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Tom Welling was a mere unknown a few short years ago, until a TV seies called Smallville turned the young would-be actor into one of Hollywood's most popular young stars. Now a part of the ensemble of the new Steve Martin family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, in which he plays the family's eldest son, Welling talks movies, stardom and of course, the future of Smallville.
Question: How/why this Cheaper by the Dozen?
Answer: When I first got this script it was sent to me in a package of four or five, and I was discussing the projects with my agent. He was saying, 'This person is involved with this and this person is involved with this.' (Cheaper by the Dozen) was about the third script in the pile and my agent said, 'Steve Martin is playing the father in this one.' And for me this script really went to the top. The top three reasons I decided to do this film were, one, Steve Martin, two, Steve Martin and three, Steve Martin. That was the number one draw for me. Then, after reading the script, I really liked this character, Charlie. I liked what he went through, what he had to go through, and I felt I understood where he was coming from. And I just wanted to be a part of it. It was the kind of story I wanted to be a part of.
Question: Did you look back to your own adolescence?
Answer: I only had to look back about 10 years. So it wasn't too hard.
Question: How big is your family?
Answer: I have a family of six, four kids.
Question: Can you relate to Charlie, so far as siblings?
Answer: I don't know if it's going to show up in the film, but we went back and re-shot a scene where Charlie on the phone with his girlfriend and someone keeps picking up the phone. 'I'm on the phone. I'm on the phone.' They hang up. I continue my conversation and someone else would get on the phone. I went through that growing up. My mother would pick up the phone, and she wouldn't even see if anyone was on the line. She'd dial all the numbers before she ever put the phone to her ear. It would like, 'Ma…' You'd wait. 'Mom.' And she'd say, 'Oh, I'm so sorry.'
Question: Are you surprised at how successful you've become?
Answer: I think the success of Smallville has a lot to do with a number of factors. We've got a great cast. We've got a great storyline. We've got stories to do every week. So it's a community effort there. As far as Cheaper By the Dozen goes, that's going to be successful for those same reason. We've got a lot of people involved who are good at what they do, and they come to set ready to create something beautiful.
Question: You and Hilary Duff are the teen idols of the group. Did you guys get teased by the kids?
Answer: Hilary did. Hilary did. I remember that a lot of the little boys liked to tease Hilary. They all knew who she was. They were all familiar with what they'd done. They weren't so sure, the little ones, who I was when I got there. They found out along the way, but by that time they'd already met me. They were just like, 'So, what are you doing on TV?' Kids are very honest. They're brutally honest that way.
Question: Did she give you tips?
Answer: Did she give me some tips? No. No. I tried to help her out. We did a scene where I drive a car into a parking spot and she mentioned that 'I have to go to driver's ed next week.' I said, 'Oh, check this out,' and I showed her how to keep your foot on the brake while you floored the gas, got the RPMs up and sort of peeled out a little bit. I saw her later and she said, 'You know, I tried that, but it doesn't work in my Mercedes.' I said, 'Well, the Nova that I showed you in, there's a little difference.'
Question: Hilary said you made her laugh a lot.
Answer: As you can tell, Hilary is a very good actress and she's a very good liar. We just had a lot of fun, everybody there. I think it comes across in the film. Everybody was just there to have fun. Unlike a lot of families — where you're old enough and everyone's separated and you look back and go, 'Wait a minute. We actually had some fun at that time in our lives.' — we were all just laughing and having a good time.
Question: Did the, reality of working with Steve Martin match the dream?
Answer: Absolutely. I grew up watching him. He was always my favourite guy ever on Saturday Night Live. Getting to work with him and meeting him on a personal level and on a work level, he just fulfilled every expectation I had and even more. He's just a great, wonderful human being. He's a lot of fun, very caring and very supportive.
Question: Did he give you any bits of advice?
Answer: One piece of advice that he told me was that, "In this business there is no secret knowledge. Anyone who has made it has made it for different reasons. Some of them have no reasons whatsoever. You just have to follow your heart and do what you think is right.' It was Steve, Bonnie and I. They'd taken me out to dinner for my birthday. We were up in Northern California and we were all lonely, so we went out to dinner. So I was just kind of sitting back like a fly on the wall and listening to the two of them talk about some of the choices that they'd made in what they'd done. It was very interesting.
Question: How important was it to do something other than Smallville, to show people another aspect of what you can do?
Answer: It was very important, even apart from a professional standpoint. I wanted to do something different, in a different medium, something that would allow me to be a little more free. A lot of times on Smallville the way we shoot the show is we'll shoot the master, then we'll go in and do some medium range shots and then, if you've ever seen Smallville, they love to go right into these real smackers right here, these real big close-ups. What that does, is you don't have a lot of movement at that point. Now, on this film I knew that there we could move around, that there'd be a little bit more room, a little more space, a little more space to create, and a lot more leeway. That was very enticing to me.
Question: How do you deal with chaos in your own life?
Answer: I have so much chaos in my life it's become normal, with being on the (Smallville) set. I'm there nine months out of the year and I work nearly every day. You become used to it, but a lot of is you have to just relax and calm down and take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong. That's what I try to do.
Question: Did working with kids make you want to have kids?
Answer: I worked with six other kids, but I don't think that it accelerated any rush to have children. But I look forward to having a family sometime in the future, to having a couple of kids.
Question: What interested you more in Cheaper by the Dozen, the humour or the heart?
Answer: Well, my character isn't funny. I'm about the only one in the film who isn't funny. For me, it was more about the heart. Everybody else is coming from an angle of excitement. The kids are excited because they're getting toys. Dad's getting a new job. Mom's got a new book. My character is the only one who sits back and says, 'Wait a minute, I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves.' So he's really the one working from more of a heart point of view, or an internal point of view, and a lot of the other characters are working from an external influence point of view. So yes, the heart was very important.
Question: Are you as much a realist as Charlie?
Answer: At times, at times. I'm maybe not as much (of a realist). I think I maybe cut myself a little more slack than this character does. He's pretty hard on himself and the people around him. Of course, he's in a pretty serious position.
Question: What are you making of fame?
Answer: Fame? What is fame. I'm not sure what fame is. Fame may be attention. I guess that's all it really is, attention. I'm separated from a lot of it, seeing how I'm up in Vancouver and I'm shooting all the time. It's something that's out of my control. It's something I appreciate and that I respect, but it's not necessarily something that I concentrate on or try to maintain.
Question: Why is Smallville so popular and how hard is it to maintain its quality and popularity in a TV landscape where shows are falling hard in the ratings?
