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Gershon Legman wrote an article called "The Comic Books and the Public" in the July, 1948 issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. Because comic books contained aggressively violent content, Legman vilifies the readers as channeling aggression "against parents, teachers and policemen who are the real sources of the child's frustration, and therefore the real objects of his aggression." Legman claimed that Superman's effect on an American child is worse than a Nazi's effect on a German child.
Hilde L. Mosse, M.D., in her article "Aggression and Violence in Fantasy and Fact" in the July, 1948 issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy, she also vilifies comic book readers as "aggressive, and fantasying to commit an act of cruelty and cause pain in others."
Paula Elkisch, Ph.D, in her article "The Child's Conflict about Comic Books" in the July, 1948 issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy, she said that comic books motivated dangerous imitation.
Marvin L. Blumberg, M.D., his his article "The Practical Aspects of the Bad Influences of Comic Books" in the July, 1948 issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy, claimed that comic books "awaken the sado-masochism which lies dormant in children."
John Mason Brown wrote an article called "The Case Against the Comics" in the March 20, 1948 issue of the Saturday Review of Literature. John Mason Brown ranted, "The comic books… seem to me to be not only trash but the lowest, most despicable and most harmful and unethical form of trash."
Judith Crist wrote an article called "Horror in the Nursery" in the March 27, 1948 issue of Collier's Weekly. Crist said "There are books of well-known comics which make life better by making it merrier. There are others that make it clear, even to the dullest mind, that crime never pays. With such there is no quarrel. The books deplored here are those which attempt to make violence, sadism and crime attractive, which ignore common morals, which appeal chiefly to the worst in human nature. "
Yet Crist quoted Fredric Wertham extensively in the article. Wertham blamed comic books as the inspiration for all youth crime.
Fredric Wertham was a German psychiatrist working as the senior psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital and LaFargue Clinic in New York psychoanalyzing mentally disturbed people and blamed comic books as the cause.
An article called "Puddles of Blood" in the March 29, 1948 issue of Time magazine basically regurgitating various ideas from Wertham's symposium.
In October 26, 1948 comic books were burned in Spencer, West Virginia. American citizens began burning books like Nazis. Comic books were also burned in Binghamton, New York, featured in the December 20th, 1948 issue of Time magazine. In Rumson, New Jersey, a group of young Cub Scouts conducted a two-day drive to collect comic books, which would be burned in Rumson's Victory Park. The Scout that collected the most books won the right to light the blaze. At the last minute a decision was made to recycle and not burn the books. In Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a troop of Girl Scouts collected comic books and brought them to students at St. Mary's, a Catholic high school, where a mock trial was held and, after finding the books guilty of "leading young people astray and building up false conceptions in the minds of youth," the comic books were burned. In Chicago, a burning was organized by a Catholic Diocese. In Vancouver, Canada, nearly 8,000 comics were set ablaze by the JayCee Youth Leadership.
There were many comic books that were forced out of distribution because many stores wouldn't carry them any longer due to such public disdain.
Harold Chamberlain, DC's circulation director in the Golden Age, explained in 1954 at the senate hearing, "We had an experience just yesterday where our Wholesaler in Cleveland, Ohio, called me to tell me that, because of the adverse publicity toward comic magazines that appeared in the paper in Cleveland, he had one of his larger dealers who operates 4 or 5 supermarket outlets, and who is doing a tremendous volume on comics, call him up and discontinue all comics. He said he would not be bothered trying to disseminate what was good and what was bad. Our wholesaler could do nothing about it. He had to take out all of the comics that the man was handling, and he was selling vast quantity of them."
The people against comic books seemed to think that all comic books were aimed strictly for children, rather than all-ages. This book excerpt is from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America by Les Daniels.
In his autobiography Batman & Me, Bob Kane in fact explained that Batman and Robin had been intended for two audiences, both adults and kids.
A lot of my information is from the book Of Nightingales and Supermen: How Youth Services Librarians Responded by Carol Tilley.
Demanding Respect: The Evolution of the American Comic Book by Paul Lopes.
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu.


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Longer Barrel. Bigger sweet spot. More power. The extra long barrels in the XL series are designed to give players expanded hitting zones and more barrel mass, generating more power in every swing.
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"The Muppets" arrive at the premier of their film at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
The Muppets have already taken Manhattan, so why not take Hollywood?
With Amy Adams and Jason Segel leading the human charge in the film, the newest Muppet movie looks to be as sing-songy and feel-good as ever, with a few emotional moments scattered in.
In "The Muppets," Kermit, Miss Piggy, Beaker, Fozzie Bear and the rest are reuniting in Hollywood when they decide to make a comeback by putting on a live extravaganza. Self-references abound as the Muppets, in reality, make their first appearance in a movie since "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" in 2005.
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How Jonathan Klein and Luis Luque fashion Cimation as a progressive brand and company
Jonathan Brett Klein
CEO and co-founder
Luis Luque
CEO and director
In a decidedly old-school industry, oil and gas, Jonathan Klein and Luis Luque are a breath of fresh air. They have worked hard to build Cimation as both a company and a brand with a specific identity and corporate message unlike many of its competitors.
Where other companies may scoff at marketing as expensive and unnecessary, both understand the importance of a cohesive, modern marketing strategy. This initiative enables Cimation to compete with Fortune 500 technology companies for top industry talent and has helped earn business accolades even beyond the energy sector.
They have created an energetic environment where people truly love to work. All employees are encouraged to pitch new business ideas and are rewarded for their success along the way. Employees are not confined by their job title; instead, they are urged to seek out training opportunities and develop expertise across multiple areas.
The collaborative work environment at Cimation encourages employees to offer critical insights and constructive feedback. Recently, in a strategic rollout across all of Cimation's offices, Klein, Luque and their executive team launched a series of focus groups centered on key business areas. These contributions to the overarching company goals increased engagement at the grassroots level and improved employee satisfaction.
Klein and Luque believe — and Cimation's sustained success attests to it — that empowered, engaged and appreciated employees are more productive and work harder to support the ambitions of the entire company.
The duo cofounded Cimation in 2009 at the height of the recession when most businesses were struggling to remain open. Nevertheless, theyhave led the company to success from day one, increasing revenue, profits, head count and industry accolades year upon year.
They recently spearheaded an intellectual property initiative that will see Cimation developing new packaged technology solutions and other forms of intellectual property in the near future. Although a risky move in an industry overcommitted to underperforming technology, their vision of Cimation as a truly "great" company demands that they continue to push the envelope.
How to reach: Cimation, www.cimation.com
How Joel Bomgar took a personal problem and found a fix that has helped millions in Bomgar
Joel Bomgar
Founder and CEO
Joel Bomgar was great at fixing computers, but the unbillable time he spent traveling from one client site to the next was making it pretty tough to make any money.
He decided there had to be a better way and after realizing there wasn't a good product on the market, he went to work to develop his own solution.
He developed his own remote support software that enabled him to troubleshoot customers' computers through the Internet from the comfort of his own desk.
More importantly, he didn't have to drive anywhere to identify these problems.
Over the past decade, that piece of software has evolved into the Bomgar Box, a robust remote support solution now used by nearly 7,000 organizations in 65 countries worldwide.
