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PHILADELPHIA - Asante Samuel stared directly at his former team's sideline and started trash-talking right after the coin toss. By the fourth quarter, Samuel was dancing on the field between plays.
Matt Ryan made it easy for his loquacious teammate to gloat.
Ryan threw touchdown passes on Atlanta's first three possessions against the Eagles and new defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, and the Falcons remained the NFL's only unbeaten team with a convincing 30-17 win over Philadelphia on Sunday.
"We're 7-0 over here baby," Samuel said. "If I was over there now, they'd have to go to work."
The Falcons are 7-0 for the first time in the franchise's 47-year history while the Eagles (3-4) lost after a bye for the first time in 14 games under coach Andy Reid since 1999.
"That was an embarrassing performance," Reid said. "I'm stating the obvious. We need to get better. I need to do a better job. This is fixable. We have the talent."
Ryan finished 22 of 29 for 262 yards and three TDs for his first win against his hometown team in three tries.
Michael Vick didn't turn the ball over for once, but he played so-so and failed to beat his former team in his second start against the Falcons since returning to the NFL in 2009.
"Whatever decision coach makes, I support it," Vick said when asked about possibly being benched for rookie Nick Foles. "I know I'm giving it everything I have when I'm out there."
Reid said he's going to evaluate whether he makes a quarterback change.
This was a validation win for Atlanta. The Falcons entered with no victories over a team with a winning record and their opponents were a combined 13-24 going into this weekend. Perhaps that's why they were a surprising 3-point underdog despite Philadelphia's recent struggles.
"We like to have a lot of fun," Falcons coach Mike Smith said. "We have a very mature group. We have a bunch of guys who are mentors. We're good at focusing on the task at hand. We're on point when we kick off and guys have done a good job focusing all season."
Reid's Eagles have lost three in a row since starting 3-1. Reid fired Juan Castillo and replaced him with Bowles two days after Philadelphia blew its second straight fourth-quarter lead in an overtime loss to Detroit.
Clearly, it didn't work.
Castillo's defense allowed 18.5 points per game, excluding two TD returns against the offense. Bowles' D allowed 21 points in the first 24 minutes and couldn't make a stop until the fourth quarter.
"I did what I did and what I thought was right at the time," Reid said about the switch. "We need to get better there."
A sellout crowd anticipating a pending storm expected to hit the East Coast soon started filtering out in the third quarter. Those who stuck around booed the Eagles off the field, though one guy chanted "E-A-G-L-E-S" in the final minute.
The anti-Reid fans may be seeing him in his final months with the team. Owner Jeffrey Lurie already stated before the season that another 8-8 finish would be "unacceptable."
The Falcons methodically drove 80 yards on 16 plays on the opening possession, converting five third downs. A holding call on defensive end Jason Babin kept the drive going after Ryan threw an incomplete pass on third-and-10. Ryan then threw a 15-yard TD pass to Drew Davis for a 7-0 lead.
Ryan tossed a 3-yard TD pass to Jason Snelling to make it 14-0. Penalties on Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Mychal Kendricks on separate third downs kept Atlanta's drive going.
After going three-and-out on the first series, the Eagles put it together on the next drive by mixing in seven runs among their 13 plays. LeSean McCoy scored from the 2 to cut it to 14-7.
But the Falcons answered quickly. Ryan connected with Julio Jones over Nnamdi Asomugha for the 63-yard score to put Atlanta up 21-7.
Atlanta converted their first nine third-down tries, including three by penalty. The Eagles finally held in the final minute of the second quarter and Matt Bryant's 43-yard field goal gave the Falcons a 24-7 halftime lead. Bryant kicked field goals of 29 and 30 on the next two drives.
The Eagles made it 30-17 on Vick's 7-yard TD pass to McCoy in the fourth quarter.
Samuel had 25 interceptions and went to three Pro Bowls in four seasons in Philadelphia before the acquisitions of Asomugha and Rodgers-Cromartie forced him out. He was traded to the Falcons for a seventh-round pick in April and enjoyed his return to Lincoln Financial Field.
"I love the fans," he said. "They can boo me. They can cheer for me. Doesn't do anything but add fuel to the fire."

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HTC J Butterfly with 5.0-inch Super LCD 3 Screen Launches in Japan
HTC J Butterfly with 5.0-inch Super LCD 3 Screen Launches in Japan
Yep, HTC has finally put rumors about an upcoming 5.0-inch smartphone to rest - the team at The Verge managed to get their hands on its new flagship smartphone device, the HTC J Butterfly. Its 5.0-inch Super LCD 3 screen puts it slightly bigger than Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III / S III LTE and marginally smaller than the Galaxy Note II. Otherwise, other high-end specs include:
- Quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor
- 2GB of RAM
- 8-megapixel camera
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
- 2020mAh battery
- 9.1mm thick
Of course, the real attraction lies in the phone's rather astounding screen that relies on a panel that can pump out 440 pixels per inch, ensuring clarity all round. And according to The Verge, it sounds pretty impressive:
The Verge - "The real attraction, though, is the 5-inch full HD Super LCD 3 screen — it's truly a sight to behold. The Super LCD 2 seen in HTC's previous flagship One X was arguably the best panel on the market, but we think its successor is the new champion. Color reproduction is excellent, the 440ppi resolution is astonishing, and the screen's slightly curved edges make the image look like it's melting off the side of the phone."
Unfortunately, according to The Verge, "this is a Japan-specific model and almost certain to stay that way". Good news though: HTC reps has mentioned that its display will be making its way into other phones around the world. The HTC J Butterfly will land in Japan in December via AU / KDDI.
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- 2 Beds
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Listing Date12/01/18
Year Built1999
Lot Size0.02 Acres (871 SqFt)
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Top floor residence on the Eagle river with access to outdoor year round heated pool, hot tub, fire pit, & brand new fitness center on the same floor. HOA fees include Gas, cable internet and gym. Elevator access to Riverwalk and all its amenities, Underground parking and storage, with additional storage for bikes, golf club and skis. Plus storage in front of parking spot. Management offers more amenities if you choose the program like skier shuttle, front desk and maintenance.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Paris, France
Organised by the OECD Development Centre with the African Development Bank, the UN Commission for Africa and the UNDP, the International Economic Forum on Africa has grown to become the largest annual public event on Africa in Europe. This year, the Forum celebrated its 11th anniversary with hundreds of journalists, business people, development co-operation professionals, researchers, civil society representatives and students coming together to hear and engage with a panel of experts discussing the findings of the African Economic Outlook (AEO), a comprehensive report of the economic, social and political development of the continent and assesses its progresses towards the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals.
The 2011 Forum included a full day of talks centred on two panels focusing on the relationship between the continent and the G20 and opportunities and challenges in relation to Africa's new and emerging partners. The panels were followed by a roundtable on policy reforms in Africa.
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Rush's first job at 16 years old was as a deejay for his hometown radio station.
Later he merged his love of radio and politics into his famous show.
Hear musical stories in Rush's own words below and create your own Rush Playlist.
The Pretenders – My City Was Gone
"Rush, how did you pick your theme song?"
Well, we pay a license fee every year to EMI, which is a licensee. Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders sings the song, and there's an interesting backstory about that. But the way I chose the tune, I gotta go back to Sacramento in 1984. In October 1984, when I started what became the EIB Network at KFBK Sacramento, I was told that, because of program requirements, I had to open each hour with a theme song. Now, I had been a disc jockey. I had worked at news stations. I had never, ever, used a theme song.
The last person that ever used a theme song on the radio was Arthur Godfrey. They just didn't exist. There was no such thing as a theme song, but I learned it was a staple of talk radio. It was just something that the programming gurus wanted. (interruption) Oh, yeah, I liked Arthur Godfrey. In fact, when I was younger my brother David couldn't say "Arthur." He called him "Odfrey Godfrey." I could always pronounce Arthur.
At any rate, they told me, "You need a theme song." Okay, so I tried a bunch of different things. I tried some songs by Men At Work. That didn't quite do it for me. By chance, I happened to be listening to music and heard My City Was Gone by The Pretenders.
