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Simple Proven Way To Make Money Online (Socio-Political Satire)
Written by Devtome wiki contributor: Bomac
To truly understand the message of this article, you need to keep an open mind and read the whole thing. You very well may learn something that can benefit your life.
One of the most simple and proven strategies for making money using the Internet is to send out emails saying you are the personal assistant to the deposed Nigerian prince who is getting ready to make his move to re establish his position as The Royal Highness of that great nation. The only thing standing in his way is that he is temporarily disconnected from his fortune due to a legal matter that is currently in the process of being reviewed by the high court of Nigeria.
The filing fee for the case is $10,000. It is an open and shut case that is nothing more than a legal formality. It will culminate in his access to his great family fortune, which, in turn, will allow him to return to his position of power.
The prince has asked you to send the email to people who may be willing to help him. In exchange for the $10,000 court filing fee, the prince will show his appreciation by returning the $10,000 within 7 days, along with interest in the amount of one million dollars, payable through bank transfer or cashier's check.
When people reply to this email, some will be willing to send the cash right away. For them you simply give instructions as to how they should wire the money via a money wire service. The reason you must use a money wire service is because they will allow you to accept money without needing to show identification. You can ask them if they have the funds in Bitcoin, which is even better for you, but unlikely at the current moment since it is not yet saturated enough for most people to even have and use bitcoin, let alone keep that much money in it.)
Other people who respond will need to be massaged, so to speak. Their greed is not quite as developed as the people who automatically will ask how to get the $10,000 to you. No, these people will require you to answer some questions.
Be willing to answer as many emails as they send you. A percentage of these people will end up sending you the money. You have nothing to lose by answering their questions, except for a little time. Seeing as that you will be making really good money from those who do believe you, you can afford to spend time on a lot of people who end up not trusting you enough to go ahead and spend the money. This is a marketing funnel that sorts the chaff from the wheat.
The Method For Making Many Times More Profit
The following method is so simple in design, it is hard to believe that everyone who uses the Nigerian prince method for making money online, does not use it. It is truly mind boggling that there are still people not exploiting this potent, secondary technique.
As soon as you get your $10,000, send the person a thank you email, relaying the appreciation conveyed by His Royal Highness. Tell them their money will be wired to them within 7 business days. Remind them that it will be in the amount of $1,010,000. It is crucial that they see the full amount, in writing, they are to be getting.
Double & Triple Dipping For A Lot More Than Double Or Triple The Profit
At the end of your thank you email, include a PS that says the prince is so pleased and appreciative he is willing to send $5,000,000 if they will send another $50,000 within the next 24 hours. Tell them it is crucial that it arrives within 24 hours. If it comes late, the prince will simply refuse to accept the money, and they can get it refunded to them at the office of the wire service from which they sent it.
If it does arrive in time, then the amount they will be wired will be 6,060,000. It will be on the same day, that the payment for the initial loan is sent.
There will be a number of replies to this email. The process will be the same as the response to the original email. Some people will be willing to send the $50,000 right away, while others will let you know they need you to help them believe.
Interestingly, only a tiny percentage of emails will be from people who tell you they are now afraid that you have stolen their $10,000. Any time that you receive negative email, send an immediate reply assuring them that they are experiencing a type of buyers remorse. Assure them that this is normal, and that they will be receiving the money the prince has promised to them.
Tell them that since they are having second thoughts to simply hold on to their money, because you do not want them to have to worry. Thank them again, for the prince. At the end of the letter, provide another post script note reminding them that the offer is still good for another 24 hours, at which point it will be withdrawn for good.
The Brilliance Is In The Simplicity
Remember this process, because if these people continue to reply to you, they are simply letting you know that you have not massaged them enough. Simply rinse and repeat as many times as is necessary. Even if it gets to the point where they are promising to kill you because they know you have stolen their money, always deny, reassure and restate the double dip offer with a 24 hour time limit. You will be delighted to learn that even after some people death threat you, they will go ahead and send you more money.
Keep Dipping Each Time You Are Successful
Every time somebody commits for more money, send out the initial double dip email, except have the numbers changed. For instance, when you receive the $50,000, the prince will then offer an additional ten million dollars if they send an additional $100,000. That will mean the amount the prince repays is $16,160,000.
The Amounts To Ask For
Of course, you are able to ask for any amount of money you want, and have the prince promise to reward any amount you care to try. The following breakdown, however, shows the amounts that many people have found works best for them. Your mileage may vary.
- First Dip Ask For $10,000 Prince Pays Back Total Of $1,010,000
- Next Dip Ask For $50,000 Prince Pays Back Grand Total Of $6,060,000
- Next Dip Ask For $100,000 Prince Pays Back Grand Total Of $16,160,000
- Next Dip Ask For $250,000 Prince Pays Back Grand Total Of $41,410,000
- Next Dip Ask For $500,000 Prince Pays Back Grand Total Of $91,910,000
- Next Dip Ask For $1,000,000 Prince Pays Back Grand Total Of $192,910,00
As far as we know, no one has been successful after getting someone to depart with 7 figures in one lump sum. That is probably due to the fact that people with that kind of money often have professionals to watch after their assets. These pros are often stealing their money in their own ways, and they guard against others who would like to get in on their action. You have to respect that.
Nevertheless, a number of Nigerian prince online marketers have reported successfully getting up to the 7 figure wire payoff. If they followed this chart, which has become standardized in the industry, that means they took in more than $1.9 million from a single prospect. Not a bad payday, no matter how you slice it.
Crucial Tip - Always Have The Prince Promise To Repay The Principle
It has been proven, time and time again, that conversions are at least five times better, when the amount of the loan is added to the pie in the sky, greedy figure. For instance, do not simply have the prince promise to pay one million dollars in return for ten thousand dollars. The prince pays the million, on top of the ten thousand. Understand?
It seems silly that the promise of an additional ten thousand dollars would make a difference to these greedy people, but it makes a huge difference in terms of the number of prospects you can convince to donate their money to the prince.
There is evidently a psychological factor involved here. If you simply say that the prince will turn $10,000 into $1,000,000, it tends to come off less believable than if you say $1,010,000. Evidently, at some level of the prospect's mind, they let down their guard when they see an indication that the prince is concerned with repaying the principle, in addition to the million dollars in "interest."
The Ultimate No-Brainer
You can earn money doing it the other way, but you can earn up to five times more money doing it this way. It takes no more effort. It costs no more investment. The choice is yours.
How Many Prospects Come Back For More?
Between ten and twenty percent of the prospects who donate the intial $10,000, will go on to make at least one more donation. These numbers mostly hold up, until people donate a full million dollars, when reality evidently sinks in for everyone.
It boggles the mind to realize how many people marketing the Nigerian prince method fail to ask for more. The bulk of the profits are from people double and triple and quadriple dipping. That is where the early retirement funds are created.
I have yet to figure out if these people are lazy or stupid or both, but it makes no sense to be in this game and leave so much money on the table. The people who are donating this kind of money have it to spend.
Ironically they don't spend it. They are often old and yet they cling to their money like they can take it with them. If they have $10,000 to donate, then they likely have a lot more than that. Why in the world would a good marketer stop at merely $10,000 when there is so much more left on the proverbial table?
Why Do Prospects Come Back For More?
One of the most frequently asked questions I get, either in webinars, or in live events is, why would people trust us more than one time, without first having received money from the prince? The answer to that is the answer to why they trust us the first time.
Greedy People And The Greedy Things They Will Do And Believe
The simple, short answer is three words: People are greedy. There you have it. Any questions? A number of follow up reports on people who have donated to the Nigerian prince have shown that, contrary to popular belief, they are not, on average, stupid people. Many have high IQs. The greed factor cancels out their intellect.
The thought of turning ten thousand dollars into a million dollars within one week's time has a way of disconnecting logic, intellect, common sense and even intuition. It's an easy score that may never come along again, so a lot of people are willing to jump on it.
What About Guilt Feelings?
Another popular question involves the G word; guilt. People want to know if Nigerian prince online marketers have much of a problem with guilt. Obviously, different people have different experiences.
