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Stephan Aarstol is the CEO and founder of Tower Paddle Boards, an online, manufacturer-direct brand in stand up paddle boarding. Tower Paddle Boards was invested in by Mark Cuban on ABC's "Shark Tank" and was named one of the top 10 success stories in the history of the show by Entrepreneur Magazine. Stephan is an entrepreneurial thought leader and online marketing expert.
Murad Abel is a professor in business and professional studies. He has a doctorate and masters degree in business related fields. Prior professional employment includes labor relations, training & development, human resource management, and professional writing. At present he conducts research on employment related issues and has a number of creative works thus associated.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, CIS Program
John leads the Medallia Institute, which develops educational programs in customer experience best practices designed to improve organizational performance. He has worked with leading companies worldwide on their customer experience strategies and has run workshops with more than 1,500 program leaders in a variety of industries.
Walter is a CoFounder of the Social Business Consulting Group and a Certified Social Media Consultant. He has held executive IT positions e.g. SaaS business, CIO, been VP of various functions in a large SI firm eg. SI Division, International, Marketing, Business Planning, and for 3 years established and ran the Internal IS Audit Group of a global resources corp. Principal at Kinship Digital Melbourne, Australia. Find me at my social places and spaces: xeeme.com/walter
Matt Adamson is vice president of medical home initiatives for MEDecision, a leading provider of collaborative health management solutions. Mr. Adamson is currently responsible for defining the vision and strategy for MEDecision's medical home products and services, representing MEDecision with stakeholders interested in furthering the medical home movement in the U.S. Learn more about MEDecision at www.MEDecision.com. Follow the company on Twitter at @MEDecision and on Facebook at www.MEDecision.com/Facebook.
Dave has over 12 years of experience in CRM with online marketing, systems integration, and real-time decision management systems. In the last 3 years with Quaero, Dave has helped customers implement real-time and offline marketing applications in the financial services, pharmaceutical, and hospitality industries across a number of channels including web, IVR, email, and direct mail.
Jerry Adriano is responsible for dramatically improving the customer lifecycle experience so that customers choose to stay with Sprint. Prior to assuming this role, Adriano was VP of Merger Integration responsible for synergy projects and integration activity for Sprint's Consumer business unit. Adriano joined Sprint in 1992 and has served in a variety of roles in Finance, Sales, and Product Management.
Rick Aguilar is a freelance writer and an avid healthy life style activist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Vandana Ahuja is a visiting faculty at India's Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, an educational initiative of the USD 75 M Jaypee Group of Companies. She was earlier a member of the IT arm of the group which she joined after brief associations with software giant NIIT and Elbee Express.
John Aiello is cofounder and managing director of The SAVO Group, a firm that helps marketing and sales teams work as one to drive business growth via technology. Aiello has brought a passion for market-driven, results-oriented solutions to marketing and sales challenges to a wide range of organizations.
Laurence Ainsworth founded Exigent Consulting in 2002 and since then has performed a number of successful turnaround more recently he has worked with businesses to utilise Social Marketing to drive sales performance, customer loyalty and brand recognition. He is skilled at working with, and getting the most from, owner managers.
My main mission during the last three years have been trying to figure out how free-form text feedback (social media, forums, NPS, transaction queries etc.) analysis can improve overall customer satisfaction. Specialities: Customer Experience Management, Text Analytics, Internet applications and services, mobile applications, customer development and sales, management and startups.
Quentin launched marketing company OnQ Marketing in February 2010 after 8 years experience in marketing and public relations. OnQ now works with clients in Melbourne and Geelong. Quentin's OnQ Marketing Blog seeks to provide a resource for similar businesses. A strong passion for search, social media and mobile marketing, is evident in Quentin's blog posts and also his tweets @onqmarketing.
Tony serves in the role of Principal at Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), professional services firm focused exclusively on sales & marketing effectiveness for companies worldwide. An industry thought leader, with more than 25 years of experience scaling national sales organizations.
Ardath Albee is a B2B Marketing Strategist and the CEO of her firm, Marketing Interactions, Inc. She applies over 25 years of business management and marketing experience to help companies with complex sales use eMarketing strategies to generate more and better sales opportunities. Her book, eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale was recently released by McGraw-Hill.
David joined GfK in 2000 and has worked on some of GfK's largest research programs both in North America and around the globe. David's experience includes such strategic issues as customer loyalty, brand building, new product development in many industries including Automotive, Telecommunications, FMCG, Finance, Media, and Pharmaceuticals. David has over 10 years experience in research in both academia and business.
Lara Albert is Vice President of Global Marketing for Globys, a provider of customer experience solutions for the worldwide market, leads corporate and product marketing initiatives. Prior to Globys, Albert worked at VeriSign, AOL and Kraft Foods. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University.
15 years working in digital, an SEO & Social Media geek with an evident passion for the web, running my own consultancy ThinkSearch. I'm loving life, technology, sharing, and particularly my 9 yr son old Archie and 3 year old daughter Lola. Living in Hove, UK
Greg Alexander serves as CEO of Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), a sales and marketing consultancy focused exclusively on helping B2B companies exceed their revenue targets. In 2012, Alexander was named as one of the top 25 sales minds online by OpenView Partners. Sales and Marketing Management Magazine named Alexander "Sales Manager of the Year".
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Scott Allan is chief marketing officer at AddThis, where he is responsible for public relations and marketing at AddThis. Prior to joining the AddThis team, Scott was senior vice president of Global Marketing at Rakuten LinkShare. Scott has also held marketing management positions at Quark, EMC and IBM Lotus.
Teresa Allen is a nationally recognized customer service speaker and customer service author. Allen is owner of Common Sense Solutions, a national training and consulting firm focused on bringing common sense to business and life. Allen is author of Common Sense Service: Close Encounters on the Front Lines and is co-author of The Service Path: Your Roadmap for Building Strong Customer Loyalty.
LogMyCalls is the next generation of call tracking and marketing automation. The award winning product from ContactPoint, LogMyCalls provides lead scoring, conversion rate tracking and close rate mapping. For more information visit LogMyCalls.com and call (866) 811-8880.
Ross Allen's expertise at SALESWORKS is to ensure that all businesses adapt and maintain a consistent approach to managing their businesses, and selling and delivering ERP and CRM projects. His extensive experience in systems analysis and sales process engineering enable him to rapidly develop and execute flexible technology implementations.
Speaker, Author and Consultant Errol Allen utilizes his 25 years of practical hands-on experience to create practical customer service strategies and solutions. He is an expert contributor to publications such as The Houston Business Journal, Young, Fabulous & Self Employed Magazine, Customer Service Manager of the UK and Customer Experience Magazine of the UK. Errol is the author of Keys to Delivering Amazing Customer Service.
I work with clients to understand their research and business needs, allowing Maritz to design research programs that help clients achieve their business objectives. I also work closely with the Maritz research teams to identify critical insights and present them in an effective way that clients can understand and implement to have a positive impact on their business.
Cathy Allington is managing director of You Grow Pty Ltd., an international CRM company with simple but powerful CRM tools to allow small businesses to use the customer information they already have in their existing accounting or point-of-sales systems to grow their business by communicating with clients and prospects.
Mickey is the CEO and co-founder of Insightera, the first B2B website personalization platform. Previously, he co-founded Wireless-K, an innovative social B2B e-commerce platform and a R&D group manager for Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC) and Comverse (NASDAQ:CMVT). He is an expert in big data and marketing technologies.
AndrÉ Alphonso joined The Forum Corporation in 1995 after working 20 years in human resource and organisational development in the public sector and such private-sector industries as manufacturing and information technology. He has worked extensively across the Asia Pacific region and established Forum's business in the Indian sub-continent.
