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Claire Danes Biography
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To look upon the face of Claire Danes is to discover an exquisitely expressive canvas for all the emotional colorings of life. This remarkably self-possessed young performer brought startling authenticity as well as intelligence and complexity to her starring role in the landmark high school/family drama "My So-Called Life" (ABC, 1994-95).
Danes' often heartrending portrayal of a fifteen-year-old coping with the rigors of adolescence contributed to the cult series' avalanche of kudos and won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nod for its rising star. The low-rated, short-lived program counted Steven Spielberg and Winona Ryder among its followers.
A native New Yorker, Danes was encouraged to pursue her interest in acting by artistic parents and began studying modern dance at age six. By age nine, she was taking weekend acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, later starting her performing career on the off-off-Broadway stage with supporting roles in "Happiness", "Punk Ballet" and "Kids on Stage," even choreographing a solo dance piece for the latter.
At age 11, Danes made her film acting debut portraying a molested child in "Dreams of Love" (released 1992), a student short from director Jeffrey Mueller and executive producer Milos Forman. The precocious actress arrived on the small screen in a memorable 1992 guest shot on the NBC crime drama series "Law & Order", playing a volatile teen who, with her mother, was involved with a sleazy photographer. She also auditioned for "My So-Called Life" in 1992, at age 13, and filmed the pilot in early 1993. (It did not air until August 1994.)
Danes won strong notices for her feature debut as the doomed Beth in a well-received remake of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel "Little Women" (1994), with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder. (The latter had lobbied for Danes to get the role.) Indeed, Spielberg hailed her as "one of the most exciting actresses to debut in ten years" and offered her a role in his Holocaust drama "Schindler's List" (1993) which Danes declined for a variety of reasons. When "My So-Called Life" ended prematurely, though, the young thespian was quickly deluged with feature offers.
Danes next popped up in a flashback sequence playing a younger version of Anne Bancroft's character in the Ryder vehicle "How to Make an American Quilt" and followed up with a small role as the wise-beyond-her-years daughter of Holly Hunter (and granddaughter of Bancroft!) in Jodie Foster's "Home for the Holidays" (both 1995).
Reportedly, Foster's endorsement helped Danes win the plum role of Juliet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo in "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" (1996), a highly stylized and purposefully anachronistic retelling of the classic story. By the time of that highly touted release, she had two other features in the can.
Danes played leads in "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" (1996) as the daughter helping her father (Peter Gallagher) cope with the death of her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) and "I Love You, I Love You Not" (1997), as the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor (Jeanne Moreau).
Positive advance word about the professional deportment of the ascendant star spurred more offers for work with such respected filmmakers as Oliver Stone, who cast her as a white trash princess in the odd "U-Turn" (1997), Francis Ford Coppola, who hired her to play an abused wife who falls for young lawyer Matt Damon in "John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker'" (1997), and Bille August, whose adaptation of "Les Miserables" (1998) appropriately featured the young actress as Cosette.
Danes went on to play an appealingly strong-willed, unmarried and pregnant Polish-American alongside Gabriel Byrne and Lena Olin in the charming family saga "Polish Wedding" later that year.
In 1999, Danes began taking on vastly different roles than what audiences had come to expect, starting with a turn as a drug offender turned crime fighter in Scott Silver's uninspired feature update of the hit 1960s TV series "The Mod Squad." While Danes performed well in the action genre, the film was critically panned, and saw little box office business.
Similarly, her impressive turn in "Brokedown Palace" went largely unseen. Not unlike a feminized, updated "Midnight Express", the harrowing film starred Danes as the more daring and gregarious of two recent high school graduates duped into importing drugs into Thailand. Alongside Kate Beckinsale, the actress proved her mettle with the edgy role, but the film would probably be best remembered for Danes' candidly negative comments about the Manila filming conditions, which won her few fans in the Philippines.
She next contributed her vocal talents to the English dubbing of Hayao Miyazaki's acclaimed Japanese anime "Princess Mononoke". Perhaps something was lost in the translation, but her lackluster performance in this capacity proved the actress' talents lie before the camera, where her proven skills and appeal would ensure her a long and illustrious career.
In 2002, she co-starred in the indie comedy feature "Igby Goes Down," playing a prep school girl caught between two drastically different brothers; and portrayed Meryl Streep's daughter Julia in "The Hours," before doing a career about-face in 2003 by starring opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action-packed sequel "Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines," playing Kate Brewster, the love interest for humanity's emerging messiah in its war against the machines, John Conner (Nick Stahl).
After filming "Stage Beauty" (2004), in which she played a 17th Century stage dresser who becomes an actress after England's king overrules the long tradition of men playing female roles in plays and becomes entangled with a displaced actor (Billy Cruddup) who specialized in portraying women, Danes got her first taste of tabloid celebrity when Cruddup left his several-months-pregnant girlfriend, actress Mary-Louise Parker, for a romance with her in 2003.
She returned to the screen for "Shopgirl" (2005), an adaptation of Steve Martin's bestselling 2001 novella which cast her as a forlorn Beverly Hills glove salesgirl who unexpectedly finds herself pursued by a pair of polar opposite suitors, a successful sophisticate (Martin) and a Bohemian dreamer (Jason Schawartzman).
Danes then costarred in "The Family Stone" (2005), a romantic dramedy about the eldest son (Dermot Mulroney) in a bohemian family who brings his high-powered and controlling girlfriend (Sarah Jessica Parker) home for their annual holiday gathering, as conflicting attitudes causes awkwardness, confusion and ultimately hostility.
In late 2005, she began filming "The Flock," a crime thriller about a vigilant federal agent (Richard Gere) who trains his young female replacement (Danes) while tracking down a missing girl he's convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender.
