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My jersey rotation is getting stale. I haven't really splurged on any since my NBA walkabout — nearly two years ago at this point — and though I amassed a half-decent collection over the course of that trip, you can only wear the same Tyler Hansbrough or Josh Smith jerseys so many times before you start craving some variety and freshness in your life. It's about time for me to make the financial commitment towards replenishing, for sure.
But where to start? Sure, I could fill in some of the holes still left from my journey — and again, shame of you for not stocking any reasonably priced Rudy Gay jerseys, FedEx Center — but those are sort of old news for me at this point. If I am looking to avoid total stagnation, I need to go newer than that. So I started thinking. What players that joined a new team this offseason, whether through trade, the draft or free agency, would look the best hanging in my closet? (Just kidding, I actually keep them folded shoddily on a shelf. Shameful, sort of.)
As I am wont to do, I made a list of the top 20. To make this list more potentially useful to readers besides myself, I attempted to tone down my team-oriented prejudices, as evidenced by the presence of a Heat jersey in the top 10. Still, this is a highly subjective ranking, based on my own largely abstract criteria, such as how cool and rep-worthy the player is, how cool and rep-worthy his last name is, how well the player and name work on the new team jersey, and how exciting his change of team is. And of course, players on teams that have jerseys that are on the drab side saw their ranking hurt accordingly. Unsurprisingly, there are no Cleveland Cavaliers on this list. Oh, and no players who had been on the team previously, so that's a nix on your Goran Dragices and Kirk Hinrichs. (Be less predictable in your free agency choices next time, guys.)
First, some honorable mentions: Bradley Beal (Wizards), Gustavo Ayon (Magic), Mo and/or Marvin Williams (Jazz), Grant Hill (Clippers), Tony Wroten (Grizzlies), Anthony Randolph (Nuggets), Luis Scola (Suns), Antawn Jamison (Lakers), Andray Blatche (wherever), Luis Scola (Suns) and Thomas Robinson (Kings). In a less active offseason some or all of you might have made the cut, but this year, you guys are strictly clearance sale material.
Here are my top 20:
20. Darren Collison, #2 (?), Dallas Mavericks
Largely makes the list due to his awesome last name (and good luck ever getting Nick to switch teams) and the always-fine Mavericks jersey look. Unsure if he'll keep the No. 2 he had in Indiana and New Orleans, but no one else on the Mavs owns it currently, so we'd have to assume as much. Not a super-exciting player, and you might have to explain who the guy is to a lot of casual fans (especially if he doesn't hang as a Mav long), but he could have his moments in Dallas as their starting point guard. Worth a shot.
19. Harrison Barnes, #40, Golden State Warriors
Barnes seems like he could be a real player, I've always loved those Golden State jerseys, and No. 40 is just a great number that you never see anywhere for some reason. Not sure if possible confusion with a 2007 Matt Barnes throwback jersey hurts or helps Harrison's stock here, but clearly he's part of a proud legacy.
18. Jason Terry, #4, Boston Celtics
I'll have to actually see Terry in a Celtics jersey to know whether or not it's a good visual fit for the former Sixth Man of the Year — it's hard to picture him in Celtic green, and I'm missing his trademark No. 31 already — but gotta give JET and the classic Celtics uni the benefit of the doubt here. Both have proven track records enough that you have to think they'll find a way to make it work.
17. Lou Williams, #23, Atlanta Hawks
As excited as I was to finally see Sour Patch Lou part from my beloved Sixers — it was time like two years ago, at least — I'm equally excited to see him join his hometown Hawks, a fit that just feels right. (He'll have to switch from Meek Mill to Future with his video cameos, but I feel like he'll be able to make the adjustment.) I have a feeling they're gonna love him in ATL, and he even kinda looks like the Hawk on the logo. (Don't question it.) Only thing hurting his stock here is his pedestrian last name, and unless Jordan Williams sticks around, he's not even gonna get an "L" to go with it. Yawn.
16. Brandon Roy, ?, Minnesota Timberwolves
Roy probably should be higher on this list, since there are few team switches more exciting than him to the T'Wolves, and there was rarely a point during his tenure in Portland, especially the good years, in which his No. 7 jersey wouldn't have been a top-fiver in the league. But something about him as a Timberwolf just seems aesthetically wrong to me, and with Derrick Williams already commanding the No. 7 in Minnesota, he's in numerical no-man's land. Maybe once he settles into a number and a role I can buy into the Brandon Roy Minnesota Timberwolves experience, but I'm gonna have to see it to believe it.
15. Hasheem Thabeet, #34, Oklahoma City Thunder
Admit it — you're excited. Sure, he may never even play a meaningful minute in OKC, but even as a 12th man on that Thunder team, he'll have endless comedic value, and that Thabeet jersey, with its endless implications of missed expectations, is gonna over brilliantly with the hoops-irony crowd. Don't be surprised if you see a handful of these at Pitchfork Festival next year.
14. Kyle Lowry, #3, Toronto Raptors
Cool player, cool name, cool number, mostly cool jersey. Plus, the Raptors are gonna be kinda fun next year, right? If you have to jump on the bandwagon with someone, Lowry is probably the safer bet than Valanciunas, at least.
13. Damian Lillard, #0, Portland Trail Blazers
The Trailblazers' lottery pick point guard certainly improved his jersey stock with his play in the Las Vegas Summer League, and you can never go wrong with either the number zero or the Blazers' classic black-and-red look. Plus, repping for Lillard is kinda like repping for late-'90s teen comedic actor Matthew Lillard, which is always a plus.
12. Jared Sullinger, #7, Boston Celtics
I have no idea what Jared Sullinger's Celtics career is going to be like, but I do know one part of his tenure in Beantown that is definitely going to go right: the combination of the name Sullinger, pretty much the most Boston last name possible that doesn't start with the letter O, with that four-leaf clover on the C's green-and-white jersey. Plus, if Sullinger's career ends up as something of a tragedy (pretty likely, all considered) you can consider it some sort of charitable contribution. Maybe you can even get a tax write-off on it or something.
(One problem, though — I don't really like the No. 7 for Sullinger. Usually I'm all about the sev, but I think Sullinger needs a sturdier big man number, like a 55 or a 42 or something. Admittedly, the fact that like half the two-digit numbers available are already retired or in use for the C's makes things difficult, but still.)
11. Anthony Davis, #23, New Orleans Hornets
I don't much care for the Hornets uniforms, Davis is a boring last name and 23 is beyond spoken for as a number. Still, gotta respect the No. 1 pick in the draft, a potential superstar and a likely very fun player to watch and follow. Can't put him in the top 10, but just one outside seems fair to me.
10. Jason Kidd, #5, New York Knicks
He may never do much in New York, and his tenure in the Big Apple is already off to a miserable off-the-court start, but something about Jason Kidd in a Knicks jersey just seems logical to me, to the point that I'm a little surprised that, unlike his new fellow middle-aged teammates Kurt Thomas and Marcus Camby, he's never actually been a Knick before. I can't wait to see him in that orange and blue. Plus, a decade or so down the line, the jersey'll be a fun conversation starter. "Oh yeah, I totally forgot about when Kidd was on the Knicks! Didn't he get a DUI within like a day of signing?"
