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Enter The New Dynasty: #NBA2K13
October 2, 2012 by The Scheme King
Filed under Entertainment, Gaming, NBA, Sports
2K Sports out does themselves year after year, even to the point where their competition just quits mid-development (EA Sports NBA Live series was cancelled for the second time in a year just weeks before their game's release date). While the NBA season kicks off in about 30 days, NBA 2K13 will hold off all you hoop junkies for the time being. Game is out today. Go cop it!
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September 26, 2012 by admin
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September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
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Knowing Kate Upton's digital content past, we all expected more with this video. A LOT MORE….
Take A Look Inside The New Brooklyn Barclays Center
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
Filed under NBA, Sports
Everyone knows the Brooklyn Nets have a new home – the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The arena opens this weekend with Jay-Z pulling off 7 shows in 8 nights. And then later in the season, the Nets hit the new court. Asides from the shows and basketball games, the arena just might be the most high-tech stadium in sports, with a steel and glass exterior ringed by the Oculus, extending out 117 feet and hovering 30 feet above the main plaza. Its 360-degree high-definition display will show everything from game highlights to art installations. Inside the 18,200-seat facility, fans will enjoy free Wi-Fi, as well as an app that allows them to order food without leaving their seats. There's also 8,000 square feet of LED signage, highlighted by a high-definition scoreboard visible from all the main doors.
This Is The New "MySpace" – Are You In?
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
Filed under Technology
This is the NEW "MySpace". Aesthetically it looks like a mix of Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr but with the functionality to take back their popularity and users from Facebook and Google+ (do people actually use Google+?). It also seems like there's a lot going on and I personally think with a backer like Justin Timberlake, they would have had an easier time to rebrand a new company rather than try to bring back "MySpace". People (meaning, myself, personally) automatically associates dead with MySpace.
Are you going to sign up?
LOL: Lil Wayne Does NOT Recall
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
Filed under Interviews, Music
This is new. Usually you hear about producers suing Lil Wayne and Cash Money / Young Money butthis time it's Lil Wayne suing Quincy Jones II for the alleged unauthorized use of Tha Carter III songs in his documentary Tha Carter. During a federal deposition over the whole situation, Lil Wayne does not recall a whole ton of things about the lawsuit. Classic material…
Photos: Cassie x GQ Magazine
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
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Diddy's chick Cassies gets oiled and slippery in the new issue of GQ Magazine. Bangin' body with some crazy hair. Some love it, some don't care, and some hate it. What do you think of her look?
Ben Baller Ices Out A "Benz" Chain For Pusha T
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
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Ben Baller, celebrity jeweler (currently), formerly a lot of cool jobs and things just released his first reality webisode series where he ices out an old school "Benz" chain for Pusha T. The series went from being a FUSE network reality show, to being cut, to being back in the loop, to having MTV in the mix, then MTV dropping out, and then Electus and Google to finally being the suitors. Take a look at the sizzle reel and first episode with Fabolous he pitched to those above production companies above a few years ago:
Juicy J Ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – Bandz A Make Her Dance Remix (Video)
September 26, 2012 by The Scheme King
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Get trippy with Juicy J, Wayne, and 2 Chainzzzzzzz as they make em dance…
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September 20, 2012 by admin
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Athletes have been using interval training for years to increase performance, but you don't have to be an elite athlete to get the benefits in your own training. Changing up your workouts and alternating higher intensities with recovery periods will make your workouts more interesting while helping you burn more calories in shorter workouts.
What Is Interval Training?
Unlike staying at the same pace or intensity during cardio, interval training involves alternating segments of high intensity exercise with periods of rest. This allows you to work more in a shorter period of time and it's much more comfortable than spending the entire workout at a high intensity.
Another plus is that it works for all types of exercisers. For beginners, aerobic intervals offer a safe and comfortable way to push out of the comfort zone and, for seasoned exercisers, anaerobic intervals make workouts more challenging and effective. It's even been shown to improve patients with COPD and metabolic syndrome.
The key is to create workouts that fit what you can handle and what you want from your workouts.
The Benefits of Interval Training
- Increased endurance - Interval training actually trains your heart to pump more blood to the muscles and it trains your muscles to extract that oxygen more efficiently, making all your other workouts easier to handle
- More efficient workouts - If you don't have much time, interval workouts are great timesavers, allowing you to get a lot done in a shorter period of time
- More fuel efficiency - Interval training enhances your body's utilization of fats and carbs
- More power and endurance - Working at high intensities raises your lactate threshold and can improve your performance
- Reduced risk of injury or overtraining - Because you're varying intensity, you may be able to avoid overuse injuries or overdoing it with longer workouts
- More fun - Interval workouts have much more variety than other workouts, making them less tedious
- Weight loss - Studies show that interval training, even at a moderate intensity, may burn more fat and, if you work hard enough, can increase after burn
While there are a number of benefits, interval training isn't for everyone, particularly high intensity interval training or anaerobic training. Anaerobic intervals are very challenging on the body and, if done too soon or too often, can lead to injuries or overtraining. It's important to ease into interval training and gradually build more stamina over time to avoid these kinds of problems.
