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Become a sponsor at the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and you will greatly increase your exposure at this unique event. The 2014 convention sponsorship program has been specially designed to provide you with exclusivity, visibility, and access to the audience you want to reach. We have exposure opportunities for every budget. Sponsorships are on a first come first served basis and are limited. Reserve your sponsorship today!
Events Outside the Trade Show NCBA –PAC VIP Reception Annual Convention & Summer Conference Investment: $15,000 Audience: 100 Convention Attendees The NCBA-PAC 500 Reception is a way for NCBA to thank the generous supporters of the NCBA's Political Action Committee. The event will be held in the evening reaching approximately 100 of the most influential producers who contribute $500 or more to the NCBAPAC.
Committee Refreshment Breaks
Wednesday, February 5th and Thursday, February 6th Investment: $10,000 (Annual & Summer Conference) Audience: 1,000 Committee Members This sponsorship provides refreshments to NCBA and CBB Committee and sub-committee members during the Annual Convention, as well as, Summer Conference during the committee meetings. Because of the varied locations of the committee meetings, break stations will be set up in the back of every committee meeting.
Trade Show Events Welcome Reception
Tuesday, February 4th 5:00pm-8:00pm Investment: $25,000 Audience: 3,000+ Convention Attendees The Trade Show Welcome Reception kicks off the Annual Convention with great food, drinks and an excellent audience. This venue can be used as an excellent way to generate more traffic through your company's booth and create dialogue with potential customers.
Thursday Morning Break
Thursday, February 6th Mid-Morning Investment: $10,000 Audience: 3,000+ Convention Attendees Attendees will be treated to complimentary pastry and coffee on Thursday following the Cattle-Fax Outlook Seminar throughout the show floor. Sponsorship includes coffee and/or pastry station next to your booth space. Branding opportunities that can be provided include logo plates, cups, staff to wear logo apparel, table tents, additional signage.
Exhibit Hall Refreshment Stations
(Two available) Investment: $8,000 each or $15,000 for both Audience: 3,000+ Convention Attendees This sponsorship provides refreshments to NCBA Trade Show attendees in the exhibit hall. Refreshments options include coffee stations, snack stations, or dessert bar etc. The refreshment breaks will strengthen your company's presence in the Trade Show. Branding opportunities that can be provided include logo plates, cups, staff to wear logo apparel, table tents, additional signage.
Center Stage Display
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees This unique sponsorship is sure to get your company noticed! This unique display area is located at the entrance to the trade show. It is a circular display that can be branded with banners around the perimeter. This is a great area to display a piece of equipment or product or use this area for some unique entertainment to greet guests as they enter the show.
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Signage Light Pole Banners
Investment: $6,000 for five poles or $10,000 for 10 poles Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Decorative light poles are placed throughout the resort in the Cascades area, Garden Conservatory, Delta Island and walkway, and Magnolia area. Banners are 20"x30" vertical, double sided and hang on either side of the pole. Light Pole banners sponsorship is a cost effective, unique way to drive traffic to your booth and help to solidify your brand. Sponsorship limited to 10 companies.
Escalator Wrap
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Grab attendees' attention with this unique and highly visible sponsorship. The escalator is located in the center of the meeting rooms and is the main route to the general sessions. Reinforce your message and remind everyone of your booth number and location.
Tell Us Where You're From Map
Investment: $2,500 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees This fun, interactive sponsorship allows attendees to catch a glimpse of where all of the fellow cattlemen attending the conference are from. This sponsorship also offers you an additional touch point with attendees off of the show floor.
Aisle Sign Sponsorship
Investment: $2,000 per sign or two for $3,500 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Drive traffic to your booth by sponsoring an aisle sign. Your company name and logo will hang from the direction aisle signs in the trade show. An excellent way to get your name brand high above the show floor and in front of the attendees you want to see! Sponsorship limited to 30.
Banner Sponsorship
Investment: $5,000-$15,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Grab attendees attention with hanging banners placed throughout the convention center (not in the exhibit hall). Reinforce your message and remind everyone of your booth number and location. Pricing includes construction of banner, installation and removal. Interactive online layout of banner locations available.
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Booth Traffic Builders
Brand Awareness
"Countdown to The Show" Newsletter
NEW! Sidewalk Chalk Art & Ads
Investment: $5,000 Audience: 50,000+ Prospective Registrants and Preregistered Attendees This electronic newsletter is a great way to get the word out about what you are doing at the convention to attendees and thousands of potential attendees. Start in mid December.
Floor Sticker/Foot Path Stickers
Investment: $5,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Drive traffic directly to your booth with these unique stickers. Stickers can be in the shape of your logo, foot prints, or even hoof prints! Stickers will be located in the aisle way leading towards your booth. 4 - 3ftx3ft clings
Room Drops and/or Door Drop
Investment: $3-$4 per room Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Welcome attendees to Nashville with a gift placed inside their hotel rooms. Circulate your company logo and build awareness among more than 4,000 industry professionals and invite attendees to come by your booth. Pricing based on type of room drop (inside or outside the room).
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Want your message to standout against all the banner and ad clutter? Sidewalk chalk art is the answer. As event guests enter and exit the trade show your advertisement will greet them on the sidewalk. Attendees will sit there in awe as your advertisement, (or is it art?) takes shape and evolves into a complete sidewalk billboard. Most installations take10 hours to complete. Once it is finished, this will produce a great viral marketing buzz and a better photo opportunity.
Rotating Advertising Kiosk Investment: $3,000 per panel or $10,000 per kiosk (four panels) Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Get your company name and advertisement in front of attendees as they make their way to meetings each day. This sponsorship is not only affordable, but extremely visible as kiosks will be placed in high traffic locations.
Survey Brand Ambassadors
Coaster and Cocktail Napkin Sponsorship
Investment: $6,500 Audience: 1,000+ Convention Attendees Remind attendees of your booth number as they are relaxing in the headquarter hotel bar. Bartenders will use your custom logos throughout as they serve drinks to convention attendees.
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 2,500-4,000 Convention Attendees Brand Ambassadors will collect high volume survey questionnaires, capturing data with hand held survey devises. Your survey staff will be strategically placed in high traffic, visible locations. We will create fun and engaging content questions, dedicated to the pursuit of sales leads. Each Brand Ambassador can collect up to 500 surveys or 1,500 questions per 21-hour event. Mid-show, we will send out a sales email based upon respondents survey. This is real time trade show marketing at its best. Custom brand ambassador uniforms are available upon request, additional fees may apply.