9. Nick Young, #1, Philadelphia 76ers
Of my beloved Sixers' many middling off-season acquisitions — I see you Dorell Wright! — Young is the only one that has me excited with the jersey possibilities. Swaggy P has always been a jersey-worthy dude, but he was stuck in lousy unis (on mostly lousy teams) with the Wizards, and only now has the benefit of a decent team and a classy, classic jersey look. The presence of Thaddeus Young means he'll get the "N." on the back, which is always cool. Plus, he's going back to his classic gunner number with that No. 1. I predict I'll have much more mixed feelings about his actual play, but the jersey could quickly become a favorite.
8. Andrei Kirilenko, #47, Minnesota Timberwolves
Ah, the return of AK-47. No idea about the move from a basketball perspective — didn't watch him much in Utah, but I find it hard to believe he could still be worth $10 million a year two seasons later — but unlike with Brandon Roy, Kirilenko up north makes total jersey sense, and his obviously badass last name will look even cooler in that chilly blue-and-white. Timberwolves fans should be pumped, regardless of salary cap implications.
7. Michael Beasley, #0, Phoenix Suns
I'd like a Beasley jersey from every stop he makes in his NBA career, of which I predict there will be many. Fun name, fun player, destined to be a prolific dude on a whole lotta weird, out of time teams, most of which will invariably get better quickly after his departure, like a 2010′s version of Stephon Marbury. And like Marbury, Beasley has now included a rebuilding Phoenix as one stop on his career odyssey, another fun team with fun colors, which seems like a no-brainer to me jersey-wise. I can't wait to rep for this team next year, for real.
6. Ray Allen, #34, Miami Heat
I won't be purchasing this one, but there's no denying that Allen willl be hot like fire in his new Heat getup. I do think the Heat colors have a tendency to make aging players look weirdly fat — though maybe that's just an eternal association with late-years Shaquille O'Neal — but Allen is slim enough that I doubt that'll be a problem, and the black, white and red is just a great look for shooters. Besides, it's Ray Allen. Dude gets jersey respect pretty much anywhere he goes at this point.
5. Jeremy Lin, #7, Houston Rockets
You could probably make a case that Lin should be top two based on story alone, which is fair. I just feel like there's almost no way you can wear a Lin Rockets jersey without seeming like you're making some kind of statement, at least at first. Once he's settled in at Houston and hopefully proven that the run last year wasn't a fluke and maybe even made an All-Star Game or two, then this jersey will be as sound an investment as any. But for the moment, you'll just look like a provocateur. If you buy this one, maybe keep it on the shelves for a month or two until the story of Lin post-Knicks is a little more settled.
4. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, #14, Charlotte Bobcats
Dunno about these "Cats" unis just yet — as has been pointed out everywhere, it pretty much looks like a carbon copy of the Mavs look and font — but I do know about Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, whose NBA career I am exorbitantly excited for and whose name might be one of the five coolest in the NBA right away. And No. 14? I mean, who wears that? With that name, that number, and that brand-new (if misguided) jersey, Kidd-Gilchrist gets to pretty much blaze his own trail on the jersey front. Even if he turns out to be a bust (he won't be), that's still pretty cool.
3. O.J. Mayo, ?, Dallas Mavericks
This might be over-influenced by my basketball crush on Mayo, but I've always thought he was such a cool player, and he just never quite seemed at home in a Grizzlies uniform. In Dallas, as a possible core player, with a huge upgrade in both playing time and jersey style, he can finally reach his maximum potential statistically and aesthetically. You know how many legitimately good basketball players you get with a name like "Mayo" in a generation? Like five if you're lucky. Some mystery still in the number front, but as long as O.J. doesn't go with anything totally jarring, it shouldn't affect him negatively. His #32 could be available, and we should all be fine with that.
#2. Joe Johnson, #7, Brooklyn Nets
Who knows what Joe Johnson will do or represent as a Brooklyn Net, but the player here almost doesn't matter. The Nets uniforms are going to be the talk of the basketball world all year regardless of who's in them. Billy King was smart in landing a lot of big-name players for Brooklyn this off-season with simple, unassuming names — Johnson, Williams, Lopez, Wallace, etc. — that will allow their super-stylin' jerseys to do the talking for them. Still, as previously discussed, Johnson is probably gonna be the guy there, and as the only player of those mentioned to not have previously played for the team, he's the only one eligible anyway.
Nets fans and inevitable Brooklyn bandwagoners should just accept their fate and get that Joe Johnson jersey right now. (Assuming one currently exists, anyway. If not, make a mental note.)
1. Steve Nash, #10, Los Angeles Lakers
Was there any doubt? Whose team switch this offseason is more fascinating than Nash's? What sight from next year's basketball season is gonna look stranger than Nash in the Forum Blue and Gold? What other player would have their jersey be a must-buy, even if he was moving to Milwaukee or Utah? The confluence of team, player and circumstance made Nash an absolute shoo-in for the No. 1 spot on this list as soon as his trade was announced, and the first glance of him in that Lakers uniform is guaranteed to be an unforgettable one.
The number switch to No. 10 is of course disappointing — especially when he had so thoroughly owned No. 13, retired in L.A. for Wilt Chamberlain — but no matter. If you're gonna buy one new jersey this basketball season, Nash in Los Angeles has gotta be the one. (Don't worry, Phoenix fans. You've got Beasley now!)


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Rehabilitation treatments may be effective in improving the physical health of older people in long-term care. In 2010, 7.6% of the world's population were over 65 years old, and this is predicted to increase to 13% by 2035. It is expected that this will lead to a rise in demand for long-term residential care. This has increased interest in ways to prevent deterioration in health and activities of daily living, for example, walking and dressing, among care home residents. Physical rehabilitation (interventions based on exercising the body) may have a role, and this review examines the evidence available. This review included 67 trials, 36 of which were conducted in North America, 20 in Europe, and seven in Asia. In total, 6300 participants with an average age of 83 years were involved. Most interventions in some way addressed difficulties in activities of daily living. This review investigates the effects of physical rehabilitation on activities of daily living, strength, flexibility, balance, mood, cognition (memory and thinking), exercise tolerance, fear of falling, death, illness, and unwanted effects associated with the intervention, such as injuries. While variations between trials meant that we could not make specific recommendations, individual studies were often successful in demonstrating benefits to physical health from participating in different types of physical rehabilitation.
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Crocker T, Forster A, Young J, Brown L, Ozer S, Smith J, Green J, Hardy J, Burns E, Glidewell E, Greenwood DC. Physical rehabilitation for older people in long-term care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004294. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004294.pub3
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Let's talk about Cubs man
March 24th, 2009The best thing for everyone involved would be for the Cubs to win a World Series so we don't have to hear about it anymore. Would the fans still be annoying? Of course, but they wouldn't be as annoying (we hope) and it'd be nice not to feel sorry for them everytime we see those "Central Divison champs" t-shirts year after year. Based on the predictions of pretty much everybody, they look to repeat this year by winning the Central and probably having the best record in the National League, again. Then, if history is any indicator they won't do anything in the playoffs. Again. We've been here before. This will happen again. It's kind of like The Matrix really.
Here's the thing though, the Cubs are fragile. Like really fragile. If a few things go wrong for them this season the Brewers (or someone else) could take this division. Nobody is talking about it, but the facts are there. There are serious red flags with this team.
Milton Bradley's bones are made from porcelain, like Ryan Seacrest.
The last time Milton Bradley played more than 100 games as an everyday outfielder, The Passion of the Christ was in theaters. He was the key acquistion to the Cubs off season. He once said "If you don't know me and I don't know you, don't approach me, and I won't approach you. Don't insult me, and I won't insult you, because you don't know what I will or won't do." I am pretty sure that Lou Piniella is going to end up killing him. Or vice versa.
