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Hall Pass
Hall Pass is a 2011 American comedy film produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers and co-written by them along with Pete Jones,[3] the writer/director of Stolen Summer. It stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis.
|Hall Pass
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly
|Produced by
|Charles B. Wessler
Bradley Thomas
Benjamin Waisbren
Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
J.B. Rogers
Mark Charpentier
|Screenplay by
|Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Pete Jones
Kevin Barnett
|Story by
|Pete Jones
|Owen Wilson
Jason Sudeikis
Jenna Fischer
Richard Jenkins
Christina Applegate
|Music by
|Rolfe Kent
|Matthew F. Leonetti
|Edited by
|Sam Seig
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
Running time
|105 minutes
|United States
|$36 million[1]
|Box office
|$83.2 million[2]
Rick and Fred, two husbands who are having difficulty in their marriages, are given hall passes by their wives: for one week, they are allowed to have sex with other women.
It was theatrically released on February 25, 2011. The film received mixed critical reviews and was a moderate box office success by grossing over $83 million.
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Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best friends, as are their wives, Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate). They are both unhappy with their married lives in the suburbs of Providence and missing the old days when they were single. Realizing this, their wives talk to their friend Dr. Lucy (Joy Behar) and decide to give them a "hall pass": a week off from marriage during which they can have sex with other women. They are skeptical at first, but ultimately accept the offers and try to pick up women with their friends Gary (Stephen Merchant), Flats (J. B. Smoove) and Hog Head (Larry Joe Campbell). Maggie and Grace spend Rick and Fred's "Hall Pass Week" at Maggie's parents' house in Cape Cod, where Grace flirts with athlete Gerry (Tyler Hoechlin). She says that if their husbands have Hall Passes, so should they.
With their wives and children away, Fred and Rick check in at a hotel and prepare for their Hall Pass Week. On day one, they decide to eat before going to a local bar and get too tired to spend the night there, preferring to stay at the hotel.
On day two, they eat hash brownies and decide to play golf, but get too high and wreak havoc on the golf course.
On day three, Rick and Fred go to a bar with their friends but fail to impress the women there. They decide to get drunk in order to become more loose, but go too far and wind up getting into a fight with other customers. They spend day four at the hotel suffering from a hangover.
On day five, Rick goes to a local coffee shop where he flirts with an attractive waitress named Leigh (Nicky Whelan), much to the annoyance of her co-worker Brent who insults Rick. When Rick answers him back, Leigh is impressed and tells Rick that they might see each other at the local gym. They later meet there, and Leigh invites Rick for a beer after they work out. Rick decides to sit in the hot tub instead, but falls asleep and stays there for several hours, ending up with his muscles too weak to use and forced to accept the help of two naked men to leave - much to his dismay. Meanwhile, Grace and Gerry get closer, while Maggie finds herself attracted to Gerry's coach.
On day six, Rick and Fred go to a bar called Enter the Dragon with their friend Coakley (Richard Jenkins), where Rick meets his children's babysitter Paige (Alexandra Daddario), who has just turned 21 and is with her aunt Meg. Paige is attracted to Rick, but he shoots her down to dance with Leigh. Brent, the party's DJ, is angry at this. After the party is over, Rick goes to party at Coakley's while Fred takes a girl to his hotel room. However, she feels sick, and after a minor incident in the bathroom, is sent back home by Fred before they can have sex. Later that evening, Meg shows up at the room and mistakes Fred for Rick, eventually seducing him. Fred begins to fake oral sex on her.
Meanwhile, Gerry's coach tries to seduce Maggie, but she rebuffs him. Grace, on the other hand, has sex with Gerry, but tells him it will be just that one time. On her way back home, she feels guilty about cheating on Fred and has a car accident.
At Coakley's house, Rick is approached by Brent, who is angry at Rick for going out with Leigh. Leigh calms Brent, then finds Rick alone in a bedroom and offers him a one-time fling. He initially wants to do it, but ultimately rebuffs her, unable to cheat on Maggie. After answering Fred's phone, Rick learns of Grace's accident and makes his way to the hotel to tell him. In the lobby he finds Paige, who thinks he was having sex with Meg. They enter the room and find Fred having fake sex with her. After finding out the truth, Meg kicks Fred in the face.
Upon hearing about Grace's accident, Fred tries to go to the hospital but finds Brent vandalizing what he thought was Rick's car. Upon seeing Meg, his mother, at the hotel, Brent thinks Fred has had sex with her and tries to kill him as well, but runs out of bullets and is tackled by Paige and Meg. Rick and Fred make their way to the hospital with Brent and the police chasing them. At the hospital, Brent is arrested for attacking them and Fred finds out Grace only broke her nose.
Rick goes back home to Maggie. He tells her he did not use the Hall Pass and remembers the time he lost his virginity to her. She is the only woman he has ever been with. Moved by his declaration, Maggie tells him she did not use her Hall Pass either, and they reconcile and have sex for the first time in months.
Fred and Grace also reconcile and decide to hide their cheating from one another. However, Fred ultimately confesses that he used his Hall Pass with Meg when Grace asks him to take her to see Kathy Griffin.
During the credits, Fred hosts a barbecue where he pays Kathy Griffin to be present. Noticing how happy Maggie and Grace are following the Hall Pass week, Gary's wife suggests that she give him a Hall Pass. After a fantasy where he sleeps with a married woman, resulting in the death of her, her husband, her grandmother and several innocent bystanders and ending with him being raped in prison, Gary agrees to "give it a whirl".
- Owen Wilson as Richard "Rick" Mills, Maggie's husband
- Jason Sudeikis as Fred Searing, Grace's husband
- Jenna Fischer as Maggie Mills, Rick's wife
- Christina Applegate as Grace Searing, Fred's wife
- Joy Behar as Dr. Lucille "Lucy" Gilbert
- Nicky Whelan as Leigh
- Bruce Thomas as Coach Rick Coleman
- Alexandra Daddario as Paige
- Alyssa Milano as Mandy Bohac
- Derek Waters as Brent
- Kristin Carey as Aunt Meg
- Tyler Hoechlin as Gerry
- Stephen Merchant as Gary Putney
- J. B. Smoove as Flats
- Larry Joe Campbell as Hog Head McCormick
- Richard Jenkins as Coakley
- Rob Moran as Ed Long
- Lauren Bowles as Britney Long
- Vanessa Angel as Missy Frankinopoulos
- Dwight Evans as Maggie's father
- Bo Burnham as Bartender
The project began as a spec script written by Pete Jones, which the Farrelly brothers purchased in September 2005, paying a "high six-figure[s]."[4] Conundrum Entertainment, the Farrelly brothers production partnership with Bradley Thomas, produced the film, along with Charlie Wessler.[3] Owen Wilson was the first of the two leads to commit to the project; Sudeikis was the Farrelly brothers choice for the other lead role, but as of January 2010 it was still uncertain whether his commitment to his work on Saturday Night Live permitted his participation.[3]
Principal photography began in February 2010 in Atlanta, with Christina Applegate, Alyssa Milano, Larry Campbell and Vanessa Angel as late additions to the cast.[5] Although filmed in Georgia, the film's setting, like most Farrelly brothers films, is New England;[3] specifically Providence, Rhode Island. Georgia was chosen due to incentives introduced by the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act of 2008; according to the Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Hall Pass was part of Hollywood's nearly one billion outlay in the state during 2010; Marc Fischer, an executive producer of Hall Pass, called Atlanta both more economical and easier to shoot in than Boston.[6] Fischer, also an executive producer for the Farrelly brothers' The Three Stooges film, had by May 2010 already begun pre-production work in Georgia for that film.[6]
Amanda Bynes was originally set to star in the film, but was replaced by Alexandra Daddario shortly after filming began.[7] Bynes later admitted she pulled out of the production due her now well-known Aderall addiction and mental health issues.[8]
This is the third time that Jason Sudeikis and Christina Applegate starred together in a film, the others being The Rocker and Going the Distance.
Box officeEdit
Hall Pass was #1 on opening day with $4.6 million, and initial estimates showed it at #2 for the weekend behind Gnomeo & Juliet, but Gnomeo & Juliet was overestimated and brought down to #2, putting Hall Pass in first with $13.5 million in its opening weekend.[9] It eventually grossed $45 million in North America and $38.2 million in other territories to a total of $83.2 million worldwide against a budget of $36 million.
Critical response Edit
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 33% based on 172 reviews and an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Some filmgoers may be surprised by the Farrellys' defense of traditional domestic values in Hall Pass – unfortunately, they'll probably also be dismayed by the absence of laughs."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 45 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.[12]
Critic Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half out of four stars saying, "A problem with Hall Pass, I think, is that both Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are affable, and the movie wants us to like them. It is often more useful for a comedy to have characters whose embarrassment we enjoy."[13] Richard Roeper gave the film a B−, stating that there are some points where it gets a little graphic, but it's all for a good laugh.[citation needed] The UltraCulture film blog said that its biggest problem wasn't its attitude to women (although that was brought into question), but its "disguising of an inherently conservative movie as some kind of anything-goes frat house sex romp."[14] "[W]e're supposed to cheer on both attitudes with equal vigour and that simply doesn't work when the film flits between them with such frequency."[14] British newspaper The Telegraph named Hall Pass one of the ten worst films of 2011, saying, "Hall Pass is outright hideous and also embarrassing, like a creepy uncle sporting a backwards baseball cap and cracking bad, lewd jokes for the under-thirties. At a funeral."[15]
- ^ Kaufman, Amy (February 24, 2011). "Movie Projector: Farrelly brothers' 'Hall Pass' to top Nicolas Cage's 'Drive Angry'". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ "Hall Pass (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Mike Fleming (January 5, 2010). "Farrellys Stall Stooges for Hall Pass". Variety. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ Mike Fleming (September 18, 2005). "Fox falls for Jones' 'Hall'". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ Jay A. Fernandez (February 25, 2010). "Applegate, Milano getting Hall Pass". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ a b Jack Egan (May 16, 2010). "Georgia shoots take off: Aggressive incentives draw high-profile pics". Variety. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ "Amanda Bynes Leaves The Farrellys' Hall Pass - /Film". Slashfilm.
- ^ Schreiber, Abby. "Break the Internet: Amanda, Please". Paper. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ "Weekend Report: 'Gnomeo' Denied, 'Hall Pass' Ekes Out Modest Victory". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Hall Pass (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
- ^ "Hall Pass". Metacritic. CBS.
- ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017.
- ^ Hall Pass, review by Rogert Ebert
- ^ a b "Hall Pass Hall Pourselves". Charlie Lyne.
- ^ "Ten worst films of 2011". The Telegraph. London. December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
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On Friday, federal prosecutors in Georgia filed criminal charges against four individuals in connection to two Android piracy sites, snappzmarket.com and appbucket.net, which the FBI shut down in August 2012. Prosecutors state that this is the first time domains for mobile app marketplaces have been seized.
Federal prosecutors claim that from May 2011 until August 2012, a Florida man named Kody Jon Peterson, 22, was involved with the distribution of "over one million" copyrighted applications through SnappzMarket. Two more Floridians, Thomas Allen Dye, 21 and Nicholas Anthony Narbone, 26, as well as Thomas Pace, 38, of Oregon, all identified themselves as being part of the Appbucket Group. The four men are charged conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and are accused of distributing another one million copyrighted apps through AppBucket from August 2010 to August 2012.
The distribution method in both cases was interesting. Rather than have users browse through a website, SnappzMarket and AppBucket both offered hacked versions of Google's Android Market app—pictured above—which users would install and use on their Android devices. The modded app stores would distribute pirated apps from a custom server and offered advanced features like update notifications, searching, and top app lists. The marketplaces would even show how much a pirated app would have originally cost, with a strike marked through the price.
"Copyright laws are designed to protect creative thinkers and encourage them to use their talents in ways that benefit society," said US Attorney Sally Quillian Yates in a statement. "These defendants are charged with violating the law by stealing copyrighted apps, thereby depriving the creators of the apps the fruits of their labor. We are committed to protecting copyright owners, and we will continue to vigorously prosecute those who steal all forms of copyrighted work."
All four men are being charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, which carries a the maximum prison sentence of five years.

