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New Jersey governor Christie says he didn't nod off at Springsteen show
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insists he was listening -- not sleeping -- during a recent Bruce Springsteen concert in New York City.
Christie says a fan snapped a photo of him with head back and eyes closed during the show at Madison Square Garden one day after returning from the Middle East. The governor says The New York Post incorrectly concluded that he had dozed off.
Christie told reporters Thursday that actually he simply leaned back and shut his eyes to listen to the spiritual-sounding song "Rocky Ground" when the picture was taken.
The governor is a mega-fan who has attended 127 Springsteen concerts, though he and Springsteen seldom agree politically.
Christie says he buys his tickets from band members Steven Van Zandt or Max Weinberg at face value.


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To genealogists, cemeteries are repositories of much more than bodies. In fact, cemeteries may hold information on tombstones and in sexton records (if we're really lucky) that gives us parents' names and dates of birth and death or other details on those buried there.
To get the most out of a trip to an ancestral cemetery, one needs a little bit of "cemetery savvy" which I described in a posting of Feb22, 2012. I covered points such as at-home preparation through studying websites and calling the cemetery or sexton's office for information. This communication may help you learn a lot about exactly where your ancestor is buried and if there are any burial cards available to tell who bought the grave lot. Also in that posting, I linked to a website which gives instructions on the do's and don'ts of tombstone cleaning.
Before I came to Chicago on my September 2012 research trip, I had found a map of Calvary Cemetery online, and I had talked a few times with both members of the staff, John F. Geary and Thomas J. Berry. I called before I left to let them know I was coming.
Also I was fortunate to have met Craig Pfannkuche, a genealogist steeped in Chicago history, through the Newberry Library's listing of Chicago area researchers. Craig had done some on-the-ground research for me in Chicago records a few years ago. Now it was my opportunity to meet him in person. As a true lover of Chicago and its rich past, Craig offered to be my guide to Calvary and any other place in the city.
|Photo taken by Bert Schuster 9/24/2012
Well, the big day finally came. I was so excited to be standing in front of the Calvary Cemetery Office, wearing my backpack filled with tombstone cleaning supplies. So many times I had pictured myself right here, at the edge of the cemetery, ready to find the grave of Patrick William Kearney, the brother of my great grandmother, Mary Kearney Kries Lauer.
|Photo taken by Pat Spears 9/24/2012
|Photo courtesy of Calvary Cemetery
Our first step was to say hello to Tom Berry who was on duty the morning of our visit. He directed Craig, my husband Bert, and me to the kiosk which houses a computer database that gives grave location information. All you have to do is key in your ancestor's name, and a cemetery map comes up with a diagram of the grave location for this person. I put in the name of Patrick William Kearney and printed out the map. Then we headed to Section H, Block 25, Lot 191.
|Photo taken by Bert Schuster 9/24/2012
|Patrick William Kearney gravesite, Calvary Cemetery
Our next stop was to visit the grave site of the Sweeney/Brookins/Dinan family, a collateral group in the Kearney/Carney network of friends, associates and neighbors. It took a little longer to find the family plot as there were so many tombstones in Section U, Lot S18. Unfortunately there was only one marker for this group of eleven family members.
This marker was barely visible under the grass that had grown over it and the hard clumps of dirt that clung to the grass. And here is where I learned that I needed to bring yet another tool to the cemetery:
At last, we could make out the inscription: Ida M. Schuerman and Walter C. Schuerman.
I believe that Ida was the granddaughter of Catherine Sweeney Brookins Dinan. Catherine was one of the baptismal sponsors, along with her son Charles Dinan, for my great grandmother's first child, Henrietta Kreis.
|Photo taken by Bert Schuster 9/24/2012
At last, we could make out the inscription: Ida M. Schuerman and Walter C. Schuerman.
|Photo taken by Bert Schuster 9/24/2012
I believe that Ida was the granddaughter of Catherine Sweeney Brookins Dinan. Catherine was one of the baptismal sponsors, along with her son Charles Dinan, for my great grandmother's first child, Henrietta Kreis.
And so ended our day at the cemetery. We had talked first with the staff
of the
cemetery who had given me much information over the years before my visit. We
had printed out maps from a new technology
-- the kiosk -- available at Chicago Catholic cemeteries. Using the
maps, we had found one unmarked grave for an ancestor and a marked grave for a
collateral family member. And best of all, I had reaped the benefits of having
a local person, Craig, show us around the cemetery.
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WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler talks art, wrestling
Wrestling superstar and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler visited L.P. Frans Stadium on Saturday at the Hickory Crawdads game against the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
During his time at the game, O-N-E Sports Editor Cody Dalton spoke to Lawler and interviewed him on a variety of topics.
Q: Growing up, did you play a lot of sports or were you involved in sports a lot?
JL: "Yea I did. You say a lot of sorts, but I was never a big basketball fan because I couldn't play basketball. I played football and baseball throughout high school, but the main thing I got involved in was really not sports so much as it was art. All through school, I was drawing and painting. I knew I wasn't going to win any kind of sports scholarship, but I did win a full-tuition commercial art scholarship to the University of Memphis. When I first started attending wrestling matches, I started drawing some pictures of wrestlers and that is how I got my foot in the door with wrestling. That's how I first got to meet some professional wrestlers. Matter of fact, the guy that became my mentor and was the biggest wrestler in Memphis that time was a guy named "The Fabulous" Jackie Fargo. He is from North Carolina. He lives in China Grove."
Why do you come to minor league games?
JL: "Basically, I'm a huge baseball fan. Through my junior high and high school years, my family had moved from Memphis, Tenn. to a little town called Amherst, Ohio, which was about 25 miles West of Cleveland. That's where I really grew up and got involved in sports and everything. Moving from Memphis, we had no pro sports teams at all. Wrestling was the biggest thing in that city. To suddenly move that close to Cleveland and get to see my first Major League Baseball game and first NFL football game. This was at a time in the early 1960's when Jim Brown was playing for the Browns. The Cleveland Indians had Rocky Colavito. Both teams were doing really well. I became a die-hard Cleveland fan. When we moved back to Memphis eight years later, they still had no pro sports teams. Everyone around Memphis area cheered for St. Louis, Atlanta or whomever was the closest team around. I just stayed a Cleveland sports fan. That's mostly what I follow is the Indians. These appearances came out of basically I have an agent. One of the things he does is attend the Winter meetings. That's where the GMs and promotion people go out and look at these different kinds of promotions they can have at their stadiums throughout the year. He signed me up. I probably do 15-20 of these every season. I've been doing it for about four years now. It's a lot of fun. To me, there is no better place to be than a professional baseball stadium. There is just a certain kind of great feeling when you are in one of these ball parks. I always look forward to doing these.
You've wrestled and you've commentated. Is one more fun than the other?
JL: "Oh yes, by a landslide. Wrestling is a whole lot more fun than commentating. I didn't even get in the business to be a commentator. That was just kind of thrust in my lap back during those Monday Night Wars between WWE and WCW. Vince McMahon and "Macho Man" Randy Savage were doing the commentary at the time. Suddenly, on a Monday night when I think we were in Bethlehem or Hershey, Penn., we were getting ready to do our Monday Night show. The WCW show came on an hour before our show did. They were on live and we were on live, but their show came on to give them an hour jump on ours. It was about time for their show to come on, we were still an hour away and I remember Vince saying 'Somebody find Randy. We've got to go over what we are going to do on the show tonight.' Everyone was looking around for Randy Savage. Someone came and yelled 'Vince, turn on the TV!' He turned it on and there was Randy Savage making his appearance on WCW. He just walked out, left with no notice, went down and showed up on their TV. Vince didn't panic, came to me and said 'King, would you mind filling in for Savage tonight and I will have someone else to do it on a regular basis next week.' That was 19 years ago and I'm still doing it every week. Coming up July 23 is our 1,000th episode of 'Monday Night Raw.' I've been on over 900 of those. I've probably been on more episodes than anyone, including Vince McMahon. He is not on every episode.
"The wrestling itself, to go out now on 'Monday Night Raw,' if you watch, a long match is 10 minutes. That is long. Usually, they are less than that. It's much more fun to go out there, perform and not have that much pressure on you to do a good, real, fast-paced, action-packed, 10-minute match than to sit out there and come up with something entertaining for a full two hours and 15 minutes every Monday night. You're on the entire time trying to entertain everybody. Most people don't think about it, but it is a high-pressure job because we are sitting there with our headphones on, I'm hearing Michael Cole next to me. I'm also hearing the director and the producer. They are both in my ear to countdown to a commercial break or countdown to whatever is coming up next in the segment. Vince McMahon is also in your ear just waiting to jump on you if you make any sort of mistake. We're live and trying to listen to four people at once and try to think of what you're going to say next. Don't get me wrong, I love my job and I think it is great, but you asked me what was more fun and the wrestling is more fun."