A lot of white people are guilty for being white. They go through life feeling so bad because they are not experiencing the racism that darker people have to endure, that they don't feel right living up to their potential. Instead of being successful, which would put them in a position to help darker skinned people, they wallow in guilt and are not able to help people of color live in equality. They can't even help themselves.
If you are going to be a Nigerian prince online marketer, you need to be able to help yourself. Once you have helped yourself, you will be in a position to help others. Life is not all one way. It shouldn't be all about giving. Nor should it be all about taking.
Lessons Learned
Sometimes people who lose $10,000 to the Nigerian prince, learn a valuable lesson. They learn not only about the intrinsic risks of naivete, they lean about their own greed which allowed them to be naive.
Is it fair to expect a million dollars in payment for a one week loan of $10,000? No, it is not fair. What is the annual compounded interest on that return? A gazillion percent? Do the laws of any nation allow for such interest on a loan?
The greedy prospect might argue that the prince is so rich, it doesn't matter, but does that absolve them from their greed? Who says it doesn't matter? In the eyes of the Creator, does it matter?
If a woman has low self esteem, so she gets drunk a lot and goes to bars where she accepts the advances of men every night and has sex with them, does it matter that the men are, taking advantage of this inebriated person who is trying to compensate for aspects of herself that are missing? Just because she is drunk and vulnerable, making her an easy score, is it not greedy of the men who use her for the sexual pleasure?
Do any of the greedy prospects ever reply to the representative of the Nigerian prince, that they think it is usury to accept that kind of interest, but say that they are willing to accept merely doubling their investment? After all, it would still be a tremendous score for them.
I think we know the answer to that is an unequivocal, no. It does not happen. Nor are people planning which charity to donate the million dollars to. The reason is because they are greedy. That is why this method of online income generation is so fruitful.
You Say You Still Don't Understand Why People Keep Coming Back For More?
Many people find it hard to fathom that greed can explain why people keep coming back for more without ever getting paid off a single time. This seems especially perplexing because the initial letter declares the funds will be received in one week.
When people come back for more and more, the week time frame goes out the window. You have to keep moving the payoff up one week at a time. It seems incredible that people will keep donating larger and larger amounts of money, while the promised payoff keeps getting pushed back, but I'm here to tell you that it happens.
There Is More Than Greed Involved
There is another element besides greed which helps online Nigerian prince marketers in their ability to double and triple dip (and beyond.) There is a basic human emotion of not being willing to admit that you have been fooled.
The elation that people felt when they first believed that good fortune had come their way is rather intoxicating. People choose to continue in that intoxication, rather than have to deal with the reality of what actually is happening.
The Crack Coke Analogy
It can be compared to drug use, for instance crack cocaine. The rush is unbelievably good. Who knew that life has this to offer? It's mind blowing how good it makes you feel. When you run out of crack, and money to buy crack, it is a world of hurt.
The very least is the depression that you aren't going to be feeling like that any time soon. There are physical sensations and other mental and emotional costs going on. Then you have to deal with the fact that your assets are gone.
People will do virtually anything to not have to deal with the reality they find themselves in. They will start pawning anything they own of value. They will steal. They will prostitute themselves. None of these actions make sense. Intellectually they understand it's not in their interest to continue doing them, yet they do so anyway.
Basically, they don't want to admit to themselves that they have bitten off more than they can chew. They want to keep holding onto the dream that they can keep enjoying the ever so fleeting, ultra high states of mind that crack cocaine gives them. They just can't face the facts, so they keep coming up with money to get more crack.
The Economic Policy Analogy
Another example of this kind of behavior is seen in the way governments and international bankers who control monetary policy of nations, react to the reality of economic policies which are obviously no longer viable. The world is run on a Ponzi scheme, where money is borrowed and conjured from thin air, to pay for past debts.
It is approaching the point where nations will not be able to function. There will be more money owed to pay the interest on the loans than is required to run the country. The answer to this situation, which people like Ron Paul have been warning us about for decades, is to stop doing what we are doing.
That means stop spending so much money. Stop borrowing. Stop printing more money which simply creates inflation and devalues the money supply. It means to go through the fiscal pain involved with making those changes.
Lifestyles have to change. Jobs will be lost. Government departments will downsize or be deleted. Services will be cut. However, highly intelligent people, (in terms of IQ) who run the banking cartel and who run the government, refuse to make any changes.
All they do is kick the can down the road. All that does is delay the inevitable, but it does so with horrendous consequences. It makes the pain we have to go through, many, many times worse than if we had dealt with it years ago.
It is no different than the person who keeps donating money to the Nigerian prince, unable to accept reality. It not only does not make things better, it makes things incredibly worse when the moment of no more denial is forced upon them. People do not like to deal with the reality of their mistakes. We all are going to face this turmoil, so if you are making money as a Nigerian prince marketer, I sincerely hope you are investing a lot of it in preparation supplies, and rural land, where you can not only grow food for your family, but you'll be away from the roving marauders in the cities, going house to house, once the store shelves are empty.
The Obama Analogy
Perhaps the greatest way to understand why so many people are so willing to keep going back for more, donating to the Nigerian prince, time and time again, even though they have never received a penny of payoff, is to look at the phenomenon of Barack Obama.
He came on the scene, talking about hope and change. The country was in dire straights after being fully duped by George Bush, whose administration lied us into war in Iraq. The expense of the war, the loss of American lives, and the hatred for the US that the war created, resulting in the best recruitment for anti Western terror organizations, had taken their toll on the American people.
Hope and change sounded good. Plus, he was such a change in terms of being an effective communicator compared to Bush, it was natural to be drawn to him. He certainly made a lot of good promises. He promised to have the most transparent presidency in the history of the United States. He promised to not hire lobbyists and insiders as his staff members. He promised to undo many executive orders of George Bush that he said were threats to our freedom. He promised to not exploit executive orders like Bush did. He promised all kinds of things, and with almost complete consistency, he did the exact opposite of everything he promised.
His first term was bad enough. Anyone paying attention should have been able to see that he was one of the all time biggest liars ever to be in the White House, but too many people did not want to believe it. Once he got in for his lame duck term, he really took off the kid gloves. For all intents and purposes, he has become a dictator. Democracy in America is a thing of the past. He does things that would have gotten any other president impeached. Since he keeps getting away with it, he keeps committing more and more crimes against this nation.
It's gotten to the point where he opened up the southern border. If George Bush had done this, articles of impeachment would have been drawn up within weeks, if not days. The Democrats would have been apoplectic. Many Republicans would have voted for impeachment and then vote to convict.
Intelligence reports say that ISIS is engaged in terrorist attack planning just across the Mexican border in Juarez. There are reports that they already have sleeper cells in the United States. Obama has made it easy for them to come in, with impunity.
Yet at the same time, he says the NSA surveillance grid that looks into our bedrooms with our laptop cameras and smart phone cameras, and that record the audio soundtrack of our lives, every second of every day from our phones – not just when we're on the phone, but constantly – are needed to, "protect us."
He says that we need to have our genitals touched before we fly, or to have naked body pictures that put out radiation. We need to have grown men feel up our little boys and peek into our boy babies diapers, and to have grown women feel up our little girls and peek into our girl babies diapers, all for security.
People from the Muslim Brotherhood, and Saudi Arabia and illegal aliens have been given permission to just pass on through and fly anywhere without the need for those pesky security checks, but you and your family have to get the invasive privacy violations, pat downs and explain where you are going and what you are doing.
At the same time, he says we need to leave the southern border down to have compassion for our neighbors. Never mind the fact that this video proves that ISIS members can openly walk across the border from Juarez to El Paso, carrying their flag, a sword and a severed head, you still need a degrading, humiliating, public poke in your private parts before you go see grandma for Christmas, because Obama cares about your security. Obama loves you.
Even though Obama's true nature has become obvious to even many former Obama supporters, he still has about 37% of the people (according to political opinion surveys) who think he is doing a great job. The fact of the matter is, the same principle that allows for the person to keep loaning money to the rich Nigerian prince, over and over, increasing the amount many times over, without getting a single penny in return, makes it possible for Obama to be an open traitor to the United States and still have more than a third of the people believe he is God's great gift to planet earth.