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Even one of online video's biggest stars isn't immune to copyright claims.
Lady Gaga's YouTube account was briefly suspended Thursday afternoon, but was restored by Thursday evening. The notice read that the suspension was due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy.''
The Google Inc.-owned YouTube declined to comment. It's YouTube policy to remove accounts after three copyright violations, though they can be restored after being corrected.
Reports have suggested that the infringing video was a recently uploaded clip of Gaga's performance on Fuji TV. Messages left with Gaga's publicist and record label weren't immediately returned Thursday.
The account is one of two for Gaga. The removed channel is run by Gaga's camp, while she also has an unaffected Vevo account. That account, which has more than 1.6 billion views, generally debuts her music videos.
Google bought the San Bruno based video hosting service in 2006 for 1.65 billion.


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On Mon morning, AMC gm Charlie Collier's raspy voice told the story: the net and cable strode to the Primetime Emmys armed with an estimable number of nominations, and when the pair took home several key and unprecedented honors a well-deserved flurry of celebration followed. "It was a pretty remarkable evening on all accounts," said Collier, who soaked up the success of net shows "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad." The former became the 1st basic cable series to win Best Drama, and the latter's star Bryan Cranston surprisingly (though deservingly) snagged Best Actor in a Drama. "The best talent is coming to cable now," said Collier. "People are recognizing that we're creating an environment where [established stars] can shine." Case in point: Glenn Close, winner of Best Actress in a Drama for FX's "Damages." The show also earned Zeljko Ivanek the prize for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama—an honor that with Close's win gives basic cable its 1st win ever in each category. "I'm absolutely thrilled, just thrilled... you don't make history very often," said FX pres/gm John Landgraf. "Our reward is that the show is really good." He said cable's wont of "working harder on crafting a smaller number of eps" makes many projects more conducive to the schedules of stars such as Close and Holly Hunter of TNT's "Saving Grace." In all, cable (53) notched more wins than broadcasters (46), led by brilliantly consistent HBO's 26 victories. The premium net's miniseries "John Adams" pulled down 13 Emmys alone, including wins for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Paul Giamatti, Lead Actress Laura Linney and Supporting Actor Tom Wilkinson. Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" also earns plaudits for winning Best Variety Series for a 6th consecutive year, 1 of 3 total awards for the net. Other multiple wins: Showtime (5), Bravo (2), Cartoon (2), Bravo (2) and Sci Fi (2).
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Here is a list of suggestions/demands 'the League of the International Rights of Women' made. I support their ideas. What about you?
"Universality of the Olympic Charter
The Olympic Games will open in London on 27 July 2012
"The Olympic Movement has always been about more than just a sporting competition" [IOC (International Olympic Committee) President]
The only Law that governs the Games is the Olympic Charter based on universal values which each member of the Olympic Movement swears to observe (Olympic Oath).
The Olympic Charter proclaims:
• A goal: 'to contribute to building a better world' (Chapter 1, Rule1.1)
• Universal fundamental ethical principles, such as: 'Any form of discrimination [including gender discrimination] is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement' (Principle 5)
• A commitment to equality: 'implementing the principle of equality of men and women' (Chapter 1, Rule 2.7)
• Neutrality in sport: 'No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted on any Olympic sites, venues or other areas' (Chapter 5, Rule 51.3)
The Charter as a lever for the rights of women:
Where cultural and/or religious traditions govern political institutions and social mores, women are still subject to constraints linked to gender stereotypes and taboos.
In the stadium, under the same law, wearing similar attires, women athletes share with men the joy of exertion and striving for the highest goal.
1. To ban countries that exclude women from their delegation (Principle of non-discrimination):
In 1992 a feminist association the Atlanta + Committee (an offshoot of the League of the International Rights of Women)
denounced the absence of women from 35 delegations to the Barcelona Games: South Africa was excluded from the Games for 30 years for racial apartheid. Why has sexual apartheid not received the same treatment? The foundation stone laid by the Atlanta + Committee has now become part of Olympic history:
'On the eve of the centenary celebrations of the modern Olympic Games, entirely new demands have been put forward by a European-founded feminist coalition. Quoting the Olympic Charter, which bans any form of discrimination in the Olympic Movement, the Atlanta + Committee publicly urges the IOC to exclude from the Atlanta Games any delegation that comprises only male athletes' (extract from Vol. III of A Century of the IOC).
The number of delegations that do not include women has shrunk from 35 in Barcelona in 1992 to 3 in Beijing in 2008, thanks to pressure from the Atlanta + Committee. But why do the Games still accept countries that so openly violate the Olympic Charter?
2. To ensure neutrality in sport by banning the wearing of political or religious symbols (Rule 51 on the neutrality of sport):
As far back as 1994, Tehran delegates at the Brighton conference on 'Women and Sport', asked for the rules governing sport attire to
be amended to allow the wearing of garments that are imposed on all women by the Khomeini regime. In 1996 an Iranian woman athlete took part in the Atlanta Games clothed from head to toe. In 2008 at the Beijing Games, 14 delegations had veiled women: an athlete from Bahrain took part in the 400 m race totally covered, openly demonstrating a political and religious stance. In 2010 in Singapore, at the first session of the Youth Games, the IOC accepted – with the approval of FIFA – the participation of female Iranian football players covered from head to foot.
3. To stop supporting separate Games for women, which institutionalize sexual segregation in sport (Principle of non-discrimination):
Since 1993 and every four years, Iran has organised Games – replicating the Olympic format – for women from Islamic countries.
There is one major difference: the total absence of the media or male spectators. Since 1995, the Atlanta + Committee has
denounced the presence of IOC observers at these Games. The IOC justifies this by claiming that it is a step forward as it allows these women to take part in competitions. However, during apartheid in South Africa the IOC had declared that competitions organised for Blacks only were unacceptable. Why does it now approve segregation that goes against the Olympic Charter?
4. To demand effective parity between men and women within Olympic disciplines and events (Principle of non-discrimination):
Age-old disparities… The Modern Games (1896), as conceived by Pierre de Coubertin, excluded women, apart from a few disciplines that were considered secondary (golf, tennis, sailing) .
Thanks to Alice Milliat's (one of the first women sport managers) and others persistence, in 1928 women were finally admitted to track and field events.
Since then, a long battle has been waged on two fronts: to increase the number of female participants (29% in 1992 in Barcelona, 42% in 2008 in Beijing) and to widen the range of sports open to women.
At the London Games the introduction of female boxing will open another door.
Although they show some progress, global statistics still hide the persistent lack of equality.E.g. at the Games in Beijing in 2008:
• There were 1704 more male athletes than female athletes.
• 165 medals were given to male athletes compared to 127 to female athletes because of a lower number of disciplines opened to women.
…still hidden in the 'details'
There is now parity as regards the number of sports open to both men and women. There are discrepancies, however, as to the corresponding number of disciplines and events. Examples of disparity: in boxing, canoeing and wrestling there are fewer events for
women, e.g. canoeing has three events for men and only one for women.
5. To observe the minima determined by the IOC and increase the number of women participating in the decision-making bodies (Commitment to the promotion of equality)
Women are still a small minority in the governing bodies of the Olympic Movement, such as the IOC, NOC, OCOG, International and National Federations.
At its 105th session in Atlanta in July 1996, the IOC decided that the NOCs should allow women at least 10% of the seats in all decision-making bodies by 31 December 2000. This rate should have reached 20% by December 2005.
We are still very far from this goal! Here is a striking example: of the 19 members of the 2012 London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), only one is a woman: the Princess Royal.
6. In and around the Games: eliminate gender discrimination based on sexual stereotypes (Building a better world)
To fight against sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
• In the Olympic Movement sport has an educational role and contributes to the building of identities.
Within the framework of the Games, it is important to reject gender stereotypes and the sexualisation of the sportsman's or
sportswoman's image. The wording is also important: for example, describing an event as a 'women's event' but not describing an event as 'a men's event' is a way of saying that sport is first and foremost for men.
• Everyone has the right to take part in sport
Only a small number of sportsmen and women openly declare their homosexuality. These Games must demonstrate that the Olympic movement is aware of this issue and ready to make a lasting commitment to fight homophobia in sport at all levels.
The 2012 Games must be a secure and welcoming place where everyone must be able to take part without fear in respect of their sexual orientation.
In the same spirit, why not include the paralympic events in the Olympic Games so that all athletes can benefit from the same public and media exposure!
Fight against organised prostitution around the Olympic sites
During every large sporting event, prostitution increases dramatically. It would simply be unacceptable for London if, once again, a sporting event were accompanied by organised prostitution, as was the case at the football World Cup. Buying sex is not a sport, it is downright exploitation.
7. To pay homage to women pioneers in sport: the Marathon Gold Medal should be given to both the male and female marathon winners by the IOC President (Principle of non-discrimination)
The Marathon is still at the heart of the Games: before the closing ceremony the only Gold Medal personally given by the IOC President is to the (male) Marathon winner.
Why not to the female winner?
At the first modern Games in Athens (1896), Stamatha Revithi, a Greek woman also known as Melpomene, was refused the right to compete in the Marathon because she was a woman.
She persevered, ran a solo race, finished it in a respectable time and became a legend!
Why not organise the Marathon for both men and women, the latter starting their race before the male competitors so that the winners of both sexes can share the applause?
Our message addresses everyone but especially the Olympic Movement
This is a reminder
• to those who argue that 'these demands are outside their remit':
In 1958 in an open letter to the President of the IOC, Olav Ditlev-Simonsen, of the Norwegian NOC, was the first to request the exclusion of South Africa because of its apartheid policy.
• to those who prefer to compromise with requests, devoid of any connection with sport, made by certain countries:
The Olympic Oath they have sworn makes them ambassadors of the Olympic values and not of their own country's policy.
The IOC's only response to our many requests has been:
To welcome the growing number of women athletes participating in the Games.
This answer avoids the truth: women are still excluded, as a matter of principle, from certain delegations, just as Blacks were from the South African delegation.
The IOC never argued with the antiapartheid movement that they should be satisfied with the growing number of Black participants from other countries. It acted according to the Charter.
To keep silent on the breaching of Rule 51 and other rules of the Olympic Charter.
Enough is enough!
Why is it that what was considered by the Olympic Movement to be intolerable for Blacks is tolerable for women?
We demand an end to gender-based discrimination and stereotypes.
London must mark the turning point:
Great Britain is the birthplace of modern sports based on standardised rules and their application;
British feminism has left its mark on the history of modern societies and on democracy;
The Games are taking place in Europe, where it is claimed an ambitious plan is being developed
The 2012 Olympic Games provide a historic occasion for affirming the rights and duties of women and men in sporting competitions and for reminding participating countries of the obligation they have to respect that equality. "