Larry Alton is an independent business consultant specializing in social media trends, business, and entrepreneurship. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Paul is Co-Founder of AGSalesworks and current CEO. Proven Sales Professional and Entrepreneur, working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies.
Stefanie Amini is the Marketing Director and Specialist in Customer Success at WalkMe, the world's first interactive online guidance system. She is chief writer and editor of I Want It Now (http://ow.ly/gOU3a), a blog for Customer Service Experts. Follow her @StefWalkMe.
Sue Andersen is the director of product marketing at Empirix. With over 25 years of business & marketing experience within the telecommunications industry, her expertise includes developing and executing marketing programs for the Contact Center area. Andersen earned her bachelor's in business administration from Providence College and her master's in information systems from Boston University.
Erik Andersen is Senior Vice President, GfK Customer Loyalty. He provides research design and customer management consulting to clients who oversee customer loyalty programs in a wide variety of business sectors both domestically and globally. Erik has over 25 years market research experience, including positions on both the client and supplier sides. Prior to GfK, he held senior positions in the market research functions at the Carlson Marketing Group, Ecolab Inc., and the Lutheran Brotherhood (now Thrivent Financial).
Elana Anderson is vice president of product marketing and strategy at Unica Corp.. A highly regarded marketing software expert, Anderson previously served as vice president and research director of the marketing practice at Forrester Research. Prior to Forrester, Anderson was a strategy consultant and systems integrator for nearly 15 years.
Scott Anderson is the Marketing Director at On Hold Company, a leading provider of on-hold marketing. We deliver creative and timely on-hold messages and offer hands-free remote-load technology to a single property or multiple corporate locations. To learn more, log onto On Hold Company.
Paul Anderson is associated with CRM software development for a sufficient period to earn reputation as an expert. He has earned great deal of knowledge in analyzing the market for customer relationship management software which he shares through his blogs and articles.
I have been involved in market research and marketing of scientific products for over 30 years. I have been an adjunct professor of business strategy and market research both on-line and traditional colleges.
Bringing over twenty years of experience in decision support, CRM, and software development, Gary co-founded Semphonic and is president and chief technology officer. He's responsible for leading Semphonic's development of Web analytics and SEM decision making tools for web marketing professionals. In addition, he helps companies like WebMD, Intuit, American Express and Charles Schwab maximize their web channel marketing through intelligent use of Enterprise Web Analytics.
My passion is marketing in the digital space. While my specialization is marketing, going to school at Georgia Tech gave me the opportunity to work in a high technology environment with technically minded peers. Web 2.0 marketing is crucial for the fast paced digital work we live in, and I believe that marketing and sales should be hand in hand with increasing revenues.
SCRM Evangelist @ Cognizant. Additional knowledge in BPM, QA, Innovations, Solutions, Offshoring from previous roles as developer, tester, consultant, manager. Interested in FLOSS, Social Media, Social Networks & Rice Writing. Love SF&F books. Blessed with a loving wife & a curious kid. :)
Bob is founder of Inflexion-Point - applying a systematic, evidence-based approach to help B2B clients generate customer value, eliminate wasted effort and improve marketing and sales performance. UK-based, Bob previously held senior sales, marketing and C-level global positions in the high-tech sector.
Moontoast's Social Activation Engine is a SaaS and cloud-based social marketing, social commerce and social analytics platform. As VP Product, Errol leads product strategy and management for Moontoast's innovative social technology platform. Previously, Errol was Head of Innovation at Optaros, where he provided Mobile & Social Commerce solutions for top retailers. Prior to Optaros, Errol founded, led and successfully sold an angel-backed venture delivering original social content programming via TV, web and physical entertainment venues. Previously, Errol was GM of Razorfish Boston.
Akin Arikan, the author of Multichannel Marketing: Metrics and Methods for On and Offline Success, is a director of product strategy for IBM's web analytics and interactive marketing solutions. Akin has been working with analytics practitioners since 1999.
David Armano is a Senior Partner at Dachis Group, an advisory firm focused on Social Business Design. He is both an active practitioner and thinker in the worlds of digital marketing, experience design, and the social web. Author of the popular Logic + Emotion blog, he is best known for his distinct brand of visual thinking. Follow David on Twitter.
John is an accomplished marketing professional who has driven transformative strategies and programs for technology products and services for more than 2 years. Since 22, he has built a successful marketing consultancy, providing marketing services to Cisco, Juniper, and Nokia, as well as multiple venture-funded start-ups. Over the past decade John has held executive marketing roles at Mobile Money Ventures, Apisphere, NetScaler, Aspen Networks, and Yipes. John also has experience as a VP and chief analyst at Gartner.
Guy is the author of 'Great or Poor' (www.greatorpoor.com ) … a simple and effective system for delivery of consistent and continually improving customer experiences, 'Go the Extra Inch' the effective way to empower your people, and 'Sales through Service' (www.salesthroughservice.com ) how to sell more through repeat business, referrals, round sales and reputation (the 4 R's). Guy helps Organisations large and small to systematically make more sales for lower costs, through 4 simple principles. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for his free publications.
Lior Arussy is the president of Strativity Group and the author of several books, including Customer Experience Strategy The Complete Guide From Innovation To Execution (4i, 21). To learn more about customer strategies, sign up for Arussy's newsletter.
Khara Ashburne, has over 16 years of strategic and executive program management experience, specializing in customer experience program design, corporate coaching and closed-loop management. With an extremely passionate view on superior customer experience, she has worked with small and large organizations, driving transformational programs designed to convert customers from simple, passive payers – or even worse, detractors – to loyal enthusiastic advocates of you and your brand. To start a conversation reach out at: firstname.lastname@example.com or via phone: 678-539-0228
EMEA Customer Experience Conference – By the co-creators of Net Promoter®
[Sept 10-11, London] Satmetrix invites you to hear world-class speakers, like Joseph Jaffe, engage in hands-on workshops and become Net Promoter certified – whilst we celebrate the fan at the Chelsea Football Club. Join the Premier League of CX devotees at an historic football stadium with an indie rock band from Scotland.
Global Customer Experience Management (CEM) Certification Program
[Sept 22-23, London; Nov 13-14, Hong Kong; Nov 18-19, Melbourne] An internationally recognized program with proven track record of success - being run for 44 times in 18 cities with attendees from 61 countries. The program is developed based on the U.S. patent-pending Branded CEM Method which aims to drive customer loyalty and brand differentiation with quantifiable business results. Book early to enjoy USD300 discount.
Confirmit Community Conference 2014
[Sept 25, San Francisco] If you're a Customer Experience, Employee Engagement or Market Research professional, this event is a must! Features keynotes, workshops and networking designed to help you take your business to new heights. Book now to receive up a 20% discount with registration code: SPCT20.
Wharton Executive Education - Strategic Value of Customer Relationships
[Sept 29 - Nov 23, Online] Re-examine how to reach your best customers with the Strategic Value of Customer Relationships, a new online program from Wharton Executive Education. Learn how to apply marketing metrics to deepen your company's relationship with its best customers.
Great Experience 2014 – The Conference on Customer Experience Management
[Sept 30 - Oct 1, Istanbul] Join industry leaders and experts for two days of discovery and networking in sunny Istanbul. With an emphasis on industry issues, best practices and innovation, Qmatic offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect with other professionals in our global ecosystem. Listen to world class speakers such as Bob Thompson, Customerthink.com and Jonathan Browne, Forrester.