Do you have a favorite match you've wrestled in and a favorite match you've commentated?
JL: "Probably my favorite match of all time just had the 30-year anniversary of it was against Andy Kaufman. They just contacted me from the David Letterman Show. Coming up in July is the 30th anniversary of when I slapped Andy on the David Letterman Show. They may be doing something about that. I'm not real sure. We were talking last week. That was the biggest match that happened to me in my career. That spring-boarded me with a lot of regional exposure at the time to suddenly being worldwide.
"As far as commentating, I've done so many. It's hard to pick out any one favorite. If I picked one out of the hat, it'd be slighting a few others. There have been a ton of goods one, though."
You mentioned "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who of course played minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Did you ever talk with him or anyone else about baseball?
JL: "Randy loved to talk about baseball. Randy was a cool guy. Once he got married to Miss Elizabeth, I swear he just became a different kind of person. His personality changed. He became so protective of her and their own privacy that he became a different type of person. Before that, he and I wrestled a ton of times in my Memphis territory. Him, his dad and his brother even opened up their own promotion in Lexington, Kentucky. We finally went in, merged with them and brought them into our company. We did some big promotions and sold out Rupp Arena with Randy and I in Lexington. Randy loved to talk baseball. He was the first on to admit and say that "I was ok, but I never was going to make it to the major leagues, but I really enjoyed playing in the minors.' I guess it's funny. Some guys get to the minors and are almost content with having a career in the minor leagues without ever making it to the big leagues. I think that is what he realized was going to happen to him. He opted to wrestle. I think he made the right decision.
Would you compare the minors today more toward to the old regional situation in wrestling?
JL: "It is a lot like that. At one time, the regional situation and the whole country was like that. Just some of them were a little bit bigger territories than the others. Now, all of that is so similar to what is similar to what you have in baseball. All of the independent circuits and those places are like the minor leagues to the WWE being the major leagues. Everyone one of those guys that go out on the independent circuit would give their right arm or right leg if they could ever be in the main event of a WWE ring in one of those shows. By the same token, the WWE looks to all of these places as feeding their talent. That's where all their new talent has to come from. They are always constantly on the look in all of these places. Then they have their own developmental company in Florida. They are looking all around the country and if they see someone that catches their eye, then they will send them down to the WWE developmental area in Tampa, Fla., hone their skills there and make it to the big leagues.
You're a WWE Hall of Famer. Are there two or three names you'd like to see in the Hall of Fame with you?
JL: They've not yet inducted Randy Savage yet, have they? I think probably Randy Savage. I think he will eventually get in there. That is one those things. To me, if you are going to honor somebody, you should do it while they are still alive. I wish that Randy and Vince McMahon could have settled what differences there were before he passed away to get him in because I think Randy was deserving a long time ago.
"I'll tell you who else I think should be in there — Andy Kaufman. He should be in the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame. (Mike) Tyson got in this year. You've got Mike Tyson and Drew Carey. If Drew Carey is in there, Andy Kaufman should be. He was one of the first guys that put wrestling on a national stage. Just this past week, we had Cindy Lauper come on, who was the first celebrity that WWE involved and started the 'Rock and Wrestling Connection.' It's true because it did, but she would have never been involved had Andy and I never gotten that national publicity that we got with our wrestling match down in Memphis. That snowballed. In reality, Andy had approached Vince McMahon Sr. with that idea and he turned him down because he said the fans were skeptical and he didn't want to involved actors in the business in any way. When we did it down in Memphis and it got all that attention, I think he said 'Wow. It's going to get the right kind of publicity.' Then they brought in Cindy Lauper and Mr. T. It just snowballed. We've had all these guest hosts. We've had Snooki. Bob Barker might have been my all-time favorite. We had the Wolverine guy, Hugh Jackman. If you really stop and look now at all the Hollywood stars and celebrities that we've had involved in WWE, honestly, it all started with Andy Kaufman. He should definitely be in the celebrity wing.


text: I am going out on a limb here, but I suspect that a majority of the people on this list lean far more toward the casual administrator types and not professional cluster admins. Often, I suspect, the issues of power and cooling only arise in times of scarcity and not out of some anal-retentive need to quantify resources. They are very likely people doing science (or other worthy endeavour) and simply use clusters as tools. Should one quantify the ROI on each pencil and pen in ones office? I realize that the first pen/pencil in your office is an important writing device, but why do you have a second and third, given that the useful life of a pen/pencil, under normal load, is quite long? ;-) I'll be right back as soon as I justify the dozen or so pens I have under the seat of my car. Hold it! I don't use the company's crappy pens and provide my own. I guess beans don't interest me. -Dean On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 12:10 +1100, steve_heaton at ozemail.com.au wrote: > G'day all > > Speaking as someone from "industry", and a Project/Programme Manager at that, I'd just like to add that I'm shocked and dismayed at the apparent lack of accountability that seems rampant in academic circles! If it was down to me I'd sack the lot of ya!! ;) > > I'd strongly recommend that all good cluster folk have a good idea about operation expenditure (opex). If you get a visit from the Meanie Beanies (auditors / cost accountants etc etc) then it'll help cover your A. It's a great way to have your gig cancelled because you didn't have a firm understanding of your $'s in and out. Happens all the time in Industry and in my job it's a sackable offence. No joke. Do some homework and you won't need to be afraid (OK, *as* afraid of the Purple Pen People). > > Some things to know… ideally you should be able to quote these with as little as an hour's warning (shows you're on top of things): > > -) The amount of floor space you consume (sq ft or m) - don't worry about the cost of this one, those asking will know ;) Becomes a hot topic if you're paying rent in some form. > -) Find out how much electricity you use per hour - chances are you're on one or more dedicated circuit(s) and probably separate metering - look at the bills. Don't worry about general lighting etc. It's often rolled into the floor space calcs. > -) Ditto aircon (include your maintenance) > -) Cluster hardware maintenance (out of warranty stuff, cost of spares) - quoting your amazing uptime can help explain this figure > -) Service contracts (you've got a Service Level Agreement right? Uptime % etc helps explain) > -) Staff / admin costs > -) The good ol' "anything else you can think of" > > Now the fun part. Who used you cluster and for how long? Look at your job scheduling etc. Your department? Another department (do you cross charge somehow)? Which projects? What's their contribution to cluster opex? > > If you answer reasonably accurately then the Beanies will treat you with some respect :) >>Someone, somewhere is paying your bills already.<< Know where that money is going! > > Don't say I didn't warn you ;) > > Cheers > Stevo > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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Re: Silliest star wars secret
same here....that is one of the most awesome dreams ever....SWEETNESS!!!!!!!! ("lucky")
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same here....that is one of the most awesome dreams ever....SWEETNESS!!!!!!!! ("lucky")
Silliest Star Wars secret?
For a (Very) brief moment I thought Episode 3 was the best.
Then I realised it was the worst after some guy had slapped me.
Nothing is wrong with Ep.3 i loved it and it is in second place right now....and for me, it took 1st for awhile also.
Yeah, same here, right after I see an action movie, it gets put in my top 5 for some reason?
yup....but then after awhile it gets old and it isn't the "most awesome video in the world" as i know we have all said before....
Lol. I think my silliest Star Wars secret is that Jar Jar used to be my favorite character...
I cant stand jar jar but he is kinda funny.....
yup....but then after awhile it gets old and it isn't the "most awesome video in the world" as i know we have all said before....
You can say that again.......................
Our school was selling roses for Valentines Day that were going to be delivered to our classes. Someone sent me one from "Jango Fett."
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JH3!!! CLEANOUT YOUR INBOX!!! Thanx!
mt starwars secret was when i was around 8 it was the night before christmas and my mom had made cookies for santa....
Thats the coolest dream i ever heard lol!!
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"But Eli. I am santa."
If only Boba were Santa. Like on the Santa Fett wallpaper from TFN, who goes flying around on his jetpack to deliver toys to good little Corellians and Alderaanians.
lol ......if Fett EVER steps foot in my house, I would just wake up, kiss his feet, praise him, and die right there on the floor. lol......