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|*October 8 - 14
|What God Has Done
Read for This Week's Study:
|Rom. 8:15, 16; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:3-14; 1 Pet. 1:20; Rev. 13:8.
Memory Text:
| "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of His grace"
Praise and petition. In the original Greek, Ephesians 1:3-14 is one long sentence through which the apostle introduces major aspects of Christian theology, including the idea that the Godhead was involved in the formation of the church-God's family on earth. God the Father "chose us in Him [in Christ] before the foundation of the world" (vs. 4, NKJV). It is in Christ that "we have redemption through His blood" (vs. 7, NKJV). Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit provides us security and guarantees our eternal inheritance (vss. 13, 14).
Paul recognizes that while God acts in history and time, He dwells in "heavenly places." The phrase occurs five times in Ephesians in connection with where our blessings come from (vs. 3), where the risen Christ is seated (vs. 20), where we, too, will be seated (2:6), where God's purposes will be made known because of the church (3:10), and where originated the powers of darkness with which we must struggle (6:12).
The Week at a Glance:
|What does the Bible mean by the idea of predestination? According to Ephesians, what has God done for us in Christ? What does Paul mean by "adoption"? How has Christ redeemed us?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, October 15.
|October 9
The Chosen
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love" (Eph. 1:4).
Paul traces the origin of the church in the mind of God (Eph. 1:4, 5). God's plan of redemption and His plan for the redeemed are not accidental; they were conceived before creation, before time began. God formed a purpose in His mind: to choose us in Christ. Even before we existed, God saw us through a relationship with Christ, and because of that He could make us His children. Hence, we are not saved by anything we are or do. We did not influence God; we could not work our way to God. In fact, when we were not in existence, He already purposed our salvation, so that when we came around, all we would need to do is accept what Christ offers.
How do the following texts help us understand this idea of predestination? 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:4, 5; 3:11; 1 Pet. 1:20; Rev. 13:8.
|God chose beforehand that you should be saved; that is, His original plan was for you to be with Him forever in a new heaven and a new earth. Write out a prayer of thanksgiving and praise for this wonderful hope and what it means to you. Share it with the class on Sabbath.
|October 10
Praise God for Adopting Us (Eph. 1:4-6)
Read Ephesians 1:4-6. What are the three things God does for us as depicted in these verses?
The church had its roots in the mind of God when He conceived the plan of salvation before the creation of the world. But who would form the church? Who would be participants of the family of God? Paul has already given a partial answer in Ephesians 1:4those who were chosen in Christ to be "holy and without blame" and walk in love. "Chosen in Christ" does not indicate any arbitrary choice on the part of God but an acknowledgment of the divine provision, which provided salvation for the whole world but made it effective only to those who claimed it for themselves.
Salvation and eternal life are made available to all as a gift of God in Jesus (John 3:16; Eph. 2:8, 9), but only "whoever believes in Him" shall be saved. The universal nature of the gift is predestined. The contingent nature of the gift is determined by the choice of "whoever."
Paul adds an additional thought: Those who accept God's redemptive provision in Jesus are "predestined to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ" (Eph. 2:5, NKJV). Again, it's not that God chose some and rejected others; instead, it's that those who have accepted what Christ has done for them have simply fulfilled what was originally planned for them from the start.
Notice the emphasis on the idea of adoption (vs. 5). Why would Paul use such a term to describe what God has done for us? See also Rom. 8:15, 16; Gal. 3:26-29; 4:5.
God's church is made up of adopted children. Natural children are orphans and prodigalsoutside the family of God because of their sin and by their own choice to be in rebellion against God. But when they accept God's predestined provision, they are adopted into God's family. The relationship now becomes a family relationship, a relationship founded on love.
|Think of someone you love. How does that relationship help you understand what your relationship with God, your adopted Father, should be?
|October 11
Redemption in Christ (Eph. 1:7, 8)
According to Ephesians 1:7, 8, through what do we have redemption?
Can there be salvation for any of us without blood? See Heb. 9:22.
Redemption means deliverance of a slave through payment of a price. In the Scriptures, redemption means God's provision in Christ to save us from the bondage of sin. The shedding of Christ's blood on the cross for our sins has made possible not only the forgiveness of sin but also redemption and adoption into the family of God (Gal. 4:4-6; Eph. 1:7, 8). Without Christ, none of these would have been possible.
Forgiveness of sin is free for us; indeed, we cannot put a price on it or pay for it. But forgiveness on the part of God cost Him much: the blood of Jesus. Sin by its very nature brings death; where a sinner ought to die, a substitutionary death was necessary. In the Old Testament sanctuary system God provided forgiveness on the basis of shedding an animal's blood. The whole sacrificial system anticipated the day when Christ, "the lamb of God," would take away the sins of the world (John 1:29). Jesus on the cross paid the penalty for our sins. His shed blood makes forgiveness of sins possible (Rom. 5:8, 9; Eph. 2:13; Col. 1:20).
Our redemption and adoption are made possible by the Cross, which was "in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us" (Eph. 1:7, 8, NKJV). Paul uses the word riches six times in Ephesians (1:7, 18; 2:4, 7; 3:8, 16). We may be poor and destitute in many ways, but we are bountifully rich in God's grace. We are free from the guilt of sin.
Someone asked a wealthy industrialist how much more would satisfy him. "Always a little more," the multimillionaire replied. Ask a Christian, and the answer will be: "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19, NKJV).
|"Grace is unmerited favor, and the believer is justified without any merit of his own, without any claim to offer to God. He is justified through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, who stands in the courts of heaven as the sinner's substitute and surety."Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 398. Memorize this Ellen White quote; it will come in handy, especially when you feel discouraged or in doubt about your salvation.
|October 12
The Mystery
1:9-12. Notice how many times in these few verses Paul talks about God's
will or purpose being fulfilled. Add them with how many times that same idea
is found in the first eight verses of the chapter. How does this idea, that
of God's purposes being fulfilled for us, help you learn to trust
God's people have much to praise Him for: election, adoption, redemption, forgiveness, and acceptance. Today's lesson adds one more: a great mystery that God has "made known to us . . . according to His good pleasure" (vs. 9, NKJV).
Paul uses the word mystery six times in Ephesians. The Greek term has two meanings: first, something secret and known only to a select few; second, something formerly hidden but now revealed by God. It is in the second sense Paul uses the word.
is this "mystery" of the will of God that Paul talks
about in
"This is the divine purposethe restoration of a lost unity. It must necessarily be in Christ, because He is the center of all things. . . . The unity of God's universe had been broken by sin. The mystery of God's will was His plan to restore this unity when the occasion was ready, a restoration to be accomplished through Christ. That mystery will find its culmination at the end of the great controversy, when all things in heaven and on earth will be united in Christ, and the character of the Godhead will have been vindicated."The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1000.
|October 13
Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 1:11-14)
In Ephesians 1:11-13, Paul presents an example of the new unity Christ brings between Jews and Gentiles. He uses the words we and you"we have obtained an inheritance" (vs. 11, NKJV); "we who first trusted in Christ" (vs. 12, NKJV); "you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth" (vs. 13, NKJV). The "we" refers to Jewish Christians with whom Paul identifies himself, and "you" refers to Gentile Christians.
In what sense were Jews first? God chose them first to be His inheritance (Deut. 4:20, 9:29, Zech. 2:12). To them were given "the oracles of God" (Rom. 3:2, NKJV). To them the gospel was preached first (Rom. 1:16), and, hence, the first to believe in the gospel were the Jews (John 1:11, 8:31, Acts 1:8, 3:26).
By saying Jews were the first, however, Paul does not attribute any superiority to Jewish Christians. Indeed, he says in Ephesians 1:13, "You [Gentile Christians] also trusted" (NKJV) and the Holy Spirit has become the guarantee of "our [both Jews and Gentiles] inheritance" (vs. 14).
In God's kingdom, knowing Christ or coming to Christ first does not provide any special status. The point is not when we accepted the gospel but whether we remain true to its claims.
Paul reinforces the certainty of our inheritance by referring to the work of the Holy Spirit, to whom he gives three designations. First, He is the Spirit of promise. God promised the Spirit through Jesus to everyone who repents and believes (Luke 24:49; Gal. 3:14, 16). Second, the Spirit is God's seal. A seal is a sign of ownership and authenticity. God makes the Spirit to dwell within us as a sign that we are His (see also Rom. 8:14-17, 2 Cor 1:22). Third, the Spirit is God's guarantee. The word guarantee is also translated "a deposit," "a pledge." Through the Spirit, God has made a deposit, a pledge, that He will fulfill all His promises to both Jews and Gentiles to "the praise of His glory" (Eph. 1:14, NKJV).
Though the exact experience of salvation varies from individual to individual, verses 13, 14 speak of three basic steps. Read through them and write down the processes as expressed there. In what ways have they reflected your own experience? In what ways was your own experience different?
Is there anything you can do, or change, to deepen or enrich this experience?
If so, what?
|October 14
Further Study:
|"Before the foundations of the world." "The plan for our redemption was
not an afterthought, a plan formulated after the fall of Adam. It was a
revelation of 'the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times
16:25, R. V. It was an unfolding of the principles that from eternal
ages have been the foundation of God's throne. . . . God did not ordain that
sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet
the terrible emergency. So great was His love for the world, that He covenanted
to give His only-begotten Son, 'that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.'
3:16."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages,
p. 22.
God's predestination. "In the council of heaven, provision was made that men, though transgressors, should not perish in their disobedience, but, through faith in Christ as their substitute and surety, might become the elect of God, predestinated unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself according to the good pleasure of His will. God wills that all men should be saved. . . . Those who perish will perish because they refuse to be adopted as children of God through Christ Jesus."Ellen G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1114.
Discussion Questions:
| Have people read aloud the prayers of thanksgiving and
praise they wrote in response to Sunday's lesson. What have you learned from
each other?
Imagine what it must be like to be an orphan who is adopted into a loving, caring family that loves that orphan as much as it would a natural family member. How does that analogy help you (a) understand God's love for you and (b) how you should treat your brothers and sisters in the Lord?
Discuss what you can do, as a class, to help someone in your churchmaybe a new member or someone really discouraged or the young peopleunderstand what it means to be part of God's family.
|I N S I D E Story
|A Mother's Prayer
by MARTA DE JESUS SANCHEZ DE GODOY
Armando had been a challenging child. He started taking drugs when he was 12 years old, and he joined a gang at 16. His mother, Marta, begged God to change him. One day, Armando announced that he was going to join the military.
Several months later, Armando returned home on leave. "Mother," he said, "I am a changed person. I met some Christians, and we are studying the Bible together."
Marta began to cry. She was glad that her son was changing, but she worried that these people would take her son away from the church to which the family belonged.
When she stated her concerns, Armando told her, "Mother, during our Bible studies I realized that what our church believes is wrong. Many things our church teaches are not in the Bible." Armando explained that he was studying the Bible with some Adventists, sincere and good people who take their beliefs from the Bible alone. Reluctantly Marta agreed that God was answering her prayer and leading her son.
One day Armando announced that he had found the Adventist church in town. "Mother," he said, "come with me to church." She went with her son, and from that day Armando and his mother worshiped together.
Marta cannot read, so Armando read the Bible to her, explaining difficult texts as they went. Marta absorbed the new truths and memorized many Bible texts. Armando and his mother were baptized together a few months later.
Because she was illiterate, Marta was timid about talking to others about her faith. God removed her fear, and she began sharing her faith with her neighbors. She has led 13 of her neighbors to the Lord and shares her faith with people in jail and in the hospital.
At first Marta's husband was not interested in her new faith. But she sometimes asked him to read the Bible to her, and soon she noticed that he was reading the Bible for himself. As he saw the changes in his wife and son, he was more willing to let them attend this strange new church.
Marta is surprised at how God changes people by His Spirit. "God has given me blessings I could never have imagined," she says with a smile. "He has given me better health than I have had in years. But the biggest blessing is the change He brought about in Armando."
MARTA DE JESUS SANCHEZ DE GODOY lives in Honduras, where she sells tamales and shares her faith.
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Designer: Emmanuel Aquin
Artist: Emmanuael Aquin, Mark Poole
Published: First Edition published by Valley Games Inc., Second Edition by Word Forge Games
Playtime: 30-45 min. Depends on the map
Player Count: 1-4 players
The 2nd Edition D-Day Dice demo set was provided by Word Forge Games for preview. All components and artwork do not represent the final product. Pictures from the 1st Edition come from my own copy of D-Day Dice.
D-Day Dice is a dice rolling cooperative board game where players represent Allied soldiers storming through German machine gun nests. You and your fellow comrades work together to collect resources, gain courage, and slowly advance through enemy lines one sector at a time. The goal of each battle map is to reach the final bunker, which is fortified with machine guns and landmines to make your mission seem impossible. D-Day Dice is a war of attrition that is earned by managing your resources and timing your advance properly.
The 2nd Edition is an much needed update to the original game released in 2012 by Valley Games Inc. The 1st Edition was hard to find and if you could locate a copy, the price might have steered you away from it. I hope you're ready for the possibility to grab this awesome game for a reasonable price. Word Forge Games is seeking funding on Kickstarter for D-Day Dice 2nd Edition on Kickstarter November 11, 2017. Before you read on, if you would like a full rundown of the gameplay, please read my review of D-Day Dice by clicking here. This KS preview is an explanation of the changes and upgrades from the original product to the 2nd Edition campaign.
Spit Shine on the Design
When I received the prototype demo of the 2nd Edition, I immediately noticed the size of the battle map. I like the quality of the original maps, but I already prefer the larger one. Owners of the first edition are aware of how crowded the icons in each sector can get due to the amount of effects that take place. Now I feel like there is room to breathe for everything. I have to remind myself that this is a prototype and it already has me excited about things to come.
Rules to Combat
The 1st Edition rule book was an easy read for me to get a game of D-Day Dice up and running, BUT the 2nd Edition promises a more streamlined rule book. I think new players will hit the ground running faster than the original game. Word Forge Games stated that they spent a lot of time addressing the concerns of 1st Edition players over the last 5 years. I believe rules can always use a tweak, so I commend Word Forge Games for tightening up the rules.
Player Aids
The original player aid design is one of the best I have ever used in a game. The majority of the information of the game was clearly labeled and described on the card. The only major drawback was the small text felt squeezed on the card. Maybe I am nitpicking a little bit, but I have above average eyesight and I'm sure other players had to squint to read the text. The prototype version has bigger aids and I would hope that translates to a more comfortable reading experience. Once again, details.
Component Quality and Artwork
In the prototype I received, the dice were common dice you would use for any game and the cards were on cardstock. If you look at the pictures below, you can see examples of the 1st Edition components. Further down, you can see the slight changes in the artwork and layout of the cards. Check out the subtle changes to the design and artwork on the cards. The art on the 2nd Edition cards have a grittier and weathered look.
The Verdict
If you're going into D-Day Dice as a new potential backer, I can with full confidence recommend this game to anyone. If you are a solo player, this is one of the best on the market. As a cooperative game, you have some interesting choices to make, solid team mechanics, and optional scoring. I mean, this is a cooperative game at heart. D-Day Dice is the type of game where every roll has purpose. How you manage good, bad, and ugly rolls will determine your success or failure. The D-Day Dice is difficult and unforgiving, but every success is exciting and feels well earned. There are gameplay videos currently on Youtube and my review to gather more details. I hope this helps.
If you're a current or former owner of the game, I'm sure you're wondering….should I back this? I can't gauge how gamers feel about refresh buttons on games versus hard reset buttons on the whole product. What I can say is the prototype kit I received made me feel like Word Forge Games put a lot of work into bringing more theme into the product by making slight changes to the art design. I already want to toss out my old player aids for the new ones. I'm a big fan of games that pay attention to detail and I thing this edition is an upgrade that provides more improvements to an already great product. I think there may be an opportunity to purchase previous expansion content from the original game, but with the 2nd edition improvements. Maybe a full campaign mode is in the works. I know that's projecting, but I think that's probably in the works for stretch goals….fingers crossed. If you know how the game works and the current quality of the components, I'll let you decide. I would suggest that you keep your eye on the campaign.
D-Day Dice: 2nd Edition, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wordforgegames/d-day-dice-2nd-edition
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The Pig Sty House of Commons has finally published details of MPs' expenses claims – more than a year after the High Court ordered their publication and weeks after they were leaked to the Daily Telegraph.
Revelations about their claims have forced some MPs to announce their resignations and yesterday junior Treasury minister, Kitty Ussher became the latest MP to quit the Government following allegations that she avoided paying capital gains tax by "flipping" her second home.
The list of MPs expenses includes printed documents and receipts relating to claims made between 2004/05 and 2007/08 for a series of parliamentary allowances, but it seems they are still a bit coy about telling the public the whole truth – many details have been blanked out or have been left out altogether.
These include claims under the £24,000-a-year Additional Costs Allowance, which reimburses MPs for the cost of having to maintain a second home while serving at Westminster; the £22,000 Incidental Expenses Provision, which pays for running an office; and the £10,400 Communications Allowance, which covers the cost of newsletters and websites to inform constituents about their activities; as well as details of expenditure on stationery and postage.
Many of the expense claims and supporting receipts feature large blacked out areas where it's not always clear what has been obscured or why.
The list does not include the addresses of MPs' homes, which means it's virtually impossible to identify so-called flipping – where MPs switch the designation of their second properties to maximise their claims and avoid paying capital gains tax.
Also blanked out are the details of people and companies to whom payments were made using expenses and correspondence between MPs and the Commons Fees Office have also been removed.
But despite this cover up it seems our local MPs have well and truly had their snouts in the trough, CLICK HERE for details of Jarrow MP, Stephen Hepburn's expenses and HERE for details South Shields MP, David Miliband's claims.