Predictive Analytics World Boston Special Pricing
[Oct 5-9, Boston] Predictive Analytics World is the business event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners, covering today's commercial deployment of predictive analytics across industries and across software vendors. Register by Friday, August 15th and receive $400 off registration. Save an additional 10% off using code: CTRM14
The eMetrics Summit Boston Special Pricing
[Oct 5-9, Boston] If you are responsible for results of your company's website, social media, ecommerce, web intelligence, data strategy, audience research or measurement, then mark your calendar to attend eMetrics Summit. Register by Friday, August 15th and receive $400 off. Save an additional 10% off using code: CTRM14
Medallia Institute CEM Certification Course October 14-16, London
[Oct 14-16, London] Unlock the full potential of your customer experience program. Gain new insights on how to transform your customer feedback strategy. We leverage Medallia's expertise to provide case studies based on world-class organizations. You'll leave with an action plan including next steps to drive all levels of your business toward customer-centricity.
Predictive Analytics World London
[Oct 29-30, London] This is the business event for experts, practitioners, managers and vendors in predictive analytics. The conference offers trend-setting keynotes, relevant case studies as well as practical sessions. Learn which predictive processes and tools really work, how to optimize marketing actions via forecasts to increase competitiveness, growth, customer satisfaction and what Big Data can do for your company! Receive up to 15% off registration when using discount code: CTRM14
[Oct 29-30, London] The leading Web Analytics conference is back! Once again, the world's best digital analysts are gathering at the eMetrics Summit in London. Get the latest strategies and trends on Big Data, Attribution, Marketing ROI, Data Intelligence, Analytics and much more! Receive up to 15% off registration when using discount code: CTRM14
Helping is the New Selling: How to Engage with Today's Empowered B2B Buyers
[Recorded June 26] Thanks to the Social Web, B2B prospects have become much more elusive to contact with traditional sales processes. Learn how marketers can deliver an Amazon-like buyer experience to increase engagement, generate more qualified leads and ultimately drive revenue growth.


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Headhunters introduces us to the charming villain Roger Brown, a man who seems to have it all: he is Norway's most successful headhunter, married to the beautiful gallery owner Diana, owns a magnificent house – and is living larger than he should. Meanwhile, he is playing at the dangerous game of art theft. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to the Dutchman Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for the CEO position of the GPS company Pathfinder that Roger Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of "The Calydonian Boar Hunt" by Peter Paul Rubens, one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger sees his chance to become financially independent, and starts planning his biggest hit ever. But soon, he runs into trouble – and it's not financial problems that are threatening to knock him over this time… The winding, explosive plot takes us from society's financial and industrial elite to an underworld of contract killers and swindlers, offering Nesbo's variations on the most spectacular murders, car chases and escapes that the genre has to offer on the way.
When Headhunters was published in 2008, Jo Nesbø established the Harry Hole Foundation – a charity to reduce illiteracy among children in the third world. All proceeds from Headhunters, in all editions and formats including the movie adaptation, go directly to the Harry Hole Foundation.
Yellow Bird Productions (the company behind the adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium and Henning Mankell's Wallander) produced the Scandinavian movie adaptation of Headhunters. The film premiered in Oslo in August 2011, and the film distribution rights are sold to more than 30 countries, with an American remake in the works.
In March 2013 Headhunters was awarded 'Best Thriller' at Empire Awards.
Headhunters was awarded the 2008 Norwegian Book Club Prize for Best Novel of the Year.
Jo speaks about Headhunters
A trailer on Headhunters from Jo's Swedish publisher, Piratförlaget
A trailer on Headhunters from Jo's German publisher, Ullstein
A trailer on Headhunters from Jo's Norwegian publisher, Aschehoug
"There's a reason Jo Nesbø has been dubbed "the next Stieg Larsson": his gripping Harry Hole detective series, including this year's The Snowman, read like cinematic thrillers. The pace of Nesbø's novels draws comparisons to Larsson, but his pithy, intellectual prose distinguishes Headhunters from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. With Nabokovian skill, Nesbø cunningly manipulates the reader to sympathize with an unsympathetic protagonist in this invigorating must-read.
Newsweek (US)
*starred review*
"[The] dizzying reversals of fortune and situations that would be over-the-top in lesser hands make for a delightful roller-coaster ride. Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard fans will be delighted."
Publishers Weekly (US)
"This stand-alone gives us a brilliant array of variously flawed human beings involved in a tale of intricate plotting, excellent characterization, made-for-the-movies effects and images, and a multifaceted surprise ending. /…/ this is a true thriller from start to finish. Sure to be enjoyed by devotees of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and even the post–Cold War oeuvre of John le Carré."
Library Journal (US)
"a darkly comic caper story"
Lincoln Journal Star (US)
"The result is a masterclass in obfuscation and psychological parrying. /…/ Nesbo has that rare talent for turning the tables on readers, confounding expectations and revealing only what is intended."
The Independent (UK)
"Headhunters rapidly turns into a gripping read with strangely authentic characters, who are as dislikeable as they are loveable… Nesbo made these characters real, troubled and emotionally engaging. And, what's more, this book is a million miles away from his serial character, Harry Hole. Don't be fooled though, there is plenty of violence and action here too. Nesbo just takes his time, lulling us into a sense of false security before bringing the whole delicate chandelier crashing down. Technically, the novel works brilliantly. /…/ I got lost in this book and hours skipped by as the chapters got shorter, more tense and the pace quickened to an almost unbearable crescendo… A thoroughly satisfying read."
The Independent (Ireland)
"Nesbo is a master storyteller, gripping the reader from the first page and ratcheting up the suspense in a thrilling finale with several satisfying twists."
Daily Express (UK)
"Nesbo proves there's life beyond his dour detective with his pithy, thrill a minute tale Headhunters, set in the cut-throat world of executive placement. /…/ I truly enjoyed this fast paced and at times extremely tense romp – it reminded me very much of Douglas Kennedy /…/ Plus like Kennedy, Nesbo employs the first person narrative so you really share in the roller-coaster ride of his character's story. The twists and turns in Headhunters will keep you hooked from the first line to the last. /…/ A terrific book with an ending you might not expect."
TVNZ (New Zeeland)
"This book is one you absolutely have to read… The outrageous storytelling is so stimulating, it makes James Ellroy look like a boy scout and Bret Easton Ellis like a sunday school boy."
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
"Superior, ingenious and even credible… Hats off for the Norwegian rogue who obviously knows his stuff. From heavy crime novels to a playful appropriation of the genre."
Weekendavisen (Denmark)
"Nesbø can out-write most of his Scandinavian colleagues … Headhunters is cleverly written and effectively composed, and you can easily devour it in one ravishing read."
Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark)
"Tarantino meets the Coen brothers in Nesbø's crime novel."
Politiken (Denmark)
"…a raging, talented and clever con comedy."
Jyllandsposten (Denmark)
"…a breathtaking thriller with fraud and murder in international settings, and Jo Nesbø can both maintain the suspense and store some cunning surprises."
Metro XPress (Denmark)
"Suspense, genuine creepiness, macabre murders and a great deal of humor… One of this years best."
Vejle Amts Folkeblad (Denmark)
"Headhunters has everything that makes a good crime novel: Strange murders, inventive disappearing acts and above all brilliant fraud for all you're worth."
Bogrummet (Denmark)
"…a highly entertaining, first-rate crime novel, where Nesbo uses his entire register of narrative techniques and tricks to tell a story that is wilder and more zany than anything he has ever written before."
Dagbladet (Norway)
"…a safe investment for anyone looking for a suspenseful summer read of top-notch quality."