He might shoot you for getting drool on his boots.
lol ........An even BETTER way to die!! lol
......if Fett EVER steps foot in my house....
I'll feed him cookies and cake, and then watch in fascination as he drinks milk through a straw.
Kudar, there's nothing wrong with liking Jar-Jar. I find him amusing at times (when he isn't being used to make crude jokes or ruin the atmosphere of the story.)
I have never found Jar-Jar amusing....and aren't we off subject?
Yes we are off the subject........but one last statemant.
WHY DID JAR JAR BECOME A SENATOR?!! I dont get it!! I dot think any person who could get his tounge stuck in a visable laser could ever become a senator!!
.....CArry on............
that is still a mystery to me today...never understood that one...
Gosh that really bugs me!! Im gonna put it in the Anger management thread.
.....Carry on....
Technically Jar Jar is not a senator. Padme is the senator for Naboo, she represents the planet Naboo as a whole. Naboo has two species, Humans and Gungans, both the humans and the Gungans need representatives in the Senate, and since the humans already have a senator, the Gungans still need their representative, but the role of senator is already filled. So Jar Jar is only a Gungan Representative, and Padme's substitute.
i would still rather have Boss Nass or that captain guy as the representative, not Jar-Jar. Whatever though, its not my movie...
I never really liked Boss Nass. The guard was okay in my opinion.
I never really liked Boss Nass. The guard was okay in my opinion.
Much the same here.
Boss Nass couldn't be the Representative, as he had a Gungan population to rule. And Captain Tarpoles had an army to run. Besides, they wanted Jar Jar in the movie somehow, and having some random Gungan as the representative wouldn't have kept Jar Jar in the movie as much. lol
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Editor's Note: EarthTechling is proud to repost this article courtesy of The Climate Group.
A report presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos recently states that the world must spend US$700 billion a year on green investments to meet global energy demand and avert the enormous economic damages that unrestrained climate change will cause.
The Green Investment Report says that of the US$5 trillion investment needed in infrastructure to meet the towering demands of economic growth, about US$700 billion a year of this must be in investments such as clean technology, greener infrastructure and energy efficiency to avoid dangerous climate change.
Presented to some of the world's most powerful people at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the report is put together by the Green Growth Action Alliance (GGAA), a group which includes Accenture,Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Climate Policy Initiative, HSBC, and the World Economic Forum itself.
It admits that while green investment costs are steep in the short term, the estimated US$700 billion a year is an insignificant cost when compared to the damages to global economies that climate change could cause. Authors write: "The incremental costs of greening growth are insignificant compared with the costs of inaction."
The report states that the climate change crisis is an investment opportunity that could drive much needed employment and community benefits, stating that global investment in clean energy in 2011 was up 17%, to US$257 billion.
One example highlighted in the report is the World Bank's US $6 billion in climate technology funds. For every public dollar invested, US$8 in co-financing was attracted.
Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderon, founder of the GGAA, writes in the foreword: "Economic growth and sustainability are interdependent, you cannot have one without the other, and greening investment is the pre-requisite to realizing both goals. […]Development needs to be greened by re-evaluating investment priorities, building capacity, investment-grade policies and improving governance, among other activities."
To rapidly steer private finance into clean energy investment and tackle the climate challenge, the report offers four recommendations:
- G20 leaders must renew their commitment: that green growth is the only route to sustainable economic growth. They must also report on progress in leveraging private investment.
- Governments must accelerate efforts to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies, enact long-term carbon price signals, enable greater free trade in clean technologies, and expand investment into climate adaptation.
- Public finance agencies must increase efforts to drive private capital into green infrastructure.
- Private investors must use investor forums and expand partnerships with public agencies to advance and adoptnew financing solutions.
Luc Bas, Director of European Programs and International States and Regions, The Climate Group, said: "A clean revolution: the upscale of clean technology and energy innovation, investment and deployment is key. But it will also need to go hand in hand with a fundamental change in our consumption and production patterns to be able to meet the demands of the 9 billion people that will be on our planet by 2050."
Read The Green Investment Report.
Learn more about The Climate Group's Clean Revolution.


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently concluded a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Albania. The Secretary's visit to the Balkans demonstrated U.S. commitment and support for the region's future in the European and Euro-Atlantic community.
As Secretary Clinton said, the United States shares the goal of a whole, free, and democratic Europe that includes all the countries in this important region. We believe it is the surest path to a future of peace, stability, and prosperity. And to that end, the United States will do all we can to support that goal.
European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton joined Secretary Clinton for her visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo. In Sarajevo, the Secretary and High Representative Ashton underlined the need for party leaders to accomplish necessary reforms, in particular resolving the defense property issue and implementing constitutional change to comply with the European Court of Human Rights' ruling in the Sejdic-Finci case. They also stressed the immutability of the international community's commitment to the Dayton Peace Accords.
In both Serbia and Kosovo, Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton reiterated U.S.-EU resolve for both countries to implement the agreements reached to date in the EU-facilitated dialogue and to advance concrete measures that will normalize relations between the two. We call for the two governments to move forward in the next phase of dialogue with practical agreements that serve the concrete security and economic interests of all the people of Serbia and Kosovo.
In addition to their commitment to the dialogue process, Serbia and Kosovo must focus on domestic reforms to move forward on their respective Euro-Atlantic integration paths. While in Belgrade, the Secretary and High Representative encouraged the Government of Serbia to take concrete steps that will allow Serbia to progress on its path to EU membership. In Pristina, Secretary Clinton and Baroness Ashton encouraged government and opposition leaders to work together to strengthen rule of law and fight corruption, which are critical to EU membership.
Croatia will join the European Union next year, after having become a NATO member in 2009. In Zagreb, the Secretary applauded Croatia as a model for nations around the world that are making the difficult transition to democracy. As the Secretary rightfully recognized, Croatia has taken great strides to combat corruption and uphold the rule of law, from prosecuting domestic war crimes cases to reforming its justice sector. The people of Croatia made a decision to overcome the wars and destruction of the 1990s and rebuild their country, and the United States has been proud to stand with them for more than 20 years.
In Albania, Secretary Clinton helped mark an important milestone -- 100 years of Albanian independence. Addressing the Albanian Parliament, the Secretary highlighted the United States' enduring commitment to the country. After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson defended Albanian's independence and helped stop the country from being partitioned. Since then, even through fifty year of harsh communist rule, the United States' commitment to Albania has been steadfast. The Secretary applauded the resolve of the Albanian people to have come so far since communism, but also highlighted the hard work ahead as Albania seeks to join the EU, including bipartisan resolve to implement rule of law and fight corruption, and to hold free and fair parliamentary elections in 2013.
Secretary Clinton also telephoned other regional leaders after she returned to Washington. She applauded Montenegro's Prime Minister on the progress made on both the NATO and EU tracks of Montenegro's integration goals. Similarly, with President Ivanov of Macedonia the Secretary expressed disappointment for not being able to visit on this trip, and reiterated U.S. support for Macedonia's membership in NATO and the European Union.
Secretary Clinton also spoke with Prime Minster Jansa of Slovenia, the first country from the former Yugoslavia to join both NATO and the European Union. They discussed ongoing economic reform efforts, and our joint goal of furthering Euro-Atlantic integration for the Balkan region.
As someone who works on issues related to the Balkans every day, I know all too well the challenges that the region faces. But, I'm also encouraged by the great progress that has been made and the opportunities that are still yet to be realized for the people of this region.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Israeli clothing company Castro remains in the crosshairs of Orthodox Jews a month after a young religious army officer wore a newly-purchased shirt to Passover synagogue services unaware that his clothing was inscribed with a passage from the "New Testament."
The shirt in question featured a stylized reprinting of "The Lord's Prayer" found in Matthew 6:9-13. It was even titled "The Lord's Prayer" on the t-shirt.
IDF officer Barak Tamir expressed shock and anger after being informed by an older gentleman at synagogue that day that his shirt was promoting a Christian prayer.
"Personally I have no problem with anybody who chooses to wear whatever shirt they feel like wearing," Tamir later wrote on his Facebook page. "I do however have a problem with an Israeli brand which, through subliminal messaging, plants Christian messages in its clothing and makes people walk around with shirts with these inscriptions without them wishing to do so. ...why does an Israeli company choose to promote a clothing line using a Christian prayer?"
