text: Businesses may skip Windows 8 Business 24 October 12 by Sarah Mitroff Tweet mrdorkesq/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 When Microsoft launches Windows 8 on 26 October, it's hoping to lure both consumers and businesses to use its live-tile operating system. While it remains to be seen whether consumers will be lining up to buy it, one thing is clear -- most businesses, large and small, aren't going to bother. Businesses looking to upgrade their systems now that Microsoft's support for XP is disappearing will overwhelmingly choose Windows 7, experts say. In fact, most companies have already picked Windows 7 and have no plans to upgrade to Windows 8.Though users haven't been able to buy the operating system since October 2010, XP has been the favourite for enterprises all over the world. It's found on many corporate computers because it's stable, secure, not hard to use, and compatible with a laundry list of applications. But we've known that Microsoft wouldn't support the OS forever, and after mainstream XP support was cut off in 2009, the company announced earlier this year that it will end extended support for XP in April 2014. That's left businesses and their IT departments to decide which next flavour of Windows is right for them.For many companies, that choice has already been made. "A lot of business have already started to deploy Windows 7, or are planning to upgrade," says Michael Cherry, an analyst with IT consulting firm Directions on Microsoft.Microsoft's already diminishing support for XP has helped pushed businesses into upgrading to Windows 7 before Windows 8 was little more than a glimmer in Microsoft's eye. "For many of these organisations the change in desktop operating system is a multi-year, multi-multi-million-dollar project," says John Picciotto from Accenture. "They have been working on getting off XP for the last one to two years, and are now moving to Windows 7."Windows 7 is the obvious choice because it has better security and stability than Vista, something every company wants. Its user experience is also much closer to XP than Windows 8, which is helpful for less tech-savvy employees. "If you are used to an icon on a desktop or a start button, Windows 8 is a completely different interface," says Susan Bradley, a CPA at accounting firm Tamiyasu, Smith, Horn & Braun. For that reason, companies are likely to hold on to Windows 7 for a while, because it feels familiar. "I expect that Windows 7 will be around just as long as XP, because we have a tendency to hang on to versions that just work," says Cherry. Windows 7 is supported until 2020.The final major reason that Windows 8 won't find its way onto many businesses' hard drives is that corporations tend to skip every other Windows operating system release, says former Microsoft director of business insights and now independent analyst Daniel Rasmus. We've seen it with Windows Millennium Edition, where businesses held on to Windows 98 or 2000, and now with Vista.It seems that Windows 8 is destined to sit this round out in the corporate world, with one possible wrinkle: If the Surface tablet works its way into businesses. "Organisations will end up supporting Windows 8, if they have a BYOD policy," says Cherry. "Employees will start buying Windows 8 devices (the Surface tablet, perhaps a Windows Phone) and bringing them into the workplace." 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Mioduszewski could not provide any other details Sunday night, only confirming the complaint was filed with deputy Todd Graham and involved members of the CMU football and track and field teams. Graham could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
On Thursday, during a scheduled meeting with Central Michigan Life about the athletics budget, athletics director Dave Heeke said CMU was aware of "an issue involving multiple student athletes."
"We've encouraged those people who are involved in it and have concerns about it to contact local law enforcement if they see fit to do that, and are wishing to do that," Heeke said. "We're sitting here waiting to see if we'll get feedback from local law enforcement.
"If it's determined that any student-athletes were directly involved, they'll be held accountable and disciplined accordingly."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An alliance of North American scientists is supporting work in the Dominican Republic to preserve the winter habitat of the rare Bicknell's thrush, which breeds on mountaintops in New York, New England and Canada.
Chris Rimmer of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies says decades of studying the tiny songbird have convinced scientists that destruction of winter habitat is its main threat. The thrush winters in the Caribbean, mostly on Hispaniola. Its habitat is threatened by logging, livestock grazing and poor farming practices.
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Repeated Bargaining with Persistent Private Information
AbstractThe paper analyzes repeated contract negotiations involving the same buyer and seller where the contracts are linked because the buyer has persistent (but not fully permanent) private information. (The main application is labor contracts, where the employer has private information about the value of labor services sold by the union). The size of the surplus being divided is specified as a two-state Markov chain with transitions that are synchronized with contract negotiation dates. Equilibrium involves information cycles triggered by the success or failure of aggressive demands made by the seller. The main result characterizes a class of cyclic weak-Markov-Perfect equilibria.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The number of commitments by African youth to biblical purity through True Love Waits International stands at more than 959,000 since LifeWay Christian Resources launched its strategic initiative there in the summer of 2007.