Now, this is October of 1984. Back then, it was the height of controversy to say the word "condom" on the air. You may not believe that, but, as recently as 1984, saying the word "condom" was controversial. (It didn't take much to rile people up.) My audience in Sacramento was a very devoted, conservative, sophisticated bunch; and I was told, "You might want to pick a classical theme as an opening like William Buckley used on Firing Line." I said, "No, that's not me. I'm not gonna phony this up."
So I decided I would pick something that, if people were to learn the lyrics, they would be the antithesis of what they thought I was. My City Was Gone is a song that bashes real estate developers. You know, I'm big time conservative. I support real estate development. Here I'm choosing as a theme song a song that rips them to shreds, but I didn't really pick it for the lyrics because I don't play the lyrics. I picked it simply because it had an unmistakable, totally recognizable bass line, and it was so unexpected.
It was the last thing that this highly sophisticated, conservative audience in Sacramento would ever associate with a conservative program. So it was part of being unpredictable, part of doing the unexpected, and the fact that I just happened to like it. All those three went into the decision. Now, when I came to New York and started the program nationally, that changed a lot of things. EMI and Chrissie Hynde had never heard of me in Sacramento and they had no idea I was using it. But when it shows up on 500 or 600 radio stations and I'm playing more than 10 or 15 seconds of it (which is more than fair usage), then they want a piece.
But in my case they didn't want a piece. They didn't want me to use it. So EMI got hold of us and said, "You can't use it anymore. We will accept no amount of money. There's nothing you can pay us. You just gotta cease and desist."
The regular listeners of this program will remember that we went through a two or three week period here with different theme songs. We had to dump it. Then one day Chrissie Hynde appeared with Scott Shannon on the morning show at WPLJ, which was our FM counterpart to WABC in New York. She appeared there as a guest and Scott Shannon told her what happened.
She was no fan of mine. You know, Chrissie is a big feminist and animal rights wacko and all that, but she had no clue that the song had been denied usage and she's telling Scott Shannon that her parents love my show. So, in the end, we played tape of that 'cause the EMI people had told us that Chrissie wanted no part of me using the song. Well, here she is saying she didn't care. She told Scott Shannon of PLJ that she didn't care and her parents were fans so we got that tape, that audio; we played it for the EMI people, and the song came back to the program. We pay an annual fee — which is fair, proper — for usage.
But, like everything else with this program, it was not part of a grand strategy. It wasn't part of a long, well-conceived marketing plan that had various steps that had to be implemented at various times. It was all just spontaneously put together based on the fact that I was able to (for the first time in my broadcast career) do a radio program the way I wanted to do it, the way I thought would work without being told I can't do that or shouldn't do that or whatever. I'm just one who followed my instinct at every step of the way.
Neil Diamond – You Got to Me
I used to play this song in my early days as a deejay. This is some of Neil Diamond's best stuff. I forget the exact year, but it's the mid-sixties. Snerdley doesn't believe he missed this back in its day. It's in the Thank the Lord for the Night Time era. Quick, where's Neil Diamond from? Brooklyn. Now, I realize that those of you 25 or 30, it just doesn't sound that good. It doesn't sound that high-tech. You're laughing at the lyrics. The days of masculinity.
Sir Douglas Quintet – She's About a Mover
I was 14 in 1965 and I used to listen to this song before Babe Ruth League baseball games. I'd get psyched up and ready to go. These guys, they sound like a California group, but they're actually from Texas.
Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb
I once worked at a radio station in suburban Pittsburgh, McKeesport, WIXY, "Wixie." They called it "Solid Rock and Gold." I called it "Salted Rot and Mold," 'cause it's an oldies station and the playlist was so small you got tired of the music after six weeks. This was one of the stations I got fired from, and the stated reason was that I played "Under My Thumb" out of rotation too many times. At least that's what they told the newspaper.
It was the first time I got fired. I called my dad.
"You what?"
"I got fired."
"I played a song too many times."
He was never gonna understand that. A, he couldn't understand playing a song too many times, or, B, why one would get fired for doing it, other than the bosses were always right.
Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
Not true. I end up satisfied most every day after three hours hosting broadcast excellence — and I know you do, too, listening to it.
Mannheim Steamroller – Chip Davis
You really have to listen to Mannheim Steamroller in stereo. If you love Christmas music, this is a nice twist on it. It's all instrumental, just beautiful, beautiful treatments of great Christmas music and some of their own original creations as well.
I first discovered Mannheim Steamroller in 1985 while in Sacramento, interestingly enough, watching NFL playoff games. They played it as bumper music and I fell in love with it very quickly. I have a bit of an emotional attachment to it.
It happened to be some of the first Christmas music I, by happenstance, happened to be listening to upon learning of the death of my father. I've had this emotional connection. I was on an airplane, 40,000 feet, looking out the window. I thought I was looking at heaven.
"Silent Night" particularly — it's on their first Christmas album — first time I heard it to the end, the crescendo of strings, or not strings, but the replication of strings, actually brought tears to my eyes. We always close out our Christmas show with this version.
Tone-Loc – Funky Cold Medina
A well-known rap impresario, who I once met during a Rush to Excellence Tour somewhere near a paper mill in South Carolina. I only know that because of the smell. It was in Charleston, South Carolina, and he was staying at the same hotel I was. I was coming out of my room and ran into him in the hall. I said, "Hey, it's Tone-Loc. I play your tune in my bumper rotation." He looked at me like I was from Mars, but thanked me. It was in the early days. Where is he now? Where am I? Right here at the EIB Network.
Donna Summer – Love to Love You Baby
Donna Summer died, 63 years old, of cancer. We grew up with her, Snerdley. It really is sad. I met Donna Summer one time on an airplane. After the flight took off, she and her husband came up and introduced themselves. They were, quote, unquote, friends. They were one of us. That's what they wanted to come tell me. They were as nice as they could be. I was sitting there in awe. She was tall, beautiful, and dressed to the nines on this flight. Her husband is also a singer.
During her big string of hits, the disco era, I played those records on the radio. You listened to 'em; I played 'em. When I was in charge of producing the games, Kansas City Royals, I played Donna Summer stuff, pregame between innings and so forth. Yeah, there was a guy in the business department at the Royals that just had a crush on her that wouldn't stop. He would talk about nothing but Donna Summer. And nobody knew she was sick. Well, people knew that she was sick, but not that it was as advanced as it was.
But, yeah, she was a committed Christian. She was one of us. She was a right-winger. She came to hate the smut on the radio. She was not a fan of rap music at all. Do you remember the song, "Love to Love You, Baby"? Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho. Love to Love You, Baby. Oh. It was controversial back then. She was a pioneer. There's no question.
Al Wilson – Show and Tell
I love this song. I was a struggling young disk jockey in Pittsburgh in 1972. Al Wilson once called the program and talked to us!
Lou Rawls – Dead End Street
This guy was so great. He had an album called The Hawk, about the cold wind in Chicago. What a song that was. I listened to that stuff back when I was 16, 17. What a voice. He's a great, great singer. Like Otis Redding, that guy is so unappreciated, other than by those who listen to the music.
Love Unlimited Orchestra - My Sweet Summer Suite
Ahhh, the music maestro, Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra. You know, a wonderful genre of love songs passed away when Barry White passed away. What a set of pipes. And Barry White was great for fat guys everywhere. You, too, could wear a white suit, have a glass of white wine with the sexiest looking babe sitting next to you happy as she could be. I mean, it could happen to you, it could happen. Barry White made it possible.
The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez
This song is from 1958. I was seven in 1958. We have people in this audience, 25, 30-year-olds, they've never heard this. Do you realize what this must sound like to them? This has gotta sound like Enrico Caruso on a 78 rpm record my grandfather played to me when I was ten. Brian, you probably think this sounds like the worst, old, antique piece of crap — and, to me, this is a part of my childhood. This is one of the tunes I wanted to play one day on the radio.
It always fascinates me, people hearing things from the past. I saw a newspaper story the other day about how all the holiday movies out now are basically just rehashes. The same ones have been playing for 50 years, and it was about how the parents of today tell their kids, "Hey, kids, do you want to watch the Christmas movies that your mom and I watched when we were your age?" and the kids are going, "No way!" (laughing) The parents sit 'em down to watch it and it's Charlie Brown. It's the animated Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. (interruption) What? Yeah, they still watch 'em, right? They still do, 'cause those are timeless. Those are actually timeless.