As the founder and CEO of the company which he named after himself, Bomgar has forged his success by focusing on the niche remote support market versus diversifying. He targets large enterprises instead of consumers and produces an appliance-based solution instead of software as a service.
The company itself has a positive, fast-paced culture that is family friendly and is based on Bomgar's own values and desire to work in a place he believes to be "the best place on the planet."
Innovation is a priority for Bomgar and he gives employees the freedom to create as long as it feeds the company's primary goal of improving tech support. This freedom within focus approach allows product engineers and developers to explore futuristic ideas while keeping everyone moving toward the same end goal.
There is also great freedom when it comes to choosing philanthropic causes to support. Bomgar wants employees to support causes that are important to them personally. The Bomgar Care Network is a rotating team that solicits ideas for philanthropic activities from employees and then leads activities in support of those programs. The company also donates its technology to nearly 100 missions around the world.
How to reach: Bomgar, www.bomgar.com
How Peter Duncan created an 'impossible' technology at Microseismic Inc.
Peter M. Duncan
Founder, president and CEO
MicroSeismic Inc.
Peter Duncan has led multiple start-ups over his long career in geophysics. In his most recent venture, Microseismic Inc., he has created a company that utilizes cutting edge technology to help customers monitor their reservoirs.
He had the vision and work ethic to commercialize an idea for passively monitoring seismic activity from the surface, which many industry experts thought at the time was impossible. Further, he was able to adapt his technology to meet the demands of the market as the U.S. shale plays came online and the recent domestic natural gas and oil boom began.
At the time of Microseismic's inception, the demand for frac monitoring was virtually non-existent, but seeing the opportunity for his company's technology to enhance customer value by monitoring their growing number of non-traditional, enhanced recovery wells, he has pioneered a new industry that has much larger companies scrambling to replicate.
Microseismic competes with organizations that are far larger in size, and recently competitors have taken notice of Duncan's success and competition is heating up. Duncan, who is founder, president and CEO, believes that competition is what will make his company even better, which is evidenced by the continued growth of Microseismic.
However, one of the biggest challenges that he believes his company faces is the need to convince users of his services and that his technology can provide additional critical data to make their drilling programs better.
According to Duncan, just a few years ago, only 0.5 percent of all fracked wells were monitored and recently that number has grown to just 4 percent. Obviously, there is room to grow, and Duncan views this challenge as a great opportunity. He is actively working to analyze and present the data that his company collects to convince engineers how valuable this relatively new technology can be to their drilling programs.
Today, Duncan's willingness to take risks and go against conventional wisdom has given Microseismic a 95 percent share in the market.
How to reach: MicroSeismic Inc., www.microseismic.com
How Michael Soper found his calling and launched Legacy Funeral Group
Michael L. Soper
President and CEO
Legacy Funeral Group
While many entrepreneurs recall that they started their business careers at an early age, not too many have started at the ripe old age of 7. That's when Michael Soper began his lawn sprinkling service.
It was during a drought in 1973 that he got the idea that since a daytime sprinkling ban was in effect. Young Soper would charge $5 per house to during sprinklers on and off during the permitted hours of midnight to 4 a.m.
Many ventures later, Soper had graduated from college and had a short stint at Kanaly Trust Co. as a financial planner. He had an opportunity to attend the Texas Funeral Directors Association conference in Fort Worth at the last minute. At that convention he found his calling in the funeral service industry, with an interest that much of the money held in trusts was being invested in CDs — and it was a huge opportunity to help these small business owners.
He soon ran the Southwest Guaranty Trust's funeral and cemetery division, bringing impressive growth. In 1998, he left to start Legacy Funeral Group, taking out a second mortgage against his house and with a motivation to help small town funeral home owners that needed somewhere to go.
Soper developed a vision to create a regional holding company that would acquire rural family funeral homes. He realized that in small towns it was important to retain local people for continued success after an acquisition and encouraged many former owners to stay engaged in the business.
While Legacy has grown to become one of the largest private companies in the death care provided industry, Soper strives to maintain the small company feel, believing and implementing a strong people culture in his firm.
The company is projected to grow by 20 percent this year. Soper's goal is grow the business to 100 funeral homes by 2017.
How to reach: Legacy Funeral Group LLC, hwww.legacyfuneralgroup.com
How Bryan Leibman keeps Frosch International Travel soaring to new heights
Bryan Leibman
President and CEO
Frosch International Travel Inc.
As the second generation of the family business, Bryan Leibman became president of Frosch International Travel Inc. in 1999. Under his leadership, Frosch has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade.
The company has grown from four agents in one office to more than 1,100 employees across 27 offices nationwide and ownership in an international network spanning more than 42 countries. During the past five years, Frosch has experienced a 30 percent annual growth rate. In 2012 Frosch was honored by Inc. as one of the fast growing privately-held travel and
hospitality companies in the U.S.
Today, Frosch is one of the top 10 travel management companies in the United States. Known as a visionary for the travel management business, Leibman led Frosch to pursue his dream for a profitable travel business that reflects today's distinctive needs of the modern business and leisure travel markets. He has turned his passion for travel into investments in the best technology and strategic acquisitions to become a top travel agency.
Leibman's passion for travel is the biggest driver for originality and innovation at Frosch. The company has established service, technology, relationships and experience as the keys to success in the ever-changing travel industry. Frosch stands out from its competitors by offering a superior level of personalized service through the creative management of clients' travel costs using innovative technology.
With the evolution of the travel industry, the profit margins for traditional travel agency businesses have shrunk and many smaller travel agencies have folded under competition from the Internet and airline commission cuts. Leibman takes a highly proactive and realistic approach to create better and more effective products, processes, services, technologies and ideas.
Today, Frosch boasts market-leading innovations that deliver added value to clients. Leibman has created a business model that capitalized on the most current and innovative technology in order to offer customers the best service and travel experience.
How to reach: Frosch International Travel Inc., www.frosch.com
How Drake Mills gives leaders every chance to be part of the future at Community Trust Bank
If you work for Drake Mills, you need not worry about being told what to do at every turn. As president and CEO at Community Trust Bank, Mills takes great joy in seeing young leaders advance in the organization and apply their talents to help the bank service its customers better.
He doesn't leave them completely on their own, but rather sets a course and lets them figure out the best way to follow it. He measures and advises, but he doesn't micromanage, and the approach has enabled his team to stay together and work quite effectively as a group. He has not lost a vice president or higher level senior leader in six years.
Community Trust Bank has grown substantially over the past 10 years with much of that growth coming during a recession that has hampered many businesses, specifically those in the financial industry. The growth of credit unions has provided another potential hurdle.
But Mills has proven adept at working through challenges by knowing when to take risks and when to be more cautious.
He is also a big believer in building and maintaining a healthy corporate culture. To that end, he created a Culture Council to help define, manage and continuously enhance the company's workplace and deal with any issues that arise. He also created an entire department devoted to ensuring that the culture remains consistent as the company continues to grow.
The result is a company that provides exceptional customer service and a dynamic work environment that contributes to the performance of the bank and helps Community Trust retain best-in-class talent.
When the work is done, Mills takes his commitment to people another step further by getting involved in causes such as the Boys and Girls Club of North Central Louisiana and the United Way of Northeast Louisiana. Employees also can get up to 20 hours of paid time each year to work on charitable causes.