During that three-and-a-half-year period, more than 1.6 million young people in Africa heard the True Love Waits message promoting sexual abstinence until marriage. In addition, nearly 46,000 married adults have committed to faithfulness, and more than 41,600 decisions to follow Jesus Christ have been recorded by True Love Waits team members.
From April to October 2010, the total grew by more than 70,000 African youth, according to TLW leaders.
In the Philippines, nearly 22,000 students signed commitment cards last year after going through training, with plans in place for expanding outreach to Filipino youth between ages 15 to 24 beginning this year. True Love Waits International launched in that country in 2009.
"We are very close to having 1 million young people in Africa make documented commitments to biblical purity through this initiative, which will be an incredible milestone," said Jimmy Hester, co-founder of True Love Waits (www.truelovewaits.com).
"In a continent ravaged by AIDS, these African commitments literally have life-and-death consequences," Hester said. "We also are encouraged by the vital work being done throughout the Philippines."
In Africa, the greatest response to True Love Waits is in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In November, True Love Waits International South Africa was approved as a registered organization, and ministry partnerships there are growing, reported Sharon Pumpelly, lead consultant for True Love Waits International.
During a presentation in Zambia, one girl stood and said, "True Love Waits is a good program. We have benefited and our lives have changed for the better. This program is different from our peer-educating programs because it is bringing salvation [in addition to] promoting sexual purity."
The Zambian girl concluded by making an appeal to True Love Waits team members "to come and train us as presenters."
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True Love Waits International works in 10 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and also provides assistance in Namibia, Madagascar and Lesotho.
Don Beehler is a freelance writer in Franklin. Tenn. For more information about True Love Waits, visit www.truelovewaits.com.
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"I'll swap porn for Parliament" says Crowborough woman
12:20pm Saturday 13th March 2010 in News
Very liberal democrat Anna Arrowsmith is hoping to swap porn for parliament.
Mrs Arrowsmith, of Groombridge near Crowborough, is planning on ditching her career as a director of blue films and show some of her more liberal characteristics as she runs for MP.
For the past 12 years Mrs Arrowsmith, 38, has run adult entertainment business Easy On The Eye Films with husband Tim.
Now Britain's first female porn director has announced plans to stand as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the next general election.
Her life story has as many twists as the plot of one of her films - the fine art graduate with a masters in philosophy has also twice been named best director in the UK Adult Film and TV Awards.
Under the pseudonym Anna Span, the prospective MP has made more than 300 saucy films, but said her background would help if she was elected as MP for Gravesham in Kent.
She said: "I would say to my constituents, don't judge me by the industry as a whole. I have gone into the porn industry with a view to changing it and making it more female friendly.
"I've spent years campaigning for equal opportunities for female workers and I think this has given me an excellent experience for the coming campaign.
"I have gone into politics as I was rather disgusted at the expenses issue.
"I am not a professional politician. I have worked all my life to set up a successful business and I want to fight for the rights of people in Gravesham."
Mrs Arrowsmith, who said she started making "female friendly" films in a bid to make porn more accessible to women, had an unlikely inspiration for her new choice of career.
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"I don't know where that strong sense to fight for female equality came from but it was there even then."
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She will be challenging Conservative Adam Holloway for the seat, which he won by 654 votes in the last election.
Mrs Arrowsmith is not the first Sussex prospective polititian with a colourful past.
In 2005 former Playboy model Marina Pepper ran as a Liberal Democrat candidate for the Brighton Kemptown seat. She came in third, gaining 16.5% of the votes.
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Located in Oud Metha, Dubai English Speaking School was established in 1963. It is a private school that provides education for students aged four to 11 years, from Foundation Stage to Year 6. The school follows the English National Curriculum for most subjects; it follows the Ministry of Education curriculum for Islamic Education and Arabic.
At the time of the inspection, there were 810 students. They were from a variety of nationalities; the majority were British. In all, 124 were Muslim, of whom a few were Emirati. Students were grouped into five classes in each year group. There were 56 full-time and six part-time teachers. Most teachers were British and were appropriately qualified. The Headteacher had been at the school for 23 years, the last six as Head.
Overall school performance 2011-2012
How has the school progressed since the last inspection?