Rich Harden on the other hand is made from the finest of paper mache.
Admittedly, 150 innings of Rich Harden is better than 220 of 90% of the league but it needs to be said. There is no guarantee he stays healthy. Cubs fans have to be excited that the most similar pitcher is Mark Prior.
Despite what you may have heard Ryan Dempster and Ted Lilly are still Ryan Dempster and Ted Lilly.
Dempster 2008 ERA: 2.96
Lilly 2008 ERA: 4.09
Dempster Career ERA: 4.55
Lilly Career ERA: 4.40
Carlos Zambrano's decline will continue.
Will he still be good? Yes, but he is declining and his ERA+ is sure drop closer to 100 (average).
Mark DeRosa will be missed.
Soriano/Fukudome/Bradley isn't a very strong outfield defense and Aaron Miles is no Mark DeRosa. Last season if something happened to Lee or Ramirez, they could handle it. Not this season. He will be missed.
I could go on, but I believe these are the biggest factors in what could potentially turn out to be a troublesome season for the Chicago Cubs. If everyone stays healthy I can easily see them winning 100 games. They are that good, but they are built on a deck of cards and it could all go down very easily. If they do win 100 games? Well, it's not like the Dodgers are going anywhere.
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"It's about this hot nerd that I'm captivated by," Stodden told Celebuzz. "We get into the bedroom. It gets a little steamy. And the rest is history."
"It'll be pretty sexy, pretty hot -- a lot of kissing, straddling," she added.
Along for the video shoot, in which Stodden can be seen dressed in a gold Wonder Woman-esque costume and licking a giant lollipop, was her husband, Hutchison, whom Stodden praised for being so supportive of her career.
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Sitting at the wrong end of a 3-1 series deficit, the Ottawa Senators have elected to make a change in net, pulling goaltender Brian Elliott and replacing him with Pascal Leclaire.
Elliott has struggled in his first playoff action, and although there's no shortage of struggling Senators his 0.853 SV% through four games makes it clear that some of the blame for their performance in this series falls on him. It's completely understandable that the coaching staff would elect to make a change.
Of course, Leclaire isn't an ideal replacement. He's bounced between the injured list and on-ice struggles all season; in fact, he's done it for three of his last four seasons. He doesn't have much of a career playoff record in the AHL or junior; he's never won a playoff series in five tries, although his save percentage in some of those games was quite good.
Head coach Cory Clouston has a pair of imperfect options to choose from, and the main consideration at this point must simply be that Elliott isn't getting the job done. Switching goaltenders may be an act of desperation, but he must do something, and thus it's completely understandable.


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Who ever thought electronic music could be funny? Reggie Watts, a comedian from Brooklyn, has been on the music scene for years. He started out as the front man for his soulful hip-hip rock band, Maktub. When he was forced to use a delay modeler in 2002 during one of his tours, he began experimenting with using it in his stand-up shows and improv comedy acts. His beat-box driven musical material became a hit in his comedic career, so he began to focus on comedy rather than his music. Things really picked up in 2006 when he became popular when he went viral from videos he posted on CollegeHumor and Vimeo.
After opening for Conan O'Brien and having his own Comedy Central special, he was picked up by the music scene once again, performing at Fusebox, SXSW, Bonnaroo, Montreal Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, Outside Lands Festival, and solo gigs in cities throughout the world including Amsterdam, Paris, Cologne, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Melbourne, and Cape Town among others.
This new form of comedy has gotten some heavy praise, winning Reggie the Andy Kauffman Comedy Award, the 2009 ENC Award for Best Musical Comedy Act,and the spot in GQ's 2010 "Man of the Year" issue for "Comedic Genius."
This year, he has preformed at Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Canadian International Comedy Festival, and has recently had yet another Comedy Central special, "Reggie Watts: A Live At Central Park."
This is no Weird Al Yankovic, my friends. This man has some great skills in electronic music and mixing. Reggie's beats are really ingenious, and the fact that he improvs several times during most of his shows is pretty incredible. His lyrics are very witty and often really raunchy, which is commonly appreciated in music and comedy. So next time you're choosing between head-bobbing to some Aoki or watching your favorite Pauly Shore movie (ok, I'll give you more credit than that), give Reggie Watts a listen or look him up on the almighty YouTube. You won't be disappointed!
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she was talking about reforms. May be in for another slapping.
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2 reps pls one in RED about the meetings between gov't and opposition
and the national dialogue broadening and one in BLACK about the uprising
being almost contained (RT)
Syria Proclaims It Now Has Upper Hand Over Uprising
DAMASCUS, Syria a** The Syrian government has gained the upper hand over
a seven-week uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, a
senior official declared Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the
leadership believes its crackdown will crush protests that have begun to
falter in the face of hundreds of deaths and mass arrests.
The remarks by Bouthaina Shaaban, an adviser to Mr. Assad who often
serves as an official spokeswoman, suggested that a government
accustomed to retrenching in the face of crises is prepared to weather
international condemnation and sanctions. Her confidence came in stark
contrast to just two weeks ago, when the government appeared to stagger
before the breadth and resilience of protests in dozens of towns and
a**I hope we are witnessing the end of the story,a** she said in an
hourlong interview, during which a reporter was allowed into Syria for
only a few hours. a**I think now wea**ve passed the most dangerous
moment. I hope so, I think so.a**
Her comments were a rare window on the thinking of a government that has
barred most foreign journalists from Syria since the beginning of the
uprising, which has threatened 40 years of rule by the Assad family.
While much of the world has viewed the protests as popular demands for
sweeping change in one of the regiona**s most authoritarian countries,
Ms. Shaaban cast it as an armed uprising, a characterization the
government has relied on to justify a ferocious crackdown.
That crackdown intensified Monday on the outskirts of Damascus, and in
three other towns and cities across the country, with security forces
raiding hundreds of houses and arresting men between the ages of 18 and
45, human rights groups and activists said. The military has deployed
tanks in Baniyas, on the Mediterranean coast; Homs in central Syria,
near the Lebanese border; and Tafas, in a restive region in the south,
they said.
Baniyas has emerged as a focus of the crackdown. Amnesty International
said Monday that more than 350 people, including 48 women and a
10-year-old child, were arrested there over the previous three days,
with scores detained in a soccer field. More raids were carried out in
Homs, a city that has proved among the most restive. At least nine
soldiers were said to have defected there, though the reports could not
be confirmed.
a**They want to finish everything this week,a** a human rights advocate
in the city, Syriaa**s third largest, said by telephone. a**No one in
the regime has a clear policy. They cannot keep this strategy for a long
time. We need political solutions, not more tanks.a**
The tumult in parts of the country that have long been neglected by a
government short of cash and beholden to unaccountable security forces
contrasted with the scenes Monday in Damascus. There were few signs in
the capital of a military buildup, except a few extra guards posted at
some embassies and government buildings. Posters echoed the
governmenta**s contention that the uprising threatened Syriaa**s fragile
mosaic of a Sunni Muslim majority and minorities of Christians, Kurds
and heterodox Muslim sects, a theme often repeated by officials seeking
to rally popular support for the broadening crackdown.
a**No to discord,a** one poster proclaimed.
a**Freedom doesna**t begin with ignorance, it begins with awareness,a**
another read.