She earned critical acclaim in 2005 when she starred in Steve Martin's Shopgirl alongside Martin and Jason Schwartzman, and in The Family Stone opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton. In 2007, Danes appeared in the fantasy Stardust, which she described as a "classic model of romantic comedy", with Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, and Sienna Miller, the drama Evening, and appeared in The Flock, opposite Richard Gere.
In 2010, Danes starred in the HBO production of Temple Grandin, a biopic about the eponymous autistic woman. She won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. The film was well received and Grandin herself praised Danes' performance.
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Jerry Nelsen, principal of Orofino High School, presented the Inspirational Teacher Award to Shannon Wilson, OHS teacher.
Orofino seventh grade student, Eyler White, has been selected as a winner of the geography bee. Eyler was given a written exam, which was then sent to Washington D.C. to be graded. He was notified last week that he had been named one of the top 100 passing the test.
Timberline Judo Club participated at Caldwell High School March 4. Participants were Megan VanderPas, Kayla Hodges, Kendrick Jared, Haden Jared, Hilaree VanderPas, Tanner Jared, Dustin Hodges and Lucas Maki.
25 Years Ago
Teri Leach was selected by her teammates as Most Valuable Girl's basketball player and Briana Wargi Most Inspirational.
Dan Richardson and Wade Wilson were co-winners of the Most Valuable Player award for boys' basketball. Wade was the Most Inspirational and won the free throw trophy. Dan was the leading rebounder.
Rob Miller was selected Most Valuable wrestler and Dave Schwartz was Most Inspirational.
30 Years Ago
The USDA Service Center in the Helgeson building will be closed for a four day weekend at the end of March to enable offices to move to a new location on east Michigan Avenue, remodeled by Ray Coon, who has a shop in the former Valley Recreation offices.
Ken Simon, operator of the Lumberman's Hotel, announced the sale of his property to Lee Weddle and Paul Pippenger after 35 years of operation. Simon plans to retire and move to Yakima, WA.
Town and Country Realtors this week announced the affiliation of Susan Petree as sales associate in the Orofino Branch
40 Years Ago
Timber cut for the Clearwater National Forest hit a new record high of $209 Million feet this year.
Dworshak Dam Constructors made the sole offer on the construction of the Dworshak Power House. The bid was $17.5 million.
45 Years Ago
Idaho's three percent sales tax law will go into effect July 1.
Local legislatures have been working on a bill to exempt the log loads from weight registrations, and to make the legal load height 12 feet.
Mike Powell and Kathy Reece were co-valedictorians for the class of 1965 at Orofino High School. Edward Linden was salutatorian.
50 Years Ago
Ann Yenni and Jill Lynch have been named Girls' State Representatives from Orofino High School. Alternates are Peggy Smith Peck and Rosalee Miles for the legion auxiliary project.
55 Years Ago
Robert Titus, OHS senior, brought home the 147 pound division boxing title from the tournament at Sunnyside, WA.
State Hospital North has put its wells on a standby basis and began use of city water from the new 30,000 gallon tank built jointly with Orofino. The hospital will get free water until the city's 70 percent share of the $422,000 cost of the project is reimbursed.
60 Years Ago
Orofino High School won back to back Class B Basketball Championships in Lewiston when it defeated Genesee 45 to 33 in the finals. Earlier tournament wins were 56-35 over Arco and 62-39 over Heyburn. Hundreds of community fans braved the narrow Myrtle Beach to cheer for the team after a slide closed the Lewis Clark Highway half a mile below the Myrtle bride, forcing traffic to the hillside road.
Lewiston sports writers placed Chuck Brown, center, and Pete Nygaard, forward, on the all state team. Honorable mention went to Jack Williams and John Hutchinson.

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Texas just had its driest December-February stretch on record. For the central part of the state, 2008 turned out to be the driest year experienced since the mid-1950s. 2008 Rainfall was generally 16 to 20 inches below normal. According to the state climatologist, drought conditions across Central Texas during 2008 were the most severe since the drought of 1917-1918. Inflows into the Highland Lakes during 2008 were the lowest since LCRA began keeping records in 1942. So far in 2009, inflows remain near the lowest on record. It will take several periods of heavy, soaking rain to cause a significant change in the ongoing drought.
Another record has been set! The 30-day period from June 16th through July 15th, 2009 was the HOTTEST 30-day period ever recorded in Austin (temperature records for Austin date back to 1898). The average temperature during that period was 89.5 degrees. The previous record for a 30-day period was 89.1 degrees which was set between July 28th and August 27th, 2000.
Central Texas area is now classified in the worst possible drought categoryD4, or exceptional drought. On August 7th, the National Weather Service issued a Public Information Statement confirming that this is officially the hottest summer ever recorded in Austin. At least, so far. Also, can you beileve that August 6th marked beginning of the second half of summer?
By 1:45 August 7th, the temperature had already reached 103 degrees in Austin, making this the 48th day of triple digit heat this summer. We will tie last years 50 days of 100 degree or hotter afternoons in the days that follow, then move into 3rd place on the all-time list on Monday. Heaven help us if we move into the #2 position at 66 days, or #1 at 69 days, but at this point, I wouldnt rule it out.
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Pirelli's Paul Hembery has said F1's big technical change made it necessary for a re-think on tyres but denied that this year's rubber is too conservative.
A number of drivers have suggested this season that Pirelli have 'played safe' with their rubber as they've adapted to new hybrid cars which have less grip than their predecessors but also more torque.
Stung by negative publicity they've received in the past, Pirelli have provided harder rubber this season. Even so, Hembery insisted the Italian manufacturer hasn't played it cautiously.