Massage Break Lounge- Relaxation Station
Water Cooler Sponsorship
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 1,000+ Convention Attendees Massage Break Lounge is a seated massage hospitality experience your prospects will always remember. Who will say no to a free massage after a long trade show day? Picture it, you're exhausted from walking a trade show, so you stop at the Massage Break booth where massaging hands refresh and rejuvenate.
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Tuesday, February 4th - Thursday, February 6th Investment: $5,000 plus Cost of Branding Audience: All Convention Attendees Want your message directly in front of all meeting attendees? Brand the water coolers in every meeting room with your message that ties back to your trade show presence. Opportunities for branding include: wraps on the coolers, clings on the water dispenser, customized cups and napkins.
Here's what they're saying about the NCBA Trade Show: "As an exhibitor, this is the best show we attend all year. It's one show where we know we will get good booth traffic, great new leads and get to meet with existing customers" 2013 NCBA Trade Show Exhibitor "I love the trade show. It helps me stay current on all the new products and devices needed in the cattle business" Anne Wirtz, NCBA Member "This is the one show that we can't afford to miss. We look forward to it every year!" 2013 Convention Attendee
Delta Lounge Entertainment
Investment: $10,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Provide a taste of Nashville for the week and enhance the attendees experience with live music. A stage will be set in the Delta Lobby and will be a focal point for attendees to gather in-between meetings. Sponsorship branding will include a hanging banner and opportunity for literature to be displayed along with table tents on the lounge furniture.
NEW! Walk This Way! Pedometer Contest
Investment: $5,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees We all walk miles at trade shows, but how far? This healthy Pedometer Contest calculates distance walked and combines it with a healthily and fun contest. Drive foot traffic to your booth. All event guests are given a "Race Card" at registration, complete with partner's name, brand message and booth number. To qualify for this healthy contest, the Race Card must be brought to the partner's booth to be validated. At Race Headquarters, a leader board prominently announces the host partner and keeps track of the walking leaders. Contestants check the leader board throughout the day to gauge their standing. Daily and grand prizes are awarded. You select the prizes, branded pedometers included.
Coffee Sponsorship
Tuesday, February 4th – Friday, February 7th Investment: $15,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Provide coffee for attendees during the week of convention. The Coffee Sponsorship includes branding of the coffee station located in meeting space, a permanent coffee stand located in the Delta Lobby of the convention center. This makes for an excellent branding opportunity through signage, custom coffee sleeves, napkins, or coffee coupons.
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Convention Media Opportunities NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen, a television show by cattlemen for cattlemen. Join host Kevin Ochsner, each week at 8:30 p.m. eastern on RFD-TV, for the latest cattle industry news and market information, plus a look at cattle operations from across the country. This unique opportunity allows your company to reach an average of 750,000 viewers each month with both marketing and product details as well as educational information. The show also airs on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. (all times eastern.) Check us out anytime at www.CattlemenToCattlelmen.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter by searching NCBA C2C.
January Commercial Special
Investment: $7,500 Audience: 750,000 Viewers Let your customers know that you're going to be in Nashville! Run your commercial, promoting your participation in the show. Five week, (15 airings) of your 30 second spot. Commitment must be made by November 15, 2013. Limited space available.
February 4th C2C Trade Show Live!
2-hour show, live from the Nashville Trade Show Floor Investment: $3,500 Audience: 750,000 Viewers Airing of 30 second commercial spot on live show from Nashville. Investment: $10,000 Airing of 30 second commercial spot on live show from Nashville. "Pre-produced spots only." Live 3 minute interview from your Trade Show Booth
Convention Today!
Investment: $2,500 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Airing February 4th, 5th and 6th. Available in-house Convention hotel channels. Airing of 30 second commercial spot on Convention Today! "Pre-produced spots only." Investment: $5,000 Airing of 30 second commercial spot and three minute taped interview on Convention Today! "Pre-produced spots only." Interview taped at C2C set in Trade Show!
New Product Feature
Investment: $7,500 Audience: 750,000 Viewers Feature your new product on NCBA's premier media outlets! Three minute segment demonstrating your new product! Airing on either the February 11th or February 18th edition of NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen, 150 word description, plus product logo and/or company logo in the February edition of the National Cattlemen.
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Beef Resource Guide
Investment: $500-$3,000 Audience: 6,000+ Convention Attendees Would you like to reach over 6,000 Convention Attendees at the 2014 Trade Show? You can buy advertising in the Beef Resource Guide which is the official guide of the NCBA Trade Show. The Resource Guide will be distributed onsite in Nashville to all Convention attendees and will be the reference guide used throughout the year by America's leading cattlemen.
National Cattlemen Magazine Convention Issue Investment: $2,000 - $5,000 Audience: 6,000+ Convention Attendees This popular tabloid publication provides an in-depth view of the complex operating environment faced by producers. This special edition features a specific editorial around the convention. It's a great way to let cattlemen across the nation know that you will be at the show.
Mobile App
Investment: $2,000 - $10,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees The Cattle Industry Convention mobile app is a free download for all attendees and exhibitors. It features an interactive exhibitor map and listings, seminars and speakers, schedules to help plan your trip to the largest cattle business convention! The CIC & NCBA app also provides attendees with digital information from exhibitors, text alerts, product updates and instant connectivity. It's a great way to get your company information right in the palm of the attendee's hand!
Marketing Packages Complete Convention Package
Investment: $12,500 February 4th 30 second commercial spot and three minute live interview. One Convention Today 30 second commercial spot and taped three minute interview.
Advertising Package
January – February 2014 Investment: $7,000 Audience: 30,000 Cattle Producers and NCBA Members Promote your involvement and participation with the 2014 NCBA Trade Show. With the advertising package, you will receive the following exposure: One 4C ad in the Beef Resource Guide, one company listing and logo placement in the Countdown to the Show newsletter, and a Full Page 4C ad in the January National Cattlemen.
National Cattlemen – Convention Insert
October 2013, November 2013, December 2013 and January 2014 Investment: $15,000 Audience: 26,000 NCBA Members Brand the Convention Highlights Insert in both the October, November, December and January National Cattlemen. Exclusive advertising rights will get you a full page 4C ad on the back cover of this highly read insert.