Amnesty International said it had documented the names of 580 people
killed since the uprising began in mid-March. Ms. Shaaban said nearly
100 soldiers and members of security forces were also killed by armed
militants, whom she accused of manipulating a**the legitimate demands of
the people.a** While administration officials in the United States and
even some activists have acknowledged that some protesters have resorted
to arms, they call them a minority.
Ms. Shaaban said, a**We think these people are a combination of
fundamentalists, extremists, smugglers, people who are ex-convicts and
are being used to make trouble.a**
She added later, a**You cana**t be very nice to people who are leading
an armed rebellion, in a sense,a** though she acknowledged they were not
the only factor in the tumult. In a sign that the government remained
uncertain over the nature of the uprising, she declined to specify who
was behind them, saying only that officials were still investigating.
Administration officials have said that Ms. Shaaban and Vice President
Farouk al-Sharaa have seemed more receptive to calls for reform, though
their influence appears to pale before more aggressive voices in the
ruling elite, particularly Mr. Assada**s brother Maher, who heads the
elite Republican Guard and Fourth Division.
Ms. Shaaban said she had been asked to open talks with dissidents. Last
week, she said, she met with Michel Kilo, Aref Dalila, Salim Kheirbek
and Louay Hussein, all veteran activists, and held out the prospect of a
freer press, political parties and an electoral law.
She called it the start of a national dialogue, although some in the
opposition have branded it an insincere effort to simply co-opt as many
of them as possible. a**In the next week or so, we will broaden it,a**
Ms. Shaaban said.
a**We want to use what happened to Syria as an opportunity,a** she
added. a**We see it as an opportunity to try to move forward on many
levels, especially the political level.a**
President Assad has long frustrated allies and even foes by promising
reforms, then seeming unable or unwilling to carry them out. Despite Ms.
Shaabana**s promises, one administration official contended that the
government was still fighting for its survival. Even if it wins the
upper hand, the official suggested, any change would prove limited.
a**Assad is not capable of implementing these reforms,a** the official
said. a**Hea**s not capable. He knows that if he did, it would be the
end of him. He would fall.a**
But in contrast to Libya, where the United States insists that Col.
Muammar el-Qadhafi step down, American officials have simply repeated
calls for Mr. Assad to meet popular demands, and Ms. Shaabana**s
outreach seemed aimed at addressing some calls for change. But even if
the government fails to placate the opposition, she suggested that
international condemnation had so far been muted.
She described the statements from President Obama and Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton as a**not too bada** and said that sanctions
themselves a** separate penalties imposed by the United States last
month and the European Union this week a** were manageable.
a**This is a weapon used against us many times,a** she said. a**Once
security is back, everything can be arranged. Wea**re not going to live
in this crisis forever.a**
Reginald Thompson
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"If you've had a problem downloading Resident Evil 6, please delete and re-download," the platform holder said on the PlayStation EU Twitter account. "There was an issue with the patch that is now fixed."
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iPhone Brick Protective Case: In Case You Want to Brick Your Phone
Maybe it's because they're both sort of geeky, but I think that LEGOs and iPhones go well together. I suppose that is why Brando has just released these LEGO-inspired cases that will work with the iPhone 4 and 4S. The only problem is that you can't accessorize your case by adding more LEGO bricks.
The Brick case is made out of rubberized plastic, and looks like it would be quite grippy in your hands. The back of the case hase two removable block sections, which help manage headphone wires or protect your camera lens.
This case is available from Brando for just $9.90 (USD), and it's available in 10 different colors. At that price you won't feel bad picking one as a stocking stuffer.
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Interlux continues WoodenBoat Show sponsorship
Posted onInterlux renewed its sponsorship of the "I Built It Myself" trailerable wooden boat competition June 28-30 at the WoodenBoat Show on the village green at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn.
The competition attracts as many as 50 beautifully crafted boats and proud owners/builders. In previous years, the collection has included kayaks, skiffs, daysailers and canoes by designers such as Iain Oughtred, Joel White, Chesapeake Light Craft, Arch Davis, and William and John Atkin.
"Of the many events Interlux sponsors throughout the year, 'I Built It Myself' is one of the most enjoyable," Interlux marketing manager Jim Seidel said in a statement. "It's remarkable and inspiring to see so many finely and obviously, lovingly, built and finished boats in one place."
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Arts and Culture in the Sacramento region: Compiled from research, studies, and documents from 1977 - present
The Arts Commission began compiling a summary of planning documents in the fall of 2009 to be utilized in Mayor Kevin Johnson's For Art's Sake Initiative. Most of the studies included took place in the 1990s and 2000s, but documents dating back to 1977 were considered and/or included. Click on the link below to download a PDF file of the compilation document.
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10th & K Performing Arts Facility Analysis, 2005 (PDF file, 4.28 MB)
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Arts and Entertainment District Master Plan, 1990 (PDF file, 10.6 MB)
Arts Board Development Project Assessment Report, 2001 (PDF file, 4.43 MB)
Arts in All Schools Initiative, Call to Action, 2002 (PDF file, 1.74 MB)
California Creative Vitality Index 2006-07, 2010 (PDF file, 685 kb)
City of Sacramento 2030 General Plan- Section: Education, Recreation and Culture 2 (PDF file, 47 kb)
City of Sacramento 2030 General Plan- Section: Education, Recreation and Culture 4 (PDF file, 16 kb)
City of Sacramento 2030 General Plan- Section: Education, Recreation and Culture 5 (PDF file, 11 kb)
The Creative Industries in Sacramento, CA, 2008 (PDF file, 782 kb)
Economic Impact of the Arts in the Sacramento Region, 2001 (PDF file, 1.24 MB)
Financial Analysis of Eighteen Sacramento Arts & Cultural Organizations, 2001 (PDF file, 2.67 MB)
Geodemographic Analysis, 2000 (PDF file, 14.4 MB)
Planning for Civic Amenities in the Sacramento Region, 2009 (PDF file, 620 kb)
PFP Civic Amenities Experiences Tour, 2008 (PDF file, 1.05 MB)
Public Financing for Civic Amenities in the Sacramento Region, 2008 (PDF file, 1.05 MB)
Regional Performing Arts Center & Conference Facility Study, 1997 (PDF file, 14.9 MB)
Regional Arts Strategic Plan, 2002-03 (PDF file, 73 kb)
Sacramento Performing Arts Facility Study, 2008 (PDF file, 4.16 MB)
The Arts Commission's Cultural Business Plan, 2002 (PDF file, 3.07 MB)
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The Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life, 2006 (PDF file, 1.8 MB)
Arts and Culture Study, 2003: Fort Wayne, IN (PDF file, 94 kb)
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The Arts Ripple Effect: A Research-Based Strategy to Build Shared Responsibility for the Arts, 2010 (PDF file, 3.9 MB)
Critical Issues Facing the Arts in California, 2006 (PDF file, 162 kb)
Cultural Impact Study, 2007: Houston, TX (PDF file, 985 kb)
How the United States Funds the Arts: Second Edition, 2007 (PDF file, 732 kb)
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Tom Matlack, who founded the Good Men Project in part with the well-meaning, if naďve, idea that a process of self-improvement, introspection and mutual respect between the sexes could solve many of the problems that beset men and bring about some resolution of the gender wars, has sailed directly into a feminist broadside unleashed by the usual suspects.
Matlack, apparently frustrated by pervasive man-bashing, wrote an article in defense of men titled "Being a Dude is a Good Thing." It's actually quite reasonable, and could only be interpreted as provocative by those who ascribe to radical feminism.
