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Who's Who in Internet and Computer Technology - Starting with letter 'G'
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Gates, Bill
|Co-founder, chairman and chief software architect for Microsoft Corporation. Gates and Paul Allen began Microsoft in 1975 while they were students at Harvard based on a version of BASIC that they wrote to run on the first digital personal computer, the Altair 8800. Gates led Microsoft to develop MS-DOS, the operating system used by a large portion of the world's personal computers. Among his other associations, Gates sits on the board of the Icos Corporation and is a shareholder in Darwin Molecular, a subsidiary of British-based Chiroscience.
Geschke, Chuck
|Co-founded Adobe Systems in 1982 with John Warnock. Geschke, retired from his position as president, currently shares the chairmanship of the board with Warnock. Prior to co-founding Adobe Systems, Geschke formed the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1980, where he directed research activities in the fields of computer science, graphics, image processing, and optics. Previously, he was a principal scientist and researcher at Xerox PARC's computer sciences laboratory.
Goldfarb, Charles
|While working at IBM in 1969, Goldfarb developed the GML language and coined the term "markup language.". In 1974, he created SGML and then wrote the first SGML parser, ARCSGML. Goldfarb later turned SGML into the ISO 8879 standard, the standard on which XML and HTML are based, and served as the standard's editor. In addition, Goldfarb wrote The XML Handbook.
Gosling, James
|The principal architect of Sun Microsystem's Java language. Gosling designed the original Java language and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine. He has built satellite data acquisition systems, a multiprocessor version of UNIX, several compilers, mail systems and window managers. He has also built a WYSIWYG text editor, a constraint-based drawing editor and a text editor called "Emacs" for Unix systems. At Sun his early activity was as lead engineer of the NeWS window system.
Grove, Andy
|Co-founder and current chairman of Intel Corporation. Intel's developments in the use of microchips have helped shape the direction of modern computer technology. From 1987 to 1998 Grove served as Intel's CEO. He holds several patents on semiconductor devices and technology. In 1963, he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduation, he joined the research and development laboratory of Fairchild Semiconductor and became assistant director of research and development in 1967 before he left to start Intel. Grove is the recipient of many awards, including the 1987 Engineering Leadership Recognition Award from the IEEE and Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1997.
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It's been a big couple of weeks for Kanye West, and this is a man who spends most regular weeks go-karting with supermodels and calling the President out on racism. Back on May 2, Yeezy revived his Twitter only to deliver the cryptic message "June 18," much like Moses descending from the mountaintop, tablets in hand. Kanye quickly deleted that Tweet, but left the world with a message: the proper follow-up to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, arguably the greatest hip-hop album of the decade, was on its way:
The rumors of collaborators have swirled with appropriate vigor, too. Furtive whispers of joints with Daft Punk, shock-rap collective Odd Future, 2 Chainz, womp-womp purveyor Skrillex, and crooner John Legend have all surfaced in a recent Rolling Stone piece. Plus, Kanye's been working in Paris with Chicago upstarts King L, Chief Keef, and Young Chop.
As if that's not enough, there's also talk that the International Asshole himself raps over beats cooked up by producer duo TNGHT, which, at the risk of editorializing, sounds radical as fuck.
But this past week delivered unto us a new gospel from Yeezy. Last Friday, 66 walls worldwide acted as projection screens for a short video of Kanye's face rapping the first single off his new album, "New Slaves."
In it, Kanye samples a song by some Hungarian rock band and structures the chorus around the couplet "There's leaders and there's followers/but I'd rather be a dick than a swallower."
But there's more!
The next day, Kanye appeared as musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "New Slaves" and another song ostensibly from the album, Black Skinhead, which is mostly Kanye screaming. But the mentally-unhinged icing on this savory cake of insanity came the next morning, when the world woke up and, as the citizens of Earth do first thing every morning, checked Kim Kardashian's Instagram. The holy vessel for the rap game's messiah had posted a photo of a weird, metallic CD jewel box and hashtagged the photo "#yeezus," which was later confirmed as the album's title on iTunes's pre-order page, and then hastily removed. The man titled his new work not only after himself, but then popped off a portmanteau of his name and the SON OF GOD.