Dubai English Speaking School provided a good quality of education for students. It had several outstanding features, notably the high level of students' attainment, their attitudes and behaviour, as well as the close and productive partnership with parents. Students made good progress throughout the school because of the quality of teaching which challenged and motivated students well, especially in English, mathematics and science. Teachers knew their students well and provided skilled guidance in helping them to improve their work. There was a good quality of care for students. The senior leaders had identified the right kind of priorities to drive change. The dedication and enthusiasm of all staff meant that such priorities were well addressed. As such, the school had good capacity to improve.
The school had made good progress since the previous inspection. Newly appointed teachers for Islamic Education and Arabic were having a positive impact on the weaknesses in progress and attainment in these subjects. Teachers were steadily increasing the opportunities for students to take responsibility for their own learning. New assessment procedures and a richer curriculum were having a positive impact. The governors had taken some steps to involve parents more in the school's decision-making, but they had not successfully resolved the issue.
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How good are the students' attainment and progress in key subjects?
Students continued to show outstanding levels of attainment in English, mathematics and science throughout the school. They spoke articulately and confidently in English. Their wide vocabulary and technical skills enabled them to read with excellent understanding and write imaginatively and expressively. By contrast, all aspects of the language were weak in Arabic as an additional language, particularly students' speaking and listening skills. Attainment in Arabic as a first language had improved, although the students' reading and writing was underdeveloped for their age. Attainment in Islamic Education had improved because of more skilful teaching. The understanding of key principles and concepts was secure. Students had very good calculation skills in mathematics, but their problem-solving abilities were not as competent. Their in-depth knowledge of a range of scientific themes was matched by investigative skills particularly evident among the older students.
Students made good progress in all year groups. They made particularly good progress in the Foundation Stage, where they developed effective language skills and an understanding of how to use number. Their speaking and listening rapidly improved as their social skills blossomed. Students also made strong progress in Year 6 where teaching was more challenging. Throughout the school, students developed their independent skills well in using and applying their knowledge in real-life contexts. Students with special educational needs made the same good progress as other students. In their individual withdrawal sessions, the high quality teaching resulted in excellent progress.
The small number of Emirati students made good progress. There were no significant difference between their progress and that of other students. They made especially good progress in their English lessons, and had confident speaking skills. They were also making better progress in Arabic. The unsatisfactory progress in Arabic, at the time of the previous inspection had improved to be acceptable.
How good is the students' personal and social development?
Outstanding attitudes and behaviour were evident across the school. Relationships between students and teachers were very positive and supportive. Student responsibility was encouraged and senior students took their civic duties seriously. Most students made wise eating choices and displayed well-developed awareness of healthy life-styles. Attendance and punctuality were acceptable. Most students had good knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Islam, and almost all students had a good appreciation of the benefits of living in the multi-cultural society of Dubai. Their good civic and economic awareness was enhanced through the developing role of the student council, playground and library duties and increased shared decision-making and opportunities to raise money for people less fortunate than themselves. Most students had good awareness of Dubai's economic progress and its position in the world. Almost all students took good care of their environment and consciously contributed positively to the environment by, for example, saving water and recycling.
How good are the teaching, learning and assessment?
Foundation Stage Primary Teaching for effective learning Good Good Quality of students' learning Good Good Assessment Good Good The majority of teaching was good. A significant minority of lessons seen were outstanding, and these were evident in almost all year groups. Key features included the mutually respectful and supportive relationships between teachers and students that generated a positive climate for learning. Comprehensive lesson planning across the year groups gave a clear structure and cohesion to students' learning. Expectations of all groups of students were mostly good but not consistently high enough in all lessons. The teaching of Islamic Education and Arabic had improved although there remained too much variance in lessons. There was a similar picture in the development of enquiry and thinking skills. These were an increasing part of lessons, but the practice was not fully embedded into everyday lessons.
Students' learning was good in both phases. They concentrated very well in lessons and were keen to participate and complete tasks. They co-operated productively with one another and were also very capable of working well on their own. Older students were independent as learners and had effective thinking skills, but this was not consistent across the school. Sometimes, students were too passive. They had good skills in reflecting upon their own work and that of others. They usually knew what they needed to do to improve.
Assessment procedures were good and gave details of students' progress. The procedures in Islamic Education and Arabic had improved and were more accurate. The school's analysis of assessment data was thorough, but not as rigorous as it could be. Self-assessment and peer-assessment were becoming intrinsic parts of everyday learning. Teachers and teaching assistants offered sensitive guidance in lessons and their marking of books showed students clearly how to improve. Assessment information was often used to meet the learning needs of students, for example to arrange special groupings of students according to their ability. However, assessment information was not always used skilfully in lessons to ensure that all students were fully challenged.