\"Conservative is, I don't think, really the right word,\" Hembery, Pirelli's Motorsport Director, told Sky Sports News. \"I think we had to take a little step back; we certainly couldn't have been as aggressive as we've been in the last three years, where the teams, I would say, had to really engineer a solution to getting the best out of the tyres. And that's why you had a lot of very dramatically different strategies.
\"This year, it's certainly a lot easier for the teams, they're able to manage their strategies in almost a linear way. You see the majority of races with people following almost the same strategy but I think that was necessary with such a big technical change.\"
After three years of criticism that their tyres were too brittle - Pirelli's response had always been that they were merely doing as instructed by the sport's powers-that-be to spice up 'the show' - matters came to a head at last year's British GP.
Several drivers, including early race leader Lewis Hamilton, suffered tyre failures and although some teams were discovered to have exceeded recommended camber and pressure levels - and even swapped the rears over to prolong tyre life - Pirelli were also forced to change their design for safety reasons.
Unlike in the past, they have also had the benefit of testing with current cars this year and Hembery said the change has been crucial.
\"I think the main area we've worked hard on is having more information from the teams about the race of development of the cars, which incidentally this year is going to be double what it is historically,\" he added.
\"Normally you'd get a two-second improvement in lap time over a season from the start to the end; this year we're talking about four. And assuming that the engines are fixed more or less fixed now, that's going to come a lot from increased aero and increased cornering.
\"Increased cornering has an impact on the tyre, so we're monitoring very carefully the data that we're getting from the teams and making sure we understand what steps in performance they're all going under.\"


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The evolution of retail from omnichannel commerce to commerce relevancy focuses and customizes product information for customers in both B2C and B2B commerce.
In today's product information management, speed is essential. But real-time commerce is quickly becoming less of a competitive differentiator as customers expect increasingly more personalization in their online shopping experiences. Offering the right product from the right supplier to the right customer, and all at the right time and place—that's commerce relevancy. And it's the next wave after omnichannel commerce, taking online retail to a whole new level. It's also something that only the most competitive retailers can deliver.
With a sharp focus on this commerce relevancy, Informatica announces the release of PIM 7, the latest version of its award-winning product information management software. The best product in its class, PIM 7 enhances the online shopping experience and builds brand loyalty with consistent product information available across all sales, marketing, and distribution channels. "With PIM 7, our aim is to help our customers be the first to bring their products to market, deliver better margins with highest quality product information, and collaborate with their partners and suppliers", says Ben Rund, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Informatica
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The time required for a retailer to make new product assortments available online—or at any touch point where customers make purchasing decisions or start their product search—is known as time-to-shop. It's often seen as a measurable key performance indicator and subset of the general time-to-market discussion. The use of PIM software reduces time-to-shop from an average of four hours down to one hour, according to a recent survey by pimroi.com. This represents an increase in market speed of 75 percent, resulting in a significant jump in business and market agility.


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When Dr. William J. and Dr. Charles H. Mayo gave the assets of their private medical practice -- and the majority of their personal savings -- to establish what is today Mayo Foundation, they ensured a balance among patient care, education and research. In so doing, Dr. Will said, "We want to make the medical experience of the past generation available for the coming one and so on indefinitely, so that each new generation shall not have to work out its problems independently, but may begin where its predecessors left off."
Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie learned medicine by first observing and later assisting their father, Dr. W.W. Mayo. As boys they would accompany him on house calls, watching and listening intently, at the bed of each patient. When the elder Dr. Mayo determined that they had absorbed enough through observation, he put his young sons to work at jobs such as bandaging wounds and setting casts.
In this way a tradition of training and education became second nature to the Mayos. All three doctors traveled extensively to learn about the latest advances in medicine and stayed long enough to acquire the needed skills and bring them back to Rochester. They recognized the need for a well-trained and educated staff to deliver outstanding care to patients.
They put an equal value on research and saw the need to combine patient care, education and research in a single institution dedicated to excellence in medicine.
"It is a great thing to make scientific discoveries of rare value, but it is even greater to be willing to share these discoveries and to encourage other(s) in the same field of research," said Dr. Will.
Education at Mayo encompasses five schools whose programs and graduates are among the most highly ranked in the world. These schools serve as the training ground for many Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists, educators and health sciences professionals.
In 2003, Mayo Clinic established "Mayo Clinic College of Medicine" to serve as a single unifying name for its wide-ranging programs in medical education and research on its three campuses -- Jacksonville, Fla.; Rochester, Minn.; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.


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Is a baby on the way for Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray? Not so fast! A new report claims that the newly engaged couple are already fighting, and yes — it's over whether or not they'll have a baby together soon.
Is Andi Dorfman, 27, ready to be a mom? Don't get your hopes up The Bachelorette fans, because it doesn't seem like a baby is on the way for her and Josh Murray, 29. There is a new report claiming that the couple are already passed the honeymoon phase and now they are fighting over whether or not it's a good idea to welcome a baby just yet.
Andi Dorfman & Josh Murray: Ready To Be Parents Already?
So, you've just finished filming a reality television show and now you're engaged. What's next?
A baby, duh! Okay, okay and yes, a big, lavish, televised wedding, too. But more importantly — a baby!
Unfortunately, Andi and Josh are not as excited about a Bachelorette baby as I am.
"If it was up to Josh, Andi would have gotten pregnant yesterday," an insider close to the couple revealed to Life and Style magazine's Aug. 18 issue.
But it's not up to Josh, and the insider also revealed that Andi's hesitation to start a family is "not what he was expecting" from her.
Hey, maybe Andi just wants to be traditional. After all, the couple's big wedding is already set for 2015 — so maybe Josh will get his wish after their big day. Hopefully he can hold out until then!