Telstar - The Tornados
This is one of those songs, I'm 11 or 12 years old, I'm listening to it on the radio wanting to be the guy on the radio one day playing the song. It was a song dedicated to our first satellite after Sputnik. It's a British group called The Tornados. It's like 1962 and it's a forerunner to techno music. That's exactly what it was, a forerunner to techno. Except this has a melody that you can kind of hum along to, makes you happy. Tornados and Telstar, dedicated to our first satellite that we put up there after Sputnik.
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Wicked Wilson, back in the pre-rap days. I loved the pre-rap days. I just did.


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Annual leave
Here I was all about to start a blog post called "That's 2006, then," when I realized I'd already done that in 2004. Except it was called "That's 2004, then." Because it was 2004 at the time. Not 2006.
One of the problems with writing all the time is I tend to unwittingly repeat myself. For example, the other day I received an e-mail that chilled my spine:
Please stop using the line "he'd never seen so many expensive pairs of shoes in one place." You have used it in all three novels, and it has about outlived its utility.
Could I really be unintentionally inserting the same line into all my books? That would be pretty embarrassing. And probably sign of some kind of encroaching mental defect. Some kind of new encroaching mental defect, I mean. So I went searching through my manuscripts. Sure enough I found this in Jennifer Government:
John had never been surrounded by so many good pairs of shoes.
… and this in Company:
It turns out to be a bar so stylish that it has dispensed with anything as obvious as trying to look like a bar, and at at seven o'clock on a Friday evening it is full of deep orange sunshine and more pairs of expensive shoes than Jones has ever seen in one place.
But I couldn't find anything similar in Syrup, thank God. That's only two out of three! I reckon that lets me off the hook. And what about all the lines that aren't the same? Nobody writes in about those!
Anyway, that's it from me for the year. Thanks so much to all you guys who visit my site, and read my books, and validate my life. If it wasn't for you, I'd be broke, bitter, and spending most nights fighting homeless guys for loose change. Well, I do that anyway, but it's a lifestyle choice.


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The "More Excellent Way" Experiment
Yesterday I challenged you to ask the question "What is the more excellent way?" at three decision points. I mentioned that I would take the challenge as well, and report back here on the results. I actually asked myself the question more than three times, but I'll give three examples here.
The first example was an e-mail. I dash out these things so quickly that I rarely take the time to read them over more than once. But this time I thought carefully about what I was writing, who I was writing it to and why. I took to the time to make sure I was clear, that there were no incorrect spellings and word choices, and most of all, I made it as short as I possibly could, to respect the time of the readers.
The second example was in a meeting that I was holding. It was a meeting I really didn't even want to have, but I took the time to find out why we were holding the meeting and prepared accordingly. I tried to be direct and to the point, and I listened carefully to each comment in the meeting without interrupting. I took notes, and I followed up on the comments.
In the last example I had some code to write for a system I manage. It was simple code, but I thought about the point of it, wrote it as well as I could, commented it properly and even included – gasp – error handling!
Now, does everything deserve our utmost effort and time? No. If we went to the detailed level on everything, we'd kill our productivity and possibly drive other people (who might be waiting on us) crazy. But simply asking that question - "What is the more excellent way?" – allows us to be more professional, and to choose when and where we apply a higher level of detail. It's helped me, and I hope I can stay in the habit of keeping the question in mind.


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Damian Joseph McGinty, Jr. (born September 9, 1992), is one of the two winners of the Glee spin-off The Glee Project in which young hopefuls compete for a spot on Glee.
Personal Life
McGinty was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, as the son of Damian McGinty, Sr., and Joanne McGinty. Damian has two siblings, Emmet and Gemma.
McGinty has been in a relationship with Anna Claire Sneed since (made it official in) April 2014[1]; the couple married on June 1, 2019.[2]
McGinty has been performing for over a decade, winning his first singing competition when he was just five years old. In 2006, McGinty won another competition and the following year he made a CD which was recorded for charity. He is a former member of the popular Irish singing group "Celtic Thunder."
He won a 7-episode arc on Glee in season one of The Glee Project, although his contract was extended. He played Rory Flanagan, an exchange student who is living with Brittany's family. His first appearance was in Pot o' Gold, where he was Brittany's 'leprechaun'. After that, he went on to portray Rory till the end of Season 3.
When Glee premiered its fourth season, it was revealed Damian wouldn't portray Rory that season. Before coming back on Glee for its third Christmas episode, Damian McGinty was busy making his EP (Source ).
Damian Mcginty's Extended Play album
Damian McGinty's Extended Play album was released on December 12, 2012.
The pop/alternative genre album contains five songs:
- "Run"
- "This Is Your Song"
- "With or Without You"
- "Yellow"
- "That's What Friends are For"
This Glee actor, playing the role of Rory, is soaring high in the American iTunes charts. The pre-orders for his debut EP outsold Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Christina Aguilera, and even the Glee soundtrack, putting the album on top 13 of the charts between Maroon 5 on 12, and One Direction on 13 (November 28, 2012). (Source)
- Damian McGinty (Rory Flanagan) and Samuel Larsen (Joe Hart) said that they wanted a storyline with Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray) or Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce). McGinty finally got it with Morris, and Larsen with Agron.
- Damian won his first singing competition at 6 years of age.
- When he was still a child, his parents thought it would be a good idea for him to sing karaoke at a local pub. After he sang someone said he should try out for Celtic Thunder. After going through the audition process, he finally made it. He began touring with the Irish vocal group, Celtic Thunder, at age 14.
- He was the youngest member of "Celtic Thunder."
- Damian had to resign from Celtic Thunder due to the commitment of starring in Glee. He described the parting as "bittersweet."
- He was the youngest contestant on the The Glee Project (September 9, 1992), with the second being Alex Newell (August 20, 1992).
- His audition song for The Glee Project was "Lean On Me."
- He had trouble acquiring a U.S. visa to work for The Glee Project and almost had to drop out of the competition. However, his visa pulled through last minute and he was able to be a part of the final 12.
- On his first time in the bottom 3 on The Glee Project, instead of singing "I wish that I had Jessie's girl," he accidentally sang "I wish that I was Jessie's girl."
- He was the only one of the final four contenders to never win a homework assignment.
- Along with Alex, he was the contestant who performed for Ryan Murphy most times.
- A feature predicting his win on The Glee Project was the second highest-rated article ever for the industry blog welovesoaps.com, garnering tens of thousands of views.
- Hannah from The Glee Project had a crush on Damian. She said that he admitted to liking her back, just that it was edited out of the show.
- He once had a girlfriend, Jenna, for three years but when faced with choosing her or his career, he decided to pick his career. This caused him to pick "Numb" as his vulnerability because he's not sure if he'll ever be able to love someone for the amount of time needed.
- Originally, Damian was chosen to be eliminated in Sexuality, but Cameron Mitchell's decision to withdraw from the competition (due to the fact that he wasn't comfortable with being kissed by someone other than his girlfriend and thought that, if that's what he needed to do to be an actor, he wasn't ready) saved him for another week.
- His voice type is a bass-baritone, a unique voice type among the final 12.
- He can be spotted in the audience of Glee: The 3D Concert Movie during Teenage Dream
- His favorite drink is a Caramel Macchiato and a Caramel Frappuccino from Starbucks.
- Damian's favorite singers are Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra.
- His favorite bands include Coldplay and Journey.
- His musical role models are Paul McCartney and Gary Barlow from the UK band "Take That."
- Damian has been learning guitar for the last two years, but isn't sure if he can play well yet.
- His favorite breakfast is yogurt and fruit.
- Damian enjoys eating Thai food, which he recently discovered and loved, and sushi, which he ate for the first time while on tour with Celtic Thunder.
- He is a fan of the UK hit show "The X Factor"and is a fan of Jedward, an Irish act originating from the show. However, he was ineligible to audition for "The X Factor" due to his recording contract with Celtic Thunder. He is however, eligible to audition for The Glee Project with a recording contract.