How well does the curriculum meet the educational needs of students?
Throughout the school, the curriculum was good with some outstanding features. It was broad and balanced, and included a good range of subjects. Based upon the English National Curriculum, it included Arabic for all students from Year 1 and French from Year 3. The school included 'circle time' to further the development of students' social skills. Senior leaders had revised the curriculum to enable teachers to deliver it through a thematic approach and offer some choice of activities for students. This recent innovation made learning exciting and more meaningful for students. Further work was required to improve the curriculum in Islamic Education and Arabic. Teachers emphasised the development of learning skills and planned good opportunities for students to apply literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology (ICT) skills across the curriculum. In Year 6, the separate subject teaching improved attainment and helped students to make the transition to secondary education. Students'
learning was well enriched through excursions and a good range of extra-curricular activities.
How well does the school protect and support students?
Health and safety procedures were good. The school was a safe place for students; they were well cared for and protected. Staff made students well aware of the importance and advantages of living a healthy life-style and of taking regular exercise, for example in participating in organised sports and games. All students received good personal and medical support, and knew that all staff would provide them with help if it was needed. The school was well aware of the need for vigilance at the beginning and end of the school day, both in terms of organised transport, and the delivery and collection by parents of individual children. Arrangements for child protection were robust and procedures to follow were fully understood by all staff.
The support for all students was good. Students had positive relationships with their teachers and felt that they were treated fairly. There were well-understood and effective arrangements for dealing with any incidents of negative behaviour and for promoting positive attitudes. The school provided good support to those students who were preparing to move on to the next phase of their education. A particular strength was the very good provision in the specialist facilities for students with additional learning needs to receive very well-focused support. The school had some good systems to promote the attendance of students but these had yet to reduce the levels of absence.
How good are the leadership and management of the school?
Leadership was well-structured and well-delegated. The senior leadership team was cohesive and provided a clear direction for all members of staff. Leaders had clear roles and responsibilities, and were very supportive of colleagues. All senior and middle managers were well involved in the school's development planning, although the school was keen to develop the scope of subject leaders further to drive change in their subjects. Professional development for staff was a key priority and, for this reason, there was an extensive programme of monitoring the work of staff. Communication had been an acknowledged issue between staff and senior leaders. Steps had been taken in an attempt to resolve matters.
The school's self-evaluation was comprehensive, and senior leaders certainly knew the school's strengths and weaknesses. However, some judgements were too generous. This was particularly true of the evaluations of classroom practice. The school had established thoughtful and appropriate priorities to help the school improve, and rightly linked teachers' professional development closely with them. Improvement plans were extensive and touched on most aspects of the school. However, the plans were not streamlined enough to clarify the most important foci. The school has responded very well to two of the recommendations from the last report, notably the development of Islamic Education and Arabic, and the range of opportunities for students to take responsibility for their own learning. However, the governors have not shown the same sense urgency in welcoming and adding the parental voice to their work.
The school had done outstanding work to strengthen its partnership with parents. Many parents gave freely of their time on a regular basis to help at school with a range of activities, such as hearing children read, leading clubs and supporting visits. Parents felt that they were very well informed about the school's activities and what their children learned although they also felt that the website should be updated to improve two-way communication. Reports about students' academic progress were lengthy, detailed and informative, and gave helpful comparisons about expected levels of progress. Links with other schools were plentiful and strengthened students' experiences.
Governors had a good strategic overview of the school. They were in regular contact with the school and often visited to see at first-hand how it operated. They brought some expertise to support much of the school's operation. The governors monitored the activities of the school but did not hold the school to account with enough rigour. In addition, their intention to involve parents more in the process of governance had taken too long to fulfil.
The management of staffing, facilities and resources was outstanding. The school ran very smoothly on a day-to-day basis. The school had maintained its excellent environment for learning, especially the spacious and well-equipped classrooms. The many specialist teaching rooms included two music rooms, two ICT suites, a well-stocked library and rooms for art, design and technology, French, learning support and performing arts. Outstanding facilities for sport included a sports field, as well as two indoor sports halls, one outdoor arena and a swimming pool. The teaching staff shared considerable expertise, boosted by good staff appointments for Islamic Education and Arabic.
What are the views of parents, teachers and students?