Andi Is Interested In Acting & Hosting TV Now
Another factor in the baby conversation is that Andi is not exactly ready to give up her gorgeous figure just yet.
The reality starlet has been bitten by the fame bug, and now she wants to take advantage of her 15 minutes before it's too late.
"She quit her job as an assistant district attorney because of the amazing opportunities that are coming her way," the same insider shared about Andi's intentions. "She wants to work in TV and is interested in acting and hosting."
Tell us, HollywoodLifers — Do you think Andi and Josh should have a baby together, or should they wait? Do you think they'll make it to their wedding? Let s know your thoughts below!
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I think they should wait a little bit. They have to focus on their relationship first and then they can have all the babies they want. One day at the time. They have time, they have few years to go. That way, if they do not get along, they they can divorce without children involved.
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Hacker Liability: How at Risk is Your Company? |
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From MasterCard and Twitter to TJMaxx and Sony, companies of all sizes are under attack from hackers. The threat of these attacks has escalated to such a degree that many cybersecurity professionals will admit it is almost impossible to prevent them 100% of the time.
According to Verizons 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report, small to medium-sized businesses have become hackers main targets. Organized crime views such companies as high-reward and low-risk targets, and with automated means for stealing data, they can steal as much (or more) data as from larger organizations. These attacks are often costly and can cause significant financial stress for small and medium companies. In Symantecs 2010 SMB Information Protection Survey, companies reported that the average annual cost of cyber attacks for small and medium organizations was $188,242. Read this full article at Fox Business
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Crash Course: Design for Startups. I recently stumbled across screenshots of old websites of mine and was hurled into a state of reminiscent shock.
I knew they were bad, but wow they were outstandingly horrible (redeemed only by their microformats support! I kid, I kid). Several years and a few Georgia Tech design and HCI courses have passed since those atrocities graced the web but I archived them in a sort of reverse portfolio as a personal reminder of how much my design sensibilities have matured. Only in the last year have I begun feeling slightly more confident about my design quality and process. Design for Hackers: Why Monet Never Used Black, & Why You Shouldn't Either. Monet's paintings evoke a sense of energy and life, they leap off the canvas with color and contrast, but Monet somehow managed to avoid using the color black for nearly his entire painting career.
By avoiding black in your own designs, you can replicate some of this dynamism. Monet and Other Impressionists Explored Their Medium Even when creating dramatic shadows, Monet avoided black, and instead manipulated the powerful relationships between colors. Part 1: Buttons » Galpin Industries - Pixels Straight From Canada. I should begin by explaining why I'm doing this guide in the first place.
I believe that every designer has a right to know what many of us have learned via trial-and-error and word-of-mouth teachings. I'm quite aware that this is not the first UI guide that has ever been published, nor do I expect it to be the last. Table of Contents. Articles about the App Store, design and Bjango. Method & Craft. Shadow performance. Update: I've added some comments about the -[CALayer shadowPath] approach that I missed before.
I've just pushed a new sample to the OmniGroup? Source on github which shows several drop shadow approaches, with an eye towards performance, particularly while the shadow casting object's frame is being animated. One of these is a pair of functions vended by OmniUI, OUIViewAddShadowEdges?


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Don't blame Reed. Reed just answering questions...some assuming bad motives.
Oh, no. Don't get me wrong. I hoping for a good year or so out of him. I expect Wade to be able to use him to improve our D while Swearinger comes up to speed.
But... I'm not even in Houston and don't get Texans info anywhere but the net and I'm already over-exposed on Reed's hip.
I don't blame Reed for that. I don't really blame anyone for that, actually. Media's going to report on the stuff they think people want to hear about or what they think might lead to some sort of controversy.
I'm just going to skip over that stuff for now to save myself irritation at reading the same things over and over.
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Without further adieu, we proudly present to you one of the two first place winners of the 2013 video contest, Lucas Waldron.
Lucas Waldron
Lucas Waldron is a current senior graduating in May of this year. He studies film and politics at USF, and is the co-captain of "USF's only, best, and most attractive improv team, Awkward Silence". Additionally, Lucas is the current Executive Producer of USFtv, USF's first and only student-run television outlet.
"I think film and video are the best way to spread a message and tell a story."
Lucas decided to attend USF because he wanted to be at a small school in San Francisco that also valued in social justice. USF also offered Lucas a competitive financial aid package, which played a role is his college decision.
1st Place "Welcome to the Best City Ever" by Lucas Waldron and Lauren Soares
According to a number of students that participated in the public voting phase of this year's contest, Lucas and Lauren's film "Welcome to the Best City Ever" sets apart from the other submissions because of the element of spoken word. Lucas comments, "I wanted to do something that included spoken word, and luckily Lauren was able to write this great poem." The video was also meant to portray an every day experience in San Francisco, which, for the filmmakers, is biking around the city.
Waldron's favorite part of the city is its political climate and "the accessibility we all have to radical and progressive political outlets." The culture of film in the Bay Area and the independent theater presence are also among Lucas's favorite things about San Francisco.


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Depth Chart Shuffles in Week 5
A few moves have been made on the Falcons' unofficial depth chart this week as the team prepares for a Monday Night Football showdown against the New York Jets.
The Falcons now have two undrafted rookies starting at the linebacker spots as LB Paul Worrilow has slid into the OLB spot opposite Joplo Bartu. Worrilow injured his knee in Sunday's loss to the Patriots and head coach Mike Smith hasn't given his timetable for return yet.
On the offensive line, veteran Jeremy Trueblood has taken over the right tackle spot. He started at the position Sunday night in place of second-year lineman Lamar Holmes. Holmes eventually took over at left tackle when Sam Baker left the game with a knee injury.


