards a modest recovery with an acceleration in economic activity.
This year, the Olympics took place in Brazil in the midst of a severe economic and political crisis, and we do not expect any significant boost from the games in the mid to long term, judging by the aftermath of the FIFA World Cup in 2014."
What potential risks could hit emerging markets?
Stéphane Mauppin-Higashino concludes: "Credit has grown excessively over the past 5 years, putting consumption, investment and corporate margins at risk in the event of a slowdown. However, the latest round of earnings reports from EM corporates bear out their recovery and reflect renewed competitiveness. This change could improve their balance sheet and their debt situation."
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