Castro responded by noting that its designers "draw their inspiration from various and diverse cultural content. The print on this shirt is the creation of the designer and was done as part of a gothic inspiration and not at all in its religious context."
Most Orthodox Jews were appalled by the incident, and many called for a boycott of Castro. Most non-Orthodox Israelis simply didn't care. And at least one commenter on the website of Yediot Ahronot, which broke the story, noted that the Lord's Prayer, despite being found in the "Christian scriptures," is a very Jewish prayer.
Another commenter who identified himself as Orthodox scolded those taking aim at Castro, noting that the Lord's Prayer was not an invention of the New Testament's authors, but very much came from the so-called "Old Testament" and earlier Jewish prayers.
For instance, a prayer still recited by some Jewish communities every evening closely mirrors the Lord's Prayer with the words, "Our God in heaven, hallow thy name, and establish thy kingdom forever, and rule over us for ever and ever. Amen."
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Eric A. Betanoff 12/29/2006 10:39:11 AMI like it a lot. Simplicity can be beautiful. #579219
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The city of Phoenix is about to get a new landmark. Nicknamed "The Pin," the tower will be over 420 feet tall and feature a unique spiraling observation deck in the shape of a sphere. It will be located in the downtown area and provide a spectacular 360 degree view of the city and the surrounding mountain ranges.
The 70,000 square foot tower was designed by BIG, a Danish architectural firm. In addition to the dramatic open air observation deck, the tower will contain an ever-changing series of exhibition spaces, along with some shops and restaurants. A new public square surrounded by shops will also be built at the base.
Visitors will take an elevator to the lowest level of the observation deck and then gradually work their way up to the top. Because it's in the shape of a sphere, the middle portions will bulge out, providing the largest observation areas.
Phoenix-based developer Novawest commissioned BIG to create "a destination event to provide tourists and citizens of Phoenix alike the chance to enjoy the unique features of the Valley of the Sun."
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DUE WEST, SC - Erskine advanced to the quarterfinals of the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference Tournament Monday with a 93-74 victory over Coker.
The Fleet, which lost twice to Coker in the regular season, evened its record at 14-14 with its sixth win in seven games. Coker ended its season at 6-22. The sixth-seeded Flying Fleet will play third-seeded
Erskine shot a blistering 65.4 percent in the first half, including 9 of 14 from behind the 3-point arc to take a commanding 51-20 halftime lead. Matt Odom had 15 points on five 3-pointers in the first period. Coker made several runs on 57.6 percent shooting in the second half, but could get no closer than 16 points.
Erskine placed four players in double figures. Craig Williams had 22 points and led both teams with 10 rebounds. Odom had 21 points, connecting on 7 of 10 3-pointers. Guard Jason Winecoff had a career high 16 points, including 9 of 9 from the free throw line. T.J. Taylor scored 13 points and a game-high 6 assists.
Michael Pierce had 19 points, Jason Fulwood 14 and Mark Duncan 12 for the Cobras.


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Facing the ocean, Wild Lubanzi Backpackers offers accommodation in a little Xhosa village close to a beach. Guests can enjoy a drink at the bar and free WiFi is available. The hostel offers basic tented or dormitory accommodation. Guests have access to a shared bathroom. There is a communal kitchen for self-catering purposes. Optional meals can be arranged for a surcharge and on advance request. Far off the beaten track, Wild Lubanzi Backpackers can only be accessed with a 4x4 vehicle but parking and a shuttle service for smaller vehicles can be arranged at Putuma on advance request and for a surcharge. Activities in the area include hiking, bird watching or surfing. The Lubanzi Caves, the Mncwasa River Mouth and Hole in the Wall are located nearby. Mtatha is 94 km away. devamını oku


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Think Humanity Inc. is not just about buying bed nets for refugees in Uganda or building a well for a village. Those things are part, but not all of its mission.
Think Humanity is about developing health care, education, clean water and socio-economics in Uganda, and about having the Ugandan people be part of the process.
The Loveland-based nonprofit organization was recently awarded a grant for $10,000 from Americans for Philanthropy to distribute 1,200 insecticide-treated bed nets to refugees in the Kyangwali refugee camp and to build a well in Buhimba village.
The bed nets are invaluable since mosquitoes in Uganda are a major cause of malaria.
The nonprofit was started several years ago by Beth Heckel and her family after Heckel's daughter, Aimee, traveled to Uganda in 2007 to write about refugees who fled violent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Four organization directors -- who were all born in refugee camps in Uganda -- run the branches of Think Humanity in-country.
A clinic outside a camp in Kyangwali is set up to treat people for malaria and typhoid, and educates the locals about sexually transmitted infections, family planning and malaria.
"Some of the questions they would ask and things they don't know is shocking," Heckel said. "One kid asked, 'Is there anything you can do when tested so that STIs come up negative instead of positive?'"
In a girls' hostel, when asked what happens when you get a sexually transmitted infection, the young ladies said, "You become orphans." Or during rainy season, some thought that malaria was a result of eating beans, rather than from mosquito bites.
"It's a lack of knowledge," Heckel said. "It's so important to educate them so they have more knowledge on what causes these problems." She said that many villagers still believe in witchcraft and witch doctor traditional medicines like releasing the pain through animal bones and puncture wounds.
Think Humanity partners with United States organizations to provide birthing kits, eyeglasses and vitamins to the clinic. But the in-country directors are also encouraged to think of solutions to help their people.
It's their community, their society. We can't just throw money at them," Heckel said. "If they can partner with organizations there, it's better." She said that Think Humanity helps empower the people to find their own solutions by working with them.
The Think Humanity board started a girls' hostel in the capital city of Hoima at the beginning of 2012 that educates 30 girls beyond primary school. Many refugee children fail to continue education because of their circumstances, Heckel said. A matron, or surrogate mother, cares for the children. The girls walk to public school and do their own laundry, help cook and study in the evenings.
The bed nets were distributed at Easter to families in the Kyangwali refugee camp.
For details about how to get involved with Think Humanity Inc., visit thinkhumanity.org.
Jessica Benes can be reached at 669-5050, ext. 530, or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter: @JessicaBenes. Read her blog at jessicabenes.com.


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Introducción a Zend Framework
Aprendiendo Zend Framework
Referencia de Zend Framework
Tabla de contenidos
Zend_View is a class for working with the "view" portion of
the model-view-controller pattern. That is, it exists to
help keep the view script separate from the model and
controller scripts. It provides a system of helpers, output
filters, and variable escaping.
Zend_View is template system agnostic; you may use
PHP as your template language, or create instances of other
template systems and manipulate them within your view
Essentially, using
Zend_View happens in two major steps:
1. Your controller script creates an instance of
Zend_View and assigns variables to that instance.
2. The controller tells the
Zend_View to render a particular
view, thereby handing control over the view script, which
generates the view output.
As a simple example, let us say your controller has a list of book data that it wants to have rendered by a view. The controller script might look something like this:
// use a model to get the data for book authors and titles.
$data = array(
'author' => 'Hernando de Soto',
'title' => 'The Mystery of Capitalism'
'author' => 'Henry Hazlitt',
'title' => 'Economics in One Lesson'
'author' => 'Milton Friedman',
'title' => 'Free to Choose'
// now assign the book data to a Zend_View instance
$view = new Zend_View();
$view->books = $data;
// and render a view script called "booklist.php"
echo $view->render('booklist.php');
Now we need the associated view script, "booklist.php".
This is a PHP script like any other, with one exception: it
executes inside the scope of the
Zend_View instance, which
means that references to $this point to the
instance properties and methods. (Variables assigned to the
instance by the controller are public properties of the
Zend_View instance). Thus, a very basic view script could
look like this:
if ($this->books): ?>

<?php foreach ($this->books as $key => $val): ?>
<?php echo $this->escape($val['author']) ?>
<?php echo $this->escape($val['title']) ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php else: ?>

There are no books to display.

<?php endif;?>
Note how we use the "escape()" method to apply output escaping to variables.
Zend_View has several options that may be set to
configure the behaviour of your view scripts.
basePath: indicate a base path from which to set the script, helper, and filter path. It assumes a directory structure of:
This may be set via
addBasePath(), or the basePath
option to the constructor.
encoding: indicate the character encoding to use
htmlspecialchars(), and other operations. Defaults
to UTF-8. May be set via
setEncoding() or the encoding
option to the constructor.
escape: indicate a callback to be used by
escape(). May be set via
setEscape() or the escape option
to the constructor.
filter: indicate a filter to use after rendering
a view script. May be set via
addFilter(), or the filter option
to the constructor.
strictVars: force
Zend_View to emit
notices and warnings when uninitialized view variables are
accessed. This may be set by calling
strictVars(true) or passing the
strictVars option to the constructor.