How to reach: Community Trust Bank, www.ctbi.com
How Greg Ebel is keeping Spectra Energy at the top of its game in a highly competitive industry
Midstream Services
Gregory L. Ebel
President and CEO
Spectra Energy Corp.
As the president and CEO of Spectra Energy Corp., one of North America's premier pipeline and midstream companies, Greg Ebel challenges himself and his 5,000 employees to lead the industry in terms of safety and sustainability.
Through his actions, Ebel has contributed significantly to the economic, environmental and energy security goals of the U.S. and Canada, while overseeing impressive growth and delivering superior results on behalf of Spectra's investors, customers, employees and other stakeholders. In addition, he plays an active role as a natural gas industry advocate and spokesman.
Since becoming CEO, his key objective was to become the leading performer in reliability, efficiency and safety by 2012. Having met this objective, he has not slowed down. The company is executing on an expansion program to build-out needed energy infrastructure for North America, and Ebel has set an ambitious goal to secure investments in new and existing assets by 2016 and to continue to lead the sector in safety and reliability.
Ebel refers to Spectra Energy as the "FedEx" of energy — able to deliver energy safely, consistently and on time. His goal is for Spectra to be the company of choice for employees, suppliers, partners, investors and government advisors.
As an early adopter of proven technologies and best practices in safety and sustainability, Spectra Energy continues to lead the industry in those areas. The company has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the Dow Jones North America Index, has ranked first in the energy sector for the Carbon Disclosure Project's Leadership Index, been included in Corporate Responsibility magazine's prestigious 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, and was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute.
Ebel's compelling vision for Spectra Energy allows him to create an open, transparent, diverse and inclusive environment. He sets the bar high, while inspiring confidence and commitment among his team.
How to reach: Spectra Energy Corp., www.spectraenergy.com
How Brad Childers earned loyalty and got things turned around at Exterran Holdings Inc.
Midstream Services
Brad Childers
Exterran Holdings Inc.
When Brad Childers became CEO at Exterran Holdings Inc., the future did not look too bright.
The company was facing a lot of debt, a historically low stock price and several consecutive years of losses. The company was formed in 2007 through a merger, but there was not a good integration plan in place to bring the two organizations together. The result was a bad culture and a poorly performing company.
Childers became CEO in 2011 and saw the fundamentals of a good business. They just needed a strong leader to come in and put it all together.
Not all the decisions that Childers made were popular. He eliminated personal printers and company cell phones and made changes to the work schedule. He reined in unprofitable pet projects and re-evaluated the company's product mix.
He needed to cut costs. But he wanted to get these painful steps out of the way quickly so everyone could move on and see the positive outcomes that would be the result.
His goal was to create an environment where the company made money, employees were rewarded for their dedicated effort and everyone had the chance to live their lives and spend that valuable time with their family that doesn't come around again.
It's why Childers is always looking for ways to do it better and make work more efficient, such as when he identified a technology to use touch-screen devices to track activities performed in the field on a real-time basis.
The information provided will help the company make better decisions regarding resource allocations and material levels needed. It will also help identify process inefficiencies, improve equipment performance and eliminate redundancies.
The key to earning the support from employees who had heard similar claims from other leaders in the past was Childers's willingness to get out in the field and answer the important questions that allowed the tools to be effective.
How to reach: Exterran Holdings Inc., www.exterran.com
How Bruce Northcutt overcame hurdles and used innovation to guide Copano Energy LLC
Bruce Northcutt
Director, President and CEO
Copano Energy LLC
When Bruce Northcutt took the reins in 2009 as CEO at Copano Energy LLC, he faced a number of challenging circumstances. The company's founder had just passed away and the economy was in the throes of a deep recession. Further, there was a great deal of uncertainty as to the future direction of the energy industry.
But Northcutt had been with Copano Energy since 2003 as president and COO, and he had helped take the company public in 2004. He knew what the company did well and was confident he had what it would take to steady the organization during this difficult time.
Northcutt has never been afraid to work with smart people, even if they were smarter than he was. The value of bringing this knowledge to the table and applying it to the future of his business was worth much more than stroking his own ego.
During the global recession in 2009, Northcutt and his leadership team knew they had to be proactive and reduce operating costs to avoid layoffs. The team brainstormed as a group and produced a list of some 100 items they could cut back on, with the exception of those related to safety, in order to keep all team members and avoid having to reduce distributions to shareholders.
Changes ranged from temporary salary cuts, to eliminating small luxuries like bottled water in the office. These ideas allowed the company to avoid layoffs and pay shareholder distributions as scheduled.
Innovative thinking has paved the way to success at Copano Energy, and Northcutt encourages his team members to do the same by using their imaginations at the company to find solutions to difficult problems.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America, completed on May 1 its acquisition of Copano Energy.
How to reach: Copano Energy, www.copanoenergy.com


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If your week was a little dull, a bit routine, take a look at how these guys fill their time - jumping off cliffs and soaring through the air at over 100 miles per hour in this week's YouTube video.
The clip is from Seven Sunny Days, produced by Matchstick Productions at www.MSPFilms.com. It must be seen to be believed.
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Our group of five stayed in two rooms at Lauriston Park for two nights in May 2012. The rooms were very comfortable and Alan & Sarah were gracious hosts. We had a rental car but did not use it at all during our few days in Edinburgh, because everything we wished to see was a manageable walk from Lauriston Park... More
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- Established, Edinburgh City centre B&B which is has been under the existing management since 2007. During refurbishments in 2010 we retained the best of this period property whilst adding to the comfort and care provided. Only 5 minutes walk from the Castle, Grassmarket and financial district and 10 minutes to Princes Street, University, EICC and numerous attractions. The rooms all have ensuite or private facilities, freeview LCD TV and radio, tea/coffee and mineral water. An excellent and highly rated continental style breakfast which is served to your room is included. ... more less


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Elevated walkway at Bang Kayak
Elevated walkway at Bang Kayak
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The provincial capital of Koh Kong is the arrival point for many foreign travellers en route to Cambodia due to the international border crossing with Thailand which lies a short distance from the town. A pretty dusty old affair, Krong Koh Kong (the city of Koh Kong, but usually just called Koh Kong) sits on the western bank of the Kah Bpow River -- a wide flowing river which is spanned by a spic-and-span Thai-financed bridge that you're welcome to drive across for a 1,200 riel moto toll or 4,800 riel for cars.
Koh Kong is a sleepy riverside town and there's not much in the way of tourist attractions within the town itself. However, it's a handy base for boat trips, waterfall and beach excursions. The town has also become a hub for eco-tourism trips and jungle trekking.
For a town of its size, it has a disproportionate number of western-managed bars which are primarily aimed at Thailand- based expats on visa runs. One Koh Kong city regular describes the local expat ... Read our complete Koh Kong travel guide


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Thought this was interesting: I stumbled across a discovery channel message board, and saw an interesting argument. The debate was, who would win in a fight between a Gorilla and a Leopard. So i pose the question to the Track and Field world with our limited knowledge of such things. Who WOULD win? I have to take the Gorilla. Immense strength, powerful jaws, and hand that can grab and hold gives the Gorilla the edge over any Land predator in my opinion. Assuming they square up of course. If a Big cat snuck up on a Gorilla from a Tree or something, may hvae a different outcome.
There is a whole show dedicated to this question where they do total analysis' of the fighting and forces of each animal then put it into a computer to pick the outcome. Some interesting results come out, like the walrus beating the polar bear.