Welcome Package
Your Choice of Dates and Time Investment: $20,000 Audience: 2,700 Sleeping Rooms Welcome attendees to Nashville and reach out of the meeting space to the guest rooms. With the welcome package, you will have a customized phone greeting sent to all of the attendee's rooms. In addition, you will also be able to provide another touch point with a custom do not disturb/door hanger – you pick the day and time.
Signage Package
February, Tuesday 4th - February, Thursday 6th Investment: $14,000 Audience: 4,500 attendees Branding both inside the exhibit hall, meeting space and hotel is essential to carry your message throughout the week. Sponsorship include 10 Foliage Signs (2x3), five light pole banners (location), and two aisle signs.
Digital Package
February, Tuesday 4th - February, Thursday 6th Investment: $2,500 - $7,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Expand your branding to the digital world! With the Digital Package, your message will be seen during the week and can consist of logo to video (no sound) messaging. Package will be customized to fit your needs. Branding will include 15" rooms' signs and 46" information signs.
Expand Your Brand Package
Investment: $7,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Expand your brand by getting added exposure with this unique sponsorship. This sponsorship puts your name and logo both inside and outside the trade show floor and in front of attendees in multiple locations of the convention center. This package includes: one aisle sign, one rotating kiosk panel, and one full page 4C ad in the Beef Resource Guide.
Airport Welcome Package
Tuesday, February 4th - Saturday, February 8th Investment: $25,000 Audience: 4,000+ Convention Attendees Make an impact the second attendees get into Nashville, as well as be the last exposure they receive as they leave. Branding at the airport is a great way to create a unique message that sets the stage for the week. Sponsorship includes: Two – (20') Baggage Belt Wraps, 16 – 10 second Digital Messages on the Electronic Displays, and one specialty product or equipment display.
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Gretchen Peters (born November 14, 1957 in Bronxville, New York) is an American singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. An accomplished song-writer, she won the Country Music Association Song Of The Year award in 1994 for "Independence Day", a hit at the time for Martina McBride. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.Read More...
Though born in New York, Peter's was raised in Boulder, Colorado, and then moved to Nashville in the late 1980s. There, she found work as a songwriter, composing hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Anne Murray, as well as for Neil Diamond and co-writing songs with Bryan Adams. She has twice been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song, in 1995 and 1996, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song in 2003.
Peters has released a string of studio albums of her own. The title track of her 1996 debut album The Secret of Life was later recorded by Faith Hill in 1999.
In the case of her new album, 'Blackbirds,' "juice" is certainly understatement. Recorded in Nashville, the album features a who's who of modern American roots music: Jerry Douglas, Jason Isbell, Jimmy LaFave, Will Kimbrough, Kim Richey, Suzy Bogguss and more. But it's not the guests that make 'Blackbirds' the most poignant and moving album of Peters' storied career; it's the impeccable craftsmanship, her ability to capture the kind of complex, conflicting, and overwhelming emotional moments we might otherwise try to hide and instead shine a light of truth and understanding onto them.
'Blackbirds' is, in many ways, an album that is unafraid to face down mortality. But rather than dwell on the pain of loss, the music finds a new appreciation for the life we're given.
If anyone can open up that conversation, it's Peters. Inducted into the prestigious Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014, she has long been one of Music City's most beloved and respected artists, known never to shy away from darkness and struggle in her writing. Martina McBride's recording of her stirring "Independence Day," a song that deals with domestic abuse, was nominated for a Grammy and took home Song of the Year honors at the CMAs, and her work has been performed by everyone from Etta James and Neil Diamond to George Strait and Trisha Yearwood. "If Peters never delivers another tune as achingly beautiful as 'On A Bus To St. Cloud,'" People Magazine wrote, "she has already earned herself a spot among country's upper echelon of contemporary composers."
'Blackbirds' follows Peters' 2012 album 'Hello Cruel World,' which NPR called "the album of her career" and Uncut said "establishes her as the natural successor to Lucinda Williams." If anything, though, 'Blackbirds' truly establishes Peters as a one-of-a-kind singer and songwriter, one in possession of a fearless and endlessly creative voice.
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- There's only one shot of the Bird-of-Prey in the episode, it is a re-use of footage of K'Vada's Bird-of-Prey from "Unification I". (but I don't know if this footage, again, was re-used from Star Trek III-VI). As a shot of that scene has not been uploaded yet, I'll upload a screenshot from "Blood Oath", that can also be used for K'Vada's ship. --Jörg 16:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


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Seeing monarch butterflies at ground level is one thing. Seeing them while flying along with them several thousand feet in the air is something else.
That's exactly what Francisco "Vico" Gutierrez had been doing when he landed his ultralight airplane Sunday afternoon at Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Gutierrez considered the day a success because he had managed to spot two monarchs 3,500 feet in the air somewhere between Lawrence and Odessa, Mo., where he had taken off earlier in the day.
"We fly with the stream and you see them," Gutierrez said. "Sometimes two or three at a time."
Gutierrez is videotaping the monarchs from the air while a ground crew of five follows him in a van. They are following the butterflies on their fall migration to Mexico.
They were greeted at the airport by Kansas University ecology professor Chip Taylor, who also heads Monarch Watch.
"Nothing like this has been done," Taylor said. "It's really a marvelous adventure and one that very few people would even think about as a possibility because it is risky."
Although the general migration route is known, the possible obstacles facing someone on an ultralight are not, Taylor said. The weather also could be a factor.
Gutierrez, who said he had flown an ultralight over mountains in Mexico, shrugged off the difficulties weather might cause.
"If the monarchs don't fly, I don't fly," he said.
But Gutierrez has also seen hundreds of them at a time, such as near Ontario, Canada, as the monarchs were ready to cross Lake Erie.
Gutierrez, who is from Mexico, took off in his ultralight Aug. 21 in Montreal and is following one of the migration routes, which cuts a swath through the Midwest and passes through Kansas. Several monarchs could be seen flying near the ground near the airport.
The ultralight's 32-foot wingspan has a monarch painted on top of it and he has given his aircraft the name, Papalotzin. The word means "royal butterfly" in the Nowati language once spoken by the Aztecs but which is still spoken by many today in Mexico, said Tania Guerrero Collazo, a member of the ground crew who also is from Mexico.
The Papalotzin crew saw many monarchs when they passed through the Shenandoah National Park in Tennessee and then near St. Louis.