A few quotes:
Why do men get blamed for everything? Well, the cynical response is, "because we can really be assholes sometimes." I'm going to set aside gross acts of what I would call evil: rape, sex trafficking, murder, and felonies of pretty much any kind. I'm more interested in the petty shit that fills our day-to-day and ends up defining us normally imperfect human beings.
Here's my theory, and it's nothing but a theory. Men and women are different. Quite different in fact. But women would really like men to be more like them.
In the locker room, in the bathroom, on the walk out of the board room, in my conversations with men of all kinds, that's what I hear more than anything. The resignation that to be a man is to be unacceptable at some level to the woman in your life.
My unscientific theory is from a fundamental disconnect between men and women at the micro level. Men know women are different. They think differently, they express emotion differently, they are motivated by different things, they think about sex differently, and they use a very different vocabulary.
Why can't women accept men for who they really are? Is a good man more like a woman or more truly masculine?
While I don't really believe women want men to be more like women, it's no mystery why many men, like Tom Matlack, would come to that conclusion. The problem is that they are listening to what women say, and not watching what they do. Additionally, they are conflating feminist demands with the desires of real women, whereas what feminists say women want is often the exact opposite of the truth.
Take, for example, the unending complaints about "objectification." Feminists have long been complaining about the objectification of women. One theory I have is that much of this angst is simply due to the fact that other women are being objectified — it's demoralizing for women to see other females soaking up attention from males. Being the "object" of sexual attention is both psychologically gratifying and sexually arousing for women, so when feminists complain about women being objectified, what they are really saying is "it is a terrible injustice that it is not me who is the object of universal desire" (see Sailer's Law of Female Journalism).
So, having written a piece in which he admits to being frustrated and a bit confused by mixed messages – in other words, an entirely normal male reaction to women's conflicting demands – but not going after women or feminists in any direct manner, Tom is promptly attacked by all manner of feminists for not being the kind of "Good Man" they expect him to be.
For our benefit, Amanda Marcotte, in responding to and attacking Mr. Matlack, lets us know what she thinks qualifies men as good. In a piece titled "The Good Men Project I used to Know," she calls his article "a risible, sexist piece of garbage," advocates censorship and throws around a few slurs.
Here's Amanda at her feminist best:
It's a real shame to see that a steady campaign of misogynist blather from so-called "men's rights activists" in the comments at Good Men Project has poisoned founder Tom Matlack's mind. Personally, I'm a big fan of just banning MRAs. They have nothing of value to add to a conversation, and exist online solely to disrupt any conversation they fear might lead others towards reaching the conclusion that women are people. The whole mission behind the Good Men Project is presumably to advocate for good men, and while they do publish writings by actual good men, they also publish writings by overt misogynists like Paul Elam, who by definition cannot be good men, any more than members of white supremacist groups can be called "good men". Differing viewpoints is one thing, but promoting the work of open bigots is just fucked up.
One thing about Amanda is that she can be remarkably candid. Her Chekist tendencies are on display as she demands that one subset of men be banhammered from any discussion about good men, because "by definition [they] cannot be good men."
As much as I dislike them, I don't even ban feminists from The Spearhead comments, and I wouldn't even think of demanding they be banned from a women's forum/website. In fact, it strikes me that anyone who would make such demands – especially a member of an outgroup – must have an enormously entitled attitude and a huge sense of superiority. It would be as though I were to walk into a mosque and demand certain Muslims be excluded because I, personally, despite not being Muslim, didn't agree with their views on Islam. It is this kind of behavior that really snatches the "equality" veil off the feminist face, and Marcotte does us all an unintentional favor by putting it out there for all the world to see.
Futrelle, over at his Manboobz online feminist peanut gallery, inveighs against Matlack as well, but as usual he is too lazy to rise above his signature snark, and fails to produce any worthwhile quotes.
However, there is an element of humor to this story, as a clearly clueless Roseanne Barr rises from the morass to take poorly-aimed potshots at men through Twitter.
A few of Roseanne's tweets (T. Matlack exposes himself a bit here as well):
@feministfather @TMatlack @jennpozner what is MRA???
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago@TheRealRoseanne MRA is for men's rights and the fringe is pretty crazy about how men have been mistreated in divorce and elsewhere
TMatlack 8 days ago[Hugo Schwyzer weighs in]
@rugcernie @amandamarcotte no, it's not one organization. A loose and disparate movement of the deadbeat and the desperate
hugoschwyzer 8 days ago@jennpozner @feministfather @TMatlack you mean closet case whiners, right?
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago@TheRealRoseanne @jennpozner @feministfather yeah that's a good summary.
TMatlack 8 days ago[…]
@jennpozner the judges in this country are giving kids to their sexually abusive fathers everyday over their underemployed mothers-yet-
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago@TheRealRoseanne @jennpozner fake male "feminist" whiners have yet 2 mention that fact EVER.
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago[…]
@jennpozner i understand-R difference is that I don't believe that women have allies in men, or they would already hve dismantled patriarchy
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago@jennpozner I also believe its men who R marginalized- they choose to live outside of reality-like #1 marginalizd group-the mentally ill.
TheRealRoseanne 8 days ago
Whew, Roseanne is a real specimen, isn't she?
As for Matlack's comment – that he essentially agrees that MRAs are "closet case whiners" – I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he reflexively tries to ingratiate those he perceives as famous. However, given the whipping he's getting from the likes of Marcotte and various other feminists, you'd think he would have learned the lesson that you can't satisfy them until you've so debased yourself that you are at the level of Hugo Schwyzer.
As for the rest of us, we should just let Roseanne's hatred sink in a bit. This is feminism. Anyone who wants to confirm that men are in fact blamed simply for being men can do so simply by reading the twitter exchange linked above. Too bad Tom couldn't resist the impulse to join in.


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The College of Arts and Sciences faculty and staff are dedicated to mentoring students, not only in their field of study but through out the University of Tulsa. For a complete list of Faculty and Staff in each department visit the department pages.
**Faculty who are Department Chairs have been bolded.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Joanne Davis, PhD, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arkansas, completed an internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Favorited Bourbon Street Balls with Pecans
Favorited Chocolate and Caramel Shortbreads
Favorited I Want to Marry You Cookies
Favorited Salted Caramel Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Reviewed Cheeseburger Chowder
Feb 13, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"I've made this chowder for years and I never get tired of it. It's great on a cold day. I use light cheese and fat free evaporated milk. It is still just as good."""
Reviewed Chocolate Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing
Feb 12, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"These are so good! My daughter wanted peanut butter cups on them instead of peanuts."""


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*UPDATE 10/02: Apparently no one (over at BGG) is very interested in just a list of cards, so I've added the card text when available (inferred text [in brackets])
I've begun a list of KNOWN CARDS in the new DE "Heirs of Númenor" over at the FFG Forums (herehttp://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?e… . I've decided to repost and update it here also, since there are folks who play that aren't in that forum too. NB: I'm keeping a list of ONLY KNOWN CARDS, not hypotheticals.