In our examples, we make use of PHP long tags: <?php. We also favor the use of alternate syntax for control structures. These are convenient shorthands to use when writing view scripts, as they make the constructs more terse, keep statements on single lines, and eliminate the need to hunt for brackets within HTML.
In previous versions, we often recommended using short tags (<?
and <?=), as they make the view scripts slightly less verbose.
However, the default for the
short_open_tag setting is typically off in production or on shared
hosts -- making their use not terribly portable. If you use template
XML in view scripts, short open tags will cause the templates to fail
validation. Finally, if you use short tags when
short_open_tag is
off, the view scripts will either cause errors or simply echo PHP
code back to the viewer.
If, despite these warnings, you wish to use short tags but they are disabled, you have two options:
Turn on short tags in your
.htaccess file:
php_value "short_open_tag" "on"
This will only be possible if you are allowed to create and
.htaccess files. This directive can
also be added to your
httpd.conf file.
Enable an optional stream wrapper to convert short tags to long tags on the fly:
This registers
Zend_View_Stream as a stream
wrapper for view scripts, and will ensure that your code
continues to work as if short tags were enabled.
|View Stream Wrapper Degrades Performance
Usage of the stream wrapper will degrade performance of your application, though actual benchmarks are unavailable to quantify the amount of degradation. We recommend that you either enable short tags, convert your scripts to use full tags, or have a good partial and/or full page content caching strategy in place.
Typically, you'll only ever need to call on
render(), or one of the methods for setting/adding
filter, helper, and script paths. However, if you wish to extend
Zend_View yourself, or need access to some of its
internals, a number of accessors exist:
getVars() will return all assigned variables.
clearVars() will clear all assigned variables;
useful when you wish to re-use a view object, but want to
control what variables are available.
getScriptPath($script) will retrieve the
resolved path to a given view script.
getScriptPaths() will retrieve all registered
script paths.
getHelperPath($helper) will retrieve the
resolved path to the named helper class.
getHelperPaths() will retrieve all registered
helper paths.
getFilterPath($filter) will retrieve the
resolved path to the named filter class.
getFilterPaths() will retrieve all registered
filter paths.


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Flexible delivery formats such as evening, online, hybrid, and weekend intensive courses ensure that the program is accessible to working adults of all ages. In addition, this degree allows a seamless transition from the associate to the baccalaureate degree.
Students may specialize further by selecting a minor in an area of interest. Minors are optional and are open to all bachelor's degree candidates. For some degree programs, students may use courses from the majors to fulfill minor degree requirements. Contact an Academic Coach for more information.
Granite State College offers the following Management-related minors:
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A Word About Continued Development and Support for Akaneiro
Akaneiro Backers,
A little history and an update regarding Akaneiro development going forward: Development on Akaneiro started during the early months of 2011. Since that time, we've maintained a development team averaging 15 people/month on the project. In total, around 360 man-months have gone towards development, bringing our investment in dollars to nearly $2 million USD. In that same period, we've generated roughly 300kUSD in revenue - this includes funds collected via the Kickstarter campaign, F2P purchases in-game, and one-time purchases via Steam. In simple math: We've spent $2 million, we've made $300k, we're "in the hole" $1.7 million.
Given this situation, we now have no choice but to radically alter the approach we're taking to maintaining and improving the game. The core development team has been reduced in size to just two people. They will continue to address bugs and make improvements while working towards goals like multi-player and tablet support, but progress will be slower. Depending on the success of our other remaining title, The Gate, we may one day find ourselves in a position to throw greater resources at Akaneiro. We certainly hope that will be the case.
What's written here quickly in a few paragraphs represents some truly painful internal decisions and adjustments. Our Shanghai-based development team recently underwent downsizing so that all resources can be directed towards the one game that offers the greatest chance of bringing much-needed stability to our studio. If we can achieve our goals with The Gate, then we can bring greater attention to Akaneiro.
Life as an independent developer is filled with the constant threat of failure. This isn't the first time in our 8 year history we've faced this sort of challenge. It's not the first time we've had to reduce staff on one of our games. It is different because of the demand for transparency that comes with being a part of Kickstarter. In providing transparency like this, I am asking for your understanding and I am hoping for your support.
As is usually the case after these sorts of painful adjustments, we are now in a better position to survive, build success with The Gate, and re-focus development on Akaneiro with lessons learned from the mistakes we've made. Help us out by sending your feedback to us via support.spicyhorse.com.
And please, continue to keep the discussion going here on Kickstarter. We're listening, we care, and we're excited about your involvement in the future of Akaneiro and our other projects.
- American
Ron Au on
Oh and to put in keys, you go to either:
Steam for Steam keys
In-game menu (button on the left) for game items
Spicy Horse site (http://redeem.spicyhorse.com/) for non-game stuff like OST and comics
Ron Au on
@Ophelea Wow that was a great response. As a tech/code head I don't mind the nitty gritty so all those details were very nice.
I'm assuming the crux of the decision was that even if you prioritised multiplayer (it certainly sounds more interesting than engine versions and GUI code!), you'd have to do everything all over again when you eventually switched to 4.5 anyway.
The issue of transparency is completely understandable. I have seen over countless crowdfunding projects that there are always people (like me) who enjoy updates and details and aren't super fussed about minor failures, yet there is also always a percentage that see an reason for delay/failure as just an excuse to criticise. Some think that a lack of communication/transparency is the real failure and others just want their reward and don't want to hear about it.
Here's hoping The Gate's success reinvigorates Spicy Horse.
@Cory You want to go to https://akaneiro.backerkit.com to claim downloads and keys. Just remember that BackerKit accounts are separate for different projects, so you'll need your login details specific to Akaneiro.
Nian on
Sorry mate but your full of shit on the topic of what you could and should have done. Even your comic says it's an online game. Now where's the online bit? When is a single payer game considered online?
You never fulfilled your promise of multiplayer. This isn't armchair talk, you didn't net the most basic of requirements, it failed because of that. No if, buts or maybe about it. Sure you may have difficulties, that doesn't change the raw fact.
Beyond the game tho, the art was amazing and of excellent quality. Your vision is outstanding and I will continue to support your future projects.
Just don't talk bull when we all know what went wrong with one thing or another.
American McGee 3-time creator on
@Cory, it was never possible to transfer accounts from one platform to another. However, if you check your BackerKit account, you'll find a Steam Key waiting for you.
American McGee 3-time creator on
@Ron, thanks for such a thoughtful reply. We have tried to be transparent, but it's hard to strike a balance between not transparent enough (WTH ARE YOU DOING!) and too transparent (AMERICAN MCGEE IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS!). There's always histrionics.
But to speak to your concerns, I've been fielding a lot of questions from the press today. One of them specifically asked for "insight into what went wrong." This is the response I gave him, hopefully it explains a few things.
"Crafting was completed along with the additional areas. But the idea that $200k would finish everything was arrived at under the assumption that Akaneiro would sustain itself. It didn't have to be a runaway success but it needed to cover costs. Unfortunately, what we found upon release was some architectural problems (this is why co-op is behind); issues upgrading our GUI - the one we used was compatible with Unity 4.0 but NOT Unity 4.5 which required redoing the ENTIRE GUI; and feedback that told us the game simply wasn't fun. All of this needed to be addressed before we could implement co-op or tablet."
- Ophelea
Ron Au on
Hrm, that is true. Sorry to assume I had a deeper perspective than yourselves. Nevertheless we do have perspectives.
I think for us backers, it really is A, then B, then C. We were let down, then got displeased at being let down, and then could naturally only guess at what went wrong. We know there's been $2 million spent with only $300K profit, but so far we haven't really been shown why the decision not to implement multiplayer support was made.
All we are told is that schedules change and other priorities get in the way. Everyone knows that though. What we don't know is why multiplayer wasn't scheduled at the start of the dev roadmap and why it wasn't made a priority. What Nian is saying is that perhaps that $300K profit would be more and perhaps how the puzzle works would have been simpler if that was taken care of first.
Perhaps the multiplayer server backend required something else to be implemented first. Perhaps it was decided that you could get away with not including multiplayer support more than you could get away with not giving in-game item pledge rewards, so the latter became a priority. Perhaps live co-op is extra complicated and it is hard to find a skilled developer in your area. Perhaps spending resources on multiplayer first would have been an immense risk that could have sunk the company.