In this case, it would depend upon the first strike of the ape. If it can crush the spine or skull immediately, it wins, otherwise the cat has the edge in most cases.
heres one for ya fellas
a T-REX verse 1.5 million pissed-off toy poodles.
the answer is obvious! after eating 650,000 little fluffy dogs the T-REX chokes to death on the worlds largest fur ball. 8)
this is sillier than my brain oldfield/gerry lindgren pool.
gorilla are actually sensitive creatures & only ever fight as a last resort
they are also pretty cowardly & posture/beat their chest/shout a lot, but rarely fight anyone else but another gorilla
if you want to talk about big monkeys, you better look at our ole friend gigantopithecus:
big motherf*cker monkey
This article claims a Gorilla is 10-27 times stronger than man, stating "Gorillas are stronger than they look, having significantly more muscle mass than a human pound for pound." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla). Given that, lets say the average man can benchpress 90% of his body weight. (yes, I know alot of us hear are current or former athletes, so 90% of our body weight is weak, but I am referring to the average joe) Given that, a 200 lbs man would be able to bench 180 lbs. If the average male Gorilla weighs 400 lbs, and is 18.5 times stronger than a man (the avergae of 10 and 27) then he would be able to bench 6660 lbs. That seems like more than enough strength to deal with a 700 lbs cat. Both animals have jaws, but only the gorilla can grab and punch.
If the cat is smart, it'll know that you can lose the battle but still win the war. My money is on the leopard to leave the gorilla in the dust as it runs away!
PS: This is almost as bad as the "Who would win: Hayes versus Greene" threads!
and knowing how much those weight-lifters like to exaggerate, the gorilla is probably claiming 8000 pounds and if he didn't have a sore shoulder, he could show you right now!
(in reality he can only get 5000, and that's with bouncing it off his chest and the spotters' arms straining as HE is lifting it)
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Let this be a warning to takers of cheeky penalties everywhere - when things go wrong you can end up looking like a right idiot.Amir Sayoud of Egyptian giants Al Ahly perpetrated one of the worst penalties of all time on Tuesday when he attempted to deceive Kima Aswan's goalkeeper from the spot.Amir approached the ball and faked to shoot but pulled back at the last moment as the goalkeeper move to his right. But as he tried to shoot properly, Amir lost balance and fell over on to the ball, propelling it weakly towards the keeper.To make matters worse, the goal would not have counted even if he had scored - it is illegal to take a 'fake' shot with a penalty, and the referee showed him a yellow card for his offence.On the bright side, Al Ahly won the match 4-0.Thanks to Eurosport.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
Search Engine Land, the news and information site that broke the story about how Lauren Rosenberg was struck by a vehicle and is now suing Google, has an update to the story: it was dark outside, and Google maps instructed her to walk across the street.
Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan spoke with the lead attorney on Rosenberg's case on Tuesday. According to attorney Allen K. Young of Provo, Utah, law firm Young, Kester & Petro, "It was six in the morning. It was not a busy street [then]. She believed there was a sidewalk on the other side."
Apparently, Google Maps directed Rosenberg to cross the street, and she figured it was leading her to a sidewalk. Young says that it was dark outside, and there were no street lights, and Rosenberg had never been in the area before, so she was relying on Google to know where the sidewalks were at. She was, in fact, struck by Patrick Harwood's vehicle when she attempted to cross the street. There was no crosswalk.
Also, according to Young, had Rosenberg not been instructed to cross the street, she could have walked down the road facing traffic on a dirt pedestrian path. This is the reason the case finds Google partly at fault. According to Young, in Utah, a jury can find a party partially responsible--so, theoretically, a jury could find Google partially responsible and Google would then be responsible for that partial amount of the claim.
Young also points out that Rosenberg was hit on January 19, 2010, and that back then Google did not offer warnings about the Google Maps walking directions on its regular or mobile sites. Google PR has shut this possibility down, however, as it told Sullivan in an email:
"We have had warning text since launch – July 08 on desktop, November 08 on mobile. Due to screen real estate, the mobile beta warning is a bit shorter, but it says "Walking directions (beta): Use caution" and usually shows up with the first step in your directions list."
Okay, fine. So it was dark. There were no street lights. She was lost without her Blackberry. Google Maps may or may not have shown a warning. Does that make this case any more justified?
Not really.
If anything, if it was dark, in the middle of nowhere, and there were no street lights, I feel like she should've seen the car coming. Take a look at the intersection where she was hit trying to cross the road--it's a pretty straight, flat stretch of road. While it's possible that Harwood was whipping around the corner from Aerie drive, it's hard to believe that there isn't quite a bit of "lacking in common sense" going on in this story.
A lot of commenters wondered if Rosenberg had ever learned not to walk on a highway--I wonder if she ever learned to look both ways before crossing the street.
Despite all the bad press, her lawyer still thinks she has a case, "I have told everyone that I think a jury will find some culpability on her part." But Young also believes that a jury will find some fault in the driver who hit her, as well as Google.
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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Taking a pause to pin and pledge, then proceed Graduate Entry Pathway Pinning Ceremony a watershed for nursing students
By Sandra Gray, UMass Medical School Communications
GSN Dean Paulette Seymour-Route, PhD, pins a GEP student at the pinning ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Photo by Rob Carlin
Members of the Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) Class of 2013 celebrated a milestone, rather than the endpoint, of their nursing studies at the seventh annual GEP Pinning on Tuesday, Sept. 13. "For our students, the academic work does not stop here," said GEP Director Eileen Terrill, PhD, assistant professor of nursing. "Yet as the fundamental underpinning for advanced practice, we believe that it is necessary to acknowledge and celebrate the nurse's pinning as an exciting rite of passage, marking achievement as well as transition into the nursing profession."
The pin and the pledge A time-honored custom of nursing programs throughout the world, the pinning ceremony is a reminder of the profession's promise to serve others. The GEP pin was designed by a student committee from the Class of 2007. Inside the shield, the column with the entwined snake symbolizes wisdom. Above the shield, the eagle's wings symbolize protection and the star refers to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which is allowed to use that symbol as one of the original colonies. The star also stands for nobility of purpose. The laurel leaves symbolize both peace and triumph. The words "education, research, service, practice" inscribed in the banners surrounding the shield refer to the mission of the Graduate School of Nursing. Like physicians, nurses pledge to serve their community and their profession. The GSN's GEP pledge is adapted from the original pledge developed for Florence Nightingale, which was based on the Hippocratic Oath. The GEP Class of 2013 recited the pledge in unison after receiving their pins: I solemnly pledge myself in the presence of this assembly to practice my profession of nursing faithfully. I will provide care where care is needed and shape the environment in which care occurs so that the promise of caring may be fulfilled. I will center my practice on the welfare of all those in my care honoring the fullness of their humanity. I will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping. I will refrain from any action, and will not knowingly take any action, that will do harm. I will maintain and elevate the standards of my profession through reasoned inquiry and faithful scholarship, and by embodying the integrity expected of me by my peers and those I serve.


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I am a gay man who, when arguing for gay marriage, has been called "lesser", "unnatural", "deviant" and "sinful". In these arguments the love I have for my fiancé has been belittled as just "sex" or only "friendship". I have been told my natural urges are a choice. I have been told I do not deserve equal rights. I have even been told I am going to hell. Furthermore, I have been told it is offensive to brand such remarks "bigoted", and that I am the bully.