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A crop of American cockroaches brings in serious cash.
An east Toledo family is breathing a sigh of relief on Saturday after a plumber, T & J Rooter Service, came out to help with much needed repairs.
T & J was the first of many plumbers who volunteered to help the family.
The family says they have been living in a home with plumbing so bad their floors were soaked in urine and sewage.
One of the women living at the home has cancer.
On Friday, Toledo News Now visited the family.
One of the first things you notice when you stepped inside the house was the stench. The floors were completely soaked in urine.
"This is clay, feces, urine water. It's all here. We can't live like this," said Heather Sass. "We actually use this bucket to use the bathroom. Without it we can't use the bathroom."
Heather moved in with her mother Debbie, who was diagnosed with both breast cancer and lymph node cancer in the span of two years.
"I used to be a strong person. I don't know what strong is anymore," said Debbie Jo Carlo.
Debbie says she says she can't fight the battle for her life and her home at the same time.
"I am at my lowest to beg to beg people to help so that my children can have proper pluming, proper showers, proper toilet. They don't have to run down the street to use the bathroom. Do you know how that feels?" said Carlo. "I'm not asking for no money. I don't want money. I'm asking for a volunteer plumber who is willing to help a family that really desperately needs them. If they could just take that little bit of time."
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Resource politics behind the UN Force Intervention Brigade
by Ann Garrison
KPFA Evening News, broadcast Dec. 28, 2013
KPFA News Anchor Cameron Jones: Earlier this week, in the northeasternmost province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, which borders Central African Republic, South Sudan and Uganda, the U.N.'s special combat intervention brigade, which includes South African troops, used South African helicopter gunships to fire on the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) militia. The U.N. combat brigade also fired the new South African helicopter gunships on Rwanda and Uganda's M23 militia two months earlier.
KPFA/Ann Garrison: Yesterday, South African mining researcher David Van Wyk wrote: "A new resource war is about to break out in the DRC. It will be an African World War. The USA is sponsoring opposing sides. France, Belgium, China and Russia will also sponsor their interests in the conflict.
"This will pit South Africa against Uganda and Rwanda. Angola and Tanzania might also be drawn in. The arms industry will profit greatly. Africans will die in large numbers. And mining companies will look forward to a prosperous 2014."
Van Wyk further described the conflict and the U.S. sponsorship of all sides, from his home in Johannesburg:
David Van Wyk: What we are seeing in the DRC, basically, is a conflict over the resources of the DRC and different mining interests. And Uganda and Rwanda are aspirant mining companies and mineral exporters, whereas South Africa is a dominant minerals power in Africa. And so, South Africa's deployment of peacekeepers against Ugandan and Rwandan sponsored rebels in the northeast is an indication of the conflict over minerals in the DRC.
KPFA/Ann Garrison: South Africa is highly favored in this new war for Congo's mineral wealth, Van Wyk said, because major industrial mining corporations that operate in South Africa are prepared to move beyond the artisenal mining and smuggling that has so enriched Uganda and Rwanda since their invasion of the DRC in 1996.
South Africa is highly favored in this new war for Congo's mineral wealth, Van Wyk said, because major industrial mining corporations that operate in South Africa are prepared to move beyond the artisenal mining and smuggling that has so enriched Uganda and Rwanda since their invasion of the DRC in 1996.
He also cited South Africa's advantage as the only African nation where heavy weapons of war are manufactured, although bullets are manufactured and rifles assembled in others. At the same time, he said that because South African weapons industries are fueling the arms race all over the African continent, South African troops are now likely to be facing troops wielding South African weapons.
David Van Wyk: South Africa heavily armed Uganda in 2008 and also every time just before they have elections in Uganda. So we're actually seeing South African soldiers fighting possibly South African weapons in the hands of rebels sponsored by Uganda.
KPFA/Ann Garrison: Van Wyk agreed with journalist Keith Harmon Snow, Professor Ed Herman, Congolese Canadian author Patrick Mbeko and others that real U.N. peacekeeping is not possible at this time because, given U.S. military dominance, it is an inevitably self-interested, hypocritical undertaking by the U.S. and ancillary powers under the guise of multilateral beneficence.