We don't know. We neither have answers of our own nor do you give them to us. What we do know is that things have gone wrong. As a development team you may have made the best decisions with what you had, but since backers aren't privy to that, the only thing we can do is analyse.
You are right, game development as straight-forward as A, B, C. You may be right to think that a little amount of game is better than no game at all. To many though, that 'C' that you keep on putting off is the heart of their interest in the game. To them, there may as well be no game.
That is what people mean when they say you did too little for too long. Backers have a right to not accept failure. We can't do anything about it, but if someone's opinion is that you failed, then that is true for them. Whether or not is is easy for them to armchair analyse, a gamer is always right about their own opinion.
I still play Akaneiro regularly, but I think somewhere along the line, the decision not to weigh multiplayer as a priority was a mistake.
American McGee 3-time creator on
@Shan, Nian, Ron, I realize it's easy (and understandable) to sit back and armchair analyze what we "should have done" first. But what we should have done vs. what we could have done vs. what needed to be done are three entirely different things. Game development isn't so straight-forward as "do a then b then c because that's what players want." It's more about how the puzzle works. Sometimes you have to do the frame so you can work on the inside. - Ophelea
Ken Pullman on
Thank you for your honest update. We hope things get better for you all soon.
Shawn Adams on
It's unfortunate this had to happen. It was avoidable. Not implementing MP asap was a poor decision. The game was the same exact thing on every level. The only real difference was the art. The game just gets boring after a few minutes of playing. I made myself play it and could only stay for 20-30mins in each session. I also was asked and provided considerable testing feedback, most of which appears to have been ignored in lieu of meeting a deadline to ship rather than providing a quality product. You will continue to burn your bridges with early adopters if you don't account for at least part of their feedback. I told everyone I know on steam and elsewhere to stay away from this game. That's the kind of damage that you want to avoid.
American McGee 3-time creator on
@Imban, They've all been shipped - months ago! Let me know if you haven't received yours.
To all other commenters, thank you so much for your support. We are committed to keeping a (very) small team working to add co-op and tablet support. It is our hope we can release these features in the future.
BeardArthur on
That's very disappointing to hear. Akaneiro had some very stiff competition this year in the form of Van Helsing, Path of Exile, and a couple other semi-good ARPG games. I fear that the amount of time spent getting it past beta (it's STILL early access on Steam) was a huge barricade for reaching a wide audience. I really hope that it's freed from Early Access soon with that 2 person team. You'll hopefully be able to pick up the people that want a more casual experience than Path of Exile.
I still believe in this project, and I'm glad I backed, so it's sad to see. I wish you much luck, American, and thank you for your transparency.
Forrest Alexander Sarles on
Akaneiro is the first and only project I've supported via Kickstarter, so this is certainly disappointing news to me. With the benefits I received as a backer, as well as the many hours I've logged into the game itself, I know my $200 was well spent; it's a shame that others didn't feel the same. I greatly appreciate your transparency in this situation, and I'm also glad that while the team has been downsized and progress has slowed, your promised goals for the project are still alive. Although tablet support was something I was very much looking forward to, I wouldn't have blamed you if the tablet version had been scrapped altogether and certainly won't blame you if you choose to do so in the future. I hope that you do what is right for your company and I wish you luck in your future endeavors. Meanwhile, the posters and artbook on display in my home will serve as a reminder of your valiant efforts to bring your fantastic world to life.
Kenny Nierwienski on
Akaneiro had promise, but without multiplayer it was bound to fail. I'm really surprised the feature was put off this long since it was essentially developed like a F2P MMO.
If it ever gets mutliplayer I'll probably play again. As it stands I'm just not that interested.
Raiiban on
It's a shame that this happened, I never held too much interest in the game itself and never played much of it. The design of the game is nice but the progress is slow, levels and missions feel a bit repetitive and character customization is truly minimal. Even with all the in game money I got back from the kickstarter reward tier I pledged to the game it didn't hold my interest.
I thought that game was doing pretty well from the tone of a past update that talked about how all those Chinese players were joining in and additional servers were needed, I guess they weren't putting money down though.
Sorry it worked out like this, I hope it can become popular and turn a profit for you some day, and best of luck with your other game.
Joakim Jonsson on
Darn shame. Akaneiro was an really interesting idea as a game. And I loved the graphics and overall style of it. But I got to admit the actual game didn't keep my interest more than a few hours, and it's designed to make you progress very slowly compared to other indie games of similar budget that usally are quite short.
Good luck with the future title! I would really like to see more Spicy Horse.
Timothy RollerSuperbackeron
Ouch. I hope it gains some momentum going forward.
Ben Lorenz on
Really disappointing - the promise of tablet support was kinda why I joined in the first place.


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Keys phones Massey to apologise
Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has telephoned assistant referee Sian Massey to apologise for his off-air remarks about her at the weekend, a Professional Game Match Officials spokesman has confirmed.
Microphones picked up comments made by Keys and co-presenter Andy Gray in what they thought was an off-air conversation before the Wolves versus Liverpool match on Saturday, in which they appeared to agree that female officials "don't know the offside rule", with Keys adding: "I can guarantee you there'll be a big one today. (Liverpool manager) Kenny (Dalglish) will go potty."
The PGMO confirmed that Keys had telephoned Massey. She accepted the apology and is now keen to move on from the matter, and will be an assistant at the npower League Two match between Crewe and Bradford on Wednesday night.
The PGMO insist that Massey holds her position on merit and is keen to act as a positive role model for women's refereeing.
Keys and Gray have been reprimanded by Sky Sports for their comments about Massey and West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady and were not involved in Sky's coverage of Monday night's Bolton v Chelsea match as a result.


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Nearly five years after an unarmed 22-year-old black man was shot and killed by a police officer at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, a high-profile movie based on the incident opened Friday in seven theatres across the country, including one not far from the subway station itself.
"Fruitvale Station" depicts the death of Oscar Grant, who died on Jan. 1, 2009, at the Fruitvale BART stop where the shooting occurred. His shooting, captured on cellphone videos by onlookers and spread over the Internet, led to protests and demonstrations in the Bay Area and beyond.
In his review, Times film critic Kenneth Turan called "Fruitvale Station," which stars Michael B. Jordan as Grant and was directed by Ryan Coogler, "terribly moving" and wrote that its "demonstration of how effective understated, naturalistic filmmaking is at conveying even the most incendiary reality is as hopeful as the story it tells is despairing."
Several screenings of the movie -- which opens just as a jury deliberates in the closely followed George Zimmerman trial in Florida -- sold out Friday evening at Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre, about four miles from the Fruitvale station, according to an employee there, Karely Cerritos. She added that the Grand Lake added showtimes on Saturday morning to accommodate more customers.
"It was really busy last night," Cerritos said early Saturday. "After the shows let out people gathered in front," though she added that it was unclear if there "was more going on than just people waiting for rides." Cerritos said she'd seen "no protests or anything negative" regarding the film but had heard about an organized bike ride from the Fruitvale station to the movie theater. "And people have been driving by honking their horns," she said.
"Fruitvale Station" earned $127,445 as of Friday night, according to an estimate from the film's distributor, the Weinstein Co.


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(make-instance 'capi:list-panel :items '(1 2 3 4))
Note that you have not displayed the
on screen yet. You will do that in a few minutes.
Another way to inspect the current object (that is, the value of
) in the Listener is the keystroke
Ctrl+C Ctrl+I
A general way to inspect the current object in most of the LispWorks tools is to click the button.
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DetailsThe Plinius SA-103 Class A power amplifier is the successor to the acclaimed SA-100 power amplifier and features include dual power transformers with much higher capacity, improved power supply filtering, circuit refinements, and advanced energy saving and error detecting logic control. Input configuration switching allows the SA-102 to be run as a fully balanced mono power amplifier. Two SA-103s operated in this fashion provide 460 watts per channel of pure balanced Class A music. Constructed in a substantial chassis with huge Plinius designed heatsink extrusions forming the sides of the case. Enhanced cooling flow built in to the amplifier allows it to run cooler while still maintaining the substantial bias current required for Class A operation. The power supply is housed in the base of the unit and is separated from the active signal circuitry by a horizontal internal bulkhead. Although rated at 125 watts per channel in stereo mode, the SA-103 has a very large current capacity. Difficult loads are driven with ease, although very low efficiency ones in large spaces may need the added power of the Plinius SA-Reference. Input options allow for Stereo via RCA connectors, bridged mono through RCA connectors, XLR stereo via XLR balanced connectors, or XLR balanced mono. Signal carrying wires are all Siltech brand. Available in Black or Silver.