I do not believe all opponents of gay marriage are hateful. Some have just not been exposed to the right arguments, and so I will demonstrate here that each anti-gay marriage argument ultimately serves to oppress or imply the lesser status of the minority of which I am a part. In rallying against the introduction of equal marriage, religious campaigners have frequently stressed that their objections are not driven by homophobia, and have deployed numerous arguments to demonstrate this. To the untrained ear these arguments sound like they may have grounding in reason, but on closer inspection reveal themselves as homophobic.
What follows is a handy guide to spotting, and refuting, these argumentsType A: The Insidiously Homophobic Arguments
1. "We need to protect marriage."
The word "protect" implies that gay people are a threat to the institution of marriage. To imply that including same-sex couples within the definition of marriage will somehow be detrimental or even destructive for the institution is to suggest gay people must be inherently poisonous. It also implies a nefarious gay mafia that is out to wreck marriage for straight people. Naturally if such a mafia existed I would be bound by a code of honour to deny its existence. However, it doesn't exist.
2. "We must preserve traditional marriage."
Given that marriage has always changed to suit the culture of the time and place, I would refrain from ever calling it "traditional". If marriage was truly traditional, interracial couples would not be allowed to wed, one could marry a child, ceremonies would be arranged by parents to share familial wealth and the Church of England would still be under the authority of the Pope.


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News Marlboro College Presents Music for a Sunday Afternoon: Winterreise
MARLBORO, VT – (February 26, 2013) – Marlboro College presents tenor Daniel Molkentin and pianist Marcia Eckert on Sunday, March 10, at 3:00pm in Ragle Hall. The duo will perform Winterreise, Franz Shubert's song cycle of poems by Wilhelm Müller.
Molkentin enjoys an active schedule performing solo and ensemble works ranging from the 16th to 21st centuries. He teaches English and German diction at Mannes College of Music and has served as the German diction coach for many ensembles, including the Bard Summer Music Festival, Berkshire Choral Festival and Liederkranz Opera Theatre.
Marcia Eckert is active as piano soloist and collaborative artist and has appeared in the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well as at Merkin, Alice Tully and Weill concert halls. She teaches piano and chamber music in the Mannes College program for young musicians.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Images available upon request. For more information, contact the Marlboro College marketing and communication office at 802-251-7644 or email@example.com.
Marlboro College
With locations in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains and downtown Brattleboro, Marlboro College provides independent thinkers with exceptional opportunities to broaden their intellectual horizons, benefit from a small and close-knit learning community, create a strong framework for personal and career fulfillment and make a positive difference in the world. At our undergraduate campus in the town of Marlboro and our Center for Graduate and Professional Studies in Brattleboro, students engage in deep exploration of their interests—and discover new avenues for using their skills to benefit themselves and others—in an atmosphere that emphasizes critical and creative thinking, independence, social justice, sustainability and community.


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– The rubber game of a weekend series between 15th-ranked
North Georgia and 9th-ranked Francis Marion was all about the
Patriots as the Saints managed just two hits and fell 11-0 at
Cormell Field on Sunday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference
North Georgia drops two of three in the weekend set, falling to 26-13 overall and 13-8 in the Peach Belt Conference, while the Patriots win the finale and improve to 31-9 overall and 12-6 in league action.
Barrett Kleinknecht was the story of the day for the Patriots, getting the job done on the mound and at the plate as the senior tossed 7.0 inning of one-hit ball, while striking out five and walking two for his fourth victory of the year. He was also stellar at the dish, going 4-for-4 with three runs scored to lead the offense.
The Saints' only two base knocks came from the bats of Jordan Erisman and Andre Airich as the pair each tallied a hit, while the lineup struck out six times and walked three times.
The Patriots scored early and often in the finale, breaking out with a pair in the first, before adding four more in the second, two in the fifth, and three in the seventh for the 11-0 victory, and their second shutout in as many games.
James Wiley (4-1) suffered the loss for North Georgia, lasting just 1.1 innings and allowing five earned runs on six hits. Michael Patton came on in relief and allowing three runs on six hits, while Justin Yackee, Nick White, and Alex Simmons all saw work for the Saints out of the pen.
North Georgia will have a mid-week battle with Emory University on Tuesday evening, welcoming the Eagles to town for a single game set to start at 7:00 p.m. at Bob Stein Stadium.
The Saints will then hit the road for their third straight weekend road series, traveling to Augusta State for a PBC showdown against the Jaguars. The two squads will play a doubleheader on Saturday, followed by a single game on Sunday afternoon.


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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
MEETING AT KEIDANREN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31~ 1978, at 3:30 P.M.
Mr. Chairman, Mr~ Minister, Mr. Doko, ~ Gentlemen:
I am delighted to meet w~th you today to discuss
preparations for our October Export Development Missions
to Japan. I am particularly pleased that you, Mr. Doko,
have kindly offered to be the Honorary President of the
Welcoming Committee for the Missions and that you, Mr. Ikeda,
have consented to be the Chairman. I have also noted the
list of distinguished names from both Japanese government
and industry who are involved in preparations for the
missions. Hy government and I appreciate the time and
effort they are devoting to it.
The export missions are an important initiative
taken by my government as part of an overall high
priority of the United States to increase exports
to Japan in order to help redress the imbalance of trade
between our two countries. To give you some idea of the
importance we attach to this problem, we have assembled
the largest trade mission ever organized by our
government consisting of over 100 members. Furthe rmore ,
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 32, Box 1, Folder 21, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
I am pleased to tell you that the Mission will be led
by Secretary of Commerce Juanita Kreps as well as Mark
Shepherd, Chairman of Texas Instruments, who will be
the business leader. Many of you met Secretary Kreps
last September while she was ~ere to discuss trade
problems and to set up the Trade Facilitation Committee.
My staff and· the advance team from the Department
of Commerce have kept me fully informed about the
thorough and enthusiastic plans which MITI, JETRO, and
a large number of Japanese firms are making for the
It is very kind of you, Minister· Komoto, to offer
a reception to welcome the missions on October 3.
I am confident that my farewell reception on October 13
will be the occasion for our celebrating the success of
the missions.
As you know, our trade deficit with Japan so far
this year is even greater than it was last year. Thus,
it behooves us all to continue our efforts to reduce
the imbalance. I feel sure that the recent shifts in
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Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 32, Box 1, Folder 21, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
exchange rates have made many U.S. products attractive
in price for Japanese buyers. One thing is clear, however.
We cannot rely on changes in the exchange rate to do all
our work for us. Our medium and small firms, in
particular, need help to learn about the possibilities
in your market and with your cooperation we think we can
expand our trade to the benefit of both sides.
*I think that everyone is clear that we look upon
the aims of the Missions as long-range aims. Their
very title stresses Export Development. We hope the
companies represented will do business and enter into
contracts during the two weeks they'are here, but far
more important will be the contacts.they make for the
I ' future and the m~ssage they carry back to the United
States about the nature of the Japanese market. Their
message will be heard by other companies, large and
small, and by the American people and the Congress.