Heirs of Numenor
Beregond (10; 0/1/4/4) Gondor. Warrior. Sentinel. The cost to play Weapon and Armor attachments on Beregond is reduced by 2. "It is too late to send for help when we are already besieged." -Beregond, The Return of the King
Defender of Rammas (2; 0/1/4/1) Gondor. Warrior. "And the enemy must pay dearly for the crossing of the River." -Denethor, The Return of the King
Behind Strong Walls (1) Action: Ready a defending Gondor character. That character gets +1 Def. until the end of that phase. …seven walls of stone so strong and old, they they seem to have been not builded but carven by giants out of the bones of the earth. -The Return of the King
Mark Assists?/Helpful Alliance? (Gondor/Rohan Flags; 0)
??? (from back of HoN box; ?) Action: Choose a Gondor hero. [Add one …?] resource to that hero's resource [pool?] flavor text (out of focus/can't read)
Blood of Numenor (0) Condition. Gondor or Dunedain hero. [Action: Discard?] 1 resource from attached hero's [resource pool?] to give attached hero +1 Def. for […] its resource pool until the end [of the phase?] (Limit once per phase.) "Believe not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Númenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten." –Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring
Ithilien Tracker (?; ?/?/?/3) Gondor. Ranger. [Action: Exhaust?] Ithilien Tracker to lower the […] enemy added to the staging area […] end of the phase. Green gauntlets covered their hands, and their faces were hooded and masked with green, except for their eyes, which were very keen and bright. -The Two Towers
Emissary of Pelargir (2; 1/1/0/1) Gondor Response: When Emissary of Pelargir enters play, add 1 resource to a Gondor or Noble hero's resource pool.
Quest Decks
Siege of Cair Andros
1B The Defense (9 points) The assault is relentless, and the defenders grow weary. The tide is slowly but surely turning against you… Siege. (Characters quest Using Def. instead of WP.) Players must deal damage from undefended attacks to the lowest Threat Battleground location in play. If there are no Battleground locations in play, immediately advance to the next stage.
2B Reinforcing the Banks (9 points) Reveal 1 additional card from the encounter deck and add it to the staging area during the sieging step each round.
Encounter Decks
Siege of Cair Andros
Battering Ram (33; 2/7/3/5) Besieger. Doomed 2. When Revealed: If the active location is a Battleground, deal 3 damage to it. Shadow: Deal 2 damage to The Approach if it is in play. Otherwise, attacking enemy gets +2 Atk.
Siege Raft (30; 3/4/1/6) Besieger. When Revealed: Deal 2 damage to the lowest Threat Battleground location in play, if able. Shadow: Deal 2 damage to The Banks if it is in play. Otherwise, attacking enemy gets +2 Atk.
The Citadel (3 Threat; 11 points) Cair Andros. Battleground. If The Citadel has 11 or more damage, remove it from the game (do not collect its victory points)9. Response: After The Citadel leaves play as an explored location, remove stage 4 from the quest deck, if able. Victory 3.
The Approach (2 Threat; 7? points) Cair Andros. [Battleground.?] If The Approach has 7 [or more damage, remove it?] from the game [(do not collect its victory points)9?]. Response: After The [Approach leaves play as an explored?] location, [remove stage 3 from the quest deck, if?] able. Victory 2.
The Banks (no img. referenced by Siege Raft)
"Siege Tower"
Orc Vanguard (40; 2/?/?/?) Mordor. Orc. [Forced: When Orc?] Vanguard is in the staging area, [resources cannot?] be spent from the resource pools [of heroes who?] have a Leadership, Spirit, or Lore resource icon. Shadow: […] attacking enemy two additional […]
Orc Crossbowmen (35; 2/1/2/5) Mordor. Orc. Archery X. X is the number of different resource icons (Leadership, Tactics, Spirit,Lore) of heroes in play. Shadow: The attacking enemy gains +2 Atk.
"Spear Point"
Lurking in Shadows When Revealed Return all Brigand enemies [engaged with?] players to the staging area. If [players?] returned no Brigand enemies to the [staging area,?] Lurking in Shadows gains surge. Shadow: [Return the?] attacking enemy to the [staging area?] after it attacks.
"Big Tree"
Southron Company (34; 1/3/1/5) Harad. Southron Company gets +2 Threat and +2 Atk. while the current quest card has the battle or siege keyword. Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Atk. (+2 Atk. instead if current quest has a keyword.)
"Two Arrows"
Mumak (38; 4/7/3/12) Harad. Creature. No attachments can be attached to Mumak. Mumak cannot take more than 3 damage each round. "His upturned hornlike tusks were bound with bands of gold and dripped with blood." -The Two Towers
Unknown Deck
The Master's _____ (Might?)
*I'll update this Post as more becomes known ("Quoted Text" indicates a made up encounter deck title) I wanted to update an existing spoiler thread on HoN, but I couldn't find it. Here I'm keeping a list of ONLY KNOWN CARDS, not hypotheticals.


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I have been delinquent in posting here, mostly because my duties have taken me more into the cyber hunting realm than malware analysis. One of the skills I realized was invaluable to the hunter was memory analysis.
I attended the DFIR Summit in Austin Texas back in July of 2013. I had an excellent time, learned a lot, laughed a lot, and could not recommend the event more highly. After the summit, I took the new SANS FOR526 class devoted to Memory Forensics.
I found the course to be excellent. It was well organized and had a broad set of challenges so a wide variety of experience levels were all able to be pushed out of their comfort zone and thus able to grow. The instructor, Alissa Torres (aka @sibertor), was top notch. She interacted with the students at their level, and made it easy to learn.
Okay, so far it is clear I loved the class, but here are the details:
- The class was 5 days long with labs.
- The labs covered a broad range but focused mostly on malware. I would have liked to have had labs in these areas: intrusion detection, data loss prevention, and internal investigations.
- A good machine to run VMs is vital. I had an i7 quad core laptop with 16 gigs of memory and 250gigs of storage. Even with that, there were times when I wanted more power.
- I have used the SIFT workstation, which is part of the tool kit taught in this class. I prefer to build my own Ubuntu guest and install the software manually, mostly so I can insure I have the latest version.
- Number crunching and data indexing can take up a lot of CPU and Memory. I think that memory is more important, so you are not paging work back and forth to a hard drive.
- I had been a malware analyst for over two years already, but my memory analysis skills consisted mostly of running strings and using the malfind function with volatility
- The instructor went through the structures of the artifacts in memory with precise details. This included explaining the process link list, how to find process structures outside of this link list, and how false positives might be generated when scanning for processes outside of the link list.
- This same detail was used when addressing all of the memory structures for different artifacts. Detailed knowledge followed by labs to reinforce the concepts.
- I found this technical level of detail outstanding. This was more than "how to use some tools" and more "this is the data structure you need to look for, here is a tool(s) that can be used, and here is how you use them"
- That level of detailed knowledge and understanding is vital when using open source tools because the user needs to be able to explain what the tool was looking for. Without that knowledge the results mean less and false positives are more likely to cause confusion.
- The two main tools used in the class were Bulk Extractor and Volatility. Several other tools were referenced, but the student should leave the class with a very functional level of understanding of these tools as they relate to memory analysis.
I also need to add that since returning, I have already used the skills I learned in the class during my hunting sessions. Prior to the class, I would grab the memory when I had time, but would often do other stuff first. Now, I need to have a very strong reason to not grab the memory first when focused on a system. In real world situations, solid memory analysis has use well beyond finding a malware infection. It can be used by both detection specialists and incident responders when looking for malicious activity on a system.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the DFIR Netwars Tournament. That was a lot of fun, and the memory and malware classes had a strong edge in that contest based on the tools they were using.
In summary, I highly recommend the course (as well as the DFIR Summit) to any malware analyst, detection specialist, or incident responder.
Memory never lies.