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4 thoughts on "Democratic Republic of the Congo: Resource politics behind the UN Force Intervention Brigade"
Charles Hall
WPS in full effect, as soon as Mandella died this crap starts.
to our protector please come to the aide of our people.↓
Minerals have driven this conflict for over 20 years through many proxy groups. If this causes another "African World War," at least the sides will be identified now. Does the mining researcher propose letting rebel groups and anarchy continue to dominate the region?↓
The mining researcher is saying that rounding up rebel groups and ending anarchy is not all there is to this.↓
Renaldo Ricketts
S.Africa is still a white run gov. the ANC is mere window dressing, so in reality the white people in S.Africa are going to dominate and still control African countries. The new African order is made up of the billionaires in South Africa, people like the Openheimers. So S.Africa is essentially reconstructing the mineral industry in Africa. S.Africa hasn't lost in in over 100 yrs. The majority of Africans in S.Africa still live in poverty,unemployment for Blacks is 70%, the plight of Black people has changed very little in 20 yrs since the alledged Black "rule"- whites own 97% of all the wealth ,and we know no one reliquishes power.
The colonial powers never abandon each other, they never break rank. When they unite as France and the US recently did it's for their self interest, never in the interest of an African state. The motives are never altruistic, you take S.Africa the strongerst mining country on the continent solidifying it's mining empire. The west has never abandoned S.Africa, show me when and where? I see S.Africa emerging as the victor in the long run,they are simply consolidating their power base.↓


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In 2010, a few weeks before stepping down as IDF deputy chief of staff, Benny
Gantz told a meeting of the military's top brass that it was time to get rid of
the carcass stench that was in the air throughout the IDF's Kirya headquarters.
He was referring to the "Harpaz affair."
It has taken almost two years,
but come the beginning of July Gantz will finally get what he asked for when
State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss is expected to publish the final
On Monday, the High Court of Justice ruled in favor of Col. Erez
Weiner's request to obtain almost all of the material pertaining to the
so-called Harpaz affair, named for Boaz Harpaz, the alleged forger of the
document that cast the IDF into the whirlwind it has yet to completely emerge
The court's decision was not surprising.
What was surprising
was Lindenstrauss's original refusal to give Weiner – who seems to be the main
victim of the pending report – the documents he asked for in order to have a
fair shot at clearing his name.
More telling was Attorney-General Yehuda
Weinstein's refusal to represent Lindenstrauss at the court hearings and the
subsequent clash between the two over whether a criminal probe needed to be
opened into the case.
Lindenstrauss believes there should be one;
Weinstein disagrees.
For Weiner, the next few weeks will be critical as
he writes his response to the draft report issued to those involved – Weiner,
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and former chief of staff Lt.-Gen (res.) Gabi
Ashkenazi – in March.
Weiner was criticized in the draft report, for
example, for the way he handled the document once it was given to him by Harpaz.
He showed it to one of his friends, Col. (res.) Gabi Siboni, in order to consult
with him about what to do – but Siboni ended up leaking it to Channel 2, a move
Weiner was not aware of.
The question is, however, how Lindenstrauss had
expected Weiner to act instead.
Under orders from the chief of staff not
to do anything with the document, but frustrated by the hostility between
Ashkenazi and Barak, Weiner consulted with a friend.
That does not
necessarily mean he conspired to commit a crime.
The main question is
what will happen once the comptroller's final report comes out. If Weinstein
continues to refuse to open a criminal probe, then the answer is, for the
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By Bill Adair
Published on Monday, October 10th, 2011 at 11:41 a.m.
In addition to our fact-checking, we've been doing a lot of updates on the Obameter, our award-winning feature that tracks President Obama's campaign promises.
If you're keeping score, we've now got 148 rated Promise Kept, 44 Compromise, 51 Promise Broken, 69 Stalled, 194 In the Works and two not yet rated.
Lately, we've found many promises have a hit a brick wall in the Republican-controlled House and are going nowhere. We've rated many of them Promise Broken.
Some of our recent updates:
Double funding for cancer research. The funding increases simply haven't come close to double, so we've rated this one Promise Broken.
Reform No Child Left Behind. The Obama administration has made substantial progress at funding the law, improving the assessments of student progress and making sure the program supports and doesn't punish schools that need improvement. We rated this a Promise Kept.
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To the average user, the two new security technologies coming to OS X this year -- sandboxing and Gatekeeper -- should be virtually invisible. But they could be all too visible to more advanced users, particularly those who use AppleScript and Automator.
As we've reported previously, Apple will soon require that all Mac App Store apps implement sandboxing, which forces developers to request specific permission (or, in developer-speak, "entitlement") from Apple to give their apps access to certain parts of a user's system. Few apps in the Mac App Store today use sandboxing, but come June all new apps and updates to existing ones will need to per Apple's revised rules.
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With the upcoming OS X Mountain Lion, another new technology, Gatekeeper, will verify that an app you've downloaded and tried to run matches a digital signature that Apple has given the developer; if it doesn't, Gatekeeper can prevent the app from running. In other words, it could prevent you from running malicious facsimiles of apps you think are OK.