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Posted 12 August 2009 - 10:39 PM
Momoiro Clover
Momoiro Clover (the first time I saw their katakana, I read it as 'Momoiro Crowbar". Yes, I'm an idiot) released their debut single last week called "Momoiro Punch". You can see the PV here or on this youtube link I just found. They wear yukata and the song incorporates sorta traditional Japanese instrumentation.
The girls range from 13-16; and, although they just released their debut, they've been around for over a year performing "street lives" and other shows with 3-B Jr girls. They have more songs than just the three on their new single, and they've been around so long that they even have five former members already. One was Takai Tsukina who went on to SKE48 and will now be quitting that as well. Two of the former members were moved to another Section 3 group, creamy parfait which was formed at the very end of 2008. Apparently creamy parfait has 2 singles, but I can't really tell that they were major releases. I think their first single, at least, was for some anime.
Anyway, here's an online mix of Momoiro Clover's songs: http://8tracks.com/d...lover-catalogue Those songs include their recent single and its b-sides.
Check out this mix for other 3-B Jr. offerings, and this youtube link shows them all performing at some sort of show.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 05:22 AM
Momoiro Clover's second single, "Mirai e Susume", is coming out this week, and their PV is available on youtube! The song is in the same vein as their first single, and I really like the sound that they give these girls. Watch out for the hideous make-up of the girl in blue. Just like their first PV had an amusing part come from nowhere, watch out for this one.
"But, wait, Em-El! Idols aren't about music! In fact, I hate music! How do you expect me to like this group without any other information?"
Well, have I got a what you need!
To learn more about the girls, watch their appearance on BUGROO (a show which has previously featured Sayumi and Momoko): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Also, here is an amazing video of the girls when they are first told their single was 11th on the daily charts. There is much emotion, one girl is crying way too much.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 03:42 PM
I liked the first single a lot. The second one... ehhhh, not as much. But it's not bad. And the girls all look significantly less hideous than they did in their first single except for the girl with the tranny makeup. Yeesh.
Posted 10 November 2009 - 04:25 PM
The "No 11" vid was so sweet and adorable! I love it when idols get all teary eyed when something good happens. Awwwww!
And the girls all look significantly less hideous than they did in their first single except for the girl with the tranny makeup. Yeesh.
Hell with you, she gets spunk points for doing something different! It would've looked better if she made up her entire face (a stronger color on the lips, trimmed her eyebrows a bit, used a stronger mascara/fake eyelashes to make her eyes really pop, used something in the corners of her eyes instead of bringing the blue out more, and done something with the half uncovered makeup on her lower lid. Actually pausing a frame makes me think she put her blue on after her mascara...how odd. The blue bits seemed trapped in her lashes) BUT I'm amazed to see a color other than white eyeliner on an idol's face.
I also liked the girl (is it the same one? I don't think it is but...) that did the weird poses in her glamour bits. God I'm such a sucker for weird idols. They look so much better in the schoolgirl outfits than the typical idol frufru junk. I loved how she just strolls up and BAM in the face!The extra take at the end seals the deal. They have a little humor to their PVs, I love that! Makes them seem more fun and less SERIOUS AIDORU/SERIOUS BUSINESS. The song is okay, it's not as catchy to my ears as their first, but I'll give it a chance to grow on me because their personas are fun.
Posted 11 November 2009 - 05:20 AM
Yeah, that was my favorite part of the first video when all of a sudden their microphones are fruit! For no reason! And it only lasts for a split-second. I suppose the spoiler tags are silly, but both videos amused me so much when I didn't know it was going to happen.
I loved how she just strolls up and BAM in the face!The extra take at the end seals the deal. They have a little humor to their PVs, I love that! Makes them seem more fun and less SERIOUS AIDORU/SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Unfortunately all their live clips on youtube seem to be lip-synched, so there's no point in watching them.
Posted 12 November 2009 - 04:51 AM
Looks like female idols are slowly coming back into fashion. Now if only Idoling!!! could follow suit...
Posted 12 November 2009 - 07:18 AM
And there is more bawling and outright howling by the girls when they find this out in the 15 minute video that Stardust put on youtube. I love that Stardust has an official youtube channel. Idol bawling is amusing.
Oh wow. Mirai he Susume! debuted at #6 today on the Oricon daily charts.
Edit: Oh hey! I just saw that yozuca* wrote the lyrics to Mirai e Susume. I met yozuca* at Anime Expo and got my picture with her!
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 03:43 PM
Iku ze! Kaitou Shoujo
Posted 01 May 2010 - 12:33 PM
The PV is pretty good too. I like that each of their PV has had an awesome moment, and a surprise ninja battle during the musical interlude counts I think.
I am surprised that this is being called their major debut though. Their last single made it to number 11 on Oricon, and I didn't think that anyone was thinking of those releases as indies at the time. I guess the jump to Universal is quite the bigger label than before though. It's also the opening theme to "Rank Oukoku" some otaku show that comes on late Saturday nights when non-nerds are out having fun. I guess I'll be watching it tonight.
There's a preview of the b-side [url="http://"http://www.universal-music.co.jp/universalj/artist/momokuro/discography.php"]here[/url]. And, yes, there is a separate version of the single for each member's face...
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Posted 02 May 2010 - 09:13 PM
I thought the same thing. It's mostly in the verses though, and I think it's what I was thinking when I said it lacked the complete playfulness of their previous songs. But the fun is still there in the song, and I like this song a lot more than I did when I first listened to it. Even just on the second listen, my enjoyment went way up.
I'm going to get smacked for saying this, but this song feels really AKB48-esque to me
For a while there in November, this thread was like one of the only English sources of information on them. It was second only to CDJapan for searching "Momoiro Clover" instead of their Japanese name. I know I had nothing to work with when I was writing it. Now at least there are threads on other forums and blog posts from a few other English-speaking idol fans.
I feel bad for not knowing anything about them.
Anyway, I'm off to try to see them today.
Posted 03 May 2010 - 05:15 AM
Posted 04 May 2010 - 08:37 AM
The karaoke version really shows the cleverness of the arrangement. The use of sound effects doesn't feel gimmicky at all and pretty much were made to flow with the song.
I really like this for the most part. The chorus is a bit pedestrian, but the arrangement is very nice.
Now I'm going to write a long report about their live events that I went to yesterday, so stop reading if you don't care. Short version: they are extremely fun and seeing no-name idols is pretty great when they are allowed to have a measure of freedom.
There were two live events that day. In the first one, another Stardust group Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku performed a few songs to open. As you may guess from their name, EbiChu is a bunch of a young middle school girls. They can't really sing, but at least one of their songs is good. I probably should have figured out a way to buy their only (very indies) single at the goods table because I think the song I liked was that one. As for now all there is is this year-old youtube video of some other song. During their MC, it was Q&A time from the crowd. They were asked their favorite entertainer, and they all started naming Momoiro Clover girls, so whoever they named started poking their heads out of the backstage curtain to wave and say thank you every time. It was cute.
Then Momoiro Clover came on and performed a really long set considering the admittance was 2000 yen which included the CD and a photo. They even included covers of AKB's "Oogoe Diamond", a duet of "Iiwake Maybe" and Suzumiya Haruhi's "Saikyou Pare Parade". At the end of the show they threw out signed bouncy balls into the crowd. The friend I made in line at the show, pointed toward me since he knew it was my first time seeing them, so Shiori actually walked up and handed it to me. It has Reni's signature, even though it's already starting to fade. Unfortunately Akari and Momoka were
After the live part was done, there was a handshake/talk event. These weren't nanosecond events either; it felt like an eternity to someone who can barely speak Japanese. I went to see Reni first, and started off by telling her my Japanese sucks, but I liked them anyway. She responded with "I can't... speak English well." So I told her she was good at English and she responded with "Oh? Good!" Later we ran into a communication problem, so I told her "sumimasen, wakarimasen..." and she responded with "Don't worry! dai.jou.bu."