Answer: Well, I think that one thing is it's a really good show. It is a good show. It's got a lot of elements. It actually has elements that Cheaper by the Dozen has, and that is that people of different ages cam watch it and enjoy it for different reasons. I think that a lot of things become successful for that reason. Basically, what we're looking at is if you can get a lot of different people to like one thing it will be successful. That's the common thread between the two.
Question: How much has Clark developed over the seasons?
Answer: At the beginning of the show Clark didn't even talk. He was kind of a geek. Now, somehow, without any sort of obvious transition, he's this guy who's cool and hangs out with everybody. I'm not sure how that happened, but it did. Clark is a bit more street-smart than he was at the beginning of the season. He's probably wrestling more with his emotions now, rather than just being thrown off by them or being confused by them. I think he's getting a better grasp of what they are, but then trying to work through them and figure out who he is.
Question: We've heard you tipped for Superman film. Possibility?
Answer: Before that film could ever be brought to me on an actual level there are just too many things that probably wouldn't allow it to happen. One is the shooting schedule I have on Smallville.
Question: Are you a part of the L.A. party scene?
Answer: I'm never here. I'm never here. I'm here for the night. I flew in this morning. That's not where my interests lie.
Question: Where do you call home?
Answer: To the IRS? It's funny. Right now I reside in Vancouver about nine months out of the year. Last summer I was working on the film and then I spent some time with my family out east. Basically the answer would be that I reside in Vancouver.
Question: Would you ever want to live on a farm like Clark?
Answer: Sure. Sure. Who wouldn't want to have the apartment in the city and the house out on a farm? Everybody wants some space. Someone brought up fame earlier, and I think there's almost a sense with a lot of attention coming in, that you almost need an escape route. We all want some space. We all want some time on our own, and a lot of the time that means going outside of the hustle and bustle.
Question: Are you a football player?
Answer: Now? I'm an actor. I'm kidding. My father played quite a bit and he didn't want me to play growing up. I played soccer, baseball and basketball. I used to play football in the backyard with my brother and his friends, but never on a team level.
Question: Did acting come as a surprise to your parents?
Answer: That was as much a surprise to them as it was to me. I didn't grow up with the intention of becoming an actor. It wasn't until three, four or five years ago that it ever really became something I thought I could even do. I'd always grown up watching movies and wanting to be that guy. I wanted to be Tom Cruise. Actually, I didn't want to be Tom Cruise. I wanted to be Maverick (from Top Gun). I didn't know that was Tom Cruise being an actor. The sense of adventure was very alluring to me, and it wasn't until a few years ago that I was talking to some people who said, 'We can maybe put you in a position where it could become a possibility. We can introduce you to some people.' I said, 'Well, let's try it.' And I loved it right from the start. I was living in New York. I was doing modeling at the time. It was a good thing that this happened, because I was not very good at (modeling).
Question: Why were you not good at modeling?
Answer: To me, it's not a very expressive job. It's really based solely on what's the outside. I didn't find that it was fulfilling at all. I find acting to be much more fulfilling. You can be much more expressive and you can show a lot more of who you are. At the end of the day I feel like I've created something.
Question: How do you deal with distances and not being around people you love?
Answer: Cell phones help. E-mail helps. You just try to stay in touch. You make your best effort to see people when you can. Your expectations of people change and their expectations of you have to change as well. You can't go from seeing your buddy every week to moving to Canada and not seeing him for three months and still expect the same things from each other. You have to adjust.
Question: How hard on Smallville is it to play the same character week after week
Answer: I have to believe that for any actor to take what he's doing on a day to day basis and be able to do something different, especially with that same character, it's great. It's fascinating. It's a great release and it's something we look forward to. For me it's become the norm. It's normal for me to wake up, go to set, be there for 12 or 14 hours and then go home. That's my life. And going back to the question just before, you adjust.
Question: Do you have a strategy for subsequent work?
Answer: We don't have any specific strategy to find the anti-Clark. We're looking at everything right now. It was great to be on the set with Bonnie and Steve, who are, in my mind, probably two of the greatest comedic minds around. They're just brilliant. And they have two different ways to even go about comedy. Comedy is definitely something I' d be interested in, as well as dramas and action. I'm just looking at everything right now.
Question: Talk about working with Chris Reeve on Smallville
Answer: It was great. I'll be going back (to NYC to shoot another episode with Reeve) for sure.
Question: Did Chris share any insights into his days as Superman?
Answer: It was funny. He watches Smallville and he was amazed at how we can do what we do on a day to day basis and even get them out in a week, with some of the special effects and visual effects. He was explaining how, when he did the first Superman, even up to a year after the actual production stopped he was still working, and how they really pushed the special effects and the visual effects forward with that film. So that was the big thing that he was amazed at. He had a little joke that he didn't want to talk with me too much about Superman because I'm not supposed to know about him yet, because I'm only Clark Kent. That was his jokes.
Question: Will we see flying on the show?
Answer: A lot of people are looking forward to that. I'm not, but I base that on the character. I believe that Clark flying around, Clark putting on the suit in Smallville would go against what we're trying to do, and that is show a teenager with these abilities who is trying to fit and trying to be normal. I think that if he puts on the suit and he starts flying around, one, we've now changed the dynamic of the show, and, two, it would be too easy. One of the things that we try to do on Smallville is we try not to make it too easy for Clark to use his abilities. Other people can't find out about them. He has to make sure that he's very conscientious about covering his tracks and making sure nobody finds out about him.
Question: What's coming up on the show?
Answer: Lex Luthor is crazy. He's in an insane asylum. Lana's got a new sort of boyfriend, sort of freak-boy who I'm probably going to have to get rid of sooner or later. And Chloe and Clark start putting the pieces of their friendship back together.
Question: Will he get the girl (Lana)?
Answer: It's one of those things where, if he gets the girl, it's over. That's where the tension comes from. It's a hard question to answer. As much as Clark wants to be with Lana he almost can never have her. That's the curse that he has. This is the thing: Lana is probably the one person in the world who would accept him for who he is. She just would. Yet, Clark doesn't want to take that chance. He's not so sure. That adds the tension.
Question: What is the most surprising thing to you about success?
Answer: The most surprising thing is that there are a lot of people who are interested in what I have to say about thing and about my opinions on things. That's probably the biggest thing.
Question: You're married, right?
Answer: Yes I'm married.
Question: Where's the ring?
Answer: No comment. It's not a bad thing. I just don't have it with me today.
Question: Do you want to graduate on screen, stop doing teen and high school roles?
Answer: Well, they're doing a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof right now in New York. I really thought I had a shot at Big Daddy. They just didn't see it. There is the idea that at some point you have to grow up, you have to leave the teen medium. That's either something you do on purpose or that you fall into, but it's a tricky situation. Maybe you can play older, but once you do that it's more difficult to go back. So why, right now, push back away all these roles that are in this age range that you fit into? You have to at least consider them, because there are some good roles. Once you're 40 you can't play those roles, so you might as well keep your options open.