Verdens Gang (Norway)
"…while this rather unlikely, entertaining and at times both humorous and imaginative story snakes its way forward, toward its inexorably tragic outcome, the reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street. /…/ With Headhunters, Nesbo has accomplished an easily digested, but nevertheless brilliant and elegant thriller."
Dagsavisen (Norway)
"A brilliantly told modern-day adventure."
Bergens Tidende (Norway)
"A sparkling Jo Nesbo pokes fun at the nouveaux riches and serves up the most beastly submersion in Norwegian history."
Fædrelandsvennen (Norway)
"A fast-paced, elegantly plotted, and truly macabre crime novel…"
Tønsbergs blad (Norway)

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The Louisiana Historical Quarterly
1770.—July 5th. Partition. Madames Vilmont, Granprie, and others
in the succession of M. de Chantilly.
Garic, Notary of the Cabildo. Marie Francoise Petit de Coulange,
widow of Robert Gerard de Villemont; Therese Gallard, widow of
Mr. de Grandpré, and Genevieve Gallard, wife of Charles Lesassier,
each heir to one-third of the succession of Francois Gallard de Chantilly
and one-fourth of the succession of Marianne Hervicun.
July 5th. Petition. Alexandre Harang, curator to the minors Roman.
No. 10723. pp. 97022-97026.
To Alferez Real Francisco Maria de Reggio. Jacques and Joseph Roman,
minors, heirs to their parents, Joseph Roman and Marie Joseph Daigle,
petition that a valuation be made of their patrimony and that an account
be rendered by Mr. Daigle, their tutor. They choose and name as their
curator their brother-in-law, Alexander Haran, or Harang, whose father,
Louis Haran or Harant, will be his security. They futher petition for
their act of emancipation. Petition granted. Alexandre Haran is notified
of his appointment as curator to Diego (Jacques) and Joseph Roman, who
must accept, and take oath, and who will represent their interests in the
suit which they prosecute against their tutor, Esteban Daigle. All legal
requirements having been complied with, the Court confirms the appointment
of Alexandre Haran as curator ad lites to the minors Roman.
July 8th.
Procuration. Alex. Harang to Depre.
No. 10724. pp. 97027-97028
Garic, Notary of the Cabildo. Alexandra Harang as husband of Marie Joseph Roman,
and curator ad lites to Diago and Joseph Roman, his wife's minor brothers, and
empowered by Gabriel Fusilier de la Claire, widower, receiver for his minor
children by the deceased Juana Roman, all children and heirs of the deceased
Joseph Roman and Marie Joseph Daigle, their parents. All heirs of the Roman estate
appoint as their attorney Henrique Desprez, to defend their interests in all suits
prosecuted for or against them, in their proceedings to demand an account of the
administration of their estate from their tutor, Mr. Daigle.
July 9th. Procuration. Courtablau to Mazange.
No. 10771. pp. 97206-97207.
Garic, Notary of the Cabildo. Santiago Courtablau to Leonardo Mazange, to represent
his interests in all law suits and business transactions as the case may require,
particularly in the law suit which Courtableau is about to prosecute, or any
legal action which may be brought against him.
July 9th. Partnership. Macnemara with Conway.
No. 10725. pp. 97029-97032.
Garic, Notary of the Cabildo. Bartolomeo Macnemara, and Mauricio Conway, a tanner,
form a partnership to conduct a tannery. Conway occupies the tankard, having begun
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Popcorn & Pretzel Chicken Tenders Recipe
My daughter, Alivia, thought it would be tasty fun to coat chicken tenders with two of our favorite movie-watching snacks, popcorn and pretzels. Crunchy and crispy, they bring on a lot of smiles when served with a creamy and sweet mustard sauce. —Suzanne Clark, Phoenix, Arizona
- 1-1/2 pounds chicken tenderloins
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup peach preserves
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- 4 cups miniature pretzels, crushed
- 2 cups air-popped popcorn, crushed
- Cooking spray
- In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients; toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, at least 30 minutes. In a small bowl, mix yogurt, preserves and mustard; refrigerate until serving.
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large shallow dish, combine crushed pretzels and popcorn. Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. Dip both sides of chicken in pretzel mixture, patting to help coating adhere. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet; spritz with cooking spray.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until coating is golden brown and chicken is no longer pink. Serve with sauce. Yield: 6 servings (1 cup sauce).
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This weekend, Disney pooled their resources with Jerry Bruckheimer and produced an insta-blockbuster. Apathy is the name of the game with "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," which scored the biggest bow of 2011 despite being a piece of shit that grossed lower in its opening frame than its two predecessors. "Dead Man's Chest" and "At Worlds End" both cracked $100 million in their first domestic weekend, but even with the elevated 3D pricing, "Pirates 4" couldn't cross nine digits.
Which is irrelevant, of course. Because, as much as Hollywood wants to claim they are bleeding from record attendance drops, the international market has never been more viable. The "Pirates" pictures are wildly more successful overseas than they are in America, and even if the domestic gross doesn't match the reported $250 million price tag (a fifth of which goes to Johnny Depp - yes, really), they needn't worry about Peoria, because, for once, "big in Japan" actually means something.
The question is, does "Pirates 4" perform from here on out like the typical huge blockbuster that no one really likes? If it shows the type of legs popularized by that preferred subgenre (60% drops each weekend), and takes a hit from next weekend's "The Hangover Part II" (which some say could gross $100 million over the Memorial Day weekend) then "Pirates" won't sniff the domestic numbers of any of the "Pirates" films thus far.
But who cares? With the film registering the biggest five-day international haul in history (which is impressive, though the day-and-date release model is still a relatively new innovation), the picture is due to appeal to all sorts of undemanding audiences overseas. Even with a ridiculous budget, "Pirates" should be profitable provided it passes $500 million internationally which, given that the last two were well over $600 million in overseas regions, should be a given. "Pirates 5" is a sure thing, in other words, as is "The Lone Ranger," and possibly the "Thin Man" remake with "Pirates 4" director Rob Marshall, who himself will continue to get material he doesn't deserve. Hey, remember when Johnny Depp made movies that weren't a piece of shit?
The big news worth celebrating this weekend was the muscular hold for "Bridesmaids." The lady-centric comedy performed spectacularly in its second frame, losing less than 20% of its audience, landing at just a tad under $60 million in ten days of release. It definitely looks like it's connected with the Apatow audience that drove similar male-centric fare to $100 million. After that opening, nine figures seemed uncertain, but now, it looks highly likely, though "The Hangover" will surely take a huge chunk of that audience. Considering most were predicting "Bridesmaids" would tap out at $40 million, this might end up being one of the summer's most surprising, and profitable, hits.
"Thor" lost some of the wind in its sails in its third weekend, lapped by "Bridesmaids" as it dropped over 50%. But the picture has already surpassed Marvel's underperforming "Incredible Hulk" and looks like it should crest $400 million globally by this weekend. It doesn't look likely to match the gross for "Fast Five," the latter with just enough left in its tank to hit $200 million, which may even happen next weekend, considering the two blockbusters ("Hangover" and "Kung-Fu Panda 2") skew to either adult or child audiences, leaving the teen and older-family audience shut out of "Pirates" to catch these two pictures. Or, you know, go outside and enjoy the weather. Maybe socialize.
Pretty quiet with the rest of the box office, allowing "Rio" to remain in the top five even though, with $450 million global in the tin, it's clearly just playing out the string. "Priest" took a nearly-70% tumble, and could finish under $30 million, while "Jumping The Broom" and "Something Borrowed" remain locked in mortal combat, both at a $31 million total. "Broom" is the bigger success, with a lower budget and a higher per-screen average from many less engagements than "Borrowed," but we'll have a feeling Hollywood will keep casting "Borrowed" star Kate Hudson over "Broom" leading lady Paula Patton. Just a hunch.