The crew will be in Lawrence until Tuesday and is filming interviews and monarch tagging exercises with Taylor. They hope the documentary and publicity about it brings public awareness of the Monarch and related conservation issues.
He was excited to hear about the monarchs spotted by Gutierrez at 3,500 feet.
"This is perfect," Taylor said. "That is exactly what I anticipated they would find today."
Monarchs catch warm air currents or swirls known as thermals, which lift the butterflies high into the air. They then set themselves for a glide to the southwest when they hit a laminar air flow.
"Monarchs do this quite a bit but we don't how much they do it," Taylor said.
Monarchs are the largest insect to fly at such a high elevation. They are generally left alone by birds, apparently because the birds don't find them tasty enough, Taylor said.
The Papalotzin crew will travel on into Texas and cross into Mexico as the monarchs make their way to sanctuaries in central Mexico. Taylor will be with the crew at 2 p.m. today at the Baker Wetlands for a short period of monarch tagging. He said anyone was welcome to come and watch.
This year's monarch population is strong and the migration through the Lawrence area should continue until about Oct. 4, Taylor said.
Also at the airport Sunday was Kay Milam, of Louisville, Ky., who is with an independent film crew also making a documentary about migrating monarchs and the people interested in them.
"It follows the migration but it is as much about the people who are passionate about monarchs," she said. "The story is told through their eyes."
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A secondary phase inverter was a technological device capable of protecting the converter interface of a plasmadyne relay from failure due to excessive warp field stress.
In 2370, upon examining a plasmadyne relay aboard the USS Enterprise constructed by Geordi La Forge, Cadet Wesley Crusher sardonically mentioned that a secondary phase inverter would be required, despite La Forge's insistence that the relay could withstand over 500 cochranes of stress. (TNG: "Journey's End")


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Matthias Spillmann: tp, flh Robert Lakatos: piano Fabian Gisler: bass Dré Pallemaerts: drums "First time, I'm enjoying a record session!" admits Art Blakey on the legendary "Night At Birdland" from 1954. It seems that jazz musiciens haven't changed their preferences, since the much younger trumpet player Matthias Spillmann also prefers the stage to the recording studio. But why not record in one of Switzerland's most reknowed Jazz Clubs: Bird's Eye in Basel. For that, Spillmann hired three of the best musicians in the scene of European Jazz. Out of four recorded concerts, Spillmann chose seven tracks: Two standards, among them the beautiful and rarely played "Lotus blossom" by the late Billy Strayhorn. Four originals and one composition by the bands pianist Robert Lakatos complete the set. Six of the songs were recorded the last night of the series, just one proof for how well the interplay among the musicians developped. You can also hear the warm and intimate contact with their public. An atmosphere that created one hour of inspired jazz.


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Thread: 12 year old Black Belts
2/16/2012 8:52am, #61
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A black belt means you have a basic ability to perform the techniques. On this basis I see no problem with 12 year old Black Belts.
The problem comes from the public perception which is that black belts means a high level of skill or infers some sort of "expert" status which of course it doesn't.
2/16/2012 9:18am, #62
When life gives you lemons... BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!
"what's the best thing about aikido then?"
"To be defeated by your enemies, to be driven by them from the field of battle, and to hear the lamentations of your women." ermghoti
2/16/2012 10:00am, #63
We blame the public, but no one came out against the claims when movies like the Karate Kid, BloodSport, Sidekicks, and etc took it outside of the dojo.
2/16/2012 10:51am, #64
I looked at the "2nd degree" and asked what he felt comfortable with. He said maybe a green belt. Green belt is barely intermediate in our school. So basics? It'd be better to define what basics really are.
2/16/2012 11:00am, #65
This thread has made me consider applying for my black-belt tag.
When life gives you lemons... BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!
"what's the best thing about aikido then?"
"To be defeated by your enemies, to be driven by them from the field of battle, and to hear the lamentations of your women." ermghoti
2/16/2012 12:05pm, #66
2/16/2012 5:13pm, #67
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In our style a black belt means mastering the basics which a 12 can certainly do. But it also means reasonable control of self and reasonable control of others. This is what 12 years have trouble with. Most 12 year olds can't reasonably control an untrained adult. When they can I think they should be able to wear an adult black belt.
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2/16/2012 8:51pm, #68
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I always think of a Black-Belt (from a respectable gym not a mcdojo) representing knowledge and good application of skill of around 90% of the system, and the grades above that as representing levels of mastery.
Am I wrong in thinking this? Some peoples opinions seem to be vastly different from what I thought it was.
2/16/2012 11:01pm, #69
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Black belt ranges in different clubs/schools. My school there isnt much after black belt, not that I have heard anyway, from all the techniques required to learn for black belt, I couldn't imagine much more. If anything we perfect our old ones, and well venture off to learn more from other martial arts. This is why I disagree with children gaining black belts in my club, half the reason is theres no way a child could focus on so much.
In other schools, black belt is the beginning. When I tried taekwondo, the first belt the only requirement was a front kick and a few basic movements. Yellow belt wasnt much different, it was round kick. By the time you get black belt, you have a very good understanding of all the kicks and are able to learn "Black belt techniques." Please note, this is one branch of taekwondo.
Everyone has their opinions on what a black belt is, I personally dissagree with the taekwondo way, from stories Ive heard of white belts turning black through years of training, I cant see that happening by learning a few basic kicks. You need to put blood and sweat into it, you need to fight for it, this is martial arts. Its not a dance club where you learn a series of movements, theres a lot more to it, my view on a black belt is just the beginning, yet of a new chapter.


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best "real yes man" for 3 months now ...
Congratulations, amazing how resilient your picks have been vs the broader market through the volatile ups and downs....or really, big downs.
Would you happen to reside Australia? That's a place I'd like to see myself by 2011 or so. Haven't visited yet, would like to feel out the environment towards American outsiders trying to integrate in. Just curious.