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KANNAPOLIS was once a company town. James Cannon, a textile tycoon, founded it in 1906 so that he could keep a paternalistic eye on his workers. During the Depression, his son—the beloved "Old Mr Cannon"—looked after his people and built them tiny white houses. Good wages, free electricity and the promise of a secure job tied each generation to Cannon Mills.
But the textile giant, which used to produce 300,000 towels a day, could not fight off cheap imports or indeed the march of technology. On July 30th 2003, Pillowtex, the last in a string of owners, closed all 16 of its American factories, throwing nearly 6,500 people out of work. It remains the largest single-day job loss in North Carolina's history; in the Kannapolis area alone, 4,300 people lost their jobs.
Today, the old mills are gutted and ready for demolition. And most of the workers are still puzzling over what to do. Over the past decade, North Carolina has lost 250,000 manufacturing jobs (90,000 in textiles). With textile quotas now having been phased out, still more jobs will go.
North Carolina's technology and service sectors are booming. But many mill workers are woefully ill-prepared for such work. When Pillowtex finally closed the doors, one in three of its workers lacked a high-school education; one in ten could not read or write; and nearly half of them were more than 50 years old.
An established federal programme, Trade Adjustment Assistance, provides fairly generous income support for such workers while they are being retrained. In 2002, Congress stretched these benefits from 78 to 104 weeks. But the Pillowtex closing is so vast that it is testing the programme's effectiveness. "Never have we had so many who had worked for so long at one place lose their jobs," says Linda Burton, a 30-year veteran of the Employment Security Commission, the state agency that helps workers find jobs.
Nearly 2,000 of the workers signed up to retrain. Many of them had not set foot in a classroom for several decades. "I didn't know how to use a calculator," admits Jerry Kennerly, a 58-year-old who is studying to pass the high-school equivalency test. "I had to relearn algebra." They keep their morale up with tales of heroic feats: the woman who jumped from a seven-year-old to a 12-year-old reading level in one year; the 70-year-old man who passed his high-school equivalency exam. But it is tough. "If I don't learn computers," says Mr Kennerly, "I'm going to be behind."
The true test will come in December when the first big group of worker-graduates starts hunting for jobs. Many of the older ones want to stay in Kannapolis, which is hardly booming nowadays. And there are plenty more who are not even close to getting the training. Some are languishing in remedial courses, unable to get to the 12-year-old reading level that they need to enter a job-training course. The mill employed quite a number of mentally or physically disabled people to sweep the floors. They are struggling the most, says Ms Burton. "We are hoping companies will have a heart."
The group of workers that may actually gain most from the training are foreigners. So long as they could prove they were legally in the country, several hundred Laotian and Latino workers qualified for training. Scores of poor immigrants who never dreamed of being much more than manual labourers are now getting a free education. Crucially, unlike the locals, they feel fewer ties to Kannapolis and so will take their new skills anywhere.
Ying Xiong, a 38-year-old Laotian woman who worked as a weaver, is now learning English and computers. She hopes to become a medical-unit secretary. She reckons this is a safe bet, as Americans will never ship their health care overseas. Old Mr Cannon's workers once probably felt the same way.


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New jersey man pleads guilty in scheme to traffic in stolen pharmaceutical drugs
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NEWARK, N.J. – Luis Andres Faife-Ruiz admitted today to trafficking in pharmaceutical drugs originating from a shipment stolen from a Georgia truck stop, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Faife-Ruiz, 44, of Union City, N.J., pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to receive and sell stolen goods and one count of the receipt and attempted sale of stolen goods. The shipment of drugs, manufactured by sanofi-aventis, had an estimated wholesale value of $8.8 million.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:
Faife-Ruiz admitted that he and his co-conspirators trafficked in stolen pharmaceutical drugs from July 2009 through October 2009. In October 2009, he and his co-conspirators negotiated the sale of a sanofi-aventis shipment, stolen from a Georgia truck stop on July 9, 2009, to a buyer in New Jersey. The stolen shipment was driven from Florida to New Jersey on October 14, 2009, where Faife-Ruiz and his co-conspirator, Amed Rey Parra, 36,of Miami Lakes, Fla., met the drivers at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. Later that afternoon, a co-conspirator turned the stolen shipment over to the buyer for inspection. The FBI seized the shipment before Faife-Ruiz and his co-conspirators could complete the sale of the stolen pharmaceutical drugs, which included Xyzal, Nasacort AQ, Benzaclin Gel, and Lovenox.
The conspiracy charge to which Faife-Ruiz pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000. The receipt and attempted sale of stolen property count carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for July 12, 2011.
United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman praised special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward, for the investigation leading to today's guilty plea.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey A. Levine of the U.S. Attorney's Office Health Care and Government Fraud Unit in Newark.
Defense counsel: Samuel R. De Luca, Esq., Jersey City, N.J.


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AT&T Next upgrade program hits Colorado July 18. Is it better than T-Mobile JUMP?
AT&T Next, the carrier's new upgrade program to rival T-Mobile's JUMP, will hit Colorado July 18, about a week before the national launch.
The AT&T program allows subscribers to trade in their smartphones for a new one after 12 months. While there are no down payments or activation/upgrade fees, customers have to make monthly, interest-free payments on the device, ranging from $15 to $50, depending on the model.
According to AT&T, the Samsung Galaxy S4, the top smartphone available from the manufacturer, would cost $32 per month, in addition to the monthly wireless service plan. It's safe to assume the iPhone 5 would come with a similar monthly installment. Read more…


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Where is the VR Industry heading to?
/0 Comments/in General, Live Events, Top Tips, Videos /by AntonioI recently had the pleasure to interview Andrew McConnell from VacationFutures.com, who shared some pretty interesting data on the current state of the VR Industry for the upcoming Vacation Rental World Summit.