- His "Irish" rap has been very popular among many members of The Glee Project cast, including McKynleigh Abraham and Lindsay Pearce who seem to be able to recite the rap on their own.
- His favorite characters on Glee are Artie, Quinn, and Sue.
- He loves football (soccer).
- His favorite TV shows are Lost, Alcatraz and Glee.
- If he wasn't a performer, he stated that he would most likely be a lawyer.
- It has been stated several times that he is best friends with Cameron. The two are often referred to as "Dameron."
- He is living in LA with Cameron Mitchell as his roommate.
- He and Cameron have a webshow together called CDTV with videos found in both his and Cameron's YouTube channels. His rap Do You Know Whatta Mean? was performed by the two, with Cameron beatboxing, in Damian's first video.
- This clip of Damian at the Glee concert in Dublin was featured in Glee 3D. This is further supported when Damian states that he was in the movie. (Source)
- Has always wanted to meet former "The X Factor" UK and USA judge Cheryl Cole because he thinks she is "the most beautiful woman in the world,"
- These artists would be seen on his iPod: Adele, The Beatles, Bobby Darin, Coldplay, David Gray, Dean Martin, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble.
- His favorite song is "Lego House" by Ed Sheeran.
- His first concert was to see Lenny Kravitz.
- Damian's favorite vacation spot is Marbella, Spain.
- Prior to the show, Damian has never had a singing lesson. However, currently, he is enrolled at North Western Regional College majoring in performing arts.
- He had a goldfish named Rufus who died on Sept. 5 2011, but now currently owns a fish named Angus. (Source)
- Damian goes to Mass. (Source)
- He misses Ireland because of his family and friends, but he does love LA.
- He had never heard of Jessie's Girl, even though it was sung by Finn in Laryngitis.
- In just the few weeks between when his first episode wrapped and when it premiered, Damian has kept busy with a video supporting school children in Haiti, a video from his new band, and a video launching season two of The Glee Project. (Source)
- Closest friends on the set of Glee are Kevin McHale (Artie), Darren Criss (Blaine), and Cory Monteith (Finn).
- All the Glee cast members understand his accent, except for Lea Michele (Rachel).
- His celebrity crush is Selena Gomez.
- His name is often misspelled "Damien," and is misspelled in the same way on the back of Celtic Thunder's Storm DVD.
- Damian is often referred to as "the little Irish guy".
- His nickname is "Damo."
- His favorite movie is Toy Story 3.
- He was named after his father.
- His favourite colour is red.
- His favourite sweet treat is chocolate chips.
- Chris and Cory think he's the sweetest of the Glee Cast.
- He loves to play FIFA.
- He loves to wear sunglasses and frequently loses them as stated in a Glee 3D interview.
- He once asked if Gotham City was an actual city.
- Thought the term B-Fast meant Belfast.
- In a post-finale interview of the Glee project with him and co-winner Samuel Larsen, he stated the if he saw Tony Benett sitting in front of him, he would cry.
- The first time he ever watched Twilight, he cried.
- He likes Taylor Swift's music.
Partners on the Glee Project
- Hannah (Pairability)
- Matheus (Pairability)
- Lindsay (Sexuality)
For songs performed on Glee, see Rory Flanagan.
The Glee Project
- Lean On Me (Audition Song)
- Jessie's Girl (Individuality)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight (Vulnerability)
- Danny Boy (Sexuality)
- I've Gotta Be Me (Generosity)
- Beyond The Sea (Glee-ality)
- Lady Is A Tramp (Matheus) (Pairability)
- These Boots Are Made For Walkin (Matheus) (Pairability)
Solos (In a group number)
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Individuality)
- Firework (Individuality)
- Bad Romance (Theatricality)
- We're Not Gonna Take It (Theatricality)
- Please Don't Leave Me (Vulnerability)
- Mad World (Vulnerability)
- Hey, Soul Sister (Dance Ability)
- U Can't Touch This (Dance Ability)
- Need You Now (Pairability)
- Bulletproof (Tenacity)
- Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby (Tenacity)
- Like A Virgin (Sexuality)
- Teenage Dream (Sexuality)
- True Colors (Believability)
- The Only Exception (Believability)
- Lean on Me (Generosity)
- SING (Generosity)
- Don't Stop Believin' (Glee-ality)
- Raise Your Glass (Glee-ality)
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Andrew Le of the Hope College music faculty will present a piano recital on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert will feature works ranging from a follow-up to a 2008 audience-favorite, to a piece that resulted in a sprained thumb the last time Le intended to perform it. The program will consist of selections from "Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs" ("Somebody Loves Me," "Embraceable You," "I Got Rhythm"), by Earl Wild; "Benediction of God in Solitude," by Franz Liszt; "Images, Book Two" ("The Bells Through the Leaves," "The Moon Descends Upon the Temple That Once Was," "Fish of Gold"), by Claude Debussy; and the original 1913 version of the "Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36," by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a healthy and non-perishable food item, all of which will be donated to the Holland Rescue Mission.
In discussing the reason for the food drive, Le noted that a study done in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that 35 million Americans, including 12 million children, live with hunger. "And these figures are from 2006; after the economic crisis of October 2008, more Americans, including those who still have jobs, are turning to emergency agencies for help," Le said.
Suggested items include canned fruits and vegetables, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, pasta, flour, diapers, infant formula, baby wipes and baby foods.
Regarding the opening work by Wild, Le explained, "I played Earl Wild's concert transcription of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in a 2008 faculty recital, and it was so well-received that I felt I should program more of Wild's Gershwin transcriptions for this year's recital."
Le said that Liszt's "Benediction of God in Solitude" shows a side of the composer that most are not familiar with: poetic and religious. Liszt lived a rock-star life filled with hundreds of concerts, innumerable women and licentiousness, but ultimately found peace in being ordained as a priest. Le noted that "Benediction of God in Solitude" contains very little in the way of what is traditionally considered Lisztian virtuosity, but its poetic quietude and sublimity belies the immense technical difficulties that still challenge the performer.
Debussy composed two sets of Images, and Le will be presenting the second set. The first piece of the set, "The Bells Through the Leaves," is said to have been inspired by the sounds of church bells being resonating through the French countryside between All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. The middle piece, "The Moon Descends Upon the Temple That Once Was," evokes murky ruins in a foreign land. Le described the final piece, "Fish of Gold," as a tour-de-force in both technique and tone painting.
After a short intermission, Le will present Rachmaninoff's "Second Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 36" in its original 1913 form. Rachmaninoff revised the work in 1931, making it shorter, less dense, and somewhat more accessible, and the original version is rarely played. The last time Le performed the Second Sonata - which he said is one of his favorite pieces of all time--was at his bachelor's degree recital, 12 years ago in 1999. He had planned on performing it as a student at Juilliard in 2003, but unfortunately sprained his left-hand thumb practicing it. So, the performance never happened, and he never wanted to touch the piece again. However, he explained that the sheer power of the music proved irresistible, and he is deeply excited to be revisiting it for this upcoming recital.
In addition to presenting the musical selections, Le invites audience members to engage with him about the program.
"Last, but not least, audience members who have been to my recitals at Hope in the past have expressed an appreciation for my program notes, composed in the style of a self-interview. I am pleased to say that I will be doing that again this year, but would also like to encourage the public to join in on the conversation," he said. "If anyone has a question about the program or about the food donation to the Holland Rescue Mission, or anything else at all, feel free to ask (both before and after the recital) online on my Formspring, which can be found at http://www.formspring.me/drewle. There is no need to register or submit any personal information whatsoever to ask questions; simply type it in and I will answer you soon!"
More information can be found online at Le's website, www.drewle.com.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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From the sound of it, this level 1 character is one of a few hackers who discovered a bug or an exploit that allowed them to fly about World of Warcraft, insta-killing everyone. The plague broke out this weekend on multiple servers, and was seen in Stormwind, the Alliance capitol.
It may not be immediately clear but the carrier in this video is the level one priest seen flying around. The combat log said only that you had died, without listing who or what killed you.
DualShockers reports that publisher Blizzard is busy with server restarts to fix an unrelated connection issue, but that this exploit may be hackers gaining access to GM commands.