It is important that in our planning we keep all these
considerations in mind.*
Looking to the long-range future, we are considering
more trade missions to follow the October missions. We
will continue to press forward with the Trade Facilitation
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Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 32, Box 1, Folder 21, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Committee, which has had some successes, but where
much remains to be done to make clear to all that
Japan is an open market. Moreover, our new Trade
Center at the World Import Mart should give us the
opportunity for expanded trade promotion activities.
On the national level I was delighted to hear
that President Carter has approved a National Export
policy program. I hope that the Congress will approve
the provisions for tax benefits, more Export-Import
Bank loans and more export promotion facilities.
Other measures such as the recent increase in the
discount rate and some progress on our energy policy
should help. But, basically, it is.Ameriqans and
Japanese in Japari who can best take.the necessary
measures to eliminate the excessive deficit in our
trade balance. Our mutual efforts are needed so we
can head off the kind of protectionist measures which
will be detrimental to both of our countries.
In closing, I would like to thank you again for
the time and effort you are devoting to prepare for
our trade missions. I am confident that your work
will be rewarded by a successful mission which will
be mutually beneficial for both Japanese and American
businessmen as well as our two countries.
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 32, Box 1, Folder 21, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
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A stay at Novotel Leuven Centrum places you in the heart of Leuven, convenient to Ladeuzeplein and St. Peter's Church.
This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Leuven Town Hall and Old Market Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 139 air-conditioned rooms featuring MP3 docking stations and LCD televisions. 31-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include direct-dial phones, as well as safes and desks.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including a steam room and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant or in a coffee shop/café. Or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a 24-hour front desk. This hotel has 6 meeting rooms available for events. Parking (subject to charges) is available onsite, and additional parking (subject to charges) can be found nearby.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Novotel Leuven Centrum features a steam room and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
6 meeting rooms are available. This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge). Parking is also available nearby (surcharge).
Novotel Leuven Centrum is a smoke-free property.
- Free Wi-Fi
- Number of floors - 6
- Event catering
- Parking (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
- Coffee shop or café
- Parking nearby
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Television in lobby
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Year Built 2002
- Computer station
- Parking nearby (surcharge)
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 311
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 6
- Steam room
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Bar/lounge
- Total number of rooms - 139
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Turkish bath/Hammam in spa
- Luggage storage
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Parking (surcharge), Parking limited (surcharge), Parking nearby, Parking nearby (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Complimentary weekday newspaper
- Sofa bed
- Daily housekeeping
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- MP3 docking station
- Rainfall showerhead
- Bathtub or shower
- Sofa bed size
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
- Climate control
- Direct-dial phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Dining
Hot/cold buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Novotel Leuven Centrum has a restaurant on site.
24-hour room service is available.
- Recreation
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a steam room and a 24-hour fitness center.
Children under 15 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Boat tours nearby
- Playground on site
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at noon
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same hotel / stay dates).
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.95 per accommodation, per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 20 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): EUR 9.90 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 12.5 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- A late check-out fee will be charged
- Deposit: EUR 50 per night
- Additional Details
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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This television set was actually our own, here at the No Acre Homestead. But a while back, Mike got his heart set on one of those giant, fancy flat-screens. I thought that we could actually make use of two TVs, but we really don't have the room. So here is a working TV, cable and HD-ready, with an actual remote. Free to a good home, if anyone bothers to watch a not-flat-screen TV anymore.
Yeah. I didn't think so.
I figure, in a larger, child-oriented home, a second TV could be used in a family room as a dedicated game system or DVD player. I bet, with an HDMI cable (see how much I've been learning about these things since I started blogging?) you could make a permanent spot for watching videos through your mobile device. (Right? I think I've got that right.) Or use it as a dedicated monitor for your home security system.
How about a TV just for the dog to watch while the humans are out doing their human activities?
Want more pet-related ideas? These involve taking the guts out of the unit. (Guts…that's a tech-y term.) If you do this, please dispose of the innards carefully. There may be some sketchy ingredients inside electronics.
So, if you are nearby and want to pick up this television, just drop me a line. And keep your eyes out on the Anne Arundel County Freecycle boards, too.
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Nice concept, pity we'll never hear it .......
Here's a little project I started working on tonight for fun. This is a fantasy concept and is not finished yet... basically, I researched lists of songs he was rumored to perform live or toy with in the studio. Some selections were rumored to be scheduled for his next session before he passed away. So, here is a possibility of what might have came after "Moody Blue".
The song list includes:
1. Hooked On A Feeling
2. Delta Lady
3. Born To Lose
4. The Twelth Of Never
5. Alright, Ok, You Win
6. Dancin Jones
7. Rainy Night In Georgia
8. I Write The Songs
9. We Had It All
10. Where No One Stands Alone
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Nice concept, pity we'll never hear it .......
Thanks! It's a work in progress. Thinking of another focused on gospel music after this one.
BTW, what are u using for ur box shots, i like the cd case effect ...........
nice try.....i love the front cover you used!
Thanks guys! Glad you like it.
Denny, I found the jewel case psd online at the following url:
This is awesome work my friend, absolutely stunning....... Bravo my friend.
I dream a world where man no other man
will scorn. Where LOVE will bless the earth
and peace its paths adorn...
Here's a peek at what it would look like inside a jewel case...
Thanks so much for the look inside the jewel box whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 stars my friend.
I dream a world where man no other man
will scorn. Where LOVE will bless the earth
and peace its paths adorn...
Cheers Nathan, this would make a lovely crimbo pressy for sure...... awesome cover my friend .......
It would have been great to hear him do some of these songs. It is a great cover too! Maybe EPE needs to let you do some design work for them.
Love Elvis...The Greatest
RIP Tommy
Man. Looks fantastic and just to see those words on an album cover, Recorded At The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, TN, January 1978, basically gives me chills.
Obviously it's not the first time I've heard of the possibility of him living past August 16, 1977 raised by anyone. So I guess it's that this all just seems to work so well. Nicely done.
...you won't forget me when I go.
fantastic packages thank you
... cool idea. Maybe 'redating' it to 1977 would give it a bit bigger thrill since it would have been really possible. Otherwise-great. The front cover reminds me off one bootleg I can't remember the name of.
Nathan I'm quite impressed with your cover design, it looks quite professional
The song selections are very interesting too. Seams I recall reading somewhere that he was actually supposed to have recorded Rainy Night in Georgia during the aborted 1977 recording session. I've always felt this song was made for Elvis' voice; too bad he never did get it on tape.
"Don't tamper with the property of the U.S. Male"
Nice Job On The Cover
Take a look at you and me,,Are we too blind to see, Do we Simply turn our heads and look the other way.....(Line From "in The Ghetto")
Thanks to everyone for the great compliments!
Great Work! The thought of what could have been was very creatively captured here Nathan.
There is Only One Elvis


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Protect your business by respecting privacy in mobile marketing campaigns
When Nokia implemented a mobile marketing campaign to customers in Australia, they did not take into account their users' privacy from a legal or brand standpoint. The company's tips for getting the most out of a phone qualified as spam-texting, and instead of boosting business, Nokia was fined $58,000 fine earlier this year and has suffered reduced sales in the region.
"There are laws going into place now more and more around what you can do in mobile marketing," says J. Robert Kamal, president, CEO and founder of Kohorts IT, a mobile marketing services company headquartered in Brighton, Mich. " And the biggest common pitfall we've seen is companies trying to do this on their own without any experience at all."