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Write a method that checks whether a string is a substring of another string. Write a test program that prompts the user to enter two strings, and check whether the first string is a substring of the second. Do not use indexOf or contains methods.
Here is my most up to date version of my code:
My program compiles but does not work correctly. I have chosen to cross post this problem because I still have no idea what is wrong with my code. Can someone please tell me the line numbers that are causing the problem to not work properly? Thanks.import java.util.*; import java.lang.String; public class CheckingSubstring2 { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.print("Please enter a String: "); String string1 = input.next(); System.out.print("Please enter a second String: "); String string2 = input.next(); if (isSubstring(string1, string2)) { System.out.println("The first string is a substring of the second."); } else { System.out.println("The first string is NOT a substring of the second."); } } public static boolean isSubstring(String string1, String string2) { char c; char d; boolean match = true; for (int i = 0; i < string1.length(); i++) { c = string1.charAt(i); for (int j = 0; j < string2.length(); j++) { d = string2.charAt(j); if (d != c) { match = false; System.out.println("MATCH: N The value of c and d: " + c + " and " + d); } else { System.out.println("MATCH: Y The value of c and d: " + c + " and " + d); } match = true; } } return match; } }


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I support Lawrence Frank's decision to play Charlie Villanueva yesterday against the Chicago Bulls. Villanueva is one of the most obvious amnesty candidates in the league, and as frustrating a player as he's been, the Pistons exercising the amnesty clause on him would be a humiliating acknowledgement of failure to perform up to expectations – and for all his faults as a player, I don't wish that on anyone.
Plus, if he plays like he's played as a Piston to date, more minutes for Villanueva means better odds at winning the lottery, as well as the potential to move up a position if we don't. So there's nothing lost at all by playing him.
But did he play well yesterday in his return to the Pistons' rotation? That seems to be the consensus from Mlive.com and the Detroit News.
In a shocking turn of events, I don't agree with the consensus.
Let's dig into the numbers for the positives and negatives of Villanueva's return to the Pistons' rotation.
On the upside, Charlie scored 13 points, committed only 2 fouls, and only turned it over once. His shot selection was also not horrible (although he was a little shot happy). He converted 4 of his 5 shots at the rim, didn't take any long two's, and took the rest of his shots from deep.
And even though he's not a defensive powerhouse, my eyeballs said he played competent defense by Charlie standards, and he had one steal. Patrick Hayes at PistonPowered agrees. I trust Patrick's read on this sort of thing, so let's say that Charlie V played decent defense.
Beyond that, though, things start to get ugly. (Hat Tip to www.hoopdata.com for their excellent advanced box scores and http://www.nerdnumbers.com for the WP splits that follow)
The most productive scorers in the NBA tend to score a lot at the rim, at the free throw line (because they're attacking the rim), and from behind the arc. Charlie did only one of those things yesterday, and failed completely at the other two.
Charlie was very good at the rim, converting 4 of 5; however, all of his makes at the rim (and in total, actually) were assisted, indicating that Charlie wasn't attacking the basket himself. As a result, Charlie didn't get fouled while shooting and didn't get to the free throw line.
Charlie took 6 shots from three, meaning 11 of his shot 15 shot attempts came from the best places on the floor for him to shoot. Unfortunately, he only converted 1 three-point shot. So in spite of taking 11 shots right where you'd want him to shoot, he only managed 13 points on 15 total shots. That's bad for every position, but especially power forward.
To make matters worse, Charlie just kept shooting. He was a black hole on offense, using 36.3% of the Pistons' possessions while he was on the floor. That number beats everyone else on the team by a wide margin, with the exception of Stuckey (35%), who carried the Pistons' offense on his back; no one else on the team besides Knight surpassed using 20% of the team's possessions while on the floor.
The net result of all this shooting and missing is 0.64 points scored per possession used. Only Maxiell and Prince posted worse.
Then, there's the lack of rebounding in a game where the Pistons were handled on the glass. I can understand the lack of offensive rebounding to a point, given how much Charlie plays on the perimeter. Not that I like or prefer it, just understand it. (Actually, if Frank decides to continue playing Charlie at the 4, Jonas Jerebko makes a much better pairing at the 3 than Prince or Wilkins because of his superior offensive rebounding ability).
But the failure to contribute more to the team's defensive rebounding is inexcusable. Only Damien Wilkins (18 minutes, SF) and Ben Wallace (11 minutes, C) grabbed fewer defensive boards than Villanueva.
Furthermore, it's difficult to perceive any improvement to team offense, which is Frank's explicit reasoning for playing Villanueva – to improve the team's offense by stretching the floor. The Pistons managed only 94 points through four quarters and over time, and their offensive efficiency was a paltry 89.5
And while we're at it, let's talk defense. Thanks to NerdNumbers, we have Wins Produced game splits, and while this isn't a direct measure of Charlie's defense, the Pistons allowed solid production from the Bulls' power forwards, who produced at a rate of 0.253 wins per 48 minutes.
From the perspective of my favorite all-in-one box score derived metric, Charlie Villanueva produced -0.274 wins per 48 minutes, or -0.11 wins.
To reiterate, I support Coach Frank's decision to give Villanueva an extended look. It's the best thing for everyone, and frankly, Lawrence is absolutely right – the Pistons need to be evaluating what they have, and it's hard to evaluate a player when he's glued to the bench.
But let's not pretend that the performance from Charlie Villanueva was anything different than what we've seen time and again in his tenure as a Piston. It wasn't.