We've reached out to a Blizzard representative to see if the publisher has any reaction to the glitch, explanation of it, or plans to fix it.
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70 ELDER DNA kits are now divided into at least
6 separate groups by their DNA matches,
plus others that don't match any ELDER group.
See also Family Tree DNA ELDER charts:
CHART 1. FRANKLIN CO PA group: 24 matching entries
Includes known descendants
of "ROBERT ELDER, b. 1730 Perth, Scotland - d. 1807 FRANKLIN CO PA."
Also includes 4 descendants of
"GEORGE ELDER, d. 1800 Bedford Co PA,"
and one known descendant of
"DAVID ELDER and MARGERY STEWART" - FRANKLIN CO PA.
(Those 3 Rev. War Soldiers could be brothers.)
Others matching:
JAMES ELDER SR. of Clarion Co PA
JOHN ELDER, Mercer Co PA
JOHN ELDER, Beaver Co PA
JAMES AND JOHN ELDER of RANDOLPH CO NC
ANDREW R. ELDER- March 15,1795 -July 1854 in Alexander County, NC
JOHN ELDER, res. Iredell Co NC 1800
SAMUEL ELDER, Sevier Co TN
JACOB ELDER d. 1818 Lincoln Co KY
JOHN ELDER, b. abt 1814 NC
Kit #116194
William S. ELDER b. 1826 Franklin Co PA - d. 1887 Clarion Co PA
CHART 2. GLASGOW group: 5 Newly traced Descendants from Scotland.
(Not matching other ELDER lines)
CHART 3. MAINE ELDER group (4 entries): http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/Maine.htm
by Jim Weyand
# Name: Samuel ELDER
# Sex: M
# Birth: 29 AUG 1748 in Windham, ME
# Death: 10 MAY 1819 in Gorham/Windham, Me
# Occupation: Carpenter
Father: Samuel ELDER b: BEF 1710 in Artemore, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland
Mother: Mary HUSTON b: ABT 1700
A. SAMUEL TYNG ELDER (matches 12/12, 35/37, 64/67 with England)
b. 1784 Portland, Cumberland, ME,
d. 1829 Moss Point, Jackson Co., MS
B. ANDREW ELDER d. 1807 Madison Co., KY (12/12, 65/67 with ME/MS)
C. ALEXANDER ELDER,b. 1796, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland,
England (12/12, 64/67 with ME/MS and KY)
D. GEORGE ELDER (b. 1811 E. Anstruther, Fife - d. Ontario, Canada) (12/12)
JOHN ELDER (b. 1769 Crail, Fife)
may be related to JOHN ELDER, b. 1806 Crail, Fife - immigr. NJ/CT
See CRAIL notes:
CHART 4. PAXTANG PA: 8 entries
ANCESTOR and RELATIVE:
A."ROBERT ELDER, b. 1679 Scotland-- d. PAXTANG PA" (3 entries)
[his son "Rev. John ELDER of PAXTANG"]
[Excellent Descendant's paper trail with DNA to match this
very different "I = VIKING HAPLOGROUP"]
B."Robert Scott ELDER" --his ELDER family still lives in
ELDERS RIDGE PA--they have an ELDER family BIBLE to
prove he is the 10th ROBERT in the PAXTANG line. See:
C. JOHN ELDER of BALLYMONEY, Co. ANTRIM, Northern Ireland (2), see
D. ROBERT ELDER of Inch Island, Co. Donegal, Ireland, see
Inch Island ELDER webpage:
E. William Hoyt Elder, b. 1867, Spartanburg, SC
matches 66/67-- STEWART #5830, 36246, etc.
F. ROBERT ELDER, b. 1828 Indiana Co PA - d. 1892 Dallas Co IA (10/12)
CHART 5. PETER ELDER of VA group: entries
Excellent paper trails for these matching entries.
(Lee ELDER book)
See Worldconnect by Melissa Speed
Bob Elder's webpage for documents and notes, at
WorldConnect for Kendle Elder of "PETER ELDER" group
CHART 6. WILLIAM ELDER (Catholic of Frederick Co MD): 5 entries
Excellent paper trail for 4 of these matching entries.
Other ELDER researchers have known CATHOLIC paper trails.
More research needed for Owen Leroy ELDER, b. 1883 Arkansas,
Father may be H.O. ELDER
f: Thomas Elder, b. 1812 KY
f: Ignatius ELDER, b. 1782 MD
Sharon Gifford's WorldConnect
for Ignatius ELDER
Emmitsburg MD Cemetery photos by Patrick Elder, Sept. 2006
Links to photo on one webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/StMarys/Emmitsburg.htm
7. More Different ELDER DNA in file which doesn't match any ELDER,
some of them in Scotland!


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Belgium is "in" and, suddenly, so may be Belgitude.
French and Dutch-speaking Belgians have come together to celebrate their national soccer team, whose 2-1 win over Croatia on Friday secured the Red Devils a place at next year's FIFA World Cup, their first major international tournament in 12 years.
The team's success, combined with the crowning of a new king, Philippe, and the naming of the first Belgian since 1977 to win a Nobel prize has prompted talk of a renewed national identity, dubbed Belgitude.
It has also left some glum faces among those seeking a separate Flemish state and their party, the N-VA.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo and members of his coalition government have been keen to ride the Red Devils wave, some tweeting photos of themselves waving the team's plane off from the tarmac at Brussels airport, for example.
"The morale in the country is rising and I really hope that it will lead to Belgian unity because we are more powerful together," Brussels resident Pascal Grison said at the weekend market on Flagey Square the morning after the win.
The N-VA, the largest party in the federal parliament, has found it hard to share the national joy.
"Those flag colors on the cheeks? I don't care for the Belgian flag, it leaves me cold," Jan Peumans, president of the Flemish regional parliament, said in an interview in P-Magazine.
Peumans said he only learned of Belgium's 2-0 win over Scotland last month in the newspapers and added he felt sorry for the losers, who are in the middle of their own identity debate and will hold a referendum on separating from the UK next year.
Belgium has long been split between Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia, with different education systems and regional policies. The unemployment rate in Wallonia is about twice the level in northern Flanders, where many voters feel they are subsiding the left-wing policies of the south.
Antwerp Mayor Bart de Wever, another N-VA leader, told Belgian television he supported the national team because it contained Flemish players, but declined to utter the phrase "I support Belgium" when pressed to do so.
De Wever, like all N-VA politicians, must maintain a delicate balancing act between the minority of Flemish voters who support the party because they genuinely want independence and those who like its contrarian, center-right views.
"Many who vote N-VA don't share its separatist agenda at all. In Flanders, only a minority of voters want an independent Flanders. It's bizarre, but you can vote N-VA and be a Red Devils fan," Ghent politics professor Carl Devos said.
Fons Jena, a 24-year-old in the Flemish town of Overijse, said he was concerned about the effect of the soccer success on federal and regional elections due next May.
"I fear that it will have a negative effect for the N-VA in the election," Jena said. "All of this, including the new king a few months back, is all falling into place for the current government."
An opinion poll released on Friday showed that support for the N-VA in Flanders had dropped beneath 30 percent for the first time since the 2010 election, although it remains comfortably the region's largest party.
Dave Sinardet, a political scientist at Brussels' Free University, said although the World Cup was unlikely to be a big factor for the N-VA next year, the national mood was bound to be a concern for the separatist movement.


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There's a starving genre known as the top-down racer. It's home to some of the all-time greats like Micro Machines, and some under-appreciated party games like Mashed (yes, totally serious, play with friends after/during beers).
It's also home, sort of, to Real World Racing, an indie title by Italian studio Playstos Entertainment. While it's got the top-down perspective of more playful games, it's also going for a realistic art style (complete with satellite-sourced tracks) and more serious handling of the cars.
Real World Racing is currently up for voting on Steam Greenlight. You can visit the game's official site below.
Real World Racing [Official Site, via Indie Games]


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Get ready for new storage management tools
You've selected your tools for implementation. Now get ready to deploy them.
If you believe the hype, this is the year storage management tools will burst onto the scene. According to Gartner Dataquest, storage management software revenue grew from $5.3 billion in 2000 to $8.5 billion in 2002 and will continue its ascent to $16.7 billion in 2005.