They have been taken by Obama, and they don't want to know the truth. There is almost nothing he could possibly do that would change their minds. They are not willing to deal with the reality of the situation. He could probably come to their homes and chop off their children's heads, and they would find a way to make it seem like it was for the better.
I do not condone making money by the use of any scam. I wrote this as a writing exercise to see if I could get in the mind of someone who does such things & tries to rationalize it. I also wrote this to discuss how people can become such willing victims.
I recently got a different kind of scam email. Instead of deleting it immediately, I replied, asking the person how she can live herself.1) She wrote back saying she needed the money, asking what choice she had. I replied with an ebook attached regarding ways to make money online. I told her to keep in touch and I would teach her some of the things I have learned. Unfortunately, I never heard from her again.
Anyway, it's not okay to victimize people. Don't do it. It not only can have dire legal consequences, it is guaranteed to have negative karmic consequences that will follow you in future incarnations.
Be honorable throughout this journey you find yourself on earth for. It will pay off in ways you can barely imagine.
If you are interested in making money online, the most popular method continues to be email marketing. I go into the basics of it in this article, that discusses a number of ethical online money generation strategies. To find that section quickly, press down the control (CTRL) key and the F key, and then type into the pop up form, EMAIL MARKETING.
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Beaumont Marjoribanks (1742—1845) was a pioneer in Herbology, collecting and classifying many magical plants.
For this he was featured on a Chocolate Frog Card. He is credited with discovering the effects of Gillyweed, despite Elladora Ketteridge stumbling upon them about a hundred years prior. [1] There was a bust of Majoribanks on the History of Magic classroom, next to Cuthbert Binns's desk. [2]
The name "Beaumont" comes from a French surname meaning "beautiful mountain".
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- There appear to be inconsistencies in the spelling of this individual's surname: in the video games, it appears to be spelt "Majorbanks". In the real-life Chocolate Frog Cards once released in the United States (which were penned by J. K. Rowling), it is spelt "Marjoribanks".
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears on statue(s))
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- ↑ Majoribanks's Chocolate Frog Card in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - PS2 version
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|Textbooks: Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Goshawk's Guide to Herbology · Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants
|Hogwarts class: Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store
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Nothing can be decided in the NFL until teams take the field in September, of course, but often contenders are separated from pretenders during the span from the start of free agency until the close of the draft.
We'll hit that portion of the calendar on March 12, when the free-agent market opens. From there, teams will have about six and a half weeks to get their houses in order before the three-day NFL Draft.
The teams that contend consistently do their best work in this approaching window. And those that attack free agency most competently know that the trick is not simply to spend, but to spend well.
So, which players will wind up paying off as smart acquisitions this offseason and which will lead to buyer's remorse? A look at 10 potential bargains and 10 possible busts from this year's free-agent class:
Victor Butler, OLB: With the Cowboys sliding to a 4-3 defense, the pass-rushing Butler was an odd man out, and that might be another team's gain. The 25-year-old Butler has been just a backup thus far -- the 300 snaps he saw action on in 2012 marked a career high -- but there is reason to believe he could handle a starting gig.
Brad Jones, LB: Jones, like the rest of the Packers' defense, probably was at his worst in the playoff loss to San Francisco. Still, he started 10 regular-season games for Green Bay in 2012 and finished with 77 tackles (third-most on the team). Jones also graded out as the Packers' fifth-best defensive player last season on Pro Football Focus. Jones is versatile enough to be valuable in just about any scheme.
Israel Idonije, DE: At 32, Idonije delivered 7.5 sacks in his eighth season with the Bears -- and did so on a tidy $2.5 million contract. "He's done a number of good things and had a number of good games both outside and inside," Chicago GM Phil Emery said during the combine.
Fred Davis, TE: Coming off an Achilles injury, Davis may wind up back in Washington. But in a league that increasingly values productive tight ends, Davis could be a nice, affordable signing for a team willing to roll the dice. He had a 59-catch, 796-yard season in 2011, while playing just 12 games. If Davis can stay on the field, he'll put up numbers.
Josh Cribbs, WR: Cribbs finished third in the league in kickoff-return yardage last season and caught a mere seven passes, so maybe he's strictly a special teams player now. I still think there's more in the tank elsewhere -- and if Cribbs lands with a team creative enough to incorporate him into the offense, he's still young enough (29) and athletic enough to hit a few home runs.
Sammie Lee Hill, DT: While all the focus on the Lions' D-line fell on Ndamukong Suh, Nick Fairley and others, Hill quietly went about his business for the past four seasons. He really thrived in the previous three, after shifting to more of a part-time role following a 2009 in which he started as an overmatched rookie. Any team needing some interior line help would be wise to consider the 331-pounder.
Greg Toler, CB: Toler was a top-15 cornerback in coverage last season, according to Pro Football Focus, ranking three spots ahead of teammate Patrick Peterson. Of course, Toler played only 308 snaps and missed all of 2011 with an ACL injury, so he would constitute a gamble as a starting CB. But, if his play is any indication, a worthy one.
Corey Lynch, S: The Chargers signed Lynch away from Tampa Bay prior to 2012 looking for little more than depth at safety and some special-teams help. Lynch provided that, then delivered steady play as a starter late in the season after Atari Bigby fell with an injury.
Mike DeVito, DE: You could make a case that aside from a healthy Darrelle Revis, DeVito has been the Jets' most consistent defender for the past four seasons or so. Capable of playing in either a 3-4 or 4-3 defense, DeVito should find a home as a starter.
Donald Thomas, G: The Patriots will miss Thomas if he leaves -- he stepped in and started seven games last season, after fighting for his roster spot during camp. He's an athletic interior lineman, so he might appeal to teams that utilize some zone-read principles.
Andre Smith, OT: Smith was my first pick in SI's Free-Agent Mock Draft earlier this week, so I don't exactly anticipate his performance falling off a cliff next season. But teams must be wary of a player who carries questions about his conditioning and work ethic, then shines in a contract year.
Jermon Bushrod, OT: A Pro Bowl tackle in 2011 and 16-game starter each of the past three seasons, Bushrod has developed into a very solid tackle. The problem is he might be looking for top-tackle money -- and he would be hard-pressed to repay that kind of investment.
LaRon Landry, S: Not only did Landry somewhat surprisingly make it through 2012 without missing a game, but also he managed to notch a Pro Bowl bid. How confident will teams be that either situation will repeat itself? Landry reportedly wants $6 million per year on his new contract, which would put him among the top six or seven highest-paid safeties.
Michael Turner, RB: This all depends on the level of commitment made to Turner by his new team. If he winds up with a role suiting his current skill set -- i.e. a part-time back capable of grinding out some short yardage -- then he won't warrant a spot on this list. Any team hoping against hope that he's capable of carrying the load as a No. 1 back will be disappointed.
John Abraham, DE: Another veteran ex-Falcon ... and Abraham's situation is not dissimilar to Turner's. Abraham, who will be 35 in May, led the Falcons with 10 sacks and 38 QB hurries, both strong numbers. So, it's a bit of a red flag that they cut him anyway, despite a rather reasonable $4.25 million salary. Abraham can still produce but, like Turner, will only be worth the cost in the right situation -- for him, one that lets him pass rush while seeing limited action on first and second downs.
Sean Smith, CB: The potential is there for Smith to be a shut-down cornerback in this league. We even get to see that level of performance from time to time, like when Smith picked off two passes in a Week 4 matchup against Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals. Why he's here, though, is that Smith frequently falls into bouts of inconsistent play, and that won't pair well with the lucrative deal he's sure to get.
Bryant McKinnie, OT: McKinnie lost his starting job in Baltimore back in training camp and only regained it in time for that magical playoff run. The 33-year-old veteran certainly deserves kudos for stepping up in crunch time. That said, McKinnie was benched prior to that for a reason, and he's on the downside of his long career.
Mike Wallace, WR: It's understandable to have major questions about Wallace, who, on paper, probably is the jewel of this free-agent class. That standing combined with a plethora of teams in need of a No. 1 receiver means Wallace will get paid. He often appeared unmotivated last season, though, so what will his mindset be once he cashes in a monster paycheck?