You can view what Andrew shared at http://vacationrentalworldsummit.com/industrytrends
Can You Guess Who 'Mister X' Is Going To Be?
/0 Comments/in General, Live Events, Top Tips, Videos /by AntonioAs you may know, the Vacation Rental World Summit is going to be this year's ground breaking event for VR Owners and Managers due to its highly innovative format, its key speakers and its truly invaluable content. It is free to register and free to attend as it airs online June 13th-15th, 2014. 12 acknowledged […]
Vacation Rental World Summit
/0 Comments/in General, Live Events, Top Tips /by The TeamIt's official. The most important event in the Vacation Rental Industry this year is ready to be announced. In a previous article we published in January we ran a survey asking what you'd like to learn to get more bookings, streamline your workflow and maximize your rental income. We've also conducted separate researches on other […]
What Would You Like To Learn This Year?
/9 Comments/in Strategy, Top Tips, Videos, Website Traffic /by The Team2014 will be a pivotal year in the VR industry: a few big changes are expected to be introduced by major players, and they may affect the way we've been managing our Vacation Rentals so far. So we need to stay focused and updated on what's going on, what's working and what may not work anymore without you even knowing it…
Signals – How To Know If Your Prospect Opened Your Mail
/0 Comments/in Marketing Tools, Strategy, Top Tips /by AntonioOn a previous article we mentioned the existence of a pretty cool new tool released by Hubspot called 'Signals': a free script you install in one click, which allows you to track all your email messages and find out when they reach your targets and what they do with your content. We introduced this tool since one of our core strategies for success, which is responsible for such a high conversion rate is that of building up a communication technique that 'wows' each enquiring guest from the very first moment they send us a request and sets us miles ahead of all our competition.
Extend Your Booking Season
/0 Comments/in General, Marketing Tools, Strategy, Top Tips /by AntonioA questions we get asked more often at the events we speak to is the following:
"How Can I Extend My Booking Season"?
It is a pressing need of most property owners and we found a pretty interesting solution!
7 Quick Stats To Fine Tune Your Strategy in 2014
/0 Comments/in Marketing Tools, Top Tips /by AntonioOn our last post I told you I've been crazy busy researching the latest industry trends over 2013.
I also told you I was going to let you know how to take advantage of "A Black Friday No Brainer"…
Well, before I share the deal and since I am known to over deliver, I've got a little surprise for you that can pave the way to the best advice you are going to get from me on "Black Friday" for your 2014 booking season!
Click on the 'Read more' link below to access the "State Of The Industry (Condensed)"…
Are You Ready For 2014 Booking Season?
/5 Comments/in General, Marketing Tools, Strategy, Top Tips, Website Traffic /by AntonioAs you well know, next year's booking season is quickly approaching and there is no better time than now to grab a one time only exclusive deal we are willing to share with you to allow you to maximize your rental income even more in 2014!
We've been crazy busy researching the latest industry trends, implementing new secrets strategies to address more and more vacationers online and increasing enquiry to booking conversion rate like never before. And we came up with substantial results after lots of testing…
How To Know If Your Prospect Opened Your Email?
/3 Comments/in General, Marketing Tools, Strategy, Top Tips /by AntonioA pretty obvious yet very important question I hear all the time is: "How Do I Know If My Email Reached My Prospect?"
This is a big issue for all of us, property owners and managers who often wonder whether our reply to an enquiry ever made it through the spam filters and into our prospect's inbox.
I heard more or less the same question at the last HomeAway UK Owner Summit in London and none of the staff on stage seemed to be giving a satisfactory answer. Because there is none…or better, experts and non experts don't really know how to bypass this problem.
We developed a pretty simple, yet really powerful workaround, which enabled us to check what happens to our emails 98% of the times and therefore allows all our next moves, which are the core of our winning formula for getting an enquiry to conversion rate of 60-70% when the industry average is roughly 10-15%!
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/0 Comments/in General /by AntonioWhen Matt Landau dropped us an email a few weeks ago to share a promo of his latest ebook with us for our perusal, we couldn't but say "Awesome stuff!".
Matt is another very dedicated, professional owner who turned his passion into a lifestyle and made a wonderful living out of it just like us. He is a deep connoisseur of the VR market a reputable guy who knows the dos and don'ts of the VR industry and shares lots of good advice, so when he talks, we listen!
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How Whey Protein Can Help You Drop Body Fat!
Sleep, genetics, your training program, what you eat and stress all play a role in how your body looks and how you feel. If you've made changes to what, when and how much you eat as well as your training program but you still can't seem to drop that stubborn body fat, consider how the bodybuilding supplement whey protein may help.
What Is Whey Protein?
Whey protein is a milk protein that is the liquid by-product of cheese production. In supplement form, whey protein comes in three main forms:
- Whey Protein Concentrate: Contains some fat and lactose and between 29% - 89% protein depending on the specific product. Whey protein concentrates often have more bioactive compounds.
- Whey Protein Isolates: Contains minimal fat, cholesterol and lactose and 90% or more protein.
- Whey Protein Hydrolysates: Are often used in clinical nutrition applications because they are predigested and partially broken and therefore easier to absorb.
Whey protein has the highest protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAA) - a measure of both how well a protein is digested and how well it supplies the amino acids needed by an adult. In addition, it is a complete protein meaning it contains all essential amino acids. Whey also contains more branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) than any other source of protein and more leucine than other types of protein.
Several studies indicate that whey protein is beneficial for increasing muscle protein synthesis. Consume whey pre- or post-training and you'll tip the scale in favor of muscle growth and strength gains over time. But, there are a number of other benefits associated with whey protein.