Indie theaters saw a monstrous debut from Woody Allen's "Midnight In Paris." With only a six screen debut, "Paris" cracked the top twelve, collecting $529k with a per-screen average of $96k. By comparison, "Pirates Of The Caribbean" averaged $21k per-screen. Of course, as is with many expansions, can "Paris" continue to fill houses as it expands? The last major indie debut in this ballpark was "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire" which scored $104k per-engagement, but never blossomed into a major performer, topping out at $47 million. The last Allen picture to gross over $40 million domestically, for the record, was "Hannah And Her Sisters" about a quarter of a century ago. We are getting older. And apparently not watching newer Woody Allen movies.
Other indie releases were not so fortunate. A highlight was Werner Herzog's "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams," which expanded onto 107 screens and grabbed $439k, for a four week total of just slightly under $2 million. The only other debut on the market to register was "35 And Ticking," a romantic comedy that grabbed $30k on six screens. Support your local arthouse theater, boys and girls.
1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Discount Edition (Disney) - $90.1 million
2. Bridesmaids (Universal) - $21 million ($59 mil.)
3. Thorgasm (Paramount) - $15.5 million ($145 mil.)
4. Movie Five Fast Car Vroom (Universal) - $10.6 million ($186 mil.)
5. Rio (Fox) - $4.7 million ($142 mil.)
6. Priest (Sony/Screen Gems) - $4.6 million ($24 mil.)
7. Jumping The Broom (Sony/TriStar) - $3.7 million ($31 mil.)
8. Something Borrowed (Warner Bros.) - $3.4 million ($31 mil.)
9. Snapple For Elephants (Fox) - $2.1 million ($52 mil.)
10. Tyler Perry Presents A Tyler Perry Movie Does It Matter What it's Called It's A Tyler Perry Movie (Lionsgate) - $990k ($52 mil.)
Kim | June 1, 2011 1:05 AM
Johnny Depp makes movies that he wants to do, not what you want him to do. His movies are fun, and if you don't like them, then don't watch them. Its that simple.Usually people who like to tear apart other peoples work have underlying issues. Envy much?
mike | May 26, 2011 12:23 PM
well these pirates movies are the only thing making disney any money, so I don't see them nixxing them anytime soon....sorry to burst your bubble maties! We may even have to suffer throigh pirates 8, 9, 10, and so on!
Glass | May 23, 2011 8:59 AM
Goddamn, I hate to be the Token to your Tyler Perry but these weekend boffice posts crack me up so much. It's the only way to deal with these movies. I know if I had to watch and report on crap like this, I would be 10x more nihilistic than you, so I applaud your strength.
Gabe Toro | May 23, 2011 8:08 AM
Ain't no compliment like a backhanded compliment! "On Stranger Tides" was a terrible, vacuous movie by any standard.
Maha | May 23, 2011 4:09 AM
Johnny Depp couldn't care less about your shitty opinion.
As far as I'm concerned, this movie isn't as bad as everyone is toting it out to be. A sequel can never be as good as the original (exception- Toy Story 3), and this is meant to be more of a spin-off than a sequel.
Also, I think people are too used to Gore's excellent vision associated with Pirates- and the difference in direction is one they found hard to get over.
Anyways, Johnny's never done much other people wanted him to do. He's always taken roles and films more appealing to himself than to others, in his career, and that is exactly what he's doing now.
As for "remember when Johnny Depp made movies that weren't a piece of shit?"- He makes one failure (The Tourist) and one less appealing film (Alice in Wonderland) and you're disregarding him just like that? Just because he had one bad year, in '10? Wow. I didn't know American audiences had such a short span memory. I think one of the main reasons you guys are reacting this way is because he makes less movies nowadays.
Anyways, wait for "The Rum Diary" before judging him so harshly. Slated to release this fall.
David | May 23, 2011 3:17 AM
Man idk why people are talking so much shit about the movie. The trilogy was finished this one was a spin off of it so people need to stop comparing it to them. It's kicked all the other movies ass out so far and in it's own right it's a good movie. Fuck the critics they don't know shit it matters what the people think of it and by the money that it's making its overall a success. I'm definantly looking forward to pirates 5
icu | May 23, 2011 2:00 AM
Rum Diary: Where Depp sleepwalks through another Cap'n Jack / Burton-esq zany performance, but critics fall all over him, because this time it is in a "serious movie". You can see the Oscar nom already. Hollywood wants to give him that award, but they aren't willing to wait for him to deliver a challenging performance. Why don't they cut to the chase and give it to him for Cap'n Jack? Same performance and they can move on.
classicalgregg | May 23, 2011 1:56 AM
My Goodness Hoffman~
One has to wonder why you would continuously subject yourself to "bloated, overlong, overloaded, over stuffed and pretentious" movies. You must be a bit of a masochist.
I personally love Pirates of the Caribbean movies and the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow in particular. It is escapism pure and simple.
Cory Everett | May 22, 2011 10:06 AM
But if Johnny Depp's only recent defendable film is one where he's never actually onscreen, that's prob not a good thing.
carrie | May 22, 2011 9:53 AM
RANGO was a really good movie (and all of fun)
Ian | May 22, 2011 9:43 AM
Seconded on Rango. Not a piece of crap in the least. That's still the best "fun" movie of the year as far as I'm concerned.
Sara | May 22, 2011 9:36 AM
I was referencing this film and Just Wright. I should have been clearer but she can not act in romantic comedies. I just don't believe she has that in her arsenal. She did great with Deja Vu and Precious. I believe dramas is where she will shine. And I am sure Mission Impossible will do well for her.
I have on good authority that Paula gets pretty of offers. The problem: they are roles she doesn't want. And the ones she wants, she usually lose out on. Add on top of that, she has a family, her choices are fairly limited.
Long post but IMO romantic comedies are not for everyone. She and her co-star, Laz Alonso, fit into those categories.
jaye | May 22, 2011 9:02 AM
Dude, I totally LOL'd at that title. Literally.
sp | May 22, 2011 8:57 AM
Sara, Paula Patton has acting talent. But, because she is African-American, she is not receiving many job offers. Which is a damn shame !
Rashad | May 22, 2011 8:55 AM
"remember when Johnny Depp made movies that weren't a piece of shit?"
Public Enemies
Sara | May 22, 2011 8:38 AM
Well, neither Kate nor Paula can act so they are pretty much interchangeable in my book. Not to mention both movies were atrocious, I prefer studios ignore both of them but I doubt I could ever be that lucky. I love both ladies but they do not need to ever do romantic comedies. Dramas and action, yes, romantic comedies, however, are an epic fail.
Hoffman | May 22, 2011 8:27 AM
I hope this is the last ever Pirates of the Caribbean movie even though the scene after the credits was arrogantly included for yet another sequel to be made. The entire film series has been awful - bloated, overlong, overloaded, overstuffed, pretentious films about a one-note character.
It would be good if Johnny Depp does more dramas and plays more straight and normal characters. However, I have already given up on him from his poor choices in roles and projects and don't expect him to.


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Arsenal now have a secure grip on third place in the Premier League, while Wigan Athletic are finally off the bottom spot in the league. They pulled off a fantastic upset win at Anfield, and Liverpool are now much closer to the bottom half than they are to Europe. Surely King Kenny is immune to the sack?