Both of these new security technologies will also affect scripting and automation.
AppleScripts of your own: Apple doesn't want to annoy you, or restrict you from doing the things you want to do with your Mac. So if you run a script "by hand" -- whether from AppleScript Editor, from within Automator, or as a standalone app or droplet -- it should be able to do whatever it's scripted to do, just as it can today. Put another way, you should be able to continue to run scripts by hand just as you always have.
Internal application scripts: Some apps use "internal" AppleScripts to handle certain actions of their own. (For example, BBEdit uses such scripts when it installs its command-line tools.) Such scripts are built into the app; you never see them in menus or elsewhere. Such self-referential scripts should continue to work as they always have.
If, however, a sandboxed app wants to use AppleScript to interact with another app or with other parts of your system -- a menu bar app that uses AppleScripts to control iTunes, say -- then the new restrictions will come into play. A sandboxed app can't use AppleScript to communicate with another app on your Mac, unless the developer specifically requests (and receives) an entitlement to do just that.
Apple awards such entitlements before a sandboxed app can be approved for the Mac App Store. Internal scripts will be subject to the same restrictions and entitlements as the app that contains them.
External application scripts: Apps can also use AppleScripts "externally" -- which is to say the user initiates them, typically from the app's Scripts menu. In the forthcoming OS X Mountain Lion, such scripts will have to be installed in app-specific folders within ~/Library/Application Scripts. By default, applications in Mountain Lion won't be able to save files to that folder, but users will be able to.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The recovery of the U.S. housing market is looking steadier and more sustainable, a trend that will likely add to economic growth in 2012 for the first time in seven years.
SAN JOSE (AP) - PayPal is expanding its brick-and-mortar payment services to more than 7 million stores across the U.S. in a partnership with Discover Financial Services.
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans plan to hit the road this Labor Day weekend despite rising gas prices.
SAN JOSE (AP) - A lawyer for Apple said Tuesday that Samsung was having a "crisis of design" after the launch of the iPhone, and executives with the South Korean company were determined to illegally cash in on the success of the revolutionary device.
NEW YORK (AP) - The news just keeps getting worse at Best Buy each day.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - In a few weeks, about 2,800 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other on the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a giant experiment that government officials are hoping will lead to safer roads.
NEW YORK (AP) - After seeing high customer demand for layaway during last year's winter holiday season, Wal-Mart is expanding the interest-free pay-over-time program for Christmas.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple is Wall Street's all-time MVP -that's Most Valuable Property.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock in the social network after a lockup expired last week.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After three weeks of listening to technology experts, patent professionals and company executives debate the complicated legal claims of Apple Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., a jury of nine men and women are set to decide one of the biggest technology disputes in history.
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There is nothing like a brush with death to make one realize what's important in life. And of course, what's important are things like family and friends and good health. What's not really all that important are things like "delayed retirement credits" and "file and suspend" rules and all the other Social Security benefit gaming tactics that have taken up so much of this column space, and my email inbox capacity, in the past couple of months.
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While its first month online has been shaky, millions are expected to purchase insurance through the federal healthcare exchange's website.
But thousands -- up to 1 in 6 Americans according to The Washington Post -- may be more likely to strike out on their own and search for better deals on the Internet.
Loretta Coleman is one of those folks. She came to us last month convinced she had gotten a raw deal with her insurance policy. Like many concerned over the new health care law, Coleman had been searching online for cheap health insurance and she thought she'd found the deal of a lifetime. But what she paid for was far from what she needed.
A career as a public servant left Coleman in rough shape.
"I've had seven surgeries in fifteen months. Five on my right knee and two on my left," said Coleman.
So after she retired earlier this year, she knew she'd need an insurance plan she could afford on her limited income.
"I went on the Internet, and I just searched for affordable health insurance," said Coleman.
Internet searches for terms like "cheap health insurance" have increased up to 130 percent in the past few months, according to Google trends.
"I found one particular company that said that they were a part of Companion Life, and they talked to me on the phone, pretty much verified what I saw on the Internet. So I signed up for it," said Coleman.
But Coleman didn't read the fine print. That policy under Companion Life only included roughly three visits to the doctor per year, a maximum emergency room benefit of $300 per year, and just $3,000 for her yearly surgical benefit.
"Oh, they lied on the phone, and when I got the packet it was totally different, and that is when I called them back and I said, 'What you all told me is not what is in this packet,'" said Coleman.
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Wednesday, Major League Baseball will hold a lottery -- the Competitive Balance Lottery, to use the official term -- that will in turn determine the owners of "extra" draft picks in next year's amateur (Rule 4) draft.