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- Whey Protein Is Rich in Leucine: Leucine plays a key role in protein synthesis, a process that burns through quite a few calories. In addition, it stimulates fatty acid oxidation.
- Whey Satiates Your Appetite: Studies show that whey may satiate your appetite better than some other types of protein. Milk proteins contain glycomacropeptide - a peptide that stimulates the cholecystokinin (CCK). CCK is an intestinal hormone that is released after eating a meal and it signals satiety.
- Studies Show Supplemental Whey Helps People Drop Body Fat: There are at least two studies where scientists examined whey protein supplementation and weight loss. In one study at the University of Oklahoma, scientists told both groups of participants not to change their diet. However, one group was given a nutrition supplement containing whey (300 calories, 40 grams of protein) once per day for two weeks and twice a day for the remaining eight weeks of the study. Both groups engaged in a supervised resistance and endurance-training program for 10 weeks.
After the 10-week study, both groups decreased fat mass but the exercise + food supplement group showed a significantly greater decrease in fat mass (-9.3% versus -4.6% in the exercise-only group). The supplemented group also showed significant gains from pre- to post-test in muscle mass and significant decreases in total and LDL cholesterol.
A 2006 study found that adding 60 grams of whey protein per day, in comparison to 60 grams of soy protein or 60 grams of carbohydrate, led to significant decreases in body fat and weight after 6 months.
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- Use a food journal and write down everything you eat. Studies show that people who log their food intake every day are more likely to lose weight than those who do not.
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- Check the forums and the transformations for information on how others have dropped fat pounds.
- If you are having problems losing weight yet you feel you are doing everything right, talk to your physician. Low levels of certain hormones, hypothyroidism and other conditions can make weight loss more difficult.
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Rob Parkins made the job a four-day-a-week proposition. The former City of Miami police officer maintained his law enforcement certification by riding in a patrol car once a week. During the rest of the work week, he saw the city through a $200 million building boom. He also engineered the Leonard Haber incident, whereby he helped a former mayor collect thousands of extra pension dollars before departing for Palm Springs's city managership in the early aftermath of the corruption scandal that brought down former Beach mayor Alex Daoud.
Roger Carlton was a detail man who micromanaged almost every issue. The former director of Miami's Off-Street Parking Authority replaced Parkins with a mandate to address the Beach's chronic parking problem. He failed. He also never lived on the Beach, which alienated him from several citizens' groups. He was pushed out by the commission in early 1995.
When Garcia-Pedrosa was selected as Carlton's successor, he became the first Hispanic city manager in a town that had come to have a majority Hispanic population. "I think we hit the lottery," Mayor Seymour Gelber boasted at the time.
The lottery image was more apt than Gelber could have expected. Garcia-Pedrosa used his negotiating acumen to secure better service from the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The city's contribution to the countywide agency, drawn from bed taxes, was expected to rise to as high as $12.5 million per year as the Beach grows ever more popular. By threatening to cap the city's contribution at $3.5 million per year, Garcia-Pedrosa forced the bureau to better address the city's needs. Besides deciding to move its offices to the Beach from downtown Miami, the bureau agreed to underwrite nearly a million dollars of debt service on the Beach's new convention hotel.
Garcia-Pedrosa hit pure pay dirt when he negotiated with the county. In a complex series of deals that hinged on whether the city would help fund the county's planned performing arts center, Garcia-Pedrosa secured from County Manager Armando Vidal a $35 million cash windfall. Although the county money is earmarked for improvements to TOPA and the convention center, there are enough dollars left over to establish a cultural endowment and build a regional library.
"That was a masterpiece on his part," fawns City Commissioner Nancy Liebman. "If we had not had somebody so impressive to go out and fight for us and maneuver a wonderful deal for the city, we would have been stuck covering a deficit on the convention center. Mr. Pedrosa is a fantastic negotiator. He is very hard-nosed on things that he fights for. And when he's on the side of something that you really want to happen, he's excellent in how he pulls forward and makes it happen. He drives a hard bargain."
Inevitably, the negotiating skills he exercised so well with other governments were applied to the citizens' groups that dominate Beach politics. His first target was his greatest challenge. "When it came to the management districts, it was again having the city taking on the establishment in many respects. That was taking on the elephant," Garcia-Pedrosa boasts. "You know what they say, you shoot at the elephant. Well, I wound up killing the elephant. Obviously the commission did it at my request with a proper audit and all the groundwork and so on, but that was a very difficult project. It took me seven months!"
In 1993 South Beach merchants and property owners along Ocean Drive, Washington Avenue, and Lincoln Road formed individual districts to protect and promote their investments. Each district funded its own augmented security, landscaping, and marketing, operating on fees collected from affected business, as well as on tax money collected from the city commission. "The form of government that was set up there was ideal, I thought," recalls Mayor Gelber. "What it did was actually fill a gap -- which didn't occur because there was this great civic movement to go back to the pioneer days of America; it happened because the city was not providing adequate services. We endorsed these groups coming up."
But Garcia-Pedrosa felt the districts were too small and too dependent on public money compared to other so-called business improvement districts around the nation. Like a lawyer preparing for trial, he made the case to the city commission that the districts were inefficient and unnecessary. Central to his argument was an audit he commissioned, which revealed that district leaders were charging lavish meals and exorbitant cellular phone bills to their budgets.
"The audit showed they weren't doing things in the best fashion," says Gelber. "They were doing things as if it were a private cigar club. What happened here is the manager challenged us. He said, 'I can get the city departments to do it cheaper and better.' In the past we didn't think city departments could do it. From the reports I've seen, they're doing a good-enough job, or perhaps a better job than the districts did."