Businesses are increasingly looking to mobile marketing campaigns as mobile usage continues to rise. In fact, mobile Internet access will surpass traditional PC access by 2013, according to Gartner Research.
But in order to take advantage of this new era of marketing, it is increasingly important for businesses to focus on compliance with privacy standards – those set by governments and by customer expectations.
Account for privacy laws
One of the most common mistakes companies make is to create national or even global mobile marketing campaigns based on the assumptions of their local laws, Kamal says. Identify the privacy laws for all regions your campaign will penetrate.
Privacy laws, including the proposed US Mobile Privacy Act, commonly focus on: what data you will be collecting via mobile devices, who will have access to it and what it will be used for.
"Additionally, the user must agree to the privacy policy before data's gathered, with the opportunity to opt out," Kamal says. "And you must clearly identify yourself as the marketer. If those things aren't in place, than you could be putting yourself exposed to legal risk on future litigation."
Do not share information with a party not listed in your privacy policy – a common pitfall in business.
"If you collect data on a marketing campaign that you did legitimately for one purpose with a customer, and then you took the data from that customer and sold it to another company, that's a problem," Kamal says.
In addition to maintaining users' privacy, you need to respect it in your marketing techniques.
"Engaging in spamming on mobile devices, thinking that because they're your current customer, it's not really spamming, is not necessarily the case," Kamal says. "Those laws differ from country to country."
Know your brand
In addition to legal issues, spamming can damage your brand image. Think about how you want to portray your business to customers.
"Is your brand a high-quality, sort of expensive brand? If it is, a spam marketing campaign or a campaign that does not respect privacy might actually damage that brand image that you spent so much time building." Kamal says. "Look at spammers as a sign of a lowbrow marketing campaign."
Take time to "purpose build" your campaign, as opposed to developing and implementing a mobile marketing program as quickly as possible. Consider a mobile services company to help you do so if you're new to the process.
"Put a little thought into who your target audience is, what would be effective to actually run the campaign and (what your) intended results are," Kamal says. "That reduces the risks and a lot of heartache with the client."
Target your approach
Considering those factors allows you to target your approach in order to market to people with a high redemption rate. Using demand-draw or opt-in methods attract a relevant audience, as opposed to forcing marketing on random prospects.
"You can probably find a list somewhere that might have some relevance to what you're marketing, but in the end, you're going to have a high failure rate with just sort of a spam marketing program," Kamal says.
Users who find the information irrelevant can easily block future messages from your company, as well as all automated messages.
"It's hard for users to disseminate the difference between a fraud message and a legitimate marketing message unless you are taking into account the user's privacy," Kamal says. "Marketing that shows up on someone's mobile device that they weren't expecting doesn't have a high return."
Utilize social media
Mobile marketing and social media are inherently tied, as mobile devices are now driving most social media, Kamal says. By combining social media and mobile techniques in your marketing campaign, you can more successfully foster demand-draw.
"Set up a contest on social media that maybe draws demand and gets your message across," Kamal says. "Then people actually ask for your offering. … Those campaigns tend to have a much, much higher redemption rate than campaigns where you just spam users."
Social media also gives you access to a wealth of information on people's wants and needs, which you can use to identify prospects.
"You can send back a response to their (post about selling a car) on social media saying, 'Hey, we have this offer. We'll buy your car at Blue Book price … as part of a promotion,'" Kamal says. "Then you can embed in the message back – let's say it's Twitter – 'Just text this message to get your coupon code and show up at the dealer and you'll get your reward.'
"Customers look at … those kind of marketing campaigns as actually useful. Because at the end of the day, if you were gong to buy a car anyway or trade in a car anyway, if you could get $500 off just for going to one dealer versus the next, you wouldn't see that as an inconvenience. Nor is it an invasion of your privacy."
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Gwendolyn Ann Smith
This past January, an otherwise non-descript Priority Mail box arrived at my doorstep. Inside was a late holiday gift from my father: a silver locket containing a photo of him and the inscription "I am with you always."
At a visit to an Obama campaign field office in Sarasota, Fla., Vice President Joe Biden singled out a woman whom, it was reported, he thought had beautiful eyes. That woman is Linda Carragher Bourne.
When I was at the cusp of my teenage years, my parents decided to snoop around my room one day. There, in one drawer of my dresser, hidden under towels, was a stash of women's attire. When I came home, I spotted that my "stash" was gone, and realized I'd have to come up with some really good story for why all that was there.
If you happen to be transgender, then you have a reason to celebrate: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently ruled that an employer who discriminates against a transgender job applicant or employee due to said person's gender identity is practicing sexual discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This, in a word, is huge.
A transgender woman, Jenna Talackova, ended up as a finalist in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, likely the first known transgender finalist in Miss Universe—or at least the first I'd ever heard of. For a brief period of time, a transgender woman was part of one of the world's biggest pageants dedicated to feminine beauty. Then something happened: Talackova was removed from the event.
In 1972, back in the days of Earth Shoes and the Watergate scandal, a law passed in Sweden. The law, in the works since 1966, covered the legal standards for sex reassignment in the country. With this law, Sweden became the first country in the world to officially recognize gender reassignment.
Many years ago, a friend of mine came to me, frustrated. She could not grasp why we needed to spell out who was included in various non-discrimination bills. Why did we need to spell out race, and gender, and religion, and disability, and sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression, and so on? Why not simply say that no one could discriminate against another person? Frankly, I might take it a step further: we should not even need to point out that one should not discriminate: that should be a given in a humane society.
Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman from Georgia, had been working as a proofreader and editor in the state's Office of Legislative Counsel. Two years into her employment, in 2007, Glenn went to her supervisor to inform her of the pending transition. Her supervisor then took this news to her boss, Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby. Brumby then terminated Glenn's employment.
Bobby Montoya wanted to join the Girl Scouts.
Born with male genitalia, Montoya decided at age 2 that she was a girl. She dresses and acts like a typical American 7 year old. Her mother, Felisha Atchuleta, has been supportive of her child, even holding "princess parties" for Montoya's birthday. Recently, she tried to get Montoya into the Denver chapter of the Girl Scouts of Colorado, a part of the Girl Scouts of the USA. You know, the folks who sell cookies.
At MTVs video music awards, Lady Gaga took to the stage as her more masculine alter-ago, Jo Calderone.
Calderone started the show with a performance of Gaga's "You And I," but only after a mock-tirade about his relationship with Gaga. The act itself was bold and showy and quite good overall. Gaga remained Calderone for the whole show, accepting a moonman as well as presenting one to Britney Spears completely in character.
I do have to confess, I've never been a big Lady Gaga fan. I must admit, though, after seeing the VMA performance, Gaga can really put on a show. Unlike previous incarnations, Calderone is not in a meat dress or plastic bubbles. He sports a white t-shirt with rolled up sleeves, jeans, and slicked-back hair: one might expect Calderon to start performing tunes from Grease rather than Gaga's tunes. He struts around the stage, taking drags from a cigarette or swigs from a beer bottle. If you've ever seen a good drag king show, well, you'll recognize the moves―and they're done well.


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4 - 6 p.m. Registration6 - 8:15 p.m. Reception and Dinner8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Opening Activities
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Developing Your Leadership SkillsIn this interactive session, the focus is on you. You will learn how to develop the five fundamental practices of leadership and how to lead and inspire those around you. These practices are based on The Leadership Challenge by Kouzis and Posner and their research.