Question: So you watch yourself? Are you good at it?
Answer: I watch dailies of Smallville. But I don't watch it so much to see if my hair is OK or if my makeup is all right. I watch it to see what the director is doing, to see what the shot is. Sometimes I'll just trust that it's going to be a great shot and sometimes it's not, so I use it as a learning tool.
Question: How did you meet your wife?
Answer: We met about five years ago. We were both in New York at about the same time. We got married last September, not this past one.


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Aaron Paul joined the cast of "Breaking Bad" to celebrate the fact that two of the Emmy award-winning AMC show's meth suits have been donated to The National Museum of American History.
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"Yes, I may be a little biased but I am also very proud," he added, before giving props to the creator of the show, Vince Gilligan.
"That man standing up there at the podium is the reason this show exists. Vince fu*%ing Gilligan. He is the reason I have a career and I will be indebted to this man until my dying breath. This show was a success because of you. Simple as that. We needed our audience to believe in us and that you did my friends. 'Breaking Bad' is now in the Guinness book of world records as the highest critically acclaimed TV show in history. That is absolutely INSANE. To all of you, Thank you."
Gilligan went up to speak at the event, and joked, "If you had told me there'd be crystal meth in the same museum as The Star-Spangled Banner, Thomas Edison's light bulb, Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch and Dorothy's ruby slippers, I'd have told you you were using too much of Walter White's product."
Along with the pair of hazmat suits and gas masks worn by Paul and Bryan Cranston, the collection will include a soda cup from Los Pollos Hermanos, the DEA badge belonging to Dean Norris' character Hank Schrader, a purple corkscrew from the house he shared with wife Marie (Betsy Brandt), Heisenberg's black hat and, of course, two baggies of Walter White's signature baby blue (and fake) meth, among other items.
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Ontario nurses call for indefinite province-wide moratorium
The government's move, which came last night, effectively reverses a situation that would have shut two home care agencies – the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) and St. Joseph's Home Care out of the running to provide nursing care through a bidding process run by the local Community Care Access Centre.
"Competitive bidding is the antithesis of good patient care. It leads people to compete rather than to collaborate, pitting one health care provider against another while leaving patients on the sidelines," says RNAO president Mary Ferguson-Pare.
"This was an invention of the Harris government and we are asking the McGuinty government to cancel this RFP process province wide, otherwise the public uproar we saw in Hamilton could spread across the province."
Doris Grinspun, RNAO's executive director says competitive bidding never yielded the economic benefits that were touted nor did it deliver the health outcomes promised by former Premier Mike Harris. "This flawed process created a situation that is quite the opposite. It means nurses spend more time writing proposals than dedicating themselves to providing patient care," says Grinspun.
"We want the government to take its action one step further because if this process is allowed to roll out in other communities, it will disrupt the continuity of care patients receive and will have a detrimental effect on the morale of nurses worried about whether they will lose their jobs. "These are knowledgeable, compassionate nurses who love their work. Their commitment to providing care in peoples' homes shouldn't be taken for granted," adds Grinspun.
The association is urging Premier McGuinty and Health Minister George Smitherman to place an indefinite moratorium on the competitive bidding process for all home care contracts in Ontario.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses wherever they practise in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has lobbied for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.
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CAREL Electronic (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. was established in 2005, and is located in Suzhou, around 80 km from Shanghai and 130 km from Pudong international airport. The CAREL Suzhou Factory is a WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise), controlled 100% by CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A. (CAREL HQ).
China is one of the most attractive markets, with 10% GDP growth, and many of the company's main OEM's from Europe, the USA, etc, are increasing their operations in China, making a manufacturing site serving the East Asian market is an important nerve centre for the company. Furthermore, this allows products to be sold directly on the local market at competitive prices, avoiding customs duties and import costs, and obviously shortening the supply chain.
CAREL's facilities around the world are identical because they follow the same processes and quality standards, meaning CAREL products made at the Suzhou factory have the same level of quality and reliability as the products manufactured by CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A.
CAREL Suzhou employs around 270 people, covers a total of 4000 sq.m, divided into 3400 sq.m of manufacturing and warehouse on two floors, and 600 sq.m of offices on the 3rd floor. Over the past four years, CAREL China has achieved significant sales, and manufactures 100% Chinese components. It is an essential commercial hub for the company, fully covering the East Asian markets, in addition to China, and also represents a "disaster recovery" site, offering further guarantees to customers. Production involves both finished products and assemblies, so as to more flexibly satisfy customer requirements.
The Suzhou subsidiary was founded and operates in exactly the same way as headquarters in Brugine, Italy. The CAREL model, customer focus, technological innovation, superior product reliability, service and respect for the environment all represent the basis for the establishment and operation of all CAREL production plants abroad.
The added value of this site in China also comes from the consolidation of a strong team that has remained constant over the years.
During 2006, a world-leading certification organisation issued ISO 9001:2000 certification for CAREL Electronic (Suzhou) Co Ltd. This certification, issued after just one audit, attests that the processes at our Chinese facilities comply with ISO procedures for the manufacture of CAREL products.
The products made at CAREL Electronic (Suzhou) are compliant with the RoHS standards, which prohibit the use of hazardous substances, such as cadmium and lead, in the member states of the European Union.
The procedures applied are the same as those implemented by CAREL INDUSTRIES S.p.A.., with staff continuing to receive training from CAREL headquarters in Italy. Similarly, the production processes reflect the procedures followed by CAREL HQ: the same production methods, verification procedures, and even the same types of SMD and test equipment have been transferred from HQ.


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Estes Park Elementary School went on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday, approximately between 1 and 2 p.m., Park School District R-3 superintendent Patrick Hickey said. The lockdown occurred after a student discovered a pistol in the lost-and-found. There was no clip or ammunition found with the pistol or during a sweep of the school, Hickey said.
Administrators notified police, who responded to the school, did a search and took possession of the weapon, before leaving the scene.
Hickey reported that the lockdown was lifted shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Information is limited, because of the ongoing investigation.
School board president Todd Jirsa told the Trail-Gazette that he sent his child to school Wednesday morning without any qualms.
Jirsa reported he had met with Hickey and reviewed the incident and school and police involvement. Beyond that, he said he could not comment on the ongoing investigation, involving a minor.
However, he reassured parents concerned about safety in schools that he "didn't think twice about sending my son to school this morning. I don't believe there are any safety issues there. It was an isolated incident and an unfortunate incident. I believe the school district and the police department did a phenomenal job in handling (the unfortunate) incident. I had no hesitation in sending my son to school today."