So let's just quickly run down the Kanye checklist:
-Racial persecution complex bordering on overt paranoia? CHECK!
-Wrecking crew of collaborators so high-profile that it makes A$AP Rocky look like a Myspace band based out of a Spokane garage? CHECK!
-Christ complex that Kanye doesn't even bother to try to cover up anymore? CHECK!
-Mind-blowing punwork? CHECK!
-Deliberate trickling of details that has us frothing at the mouth? CHECK CHECK A MILLION TIMES CHECK!
Don't call me on June 18th. Seriously, just leave me alone. I'll be busy.
Below, let us all revisit Kanye's finest hour. Look at the way he's miraculously appeared on stage the moment the camera cuts away from P!nk's face. Observe the beatific shrug, betraying his fundamental detachment from the situation as a whole.
Truly, a god among mere mortals.


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Situated in Jaco, this hotel is close to Neo Fauna, Teatro Jaco, and Jaco Beach. Also nearby are Jaco Library and Learning Center and Rainforest Adventures Costa Rica Pacific Park.
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Boys Soccer: Juan Elizalde Bloom's late-bloomer
By Steve Millar For Sun-Times Media November 6, 2013 8:46PM
Bloom's Juan Elizalde (13) and Lincoln-Way Central's Cole Senesac battle to control the ball. | Allen Cunningham/For Sun-Times Media
Updated: December 9, 2013 10:30AM
Bloom coach Kelly Gutierrez doesn't mince words when talking about senior forward Juan Elizalde.
"Juan is amazing," she said. "He's very dangerous every time he touches the ball. He's worked so hard over the years. From his freshman year to now, he's made a remarkable improvement."
Elizalde also takes pride in his work ethic.
"The biggest thing for me is not giving up," he said. "I just keep practicing and just keep trying to get better."
Elizalde finished with 28 goals and seven assists for a Bloom squad that went 15-5-2 and captured the Southland Conference title.
He said he plays nothing like he did when he came up to varsity late in his freshman season.
"I go to the ball more now," he said. "I'm more physical and I play faster."
According to Gutierrez, Elizalde has gotten more and more dangerous every season.
"He's very quick, and he has amazing ball skills," she said.
Those are all great attributes, but for Gutierrez, it's Elizalde's leadership that matters most.
"He's a great senior leader," she said. "He works hard at every practice. He's a role model for all the other players. He leads by example. He's not the most vocal kid, but when he says something, they all listen."
Elizalde embraced the role as team captain and team leader all season.
"I like helping my teammates," he said. "I try to help them with any problems they have. I try to help them get better and better as players. I tell them that they just have to always work hard."
Elizalde, who was named an Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association All-Sectional player and an All-Southland Athletic Conference selection, hopes to continue his soccer career after high school.
"I just want to keep getting better and see how far I can go," he said. "I want to keep playing. I don't give up."
Compared with many of his teammates and opponents, Elizalde is a relative newcomer to organized soccer. He said he started playing on teams when he was 9 years old.
He instantly found a love of the game, though, and for the feeling you get when good things happen on the soccer field.
"Everyone loves winning," he said. "I just love the feeling when you step up and score a goal or make a pass and help your team win. It's a great feeling.
"I just love playing soccer."


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Private Practice Review: When Everything Changesby Christina Tran at . Comments
Private Practice hit the ground running with a very eventful season 6 premiere.
All summer long, looming questions remained: Who would Addie choose, Sam or Jake? With Tim Daly's departure, how would Pete's story end? How could the show possibly wrap up in only 13 episodes? Would Addison get her happy ending? And most importantly: can Private Practice live on after her departure?
"Aftershock" was a group-centric episode and the perfect way to explore those kind of days when everything seems to be changing. With only some of our questions were answered, we'll have to sit tight and see how things play out for the remainder of the season.