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa
This one was over before it started. Kieran Gibbs capitalized on some terrible defending to open the scoring 16 minutes in and Theo Walcott doubled Arsenal's lead in the 25th minute. In stoppage time, Mikel Arteta scored one of the goals of the season with an absolutely stunning 25-yard free kick.
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Bolton are out of the drop zone and Blackburn are back in the relegation race after their two-game winning streak was snapped. David Wheater scored both Bolton goals in the first half, and both were headers on corners. Steven N'Zonzi got Blackburn back into the match in the 56th minute, but they couldn't find an equalizer
Liverpool 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Well, the wheels really have fallen off at Anfield, haven't they? So much for all of that "a trophy will give them the confidence to challenge for Europe" stuff. Liverpool have lost five of their last six games in the league. They dug themselves an early hole in this one, giving away a 30th minute penalty that Shaun Maloney converted. Luis Suarez equalized early in the second half, but some bad set piece marking allowed Gary Caldwell to score a 63rd minute winner.
Norwich City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
So close to an Eric Cantona hat trick for Grant Holt! He scored twice and was sent off, missing out on the assist needed for the feat. Matt Jarvis put Wolves up early in the 25th, but Holt answered instantly with a 26th minute equalizer. Just before halftime, Norwich won a penalty for a handball and Holt scored what would eventually be the winner. He was sent off in the 84th.
Sunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers
QPR's spending doesn't appear to be keeping them up. They're in the bottom three after this loss to Sunderland. Nicklas Bendtner scored for the Black Cats just after halftime, but things didn't really get back for Rangers until Djibril Cisse got sent off. He put his side a man down in the 55th minute with an abysmal tackle on Fraizer Campbell, for which he's going to miss at least three, if not four games. Sunderland jumped out to a 3-0 lead and Taye Taiwo scored a garbage goal for the visitors.
Swansea City 0-2 Everton
Swansea were dominant in possession at home as per usual, but they were very poor in front of the net. They hardly challenged Tim Howard, only managing one shot on target. Leighton Baines scored with a trademark free kick in the 59th minute and Nikica Jelavic sealed the Toffees' win in the 76th.


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"...stars...Numerous, and every star perhaps a world Of destined habitations"--Milton, Paradise Lost (1668)
In spite of a fairly long (if not light) and ancient history, it seems as though Christian Huygens might have thought more to the shaping of extraterrestrial life than any writer to his time. [The idea of extraterrestrial life is very old, stretching far back into Hindu cosmology, and even deep into the (eighteen worlds) of the Talmud. Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, Aristole, Ptolemy all thought about and agreed on the possibilities of life being lived on places other than the Earth--infintely more life, in the case of Epicurus. Bruno, Copernicus, Fontenelle, Henry More, and Cyrano de Bergerac.] In a way, in a Asimovian way of rules, Huygens may have laid out the first real template for describing what life-not-on-Earth might look like. And in the long run, he finds that the possibilities for life Elsewhere are enormously high (and not in doubt in any way), and that it should in no way be any lesser life-formed than what we know here on Earth--and that includes "life" in all of its great complexities.
[One of the few images made during this time or earlier on the possibilities of world systems outside our own appeared in Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle--who almost but not quite gets there in his 1682 book Entretriens sur la pluralite des mondes, as follows, though it really has not much at all to do directly with Huygens:]
Huygens (1629-1695) worked across many fields, including astronomy, biology, math and physics, and was extraordinarily productive, making numerous contributions in the physical and theoretical areas, as well as being a prolific author and correspondant. But towards the end of his relatively short life (he died at age 56) Huygens embarked down the science fiction road in pre-science fiction days, writing a wonderful and provocative book entitled Cosmotheoros, The Celestial World Discover'd: or, Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets (available online in English here) where he establishes the groundwork of this extraterretrial life. (The book was nearly published during Huygens' lifetime, but it didn't quit ework out; left to his brother to published, he, too died before the book was finally in print in 1698. Shortly after the Latin edition of the Cosmotheoro was published by the The Hague publisher Adriaan Moetjens, translations appeared in English (1698) and in Dutch (1699). In the following years, translations also appeared in French (1702), German (1703), Russian (1717) and in Swedish (1774).)
Hugens set out his description by arguing that extraterrestrial existence of life is perfectly in keeping with the Bible, and that his"conjectures are not useless" or "overcurious", and that are justified in and of themselves as a useful pursuit because of the display of logic in his arguments. He states that the inherent sinfulness and "villany" of man on Earth does not perclude life elsewhere, and these lifeforms coul dbe everywhere else, and no different from our own, with no differences in ability to reason and explore. Lifeforms exist much like us, with at least five senses (and here Huygens makes an interesting play for more-than-give senses, though he doesn't understand what they might be), and are capable of all of the supporting capacities for enjoying astronomy, and logic, mathematics, physik, arithmatic, and all of the rest, including all possible skills that could be called upon in the production of instruments of science necessary to pursue any endeavor, and all enjoyed in a society as expectently rich as any on Earth, enjoying all of their plants and animal lifeforms, all of their own creations and the rest of the creations of Nature, all while listening to a universe-wide application of music ("everywhere immutably the same", which Huygens states beautifully here:)
"It's the same with Musick as with Geometry, it's every where immutably the same, and always will be so. For all Harmony consists in Concord, and Concord is all the World over fixt according to the same invariable measure and proportion. So that in all Nations the difference and distance of Notes is the same, whether they be in a continued gradual progression, or the voice makes skips over one to the next. Nay very credible Authors report, that there's a sort of Bird in America, that can plainly sing in order six musical Notes: whence it follows that the Laws of Musick are unchangeably fix'd by Nature, and therefore the same Reason holds valid for their Musick, as we even now proposed for their Geometry"--(page 86)
Cosmotheoros' pages are filled with such reasoned arguments--remarkably so for the end of the 17th century, barely 90 years after the great publication of Galileo and 40 aftre the work of Hooke (in exploring infinities at the other end of the optic scale).
I've included some interesting parts from Book One of the Cosmotheoros; the subject/section headings are in red, and the page number (which usually appears mid-sentence) is related as [23]. Huygens occasionally referes to the other non-Earth life forms as "Planetarians". Here's a sample:
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Following a flurry of recent blogging on the topic of cell phones in concert halls (here, here and here) I thought I'd share a technique I used last year at the opening concert of Watson Chamber Music Hall. I came out on stage to make some introductory remarks. I then pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and said: "I just want everyone to know that I have one, too. And I'm turning mine off!"
General laughter, no offense, and everyone who had forgotten to do so quickly pulled their cellular umbilicals out and disconnected.


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Last night (Sat., Dec. 14, 2013) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight veterans Joe Lauzon and Mac Danzig kicked off the main card of UFC on Fox 9 from Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California.
Both Lauzon and Danzig were in dire need of a win after losing their previous two mixed martial arts (MMA) bouts. Lauzon, the owner of a record-tying 12 UFC post-fight bonuses, was thoroughly outclassed by Michael Johnson at August's UFC Fight Night 26. Prior to that he was dominated by Jim Miller at UFC 155.
Danzig hadn't fared much better, losing a decision to Takanori Gomi at UFC on Fuel TV 6 before getting knocked out by Melvin Guillard at UFC on Fox 8.
The loser of this bout was destined for a dreaded three-fight loss streak, something that traditionally spells doom for most UFC fighters.
In the end Lauzon came out on top with a solid display of mat skills. Let's take a look back at "J-Lau's" impressive performance from Sacramento.
The fight started out with a tentative striking exchange. Lauzon got a bodylock takedown and went to work from half guard. He transitioned to the mount, landed an elbow, and went for an armbar. Danzig escaped to gain the advantage. Lauzon continued to look for submissions but couldn't lock one up. Danzig controlled the fight up against the cage once it returned to the feet. The pace slowed a bit and Lauzon ended the close round on top.