Hickey responded to the following questions from the Trail-Gazette:
• What further information do you have? I will give you what I can but you must understand that we are dealing with juveniles and privacy issues so what I can release is very limited.
• Will there be a police investigation? Yes, they reported on scene, confiscated the weapon and have conducted an investigation that is ongoing.
• How did the student find the weapon in the lost-and-found? The lost-and-found was purged last week. A student looked in the bin and found the weapon.
• Are the teachers telling the students anything today about the event? Is there a discussion planned on safety? We sent voice message and written correspondence to the families. We debriefed with the staff yesterday afternoon and first thing this morning. We had an admin team debriefing as well this morning. I am just coming back from that.
• Are you satisfied with the response from safety officials and staff? I am absolutely satisfied with the response. We had the discovery, the report to police, the confiscation of the weapon and the building search. We followed that with sweep of the building by a canine capable of detecting gunpowder. All of this occurred before the school day was over.
• How safe are the schools? Our schools are safe. There has been absolutely no indication of malice in this incident and (it) is reflective of an extremely poor choice to show off.
• What is the procedure for a lockdown and when is it initiated, and by whom? There are generally two critical response actions a building may take 1) evacuate, as usually is the case in the event of fire, or 2) shelter in place/lockdown, when there is a perceived threat from the outside. It may be initiated by any staff member believing this course of action would be appropriate.
• Do you feel the (school) board's policy on weapons helped in this situation? I think that, more importantly than board policy helping, I believe our incident planning and drilling helps the most. Thankfully, because we respond to emergency situations on a limited basis, we always have opportunities to learn from our experience and improve our responses. I think the most important helpful component is our debrief, to analyze our response and look for ways to improve.
• What would you tell nervous parents? We had an isolated situation and it has been dealt with. We are unable to share detailed specifics, but please know that school is open because we are confident that our schools are a safe place to be.
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Estes Park Elementary School went on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday, approximately between 1 and 2 p.m., Park School District R-3 superintendent Patrick Hickey said. The lockdown occurred after a student discovered a pistol in the lost-and-found. There was no clip or ammunition found with the pistol or during a sweep of the school, Hickey said.


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President Obama nominated two controversial officials for his second-term national security team on Monday, teeing up what could turn into a confirmation battle shortly after the inauguration.
The president nominated former Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director. The president touted the credentials and years of service each would bring to their respective posts.
On Hagel, Obama said the troops would "see one of their own" at the helm of the Pentagon. Hagel is a Vietnam combat veteran, and the president stressed that Hagel would be the first Vietnam vet to lead the department if confirmed.
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On Sunday, several Republican senators suggested they would have problems with Hagel, while Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he is reserving judgment. Republicans question Hagel's commitment to Israel and his toughness when it comes to Iran. But Hagel also has come under fire from gay rights groups for saying in 1998 that a nominee for an ambassador post was "openly, aggressively gay."
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Newly-elected Texas Sen. Ted Cruz also told "Fox News Sunday" that "it is very difficult to imagine the circumstance in which I could support his confirmation."
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McConnell told ABC's "This Week" that Hagel has "certainly been outspoken in foreign policy and defense over the years. The question we will be answering, if he's the nominee, is do his views make sense for that particular job?"
"This is a controversial pick," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told CNN. "He is an antagonistic figure when it comes to the state of Israel. It's a signal you're sending to Iran at the worst possible time and to our allies."
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Brennan, meanwhile, is a 25-year CIA veteran who, during the George W. Bush administration, served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Despite his credentials, Brennan has faced criticism from both sides of the aisle, as well.
In 2008, he removed his name from consideration for the CIA's top job amid concerns on the left about his connection to enhanced interrogation techniques.
In a letter to Obama at the time, Brennan said he was "a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include waterboarding." White House officials say they don't expect Brennan to face similar trouble this time around given his four years of service in the Obama administration.
"The issue has been removed from the debate because the president and John Brennan, as his top counterterrorism adviser, brought those techniques to an end," Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, said.
Brennan, though, also has defended the legality of the U.S. drone program, another issue that could come up during confirmation. And following the 2009 Christmas Day bombing attempt, Brennan agitated Republican lawmakers by defending the decision to read the bombing suspect his Miranda rights.
If confirmed, Brennan will succeed David Petraeus, who resigned in November after admitting to an affair with his biographer.
The Obama administration defends Brennan as a candidate with deep knowledge of the CIA's inner workings, and notes he has been on the front lines for more than a decade in the fight against Al Qaeda -- including involvement in the decision to launch the raid against Usama bin Laden.
Fox News' Mike Emanuel, Ed Henry and Catherine Herridge and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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This A list singer/celebrity has always been edgy and overtly sexual. It is interesting that her current boyfriend says the singer refuses to perform oral sex. She says it is gross.
Lady GaGa
January 14, 2014
This A list singer/celebrity has always been edgy and overtly sexual. It is interesting that her current boyfriend says the singer refuses to perform oral sex. She says it is gross.
Lady GaGa
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Oral - a matter of personal taste (I will see myself out)
methinks Stefani is a little more conservative than she lets on...
her image is more put on than not-her idea of performance art
She will go down on a woman though. There are pictures to prove it.
Gaga is not sexy or punk or trendy, she's a 12 year old playing dress up.
Will that sucks or blows...
I bet she doesn't think so when someone's sucking her d"ck.
and the pics are "performance art"
What pictures? Help a sister out, Freya!
Something tells me she would have sucked dick if it helped her last shitty album sell more.
Cant blame her on that one.
Like carol fron rhonyc said, they dont call it a job for nothin. I think most guys could probably live off bjs as opposed to vaginal sex. Youd think its their biryhday the way they act when they find out they're getting one.
Why is he even still with her?!?! (or vice-versa, if the shoe was on the other foot, or whatever...).
How do I post links?
It's her and another girl, pre-celebrity.
Gaga ain't sexy. She probably sucked so much dick to get her record deal, and to get tracks for her first album, she can't stand to look at it anymore.
You have a link? Cut and paste it and I can make it clicky if you want!
There's one thing she is different than her idol Madonna. Madge would never refuse to blow a dick.
Ooooh. I wanna see that!
Personal taste is right
Poor Taylor Kinney. You've welcome to come this way. I swallow.
Not the one I remember. There's one in B&W of her all in.
@Dexamyl! Good Grief LMAO!
Yeah - Taylor Kinney looks like he was made to have his dick sucked.
I'm sure he finds someone to do it.