Hi, I am in Europe. As one can hardly miss our point scores are moving in tandem since I started my caps player. This is just the result of us making "net long" picks on high beta stocks. I have given making a list of other such players a thought recently - there are quite a few of them out there! We all move opposite to those "top players" (obviously - since they are "net short" "high beta"). I believe there will be hundreds of above 5000 points players around in the not so distant future - all it takes is for the S&P to rise just a couple of more points and for "all of us" to just "hang in there". I think foolsMeThrice put it quite nicely in response to an earlier post of mine: "On February 11, 2009 at 12:05 AM, foolsMeThrice (99.79) wrote: practicing the words of the great warren buffet will be greatly rewarding. The top players here can't shift gears even though this is when your supposed to buy. I don't know if you've noticed but their scores have mostly flatlined. So in all of this turmoil, since October I've gone from 4000 points to 9000 caught up and passed those I thought were unreachable. And I thought this was a bear market." Let's see whether they can/will "shift gears". If not, the time for a leaderboard reshuffle has come ...
Thank you for the reply. Yes, that was the trick, getting in at the right time, and rolling trades on high beta stocks.
Very optimistic post from Foolme.
After the gains this week, and seeing where Credit Default Spreads are for some companies yet at the same time seeing low volatility index levels on the S&P has made me very nervous. I shifted towards more market neutral approach today. (Still slightly net long on my personal portfolio).
Hope you do well going forward and hope to see you as one of the top dogs. Good luck.
There is another play which I seriously regret doing involving my 401K. Now that I am part of a new company that does a 401k match up to 5% of your base, I shifted to cash because the equivalent return on my money is double what I put in for that initial sum. So over a five year period, I will earn an effective 20% return on my cash even though the rate of return is 4%. safe and a damn good investment but....
I missed a solid bounce in financials.. I could have moved my 401K into my company stock and enjoyed a nice 68% bounce which would almost completely eliminate the net loss from this horrible market. I don't believe the bottom is in yet, though it is quite possible I missed the bottom, I doubt it seriously. In these markets we should expect the W formation at the bottom not a V. So if my hunch is right, then I will get a second chance. That is if I remain at the same company at that time.
I am a risk lover at heart but I also know patience wins in the end in this game. Perhaps the decision I made was right and my company stock could have just as easily moved 50% lower. If it does go 50% lower than the previous low, you bet in a heartbeat I will moving the 401K all in and ride it like a cowboy.
port, your consistent and numerous comments finally compelled me to clean out some of my own favourite list based on all your green thumb scoring talk. I did a little cleaning, I could probably do more, but it was time consuming.
the only way I found to do it was to copy/paste into notepad each page with greens sorted, then copy the full notepad paste into excel & simply click on the column with score for the count. too much work still.
do u have a faster way?
I will just wait for the new sorting/screening features. You are right, it is too much work ...
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'Free Kashmir' will allow liquor consumption: Geelani (Roundup)October 22nd, 2010 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, at a seminar repeatedly disrupted by Kashmiri Pandits, said Thursday the sale of liquor would be allowed in an "independent" Jammu and Kashmir where Islamist militants have banned alcohol since 1989.
Speaking at a seminar 'Azadi - The Only Way', Geelani, who flew in from Srinagar, also ruled out any dialogue with the government or its nominated interlocutors saying talks without the right to self-determination were "useless".
Minorities in an "independent Jammu and Kashmir" would enjoy secular rights, maintained the octogenarian leader.
"The system of justice in an independent Jammu and Kashmir would be such that even liquor would not be banned for non-Muslims. It would be prohibited for the Muslim majority but if minorities feel they want to have liquor they would be allowed to consume as their right," he said.
The sale and consumption, even though legally allowed, has been socially banned in Kashmir Valley since 1989 when Islamist insurgency erupted.
Muslim clergy and moral vigilantes have been on a mission to stop liquor in Kashmir since then. Militant outfit Allah Tigers had issued a blanket ban on alcohol. Many liquor shops were ransacked and looted, forcing them to shut down.
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Unruly scenes were witnessed at the LTG auditorium venue when protesting Kashmiri Pandits heckled the two and tried to prevent them from speaking.
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Geelani also ruled out any dialogue with the team of interlocutors appointed by the government.
"All previous dialogue processes with India have failed, and we have held some 150 rounds of talks since 1947 without solving the issue. I request all Kashmiri students and traders associations to boycott them," the separatist leader.
Geelani reiterated his position that the Kashmir issue could be solved only through the right to self-determination and the people of Jammu and Kashmir should be given a chance to determine their fate. "Whatever the majority wills will emerge from the plebiscite and would be acceptable to all," he said.
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Thousands of people have died since insurgency began. While things were beginning to look up last year, the state was plunged into a fresh crisis after stone-pelting protesters started clashing with the security forces. At least 110 people have been killed in the ongoing unrest since June 11.
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"You need to be clear about it. Otherwise you will be like fish swimming furiously and bombing the walls that are too strong till you get tired."
Geelani said the Kashmir society would be inclusive and asked Pandits who fled the valley in 1989 at the start of the armed separatist campaign to return.
"Muslims who form a majority will provide security to them (Pandits) in case they make up their minds," he said.
"Dogras (from Jammu) and Buddhists (in Ladakh) are an important part of the state like Pandits.
- 'Free Kashmir' will not ban liquor consumption: Geelani - Oct 21, 2010
- Kashmiri Hindus protest against Geelani, Arundhati at seminar (Lead) - Oct 21, 2010
- Will boycott Kashmir interlocutors: Geelani - Oct 21, 2010
- Kashmiri Hindu activists create ruckus at Geelani seminar (Second Lead) - Oct 22, 2010
- Only dialogue can solve Kashmir problem: Jethmalani - Jun 02, 2011
- Mirwaiz to highlight last summer's unrest in London (Lead) - Jan 21, 2011
- Kashmir panel meets migrants, activists - Jul 23, 2011
- Mirwaiz to highlight last summer's unrest in London - Jan 21, 2011
- Join talks or get isolated: Pillai's message to separatists (Lead, with Pillai interview) - Apr 10, 2011
- The situation in Jammu and Kashmir: Beginning the Dialogue - Part II - Sep 14, 2010
- Geelani assures protection to Kashmiri Pandits - Apr 17, 2011
- Elements' motive to disrupt our meeting cannot succeed: Mirwaiz Farooq - Dec 02, 2010
- The Jammu and Kashmir situation: The Azadi Debate (Part I) - Sep 17, 2010
- Kashmir court won't hear petition against Arundhati Roy - Nov 24, 2011
- Jammu, the refugee city of India (Part-II) - May 03, 2011
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"Look this is your last chance Skippy, if you don't put the leash on I am make you sleep outside. Got it?" Skippy tipped his head for the third time and responded with something resembling a snort. The old man wasn't fluent in skippese but if he were he would have understood that to be an affirmative answer. The old man crept, with a creak, towards Skippy as a lioness might stalk a tasty-looking gazelle. Skippy's tail fell suddenly still as he dropped into a pounce. The old man knew the master-puppy dance well for he had learned its quick steps over the course of 3 dogs' lifetimes and, if his body would obey him this once, he was confident he could capture his canine companion. Skippy blinked first and lunged left, his paws slipping on the smooth hardwood.