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What are some really good books fantasy and non-fantasy and true story and non-true story except horror so no horror, but maybe books that are R-rated in the categories I described? I don't even like horror movies because they scare me so reading a horror book like Stephen King would not go well with me. I do watch R-rated movies but none are horror so a horror book would not be for me. So, what are some good top line recommended books?


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In preparation for our annual 4th of July Celbration, we had some extra work to complete this year due to three large trees coming down in a storm. After a full day of professional tree removal, we still had a bunch of logs to move as well as some reconstruction work on the beach.
The aftermath...
With the help of everyone, yes even Violet, we were able to move most of the large items from the beach area.
The sand was able to be played in again.
We were able to finally put the dock in (mid-June!) and do some more cleanup in the woods and beach area.
It was hard work for all, but that is par for the course with a lake property.
There was some downtime as well. Sylvia and grandpa put together one of her new Lego Friends kits!


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Gamesauce Challenge Announces Global Game Jam Winners
We have announced the ten winners of the Gamesauce Challenge for the IGDA Global Game Jam!
The ten winning games were selected from the 1487 games that were developed last weekend during the Global Game Jam 2011. Each winning team has been awarded the opportunity to showcase their game during Casual Connect Europe on Thursday, February 10, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany and all-access passes to Casual Connect Europe and three nights of accommodation.
Submissions were judged based on the potential of their teams to create commercially viable projects and meet with publishers during Casual Connect Europe. Each Global Game Jam site was given the opportunity to nominate their very best project for the contest.
The Winners (in alphabetical order)
Death Pizza
Turku, Finland
Sabastian Jakaus, Tatu-Pekka Saarinen, Arash John Sammander. [email]
Hamsters and Plague
Oulu, Finland
Mika Oja, Teemu Kaukoranta. [email]
Capetown, South Africa
Marc Luck, Luke Marcus Viljoen, Rodain Joubert. [email]
Ned, You Really Suck the Life Out of a Room
New York, USA
Team NED: New York, USA, Randall Li, Chris Makris, Ben Norskov, Matthew LoPresti, Roger Cheng. [email]
Planetary Plan C
Curitiba, Brazil
Henrique Schlatter Manfroi, Pedro Medeiros de Almeida, Amora B., Karen Garcia, Rafael Miranda Gomes, Rodrigo Braz Monteiro, Fernando Su, Ne Sasaki. [email]
Rhythm of the Stars
Tampere, Finland
Pekka Kujansuu, Olli Etuaho, Juho Korhonen, Aki Jäntti. [email]
Bremen, Germany
Kolja Lubitz, Jannik Waschkau, Carsten Pfeffer, Jan Niklas Hasse. [email]
Snobli Run
Kajaani, Finland
Veli Vainio & Ilkka Leino. [email]
Manila, Philippines
Marnielle Lloyd Estrada. [email]
Ultimate celebration
Rochester, New York, USA
Lane Lawley, Brian Soulliard, Devin Ford, Lawrence Jung, Kevin MacLeod. [email]
The Runner Ups (in alphabetical order)
Dramatic Extinction
Hamar, Norway
Stig-Owe Sandvik, Kenneth Aas Hansen, Andreas Fuglesang.
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jan Willem Nijman, Rami Ismail, Jonathan Barbosa Rutger Muller, Paul Veer, Laurens de Gier.
How to Kill Pandas
Pelitalo Outokumpu, Finland
Antti Piironen, Anssi Pehrman, Tuuka Rinkinen, Salla Hakko, Heikki Koljonen, Hannu-Pekka Rötkö, Lauri Salo, Juho-Petteri Yliuntinen, Lari Strand, Henry Härkönen, Sina Aho.
Johann Sebastian Joust!
Copenhagen Game Collective
Douglas Wilson, Nils Deneken, Lau Korsgaard, Sebbe Selvig, Patrick Jarnveldt.
Córdoba, Argentina
Ezequiel Soler, German A. Martin, Carla Soledad Corcoba.
Make sure to participate in the IGDA Global Game Jam next year for your opportunity to win!


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Wayward Widgets
I found the "live" widgets as troublesome as ever. It's even more rigid because previously you could opt for the widgets, or a clean screen. One nice idea Nokia implemented by default on the X6 I reviewed in February was a space for contacts. This showed recent activity related to a contact, and you scrolled horizontally between favourites. This was a nice, practical idea, but it's gone. I soon gave up on these widgets and pretty much the home screen altogether.
Nobody home: some useful screen features found on other models have been removed
UX is more than just the look and feel of the UI – it's performance, consistency, and ease of finding settings. Here it's a mixed bag. One infuriating and confusing legacy issue is connectivity. Like its predecessors, the N8 couldn't remember a Wireless Access Point at odd times, even if the access point was available and active.
The performance of the landscape Qwerty keyboard has improved, but remains quirky. It takes up the full screen, so it isn't possible to see (for example) the SMS you're replying to, or the Captcha code you're trying to enter. You need to go to two separate settings – one only available through applications – to recreate the familiar behaviour of iPhone or Android keyboards, for quite bizarrely, word prediction is off by default, and it won't use the spacebar to accept suggestions unless you change another setting. And with the landscape Qwerty taking up the full screen, you'll find that you need to make two confirmations: one to get rid of the keyboard, and another to accept the text.
Apps is another area where the stitching shows. On the positive side, the N8 retains compatibility with older S60 5th Edition software. Some of these are very good quality, such as ProfiMail, DreamConnect and Gravity, Skype, and a native Opera Mobile. A native iPlayer, as I mentioned, is built-in. That covers a lot of ground, and if it encompasses all you want to do, you're probably going to be fine. But if novelty and choice is as important as quality, you'll find the Ovi Store lags far behind Android Marketplace and Apple's App Store.
Ovi has a dearth of native applications. Where's Plane Finder - where you can point to a passing plane and read off its ADS-B information? Where's the point and tap astronomy apps? There are a lot of fun and interesting apps, but the developer base has moved on, and the Ovi store has few of them.
The Ovi store has improved, but is still laborious
Nokia's makeshift solution is to use clunky native run-time widgets, but these lag far behind the performance and functionality of (say) the eBay and Facebook Apps on the rival platforms. Stitching and joins are evident elsewhere. For example, SMS finally gets a threaded "Conversations" view, but it doesn't integrate well – it's really a separate application. The web browser remains far below par, but apparently is due a major update this month.