In the meantime, let's discuss what went down in the busy hour that featured each character in a very different and interesting light.
First off, Addie chose Jake! As a total Jaddison fan, you already know I was smiling from ear to ear. Addie struggled a bit with her insecurities and jealousy. She even had trouble actually saying that she was in love with Jake. Somehow, it seems so much more realistic this way. Getting everything you wanted doesn't mean that it's all any easier.
It's going to be interesting, that's for sure, considering Jake wants to move in already. Look for Addie's life to change even more this new father for Henry.
Meanwhile, Sam seemed to be moving on just fine with Stephanie, a labor and delivery nurse. I laughed a little when Sam recalled Addie calling his proposal a "Hail Mary pass." Ouch... but it was totally true. It's too early for me to say if I dig Stephanie or not and whether or not I think she's a good fit for Sam. However, like Addie, I just want to see Sam happy, too.
Elsewhere, Charlotte, Cooper and Mason seemed to be doing perfectly well. That is, if you don't count Mason wanting a younger sibling. Then again, the Freedmans received some miraculous news: Charlotte is pregnant with not one but three babies! Many of our TV Fanatics called this one last season.
Sheldon and Amelia's friendship is clearly as strong as ever. It was nice seeing how supportive he is of her and how grateful she is. Also, Sheldon has been apparently taking exciting trips with his ex wife, Laura. Will we get to meet her? And it appears that his health isn't at its best either.
Finally, let's get to the Violet Annoyance Scale. I'm rating this installment a 4. I dreadfully hated the way she casually discussed Pete's case with Lucas. Sure, it was short and it's not like Lucas really understood, but it was also just so bizarre. And in spite of everything, she may have been still shocked, but I thought she'd show more emotion in realization of Pete's heart attack and demise. Then again, we all deal with grief and react differently.
By the way, I knew something major was going to happen to Pete the moment Violet received that ominous text. Then, when he didn't show up for court and Violet was going ballistic, I was positive there was more to the story than what she was assuming about him possibly running away. Instead of worrying about his heart condition, she immediately jumped to the wrong conclusions. Typical Violet.
One thing's for sure, though, poor Lucas. I really hope that the upcoming scenes with Violet telling Lucas about Pete will be touching and not just brushed aside. They ought to truly mean something.
Other Thoughts
- What did you think of the structure of this episode? With our favorite doctors now on new journeys, I'm excited to come along for the ride and see where and how they will all end up.
- I loved how the single medical case brought all of our doctors together. I especially liked how Amelia took matters into her own hands to help a father and daughter reconnect no matter the odds.
- How many of you missed Pete? I'll bite. Although it was a solid hour even with his absence, I found myself wishing he would have made one last appearance. I can't imagine how difficult it will be for Violet to break the news to Lucas.
- Though it was a brief moment, it's nice to know that the Sam and Jake bromance will continue.
- Check out our Private Practice quotes for some swooning on Jake's part and laughing at Cooper.
Shonda and company definitely delivered a strong return from Private Practice. It really feels like it's going to be another promising season. I can't wait to hear what everyone thought of the episode, and also what your predictions are for this sadly shortened sixth season. Meet me back here next week, same time and same place!
Also, don't forget to return later this week to chime in on our Private Practice Round Table.
I'm an Addison and Sam shipper and although I realize this is an abbreviated season it just didn't work for me that he would ask to marry her one minute and be perfectly okay with everything in the premiere. I hated it personally.
ABSOLUTELY love Addison and Jake!...I think they may show the reactions of those that will feel the loss of Mark on Grey's. Since it aired the day before, that would have ruined the suspense for Grey's season. Charlotte is going to be a great mommy to all 4 kids. Loved it when Mason told Coop....that would mean you were doing it...yuk
I too liked a lot Addison with Mark and think it would be the right moment for her to go with Amelia and Sheldon to Seattle to be with him, Callie and Derek. Amelia grew up with Mark and could be with his brother in this moment, because they both already faced the death together. Sheldon could help the Grey team to recover from the trauma of the crash.