Or this is a case of a guy saying she 'doesn't like to do it' because she only does it 8 times a day and not 12.
Wheres the Count?---we have horny women here in reveal No. 2
Hey @Dexamyl! What's up?
Dexamyl would you like to live in a beach in Florida?? :))
Usually the quiet ones are the most kinky....the ones who talk all about how sexual they are, they are the conservative ones!
Eros, that was Samantha on "Sex And The City". She said that WAAAAY before there was ANY stupid Housewife show!
Thanks, Freya!
The other girl is wearing underwear though, isn't she?
I am sure Taylor Kinney can get anything he wants.
Come on Gaga. Strap on that Poker Face and take one on the chin...before someone else WILL...
*ducks* my bad! I thought carolyn was jst that witty. That so sounds like samantha. Theres a reason shes my favorite.
Maybe the guy has funky tasting spunk?
I thought enty classified her as B list now. But she deserves the A!
I bet she'd perform it on a woman...
She doesn't call herself Gag(a) for nothing.
Here I am Derek.
Chicks who won't suck dick are lez or in denial of being lez. If you are attracted to the opposite sex, then you are attracted to and love their parts.
Only other reason for hating giving oral, BJ or munchin box, is you are a completely selfish lover, who takes no joy from giving your partner pleasure.
Either way, broad would quickly be my ex girlfriend. Any chick above 18 and still scared of peckers and jizz aint gonna be any fun. 99% chance of dead fish sex.
Is it odd if a woman, say, enjoys giving but finds receiving actually kind of pointless and boring? Asking for a friend, of course.
I think her boyfriend is cute. I don't know much about him, but he seems low key and they don't go together in my book.
He'll easily find someone else to meet his needs.
And AKM, I have a few friends that are with you. I mean agree with your "friend".
If this story originated with Taylor, maybe it's his equivalent of "my wife just doesn't understand me".
Good grief that is just sad, oral is like the topping on a sundae- you can skip it and the ice cream would be good but it's NOT complete
@AKM: I have heard of chicks who don't like their pussy ate, but never had an encounter with it.
I have 2 theories:
1) Some chicks just love the in/out of dick so much. Broads can be a Rubik's Cube when it comes to getting them off. Some are all about the clit and to others could careless about it, and cum from gettin stroked.
2) Psychological reasons. Maybe clit stimulation reminds them of past abuse. Maybe they are control freaks who don't enjoy going instinctual when their clit is stimulated. Maybe they got Good Girl complex and think sex is only OK if they don't enjoy it.
You don't have to post your friend's answer, but ask her this: When you masturbate, is it all in/out or is it vibe/fingers on the clit? If it is just in/out, tell her to get a vibe and work it on the clit until she comes and see if that changes anything.
wheres count?
Coumt some guys are no good at it at it. I had an experience like that. You want to pat their cheek and say its ok honey. But what youre forced to do to get out of it is fake an o so everybody can extricate themselves with some dignity. I have no patience for those things. God bless the poor sclubs that keep at it like soldiers. Practice makes perfect boys! :-)
Just have your game together before you get at me is all I ask lol
On the same token, I bet guys probably have a plethora of bad bj stories and good ones too.
@Eros: I feel so bad for dudes who can't tell the difference between a fake and a real orgasm.
If a broad fakes w/ me, I just write her off as full of shit, take care of my biddness, and get out. If I'm not doing something you like, tell me what you like. Try blowing smoke up my ass, then please forget my phone #.
If you don't enjoy it, somebody's not doing it right!!
Here is a HEISENFAVE scene on oral...
Adding on to Count's list on why some ladies like giving but not receiving:
(3) Uncomfortable with themselves and what they want. Given the constant slut shaming, body scrutinizing and vag shaming in our culture, some ladies are not so comfortable with the idea of someone's face mashed all up in our bidness. And...Ya can't really blame em but hopefully they will learn to love their hot pockets as the grow the fuck up and realize how awesome it is to have a pussy
(4) Met a couple ladies who didn't like it just cuz they were super duper subs
She's gross.
Never be pushy.
Gaga looks like she's kissing her thigh. Gagme is a fauxbisexual 4 shock value and fan base only. Her tongue was nowhere near her puss. Gagme is oatmeal with a record deal and bad wardrobe
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Six years ago the citizens of Boulder made history: we became the first community in the nation to adopt a carbon tax on our energy use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to address climate change. With these funds and lots of local engagement, Boulder developed and implemented a groundbreaking Climate Action Plan (CAP) to aggressively reduce GHG emissions through energy conservation, efficiency and education efforts. This November, Boulder residents have the opportunity to reaffirm this commitment by voting yes on ballot issue 2A to extend our CAP tax for another five years to continue the important and effective work we have started.
Since our carbon tax was first passed in 2006, we have lessened out strong upward trend in GHG emissions and developed several pivotal programs to achieve real reductions moving forward. For example, for Boulder property owners the city-created EnergySmart, which provides one-stop shopping for getting energy audits, expert advice on energy efficiency improvements, and access to rebates and financial incentives. To date, more than 1,300 businesses and almost 4,000 homes in Boulder have participated in EnergySmart, resulting in reduced energy use, increased comfort, and significant money savings.
For rental properties, which represent half of Boulder housing stock, Boulder's award-winning SmartRegs program requires all rental housing to meet an energy efficiency standard by 2019. City staff engaged in a collaborative process with landlords to create incentives for early adoption. As a result, more than 1,795 properties have already achieved SmartRegs compliance.
For businesses, in addition to providing free EnergySmart assessments, the city established the "10 For Change" program to promote sustainability best practices and provide education and lesson-sharing opportunities. Through this innovative CAP program, over 100 Boulder businesses have committed to reducing energy use and waste by at least ten percent.
These successes are reflected in an independent analysis by Rocky Mountain Institute of Boulder's CAP tax-funded programs, which found that we used CAP tax dollars effectively to invest in programs that have "generated significant carbon savings at a reasonable cost." RMI's report also concluded that "Boulder has attained impressive energy savings and emission reductions, and is well positioned to achieve future emissions reduction targets" (BoulderEnergyFuture.com).
But we still have much work to do to reach our GHG goals. Looking ahead, we have the opportunity to build on our experience from the first five years — to more fully reap the rewards from our early program investments, as well as pursue new initiatives. If voters approve the CAP Tax extension, the city — with much input from citizen participation — will pursue a new and enhanced approach that: 1) Ramps up programs for commercial properties, which represent 30 percent of our GHG emissions; 2) Enhances residential programs such as EnergySmart and SmartRegs; 3) Stimulates market innovation through a new community competition to generate energy-saving ideas from the private sector; and 4) Improves tracking, reporting, and evaluation of the effectiveness of our CAP programs and GHG reduction progress. If voters choose this course, together we can make meaningful and measurable progress in reducing our GHG emissions.