The old man's hand was dead on and he scooped up Skippy in a singular swing that brought the yellow lab close enough to lick his face as the leash finally found its mark. The old man let out a sigh and opened the door. Skippy blurred as he ran out the door and onto the first patch of grass outside the front door which was, of course, the vegetable garden. The old man stood at the edge of the door letting the leash hang as far forward as possible. Skippy lifted his leg and took a sniff of the various leaves and vines. The old man was unsure how any smell could cut across the pelting rain's slick scent but Skippy seemed intent on something. Skippy had found something he liked amongst the greenery, not that the old man had any idea what had survived almost six full years of neglect.
Skippy proudly marched back inside a minute later with a cucumber placed firmly between his powerful jaws. "Um. . .ok." the old man said as Skippy paused to shake himself off on the front step before prancing across the threshold. The old man turned, dumbfounded as the puppy took the cucumber around the corner and began to chew vigorously. He had lived long enough to have seen many, many odd things, but this was something new indeed. "Want me to get you a bone?" he asked as he peeked around the corner at Skippy who continued to chomp at the vegetable he had propped up between his paws.
The old man had never seen a dog so intent on devouring something other than a steak or a shoe, perhaps there was something wrong with this one. The old man shut his door on the relentless rain and walked over to Skippy to remove the long leash still connecting them. Skippy gave the old man a momentary lick as the leash slid off before returning to chewing the J shaped cucumber. The old man left Skippy to his chewing and mounted the stairs again. Skippy, upon noticing the lack of old man, abandoned the cucumber and bolted to the stairs. The old man could barely get up the stairs as Skippy was constantly underfoot. The game would be a mere annoyance to someone with good balance, to the old man it was as if he were climb a hill riddled with little yelping landmines.
After a lifetime of arduous labor the old man found himself on the top step and Skippy already on the top floor ahead of him. The old man called upon his knotted leg muscles to again propel him to the comforts of a nice warm bed. Skippy caught sight of a rat scurrying from one crack in the dry wall to another. "No!" The old man shouted sternly as he gingerly stepped forward. Skippy didn't hear the old man at all and blurred after the rodent as ducked it back into the crumbling corner. Skippy snapped his jaws towards the rat but the corner itself shielded the pest from harm. Skippy give a slight whimper as he turned to flank slammed hard into the railing. Better, the old man thought, it was his flank that he crashed with rather than his nose. There was a sudden crack as the snow globe the old man's son had mailed back from Paris struck the floor and shattered. Skippy yelped in surprise and ran, barking the whole way, back to the old man, running directly where the old man had intended to place his foot. The old man shifted his weight to avoid crushing Skippy, leaning heavily on the old banister. He heard another crack between Skippy's barks as the wormy wood of the banister pulled away from its screws and sent him falling down to the start of the stairs.
Everything smelled pink except for Skippy's sticky barks. The old man could hear something slick and warm drip down his back and feel the tool box above him totter. He must have fallen 6 feet, surely at least one bone was fuzzy. "Get up!" Skippy yelped, "Get up or its gonna hit you."
"I am wine." answered the old man, "sweet red wine. I just need to find my cork."
"Oh no!" Skippy yelled as the box finally tipped over and threw its contents into the air before it, suddenly transmuting tools to projectiles.
"Oh it's your cucumber" the old man laughed when his ears caught sight of the tools.
"It's a wrench!" Skippy barked, "Move old man, move"
The old man couldn't move, even if he could have he might have used his tongue to try to stand and his eyelash to dial the phone for help. The rusted lock on the old man's door gave a slight jiggle just before the wrench hit. The old man's son must have come to get the dog; he didn't get visitors other than his son. The wrench meant something, the old man was sure, he was just too drowsy for it come to him right away . . .
"Of course." He thought as the memory hit him. That wrench had been the wrench he had used to turn the driveway and street into an ice rink back when his son had only been ten.
"Is this legal?" His son asked as the middle aged man turned the screw of the fire hydrant again.
"Good question." The middle aged man answered as he yanked the wrench again.
Suddenly the air was flooded with a blast of cool water that sprayed rainbows in every direction. The middle aged man waited until the water had covered the street and the driveway completely before wrenching the hydrant closed again. The cold January air crystallized the rink in the moments it took for the middle aged man and his son to don skates.
The two clicked out into the center and began to skate along the ice. They danced over the ice for an eternity. Skippy suddenly skid across the ice and clacked his way over to the father and son.
"Oh Dad it's a puppy, I always wanted a puppy. Can I get a puppy?" His son squealed.
"Maybe when you grow up you can." the middle aged man answered, "Maybe when you grow up."
"Ok." His son answered turning to face him, "When I grow up."
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What S&T does to effect divot position is to pre-set a more forward swing center which is a compensation for those that would not otherwise get their weight onto their lead foot. To the extent that is helpful to you a similar result can be achieved by putting a golf ball under the trail side of your trail foot when practicing and rolling it in slightly to raise the trail side when you play.
When you keep your trail elbow down as Kuchar does the club will stay below shoulder height (when viewed parallel to the target line).
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As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy approaches, many have had cause to recall that day in their own lives. Several readers have shared their memories with us on their own. They often recall the day in the smallest detail, because the world did seem to stop in its tracks that Friday afternoon.
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Ya I think distance can help.
My last Uncle died last fall at 90 years old.
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I saw Milbert on his death bed and he kept saluting in his sleep, and they had to put arm protectors on him because he was bruising himself from saluting.
He always had knight meres from WWII. He went to Germany and Africa and Italy and several countries during WWII. Doing the actual killing. Many soldiers didn't do killing, but it haunted Milbert his whole life.
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Deckerville school board selects Hornby as new board member
Published 8:00 pm, Monday, September 12, 2005
DECKERVILLE After a few unsuccessful motions, this school district's board of education voted to appoint Robert Hornby as a board member to replace former Trustee Brian Klaus.