Before the inspection, the views of parents, teachers and senior secondary students were surveyed. Key messages from each group were considered during the inspection and these helped to form judgements.
A significant minority of parents responded to the survey, slightly more than last year. Most parents were satisfied with the quality of education available at the school and believed that their children were making good progress in English, mathematics and science. Parents were less positive in their views of progress in Islamic Education and Arabic as an additional language. Parents were broadly satisfied with the provision at the school across a range of aspects and indicated that they were involved in improving it. Teachers were also positive in their views of the school and indicated that inspection had led to improvements.
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Some US-based survey findings were released yesterday that show iPhone 4S owners use Siri regularly but only in limited ways. The survey of 482 iPhone 4S owners by Parks Associates reflected that people used Siri almost daily in many instances to send email, initiate calls and send texts. Other types of "more advanced" activities were not performed as often (e.g. setting up appointments or playing music).
Here's a very high-level overview of the findings:
Previously a ChangeWave survey in December found that Siri was the most "liked" feature of the new iPhone 4S.
Siri is clearly a work in progress; Apple has a "beta" label on it. Apple's chief mobile rival Google is working on its own "assistant" to compete with Siri. The rumor is that will include APIs for third party developers. So Google may out-Siri Siri if Apple doesn't keep moving.
The question now for Apple is how much to develop Siri into a broader utility and search or content discovery tool.
Apple removed Siri's earlier "transactional" capabilities, present in the app before Apple bought the company. Those earlier capabilities hint at what's possible. In other words, tapping directly into third party APIs to deliver content results and transactional pages without the interim step of a "search result." This was Siri's ambition when Apple bought the company. But will Apple press on?
In an ideal world Siri would develop into a kind of universal interface for finding and downloading apps, generating queries within apps on the handset ("Find me a flight from NY to Boston on Kayak on April 18") and perhaps initiating payments.
Clearly there are flaws in Siri's performance and it's imperfect, but it has enormous potential to be more than it is. I'm hopeful that Apple continues to invest in and develop Siri -- to help it realize its pre-Apple vision.


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As a fan, I tend to lean towards the emotional rather than the rational, and I'm probably not alone in feeling like often these contests between two teams feel like a battle between the good guys and the bad guys. In my head, at least, the Phils are the hardworking, steadfast heroes, and the other team gets vilified. I think everyone probably likes feeling that their team deserves to win, both as players and as people, and sometimes the storylines that develop over a season or a series can support that good vs. bad feeling (ahem, K-Rod).
That said, not every fan is lucky enough to get to root for one of the without-a-doubt, truly good guys, so I'd like to say: Mike Sweeney, it's been a privilege to cheer for you these past few months.
You loved our clubhouse from the start, and we loved you right back. But it wasn't just the hugs, or the revelation that you were this nice a guy to Ryan Howard back when you were an all-star and he was just getting started, or the trip to Walter Reed. It's clear to anyone that you love the game and that you're a true team player, but it's the incredible amount of heart that you clearly put into everything that makes you greater than the sum of all these parts.
Sweeney, you really stood out as a good guy on a team full of good guys--I wish we'd gotten to cheer you at bat in the NLCS, but I am holding out hope that I'll have the chance to have that privilege next year. If it doesn't work out that way, I know that you won't soon be forgotten in Philly. Every time our guys celebrate with a hug, we'll be thinking of you.
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Washington Redskins WR Pierre Garcon (foot) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams. Garcon left last week's game against the Saints with a bruised right foot, and could be a game time decision this week after limited practice on Thursday and Friday. He had a big fantasy game before the injury, with four catches for 109 yards and a touchdown.
Fantasy Impact: Coach Mike Shanahan has hinted that Garcon's availability will depend on his pain tolerance. If he can't go, the Redskins will turn to Leonard Hankerson and Aldrick Robinson to fill the void. Fantasy owners will have to wait until Sunday morning for his status.
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The capricious nature of memory fascinates Malcolm Jones. What we remember of our past is a vital question to a memoirist bent on exploring life when he was growing up in North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s.
What's most surprising to Jones, author of the elegiac memoir Little Boy Blues, is the startling way in which memories re-emerge.
``I can remember one day I was writing about living with my aunt and uncle,'' says the long-time Newsweek writer, who appears Monday at Books & Books in Coral Gables, ``watching the kids coming out of the school across the street. I wrote that and stopped and stared at it. I had not had that memory until I wrote it! The memory was obviously in my brain somewhere, and for 50 years I hadn't thought of it at all. And all of a sudden there it was, clear as day. That happened two or three times. . . . The mysteries of memory just grow and grow for me.''