This lottery is the first of its kind, in baseball anyway. As mandated in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement ... wait, let's turn to the official channels for a moment:
The lottery, scheduled to take place Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET in New York, is a mechanism designed to help teams perceived to need the most assistance by awarding extra Draft picks to some of them. The 10 smallest-market teams and 10 lowest-revenue teams will have the chance to win one of six extra selections in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
Those half-dozen picks will be made at the conclusion of the first round, following the compensation selections. Because there is obvious crossover between those two groups, there are 13 teams entered into the first-round lottery: the D-backs, Orioles, Indians, Royals, A's, Pirates, Padres, Rays, Reds, Rockies, Marlins, Brewers and Cardinals. The odds of winning a Draft pick will be based on each team's winning percentage in the previous season.
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When this new lottery was first unveiled, our Grant Brisbee called it insane and hilarious, largely because some really good teams are eligible to gain these extra draft picks. The Cardinals won the World Series! The Brewers and Rays were in the playoffs!
But hasn't it always been said that even when low-revenue and/or small-market franchises do win, they can't maintain their success in the long term because they'll simply be priced out of the talent market?
And what do you know: Both the Brewers and the Rays have struggled this season. I think it's safe to say that among those 13 teams, only the Cardinals now seem to have a decent shot at qualifying for the postseason both last year and this year. Among those 13 teams, only the Cardinals, Reds, and Pirates have good shots at making it this year.
It seems to me perfectly appropriate to throw a bone to the low-revenue and small-market clubs, even if they've been successful. It's also worth noting that with odds of winning a draft pick tied to winning percentage in the previous season, the World Series-winning Cardinals are not likely to get an extra draft pick at all.
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Oh, and there's one more wrinkle. Unlike conventional draft picks, these can be traded! From tomorrow through the end of this season, these Competitive Balance Draft picks can be traded, just like they were players. Never in the history of baseball's amateur draft have teams been able to trade picks. Now they can.
The few teams that have them, anyway. Which might make the trade deadline just a bit more interesting.
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NHL goaltender Chris Osgood retires after nearly two decades in the game with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues.
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After 14 seasons, veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League. Kolzig, 39, a two-time NHL All-Star (1998, 2000) and former Vezina Trophy winner (2000), appeared in a total of 719 NHL games, 711 of those with the Washington Capitals. His 303 career wins rank him 21st all-time among goaltending wins leaders. Olaf also posted a career 2.71 GAA along with a .906 save percentage and 35 shutouts. "I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to play the game of hockey at the NHL level for many seasons and I am grateful for everything the game has given me," said Kolzig. "I would like to thank my family, all my teammates and the fans for making my time in the NHL so special.">> NHLPA release
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"My mind still says yes, but my body says no,'' laments Sillinger, who scored a goal for the Islanders in his final NHL game — a Dec. 30 date with the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. "It's about quality of life after hockey. I've got a lot of years left and I don't want to be a cripple.''Great hometown tribute to Mike Sillinger in the Regina Leader-Post.
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Teppo Numminen has decided to hang up his skates. He told Finnish newspaper Suomen Kuvalehti that the 82 game season was starting to feel too onerous for him during the 2008-09 season
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It's something everyone mutters under their breath when on stage or walking down stairs -- "Don't fall. Don't fall. Don't fall."
Unfortunately for Carrie Underwood, she fell and is now sporting a new walking boot.
The former "American Idol" champ was on stage during a performance in Corpus Christi, Texas on Thursday when one of her five-inch high heels caught the bottom of her dress.
She bottomed out flat on her bum.
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|The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
|開物成務 勵學利民[1]
|Motto in English
|To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind[2]
|1937 (as the Government Trade School)
1947 (as Hong Kong Technical College)
1972 (as The Hong Kong Polytechnic)
1994 (granted full university status)
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|Dr. Timothy W. Tong
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Abbreviation: PolyU, Chinese: 香港理工大學) is a practical university in Hong Kong whose teaching units are grouped under six faculties and two schools, namely Faculties of Applied Science & Textiles, Business, Construction & Environment, Engineering, Health & Social Sciences, and Humanities, alongside Schools of Design and Hotel & Tourism Management.
The current President of the University is Prof. Timothy W. Tong.[6] Prof. Chung-Kwong Poon retired on 31 December 2008 and the University Council decided to confer the title of "President Emeritus" on him in recognition of his dedicated and distinguished service to the University.[7]
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To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind.
The above is derived from the Chinese motto, quoted from the great Chinese classic Yijing (Book of Changes) and two ancient treatises, one from Han dynasty and the other from pre-Qin times. The original Chinese text can be paraphrased as follows: "Learn every truth and use the knowledge learned to accomplish every task" and "to learn; to serve".
Be a leading university that excels in professional education, applied research and partnership for the betterment of Hong Kong, the nation and world.
The school was founded in 1937 as the Government Trade School. Located in Wood Road, Wan Chai, the School was the first publicly funded, post-secondary technical institution in Hong Kong.