What an awful month for Addison- she just lost two of her ex-boyfriends! That's really tragic. I just don't get if Addie already knew about the plane crash and if so, why wasn't she visiting Mark? He was a big part of her life and I really liked them together.
I remember Stephanie from six feet under on showtime. She was also a regular in the last season of ER, and she played a patient on greys anatomy (she was the mom who had breast cancer and blamed her baby) I want to say around season 3 it was when they had the conference about Denny's death and were trying to blame Baily for her lack of control over her interns. Anyway, so glad Addison chose jake. They have better chemistry to me. I wish Pete hadn't an appearance but I was surprised that he died. I figured they would just ship him off to jail to get him off the show or something. I love the idea of charcoop babies but I worry about mason. He's been through so much already and I wonder how he would react to that kind of change. I know he said he wanted a little sibling but 3? He may not feel the same way. I am sad it took this long to get sheldon some storyline. I hope this season is interesting for him, he's a good actor in my opinion and is underused. Amelia had a wild ride last year and the actress did a phenomenal job. I do hope that she takes more of a back seat this season after everything that happened before.
Just my thoughts on this season opener.
Naomi and Sam weren't just dating, they were married. And they have a child together. Addison was their friend the whole time, so I would feel very betrayed if somebody I trusted so much would start a relationship with somebody I was once gonna share my whole life with. I know they were already done at that point but it was clear that Naomi would always have a deep conection with Sam, which was prooved by the kiss they shared in s6. So for me it was wrong from both of them to even start the whole thing. And it wasn't even worth it as we know see.
to me, it's not about the VAS, it's usually pretty funny and true. It's more about being objective to Violet in this particular situation. She just found out her husband and the father of her child died, she was in shock and denial, and also full of guilt from my point of view. You say she should have first thought about his heart condition and not of him running away but I don't see why. He already mentioned running away, he sent her this weird text instead of just waking her up, he was totally weird and out of control the last year. Also we are talking about him being away for a day, not for a month.
I really felt sorry for Violet, and that's coming from somebody who usually can't stand her or her way of dealing with patients.
Violet annoyance scale? That's kinda harsh...I like Violet.
Not a fan of Addison and Jake, not that I really like the way that Sam treated Addison and her wanting a family but I always thought they made a better couple. I have to say I liked the show better before and I'm not really sure I'll be watching for much longer, regardless of if Addison stays or leaves, its just not what it once was. I do like Cooper and Charlotte but too many other things have changed, and I find my interest is no longer held.
I was really upset with the show. I was made that Charlotte kept wishing for a miscarriage. She knows Cooper loves kids and I just find her being really selfish. Abortion for me is a no go and sometimes it has been really hard to watch Private Practice because of that aspect. I loved when Naomi was on the show because it gave some balance. I am not sure how to gauge Violet's reaction to her husband's death. I don't feel like they gave him the death he deserved either. They kinda fumbled the ball on that one I feel. I like that Addison chose Jake! I feel like they mesh well together and really do love each other. Besides he loves kids and wanted them where as Sam over and over told Addison he didn't even though that was her dream. You don't do that to people you love.


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Seven Afghan Restaurant -London
Last month I jumped on my bicycle and took a ride to Seven for some Afghan feasting in Sheen, West London. As the first stop on a new project eating London's World of Food from A to Z I am delighted to give Seven a THC Wheel of Approval. Read a full review below.
Digital photo frames annoy me. They have the same effect as televisions in pubs. Place a moving image within a darts throw of a human and before long our attention span has vanished and whether it's smug family snaps or rolling news we become so suitably distracted so any chance of good conversation is lost. This distraction occurred on my visit to Seven, an Afghan fusion restaurant in Sheen SW14.
The lighting was sultry, the walls dark, the carpets thick, but on the bar a digital frame burst through the darkness intermittently scrolling its way through countless megabytes of beautiful scenery. Wide verdant meadows; snow capped mountains; baskets of spices; poppy fields; waterfalls; turquoise rivers; blue skies. Where was this paradise?