Jones turned out to be exceptionally adept at excavating memories of being an only child of parents who lived apart for big chunks of his childhood, officially divorcing (rare in those days) when he was 12. He writes of an early love for marionettes (``dolls,'' according to more disdainful relations) and of later falling in love with music after hearing one of his uncle's old blues records. He never laments growing up an only child: ``It gave me a rich interior life. I learned very early to entertain myself.''
Jones' father drank too much and disappeared for months; his mother -- who is really the focus of Jones' bittersweet story -- suffered and not quietly. Little Boy Blues (Pantheon, $24.95) explores their tempestuous marriage, their extended families and an old-fashioned Southern lifestyle, in which ``[m]y earliest views on life were formed by people who, even when they weren't born in the nineteenth century, saw the world much as it was seen during Reconstruction.'' Jesus was more or less considered one of the family.
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Dry Fork - This week's high school Team of the Week is Tunstall Trojans football. Tunstall won its first region football championship in history last Friday night, holding off Cave Spring 19-15. Now the 8-and-3 Trojans, enjoying their first winning season since 2003, advance to this Saturday's state semifinals at undefeated Brookville. Tunstall has won seven of its last eight, but the Trojans know they'll have to play their best to upset the Bees. The Trojans have surprised several teams, they'll try and keep it up Saturday at 1 at Brookville.
Buddy Brown, TUNSTALL TROJANS FOOTBALL COACH, said "We play extremely hard, we're not overly big. But like I said the kids like each other, they play hard for each other, they play hard for their coaches, they're responsible kids and they've learned to win. And that's big."
Brad Hylton, TUNSTALL JUNIOR LINEBACKER/TIGHT END, said "We have to have as least amount of mistakes as possible and we have to get pressure on BeCraft."
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If you're a startup looking to raise some startup capital, then it might be a good idea for you to start participating in a few Business Plan Competitions. TiEQuest 2012 is accepting registrations for another 5 days and they are giving away ~$150,000 worth of prizes. On top of all of the prizes to be won, you'll also benefit from getting some visibility with investors (VCs & Angels), potential partners and customers.
TiEQuest is a great opportunity for startups and is less restrictive in it's requirements than most business plan competitions…You don't have to have students on your team and don't have to have a "tech" business in order to participate in TiEQuest… i.e. lifestyle businesses are welcome to apply as well.
TiEQuest is also well known for doing a great job at assigning mentors to teams that participate. They have a large pool of mentors to choose from and will do their best to match your team to a mentor that is experienced in your industry.
You only need to submit a registration form in order to be entered into the first round by January 31st – i.e. you can have the rest of your entrance material ready by a later date – so if you have 15 minutes to spare, I would highly recommend participating in this contest!
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Four men took on the job of removing a seven foot alligator from an East Texas neighborhood. The gator was first spotted Friday at a home in Big Sandy on Pearl street just off of highway 80. A homeowner walked out and saw what he thought was a fallen tree limb in his yard.
"I just happened to glance over to the right by the myrtle tree and I saw something in the grass I thought it might be a log, but then I looked again and I said wow its a gator. Where did he come from?" said homeowner Dan Dassing.
"It kind of blew me away I said you're kidding with me and he said no I'm dead serious," said Big Sandy police office Gary Bettis.
A seven foot alligator , with no water in the area, had lumbered into Dassing's front yard.
"We're moving into their habitat, I believe we're pushing into our area and we're going to have more contact with them," Bettis says.
With no animal control department, a police officer, two firefighters and a city water worker had to subdue the snapping jaws themselves.
"It was kind of a thrown together game plan. Thank god I watch swamp wars," joked Bettis.
"You rope them you tape their mouth shut. They keep getting bigger, we may need help on the next one it may be even bigger," says water employee Donny Himel.
"Mister Himel jumped on his back and closed his mouth and I jumped on behind him," said firefighter Bradley Decuir.
"This will be something I will remember the rest of my career," says Bettis.
The team took the alligator to the Sabine river , where it was released.
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Ok so call me crazy and this is purely overthinking on my part, but with the rumors of a Cavs-Bobcats trade heating up and the Bobcats announcing today that trading down makes more sense, I get a little nervous thinking about losing Beal. Soo here are my suggestions:
1. What if the Wizards trade up to the number 2 pick and get Beal and send the #3 and #32 pick with it? This way, we are happy with our player, plus we don't get screwed over. More sensible choice, but losing a draft pick would be the only downside to me. Or...