I went to see Shiori next, and she is adorable. First I thanked her for the ball, but told her I can't really speak Japanese. She told me "I speak a little English." (I like how they all assumed I spoke English. Maybe I was Italian?) She told me her favorite subject was English, so I told her I teach English. She said "Oh! Please teach me English... uhhh... wakaranai! Eigo oshiete kudasai!" How adorable. She said the English perfectly, but still thought she messed up. So, I told her she was good at it, and she asked "Really... um... really?" I told her yes, of course.
I saw Kanako next, and although she didn't speak any English to me, she seemed excited when I came up to know that there was a foreigner at their show. I communicated with her as best as I could with my Japanese. As I passed by EbiChu on the way back to my seat, I heard a "sugoi" from them. Yes, a non-Japanese dude likes idols! When we were leaving, all the girls said arigatou to each person leaving, but Reni had the presence of mind to say "thank you" to me.
Between the shows I went to go find food in the mall area where the theatre was. After eating, I was coming out of the bathroom, and turned the corner where all of a sudden I hear a bunch of schoolgirl "OHHH!" from down the hall. (It was exactly the same way my students act when they see me outside of school.) Apparently Momoiro Clover and their staff were heading out to do stuff in Akihabara between shows, but I didn't recognize them at first because they had changed clothes. In any case, they were all "COME AGAIN!!!" after they saw me. So I gave them a thumbs up.
For the second show I had randomly picked the number 2, which meant I got to sit in the front row (I picked 6 the first time but was late). This time they performed in pajamas, instead of their kimono/school skirts. Shiori also came out in a blonde wig. For fun? Because there was no EbiChu this time, Momoiro Clover had a longer show with an encore. I was disappointed that they never performed "Momoiro Punch" but instead went with performing their new single yet again in the same show. It's fun live though. Instead of a ninja battle, the musical interlude included Kanako doing two front handsprings and a back one. Because I was in the front, I got the full effect of idol dance moves designed to flirt with the audience. Reni's points and smiles kept coming toward me, but she does that to all the boys. I don't know if it was because of me, but Shiori decided to use English in every single MC. (No, it wasn't for me, of course, when she weares the blond wig, it's her Catherine character or something. I don't know, this was my first time seeing it.) First after everyone did their "konbanwaaaa" for the audience to repeat, she said "Good morning!.... Good evening! Ah? Good afternoon!! eigo wakaranai... Good afternoon!" Nobody responded but me, so she held the mic out to me to say it louder. The crowd went yaay.
Okay this is getting ridiculous, so I'll stop here even though there's more. But basically Shiori is adorable. And Reni is awesome. The whole group is fun.
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 12:22 PM
Firstly and most importantly is their new single at the end of August (I think). They've been singing it live for a while, and I think it's the single since they do say "Momoiro Clover" in it. They love singing their name? It's called Zenryoku Shoujo (live version). A few weeks ago they started performing a song called "Orange Note." I don't know if it's the b-side, but it involves Akari rapping and doing the robot! But who knows, Momoiro Clover has a whole bunch of staples of their live shows that aren't on any CD.
Secondly, I think there's some TV show. It's called "Geinou Survival MomoClo Assault! Spirit Spot!" ...roughly. I don't really know, but they showed a clip of them being scared out of their minds (and crying, yay!). Then they completely scared them again by saying, "no wait, you're gonna be in a movie called Shirome." I think. Blair Witch style or something. I could've been a supporter of the movie by throwing away some money to get my name in the credits and a special behind-the-scenes DVD and other fun adventures.
Lastly, of slight interest to this board, Momoiro Clover will have a joint concert with SKE48, S/mileage, and bump.y for two days at the end of August.
Posted 26 June 2010 - 01:32 PM
So there's enough stuff to give a Momo-colored Update of some sort.
Firstly and most importantly is their new single at the end of August (I think). They've been singing it live for a while, and I think it's the single since they do say "Momoiro Clover" in it. They love singing their name? It's called Zenryoku Shoujo (live version). A few weeks ago they started performing a song called "Orange Note." I don't know if it's the b-side, but it involves Akari rapping and doing the robot! But who knows, Momoiro Clover has a whole bunch of staples of their live shows that aren't on any CD.
Yay for a new single!!! I hope Akai gets to rap in a bit in English. Her English ability is amazing (based what I saw on TV).
Did you go to the live in Shibuya today? I wanted to go but I was stuck in Akibahara all day.
Posted 26 June 2010 - 08:37 PM
I did go, but I was only able to get a ticket to the first show when I bought it a long time ago. It was very crowded and I kept getting smashed against the railing (especially to avoid Momoka-wota sweat), but girls get special areas to not be smooshed. It's okay, though, because the girls know my name and I won something cool from the goods table that will be delivered to me (I don't know what it is yet since I couldn't understand).
Did you go to the live in Shibuya today? I wanted to go but I was stuck in Akibahara all day.
As for English ability, Shiori wins hands down. Reni tries hard, Akari is okay, Momoka and Akari can do greetings, and Kanako is terrible (but still a nice person... idol. Idols aren't people).
Posted 05 July 2010 - 12:56 PM
Posted 29 July 2010 - 02:12 AM
The full song will be out 8/11 (and with a solo version from each member, yay for stealing wota's money).
Here is a video of the girls previewing the song for us: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=otLxcNP2nh4
The same user has uploaded previews of the solo versions (the previews are available on cell phone downloading thingies).
Akari's version is fierce.
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 02:36 AM
I'm not quite sure what part you're talking about, but I feel like the rising "doo doo doo" that happens throughout the song seems like it's straight from "Ikuze".
Is anyone else hearing a similar tune to "Ikuze! Kaitou Shoujo" in the the 'cococococococococococo" parts?
But then the song turns insane and I stopped noticing it in favor of things like: r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-limbo!
Posted 29 July 2010 - 03:04 AM
Posted 29 July 2010 - 03:31 AM
I'm not quite sure what part you're talking about, but I feel like the rising "doo doo doo" that happens throughout the song seems like it's straight from "Ikuze".
Is anyone else hearing a similar tune to "Ikuze! Kaitou Shoujo" in the the 'cococococococococococo" parts?
But then the song turns insane and I stopped noticing it in favor of things like: r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-limbo!
1:14-1:36 in the preview.
Now I like this song. It's totally insane and gives me a young H!P vibe. I find Momorio Clover to be a very refreshing idol group compared to the overpowering AKB48 with their sex sells image they've had for the last few singles. And Morning Musume which have no clue what they seem to be doing anymore.
Yes I agree! They are very refreshing!
I'm hoping one of these days Tsunku has Dance*Man come back to compose a new MM single.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 04:40 AM
Posted 24 August 2010 - 04:06 AM
What took so long? Probably because they're switching record companies (again). They are now with King Records. And how did they announce this? By getting married to them of course.
Ah, youth. Nothing better than getting married at 14.
Anyway! The release will be called "Pinky Jones" and it's touted as having three songs that all tie-in to something. "Pinky Jones" is the ending theme for an anime called Yosuga no Sora (looks like one of those porn-game-turned-tame-anime, hooray). "Coconuts" is, of course, the theme song for their movie Shirome, and the third track is a game theme. (Probably a porn game, hooray! Just kidding. Who knows.)
"Pinky Jones" has to be the title track, since this got pushed back so much that the summer song of "Coconuts" just wouldn't work. But the three different limited versions will each have a different PV. One for each song. But now you can see a long preview of the Coconuts PV at the MomoClo official website: http://official.star....co.jp/momoclo/
Okay, let's talk about the Coconuts outfits. I couldn't believe them when I first saw them on stage. The little plastic bras added to the sailor outfits turn them from "cute" to "cheap costume for prostitute". It's what I'd imagine if I chose the "Sailor Moon course" at the local brothel. But the next time I saw them, I was far closer to the stage, and saw that the plastic bras were filled with fruit. So now I love them. The plastic parts added to the skirts also look terrible because they ride up while they dance, and the girls have to keep pushing them down. Also the costumes are clearly designed to show some belly, but only Akari seems to be able to wear it right. The other girls are too short (or in Reni's case her skirt is pulled too high whenever I saw them, but she looks fine in the current banner picture on the website).
That PV preview actually used to be a trailer for Shirome on the website. The DVD comes out on September 24. Here is the trailer. (Yeah, I'm sort of visible in that crowd if you know where to look.)
Posted 24 August 2010 - 06:23 AM
Those fruit bras aren't really helping. Truly, those are terrible outfits. It's worth asking though... what kind of fruit is in those things? This may sway my opinion either way.
Also, I don't really know what to say about the wedding dresses. That whole post just made me go


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