"This is my country"
Announced our waiter proudly as he took our order
"This is Afghanistan!"
It's a shame that pretty pictures only sell holidays and they don't sell news stories. Thus the images of bomb damage, bloodied faces, bulky US Marines, bemused children, dust-coated artillery and inhospitable mountains are the images that we have become accustomed to when we hear about Afghanistan. Thanks to rolling-news it is almost impossible to imagine what day to day life looks like in Afghanistan and it has become easy to forget that despite being ravaged by war for the best part of half a century, life for millions of Afghans, goes on. They still sleep, they still shop, they still celebrate and they still eat, and it was to eat and get a taste of Afghanistan within London that we headed to Seven.
With an ocean-swimming global-triathlete, two long-range cycle tourists, an ex-solider and three explorers at our table we were pleased to see the generous mix of Afghan starters and platters that arrived at our table. A sweet and sticky burani kadoo, fried pumpkin cooked with onions, came topped with a sour garlic and yogurt sauce. A buranji banjaan, sliced aubergines stewed with tomato and garlic, topped with fragrant fresh mint was subtle and delicious. A burta of smoked aubergines mashed and cooked in a stew of tomato, garlic & coriander was rich and filling. Plump dolmeh, vine leaves generously stuffed with fragrant rice and fresh herbs made perfect finger food and a shor nakhut of boiled chick peas and chopped potatoes, mixed with coriander and sweet almond chutney was perfect spooned onto strips of warm flat bread, along with a nutty homemade humus awarma garnsihed with salty strips of fried lamb. Ingredients were fresh and the flavours strong, but was this meal any different to a Turkish or Lebanese meal? Seven claim to be a fusion restaurant of Central Asian cuisine but a short visit to the kitchen to meet the owners, chefs, waiters and wash-boys left me in no doubt that above all this restaurant was proudly Afghan.
Seven is named after its owners, seven Afghan brothers with an inspiring story more suited for the silver screen than East Sheen. In 1979 the young brothers enjoyed an opulent life in Kabul on the back of their fathers successful clothing business, but in 1979 the their world was turned on its head. Soviet troops invaded their country and it wasn't long before the whole family had to leave behind their mansion home and lush gardens to flee the country.
"My dad had everything! Houses, cars, businesses, money. Everything! – and then we found ourselves in refugee camps."
Fleeing first to neighboring Pakistan and later to India, it wasn't until 1996 that eldest brother Ehsaan (now head chef) made his way back to Afghanistan to try and reclaim his family's property, only to find Taliban warlord had taken everything. From Afghanistan he made his way to England and after working for five years as a minicab driver and in a Lebanese kitchen, he persuaded his family to join him and it was then that the mother stepped in.
"The restaurant was our mothers idea – She told us we should open a restaurant and let the food do the talking."
For six months she taught her seven son everything she knew about Afghan cuisine and in early 2009 Seven was opened to the public.
"It has been a long journey. We started from nothing – but our mother taught us everything!"
And she has taught her sons well. Each brother has to wait on tables, tend the bar, manage, cook and share the washing up duties and the results are commendable. In a small and tidy kitchen gas grills hissed with rosy-pink minced lamb kebabs. Heat-stained pots bubbled with rich and aromatic sauces of yogurt and chickpeas. Tender hunks of lamb marinated in the juice of onions, forced through a cheese cloth and heavy heat blackened casseroles appeared from the ovens to reveal sticky shanks of lamb sitting in sticky caremalized onions.
"This is chainaki … in Afghanistan this dish is slow cooked in a teapot" "
called one of the brothers dropping a balanced casserole full of hissing potatoes, tomatoes and onions squashed around a crumbling slow cooked lamb shank. While another brother removed the lid from a steel steamer that rattled and puffed steam to reveal a dozen mantuu, plump steamed dumplings stuffed with lamb and topped with yoghurt, fresh mint and chickpea puree.
"If you go to a wedding or party in Afghanistan and you do not eat mantuu something is very wrong"
And from the way the brothers talk food and hospitality are not at the heart of their operation but also the culture of their homeland.