Currently, the average residential household pays $21/year to support CAP programs. A renewal of the tax simply means a continuation of these present rates, not higher taxes. By extending the CAP Tax, Boulder will remain a sustainable energy leader and continue to be a model for other communities to follow.
When Boulder joined cities across the U.S. in adopting the Kyoto climate goals for reducing GHG emissions ten years ago, we knew it would be a tough goal to reach. Despite significant and growing progress, we did not meet the Kyoto goals by 2012 as we intended, in large part because of the high carbon intensity of our electricity supply. This realization led to our community's decision to explore creating our own municipal electricity utility to increase renewable energy sources and more aggressively reduce GHG emissions. However, regardless of whether we decide to municipalize or not, reducing our energy consumption and increasing our energy efficiency is one of the most important efforts we can pursue: for the sake of our planet, our pocketbooks, and a more sustainable energy policy.
For all of these reasons, 2A is supported by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, PLAN-Boulder County, Clean Energy Action and RenewablesYES. We urge Boulder voters to join this diverse coalition in voting yes on ballot issue 2A.
Tim Plass and Suzanne Jones are Boulder City Council members.


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Mid-Ohio Event Notice
- 23 June 2016
Hi, all again. We're a week from load in at Mid Ohio for an all formula car weekend with over 90 cars expected. If you are coming, please enter on DLBRacing.com sooner rather than later.
Load in is going to be a bit variable as the track is rented all day Thursday. The middle paddock can load in starting at 2 pm consisting of F4 and FV. Official load-in in the lower paddock (FRP and RCFFS) is 5:30p, but every effort will be made to accommodate those who have waivers for the Twilight test. Hoosier will be open for business Thursday afternoon.


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I am running kubuntu 11.04. I installed it in a dual-boot scenario on a single drive, with Windows XP installed first. The XP installation is fubar so I now would like to use the space in kubuntu.
I formatted the old partition in gparted and upon trying to access it in a file manager I got the following error:
An error occurred while accessing 'space', the system responded: org.freedesktop.UDisks.Error.Inhibited: Daemon is inhibited
I am assuming this error is linked to the fact that the partition doesn't have a mount point, but I may well be wrong. I'd just like to have the filesystem set up so that a folder of my specification is using that drive exclusively (e.g. /home/user/files). From what I understand about mount points, I should be able to do that. I am hoping my changing of this drive won't have anything to do with booting or be system-critical. Is this possible? My drive layout looks like this:
/dev/sda1 ext3 90.76 GiB this is where the xp installation was located
/dev/sda2 ext3 19.53 GiB lunix
/dev/sda3 swap 1.49 GiB
unallocated 2.49 MiB
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated, as I am running pretty low on drive space!


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Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed the last bills of the 2012 session into law, aided by his trusty assistant, Cally King.
"Bills don't get signed without Cally," a Hickenlooper staffer said.
Today was the deadline to sign bills from the 2012 session. In all, the governor signed 309 bills into law, vetoed one (SB12-124) and allowed one bill to become law without his signature (HB12-1348). Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia signed one bill into law (HB12-1005).
Last year, in Hickenlooper's first year in office, the Democrat signed 333 bills, vetoed one bill (SB11-213) and allowed one bill to become law without his signature (SB11-159).


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Now that I have my new bike ('00 R1100R to replace my R1100RS which was stolen a few years ago) with a decent amount of my budgeted $$ left over, I?m looking for a new suit. One that offers excellent protection (makes the wife feel better). I live in S. Fl where it gets hot and humid during the summer. Earlier, I found that my then Olympia Moab mesh jacket seemed to get almost uncomfortable cool when riding at speed with the evaporative cooling going on. Maybe at 58 yoa my body's more sensitive to temp fluctuation, i.e., hot in slow traffic followed by rapid cooling once moving fast again.
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Have Book, Will Travel… at the speed of light!
Next Wednesday, June 19th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., join us in the Lewis Auditorium for an epic evening at the library. With a costume contest, DC & Marvel Comics trivia games, snacks, and more, plan to have a fun night with your friends. Come to the party dressed as your favorite character, but please keep your mask off until you enter the auditorium!
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Land of the Tiger
Come see tigers like you've never seen them before! Take a walk through Asia and experience wreathed and wrinkled hornbills, Visayan Warty pigs, Babirusa pigs, and Asian-small clawed otters. The centerpiece of this newest addition are three Malayan and two Sumatran tigers that are free to roam through the area via an innovative trail system. Guests will have the ability to potentially see a tiger from almost anywhere in this one of a kind 2.5 acre exhibit.


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BGTG 61 - Aug 2, 2006 - Friendly, Local Game Stores
Whew! Finally a new show. Like the last time I (unintentionally) took a little time off from the podcast, it was a little hard to get back into the swing of things. Last time I thought a simpler Session Report and Feedback show was the way to get back into the podcasting groove, but this time I wanted to try a theme show. That's because I'd been hearing the excellent series hosted by Eric Burgess on his Boardgame Babylon podcast, one he calls the "Demise & Rise of the FLGS."
You'll hear from this episode of BGTG that I don't share the same feelings about game stores. Not that I have anything against them, it's just that I don't find that they provide much of a service that I need. At least, not today. It was different when I was in high school, when the only way to even discover new games--let alone buy them--was to go to a game store. But that was a long time ago, and the business side of the hobby has changed. Sure seems that way to me, anyway.


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Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery.
Historical and contemporary slavery.
A beautiful building housing one of the UK's finest collections of fine and decorative art.
Paintings, Wedgwood and Chinese ceramics.
Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
The Titanic, life at sea and Liverpool's port.
This museum tells the story of Liverpool with diverse exhibits housed in a stunning building.
Liverpool's history and popular culture.
Explore a Victorian merchant's house with its period furniture and beautiful paintings.
Paintings, vintage fashion and furniture.
Beautiful paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
Paintings, sculpture and decorative art.
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The head of a marble statuette of Athena. Ince Blundell Collection, accession number 59.148.11
Hans Thompson, studying Conservation at the City and Guilds of London Art School, spent four weeks as an intern with sculpture conservation. Here he describes his project.
The statuette of Athena from the Ince Blundell collection arrived in the workshop in three main sections. The head was detached from the body and the head itself had been broken in two. On closer inspection it was clear that large scale restorations had been carried out on the piece previously, most probably during the 18th Century when the piece was purchased by Henry Blundell. At this time it was the fashion, and therefore common practice, to unite two unrelated pieces of ancient sculpture into one whole statue by carving new sections that were missing. This is exactly the case here where the head and torso, both unrelated to one another, have been merged by 18th century carving that creates a complete statuette by adding arms and legs. Unfortunately, these types of restorations often included the insertion of iron dowels or pins to secure the new sections, which corrode when exposed to water and lead to cracking of the marble.