Aqib Talib, CB: Talib played an integral role for the Patriots late last season, and his postseason injury clearly helped lead to the team's demise. Talib, 27, revitalized his career after arriving in New England. But he still has a lot of off-field issues on his resume for a player that likely will command a hefty deal.Charles Woodson, DB:


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On January 11, 2010, we sent out a media alert titled, 'Were Afghan children executed by US-led forces? And why aren't the media interested?'
The alert concerned credible reports that American-led troops had dragged Afghan children from their beds and shot them during a night raid in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 27 last year. Ten people were killed, including eight schoolboys from one family. We noted that the alleged atrocity had been almost wholly ignored by the corporate media, including the BBC.
Two months after these disturbing allegations surfaced, The Times correspondent Jerome Starkey sought out two local men whose children and other relatives had been killed. ('Nato admits that deaths of 8 boys were a mistake', The Times, February 25, 2010; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ world/afghanistan/article7040166.ece). Starkey invited the men to Kabul where:
"They provided pictures of their dead sons, a sketched map of the compound and copies of the compensation claim forms signed by local officials detailing their sons' names, relatives and positions at school. Their story was supported by Western military sources."
After its initial shameful attempts to deny culpability, Nato now asserts that the raid had been carried out on the basis of faulty intelligence and should never have been authorised:
"Knowing what we know now, it would probably not have been a justifiable attack. We don't now believe that we busted a major ring."
The Times correspondent reported the testimony of Mohammed Taleb Abdul Ajan, father of three of the boys who were killed:
"'When I entered their room I saw four people lying in a heap,' said Taleb. 'I shook them and shouted their names but they didn't respond. Some of them were shot in the head. Some of them were shot in the chest.
"'I was praying that in the next room maybe they were still alive but when I went in I saw everyone was dead. I saw blood on their necks. I became crazy. I don't remember what I felt.'" ('Assault force killed family by mistake in raid, claims Afghan father', The Times, February 25, 2010; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ world/afghanistan/article7040216.ece)
However, a Times editorial on the same day managed to portray the atrocity in the required context of a "just war":
"The legitimacy of the cause in Afghanistan is called into question by civilian deaths. The conflict needs to be conducted with regard for the native population." (Editorial, 'Just War', The Times, February 25, 2010; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ comment/leading_article/article7040089.ece)
The stated benign aims of Western governments have to be taken on trust; just as the Soviet government portrayed +its+ invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 as an act of humanitarian intervention initiated at the "request of the [Afghan] government". The aim of that earlier occupation, the Soviet people were reassured, was "to prevent the establishment of... a terrorist regime and to protect the Afghan people from genocide", and also to provide "aid in stabilising the situation and the repulsion of possible external aggression". (Nikolai Lanine and Media Lens, 'Invasion: A Comparison of Soviet and Western Media Performance', November 20, 2007 )
The final payoff line from The Times leader could have come from a Pravda editorial of thirty years ago:
"In order to defeat our enemies we must be seen to be better than them."
Meanwhile, the rest of the corporate media averted its gaze from the bloodied remains of dead Afghan schoolchildren.
The Malodorous Myth of BBC Balance
In December, BBC news online had posted these two brief 'balanced' reports of the US-led killing of the Afghan schoolchildren:
'Afghanistan children killed "during Western operation" ', December 28, 2009; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8432653.stm
'Afghan MP accuses US troops of killing schoolchildren', December 30, 2009; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8434800.stm
In the first of these reports, the BBC observed:
"Nato said it had no record of operations or deaths in the area."
"The BBC's Peter Greste in Kabul says Kunar province is remote, snowbound and dominated by the Taliban, so the investigation into Saturday's alleged incident will be difficult."
The second report commented:
"The BBC's Peter Greste in Kabul says it is impossible to verify either account. He says it is possible that both are broadly correct - and that the victims might well have been school students, but that they helped the insurgency."
When Media Lens readers challenged the BBC's failure to report the allegations fully and responsibly, the response from the corporation was galling:
"It's worth noting that the circumstances of the incident are disputed, unlike some previous examples of civilians killed by coalition forces. The Afghan government and the UN believe that civilians were killed as the result of the US operation in Kunar. NATO still does not accept this and strongly argues that US forces killed insurgents." (Email from BBC complaints to Media Lens reader, February 19, 2010)
Evidence of a massacre is even stronger now than it was then, less than a month ago. And yet we are not aware of any subsequent BBC news reports, or any corrections or apologies.
On February 27, we contacted two senior BBC editors: Helen Boaden, director of BBC news, and Steve Herrmann, who is responsible for BBC news online. We pointed out that Jerome Starkey of The Times had now been able to verify the reports that Afghan schoolchildren had been shot dead in the December raid involving US forces. We asked the BBC editors, in light of the latest Times reporting:
"What will you and your colleagues be doing to follow up your previous reports?
"With the resources that the BBC has available, why were you apparently unable to do what Mr Starkey has done and investigate - and now indeed verify - the initial disturbing allegations of Afghan schoolchildren being shot?
"How will these latest revelations affect how you deal with Nato statements in future?"
We have yet to receive any response from Helen Boaden or Steve Herrmann.
We emailed the same questions to BBC reporter Peter Greste. In an email dated March 2, he told us that he is normally based in Kenya - he had been covering Afghanistan for the Christmas and New Year period, and had left Kabul early in January. He passed on our inquiry to the BBC's Kabul bureau editor "who will get back to you in due course." Instead, a response was then sent to us by Sean Moss, a "divisional advisor" at BBC complaints, who wrote blandly:
"As I'm sure you will appreciate, it is not feasible for the Kabul bureau to enter into a dialogue with individuals. If you would like to make a complaint, you need to do so through the webform at www.bbc.co.uk/complaints." (Email, March 15, 2010)
As many of our readers will be all too aware, the BBC "complaints" procedure is a standard corporate tool for deflecting public challenges, ensuring that little of substance actually changes.
Concluding Remarks
Meanwhile, the killing, and the propaganda campaign, continue. Last week, Starkey reported that another night raid carried out by US and Afghan gunmen this month led to the deaths of two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials - an atrocity which Nato then tried to cover up. ('Nato "covered up" botched night raid in Afghanistan that killed five', The Times, March 13, 2010; http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ news/world/afghanistan/article7060395.ece)
The family were offered "American compensation" - $2,000 for each of the victims. "There's no value on human life," said Bibi Sabsparie, mother of two of the dead. "They killed our family, then they came and brought us money. Money won't bring our family back."
This latest horror has again been buried by the UK media, along with its victims.
BBC staff employed to manage complaints from the public are adept at robotically indicating where the latest Western crime has been 'impartially' reported - BBC radio bulletins, a paragraph or short online report, or perhaps a snippet on the BBC News Channel or the World Service. But the glaring omission is of any in-depth, headline coverage on the main BBC television news watched by millions. Nothing must question the state ideology that, while "mistakes" might happen, the aims of the government are benevolent.
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A Ferndale 7-Eleven employee and his brother are charged with embezzling more than $14,000 from the store at Nine Mile and Pinecrest in a credit gift-card scam.
The former employee, Brandon Jackson, 26, was arraigned Wednesday in Ferndale 43rd District Court on a felony charge of embezzlement. His brother, Rashadd Jackson, 27, was also arraigned on the same charge before Magistrate J. Patrick Brennan. Each brother is jailed on $15,000 cash bond.
Ferndale police had been looking for the suspects since the embezzlement happened April 6, police said Wednesday.
The suspects were finally arrested at their mother's house in Detroit on Tuesday, said Ferndale Police Detective Brendan Moore.
'The employee was working the midnight shift for about four hours' when the embezzlement happened, Moore said. 'The brother would bring the Visa and other gift cards up to the register and the employee would load the cards with a cash value without depositing any money into the cash register and hand the card back to his brother.'
The suspects ended up with a total cash value of $14,600 on 32 different gift cards, Moore said.
The owner of the store discovered the embezzlement several days later while checking the accounts, police said.
'People at the store then checked the surveillance video and they discovered the whole scam the suspects engaged in,' Moore said.
Brandon Jackson had been working at the store for about a month when the embezzlement happened, police said.
He had worked at the store previously, left employment there, and had been rehired, Moore said.