"If you go to any Afghan house the most important thing is food" Even if an Afghan family is very poor they will do their BEST to give you the Best food in the house – in Afghanistan we say the guest is the shadow of god"
At the table our guests picked at the remaining flesh that clung to the slow cooked lamb shanks and argued over the last cubes of marinated meat and delicious mantuu and it was again clear that at Seven the Afghan ethos of the hospitality runs through the restaurant from the moment you arrive to the pouring of cardomen tea and baklava served at the end of your meal.
The digital photo frame continued its loop through stunning Afghan scenes while we sipped our tea and I was reminded that we began this project, not only to expand our culinary horizons, but also to expand our understanding of other cultures by unearthing interesting travel experience without leaving London. Until eating at Seven my understanding of Afghanistan was, naively, that of an inhospitable war-torn nation. The brothers at Seven have turned my assumptions son their head and for that alone Seven is well worth a visit.
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Epiphany moments come when you least expect them. I had the taste of one recently when I heard a senior pharma sales manager on video describing his previous life as a rock journalist. The jolt came not so much from a 'sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll' experience infiltrating the industry, but that the career move should have seemed so effortless. Far from there being no apology for not having slaved it out as a sales rep for years, a whole new world was to be glimpsed in the simple confession that the transition had been perfectly natural: same work, just pharmaceuticals instead of drugs.
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A Lincoln County businessman accused of being at the center of a multimillion-dollar retail theft ring collapsed in federal court Tuesday as his conviction was being read.
Steve Hale appeared to suffer a seizure, according to his attorney, Noell Tin of Charlotte. Hale is the owner of Double D Distributing in Denver, N.C.
Hale was indicted in October as part of "Operation Cash Back," a three-year investigation into a professional shoplifting ring that has already sent six people to prison for sentences as long as seven years.
The shoplifters are believed to have been responsible for up to $16 million in stolen goods, mostly over-the-counter nonprescription drugs, and health and beauty products, between 2006 and 2011.
Hale was accused of selling the products, often at half their normal wholesale prices, to in- and out-of-state customers. Federal prosecutors also charged him with filing fraudulent tax returns and other financial irregularities.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, his convictions are punishable by at least 10 years in prison.
Hale had been out on bond prior to his trial, which began last week.
His conviction involved 30 or more charges. The reading of the lengthy verdict was nearly done when Hale collapsed, setting off a chaotic scene in the courthouse.
Tin said Tuesday evening that the cause of his client's collapse was unknown. No further details were available.
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Your View: Guest column - Why make life harder than it already is?
The proposed House Bill 4 will hit unemployed workers with these reductions:
• Maximum weekly unemployment benefits from $525 to $350 (a 35 percent cut; no state has ever made such a severe cut.)
• Duration of benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks (and in some cases as few as 12 weeks).
• Cut benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of health reasons or family reasons.
• An additional waiting period week for benefits (which no other state has).
This is in a proposed bill which the House Finance Committee passed last week to bring to a vote. As of Jan. 30, unemployment rates have risen in 95 percent of N.C. counties (which has the nation's fifth highest rate). That equals to three people looking for work for every one job vacant in the state. I wish that each one of our state's representatives and senators could be faced with these types of cuts for one month and see if they could manage to pay bills and keep their families going? I don't think they could!
Put yourself in our shoes. Consider, you are a worker who is under bad economic circumstances already, literally surviving paycheck to paycheck when you are laid off from your job through no fault of your own and you cannot find a new job. Then your elected officials cut your benefits. That's like "kicking us in the knees" to knock us down even further. Why solve a debt by cutting benefits and if it also makes life significantly more difficult for those who are already struggling? That is fundamentally unfair!
Lead sponsor of the bill, Rep. Julia Howard, has been quoted saying, "North Carolina's current unemployment benefits are too generous and make people dependent on the government." I don't know Rep. Howard's co-workers or friends. Maybe they serve in the governor's cabinet making $127,000 a year and just got an 8 percent raise. My co-workers and people I know would rather be working a job that pays a livable wage with health insurance than live on unemployment!