After Klaus stepped down from the position in late August, the school district heard from five interested candidates for the open seat: Deborah Klaus, Kathy Smith, Roger Baumeister, Nick Romzek and Hornby. The candidates presented a short statement explaining why they were seeking the position and answered questions from the board.
Board members made motions to elect Klaus, Hornby, and Smith, but each motion lacked a majority of four votes which were needed for passage. Another motion was made again to appoint Hornby, and the motion passed 4 to 1.
Hornby will be on the board until June 30, 2006. The remaining two years of this term will be up for election in the May 2006 school election.
Brian Klaus stepped down Aug. 29 after the school board received a letter from school attorney Martha Marcero of Thrun Law Firm. The letter stated there had been a question regarding whether or not Klaus officially resigned from the school board at the Aug. 15 special meeting. According to the opinion stated in the letter, Klaus did resign from the board. Klaus said at the Aug. 29 board meeting he did not wish to fight the opinion. He said he believed it was in the best interest of the students that he step down from the board so the board can move on with more pertinent issues. He is still serving as a volunteer football coach.
During the Aug. 15 special meeting, which became heated at times, Klaus stated he would resign from the board and walked out of the meeting. He later returned to the meeting during a recess and wrote a resignation letter. A few minutes later, he tore up the letter and attended the remainder of the meeting as a board member.
Klaus's serving as a board member and volunteer coach sparked a debate between community members and members of the school board at the Aug. 15 special meeting.
The board had received three opinions from attorneys stating if Klaus served in both positions, he was violating the Incompatible Public Offices Act because as a volunteer coach, he is a subordinate to the board member position. Decisions made by him and the rest of the board could directly affect him as a volunteer coach, the opinions stated.
The issue ended up at Sanilac County Circuit Court. At a hearing Aug. 8, Judge Donald Teeple advised Klaus to make a decision on which position he wanted to retain. He indicated if no decision was made, the board could fire Klaus from his volunteer coaching position.
Community members told the board they felt Klaus should be able to keep both positions and the board shouldn't make him choose. A committee of board members had been organized to look at various options on how to handle the issue, but the board took no further action on the options due to Klaus stepping down.


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Friday, March 6, 2009
U.S. stock markets plunged 4 percent yesterday as bank shares faltered and auditors for General Motors, the biggest U.S. automaker, warned that the company might not be financially viable.
The sharp drop came one day after a rally broke a five-day losing streak.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 4.1 percent, or 281.40 points, to 6594.44, a new 12-year low. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index lost 4.3 percent, or 30.32 points, to close at 682.55, its lowest close since 1996. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 4 percent, or 54.15 points, to close at 1299.59.
The sharp descent underscored the depth and breadth of the economy's problems. Every stock in the Dow other than Wal-Mart lost ground or closed flat. No sector in the S&P 500 was spared, either, with shares of financial companies leading the carnage, posting a 10 percent decline.
"This is distinctly unlike anything we have seen since World War II," said Philip J. Roth, chief market analyst at New York brokerage Firm Miller Tabak. "The last time the market had a long, straight-line decline was in 1937 and 1938."
Shares of General Motors led the Dow in its fall, plunging 15.5 percent as the Detroit titan said in its annual report that its auditors had raised "substantial doubt" about its ability to keep operating. The company said it might have to seek bankruptcy protection if it cannot restructure.
Shares of Bank of America fell 42 cents, or 11.7 percent, to close at $3.17. Citigroup sank below a dollar during trading and closed down 11 cents, or 9.7 percent, at $1.02.
Stocks plunged at the opening bell yesterday after reports that the Chinese government would probably not provide further stimulus to its economy. News that it might do so had sparked Wednesday's surge.
Thursday's sell-off also came ahead of a much-anticipated unemployment report scheduled for release this morning. The Labor Department yesterday reported that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits last week dropped to 639,000 compared with 670,000 the previous week. The total number of people receiving unemployment benefits is now more than 5 million.
Productivity also declined, with the steepest drops in the manufacturing of autos, appliances and other goods built to last at least three years, the Labor Department said.
New orders for manufactured goods fell in January by 1.9 percent, the sixth consecutive monthly decline, down nearly 20 percent compared with a year earlier, the Commerce Department said.
On the U.S. consumer front, retailers posted declines in monthly sales yesterday as wary Americans continued to keep their wallets closed. Wal-Mart was the exception, reporting a 5.1 percent increase in February sales at U.S. stores open at least a year compared with the same month last year -- a key measure of a retailer's health.
Its rival Target said its same-store sales were down 4.1 percent in February, and those at Macy's dropped 8.5 percent.
Overseas, the European Central Bank said yesterday that the economy of the combined euro nations is expected to contract by 2.7 percent in 2009, a substantial drop from its previous forecast of 0.5 percent. The bank released the new forecasts after cutting interest rates to a record low of 1.5 percent. The Bank of England slashed interest rates by half a percentage point, to 0.5 percent. European markets fell, with the London's FTSE down 3.2 percent and Germany's DAX down 5 percent.
The losses continued today in Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei 225 average fell as much as 3 percent in early trading.
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If they stick around long enough, baseball general managers tend to get reputations. Jim "Ralph" Bowden would chase a five tool prospect for years. Wayne Krivsky never met a two-year contract extension he didn't like. Billy Beane's approach was detailed in Moneyball, while Brian Sabean is perceived to put more emphasis on scouting and intangibles. The reality is never this simple, … Continue reading
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The #2 hitter in a baseball lineup receives the second-most at bats of anyone on the team. For example, over the course of a season, the #2 hitter will have about 60 more plate appearances than the #6 hitter. Studies have determined that the first two positions in the lineup create the most runs. The … Continue reading
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The Bench 2012 Slash Line*: .235/.286/.347 2013 Projection: .250/.310/.380 2012 WAR: -0.2 2012 WAR/600 PA: -0.1 2013 Best Guess WAR/600 PA: 1.0 Projected Difference: +1.1/600 PA *The 2012 bench for the purposes of the above calculations was: Chris Heisey, Scott Rolen, Xavier Paul, Miguel Cairo, Wilson Valdez, Mike Costanzo, Henry Rodriguez, Didi Gregorius, Willie Harris, … Continue reading
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Here we were, just us bottom knocker's all;
Young, flinted, bevelled steel, still strong.