Companies would certainly welcome true enterprise storage management platforms with open arms. Today's landscape of proprietary element management tools provide little help to cope with storage growth and data protection. If the storage industry can deliver open, scaleable software platforms that manage heterogeneous storage, enable higher utilization rates and automate processes, CIOs will have cause for celebration.
Before you break out the champagne, it's important to look at the lessons learned in the past. Remember the large enterprise management frameworks such as Computer Associates Unicenter, Hewlett-Packard OpenView, and Tivoli TME ? Similar to today's storage management platforms, these software solutions were supposed to unify management tasks into a common command and control center. The vision was compelling: a single management platform to monitor and manage distributed systems and networks across the enterprise. Large companies couldn't resist. They purchased software and engaged in multiyear implementations to bridge their enterprise management environment. It was expensive and difficult, but the payoff would be worth the effort.
You can probably anticipate how this story ended. According to the Meta Group, approximately 70% of the big framework implementations ended in failure. Many companies abandoned these projects and went back to more subdued and contained management environments, although most projects failed because of IT shortcomings, not product weaknesses. IT never took the time to make the organizational and process changes to ensure success.
|Building a storage management project plan
This brings us back to storage management. To give your company the best chance of success, you need a comprehensive storage management software project plan before implementing big storage management suites. How? A consultant friend of mine suggests adopting a four-phased model that helps prepare you through organizational and operational process changes (see "Building a storage management project plan," this page). This plan encompasses the complete range of project lifecycle stages: assess, design, test, implement and operate.
Phase 1
An effective storage management project goes beyond managing boxes and storage utilization. Start with a thorough understanding of business and service requirements as they relate to storage. What kind of data protection do different business applications need? What about remote mirroring for disaster protection? How can storage help deliver better system performance? How can the storage architecture provide better access to data? When these requirements are defined, IT will have a better idea what the storage management software must deliver.
Once the business is covered, the project shifts to IT operations. This involves a comprehensive look at policies and processes. The key objective is to find and fix operational weaknesses prior to any new management software implementation.
As business and IT operations requirements become clear, it's time to put together RFIs and RFPs. Let some of your best engineering and operations people research available options. If installed accounts are sited within trade press articles, call the company listed for additional information on products and vendors. Check user groups as well.
Phase 2
Now onto the design and test. Note the overlap between the first and second phase and plan. The effectiveness of a storage management project ultimately depends on the skills and organization of your people. Figure out how the storage management group interfaces with other IT and business organizations during this phase. How will the storage management group collaborate with business groups to prioritize requirements? What about the organizational structure within the storage management group in terms of job responsibilities, lines of command and management?
Along with the organizational model comes the process architecture. This entails understanding how procedures are carried out and reported within the storage management group and across IT. As previously mentioned in my column, I'm a big fan of IT governance models. Look into standards such as the information technology infrastructure library (ITIL), information technology system management (ITSM) and control objectives for information and related technology (CobiT) for some ideas on IT governance before you go about reinventing the wheel.
Phase 2 also begins the technology nuts and bolts investigation. Assume that you'll need several storage and element management tools from various vendors. What type of integration will you need here? Data level? Application level? UI level? Will this be done through standards like the simple network management protocol (SNMP) or will you need to develop customer code?
Phase 3
Phase 3 bridges the design, test and implementation phases. All of the process and storage management design work done in Phase 2 should be fully developed by now. Granular process details should be agreed on and supported by full documentation. Project plans should be underway with tasks assigned and scheduled.
By Phase 3, you should be further down the tools integration road and into functional testing. Make sure to simulate for production-type levels and don't forget to check system and tools security. You should also be working with various vendors to bring in their products and see how they respond in your test environment. This is where you need to be picky. No surprise that storage management software vendors have been known to stretch the truth with regards to product and integration capabilities. Make sure that the vendors have some skin in the game with onsite technical resources to help you test their products.
As you test products and processes, are you achieving the results you expected? If you've done a good job through the first few phases, you should be, but there are always unexpected circumstances that need to be accounted for. By verifying your manageability testing, you will uncover and address these issues before systems go into production.
Phase 4
The final phase should be more than checking off boxes in the project plan. The previous work on process definition and testing should lead to a smooth transition here. As the storage management tools begin to report on storage health and performance, your people should know how to interpret and react to this information. Others within IT should be able to anticipate the storage management environment's impact on their areas, as well.
It's time to install equipment and set up a storage command center. Don't forget security: patch operating systems and applications and lock down physical security.
The storage team should receive product and process training so they are prepared for release to production.
Ultimately, the four-phased approach is far more important than the actual software tool. Vendors will cover all the basics, but preparing the company with the right organization model and supporting processes can make or break the entire effort. Make sure to budget and prepare for this work and seek professional service help if necessary. By doing so, your company can achieve ROI goals and enable storage management efforts that help drive the business.


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Ubisoft is very satisfied with what Assassin's Creed: Liberation sold and teases more Aveline on future releases
Oh sweet, nice to hear we'll be getting more AC on Vita. Hopefully the second installment will be a bit more fleshed out since they've had time to work with the system now.
Hopefully not
I just thought Aveline was bland, there was no character to her. I really want them to feature another Assassin if they are going to do a new one, maybe that Russian one from the comics.
It bugs me, same goes for Connor, why can't they get good voice actors for the roles. They always seem a little robotic or emotionless.
I hope they do a female Assassin for AC4 though, maybe that London setting during the WW1/WW2 would be good fit while all the men are out to war. Least then we can get more of a backstory on Eve and her descendants.
I really want to see the series continuation on Vita. Hopefully they can do something big.
Hmm this is good news, rather a different assassin though with a slightly better character/storyline going on but the game was good so :)
It is good to hear. When developers get a handle of what the Vita can do they can make games more suited to the hardware. Knowing the strengths & limitations of the system Ubisoft & other developers can use the knowledge they now have to improve the games they make for the Vita.


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Terrorism has done some really terrible things to America in recent years, but we would be remiss if we didn't mention the government's response, and the childlike wonder it inspires in visitors to the Financial District.
This according to an Associated Press story that for unclear reasons documents the ways in which security has tightened over the years:
Not far from the New York Stock Exchange, a small crowd of tourists stopped to watch as a bomb-sniffing dog checked out a delivery van. The cobblestoned street was blocked by a line of brass cubes with holes that glowed red like the inside of a toaster.
Suddenly an entire section of the street rotated, cobblestones and all. The cubes moved out of the van's way and their holes turned green. The crowd "ahhed" with surprise.
Also, there are police everywhere, there are police checkpoints everywhere and retractable blockades thwart would-be attackers at various intersections. And then the reporter wrote this:
Most New Yorkers appreciate the security. But some say they miss the days before terrorist plots became a constant worry.
The days when childlike wonder arose from things like sunsets and not from the sheer force of manpower and technology deployed in the name of security, in other words?
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Columbia Works Toward New Bike Share Program
COLUMBIA - Columbia is currently working on finding funds bicycles and stations for a bike share program.
Coordinator Lelande Rehard said the city is focusing on setting a strict business plan to make the bike share program work.
"There is a history in Columbia of doing a bike share program," he said. "It has failed in the past because the bicycles were donations so they required a lot of maintenance and we just did not have an efficient system back then."
Each station, with bikes, would cost roughly $25,000 to $35,000, depending on the size of the station, configuration and whether the bikes are solar-power or electrical power.
Bike share programs are recognized as efficient transportation systems in European cities.
Different U.S. cities recently began adopting the idea as well, such as Washington, D.C., New York, and Spartanburg, N.C.
Kansas City, Mo. started a bike-share program called B-Cycle in July 2012. For a start-up cost of $400,000, the city installed 12 stations with 90 bikes in the downtown area.
Kansas City resident Leah Stephens said she supports the program, but has not seen many shared bikes in use.
"I think it is an efficient system and I think it is a reminder that there are other alternatives to getting around," Stephens said. "I usually park out of downtown and walk to my car, but it's putting in the idea that I can take the bike around instead."
Rehard said bicycles benefit the environment.