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This punch from bartender Kyle Higgins gets a strong fruity backbone from Southern Belle shiraz, a robust Australian wine aged in used Pappy Van Winkle whiskey barrels.
8 cups Southern Belle Shiraz, or other bold, spicy red wine
2 cups rye whiskey
2 cups brandy
1 cup sweet vermouth
½ cup Carpano Antica
1 lb. granulated sugar
2 cups Moscato d'Asti
8 cups sparkling water
Ice block (use a Bundt cake or loaf pan)
Tools: large bowl, large spoon
Glass: punch
Garnish: orange twists
Combine the shiraz, rye, brandy, vermouth and Carpano in a pitcher. Slowly stir in the sugar until dissolved. Refrigerate for several hours until cold. When ready to serve, place ice block in punch bowl and pour chilled mixture over. Top with moscato and soda water and serve. Garnish each serving with an orange twist.
Makes approximately 50 servings.
Kyle Higgins, Louisville, Kentucky


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The crisis of sexual assault in the military set up a political clash Wednesday that challenged allies and raised new questions as to how or if change can happen in the military. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
The Senate's staunchest advocate for transferring military rape cases to independent prosecutors to contain a rape epidemic in the ranks said Wednesday she was distressed by the rejection of her proposal, saying, "The victims' voices aren't being heard."
"To reverse this crisis, I do not believe it will be enough if we do not seize the opportunity and embrace the kind of systemic reform that will truly increase accountability," said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee to consider amendments to the proposed fiscal 2014 military budget.
For weeks, Gillibrand led what appeared to be rising movement on Capitol Hill to strip the investigations and prosecutions of serious military sex assaults from the military chain of command and instead hand such cases to independent military prosecutors. Her amendment had 27 co-sponsors, including four Republicans. But it was openly opposed at a hearing on June 4 by every branch commander, all of whom argued that unit leaders would consequently lose their authority to discipline sex offenders under their watch.
"This is not a radical idea. It is a common sense proposal," Gillibrand said Wednesday. "... It is simply the right thing to do."
However, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., on Wednesday replaced Gillibrand's amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 with his own plan: If unit commanders decide not to prosecute service members for alleged sex assaults, those cases would be required to undergo "an independent review by the next higher level of the chain of command." Further, Levin's amendment would make it a crime for service members to retaliate against victims who claim they were sexually assaulted.
Levin's alternative plan — leaving sex-assault prosecutions in the chain of command — was approved by the committee in a 17-9 vote.
"We all know that we have a serious problem with sexual assault in the military. We have a problem with the under-reporting of sexual assaults," Levin said. "... However, I do not support removing the authority of command to prosecute sexual assault cases and putting that decision in the hands of military lawyers ...
"It is the chain of command that can and must be held accountable if it fails to change an unacceptable military culture. It his harder to hold someone accountable for their failure to act if you reduce their power to act."
The committee also accepted an amendment from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to prevent commanders from overturning jury verdicts.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says punishment should be harsh for those who commit sexual offenses while serving in the military.
The clash between Gillibrand and Levin — and eight other senators who co-sponsored Levin's amendment — is not emblematic of a party-vs.-party split or a divide between genders. The co-sponsors of Levin's proposal included four Democrats and two women: Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. and McCaskill.
"I know there will be those who think that Senator Gillibrand and I don't agree," McCaskill said. "But we agree on one thing: We are not giving up on focusing on this problem. We are not going anywhere.
"One word of advice to the military: Don't think this is over … because we've just begun. We have just begun to monitor. We have just begun to hold your feet to the fire. We have just begun to hold you accountable. We have just begun to make sure this is a new day in the United States military when it comes to these horrific crimes."
Levin's measure follows numerous calls for military-justice reform amid a recent barrage of sexual misconduct allegations in the ranks — including separate sex-assault charges against two branch leaders tasked with preventing rapes. In May, the Pentagon released an annual report estimating as many 26,000 military members faced unwanted sexual contact in 2012 — an increase from 19,000 cases the previous year. The numbers were based on an anonymous survey of military personnel.
Last week, a female midshipman who accused three U.S. Naval Academy football players of raping her last year said her client was actually disciplined for drinking while her alleged attackers went unpunished.
Navy veteran Trina McDonald, who said she survived three rapes while serving in Alaska in 1989, called Levin's move "proposterous." In an interview Wednesday with NBC News, she predicted the military's sex-assault crisis will deepen because Gillibrand's plan was spiked and replaced by Levin's amendment.
"He's not changing anything. He's perpetuating the problem," McDonald said. "I'm just absolutely disgusted that, after all the (congressional) hearings that have taken place on this, he would come up with this decision — and that what Gillibrand is trying to do is going to be swept away."
McDonald said that after the 1989 sex assaults she survived at age 18 — one allegedly carried out by a male Navy member and two more by a second male Navy member while a female Navy member held McDonald down — she felt she could not report the crimes. The reason: She would have been forced to file those complaints with the offenders — her superiors. (She left the Navy in 1990).
For that reason, McDonald ardently supported Gillibrand's push to remove all such cases from the victims' chain of command.
"I think the number of assaults are going to increase as a result of this because it's sending a message to the perpetrators that you can do what you want to do because we are going to keep it in the chain of command," McDonald said. "It's telling them: Hey, see, you can get away with it."
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Catalyst AV Names First Vendor Partners
New distribution network Catalyst AV this week announced its first vendor partnership deals, with Vano, ICE Cable and PPC.
"Catalyst AV's goal is to benefit installers by delivering the right products and support necessary to execute the demands of job specifications with confidence," board member Steve Presti said in a statement. " We're quite certain that these well-established brands will help us achieve just that."
Catalyst's member companies include Allnet Distributing (Midwest), Audio Video Warehouse (Nevada, Arizona), Custom Plus Distributing (Pacific Northwest), Easy Access Distribution (Northeast), Electronic Lane Distributors (Southwest), Electronics Source (Florida, Southeast), Electronic Stockroom (California), HCA Distributing (Rocky Mountain), Pioneer Music Company (Plains), SPD (Upstate New York) and Tech Source Distributors (Mid_Atlantic).


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"Global warming is a well-established fact. This statement is only half true. A more correct statement would be "global warming and global cooling are both well-established facts." The earth is almost always warming or cooling. Since the year 1800, the earth has warmed by about 1° C, with much of the warming taking place before much increase of atmospheric CO2. There was a quite substantial cooling from about 1940 to 1975. There has been almost no warming for the past 20 years when the CO2 levels have increased most rapidly. The same alternation of warming and cooling has characterized the earth's climate for all of geological history.
…more CO2 will be a benefit to humanity. The predicted warming from more CO2 is grossly exaggerated. The equilibrium warming from doubling CO2 is not going to be 3° C, which might marginally be considered a problem, but closer to 1° C, which will be beneficial. One should not forget that the "global warming" is an average value. There will be little warming in the tropics and little warming at midday. What warming occurs will be mostly in temperate and polar regions, and at night. This will extend the agricultural growing season in many countries like Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia. More CO2 greatly increases the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants and makes land plants more drought-resistant. So, the net result of more CO2 will be strongly beneficial for humanity."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An eventful match between the Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City that was filled with three goals and two red cards ended with a late Benny Feilhaber goal, to give the visitors a 2-1 win in Crew Stadium Wednesday.
Kansas City was nearly at full strength for the midweek match, but were without a resting Graham Zusi, who didn't make the trip to Columbus. Second-year midfielder Mikey Lopez made his MLS debut with a start in midfield.
The Crew lineup, on the other hand, demonstrated how thin their current roster is. With only two healthy forwards on the roster, playmaker Federico Higuain started as the lone forward in what was advertised as a "false nine" role.
Columbus did get a boost from the return of Costa Rican World Cup defenders Giancarlo Gonzalez and Waylon Francis, who both started the match for the first time since May.
As the game began, it became apparent that the Crew was fighting an uphill battle. Kansas City's persistent high pressing flustered the possession-oriented back line, and Columbus's 4-2-3-1 turned into a very distinct 4-6-0, as Higuain played his usual free role, leaving no one up top to relieve the pressure.
But with the help of goalkeeper Steve Clark and defenders Michael Parkhurst and Gonzalez, the Crew held off attack after attack as Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong and Soony Saad made dangerous runs into the box.
Despite dominating the run of play, Kansas City found their opener on a set piece just before the half.
Feilhaber found a wide open Sapong from the corner, and Sapong gave Clark no chance, slamming the header into the back of the net for his first goal of the season.
Columbus looked defeated at the half, and made two substitutions before play restarted in hopes of changing their fortune.
The Crew's chances brightened in the 55th minute when Sporting defender Aurelien Collin was sent off. The French defender went into a challenge with Crew substitute Adam Bedell, who came down bloodied.
Officials discussed the issue for a moment, and minutes later referee Edvin Jurisevic showed Collin a straight red card, giving the Crew more than half an hour to play with the man advantage.
That edge gave the Crew a respite from the Kansas City high press and they took advantage, dominating for the next ten minutes and finding the equalizer.
An optimistic Chad Barson cross in the 69th minute seemed to be just out of the reach of Higuain, but the Argentinian got some help from Kansas City's Igor Juliao, who hit the cross with his shoulder and past a furious Andy Gruenebaum, leveling the score with the own goal.
The Crew squandered chance after chance as they pinned Kansas City in their own end, and could not capitalize on a field that shifted dramatically in their favor in the second half. Before they could find a goal, the player count was evened, when Wil Trapp picked up a second yellow card for a challenge on Feilhaber in the 89th minute.
When things seemed destined to finish at 1-1, Feilhaber found one last surge for Kansas City, slamming a shot off the crossbar and into the goal in the 93rd minute to rip Columbus hearts out and hand the Crew their second loss in a row.
The Crew, who have notched one win in their last 16 MLS matches, falls to 4-7-8 on the season, while Kansas City improved to 9-5-5.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Benny Feilhaber
|With a goal and an assist, Feilhaber threatened Columbus' defense all night and helped draw a red card. A complete shift on the night
|Michael Parkhurst
|With Gonzalez getting reacquainted with his teammates, Parkhurst did much of the heavy lifting against a Kansas City side that pressed for the first hour
|C.J. Sapong
The start of a new era for Sapong? His goal was well-taken, and if he can get on a roll, that should help KC become even more dangerous