2. We trade our #32 pick in the 2012 draft and both draft picks next year and maybe cash for the #2 pick this year? Could you imagine Kidd-Gilchrist and Beal on the floor with Wall, Nene, and Okafor? And Ariza off the bench. Yes, we are giving up a lot, but a couple of years from now, that could be a Thunder-like lineup: a very strong, yet young lineup with a lot of potential.
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News: Kobe Finally Addresses Drake's Vanessa Bryant Diss
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 9:05AM
A year after Young Money's Drake took a swipe at NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, on "Stay Schemin'," the Los Angeles Laker has finally spoken out.
Rather than side with Drizzy, Kobe showed love and support for his wife's role in their marriage.
Although he just started using twitter earlier this month, Kobe Bryant is already making headlines over his tweets. Kobe defended his wife over a comment one of his followers sent him in response to a picture he posted of him and his wife. The fan wrote "but... #shewasntshootingwithyouinthegym" to which Kobe replied "no, she wasn't. She was busy raising our kids. #nonanny #respectmothers." (VIBE)
Earlier this month, Vanessa lashed out over Drizzy's lyrics and blasted his relationship with her husband.
"I love when immature kids quote a rapper that has never been friends with Kobe and knows nothing about our relationship. Just shows how gullible they are. I don't need to be in the gym. I'm raising our daughters, signing checks and taking care of everything else that pertains to our home life. [...] I really wish people would stop THINK and then realize that they are being sucked into someone's clear intention to monetize and gain attention off of our family's heartache. This is real life. I hold down our home life so my husband can focus on his career. It's a partnership. Since my husband isn't friends with Drake, we received a text of an apology forwarded from his manager. It's done and over with and it's now time for people to THINK before speaking." (Necole Bitchie)
Last year, Drizzy publicly apologized for speaking on their relationship and called Kobe a friend.
"That line came from a conversation about being this young and making this much money and the fear of losing it all. I just used his potential situation to address my own life. I never intended to offend Vanessa or anyone else. That line had everything to do with me and what goes on in my head as a 25 year old man with this much income flowing in. Kobe is and always will be a friend and an icon to me." (Nah Right)
Speculation on the rapper's lethal words developed following the song's release in early January 2012.
I don't know if you want Drake as the rapper defending you in matters of the heart, but at least someone is looking at for Kobe Bryant in his divorce. Rick Ross came out with a mix tape the other day and everyone is talking about this line from Drizzy. If we are talking about authenticity from our rappers, the maximum Kobe will lose is around $75 million, but I am nitpicking. I much prefer rapper Drake than Gerald Levert Drake, so I can dig it. I have no ill will toward Vanessa, no one put a gun to Kobe's head and told him to marry her (maybe a statutory rape case, but that is another story for another time). You have to understand if you marry someone and you sitting on millions and they are sitting on Little Debbies, it will probably not end well for you in the divorce. (Black Sports Online)
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As part of an ongoing investigation into incidents of identity theft at Silver Star Motors in Cortland, the business' office manager has been arrested and charged with eight counts of identity theft.
Thirty-year-old Eric M. Wrigley was arrested in the Cook County area on February 28. In January, Silver Star's owner, 25-year-old Terry Morrow Jr. was arrested on seven counts of identity theft.
The investigation into the business is ongoing.
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A Granite City boy was killed after his sister accidentally shot him Sunday afternoon.
Jefferson County Sheriff Roger Mulch said Christian G. Clark, 10, and his sister, Halee R. Clark, 7, were inside the motor home of their grandfather, Jason G. Clark Sr., in rural northeast Jefferson County.
Halee Clark picked up a long gun and accidentally discharged a round, which struck Christian Clark in the face, killing him, Mulch said.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office dispatch received a 911 call at 3:30 p.m. Saturday reporting the shooting, and Kell Fire Department, Litton Ambulance Service and JCSO deputies responded to the scene.
Deputies discovered Christian Clark's body inside the mobile home, located in a wooded area adjacent and belonging to the Modert Clark family at 13339 Baseline Road in Dix. Illinois State Police, Department of Children and Family Services and the Jefferson County Coroner, Eddie Joe Marks, were dispatched to the scene as well.
Mulch said an investigation into the incident continues, but nothing points to foul play.