"There's certainly environmental aspects as far as emissions reductions and getting more cars off the road," he said. "It costs a lot less to use a bike as opposed to a car, it can help with congestion and there's exercise aspects."
BikeWalk KC's executive director Eric Rogers said the program collects a lot of data.
"We can figure out what our emission savings are," he said. "Folks who have used B-Cycle instead of driving prevented about 20,000 pounds of C02 going into the atmosphere."
Rogers said, since July of last year, the program has helped Kansas City reduced not only greenhouse gas emissions but also pollutants that can cause problems with air quality and asthma.
Rehard said once Columbia receives funding for its own bike share program, residents may see bicycle stations in downtown in the next few years.


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Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Jaiwon Shin emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 23, and in 1989, he joined NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH, where he served most recently as Chief of the Aeronautics Projects Office. In January 2008, he was named Associate Administrator of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.
NASA Tech Briefs: Dr. Shin, what are some of the primary responsibilities you have as the Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate?
Dr. Jaiwon Shin: I think my major role is supporting the Administrator for setting the direction for aeronautics R&D that NASA has put through. In order to do that more effectively, I have to work with many internal and external key stakeholders and partners to identify national challenges correctly and formulate NASA Aeronautics' top-level goals and objectives accordingly to address those national challenges. And certainly I have a lot of duties to advocate NASA's aeronautics program, and working with our domestic and international partners to form strategic partnerships. I view some of those as my primary responsibilities.
NTB: After years of limited or no funding increases, last year the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate received a $60 million budget increase. To what do you attribute this positive development?
Dr. Shin: That was a really good outcome that we all appreciated. I think it started from the consistent research direction that we were able to hang onto since 2006, not changing the main research direction so often, like every year-and-a-half or two years. We started producing a lot of really good, solid research results. In turn, what that did, in my view, is we started getting back our technological credibility. That came out of the excellent work we actually conducted, but also from maintaining partnerships with government agencies and the external community.
I think that building up technical credibility was the key and so many people who worked on NASA aeronautics programs all deserve a lot of credit. And then I emphasized to all of our people that we have to address the right national challenges. Not the ones that we like to work on, but ones that are really the groundswell national challenges that the community is really calling for. In this case it is mitigation of environmental impact due to aviation, and that is truly a national agenda in the aviation community, who are rallying behind it.
I also emphasized that we have to build technically credible content, so that's where we start. We went through almost a year long explanation and vetting with personnel internal and external to NASA, and although they were laborious efforts, we took a very systematic and methodical approach to painstakingly explaining what this technical project will do for the nation. And I emphasize for our folks that if we do the correct technical work and addressing the right national challenge, then money will follow.
I encouraged the people that you've got to trust the system. If we do the right thing, there will be enough people out there who see the value and will want to fund us.
NTB: Much of that new money has been allocated to something called the Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project. Tell us about that project and what NASA hopes to accomplish with it.
Dr. Shin: We have been working in both aircraft systems and operational aspects to reduce the impact of environmental aspects from aviation, and we have been doing that for many years. Out of those research activities a lot of promising concepts and technologies started emerging. With ERA – Environmentally Responsible Aviation – what we are trying to do is select the most promising technologies and combine them, meaning integrate them, and test them out to assess their integrated benefits and try to find out what is feasible as an integrated system. And we have to test these integrated technologies in a relevant environment. To us, the relevant environment means, many times, flight, but it doesn't necessarily mean flight all the way. It could be fairly sophisticated integrated testing on the ground, or it could be a combination of ground test and some flight test. The point is the integration and assessing of benefits in the relevant environment.


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Horrorfind Bound!
I'm packing up the Shea-mobile tonight so I can head out first thing tomorrow to the Horrorfind Weekend in Gettysburg, PA. I've been going there for years as a fan. This is the first time I get to go as a guest, and I'm thrilled. I'll be joined by six other Samhain Horror authors and will be signing books, doing readings and causing mayhem all weekend long. There will also be a film festival, costume contest, supernatural seminars, a horror themed car show and lots more. The cast of Pet Sematary will even be there, along with a ton of horror screen legends. To learn more, click here. Trust me when I say, Horrorfind is the most fun a horror fan will have all year. Come on down and have a drink with me. I promise, I'll buy a pitcher or two, or three, or four.
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About Hunter SheaHunter Shea is the product of a childhood weened on The Night Stalker, The Twilight Zone and In Search Of. He doesn't just write about the paranormal – he actively seeks out the things that scare the hell out of people and experiences them for himself. Hunter Shea is the product of a childhood weened on The Night Stalker, The Twilight Zone and In Search Of. He doesn't just write about the paranormal – he actively seeks out the things that scare the hell out of people and experiences them for himself. His novels, Forest of Shadows, Evil Eternal , Swamp Monster Massacre , Sinister Entity, Hell Hole, The Waiting and Island of the Forbidden are published through Samhain Publishing's horror line. Hell Hole was named Horror Novel Reviews #1 horror novel of 2014. His first thriller novel, The Montauk Monster, was released June, 2014 as a Pinnacle paperback, and was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the best reads of the summer. His follow up Pinnacle novel, Tortures of the Damned, a post apocalyptic thriller, will be out July, 2015. That will be followed up by his latest cryptid tale, The Dover Demon, in the fall through Samhain. His horror short story collection, Asylum Scrawls, is available as an e-book, straightjacket not included. Hunter is an amateur cryptozoologist, having written wild, fictional tales about Bigfoot, The Montauk Monster, The Dover Demon and many new creatures to come. A copy of his book, The Montauk Monster, is currently on display in the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, ME. He wrote his first novel with the express desire to work only with editor Don D'Auria at Dorchester (Leisure Horror). He submitted his novel to Don and only Don, unagented, placed on the slush pile. He is proof that dedicated writers can be rescued from no man's land. He now works with Don, along with several other agents and publishers, having published over ten books in just four years. Hunter is proud to be be one half of the Monster Men video podcast, along with his partner in crime, Jack Campisi. It is one of the most watched horror video podcasts in the world. Monster Men is a light hearted approach to dark subjects. Hunter and Jack explore real life hauntings, monsters, movies, books and everything under the horror sun. They often interview authors, cryptid and ghost hunters, directors and anyone else living in the horror lane. Living with his wonderful family and two cats, he's happy to be close enough to New York City to get Gray's Papaya hotdogs when the craving hits. His daughters have also gotten the horror bug, assisting him with research, story ideas and illustrations that can be seen in magazines such as Dark Dossier.
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Have a great time, Hunter. Take lots of pictures 🙂
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Thanks. I will. I'll Tweet them out during the con and post them on FB and the blog when I get back.
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We'lll be looking forward to hearing about all your adventures!
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And I have no idea why I wrote that in the plural!
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That was your collective inner voices speaking.
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The mission of the Center is to examine thoroughly questions of human values in healthcare contexts through literary works and to do so within clinical settings, medical and other health professional schools, and the liberal arts environment
Founded in 1990, the Center for Literature and Medicine provides interdisciplinary programs, courses, and summer seminars integrating humanities and health care. Through the study of the humanities, and in particular, through literary works, the Center examines critical healthcare issues. This work has application in clinical settings, academic medicine, health policy, and the liberal arts environment, and serves to deepen participants' ability to recognize, understand, and address ethical and humanistic issues in healthcare contexts.
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Venezuelans gathered on plazas and in churches to pray for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez amid what seems an increasingly gloomy outlook for the ailing leader in his fight against cancer.
Following an announcement that Chavez had suffered "new complications" from a respiratory infection after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, people were out in the streets of Caracas on Monday talking about the leftist president's chances of surviving.
"He's history now," said Cesar Amaro, a street vendor selling newspapers and snacks at a kiosk downtown.
He motioned to a daily on the rack showing side-by-side photos of Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, and said politics will now turn to them.
The vendor said he expected a new election soon to replace Chavez, who won re-election in October.
"For an illness like the one the president has, his days are numbered now," Amaro said.
In Bolivar Plaza in downtown Caracas, Chavez's supporters strummed guitars and read poetry in his honor on New Year's Eve. They sang along with a recording of the president belting out the national anthem.
About 300 people filled a Caracas church for a Mass to pray for Chavez.