After World War II, the school became the Hong Kong Technical College in 1947, offering both full-time and part-time courses. The year 1957 saw the opening of the new premises of the College in Hung Hom. The College offered the first accounting education program in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic was formally established on 1 August 1972, taking over the campus and staff of the Hong Kong Technical College. Its mandate was to provide professionally-oriented education.
Having gained approval from the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee for self-accreditation of degree programmes, the Institution assumed full university status on 25 November 1994, changing its name to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Today, PolyU is an institution of higher learning and offers more than 130 postgraduate, undergraduate and sub-degree programmes, supported by more than 1,000 academic and research staff members from different parts of the world.
Reputation and rankings[edit]
|University rankings
|QS (World version)[12]
QS (Asian version)[13]
PolyU has been considered by many university rankings as the fifth best higher education institute in the city.
The ARWU (2013) gave it a position among 301st–400th in the world and 4th or 5th in Hong Kong.[14]
Meanwhile, the QS World University Rankings (2013/14) ranked it 161st worldwide and 26th in Asia,[15] while the independent regional QS Asian University Rankings (2013) put it at 25th,[16] both of which placed it at 5th in Hong Kong
Moreover, it was at 251st–275th in the world and 34th to 38th in Asia on the list of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2013–14), again being the fifth in Hong Kong[17]
Besides overall rankings, the institutions above have also provided university rankings by disciplines. See list of subject rankings of Hong Kong tertiary institutions for some major subject rankings.
Faculties and schools[edit]
Pao Yue-kong Library[18] was established on 1 August 1972 to serve the then Hong Kong Polytechnic. Between 1973 and 1976, library services were provided at two centres, one at the present University site at Hung Hom and one at the Quarry Bay Centre. The two centres were consolidated when they were moved to the present Library Building in 1976. On 25 November 1994, the Polytechnic assumed full university status and was renamed The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. On 20 December 1995, the University Library was officially named after the late Sir Yue-kong Pao in appreciation of a generous donation to the University by his family. Opened by Princess Alexandra on 7 February 1977, the Library Building is a six-storey purpose-designed building with an area of 16,662 square metres, providing approximately 3,623 study places. The Library also houses a 24-Hour Study Centre, group discussion rooms, a seminar room for library instruction classes, AV carrels and group rooms for use of audio-visual materials, study carrels for private study, and a special room for the visually disabled.
The Library comprises one of the largest collections of scientific, engineering and business materials in East Asia. Other areas of strength are information technology, computing, nursing, textiles and design. The present holdings exceed 2.2 million, to which more than 40,000 volumes are added annually. Over 4,100 active print serial titles are held in the Library. The Library also provides Internet access to over 32,610 unique full-text e-journal titles, almost 225,100 e-books, and a wide array of multi-media and e-learning programmes.
The Library also maintains several special collections and self-developed databases, including a comprehensive Standards Collection, the PolyU Examination Paper Database, the PolyU Course Scheme Database, the Senate Paper Database, a Digital Image Gallery, and a Slide Collection. In addition, a unique and heavily used collection of over 24,000 local Chinese and English language television programmes and the Hongkongiana Online database (an index to Hong Kong information found in periodicals published in Hong Kong) all constitute important resources for the study and research of Hong Kong.
Student life[edit]
PolyU Student Halls
PolyU Student Halls of Residence[19] is probably the largest single block of hall premises in the world that can house over 3,000 student residents. There are eight undergraduate halls and one postgraduate hall on the hall premises. The eight undergraduate halls are named after PolyU's motto of "To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind" ("開物成務 勵學利民"):
- Kaiyuan Hall (開元堂)
- Wuhua Hall (物華堂)
- Chengde Hall (成德堂)
- Wuxian Hall (務賢堂)
- Lizhi Hall (勵志堂)
- Xuemin Hall (學敏堂)
- Lisheng Hall (利生堂)
- Minyin Hall (民殷堂)
- Boyan Hall (博彥堂)
Big Mouth Corner (BMC)
The Big Mouth Corner, first started in 2002 following the success of its predecessor the Chat Point, is a weekly English conversation forum organised by the English Club of the University. Local students and young native English speakers (who serve as English facilitators) participate in the BMC.
PolyU International Film Society (PIFS)
PIFS is a student society run by the English Language Centre. It screens up to 5 movies each semester with an objective to show a range of movies from around the World. PIFS has its own blog.[20] Notable speakers at screenings include Leung Kwok Hung.[21]
Sports Affairs Committee (SAC) There is also an organisation called Sports Affairs Committee (SAC), which is a part of the Student Union. Their responsibilities are organising different sports competitions and promote sports to students.
International Student Ambassador Scheme It is organized by Student Affair Office. The scheme is aimed at selecting representatives to help inbound exchange students.