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Strategic ManagementLike many practitioners, you may find yourself faced with increasing demands and dwindling resources. The key to meeting these challenges is through strategic management. In this session, you will:
Ethical Issues in Career Center ManagementVarious aspects of career center management, particularly efforts to connect students with employers, have legal and ethical implications for practitioners. Use working case studies to discuss actions and consequences surrounding career center management.
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Financial ManagementThe viability of career centers, perhaps now more than ever, is contingent on practitioners' financial management skills. This session will:
Manager's Tool BoxManagers today face a world of tremendous change. The increasing complexity of work, changing expectations, and the need for higher levels of productivity and commitment require managers to perform in a more effective manner. This session will help participants develop their skills and their understanding and confidence in fulfilling their managerial roles. This program has been designed to build skills in the basic competencies that managers need most in supervising and leading employees to greater individual, team, and organizational performance. Topics include supervision of teams, performance management and motivation, negotiation skills and managing conflict, and managing individual performance.
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Marketing Theory and Strategy/ Creating Your BrandSuccessful marketing is rooted in a clear and cohesive strategy to brand your career center, programs, and events. This participatory session reviews the required fundamentals for launching a long-term approach to your promotion and marketing efforts including:
Personal Development for Professional GrowthIn today's rapidly changing environment, a person's personal and professional success depends on the collective capacity to understand what is (building on the best), to imagine what can be, and create what will be. Participants will be introduced to a method of positive planning that is rooted in a process of discovery.
To achieve this self-directed plan, participants will use a tool that is new to most people—appreciative inquiry. Appreciative inquiry is a way to rediscover and tap into our core strengths and highest potentials; it helps us develop our self-talk in a constructive way; encourages us to bring out our best qualities in serving our organizations; and helps us develop the goals, dreams, and action steps that support the future of our career.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Capstone Activities, Action Planning, and Presentation of Certificates
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The Swedish call of Mika Zibanejad's golden goal at the 2012 World Junior Championships might be the best thing ever.
For the first time since 1981, Sweden is on top of the junior hockey world by defeating Russia 1-0 in overtime on a Mika Zibanejad golden goal. And they were full marks for the win, by far the best team in the tournament.
The 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship reaches its pinnacle tonight with the Gold Medal Game between two European hockey powers. Check out this preview of Sweden vs. Russia.
Today's the final day of action at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Calgary, which means its time to play for the medals. The Bronze Medal Game features Finland, who are traditionally strong in the 3rd place games, against the host nation, Canada.
Latvia won their final relegation game against Denmark, earning a spot in next year's IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia. Denmark has been sent back to Division 1, which may not be the worst fate for the burgeoning hockey nation.
Stunning turns and toppled favorites mean Canada misses out on the WJC gold medal game for the first time in 11 years, while Team USA battles it out in the relegation round. Sweden and Russia will play for gold.
It was a day with pretty much everything in the IIHF World Junior Championship, as Sweden and Russia squeaked through their semifinal matchups to win gold. Finland blew a late lead against Sweden, while Canada turned a laugher into a nailbiter with a spectacular finish.
It's semifinal, or Silver Medal Day, at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship. Come here for analysis and updates on the action between Sweden and Finland, as well as the feature game, Canada and Russia.
The quarterfinals of the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship largely lived up to the hype on Monday, particularly the thrilling Russia vs. Czech Republic matchup. Andrei Vasilievskiy and Mikael Granlund led their countries to victory, leading to dream semifinal matchups on Tuesday of Sweden vs. Finland and Canada vs. Russia.
The medal round begins at the IIHF World Junior Championship today with Finland taking on Slovakia and Russia and the Czech Republic renewing their heated rivalry. Check out Puck Worlds for game notes and follow the action here.
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Diabetes Services at Oakwood is committed to providing you with the best diabetes care possible. Our program is approved by the American Diabetes Association, therefore you know you will be getting the best training available. We work with your primary care provider to plan diabetes care and educational services that will help you to learn to manage your diabetes and control your blood sugar levels. And, controlling blood sugar can prevent the complications of diabetes!
The program covers every aspect of diabetes, including gestational diabetes and insulin pump training. After an initial visit, the plan will be tailored to you, and may cover:
We meet with every client individually to address your concerns privately and assist in setting personal goals. We also provide group classes where you will learn from others with diabetes as well as the instructors.
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
In addition to diabetes education, MNT provides individualized counseling with a registered dietician. This benefit is covered Medicare for those with diabetes and/or kidney disease. Many private health insurance providers cover MNT as well. Check with your insurance plan to confirm MNT coverage. To Make an Appointment You may be referred at any time by yourself, your doctor, or other healthcare provider. You will need a prescription or referral requesting diabetes self-management education and/or medical nutrition therapy from your doctor if you desire insurance coverage for services.
To schedule an appointment call 800.543.WELL
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To obtain your blood glucose meter and diabetes supplies, call Oakwood Home Medical Equipment at 313.271.8120 or 800.752.2273. Members of Health Alliance Plan (HAP) or NGS (OHSCare): learn more about the diabetes services program provided by Oakwood Home Medical Equipment in association with HAP and NGS.


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6.30 to 11.00pm
Courtyard Dinners
For less than 80 guests
£8,000 (Sunday to Thursday) or £11,000 (Friday to Saturday)
For up to 160 Guests
£11,000 (Monday to Sunday)
The modern glazed Courtyard in the centre of Hertford House is approached through French doors on the ground floor. Pre-dinner drinks are held in your choice of the first floor galleries giving guests an exclusive private view of the Collection.
Small Dinners
For up to 40 guests
£6,500 (Sunday to Thursday)
£11,000 (Friday to Saturday)
Intimate dinners can be held on the ground floor in either the Dining Room (capacity 40) or the State Room (capacity 30) or on the first floor in the Venetian Room (capacity 24) or one of our stunning Dutch Galleries (capacity 30). Pre-Dinner drinks are served in selected galleries on the first floor where guests can enjoy an exclusive private view of the Collection.
Guide Lecturers
Wallace Collection guide lecturers can enhance your event by providing your guests with fascinating additional insight into the treasures of the Collection. Guides can give formal tours or can be on hand to answer questions as required. Guide lecturers are available for a fee of £150 per guide.
Additional time and hire fee
Additional time can be arranged in advance for a fee of £1,000 pro-rata per hour until midnight. Please note that the minimum hire fee for Friday and Saturday nights is £11,000.
The hire fee covers the exclusive hire of the Wallace Collection, an Event Manager and security for the Collection. Catering costs are not included in the hire fee and should be obtained from our approved caterers on our list of suppliers.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - James City County police say a man who was dragged 4 miles by a car has died from his injuries.
Police identified the victim as 30-year-old Letroy Prince Wallace of James City County. Wallace died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at a hospital in Richmond.
Police tell media outlets that Wallace and a 22-year-old Providence Forge man were racing on Saturday when Wallace lost control of his car. The vehicle hydroplaned, spun several times and hit a tree. Wallace was ejected.
The other car ran over Wallace and dragged him. Another motorist alerted the driver that Wallace was under the vehicle.
The driver told police that he thought he had run over debris from the wreck.
Two children riding in Wallace's car suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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