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A Cape councilman's worst fears came true this week after he received an email threat.
Councilman Kevin McGrail and other council members warned that a watch dog group named Cap Cape Taxes would send the wrong message.
For years, Mark Decelle has lived on a budget. He has 16 year old car he uses once a week - no internet, no cable and only $1,000 a month to spend.
"I'm struggling with trying to pay for the basic necessity of life," said North Cape Resident Mark Decelle.
The 63 year old says he doesn't have the money for more taxes or for the upcoming utility expansion project.
"These fees and assessments that were passed for the good of the city aren't very good for people who have to pay for them and don't have the money," said Decelle.
Frustrated and upset, he wrote an email to Councilman Kevin McGrail saying:
"You are accountable and if your decisions cause you fear they should." and "I approve of the grass roots level to get you the *** out of power. I pray the wrath of god strikes you.... heart attack....cancer...car wreck.......any one will do."
"I don't really want to see anyone experience any pain or suffering," said Decelle.
This email comes at a time when some council members are concerned about the motivations behind a political action group named Cap Cape Taxes as they rallied "A Call to Arms" in the city.
"They never got a bad email, no one ever brought up anything until they said they were scared," said Steve Lovejoy with Cap Cape Taxes.
A concerned Councilman McGrail sent the email to the groups leader Steve Lovejoy.
He wrote: "..how much of a reach is it for someone to wish me dead versus actually taking steps to cause that outcome."
Decelle says he knows about Cap Cape Taxes, but isn't affiliated.
"I'm not advocating a violent overthrow of government it just seems these people who are in power are in different to the capacity of the people they govern," said Decelle.


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Chez René Review
The owners have wisely preserved the bistro's traditional spirit while brightening the decor and adding chic touches such as valet parking and a heated terrace. The menu still consists mainly of Lyonnais classics, though now you'll find some of these grouped into color-theme menus such as "red" (beet salad, coq au vin, and Quincy wine) or "yellow" (Swiss chard gratin, pike-perch in beurre blanc sauce with steamed potatoes, and Mâcon wine). Old regulars keep coming back, including the former owners, who live upstairs.
- Address: 14 bd. St-Germain, 5e, Latin Quarter, Paris, 75005 | Map It
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Marketing mission impossible
You can promote it all you want, Cruise and Diaz, but if the product's no good, people won't buy. What's more, they'll hate you for trying.
July 25, 2010 4:20 by Samuel Potter
No, the truth is, the reason ticket sales were disappointing, and that the epic marketing effort was needed, was that the film isn't particularly good. It's not the worst film ever, by any means, but it's a long way from being the best, too. Rottentomatoes.com gives it 54 percent on the Tomatometer. Some of the comments from critics include "The spy-caper story is as forgettable as they come and the jokes are pretty forced." "If Diaz and Cruise had shared some chemistry on screen I may have forgiven all of its sins. Alas, they don't." "Knight and Day ends up chasing itself around in circles, going nowhere, doing nothing, hoping to coast on charm and goodwill."
So, stuck with a dubious product which cost a ton to develop, the studio put the marketing wheels went into action, and they seemed to have salvaged something from the wreckage. But was it the right strategy? As the credits roll, how will the paying public feel about having shelled out hard earned cash on a disappointing product?
As one article we read put it, there's only one thing worse than bad advertising, and that's good advertising for a bad product. It erodes trust, seeds doubt, and can even provoke anger, and these are not the goals of any marketing campaign. It'll make it all the harder to reach people the next time.
In fact, by pulling out all the stops in promoting the movie, some might argue they actually made its performance worse. People nowadays are savvy, and when we see a product so heavily advertised with such an apparent lack of public endorsement, our suspicions are automatically raised. Suspicion leads to doubt, and doubt prevents purchase.
Note to all businesses: make a good enough product in the first place, and you might not need all the expensive marketing.
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Albany--Many south georgians experienced one final blast from the past Sunday.
Hundreds came out to enjoy the final day of the Frontier Festival at the Parks at Chehaw.
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Demonstrators were on hand to show visitors how to start a fire with fling and steel as well as how to fire black powder flintlock rifles.
Organizers say so far the event has been a success.
"It's a great educational event to bring people to the park and give people another reason to visit Chehaw and to have fun and if they're not careful learn American history in a very unique way," says organizer, Ben Kirkland.
The festival is in its fourteenth year at the park.
So far, about 2,000 people have visited the park's Frontier Festival over the past three days.
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