Danzig landed a decent combo to start the second frame. Lauzon looked to clinch with Danzig but was met with a body shot and an elbow. Danzig appeared to find his groove in the striking by snapping jabs and hooks. Lauzon landed some good knees then took the fight to the ground by defending a Danzig trip. Danzig began to bleed from Lauzon's elbows as "J-Lau" turned the tables with his ground and pound He mounted Danzig and went for an armbar as the bell sounded.
The last frame of the back-and-forth battle once-again started out with a Danzig flurry. Referee John McCarthy called for a stop in the action to check a large cut on Danzig's nose. The fight continued and Lauzon threw an elbow before scoring another takedown. It had become clear that Lauzon was content to win this fight on the ground as he smothered Danzig with more and more elbows.
He stepped over to the mount and continued to dominate. Again Lauzon went for an armbar but Danzig reversed to land on top. Lauzon quickly regained the edge and landed yet another big elbow as the fight came to a close.
Lauzon took home a great unanimous decision victory, his first UFC win to ever go to the judges' scorecards. The victory keeps the heat off of "J-Lau" for the time being, but he had far less than pressure than his opponent did. Lauzon is almost guaranteed a roster spot thanks to his extensive list of wildly entertaining bouts.
Lauzon's takedown offense and lethal ground strikes were the story of this fight. He looked slow and out of his element in the loss to Johnson but brought a completely different mindset last night. Lauzon will most likely receive a fight with an opponent just outside of the top ten.
Danzig, however, may receive his release from UFC. His record isn't all that impressive but he is a gritty fighter who can play his part in a slugfest.
His ground game just wasn't good enough to stifle the brutal onslaught of Lauzon. Three straight losses have him light years away from fighting the best in a difficult division, so maybe a trip down to a smaller promotion can help Danzig put a much-needed win streak together.
"J-Lau" got back to winning ways by bludgeoning Mac Danzig with a vicious series of elbows on the ground. What's next for the exciting Lauzon?


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Maryland vs. Texas on CNN's "Crossfire"
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby
Published on Monday, September 23rd, 2013 at 11:45 a.m.
On CNN's Crossfire last week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, debated how best to promote a state's economic growth and quality of life. Their discussion produced a blizzard of statistics with varying degrees of accuracy.
We fact-checked several of the claims along with our partners at PolitiFact Texas.
• Crossfire host Stephanie Cutter said that one in 10 minimum-wage workers in the United States lives in Texas.
Actually, 18 percent of U.S. workers who were paid the minimum wage in 2012 toiled in Texas, according to government figures.
Since Cutter was arguing that Texas is not a land of plenty, the fact that she understated the state's share of minimum-wage workers doesn't short the Truth-O-Meter. We rated this claim True.
• Perry countered that 95 percent "of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, 452,000 Texas workers in 2012 earned the minimum wage or less, accounting for a small minority -- 7.5 percent -- of the state's 6 million hourly workers over all. That tends to support Perry's statement. Still, those numbers are incomplete, because the federal agency that analyzes such data doesn't gauge how much any non-hourly workers are paid.
It seems reasonable to speculate that most non-hourly workers earn more than the minimum wage, but it's not an across-the-board certainty. We rated this statement Mostly True.
• In touting the jobs picture in Texas, Perry said every engine manufacturer is now in the state of Texas. Using a broad definition from the Census Bureau, we counted 17 firms in Texas that are involved with building engines. However, in that broad line of work, the total number of firms nationwide is well over 350. A sampling of the larger engine makers in the United States revealed some notable absences from Texas. We rated the statement False.
• Crossfire host Newt Gingrich said that since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000." O'Malley said that wasn't right and countered that Maryland has added 230,000 people.
After digging into the statistics, we found they were looking at different measurements. O'Malley is right if you use overall population figures, while Gingrich is right if you look only at migration from other states. We rated Gingrich's statement Half True.
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Researchers: Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby
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The District Attorney's Drug Task Force said after months of investigation, they were able to raid a home and arrest five people, including the parents of a 3-year-old girl. Investigators said the toddler was living in a home filled with drugs with no regard to her safety.
An undercover agent who wished to remain anonymous said the environment they found the young child living in was appalling. He said the child was in the house with both her parents, grandmother and two other adults, and none of them thought to shield her from their drug-filled environment.
When a swarm of investigators raided the home, they found the five individuals inside along with a cocktail of drugs that included methamphetamine, marijuana, pills, and drug needles. Investigators said they found the 3-year-old baby girl where her parents Robyn Allen and Adrian Greer were suspected of dealing or using drugs. Investigators also believe the child's grandmother Cherise Allen was involved in the drug sale.
Investigators found meth wrapped in baggies ready to be sold. They said there were drug needles scattered throughout the home and even drug scales inside the baby's closet next to her bottles and food. Four of the five individuals arrested were charged with felonies. The baby girl was taken into state custody.
Investigators said the arrests were the result of a long investigation and a team effort between the District Attorney's Drug Task Force, the Duncan Police Department, and Sheriff's Department.
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As I played through the newly-revealed Escape mode in Aliens: Colonial Marines, I noticed a new xenomorph I hadn't seen before. This alien had a crowned head, similar to a queen, but the overall build was much smaller. Along the sides of this monster's head were bright green, elongated sacs that swelled and shrank with the pumping of acidic blood. It clambered down a cliff face and I prepared to blast it with my shotgun. I like to keep one handy, in case of close encounters. Escape mode is much like Left 4 Dead. Four marines charge through a level while enemy players control the xenos. Marines choose weapon loadouts while xenos choose species type, such as the Spitter. When Marines reach checkpoints they typically have to hold position until a door can be opened or elevator lowered. If the xenomorphs kill the marines, they win. If marines make it to the exit, they win. My Escape match lasted roughly 20 minutes, and I was able to check out some of the new enemies for myself. But the new alien never charged. It moved to and clung to the walls of Hadley's Hope, the colony on LV-426 where Ripley and the unfortunate Nostromo crew first discovered the horrific xenomorphs. The alien turned to me, and suddenly a bolt of bubbling green shot toward the screen. This alien could deal long-range damage, and was a pain in the neck for me and my squad of ultimate badasses. I pulled John Mulkey, senior design director of Aliens: Colonial Marines, aside to ask him about this new foe. "We call 'em the Spitter," he told me. Mulkey explained that an equal need for gameplay and Aliens authenticity drove the team's approach in creating the game. "There's all the boring side of game mechanics, of what we want to try to accomplish, but then it also goes into the perspective of what we want to try and accomplish on the aesthetics side of it," Mulkey said."It's really a collaborative effort," Mulkey told the Penny Arcade Report. "We talk about it from a perspective of what we want from game play, and then the visual guys doing the concept art start working with that to come up with a visual style that'll reach all of those goals of game play mechanics." In other words, part of the reason the Spitter has a crown and bright green sacs of acid is so you can identify it in a swarm of bugs. The other part is because it looks cool. "Then all of the modeling guys will go in and work their magic. You know it's very much a collaborative thing that goes back and forth, back and forth, until we end up with something we're happy with." Mulkey said the team is striving for balance in other areas of the game as well, though he couldn't speak on other multiplayer game modes. Likewise, Mulkey couldn't say much regarding plot details, but he could say the game takes place after Alien 3, and that "if we do our jobs right, Alien 3 is gonna be a cooler movie." Beyond the look of the world, the team has analyzed the look of the Aliens film. "Our art director, he's crazy and ridiculous, but he's the guy who can tell you exactly what film stock was used, what kind of lights were used to create the James Cameron vision of what the film looked like, and we've done things with our renderer in-engine to recreate that," Mulkey told the Penny Arcade Report. "There's things we've done that will emulate that film stock look, and some of the ways the lights work, that kind of stuff. We're really trying to present that experience to the player." Even the sound has been scrutinized. Mulkey explained that, surprisingly, one of the biggest hurdles for the team was to reproduce the iconic pulse rifle sound. "When you're doing it in a film, that's easier to control when the firing bursts are done, all that kind of stuff," he said. "In the game, you can start and stop the firing any time you want. What it ends up doing is, you start getting this really repetitive duh-duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Ugh, it's horrible." They were able to tweak the sound effect to work well in the game, but it was a time consuming process.