This new General Assembly came to power promising jobs and a stronger economy. When our leaders in government represent me and their other hard-working constituents, I expect and hope they will stand up for us and not against us! Speaker Tillis, Leader Berger, Gov. McCrory, representatives and senators involved with this proposal in our N.C. General Assembly, please help us all to be the best we can be. Why aren't our elected representatives doing anything about jobs? Who really controls Raleigh? Art Pope and his money or politicians elected by hard-working citizens of North Carolina.
By the way, if these cuts go into effect on July 1, over 80,000 North Carolina workers would also become ineligible for federal benefits. This would result in our state economy losing $25 million per week. This will not help small businesses in our communities.
Call your representative and senator today at (919) 733-4111 and say, "I oppose any cuts to unemployment insurance."
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What's the most interesting connection you've made through Twitter?
What inspires you to tweet?
To fight against misleading advertising and for the freedom of expression on internet (specially in "pseudo-democracies" like Brazil).
What's your best tweet?
What question are we not asking here that we should?
Are you going to take off your mask at the ceremony?!View Canal do Otário's complete Shorty Interview
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According to The Wall Street Journal**, 'Canal do Otário' is one of the video makers who most suffer from a lack of freedom of expression on the internet (specially in Brazil). He has started in the beginning of 2012 as a vlogger on YouTube, making short videos about misleading advertising, freedom of speech and government propaganda, using a very charismatic character called "Otário Anonymous". In a very innovative way (using special effects and simple language), he shows to people how some companies and politicians are cheating them. Despite the funny personage (using a paper bag over the head, clown nose and silly voice), it became very respected and admired over social media (even by those who are the target of its criticism). Some of the accusations showed on the videos became subject to the Brazilian Senate investigation. On 2013, he was declared 'Shorty Vox Populi' winner in #Activism. (**)http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324807704579087550683336712
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The social media helps 'Canal do Otário' to fight against censorship and to show people the truth, sharing thoughts about misleading advertisement, freedom of speech and government propaganda. The 'Canal do Otário' uses the social media to create exclusive videos, posts and illustrations on: Youtube, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Twitter, and also to interact with the followers. With more than 400K subscribers on YouTube Channels, 430K likes on Facebook page, 33.2K on Twitter and an average Klout Score of 81**, it seems that 'Canal do Otário' is doing the right thing. He is showing to people that, if a guy using a paper bag on the head, clown nose and silly voice can change the world, so everybody is able to do the same! ;-) This is real social media activism! (**)http://klout.com/#/CanalDoOtario
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#ACORDAPORRA! @CanalDoOtario this is real social media #activism @shortyawards @rtacademy
I nominate @CanalDoOtario for a Shorty Award in #activism because... The Brazil needs #changebrazil
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism this man is very fuck!
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism o Otario é muito bom, e seu canal no youtube é muito bom mesmo.
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism e um motivo qualquer p/ votar ;-)
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism Porque ele só fala realidades brasileiras!
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism . É o melhor canal que ja vi!
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism [Escreva no espaço entre colchetes, um motivo para votar no CanalDoOtario]
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism [Mostra a verdade.]
#shortyawards @CanalDoOtario #activism Nascer otário é falta de opção, mas morrer otário é burrice! Vamos mudar o Brasil!


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FCA At Placid, Hard Knocks and Kyle Sweeney. Plus news & notes as always.
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Handsome Devil
By Gareth Mclean
When Nicholas Hoult first met Tom Ford, he had no idea who the designer-turned-director really was. 'I'd looked him up on film websites, and the only thing that showed up was Zoolander,' Hoult explains. 'I thought that was a bit weird, and it wasn't until we had dinner that it all came out about his past in fashion. Afterward, I went back to my hotel room and Googled him. And then I realized what a big deal he was.'