"This country would be terrible without Chavez. He's the president of the poor," said Josefa Carvajal, a 75-year-old former maid who sat in the pews. "They say the president is very sick. I believe he's going to get better."
Chavez's aides held a Mass at the presidential palace, while government officials urged Venezuelans to keep their leader in their prayers.
Some who stood in Bolivar Plaza held pictures of Chavez. Speaking to the crowd, lawmaker Earle Herrera said that Chavez "is continuing to fight the battle he has to fight."
"He's an undefeated president and he'll continue to be undefeated," Herrera said.
Political analyst Ricardo Sucre said the outlook for Chavez appeared grim. Noting that Maduro appeared weary during a solemn TV appearance on Sunday night to announce the latest setback for Chavez, Sucre said that spoke volumes about the situation.
"Everything suggests Chavez's health situation hasn't evolved as hoped," Sucre said.
He said Maduro likely remained in Havana to keep close watch on how Chavez's condition develops.
"These hours should be key to having a more definitive prognosis of Chavez's health, and as a consequence to making the corresponding political decisions according to the constitution," Sucre said.
Sucre and other Venezuelans said it seems increasingly unlikely that Chavez would be able to be sworn in as scheduled on Jan. 10 for his new term.
The Venezuelan leader has not been seen or heard from since undergoing his fourth cancer-related surgery on Dec. 11, and government officials have said he might not return in time for his inauguration for a new six-year term.
If Chavez dies or is unable to continue in office, the Venezuelan constitution says that a new election should be held within 30 days.
Before his operation, Chavez acknowledged he faced risks and designated Maduro as his successor, telling supporters they should vote for the vice president if a new presidential election were necessary.
Chavez said at the time that his cancer had come back despite previous surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment. He has been fighting an undisclosed type of pelvic cancer since June 2011.


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Appeal brought on 29 April 2019 by Souruh SA against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 28 February 2019 in Case T-440/16 Souruh v Council
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Language of the case: French
Appellant: Souruh SA (represented by: E. Ruchat, avocat)
Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The appellant submits that the Court should:
Declare the appeal admissible and well founded;
Accordingly, set aside the judgment of 28 February 2019 (T-440/16);
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Annul Decision (CFSP) 2016/850 of 27 May 2016 1 and its subsequent implementing acts, in so far as they concern the appellant;
Order the Council to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Grounds of appeal and main arguments
The first ground of appeal alleges an error of law in that the General Court disregarded the applicant's right, enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, to be heard prior to the adoption of new restrictive measures.
The second ground of appeal alleges an error of law and distortion of the facts in that the General Court disregarded the items submitted by the applicant in support of its action for annulment to demonstrate that it did not support the Syrian regime.
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After 32 seasons at the helm of his alma mater's baseball program, John Smith retired with 882 victories as the winningest head coach in school history. In his current role, Smith works with interim athletics director Bill Macriss on special projects in relation to fundraising and development inside the athletic department.
On Oct. 2, 2009, Smith announced that the 2010 season would be his final year as the club's skipper.
The announcement came following a 2009 season that saw center fielder Tim Wheeler become the first player in program history to be taken in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft when the Colorado Rockies made him the 32nd overall selection.
In 2008, the Hornets made the Western Athletic Conference postseason tournament for the third straight season, and produced five all-conference performers. Additionally, seniors Ryan Blair (21st round) and David Flores (18th round), along with junior Gabe Jacobo (10th round), were selected in the MLB Draft.
Under Smith, Sacramento State battled for a spot in the NCAA Tournament down to the final weeks of the 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1998 seasons.
The Hornets, who narrowly missed out to Cal State Northridge on the final weekend of the 1991 season, were also a factor in the Western Athletic Conference race in the latter stages of the 1992 and '93 seasons. In 1998, Sacramento State again nearly found a spot in the postseason, losing to Long Beach State in the championship game of the Big West Tournament.
Since taking over the program in November of 1978, Smith produced 16 winning seasons, including 11 years with at least 30 wins and four years with at least 40 wins. In his 32 seasons as a head coach, he has posted 882 victories. The 882 wins are the most wins by any head coach for any sport in Sacramento State athletics history.
A strong recruiter, baseball tactician and program administrator, Smith took the 1988 Hornets to the finals of the NCAA Division II World Series. He has led the Hornets to NCAA postseason appearances four times during his tenure, winning two regional crowns and two trips to the NCAA Div. II Championships.
Smith was named the American Baseball Coaches Association/NCAA Western Regional Coach of the Year twice, in 1986 and in 1988.
Under Smith the Hornets had several successful seasons in the MLB Amateur draft, including the three player class in 2008. In 2007, pitcher Mitch Lively was selected in the 16th round of the draft by the Colorado Rockies, following an eight save campaign.
Prior to that, Hornet pitchers Ethan Katz and Warren Rosebrock were selected in the 2005 draft. Katz, who was the Hornets' No. 1 starter in 2004 and 2005, was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 26th round. Rosebrock, who played for the Hornets from 2002-05, was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 41st round.
Three Hornets from the 2004 season were also selected; Jack Arroyo was drafted in the 18th round by the Seattle Mariners, Craig Johnson was selected in the 19th round by the San Diego Padres and John Acha was selected in the 25th round by the San Francisco Giants.
The 2003 season proved to be the program's best representation in the draft as three Hornets were selected in the top 15 rounds. Chris Kinsey joined Erik Bennett as the highest draft selection in program history (prior to Wheeler) after being taken in the fourth round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jesse Schmidt was selected in the 10th round by the San Francisco Giants and Mikela Olsen went in the 15th round to the Florida Marlins. The trio became the highest selections in one year and were the most players picked in one season since 1993. Prior to the draft, Steve Correa signed a free-agent contract with the New York Mets.
Several other Smith-coached players have gone on to play professional baseball. Bret LeVier signed as a rookie free agent with Boston Red Sox in June 2004 and Casey Fuller signed with the Colorado Rockies in June of 2003. Jeff Groeger inked with the Cincinnati Reds in August of 2002. Chad Elliott and Casey Martinez were drafted in the 2000 Amateur Draft, and Jesse Krebs and Jimmy McFarland each signed free agent contracts that same year.
Smith took over the Sacramento State program in the winter of 1978. After the Hornets produced a 19-31 record in his first season, the team posted winning records in 14-consecutive seasons and won a league title. During that stretch, Sacramento State averaged 34.5 victories per year, including a program-best 43 wins during the 1988 season.
In Smith's early years, the Hornets finished second once and third twice in the Far West Conference. Sacramento State was also second in the Northern California Athletic Conference and won the NCAC title in 1985.
Sacramento State won the NCAA Division II Regionals in 1986 and 1988, advancing to the College World Series both years. In 1986, the Hornets finished third at the College World Series, and in 1988, Sacramento State lost to Florida Southern, 5-4, in 12 innings, in the final game to finish as the national runner-up.
Besides his NCAA West Regional Coach of the Year honors, Smith has been named Sacramento State Coach of the Year twice, in 1981 and 1986, and Sacramento Hall of Fame Coach of the Year four times. Among his other honors, Smith was selected to coach a team of collegiate all-stars that toured Czechoslovakia on a 10-week goodwill tour in the summer of 1992.
A native of Redding, Calif., Smith spent three years in the U.S. Army Special Forces as a Green Beret after junior college (College of the Siskiyous).
He spent the 1970 season as an assistant at College of the Siskiyous in Weed, Calif., followed by two years playing for Cal Boyes at Sacramento State in 1971 and 1972. He served as a graduate assistant for Boyes' 1973 team and graduated from Sacramento State that spring.
He spent the next five years as head baseball coach at Encina High School, where he led EHS to a Central Valley Conference title.
Smith also took the role of Associate Athletics Director at Sacramento State from February of 1999 until June of 2002. In his position, he was responsible for overseeing the football program while assisting with scheduling and the day-to-day operations of the athletics department.
John and his wife, Terry, who is the principal at O.W. Erlewine Elementary School, have two children, Heather and Bobby. Heather graduated in the spring of 2007 from Sacramento State, while Bobby graduated from the College of the Siskiyous Fire Academy and works as a firefighter.