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Known as the ultimate Hollywood glamour fashion designer, Sue Wong has just debuted "The Great Gatsby" Fall 2013 Collection with a 1920's inspired theme at her grand home The Cedars Hollywood. Along with her new collection debut, the celebration was a birthday bash for the lavish beauty. The guests who came to celebrate the Fall 2013 Collection and to wish Wong a happy birthday included top celebrities and artists as well as entertainment and fashion industry insiders.
In attendance were: famed enlightenment artist Master Romio Shrestha, film actor Thomas Jane ("The Mist", "The Punisher" and HBO's "Hung"), Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh Grammer, (Frazier, Cheers), Ryan McPartlin (NBC's "Chuck") with wife actress Danielle Kirlin, Malana Lea ("Olympus Has Fallen"), Lauren Mayhew (Showtime's "Dexter"), pop girl band Blush, Erin Cahill (ABC's "Red Widow"), Bethany Joy Lenz (CW's "One Tree Hill"), Jen Lilley (NBC's "Days of Our Lives"), Helene Cardona (CW's "Nikita"), model Natasha Salley (wife of former Los Angeles Laker John Salley), casts from Bravo's various "Real Housewives" reality shows and "Shahs of Sunset", among many other actresses, models and socialites.
Check interviews on the red carpet with celebrity host Adriana Michelle Davalos, Miss Los Angeles Latina 2013!


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|Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved
So here is a gallery of 12 monochrome photographs made in its streets. For these I used my Fuji X Pro-1 and the Fujinon 18mm f2.0 lens and most were shot from the hip.
I didn't know this while on my last month's photo expedition-workshop, but it's said that Hanoi's Old Quarter consists of 36 streets (in reality, there's almost twice that number), each originally named for a traditional trade, and those eventually forming guilds. For instance, Hàng Muối (salt) Street was where the salt traders converged to sell their ware. Not surprising, since Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that spans 2,000 years.
This has now changed to a great extent, with some exceptions such as Hang Bac street (which I walked up and down many times) and that was and still is where goldsmiths and silversmiths plied their craft/trade. Most street names in the Old Quarter start with the word Hàng. Hàng means merchandise or shop.
In Vietnamese, the formal term for street is đường phố; the latter word not be confused with its delicious signature soup, but which is a staple of its streets.


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Jul. 09, 2009
The Global Conference on Health & Lifestyle featured twenty tracts and seminars, over 250 presentations by 140 international specialists, giving you evidence-based information, working models, and target strategies to meet the pressing needs of your community for improved health and spiritual care. The audio archives give you the latest scientific evidence demonstrating how lifestyle choices impact primary medical and spiritual care to reduce medical costs, improve healthcare, and improve the quality of life. This information equips you to assist local, national, and international organizations in fulfilling their long-term objectives and goals.


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Fresh from the tado° Labs - Mobile Report is here
tado°s daily efforts to save energy and increase your comfort can now be monitored in the mobile report in the tado° app. Have you seen it yet? Download the updated mobile app and check it out...
The mobile report shows you temperature graphs of the last several hours or weeks. The colored bubbles indicate which actions were taken by tado° and how it controlled your heating. Heating times are marked by dark blue areas below the temperature graph.
In the next version of the app we will deliver even more transparency in your energy consumption. Stay tuned!


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Designing Media is a book and a DVD as well as this website.
You can browse by chapter as well as by interview. When you choose an interview, a small version of the segment from the DVD plays. You can also download pdfs of the chapters for free, as well as QuickTime videos of each interview from the DVD, sized to fit a standard presentation format (1024 pixels wide).
The book features interviews with thirty-seven significant figures in both traditional and new forms of mass communication; interviewees range from the publisher of the New York Times to the founder of Twitter.
A DVD accompanying the book includes excerpts from all of the interviews, and the material can be browsed and downloaded from this site.


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Square Table 46 / 399 eur
Designed by Skagerak Design
Square Table is a functional side table for your outdoor settings – available in two heights. It is crafted from teak planks and – as the name indicates – designed in cubic form, complementing most other outdoor furniture well.
- Details
- Teak
LxWxH: 46x46x41 cm
Item no. S1510510
- Packaging
- WxDxH: 50x45x17,5 cm
Weight: 7,1 kg
- Material and care
Proper usage and maintenance
Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Teak is commonly found in Southeast Asia, Central and South America. Our FSC-certified Teak comes from Central America, Brazil and Indonesia, while our non-certified Teak comes from plantations in Southeast Asia and Trinidad; managed to sustain a renewable and reliable supply of wood.
Teak is a heavy, hard and sturdy type of wood. The high content of natural oils makes it highly weather and rot resistant and is therefore a good choice for outdoor furniture.
Do a general cleaning when needed with a suitable wood cleaner and soft bristle brush. Rinse afterwards with clear water and let it dry. Note: Wipe off tables, benches and chairs after dinner and such with a dry cloth.
As the wood is untreated, the surface will patinate over time and eventually turn into a beautiful silvery grey colour. If you wish to preserve or intensify the original honey-golden colour, use a suitable furniture oil on a regular basis. No matter what you choose, the wood will be resistant to everyday wind and weather thanks to the high content of natural oils.
Winter storage
During winter we advise you to store the furniture in an unheated room such as a garage or cellar.
Indoor use
The wood has been dried for outdoor use. Hence, if you wish to use the furniture indoors it may need to be re-tightened once in a while.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Charles Schwab Corporation has received new recognition for its employee-friendly workplace as one of Florida Trend magazine's Best Companies to Work for in the State of Florida. The fifth annual statewide Best Companies list appears in the August issue of Florida Trend magazine and on FloridaTrend.com. One-hundred organizations were recognized in small, medium and large company categories, and Schwab was in the large company category. The Best Companies To Work For In Florida program was created by Florida Trend and Best Companies Group and is endorsed by the HR Florida State Council.
To be considered for participation, companies or government entities had to employ at least 15 workers in Florida and had to have been in operation at least one year. Companies that chose to participate underwent an evaluation of their workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. The process also included a survey to measure employee satisfaction. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the registration, survey and analysis and determined the final rankings.
"This year, Schwab is celebrating its 40-year anniversary and a history of innovation and advocacy on behalf of individual investors," said Ray Di Sanza, senior vice president of operations and senior location leader for Orlando. "This is a perfect time to be recognized for our great workplace, too, especially the collaborative and client-centric culture that allows employees the freedom to do their absolute best work."
Schwab is also celebrating its 20-year anniversary in Orlando. In 1993, the company opened its fourth service center, in Maitland. Schwab now has five service center locations that are geographically dispersed across the United States. The company's first Florida retail branch office serving individual investors opened in Fort Lauderdale in 1979, and Schwab now has 32 branch offices throughout the state.
Schwab has received multiple other workplace awards. Recent recognition in 2013 includes:
- The Gallup Great Workplace award (2013) for the second consecutive year.
- The Denver Post Top Workplaces 2013
- The Indianapolis Star Top Workplaces 2013
- The Cleveland Plain Dealer Top Workplaces 2013
- The Bay Area News Group (SF) Top Workplaces 2013
- CareerBuilder Best Companies to Work for in Arizona 2013
- Military Edge magazine "Best for Vets" (2013) for the fourth consecutive year
- Best Place to Work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality (2013), based on a 100 percent rating from the Human Rights Campaign on its annual Corporate Equality Index for the ninth consecutive year
Schwab Workplace
For more than four decades, Schwab's commitment to help Americans rethink investing has challenged the status quo and offered an alternative to traditional Wall Street investing. To support this, the company seeks forward-thinking, optimistic and driven individuals who are passionate about championing clients' goals and who want to work in an inclusive and highly collaborative work environment.
Schwab's benefits are designed to help employees stay healthy, save for long-term financial goals and balance the demands of work and their personal lives. Financial benefits include automatic enrollment in the company's 401(k) plan including company matching and profit-sharing contributions, an employee stock purchase plan, a matching gifts program for charitable contributions, and discounts on some products. Health & wellness benefits include medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance and disability income protection, as well as a health savings account. Work/life programs include paid vacation, holidays and a sabbatical program for eligible employees after five years of service.
Additional information about Schwab's workplace, including career opportunities, is available at aboutschwab.com/careers.
About Schwab
At Charles Schwab we believe in the power of investing to help individuals create a better tomorrow. We have a history of challenging the status quo in our industry, innovating in ways that benefit investors and the advisors and employers who serve them, and championing our clients' goals with passion and integrity. More information is available at www.aboutschwab.com. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and our Schwab Talk blog.
Through its operating subsidiaries, The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, www.sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; compliance and trade monitoring solutions; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services. Its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides banking and lending services and products. More information is available at www.schwab.com and www.aboutschwab.com.
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