That's one way of putting it, and it's typical of Hoult's predilection for understatement. He may be extraordinarily striking-looking, he may be on the cusp of international stardom, and he may have a film career that, at just 19, already spans nine years and has seen him star with the likes of Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Kenneth Branagh, Nicolas Cage, and now Colin Firth in Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, but there's something thoroughly unassuming about Hoult -- all six-feet-three of him. In a baseball cap, hoodie, and low-slung jeans, he arrives at our interview without an entourage -- without even so much as a publicist in tow -- and meekly apologizes for being late, even though he isn't. He's flummoxed by questions about his good looks. 'I don't see myself like that at all,' he guffaws. 'You should see me wake up with a hangover.' And he is emphatic when he says he doesn't suffer for his art. 'There are people who suffer, there are people who really don't, and then there are people who pretend to suffer because they think it will make them better. If you don't enjoy it, if it's torture for you, don't do it. I wouldn't.'
Starry, Hoult is not. In fact, when we have to decamp from our initial meeting place in a bistro to the private members' club upstairs -- on account of a nearby gaggle of middle-aged women celebrating a birthday way too loudly, complete with frequent, raucous choruses of 'Happy Birthday to You' -- it's a move that makes Hoult uneasy. Scrunching up his handsome face to make it -- rather annoyingly -- only marginally less handsome, he says, 'I hate clubs where they make you feel like you're not good enough to be there.' Thankfully, this isn't the case upstairs, where we settle down and he orders a burger, fries, and a Coke. While plenty of actors practice a studied reticence and project a contrived normality, Hoult is manifestly genuine.
This easy nonchalance is all the more arresting given Hoult's background as a child star. His breakthrough role was in 2002's About a Boy, with Hugh Grant, in which he played the titular moppet who taught Grant's feckless bachelor valuable lessons about life (About a Boy's writer-director Chris Weitz was responsible for recommending Hoult to Ford). But Hoult's career stretches back further still, to the tender age of 3, when a theater director spotted him in the audience of a play in which his older brother was acting. 'She was impressed with my capacity for concentration apparently and offered me a part in the next play, Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. That was that, really. At that age, you don't know what's going on other than it being a bit of an adventure. I enjoyed it as a hobby.'


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"I am honored to serve as chairman of the New England Governors' Conference," said Governor Patrick. "I thank Governor Baldacci for his exceptional leadership and look forward to continuing to work alongside my partners to strengthen our regional ties. We must ensure New England leads the way on economic growth, transportation modernization, clean energy innovation and other smart policies that will make us stronger for today and tomorrow."
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IParty Corp. Reports Third Quarter Sales Increase Of 3% - Comp Stores Up 1.4%
iParty Corp. (NYSE Amex: IPT - news), a party goods retailer, today reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended on September 25, 2010.
Third Quarter 2010 Highlights
- Consolidated revenues of $16.9 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 3.0% increase compared to the third quarter of 2009.
- Comparable store sales increase of 1.4% for the third quarter of 2010, and for the nine month period then ended.
- Net loss of $1.9 million for the third quarter of 2010, including incremental pre-Halloween season costs of $400 thousand, compared to net loss of $1.4 million for the third quarter of 2009.
- Net loss for the nine month period of $2.7 million, compared to net loss of $2.4 million for the nine month period in 2009.
- EBITDA net loss for the third quarter of 2010 of $1.4 million, compared to EBITDA net loss in the third quarter of 2009 of $775 thousand (See accompanying schedule for reconciliation of non-GAAP EBITDA to net loss for the period).
- EBITDA net loss for the nine month period of $1.1 million compared to an EBITDA net loss of $481 thousand for the nine month period in 2009.
- The opening of eleven temporary Halloween stores in September, bringing the number of iParty storefronts this Halloween season to 62 from 54 last year.
Sal Perisano, iParty's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The third quarter results reflect a continuation of the modest sales increases we saw in the first and second quarters of this year. The bottom line for the third quarter was impacted by incremental costs related to the expansion of our temporary Halloween stores, from four stores in 2009 to eleven in 2010. These costs include pre-opening rents and other expenses as well as related advertising.
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