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In the interest of disclosure, I will note that I'm a huge Alien universe fan. I've bought every video collection, I own all the Kenner action figures, and I have a chestburster tattooed on my neck. Mulkey says the game is every bit for people like me as it is for non-Aliens fans, and that the team has been very careful not to fall in love with their own work. The problem is that the content I've seen and the demos I've played don't match the tones of the existing movies. The original film was a somber, Lovecraftian horror film while James Cameron's vision was a kick-ass action movie, but even it touched on the staples and psychology of motherhood, rape, and male terror of the feminine. The movies stood out to many due to their sub-text, and I'm not excited to trade that in exchange for one-lines lifted from the movies and scripted action. Having the game feature a male protagonist was a disappointment for many fans and, while the newly announced female models in the multiplayer is nice, this does seem to be a very bro-heavy take on a complex series that is known for its women heroes and characters. In an interesting twist, the multiplayer may bring some of that horror back into the game, as players can use the environment to confuse and startle human players. When players take on the role of the xenomorphs, Mulkey notices a change. "They'll start playing initially as a shooter, like as a dude, and they'll start to go 'Okay, this isn't going to work, me just running into all of the bullets, so how about I start working using the walls, getting up on the ceiling, setting up ambushes, working together to kind of goad somebody out and then take 'em down, separate the pack of marines, that kind of stuff.'" "They start acting like the aliens from the films," Mulkey said. "It's kind of cool." He's right, it is kind of cool, but kind of cool may not cut it. Hopefully the final game will be able to tap into some of the primal fear and deeper themes of the movies, and the team at Gearbox knows that there's more to Aliens than scary monsters and big guns.


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Hercules Wimbledon AC teenager Cassian Hyde claimed his first ever win in last weekend's final Division One meeting in the 2XU U17s Surrey men's Cross Country League.
Hyde, 16, stormed home over the 2.5 miles in 15 minutes, 13 seconds, beating rival Merhawi Yemane from Herne Hill Harriers by seven seconds.
It was Hyde's first success after finishing runner-up in his three previous races this season.
Hyde, who will feature for the Surrey schools team in the English Schools Championships in Derbyshire next month, also took the overall league title for his age group and was presented with a gift voucher as his reward.
His victory, following his third place in the Surrey Schools Cross Country Championships at Reigate the previous weekend, will boost his chances of being included in the Surrey County team to compete in the UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships in Birmingham next month.
With Matthew Gibbons (ninth, 17:12), Alex Bond (15th, 19:51), Dominic Howe (17th, 20:34) and Robert Howe 18th in 21:53, the Hercules Wimbledon team finished third in the division's final standings.
Hyde also took the overall league title for his age group and was presented with a gift voucher as his reward. With Matthew Gibbons, ninth in 17:12, Alex Bond 15th in 19:51, Dominic Howe 17th in 20:34 and Robert Howe 17th in 21:53, Hercules Wimbledon were third in the team event.
Another Hercules Wimbledon runner to take an overall league title for the season was Jonathan Cornish, who won himself a £50 gift voucher in taking the U20 title.
After finishing top U20 runner in his previous three appearances this season, Roehampton University student Cornish had to settle for the runner-up spot in the age category behind his Hercules Wimbledon clubmate Liam White, who was competing in the Surrey League for the first time this winter.
White was also the top Hercules Wimbledon finisher taking 10th place in 30:00 ahead of Kieran White (15th, 30:08), Cornish (38th, 31:42), Matt Sharp (50th, 32:15), Phil Glynn (52nd, 32:22), veteran Stuart Fraser (56th, 32:47), David Grima (79th, 34:21), Ian Pegler (87th, 35:59), Andrew Davies (89th, 36:08) and veteran Stewart Bond (98th, 36:56).
The Hercules Wimbledon team finished sixth on the day to take fourth place in the overall rankings.
Hercules Wimbledon's U13 cross country runners produced their best team performance of the season and were just pipped for the honours.
They gained the same number of points as the winners and were beaten on countback.
They were led in by twins Elliot and Harris Mier who were fourth and fifth in 18:16 and 18:20. James Hodkinson was sixth in 19:30, James Forde 11th in 20:28 and Oscar Wainman 12th in 20:33.
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The Bluffs Golf Course plots a 6,684-yard path through groves of trees and around waterways for a challenging 18-hole layout. A session at the onsite driving range prepares swings and sleep-deprived 9-irons in time for the upcoming pin-hunting odyssey, where water comes in play on five of the first six holes. Duffers can redeem a disappointing round at the 18th hole, a 570-yard behemoth that entices aggressive, satisfying drives and lacks the aquatic hazards that temper bold play on prior holes. A relatively difficult course when played from the tips, the course offers four color-designated tee options to cater to players of all handicaps as well as those with an irrational allegiance to red.
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A golf cart calmly rolls over the footbridge of a creek, its soft motor interrupted only by the pings of golf balls cutting through the air. At The Bridges at Beresford, the creek babbles alongside all but two of the course's nine holes. In keeping with the aquatic obstacles, two large ponds crowd the action between the second and fourth and the sixth and eighth fairways. Though only one of the four par 4s extends beyond 400 yards, the two par 3s are daunting, measuring 194 yards and 175 yards from the back tees, respectively. Strategically placed bunkers further complicate the terrain, forcing players to dial in their approaches and write SOS whenever they get lost.
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The smells of hay and freshly picked apples mingle with the shouts of children on the annual Erie Shores Farm Tour. An organized event between four very different, yet equally welcoming, farm facilities, the self-guided tour encompasses fall foods and a range of harvest-themed activities. Hillcrest Orchards welcomes visitors with attractions such as hayrides, a corn maze, and pedal carts, while staff at Dostall Farms lead their guests on a guided tour of their humane meat-processing facility, where animals are fed only grass or corn. The event ends with a prize drawing at Matus Winery, where staff also give a guided tour of the wine-making facilities, including the giant barrel where the winemakers sleep every night. To ensure participants don't lose their ways, Erie Shores Farm Tour provides a complimentary map and suggested travel routes between locations.
Until the mid '90s, a ball hit at River Wilds Golf Club could travel thousands of yards?that is, if it happened to fall into a cockpit at the adjacent Blair Airport. But then the airport moved away, and the course, originally opened in 1944 as a private club, expanded from 9 to 18 holes and became public. The tarmac hazards are no longer there, but the course still challenges players with trees, bunkers, and a meandering creek. The par 72 championship course spreads to a full length of 6,562 yards from the back tees, with an additional two sets to accommodate all skill levels.
To ready themselves for this challenge, players can practice on a range with an 80-yard tee line, the longest in both Nebraska and Iowa. The natural grass tee boxes are rotated daily to keep the sod fresh and prevent emotional attachment with any particular divot.
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