Both suspects are Detroit residents. Police said they are unsure at this point of how the gift cards were used after the scam.
'There is really no way to track the cards and the suspects aren't talking,' Moore said.
The suspects face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of the charges against them.
They are scheduled for a pre-exam conference at 1 p.m. Monday in Ferndale District Court.


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Although it teased the possibility of a strong and cohesive human resistance in the ruined city of Charleston, the real reveal during season 2 of TNT's Falling Skies came in the last few minutes of the season finale. From the true purpose of the invader's secret weapon, to Hal becoming an unwitting pawn in the alien's battle with the human resistance, and, of course, the big twist of a mysterious new species of extraterrestrial - whose motivations and allegiances could spell doom or salvation for the human race - 'A More Perfect Union' was all about surprises.
Now, with production on season 3 already underway, EW spoke with the series' executive producer Remi Aubuchon on what fans can expect out of Falling Skies season 3.
The New Aliens
'A More Perfect Union' began planting the seeds that something else was en route to earth when Ben (Connor Jessup) casually mentioned that the weapon the overlords had devised was not intended for humans. According to Aubuchon, the correlation there is that by destroying the skyward-facing weapon, the 2nd Mass essentially paved the way for the new aliens to make their presence known.
Aubuchon stated:
"Well, it seems to be a big coincidence that they took down this huge weapon, and all of the sudden these guys landed. So I would say that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that there must be some kind of connection between the two of them."
Now the question becomes: What exactly did the 2nd Mass leave the door open for? With the skitter rebellion facing a major setback following the death of Red Eye, some outside help would likely be a pretty welcome sight. Additionally, if these (hopefully helpful) aliens are familiar with the overlords and their skitters, perhaps humanity will be getting some much needed intel on the still somewhat mysterious enemy.
"One of the things that I hope the fans will see is that of course this is an alien that doesn't look anything like the aliens we've been confronted with since the beginning of the series. And in fact there's a certain benign-ness. It's uncertain as to whether or not he's friendly or unfriendly, but the one thing that we can definitely determine is he kind of looks a little like us in a way. His eyes do not seem as shark eye-like as the overlords' eyes did or even the skitters, who have a frightening look to them. So I'm hoping that some of the speculation will be "Wow, this is not only a game changer, this could be a game changer for the good." And then that begs the question of "is it too good to be true?" I'm hoping that there's a lot of questions running around the blogosphere and the Internet world because I think that that's certainly what we had intended."
Hal Controlled By Overlords?
After a brief and apparently exhausting encounter with his old flame Karen (Jessy Schram), during the siege on the overlord's weapon, Hal (Drew Roy) was rendered unconscious and thought to have suffered some sort of injury during the skirmish. When Hal awoke, however, it became immediately apparent that whatever had been done to him may be far more injurious to those in Hal's company than to the young man himself.
So why choose Hal? Well, according to Aubuchon, there's still enough of human Karen left to make bugging her ex-boyfriend part of a ploy in getting him back, while simultaneously striking a blow against the resistance.
"…The main thing that we were discussing in the writers room, and this is an idea that we had right at the beginning of the season, so it was very hard for us to keep holding back on it until the last episode of the season, is there's this weird love triangle going on between Maggie, Hal and Karen. And in a weird way, we made it as subtle as we could, but Karen wants him back, and there's nothing worse than an old girlfriend scorned, and so what did she do to him in order to make sure that a wedge was driven between Maggie and Hal? And since she's sort of now a minion of the overlords, she has the power to do something really nasty, and I think that's fun, and it should be fun in the third season too."
The Creepier Aliens of Season 2
Along with the goal of reaching Charleston, season 2 also introduced a bunch of new and creepy ways the aliens can attack and potentially control the human resistance. The parasite in Tom's (Noah Wyle) eye set the season on the right foot, and things just got worse from there with the harness factory and the spider-like aliens that killed poor Jamil. To hear Aubuchon tell it, that's part of the challenge he loves taking on with Falling Skies.
"As you probably know, Steven Spielberg loves the show and is very involved in it…we had one discussion about The Tingler, which is an old '50s horror movie about this thing that would creep around and suddenly attach onto you and stuff. A lot of the harness factory came out of that discussion. And one day we were trying to think of how to come up with a clever way that we've never seen before that the aliens have somehow implanted something in Tom, and I think it was [producer] David Weddle one day sent us all a link of these parasite eye worm things in Brazil or whatever. I watched it and jumped out of my seat when I saw that, and I said, "OK, we're doing that." And the crawlies, well, that was a combination of everything. Steven said, "I want to see if there's small aliens. Can't we do small aliens?" And we started popping ideas back and forth and the writers and me and everybody. Then of course you get artists like Aaron Sims involved in the design of all that. It's pretty amazing."
Chances are, season 3 will play host to a whole bevy of new alien creepy crawlies that will plague the 2nd Mass, and maybe more. Who knows, perhaps the aliens that introduced themselves so dramatically at the end of the season will have some disturbing minions of their own to better serve whatever goal they have in mind.
New aliens, twisted love triangles and the high probability of more weird parasites and bug-like creatures to give everyone the willies; Falling Skies season 3 will likely have something for everyone when it kicks off next year.
Falling Skies season 3 will premiere next summer on TNT.
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Boston Bombing Suspect Manhunt Photos
Boston remains on lockdown as police and federal officials look for at least one remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, one suspect was killed in a shootout early this morning with police. Residents are locked down in their homes while police do a house by house search, here is an incredible collection of photos but togehter by imgur user "jauris2."
It must be quite the site to wake up in the morning and see a SWAT team hanging outside of your house actively looking for a terrorist suspect in your neighborhood.
I continue to pray for the police that are putting their lives on the line to hunt for this subhuman.


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Brandon Morrow and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory over New York on Thursday night that trimmed the Yankees' tight lead in the AL East.
Brandon Morrow and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory over New York on Thursday night that trimmed the Yankees' tight lead in the AL East.
Edwin Encarnacion had three hits and three RBIs for Toronto. Brett Lawrie hit a two-run homer and J.P. Arencibia added a solo shot as the Blue Jays handed an assist to idle Baltimore, shaving New York's division lead over the Orioles to one game.
New York lost for the third time in five games and wasted a chance to go two up with six to play.
Making his third start since missing 14 games with a sore right shoulder, Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova (12-8) allowed four runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.
Nova, knocked out in the third inning of his previous start, has not won back-to-back outings since a five-start winning streak from May 25 to June 17. The 87 extra-base hits off Nova are the most yielded by any big league pitcher.
Morrow (9-7) scattered four hits over seven innings, walked three and struck out three to win for the first time in five starts. It was his longest outing since returning from the disabled list Aug. 25 after missing 65 games with a strained muscle in his left side.
Brad Lincoln worked the eighth and Darren Oliver finished for the Blue Jays, who have won three of four following a seven-game losing streak.
Morrow got some help from his defense after Robinson Cano's one-out single in the fourth. Rookie left fielder Anthony Gose crashed into the wall to haul in a deep drive from Nick Swisher, then threw the ball into second baseman Kelly Johnson, who doubled off Cano at first.
Cano doubled to begin the seventh and Swisher walked but Morrow fanned Curtis Granderson, then got Russell Martin and Raul Ibanez to fly out.
Nova ran into trouble after walking Gose to begin the fourth. Lawrie followed with an opposite-field homer to right, his 10th of the season and first since July 22.
Gose led off with a single in the fifth, went to second on Lawrie's groundout and moved to third on a bunt single by Colby Rasmus. That brought up Encarnacion, who drove in both runners with a double into the right-field corner.
Even with the infield drawn in, New York couldn't stop Toronto from making it 5-0 against Derek Lowe in the seventh when Lawrie scored on Encarnacion's grounder to shortstop. Arencibia capped the scoring with a second-deck homer off David Aardsma in the eighth, his 18th.
Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was greeted with a smattering of boos during his first home game since wearing eye-black with an anti-gay slur. A few fans booed when Escobar's name was announced as the lineups were read before the game. There was a mix of boos and cheers as Escobar batted in the bottom of the first, lining out on Nova's first pitch. Escobar's subsequent at-bats drew almost no reaction from the crowd of 23,060.