Notable alumni[edit]
See also[edit]
- Education in Hong Kong
- Innovation Tower
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- Sunwah - PearL Linux
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- ^ "Motto, Vision and Mission (Chinese)". HK Polytechnic U. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ^ http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/polyu/the_university/studentgrad_e.php
- ^ "About the Campus – The Hong Kong Polytechnc University". Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Identity Guidelines". Yale.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "PolyU announces appointment of new President". Retrieved 2009-01-02.[dead link]
- ^ "PolyU bids farewell to President Poon Chung-kwong". Retrieved 2009-01-02.[dead link]
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities: Global". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "Top 400 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013–2014". The Times Higher Education. 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings (2013/14)". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Asia University Rankings 2014 Top 100". Times Higher Education. 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings (extracting Asian universities from the list for counting this position)". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "QS Asian University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "ARWU 2013 - Hong Kong".
- ^ "QS World University Rankings (2013/14)".
- ^ "QS Asian University Rankings (2013)".
- ^ "Times Higher Education University Rankings (2013–14)".
- ^ "lib.polyu.edu.hk". lib.polyu.edu.hk. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ "Home". Polyu.edu.hk. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ PIFS. "polyfilmsoc.blogspot.com". polyfilmsoc.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ Posted by Adam (2007-01-30). "PIFS: PIFS: Video of Opening Ceremony". Pifs-06-07.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
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- Hong Kong Polytechnic University's channel on YouTube
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The Friendship Club was started in 1975 by Major and Mrs. Davis. Bill Hunt, Sr. served as the emcee and led the singing for the group. Edyth Parker served as hostess. Then, the average weekly attendance was 100.
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Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said Matthew Stafford looked to be on the right track at Thursday's practice just one day after it was backup Shaun Hill taking the first team snaps. Stafford injured his leg last Sunday but his status for Week 8 is looking better.
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This is good news for the Lions. On Wednesday, reports were still unclear about Stafford's status but following Thursday's practice it sounds like he's on the right track.
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Keichu Makes Carts
The Gateless Gate
[translation by Yamada Koun; Center Publications 1979. copyright Zen center of Los Angeles 1979]
Master Gettan asked a monk, "Keichu made a hundred carts. If he took off both wheels and removed the axle, what would he make clear about the carts?"
Wu-men's Verse
In Chinese mythology, Keichu was the man who invented the very first cart, so this story starts off in a way that asks us to look at what is true about carts from the very beginning, what is their very essence, and with this metaphor is asking us to examine our own original nature or essence. Taking all the parts away, what is made clear about the essence of the cart? Is what is essential what the cart is made from? or is it what the cart DOES? In Mumon's commentary and in the verse, the important words are "activity" and "the ACTIVE wheel." All of us, most of the time are preoccupied with our parts: parts of our personal history, parts of our self image, of our body .... And we are continually judging ourselves on how we think these various parts measure up to some ideal standard of how we think we should be. We proud of this part, ashamed at that, and so forth. We get so preoccupied with the parts that we lose sight of what our function in life is. Keichu could have made his hundred carts in a hundred different shapes and sizes; what mattered was that in the end they could carry or haul what they had to. It's not easy to sum up in one word what our functioning is that comparable to the hauling function of a cart, but "compassion" or "responsibility" are two word Buddhists have traditionally used to express this most basic human functioning.
Aristotle is trying to describe the soul used an analogous metaphor. He said that our body was like a shapeless mass wax a and piece of string. The soul was the arrangement of these objects in the shape of the candle and its wick. In this metaphor the essence of the candle, its soul, isn't some additional thing added to wax and string, it simply its functional organization, assemblage of its parts so it can function in giving light. And what particularly nice about Aristotle candle is that once it is functioning , the function is maintained enough as the actually shape and size of the candle constantly changing by being burned.
Each moment the candle is slightly different from the way it was the moment before, yet the light remains steady. It is as if the cart was in constant use, even while its various parts were being continuously repaired or replaced or transformed. That how our lives go, who we are, in terms of the PARTS of our lives, is in constant change; but all the while we function compassionately, responsibly using whatever is at hand. Most of you know that my mother died suddenly last week, so part of who I am, part of my personal cart, today is sadness. But I try to integrate that part into my overall functioning and use it as part of the ongoing exploration of our life, which is my function here. Sadness gets woven into my daily life the way my telling you about it is woven into the content of this talk. None of this means we're supposed to keep functioning at any cost, ignoring our feelings. Ongoing maintenance, attention, repair are all necessary to keep the cart functioning. The main thing is the willing to incorporate everything that is at hand, moment by moment into your cart, and then to be willing to take that cart, to function in every direction in our lives.
Today I want to end by reciting a version of that exhortation usually given at the very end of a sesshin, when everyone is about to take what they've experienced on their cushion out into their daily lives:


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The Saints have placed RB Pierre Thomas on injured reserve and signed RB Joique Bell to take his spot on the roster.