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Royce, Josiah
Royce, Josiah
biographical name(born Nov. 20, 1855, Grass Valley, Calif., U.S.died Sept. 14, 1916, Cambridge, Mass.) U.S. philosopher. He studied under William James and Charles Sanders Peirce at Johns Hopkins University. After teaching English at the University of California for four years, he accepted a position at Harvard University (1882), where he remained until his death. An absolute idealist in the Hegelian tradition, he stressed the unity of human thought with the external world. His idealism also extended to religion, the basis of which he conceived to be human loyalty. In his words, the highest good would be achieved by the willing and practical and thoroughgoing devotion of a person to a cause. A diverse thinker, he also made contributions to psychology, social ethics, literary criticism, history, and metaphysics. His many books include The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (1885), The Spirit of Modern Philosophy (1892), Studies of Good and Evil (1898), The World and the Individual (1900–01), and The Philosophy of Loyalty (1908). His emphasis on individuality and will over intellect strongly influenced 20th-century American philosophy.
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- RWD Technologies, Inc. (RWD), a company that provides human performance improvement solutions and services, announced today the release of a new suite of services designed to help companies maximize their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) investment while improving their overall customer experience. RWD CRM Optimization Services will help organizations align the three critical components of CRM success -- customer experience, customer strategy and employee performance -- incorporate best practices and improve return on investment (ROI).
According to research firm Gartner, Inc., " ... the success rates of mature [CRM] sales force technologies remain stubbornly disappointing (or low), with few markets exceeding 50 percent...This trend suggests that shortcomings and inefficiencies aren't necessarily technological, but rather organizational, particularly with change management, process definition and project management skills employed for initiatives." ("Hype Cycle for CRM Sales, 2006," July 10, 2006)
RWD's CRM Optimization Services improve ROI and customer experience by integrating the human components of CRM and business strategy. RWD's CRM Optimization Services include:
* RWD CRM Performance Aligned with Customer Expectations (PACE): CRM PACE is a six-week analysis that provides a clear action plan for CRM success. During the PACE analysis, RWD assesses the five dimensions of CRM success -- customer experience, customer strategy, business process design, technology selection, and employee performance. Industry best practices are then aligned with CRM needs in an action plan for success. * CRM Certification eLearning Courses: Together with BPT Partners, a leading authority on CRM, RWD offers access to some of the world's leading CRM experts through these courses. This first-of-its-kind internet-based training series is based on CRM at the Speed of Light, the best selling book by Paul Greenberg and the successful global seminar series of the same name. The eLearning series includes courses on topics such as: CRM strategy, customer value analysis, change management, and technology selection. * Other services: -- Change management and employee training and development -- Customer experience assessment -- Customer strategy development -- Business process design -- Technology selection -- Technology implementation -- Post implementation continuous improvement
"Too often the decision to rollout a CRM solution comes with little consideration to the 'human factor,'" said Paul Greenberg, CRM consultant and author. "Businesses must see CRM as a philosophy and business strategy. Technology's role is to improve human interactions in a business environment and enable workers to improve productivity and customer advocacy."
"When it comes to CRM success, those organizations that focus first on the human factor will see greater ROI than those who lead with technology," said Patricia Begley, Vice President of Strategic Business Initiatives. "RWD believes that CRM done right improves a customer-facing employee's ability to build customer trust, loyalty and, ultimately, account profitability."
Businesses can also take advantage of RWD's CRM Consortium. The CRM Consortium includes CSC, BPT Partners, Opinion Research Corporation, ORC Macro, and the Rutgers CRM Research Center. The CRM Consortium allows companies to access all CRM services offered by its members through one point of contact.
"CSC has teamed with RWD to expand the selection of CRM solutions we offer our clients," said Rob Guzak, Managing Director of CSC's Customer Solutions Practice. "Our relationship with RWD, through the CRM Consortium, further enables us to help companies identify CRM gaps and deliver results that fill those gaps and achieve maximum ROI on their investment."
About RWD Technologies, Inc.
RWD Technologies is a professional services organization composed of three operational divisions: Enterprise Learning Solutions provides learning and support services to organizations that utilize SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle systems and has developed software products to train end users of these systems; Applied Technology Solutions integrates enterprise-class software systems, develops custom applications for pharmaceutical and other regulated industries; and Performance Solutions engages in lean consulting and vehicle launch support services to the automotive industry and reliability improvement to the railroad industry, and human performance improvement services to the petroleum and chemical industries. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland with offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, RWD serves major multinational corporations throughout the world. (For more information visit http://www.rwd.com)
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For a decade, the chefs at Udupi Palace have guided guests through the Desi culinary waters with vegetarian and meat dishes from the vast regions of India. Their uthappams, a lentil-and-rice pancake served with a traditional lentil soup and coconut chutney, and their more than 10 kinds of dosai, a southern-Indian crepe, let tongues savor the country's herbs and spices. The chefs also season tandoori kebabs with garlic or ginger for patrons who lounge amid potted palms and count the grains of basmati rice in a biryani dish to ensure there's an odd number.
Welcome to Dosti! We specialize in delicious and reasonably priced cuisine, including our house specialties and other customer favorites. Our cuisine entrees are served in a relaxed and welcoming setting that you and your friends and family are sure to enjoy. Whether you are in the mood to indulge in something new or just w
At Raj Palace, executive chef Sunder Singh Chauhan crafts a comprehensive selection of Indian cuisine designed to appease appetites of all degrees and dietary preferences. The paneer pakora— deep-fried homemade cheese ($5.50)—and the shami kabab—lamb with split chickpeas ($6)—serve as savory stepping stones to a flavorful feast. Answer carnivorous calls with the chicken methi malai, boneless chicken cooked with fenugreek and malai sauce ($12.95), or allocate precious stomach space to the medley of cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes, ginger, and garlic residing on the plate known as aloo gobhi ($10.95).
Dakshin Indian Cuisine's creative chefs blend southern-Indian spices with Chinese flavors, crafting a menu of artful eats with elegant tastes. Dakshin means "south" in Sanskrit, and the southern starters shine, with the traditional Rasam soup ($2.99,) chock-full of tamarind, lentil, and piquant spices, great for warming up stomachs and filling pockets with a snack for later. Thin, lentil crêpes, or dosas, hail from the south and come smothered with cooked minced meat in the keema dosa ($9.99) or potato and onion in the masala dosa ($6.99). Chinese influences seep through the sauce of the szechwan chicken hakka noodles ($9.99), covered in julienned vegetables and sprinkled with secret messages in Mandarin.
The epicurean alchemists at India House, winner of Chicago magazine's Best Indian Buffet designation, draw inspiration from many places: the cuisine of Bombay and Delhi, Indian street fare, and homestyle tandoori cooking. The menu's more than 250 items please vegetarian and meat-eating palates alike with curries and kebabs that use the flavors of fresh cilantro, chilies, and coconut. A reviewer for the Chicago Tribune praises the restaurant?s ?incredibly tender tandoori chicken,? and Chicago magazine says the fiery "Hyderabadi-style mahi-mahi ? is a must." Midday lunchers can dig into a buffet whose myriad options make it difficult to decide which delicious curries should be ladled over naan and rice.