The first step was to therefore assess whether there were any of these corroded dowels in the sculpture which could jeopardise the future of Athena. X-ray analysis was performed on the crest area of the Corinthian helmet where it was suspected dowels had been used, due to supposed red iron stains in the area; a significant indicator of corrosion product, Iron Oxide, leaching into the marble. The results of the analysis were staggering, producing an image that clearly showed two iron pins deep within the marble and confirming the width of the join between the restoration section and original classical section. Click on the thumbnails below to see the crest being prepared for X-radiography, and the results of the analysis.
This finding confirmed that the next step of the treatment was to remove these pins. This was achieved by using very fine dental tools to carefully scrape out the 18th century adhesive, a pine tree resin called Colophony.
Eventually, having followed the join line completely around the crest, wedges were used to carefully lift the crest away from the helmet and eventually completely separate the two. This exposed the iron dowels, both severely corroded, which were then carefully excavated from their holes. All resin was removed and all join surfaces cleaned thoroughly ready to be re-adhered.
The whole process was complicated by the fact that the original classical marble, called Parian marble, was extremely unstable; the structural integrity resembling something like that of a sugar cube in some areas. This meant that consolidation was necessary every step of the way to reinforce these weaknesses and stop the original material vanishing onto the workshop floor. When the restoration was eventually separated the whole front of the crest, original to the helmet, was faced with tissue to provide further support and solidity.
The pieces were then all reassembled using Perspex or stainless steel dowels that would not cause the same problems of corrosion in the future. The final process was to fill all the cracks and join lines to enable the sculpture to read without interruption.
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Elijah Wood Gossip
Elijah Wood gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage in THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER
Elijah Wood used his Lord of the Rings juice to push through passion projects like the criminally underseen TV show Wilfred, and genre movies like the Maniac remake and Cooties. But apparently he's grown tired of being a purveyor of fine niche entertainment and has entered the ironic portion of his career because he is willfully choosing to star in movies with Vin Diesel and Nicolas Cage. Full Story
The Hobbit shuts down New Zealand
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At least, that's the impression the world premiere in Wellington yesterday gives. The red carpet was over 500 yards, running the length of several city blocks, and the crowd was estimated at 100,000. The cast arrived earlier in the week in a plane plastered with the faces of hobbits and dwarves, there was a "hobbit artisanal market" in downtown Wellington in the days before the premiere and thousands of people actually went there; the airport now has a giant Gollum sculpture Full Story
Bridesmaid dresses…
Are almost never cute. Why can't every bridesmaid just wear her favourite little black dress? Makes for great photos. But brides are crazy. I KNOW because I was a bride and I was crazy. And I was a crazy bride with a crazy squawking chicken mother. Imagine. Anyway, Katie Holmes wore a bridesmaid dress today on the set of The Romantics in New York shooting a wedding scene while towering over Elijah Wood. Full Story
DanRad on Broadway
Danielle Radcliffe will bring Equus to Broadway and was at the Tony Awards last night getting a feel for what will be his home for several weeks this fall. Apparently young Harry Potter is now regarded as some kind of heartthrob these days. He's a sweet kid, very engaging, very articulate, very likable… but a heartthrob? Really? Him? To me it's like the Elijah Wood Effect. Full Story


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The Science in Our Food
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I see a direct path from my work to helping clean up our rivers, streams and oceans. At the Danforth Center, we talk about the impact of our research every day. That's what we lead with every time. It keeps us on task and on mission.


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Daytona Beach Hotels and Vacations
From high-speed attractions to low-key fun, enjoy a vacation package to exciting Daytona Beach.
From high-speed attractions to low-key fun, enjoy a vacation package to exciting Daytona Beach.
Famous for good, clean family fun, Daytona Beach is just as well known for what's happening on the beach as what's happening off. While the sand and surf draw in the big crowds, so does the legendary Daytona 500. Dine and shop at Ocean Walk, join in on Daytona Bike Week or try out surfing, kayaking or paddle boarding on your Daytona Beach vacation. You can even golf like the pros at one of the top courses or stroll the boardwalk to the 'World's Most Famous Beach'.
Refreshing beachfront hotels offer travelers one of the best deals for fun in the sun. A vacation package to Daytona Beach is filled with things to do and action-packed adventures. Whether you build a sandcastle, lounge in the sun or play poolside bingo, you'll find countless affordable deals.
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Harvey Schiller, '60, honored as innovator, pioneer in sports business
Brig. Gen. Harvey W. Schiller, USAF (Ret.), is among the elite 2013 class of "The Champions: Pioneers & Innovators in Sports Business." The award, presented by SportsBusiness Journal/SportsBusiness Daily, recognizes leaders in the sports world who have shaped the future of the industry. Schiller joins other industry leaders in this honor such as Bill Rassmussen, founder of ESPN, and Val Ackerman, the inaugural WNBA president.
"We are very proud of Harvey Schiller," said Lt. Gen. John Rosa, president of The Citadel. "Harvey's impact on sports business has been both enduring and powerful. He deserves this important recognition for his many achievements, and we're deeply honored that a Citadel graduate has received this distinction."
Schiller has been the president of Turner Sports, Inc., the CEO of YankeeNets and the executive director and secretary general of the Unites States Olympic Committee. As the president of the International Baseball Federation, Schiller tried to get the sport reinstated into the Olympics. Schiller is currently chairman of the board and CEO of GlobalOptions, a multidisciplinary international risk management and business solutions company.
Schiller's achievements are all the more impressive because he had realized a very rewarding career before dedicating himself to sports management. After Schiller received his bachelor's degree from The Citadel, he earned his master's degree and doctorate in chemistry from the University of Michigan. Schiller is a 24-year veteran of the Air Force with combat service in Vietnam. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed Schiller a permanent professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Six years later, he accepted a position as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, having served as the academy's faculty athletic representative.
Schiller is a member of The Citadel's Athletic Hall of Fame and Business Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the college's Palmetto Award. He is also one of only two people to have two honorary degrees from The Citadel.
Following is a Q&A with the Office of External Affairs conducted with Schiller after he won his award.
You earned a doctorate in chemistry. How did you end up in sports business?
There were two separate paths. When I returned from Vietnam, the Air Force sent me back and sponsored me to finish my doctorate in chemistry. That eventually led to a permanent assignment at the Air Force Academy as a permanent professor. I became the Academy's representative to the NCAA as well as the various conferences and became a member of the NCAA Executive Committee.