Saints place RB Ivory on I.R.
Days before they begin their playoff run against the Seahawks, the Saints placed RB Chris Ivory on injured reserve and signed RB DeShawn Wynn.
Ankle still an issue for Saints RB Thomas
There are concerns that Pierre Thomas aggravated an ankle injury during practice Friday, and he's considered a game-time decision for New Orleans' Week 17 game against Tampa Bay after sitting out practice Saturday.
Saints place KR Roby on I.R.
The Saints placed KR Courtney Roby on injured reserve Thursday with a concussion.
Thomas, Bush prove to be fantasy farces
Expectations were high for the Saints' backfield duo of Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush entering 2010. But for a host of reasons, the pair turned out to be major fantasy flops.
Saints RB Ivory's violent running impresses Payton
Undrafted rookie Chris Ivory has made a major impression on head coach Sean Payton, who has said he doesn't want to reduce Ivory's workload even though Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas are getting back to 100 percent.
Saints will bring RB Bush along slowly
After missing the previous eight games while recovering from a broken fibula, Saints RB Reggie Bush returned against the Cowboys in Week 12, and his involvement on offense was limited.
Report: Saints RB Thomas has torn tendon
Saints RB Pierre Thomas, who has not played since Week Three, reportedly tore a tendon in his ankle and should have undergone surgery.
Report: Saints could be without Bush until Week 11
Saints RB Reggie Bush was cleared to return to practice last Monday. Now it looks like he may not return until Week 11.
Bush, Thomas both to miss Week Eight
USA Today reports that both Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas will miss the Saints' Week Eight game vs. the Steelers, the fifth consecutive game that New Orleans has been without its top two running backs.
Injury divides RB Thomas, Saints
With RB Pierre Thomas set to become a free agent for the second offseason in a row, he and head coach Sean Payton are drifting apart.
Saints RB Bush misses practice, unlikely to play
Saints RB Reggie Bush did not practice Wednesday after being cleared to do so earlier in the week. It is unlikely he will play on Sunday.
With Thomas still rehabbing, Payton reportedly growing impatient
Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reported Sunday that Sean Payton had lost his patience with RB Pierre Thomas. The Saints' starter hurt his ankle in Week Three and has not played since.
Saints sign RB Jones, waive RB Wynn
The Saints signed RB Julius Jones today as they look to establish a running game with Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush recovering from injuries.
Saints RB Thomas out for Sunday
Saints starting RB Pierre Thomas will miss Sunday's Week Five game against the Cardinals.
Bush's injury creates opportunity for Thomas
With Reggie Bush expected to be out for about another five weeks or so while his broken leg heals, word is Saints RB Pierre Thomas will play more snaps.
Saints place RB Hill on I.R., sign Wynn
RB P.J. Hill became the second Saints backup running back in less than two weeks to land on injured reserve. New Orleans signed RB DeShawn Wynn as a replacement.
Saints RB Thomas waiting for new deal
With about three weeks to go until training camp, it appears Pierre Thomas would like more money than the Saints are willing to give.
Disgruntled Saints RB Thomas signs tender
Saints RB Pierre Thomas has signed his restricted free-agent tender, GM Mickey Loomis said Monday, but Thomas' agent says his client remains unhappy with his contract situation.
Saints submit tender offers to 13 free agents
The Saints have announced they made qualifying offers to 13 players who will become restricted free agents when the new league year begins March 5.
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According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Thomas is likely to see more action with Darren Sproles out due to a hand injury.||||||| Mark Ingram, and Chris Ivory could also see more time in the backfield.
Thomas needed only nine carries to compile 110 yards during a 35-27 loss to Carolina on Sunday.||||||| Thomas had only 17 yards on four attempts during the season opener against Washington.
Thomas has left in the first quarter after taking a hit to the head against the San Francisco 49ers in their NFC divisional round playoff. The team said Thomas would not return.||||||| Thomas caught a pass from Drew Brees on the Saints' opening drive Saturday and absorbed a vicious blow from Donte Whitner just short of the goal line. Whitner jarred the ball loose, and Patrick Willis recovered for the 49ers at their own 2-yard line.
Thomas has been fined $12,500 for a uniform violation and a touchdown celebration in which he placed a bow on a football and gave it to a fan.||||||| The fine for the celebration is $7,500. Thomas also violated NFL policies by wearing Christmas-themed green and red tape on his black and gold Saints uniform, and his fine for that is $5,000. Notice of the fines was taped to Thomas' locker by teammates with a big red bow on top as part of a prank.
Thomas had pedestrian numbers New Orleans wrapped up the NFC South title with a 45-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.||||||| Thomas carried nine times for 53 yards and had two catches for four.