The culinary preparers at Saffron follow the building instructions listed in a menu of meat- and vegetable-based Indian cuisine and inventive Indian-styled pizzas. An appetizer of lamb seekh kabobs colors grilled, ground lamb with flavorful spices ($4.99), piquing the interest of a stomach ready to prey on entrees. The tandoori fish, baked in a clay oven over charcoal and Steve Finley rookie cards, shepherds taste with an escort of two tilapia fillets marinated in spices ($7.99), whereas the paneer chili soothes growling tummies with vegetable cohorts of onions, green chili peppers, green peppers, and curry leaves ($6.99). Meat spurners can indulge the palate with the veggie biriyani, a long-grain basmati rice dish that stitches together a mélange of vegetables and spices ($6.99), like a quilt woven together with strands of piquant celery. Saffron's take on pizza arrives in forms such as the chicken tehalka, loaded with chicken, onion, garlic, green chilies, and a spicy tomato-chili sauce ($11.99/large). Any authentic Indian entree or pizza can be complemented with a fruity, milk-smooth mango lassi beverage ($1.99).


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Everton will look to continue their push for a top-four spot when they travel to West Ham on Saturday.
But Marouane Fellaini is unavailable for the visitors as he serves the first of a three-game suspension.
The Belgium international was handed a ban by the Football Association for his headbutt on Stoke's Ryan Shawcross last weekend.
Phil Neville is also out with a knee injury so there could be an opportunity for Germany international Thomas Hitzlsperger against his former club.
And there remain doubts over Tony Hibbert and Kevin Mirallas who are struggling with calf and hamstring injuries respectively.
West Ham welcome midfielder Jack Collison back into their squad.
Collison has not featured for the Hammers since last season's playoff final but is back in action after recovering from a serious knee injury.
The return of the Wales international provides a much-needed boost for Sam Allardyce as the Hammers boss is having to deal with a lengthy injury list.
Mohamed Diame (hamstring), Ricardo Vaz Te (shoulder) and Alou Diarra (thigh) are all missing, while Andy Carroll and Yossi Benayoun remain out with knee problems.


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A Chula Vista police officer is recovering from minor injuries after he was struck by a suspected drunken driver just after midnight on 08/27/2009.
The Officer was in the process of putting a prisoner into his patrol car when the incident happened. The officer was parked on Fourth Avenue near D Street just before 12:15 a.m with an arrested parolee when a vehicle heading south drifted toward the patrol car.
The officer's left foot was run over and the right passenger mirror hit the officer in the back. The male officer was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
The 41-year-old driver, identified as Raul Moreno, a Chula Vista resident, was located a short distance away and arrested. The broken mirror was still hanging on the side of the vehicle.
Moreno was arrested for felony hit-and-run and driving under the influence.
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A healthy and warming vegetarian soup with chilli to give it a little extra kick in flavour. Plus its great for beating colds and fat-burning
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 to 3 fat red chillies, deseeded (if you don't like it too hot) and diced
- 2 lemongrass stalks, finely chopped
- 500ml (18fl oz) vegetable broth
- 700g (1lb 9oz) pumpkin (or butternut squash) flesh, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 200ml (7fl oz) reduced-fat coconut milk
In a large non-stick pan gently cook the onion, chillies and lemongrass in 1 to 2tbsp of the broth for 5 minutes to soften.
Add the pumpkin and carrot and cook for a further 5 minutes before adding the remaining vegetable broth and coconut milk.
Bring to the boil, cover and let simmer for 15 minutes or until very tender. Blend until smooth and garnish with chillies to serve.
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Canadian Car Prices / USA Car Prices
The differential between USA and Canadain prices for the same product has historically existed due the the difference in the value of the respective currencies. That difference no longer exists. The price difference is however still there, Canada being obviously considered as a region where consumers can be profitted from unfairly. Car prices is where this is most notable; since these are higher ticket items anyways the 20% - 30% price differential equates to dollar amounts that are in the tens of thousands. There is no reason for this, and I encourage Canadians to sign this petition to force the car industry into car price parity across the 49th parallel.
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2 years ago Comments: I will not buy an overpriced new car in Canada. The new car delivery charges in Canada are a joke . We bailed out many of the domestic manufacturers but they still gouge us .Vehicle made in Canada but costs thousands more than in Hawaii ,get real .
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New Requests: Marilyn and Daniel Fannin Family, Gail Dummitt Family, John Parker Family
Continued Requests: Jim Esham
Cancer Patients: Jack McCann, Verde Weese, Ashley Carrington, Blaike Clark, Sue Boggs,
Sue Hamilton, Coy Jordan, Mike Doran, Edith Westfall , April Justice, Angie Maggiaccomo,
Pam Holmes
Elderly and Shut Ins and their Families: Jason Cox, Maxine Soards, Helen Dixon,
Sammy & Gardena Ginn, Flora Wells, Jim Hasler, Russell Hord, Joe Hewlett, Hubert Elkins,
Anne Reeder, Marie Drexell, Maurice Reeder, Sr., William Jordan, Jerry Masters,
Marie Edington
Web Prayer Requests, Our Troops, Unspoken Needs, Missionaries, the "Lost", the
Emotionally, Physically and Spiritually Troubled
Prayer Meeting—Wed. Jan. 1—6:00
Have used stamps—Lynda Greene is collecting for the Andy Martin Mission—Before you throw away your envelopes your Christmas Cards came in, cut them off and save them for Lynda. (All used stamps except Flag and Liberty Bell Stamps)
Another New Year
We look forward to another new year, and pray that the good Lord will bless,
The coming days on their way, with love, and joy, and success.
Each new day is a mystery, until it's light unfolds…
And our hearts seek contentment, in what tomorrow holds.
The old year was a busy one. Life seldom does stand still…
We walk through shaded valleys, and trudge up the rocky hills.
But God is there in all His glory, waiting for us to reach for His hand,
And when we trust in His pure love, life's road leads to the Holy land.
Ring out the bells of welcome. Bring in this brand new year…
I pray for health and happiness, and deliverance from all fear.
Each New Year holds a promise, for some unknown events…
Hold true to God's great purpose, and we'll always be content.
~ Eva May Young ~
A Year of Time. . . . . . . . . . . . Steven B. Cloud, Pulpit Helps, Vol. 14, # 2
…Though even thinking on the subject of time may prove discomforting, it is not a bad idea—especially at the beginning of a new year.
As we look into <year> we look at a block of time. We see 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. And all is a gift from God. We have done nothing to deserve it, earn it, or purchased it. Like the air we breathe, time comes to us as a part of life.
The gift of time is not ours alone. It is given equally to each person. Rich and poor, educated and ignorant, strong and weak—every man, woman and child has the same twenty-four hours every day.
Another important thing about time is that you cannot stop it. There is no way to slow it down, turn it off, or adjust it. Time marches on.
And you cannot bring back time. Once it is gone, it is gone. Yesterday is lost forever. If yesterday is lost, tomorrow is uncertain. We may look ahead at a full year's block of time, but we really have no guarantee that we will experience any of it.
Obviously, time is one of our most precious possessions. We can waste it. We can worry over it. We can spend it on ourselves. Or, as good stewards, we can invest it in the kingdom of God.
The new year is full of time. As the seconds tick away, will you be tossing time out the window, or will you make every minute count?
Recipe for a Happy New Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past—have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time. Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time.
Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing— don't do it), prayer, meditation, and one well-selected resolution. Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.
A New Year's Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
DEAR LORD, please give me…
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends; a work to do which has real value, without which the world would be the poorer; a mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed; An understanding heart; a sense of humor; time for quiet, silent meditation; a feeling of the presence of God; the patience to wait for the coming of these things, with the wisdom to recognize them when they come. Amen.
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