Oh how glad, how proud, and in such fine fettle;
As we leaned, upon our plumping mawls… long.
For we were ready, throbbing giddy and sweaty;
As the saggar slowly filled his ever blistered frame.
And with no humility the marl we happily shared;
For we dare not fight against the maker s name.
we were a naked witness to the bottles outer hovel;
Its wicket, stained and cracked but resisted fire well.
So with our placer's raised in high position shovelled;
We made our mark…within the clammin we stood.
Oh, our saggers were so tall; they nearly went to fall,
As unfired guns want for more, screamed in battle-cry!
While within, our biscuits pinned, with saddled, spur;
Those thimble few, did safely rest with the interred.
With firemouth's bagged, and battet out and well;
We witnessed the blistering heat start to swell.
Our burnished bodies frenzied bucked and baked.
With toiled rags chopped, we near burst with hate.
Yet deep within our hearts, oh… how our bungs shone;
For they were neither caught taught or made in vain
For we fought the heat with dampers on the crown;
And dared not set a crack against the makers name.


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(Reuters) - U.S. television start-up Roku said on Wednesday it has raised $60 million in new funding from some of the largest media companies including Hearst Corporation, News Corp and British Sky Broadcasting as well as institutional investor Fidelity.
The company said in a statement on Wednesday that the new investment will help Roku expand its streaming services.
Fidelity, which led the latest round of funding, and Hearst are both new investors. Roku said it has now raised $140 million to date.
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If you were anywhere near a television during the 80's you might feel as though you knew the Huxtables personally. Whether you wished you were Rudy Huxtable or just looked at her as a little sister, you will never forget her, but what about the girl behind Rudy? Keishia Knight-Pulliam is a career-minded business woman who is much more than the childhood character she once portrayed; she's a woman making moves in her industry. Expect to be seeing much more from her in the near future. With her down-to-earth attitude, Keishia took a break from dinner to tell Clutch what's been going on in her life.
Clutch: Where are you originally from?
Keshia: I'm from New Jersey.
Clutch: Where do you live now?
Keshia: I live in Atlanta.
Clutch: You're a mature, adult woman now, but your character on the Cosby Show as Rudy was something probably millions of people grew up with, how or have you been able to shed that image?
Keshia: I don't think it's really shedding an image. As you grow and mature and take on different characters, it just happens automatically. Of course people will always identify with me as that character because like you said everyone grew up with it and even today's generation of children are growing up with it through reruns, so I think that's a mistake that a lot of people make, running from a role that people identify with. I'm happy that I had the ability to affect so many people's lives in a positive way and that people are still enjoying my work. I just think that now it's up to me to continue to build on the legacy that I started.
Clutch: From the outside looking in, the cast of the show seemed like a real family and within every real family there is conflict or tension at some point, was there ever tension on the set of the show?
Keshia: No, I mean honestly people have their differences but it was never a tense environment, and I was a little kid so it definitely wasn't that for me. It was a wonderful experience, everyone was very professional and got along.
Clutch: Who taught you the most about acting?
Keshia: Definitely Mr. Cosby and everyone that I worked with on the show because that was my foundation. It was a wonderful thing to learn all the good habits from such greats at a young age.
Clutch: You went to Spelman and pledged Delta Sigma Theta, was it ever hard leading a normal, collegiate life?
Keshia: It was different, but I think everyone has a different experience no matter who you are because your life experiences and what you've done previously shape the person you are today, but I mean yeah, I went to an HBCU as Rudy, it was interesting! (Laughs) and my crazy behind pledged! But in hindsight, I wouldn't do anything differently.
Clutch: Sometimes you are a guest on the "House of Payne," how is it working with Tyler Perry?
Keshia: House of Payne was my first experience working with Tyler and it's been great. The cast has welcomed me with open arms and I came on to do a show or two that turned into like 10 or 15 and now Lance and I are married on the show. It's been a wonderful experience, and then to be able to work and be here home in Atlanta, it's just been great.
Clutch: What are your future plans or upcoming projects?
Keshia: The new season of House of Payne premiers December 3rd on TBS, and I'll be starring in Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, coming to theaters in February and I'm also starting my own production company called Pullpenn Productions. We're working on several projects and developing our website, we're going to have web TV shows and in addition to that we have some network shows that we're negotiating now, so I'm keeping busy!
Clutch: A lot of women can get wrapped up in their careers, do you ever think about marriage or children in the near future?
Keshia: Of course, it's something I definitely plan to do.
Clutch: Your hair always looks amazing, do you have any tips?
Keshia: Well, I must say I don't put any chemicals in it at all, and I just think that when you're healthy and you eat good food and workout and take care of yourself, those are the places that it shows first.
Clutch: In the past there was a lot of talk that you were in a relationship with rapper Chingy, was that true?
Keshia: (Laughs) No, not at all.
Clutch: Are you romantically involved with anybody?
Keshia: I try to keep my private life private as much as I can.
Clutch: What do you look for in a guy?
Keisha: Someone who is wonderful and genuine, intelligent, caring, you know all of those things, and of course handsome!
Clutch: What does your daily schedule look like?
Keshia: Oh lawwd, it depends! If we're filming I'm on set all day from 8:00 AM to about 8:30 PM, if not I'm working on stuff for Pullpenn or traveling here there and everywhere. It just depends on the day.
Clutch: What do you like to do in your downtime?
Keshia: I like to just chill with my friends. We are incredibly silly and just love to have fun and it can be anything from me cooking dinner and having friends over to watching movies in the bed, just enjoying life all the time.
Clutch: What do you like to cook?
Keshia: I cook everything! I love gravy, I must say (laughs). Smothered chicken…makes me happy. I just love food.
Clutch: What music are you listening to right now?
Keshia: Oh! I was dying the other day. There was this song and the girl was saying how she bust the windows out of his car [Jazmine Sullivan] and I thought it was hilarious! That song, I don't know what it is, I'm not trying to go to jail or anything but sometimes a brotha' will make you wanna bust some windows! (Laughs) I don't advise it, but she made it sound so eloquent. But I listen to some of everything.
Clutch: You're going out with the ladies, what three things do you take in your clutch?
Keshia: Well, it probably wouldn't even fit in a clutch because I always have a big ol' bag! But in my clutch, I would have my cell phone, my lip-gloss and my AmEx.