At the same time, the U.S. Olympic committee moved from New York City to its headquarters in Colorado Springs. I started volunteering and became a member of a number of committees and started to get involved on this dual track— one in the college world and one in athletics. Eventually I retired from the Air Force and took over as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference.
What drew you to sports?
I've always had a significant interest in sports at every level, especially at the amateur and collegiate level. That interest just moved itself into the opportunities to serve in the jobs that I've had. I've always felt that it was in the country's best interest to have the best Olympic Committee possible.
The other side is just creating opportunities for people. I've always felt that sports are an important part of education and it leads to a better understanding of team work and individual performance, competition and success.
I still have a great love for football, especially at the college level. I presently serve on the athletic board at the Air Force Academy even though I'm not assigned there anymore.
What did you learn at The Citadel that you still use today?
Besides Chemistry? (laughs)
I don't think you can ever put your finger on a single element that is part of the process from The Citadel. A lot of people will speak about discipline. There's also the experience you get in different leadership opportunities when you are a student.
Also there is a great bit of mentoring. There are individuals that you spend time with and that become part of the process in a very informal kind of way— on the military side and also the academic side. Those people inspire you and give you great opportunities.
Leadership is a complex thing. It's a combination of what you see in yourself and what other people see in you. I think the greatest gift The Citadel gave to me was what people saw in me.
What leadership quality do you have that is central to your success?
A thread through everything is the issue of honesty and integrity. They lead to trust. People—not just me but others—who are given something to protect and to grow are given it because people trusted you can do it.
All the experiences at The Citadel led to what I see as the common theme among the graduates. They are trusted to take something that is important—it could be a business or something personal—to a better place.
You once said that people seek you out when facing a tragedy. Why do people hire you in dire times?
They trust that you can take on that challenge for individuals, groups or companies. It always gets back to the kind of qualities that people see in you. It's more about what people see in you than anything else.
People call on Citadel graduates when things are not easy but need to get better. I see that among my classmates and among the graduates. I think that's the most important thing that we all carry forward is that ability to take those kind of challenging duties that a lot of other people don't want to deal with.
I look at Gen. Rosa as a great example. He was non-Air Force Academy graduate and got to be superintendent of the Academy because the Defense Department felt he could do the best job of fixing the problems they had. They didn't put him there to manage the academy. They put him there to fix the academy.
You came from humble beginnings. Was there ever a moment when you thought, "I made it"?
People like me always think that the most important things you are going to do are always in front of you, not behind you. My dad was a truck driver in New York City. I grew up in what most people call a tenement. My mom worked just about every day of the week.
I always knew that I was not going to spend the rest of my life in those surroundings. The opportunity to attend The Citadel and other educational institutions was a Godsend for me. I was not only the first person in my family to graduate from college but also the first person to graduate from high school. That's a big, big difference when you think about it.
What are you most proud of?
I am proud of my family. I've been married to the same woman for 50 years. We have children and grandchildren.
I am proud to be a Citadel graduate and am proud to have served my country in peace and war. I'm proud of the research I was able to do in science. I'm proud of the organizations I've been a part of. I'm proud of marching out onto the field with the Olympic team in places like Barcelona. It's a lot of things—it's never a single thing.


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3 Reasons Volunteer Work Is Great For Job Seekers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that approximately 62.8 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between 2009 and 2010. Even though not all of these volunteers were seeking full-time employment -- with 15 million unemployed, the professional value of unpaid work could hardly be greater.
In an opinion poll conducted by Opinion Research for the Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey, a large amount of workers responded positively as to whether volunteering impacted their career. Workers said that volunteering increased their networking contacts, enhanced business skills, and helped them develop leadership abilities. Let's look at these three things in more depth:
1. Increase networking contacts.
Have you ever wondered how that person got that job or how you could do something that you feel passionate about and actually get paid to do it? For some folks, it started by volunteering.
Think about it: Have you ever stopped and considered how many small business owners participate in volunteer opportunities? Volunteers interact with other volunteers. If a volunteer can help you by providing a contact or link to people or positions that are open and hiring, most likely they will give you this information before the job announcement even hits the local newspaper.
2. Enhance business skills.
Most employers won't hire someone without experience, and volunteer work experience is almost as valuable as paid work experience.
Mary Gannon, author of Starting Over: 25 Rules When You've Bottomed Out, retells a story of her volunteer experience. While looking for employment, she decides to volunteer at her local school district, writing grants. Having no experience in grant writing, she takes a free class given by her public library on the subject of grant writing. Her voluntary efforts help the school district secure a $68,000 grant. Eventually, she was able to parlay her new-found skills into full-time employment as a hospital foundation executive.
There are many more success stories like this one. The key is to look for volunteer opportunities in areas related to the position you are trying to obtain.
3. Develop leadership abilities.
How can serving food, addressing envelopes, answering phones or making photocopies develop leadership abilities? First and foremost, you are displaying leadership just by "leading by example."
A friend of mine worked as a Training and Development Specialist for a large corporation, and took a volunteer position in the company's "Building Better Health" program. She started out by writing brief health tips for the program's online employee newsletter, making copies and stuffing them in mailboxes.
She used her experience in T&D and presented the idea of conducting monthly brown-bag "Lunch and Learns," which incorporated health tips to the program's administrator. The "Lunch and Learns" became so popular that she had to conduct two monthly sessions just to meet the numbers of employees signing up.
She went from writing, photocopying and distributing newsletters to organizing and teaching two monthly classes. When promotion time came around, her volunteer service in the "Building Better Health" Program paid off big time!
Volunteering is a special commitment in which one gives their time and talents to a worthy enterprise. It can also be a pathway to find the career of your dreams.
How has volunteering helped you in your job efforts?
Anthony Cintron is the president and chief technology officer of Resoomay, a cloud-based pre-screening tool that improves the job search process for recruiters and applicants. Connect with him and Resoomay on Facebook and Twitter.
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Moodle is pleased to introduce the MoodleMoot app, now available for free in the App Store and via Google Play.
The MoodleMoot app contains all of the information you need for all upcoming MoodleMoots organised by Moodle HQ and Official MoodleMoot events (run by our Partners or community members).
By downloading the app, you can:
- View the MoodleMoot program
- Get information on all our presentations, sponsors and keynote speakers
- Receive notification reminders throughout the event
- Access venue and conference room maps
- Pose questions for specific sessions
- Rate / provide feedback on presentations and the overall MoodleMoot conference
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Please note that an updated version of the App with information on MoodleMoot Australia is coming in 2018.