NOTES: New York OF Brett Gardner, who came off the 60-day DL this week after missing 142 games with a strained right elbow, took part in two sets of batting practice before the game. It's the first time he's taken BP since rejoining the team. ... Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez, who did not play in Wednesday's victory at Minnesota, started at DH. Jayson Nix was at third base. Manager Joe Girardi said Rodriguez could return to third base during this series, possibly Friday. Rodriguez went 0 for 2 and has one hit in his last 16 at-bats. ... New York 1B Mark Teixeira (strained left calf) had seven at-bats in a simulated game and will do the same Friday or Saturday, Girardi said. ... Aardsma pitched in a major league game for the first time since Sept. 19, 2010. He missed the past two seasons following hip and elbow operations.


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Xavier coach Sean Marinan sat down with Norwich Free Academy coach Jemal Davis on Monday at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Media Day for this weekend's high school football state championship games at Rentschler Field to discuss a film exchange.
EAST HARTFORD — Xavier coach Sean Marinan sat down with Norwich Free Academy coach Jemal Davis on Monday at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Media Day for this weekend's high school football state championship games at Rentschler Field to discuss a film exchange.
Although the same discussion would have likely taken place with Staples head coach Marcellino Petroccio, it might not have been so urgent.
Xavier and Staples have met twice in the last three years in the state playoffs with Xavier winning the Class LL high school football state championship game, 42-7, last year. The Wreckers knocked off the Falcons, 31-28, in a semifinal in 2009.
"We were very familiar with what Staples did — not that they're not a good football team — but we repped a lot of that stuff last year and they don't change much," Marinan said.
But this will be a whole new adventure for the Xavier coaching staff as it will take on the Wildcats at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Rentschler Field — announced on Monday morning — for the Class LL state championship.
"I was very surprised to be honest," Marinan said of NFA's, 30-28, upset win over the top-seeded Wreckers on Sunday. "(NFA) deserves to be here. They're a very good football team, but it means a lot more work for us...this is a big difference and not having seen (NFA) play a lot is just going to make it harder."
Marinan wasn't the only one on Monday who expressed surprise over who his opponent will be, many walking through the area offered up the same feeling.
"We knew we would be here, but to anyone else, the whole year we've been a surprise," NFA quarterback Joey Paparelli said. "No one took us seriously until now and we're the only team left in (Xavier's) way."
But despite the congratulations and the hype of the upset win over Staples, Davis said it's something he won't let the Wildcats get caught up in. NFA will show up on Friday with one intention — winning the football game against the two-time defending state champions.
"As a head coach, my job is to prepare them and to make sure that if they're capable of doing it, put them into position to do it," Davis said. "We're very fortunate that we have an outstanding staff, but more importantly, we have young guys who have bought into what we've been preaching."
The schedule means the Wildcats and Falcons lose one day of preparation as the other three state championship games will take place on Saturday. But Davis viewed the Friday night game as a blessing. He said he would have been more concerned about playing the late Saturday (5:30 p.m.) game — which was the other likely slot for the CIAC football committee to put the LL game into — because his team would have been "sitting around" and the anxiety could only build.
"We're in the 'let's play' mode," Davis said. "Obviously, we have to prepare...but it's not the stress level of going Wednesday to Sunday because it's typical to play a Friday night game."
But not everyone agreed that Friday night was best.
Paparelli would like to savor the moment a bit and play on Saturday night, but that's just his personal preference.
"We have four days to rest up, get ready, get focused on what we have to do, break down some film, hit the practice field hard and, most importantly, heal up," Paparelli said. "We're going to be ready."


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We would like a cirlce-based logo to act as the seal for our company the G.T.C. Institute. The G.T.C. Institute stands for the Global Training & Certification Institute and it would be great to fit both the words G.T.C. in the logo as well as the full name spelled out - Global Training & Certification Institute. Perhaps the G.T.C. could go in the middle with the spelling out of the words on the outside of the circle?
We are open to different color variations but we would prefer conservative corporate feeling colors, no neon colors and no clip art type images or symbols please.
The logo must be in a circle or circle with small spokes to look like a professional seal of an organization.
Here are examples of other professional seals just so you know what we compete against, please do not copy any of these:
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Are you in the market for a new car? The end of the year is a good time to find some great bargains on automobiles. Modern Graphic History Library is happy to provide some suggestions for your next car.
by H.R. McBride, Liberty, January 14, 1933
Do you want a sports car for driving on isolated roads? You can't go wrong with a Corvette.
Or do you need a practical family car? The Ford Country Sedan comes in six or nine passenger models and only needs servicing every six months.
by unknown artist, date unknown
Perhaps you want a family car that still looks like a sports car. The Pontiac S60 has sleek lines, 227 horsepower, but is spacious and comfortable, and affordable too.
by unknown artist, Holiday, March 1956
Perhaps you want a vehicle that is environmentally friendly. The Waverly Electric is silent, seats five passengers, and includes an odometer, speedometer, and umbrella holder.
by unknown artist, Ladies' Home Journal, November 1911
Do you plan on taking lots of family vacations? The Chevrolet is economical in gasoline, oil, and maintenance -- perfect for those cross-country road trips.
by unknown artist, Holiday, September 1951
If making an impression socially is important, consider the Ninety-Eight Oldsmobile. It's the ultimate in style and power and others will stop to stare at your vehicle.
by unknown artist, Saturday Evening Post, 1956
Meanwhile the "mighty Chrysler" makes such a glamourous impression that after one date with it, you'll forget other cars, since it goes to your head like champagne.
If safety in all weather conditions is important to you, consider a Ford V-8. It has a low center of gravity, safety glass, and oversize brakes.
by unknown artist, Saturday Evening Post, November 3, 1934
There are even convertibles that are dependable for snowy winter roads. Consider this Buick, since you never know when you'll want to drive with your hair blowing in the wind.
by unknown artist, Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1915
It turns out there are many different models to consider, but don't dally, or you'll miss out on the deals. Best of luck with your new car shopping.
by unknown artist, Holiday, April 1957
The "mighty Chrysler" ad is from the Al Parker Collection.
The ads for Waverly Electric, the Pontiac sports car, the Chevrolet sedan, and the New England Ford ad are from the Periodicals Collection.
All other ads are from the Walt Reed Illustration Archive.


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MacMillan had been longing to create his own Romeo and Juliet after seeing John Cranko's version for the Stuttgart Ballet. Lynn Seymour had danced Cranko's Juliet as a guest artist in Stuttgart in April 1964; MacMillan had subsequently choreographed the balcony scene pas de deux for her and Christopher Gable to perform on Canadian television during their summer break that year.
Frederick Ashton, then artistic director of the Royal Ballet, gave MacMillan the green light for the complete ballet in September 1964. The company wanted a big new three-act ballet based on the play by Shakespeare, whose 400th anniversary was celebrated in 1964. Ashton had chosen not to mount the Romeo and Juliet he had made for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1955, fearing it would suffer by comparison with the large-scale Lavrovsky production the Bolshoi Ballet had brought to the Royal Opera House. MacMillan therefore had less than five months to create his first three-act ballet, which the company hoped to include in its 1965 American tour.
He, Seymour and Gable endlessly discussed their ideas about the characters as MacMillan choreographed the key pas de deux in each act – his starting point around which the rest of the ballet would be built. He and Seymour envisaged Juliet as a headstrong, passionate girl who makes all the crucial decisions: the secret marriage, in defiance of her parents' wishes; taking Friar Lawrence's potion; joining Romeo in death. Gable's Romeo was a young man swept off his feet by love, dancing in dizzy exultation.
Romeo and his close friends, Mercutio and Benvolio, were given bravura steps that distinguished them from the street fighters in Verona's market place and the stately aristocrats in the ballroom scene. MacMillan had hitherto avoided virtuoso steps because he thought them too conventionally balletic. Only Juliet and her girlfriends are on pointe: their choreography is contrasted with character dances and verismo crowd scenes. MacMillan broke the ballet conventions of the time by having the dancing evolve from naturalistic action. Unlike Cranko's production, there are no picturesque poses for applause at the end of set-pieces. Unlike the Bolshoi production there are no spotlit entrances for the leading characters: Romeo is discovered in semi-darkness at the start of the ballet as Rosaline's anonymous suitor; Juliet's arrival at the ball in her honour goes unnoticed at first.
MacMillan wanted to show the lovers as youngsters at the mercy of a powerful patriarchal society. Georgiadis's monumental designs – unusual, then, for a ballet – emphasised the oppressive might of Juliet's surroundings. She is a small, vulnerable figure within the imposing Capulet household and, finally, laid out in the family vault. Even Friar Lawrence is to be found in a well-appointed monastery rather than a simple cell. Georgiadis and MacMillan took their inspiration from Italian Quottrocento paintings and architecture, as well as from Shakespeare. Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 production of Romeo and Juliet for the Old Vic had been another influence, with its fortress of a palazzo guarding the Capulet family's treasures – including their nubile daughter.
MacMillan borrowed from Cranko the harlots who animate the market-place scenes. It is they who get the action going in the first scene, as they roister with the three young bloods, Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio, and provoke the indignation of the townspeople. Tybalt, one of the Capulet clan, provokes a fight with the Montague faction which develops into a lethal brawl. The Prince of Verona enters to put a stop to the fighting, commanding the warring factions to lay down their swords.
The second scene introduces Juliet, playing childishly with her nurse. Her parents enter with Paris, her intended bridegroom. When they leave, the nurse tells her gently that her girlhood is over.
The Capulets are giving a ball to mark Juliet's entry into Veronese society. Romeo and his two friends decide to crash it, wearing masks as a disguise. During the formal dances, Juliet and Romeo fall in love before she realises that he is a Montague, a family enemy. When his identity is revealed, Lord Capulet intervenes to prevent Tybalt breaking the laws of hospitality by starting a fight.
After the ball, Juliet is on her balcony, dreaming of Romeo, when he enters below. She runs to join him in an ecstatic pas de deux expressing their love for each other.
In Act II, Romeo is a changed man in the market place, no longer at ease with his companions and the harlots. A wedding procession passes through, with acrobats entertaining the crowd to the sound of mandolins. The nurse arrives, bringing a letter for Romeo from Juliet, proposing a secret wedding.
Friar Lawrence marries the lovers, with Juliet's nurse the only witness. Before the marriage can be consummated, Romeo is embroiled in a duel with Tybalt in the market place. Because Romeo had initially refused to quarrel with Tybalt, Mercutio had stepped in for a dare-devil sword fight, only to be stabbed in the back. Romeo avenges his dead friend, killing Tybalt in anger. He has to flee when Lady Capulet enters, overcome with grief, followed by her husband.
Act III opens in Juliet's bedroom, the lovers asleep together. Romeo realises dawn is breaking and that he should leave. Juliet, frantic, tries to delay him, knowing he must go into exile. He departs just before Juliet's parents arrive with Paris. Juliet rejects him, to her father's rage, but she will be forced to marry him. In a dilemma about what to do, she sits on her bed, confounded, then rushes to seek Friar Lawrence's help.
He gives her a potion that will send her into a death-like trance. Romeo is to be told of the plan so that he can rescue her from her tomb, in the hope that both warring families will then forgive them. (The audience has to learn this from the synposis or the play, along with the fact that Romeo fails to be informed of the plan.)
Juliet takes the potion and hides the phial under her pillow. When her parents return with Paris, she appears, reluctantly, to yield to their insistence that she must marry him that day. She makes herself swallow the bitter potion, and crawls in a daze back to her bed. Her bridesmaids come to prepare her for her wedding but find her apparently lifeless. Her nurse and parents are distraught with grief.
Juliet's body is placed on a bier in the family crypt. Paris stays behind after the mourners leave. Romeo enters the vault to bid farewell to her, unaware that she is not in fact dead. He kills Paris, then lifts Juliet from the bier to embrace her for the last time in an excess of grief. He lays her limp body back on the stone slab and drinks poison he has brought with him. When Juliet awakes to find herself in the crypt, Romeo is newly dead. She finds the dagger with which he killed Paris and stabs herself, trying to reach Romeo's body as she dies.
The curtain falls on the on the lifeless bodies without the reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets with which Shakespeare ended his tragedy. The dual suicide has been painful, two young lives needlessly wasted.
Romeo and Juliet's premiere, with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in the leading roles, met with 43 curtain calls; the safety curtain had to be brought down to persuade the audience to leave the theatre. The critical response to the performers and the ballet was fulsome: 'A spectacular asset to the repertoire . . . altogether a milestone for MacMillan' (Observer); Kenneth MacMillan takes his place as one of the world's leading choreographers' (Daily Mail); Fonteyn's Juliet was 'all trust and purity, grace and gentleness, radiance and puppy love' (Sunday Telegraph). Andrew Porter in The Financial Times was the first to reveal that the role of Juliet was not conceived in Fonteyn's image: 'Juliet is plainly a role conceived for Lynn Seymour, and so until we have seen her dance it we cannot be precise about MacMillan's intentions'.
The first performances had gone to Fonteyn and Nureyev because they were a bigger draw than Seymour and Gable. The casting of the famous pair guaranteed a box-office sell out and massive publicity. Sol Hurok, the American impresario, had insisted that if the new ballet were to be included in the Royal Ballet's next US tour, it must be associated with Nureyev and Fonteyn. Paul Czinner's 1966 film of Romeo and Juliet featured Fonteyn and Nureyev for the same box-office reasons.
Seymour and Gable danced as the second cast, receiving adulatory reviews for their fresh approach to the roles. They were followed by three other pairings in the first London season and on the US tour in the spring of 1965.
MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet soon became a signature work of the Royal Ballet's repertoire, and the best known version of the Prokofiev ballet in Britain and the United States. During his lifetime, MacMillan mounted it for the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1971, American Ballet Theatre in 1985 and Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1992 (with new designs by Paul Andrews).


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TravelGirl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 108 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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Our target market includes A - Listers, business Gurus, royalty and the makers and shakers of the world, private charter companies and brokers. Our clients demand elegant, intelligent and exclusive service so we are looking for a logo/branding that screams wealth, elegance and sophistication but with an edge.
Let's try something new, the wings are not working for me. I would like to see more focus on the name "Alistar Aviation" written in a sophisticated and classy font. I really like simple fonts with clean lines. I would love to see some versions of rings that radiate out horizontally from the name "Alistar Aviation" I like the idea of a halo, but I do not want it to look like it's a halo. I really like the idea of focusing on the name "Alistar" with "Aviation" being secondary to that. Basically I want people to see the logo and feel that Alistar is an established company worthy of large sums cash.
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Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur said Sunday that he hadn't spoken to his bosses in weeks. That changed Monday morning.
Fox Sports insider and NFL Network contributor Jay Glazer reported that Shurmur has been fired after two seasons as Browns coach. Shurmur won nine games and lost 23 in two seasons. The Browns later announced that both Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert had been fired.
"We felt that these moves were in the best interests of the Cleveland Browns and our future," Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III said in a statement released by the team. "I enjoyed getting to know Tom and Pat over the past several months, and want to thank them, not just for their contributions to the Browns, but also the insight they were able to provide. They are both fine men and hope they have the best of success as they move forward with their careers."
In one sense, Shurmur was the victim of bad timing. Former Browns president Mike Holmgren hired him in 2011, but Holmgren got swept away when Haslam took over during the 2012 season. Shurmur never really had a chance with the new bosses.
On the other hand, Shurmur never made a strong case as a difference-making coach. His game-management skills were lacking. He's an offensive coach whose offenses lacked creativity and production. He was unable to significantly develop Colt McCoy or Brandon Weeden at the quarterback position. Shurmur's teams played hard for him, and the 2012 Browns probably were better than their 5-11 record indicated. But it's hard to argue with this move.
When Holmgren arrived on the scene, he wasted a year on Eric Mangini, an inherited coach. New Browns president Joe Banner won't make the same mistake. New bosses always want "their guys."
It's unclear how the structure will work in Cleveland now, but most observers expect Banner to start by hiring a GM to replace Heckert. College coaches like Oregon's Chip Kelly and Penn State's Bill O'Brien have been tied to the Cleveland coaching job. So have New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron, one of the best at what he does, now is a coaching free agent.
Haslam essentially has been waiting for this day for months. The Browns are in position to strike quickly on the coaching market. Their plan already should be in place. That's why it's no surprise Shurmur did not have to wait long before learning his fate on Black Monday.
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Protect Paradise
Yes! I want tiger and forest-friendly products!
There are as few as 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. Their forest home is being destroyed to make everyday household products. Sign up to protect tiger homes.
Greenpeace Tiger Manifesto
I'm fearless for forests! I want the products I use to be free from tiger extinction. Clearing their homes to make way for palm oil plantations in Indonesia must stop, especially when there are better solutions.
I look after myself and I want to know what's in my products. Don't make me part of the Sumatran tigers' extinction.
Yes! I want the products I love to be tiger and forest friendly.
- There are solutions that don't involve forest destruction. We want clean palm oil and we ask that our favourite brands listen to our voices.
- We believe immediate action must be taken to stop habitat destruction finding its way into the products we love.
- We have the right to know if our favourite products are linked to tiger extinction.
Celebrities who have signed the Tiger Manifesto
I have recently learned about the mass destruction of Indonesia's rainforests for the production of palm oil and paper. It not only negatively affects millions of Indonesians whose livelihoods depend on the forest, but also has been the direct cause of pushing the Sumatran tiger to the edge of extinction. Won't you please join me in standing with Greenpeace to ensure the products we use are tiger and forest friendly? We are all a part of the future, and together can ensure these magnificent animals are too.JOAQUIN PHOENIX, Actor US
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I spent three months shooting the movie "Java Heat" in Indonesia, and absolutely fell in love with the people, the culture and their wildlife. Indonesia's Sumatran tigers could disappear if we don't stop forest destruction for palm oil. Their forest home is the only place tigers, elephants and orangutans live side by side. I don't want the last forests in Indonesia to disappear, not when there are better ways to develop Indonesia's vast natural resources. Let's show the world that we are fearless for forests and join the movement to protect paradise in Indonesia.KELLAN LUTZ, Actor US
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The thought of anything on this beautiful earth of ours being driven to extinction by our selfish consumption is devastating to me and I think we as fellow animals need to do everything in our power to stop it from happening.GILLIAN ANDERSON, Actress US
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Without healthy, thriving forests, our planet cannot sustain life. With as few as 400 Sumatran tigers in Indonesia, it's clear to me that our forests are not in the best of health. That's why I believe we need to take action now. Join me and sign the Tiger Manifesto – let's Protect Paradise.PAUL WESLEY, Actor US
Indonesia's forests are precious to all of us: they are the earth's lungs, people's homes, and habitat to countless animals including the endangered Sumatran tiger. But if we don't stop forest destruction all of this will disappear. We don't have to choose growth at all costs; that's why I'm adding my voice to Greenpeace's Tiger Manifesto. Join me and Greenpeace's global movement to protect paradise now.KRISTIN BAUER VAN STRATEN, Actress US
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Imagine if you had to tell your children and grandchildren that you knew that the majestic Sumatran Tiger was highly endangered and you watched on with regret, but did nothing as it became extinct... We still have an opportunity, let's all join the Tiger Manifesto.ISABEL LUCAS, Actress Australia
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There are as few as 400 Sumatran tigers left. We must all do what we can to protect their home. Please join me and Greenpeace's global movement to protect paradise.
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I'm taking a last stand with Greenpeace to protect some of the most precious forests on earth, and home to countless animals including the Sumatran tiger. Palm oil can be grown without forest destruction. Change is possible; that's why I'm adding my voice to the Tiger Manifesto, join me!AMY SMART, Actress US
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Realizing that more & more deforestation are happening until today only proves that we, as human beings, are not doing our duty to preserve the environment we live in. It is devastating to know that more palm oil plantations are destroying habitats of the nearly extinct animals like sumatran tigers and orangutans.
This has to stop! I am encouraging everyone to increase our awareness towards this issue and only buy "palm oil-free products". Let's all support this highly positive campaign and start making lives better...for the animals, for us humans and for our dear planet Earth.JULIE ESTELLE, Actress Indonesia
As human beings, it is our obligation to take care of our planet. Now, Sumatran tiger experts have identified the clearance of rainforests for palm oil expansion as the single greatest threat to the survival of the Sumatran tigers in the wild. This means that unsustainable palm oil production is destroying the most species-rich rainforests in the world. Sumatran tigers, Asian elephants, sun bears, clouded leopards, orangutans these are just some of the better-known species losing their habitat and their lives due to unsustainable palm oil expansion.
Who will protect them, if not us? Release the tiger inside you and join the force.WULAN GURITNO, Actress Indonesia


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* Furlough notices are en route to inspectors this week
* Meat inspection is most visible of $1.9 bln in cuts
* Cotton payment to Brazil is WTO case is affected too
By Charles Abbott
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Furloughs of U.S. meat inspectors that could disrupt meat delivery throughout the country will probably be concentrated in July through September, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Vilsack said furloughs of meat inspectors required under sequestration, or automatic budget cuts that took effect this month, will disrupt the meat industry. He said USDA will send furlough notices to meat inspectors this week, but it will be several months before they will occur because of the extensive preparations needed.
The furloughs, which could lead to spotty shutdowns of meat plants and meat shortages, would be one of the most visible effects of sequestration, he said. By law, processors cannot ship meat without the USDA inspection seal.
"We will do everything we can to minimize disruptions," Vilsack said at a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee. "It will impact inspections."
USDA has said it would stagger the furloughs to minimize their effect on operations. "I don't think you're going to see a continuous furlough," Vilsack told lawmakers at a hearing on the state of the rural economy days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed the sequester order.
The Obama administration says all 8,400 inspectors might be furloughed for a total of 15 days. Vilsack said the total was more likely to be 11 or 12 days.
The agency will need a substantial amount of time to deliver notices to inspectors, hold consultations and schedule furloughs, said Vilsack.
"We are looking at a several-month period, if you will, before a furlough could be implemented," he said. "The industry will have some notice of what will happen."
As a result, the furloughs could take place mainly in the final three months of the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. "That's one of the problems," Vilsack said. One-third of USDA's 100,000 employees may be affected by furloughs.
"It's a process we have to follow," he told reporters. He said USDA was not trying to delay action in hopes that Congress would resolve the fiscal crisis and eliminate the furloughs.
The administration says furloughs of inspectors en masse would shut down meat packers and processors for two weeks and cost them $10 billion in production.
Meat inspectors are guaranteed 30 days' notice of a furlough, said the union that represents them. Inspectors could face a furlough of one day a week but not always the same day.
During the hearing, committee chairman Frank Lucas, a Republican from Oklahoma, chided the administration for "trying to scare the American people with worst-case scenarios."
Recent suggestions by USDA of a two-week total shutdown of the meat industry "affected prices, caused concern among financial markets and alarmed buyers and sellers in the retail and food service community," Lucas said.
Some Republicans on the committee suggested USDA could avoid furloughs by shifting money among other accounts or by cost-cutting in other areas within the agency.
But Vilsack said the furloughs were unavoidable when spending must be cut by 10 to 12 percent for the rest of the year - to achieve a 5-percent cut for the fiscal year - and inspectors account for 87 percent of the meat agency's budget.
"No matter how you slice it," said Vilsack, furloughs are certain. "We are going to try to maintain movement through the (meat industry) process," he said.
Lucas and Rep Steve King of Iowa said the administration was providing little help to House Republicans on how to restructure the automatic cuts into a less painful package. The House was expected to vote later in the week on a Republican alternative. It would not alter the sequester's impact on meat inspection and most other USDA programs, though.
USDA's funding was cut by $1.9 billion by the sequester. USDA says the cuts mean less money for soil conservation and farm loans, the shutdown of camp grounds and visitor centers in some national forests and a smaller caseload for the so-called WIC program that provides additional food for poor pregnant women, new mothers and their children.
The item-by-item cuts would also reduce slightly the funds available for a $147 million payment due this year to Brazil as a step toward resolving a World Trade Organization ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies, Vilsack said.