When the Ocean Drive Special Services District dissolved, its former head, Don Meginley, moved from his $75,000-per-year-post to a new job at a nonprofit in the Northeast. In his opinion, Garcia-Pedrosa is working in good faith to improve both Ocean Drive and Miami Beach. But, adds Meginley, people who disagree with the manager may have a difficult time working with him.


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Cimetidine is an acid reducer active ingredient available in over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that relieves or prevent heartburn symptoms associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach. Cimetidine is part of a group of acid reducers called histamine-2 antagonists, or H2 blockers.
Cimetidine is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is safe and effective when used according to label directions. Cimetidine may interact with certain prescription drugs. If you are taking a prescription asthma medicine, seizure medicine, or blood thinner, speak with a healthcare professional before using an OTC medicine containing cimetidine.
*Please read the OTC Drug Facts label carefully for active ingredient information for specific products.
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If you are rich on Club Penguin, you can buy endless Club Penguin clothing items, furniture items, igloos and much more so you can have that awesome Club Penguin experience that you've always wanted. You're probably here because you want a ton of Club Penguin coins. Well, you've come to the right place! On this page is all of the Club Penguin Money Cheats.
Club Penguin Money Cheats
Club Penguin Money Cheats table of contents:
- Club Penguin Ice Fishing Big Money Cheat
- Club Penguin Pizzatron 3000 Big Money Cheat
- Club Penguin Jet Pack Adventure Big Money Cheat
- Club Penguin Money Codes
- Club Penguin Bean Counters Money Cheats
- Club Penguin Puffle Roundup Money Cheats
- Club Penguin DJ3K Money Cheats
- Club Penguin Cart Surfer Money Cheats
- Club Penguin Catchin' Waves Money Cheats
Now without further ado, I, Coolpool79, present you the Club Penguin Money Cheats.
Club Penguin Ice Fishing Big Money Cheat
Playing Ice Fishing on Club Penguin is quite a good way of earning coins on Club Penguin. There is a big money cheat that you may not know about in this game but you most probably will. This cheat is catching Mullet the big fish. When you play Ice Fishing, don't JUST focus on catching Mullet the big fish. I'm going to give you some tips first.
- If you are a member, buy the Fishing Rod item in the Ski Lodge catalogue to, try your best to catch grey fish. Grey fish are worth 8 points which is 2 times more than yellow fish!
- Using a laptop might be easier. The mouse pad on a laptop is usually faster than a PC mouse but I could be wrong.
- Keep your bait at the top of the water. This is so that no sharks/jellyfish can sting/bite it and you won't have to pull it down far because it'll just be at the top.
To catch Mullet the big fish, you must hold a yellow fish in front of the big red fish at the end of the game. Catching this fish will get you a 100 coin bonus. Here are my results without the member Fishing Rod item:
Here are my results WITH the member Fishing Rod item:
Here is what it looks like when you hold the Fishing Rod item:
Club Penguin Pizzatron 3000 Big Money Cheat
Pizzatron 3000 is also a great way to earn coins on Club Penguin. It's a speed game. You need to be fast! It's extremely hard to play this on a laptop but extremely easy to play it on a PC so I recommend you only play it on a PC. I've tried playing it on a laptop and I failed. Anyway, to turn on the candy mode which is the Club Penguin Pizzatron 3000 Big Money Cheat, go to the Pizzatron 3000 start screen and click the lever so it sticks out of the sweet wrapper instead of the pizza slice. Now you can start playing in candy mode and earn twice as many coins as you would in normal mode.
Club Penguin Jet Pack Adventure Big Money Cheat
There is a money cheat in the Club Penguin Jet Pack Adventure Game. It is a bonus of 1000 coins! To get your hands on this coin bonus, you need to complete the entire game without collecting a single coin. Believe it or not, that's what you have to do! If you do this, you will receive the bonus after you've completed the game.
Club Penguin Money Codes
There are over 100 Club Penguin money codes. These can be from Club Penguin magazines, special events or just random codes that Club Penguin have released. Here is a list of over 100 Club Penguin codes for money that all work in 2013:
DECNLR10 – 500 Coins
JUNNLR11 – 500 Coins
MMCODE11 – 500 Coins
MMCODE13 – 2500 Coins
TOGETHER – 500 Coins
BIGWHITE – 500 Coins
SHRIMP64 – 500 Coins
J6YELLOW – 500 Coins
HADDOCK7 – 500 Coins
ARCTIC20 – 500 Coins
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Club Penguin Bean Counters Money Cheat
Club Penguin Bean Counters is a game located in the Coffee Shop. To access it, click on the bag of coffee beans at the left of the Coffee Shop. On the Bean Counters start screen, click the end of the bottom line of the first coffee beans bag the penguin is holding. The area you need to click is circled in red below:
Jelly beans will now fall out. Click the jelly beans to be able to choose the difficulty. The more difficult the game is, the more coins you will earn. You can choose from the following difficulties:
- Hard
- Expert
- Extreme
As you probably may have guessed, hard is the easiest and extreme is the hardest. To get lots of coins, you'll need to be a Perfect Employee. To be a Perfect Employee, complete the whole game. Dump coffee bean bags as fast as you can and unload as many trucks as you can. This is a cross between speed and strategy.
Club Penguin Puffle Roundup Money Cheats
Puffle Roundup is a game located at the Pet Shop that is considered one of the most easiest games on Club Penguin if not the easiest. I find it a bit hard to understand but most people find it easy. All you have to do is round up all of the puffles in a box. Sounds easy, right? If you want to earn the most coins you can, try and get all of the puffles in the box in less than 20 seconds every time. You will get around 100 coins every round just by doing this. Try it out!
Club Penguin DJ3K Money Cheats
DJ3K is the easiest game on Club Penguin. All you have to do is click random buttons. Yep! Just keep clicking random buttons for as long as you can. Make sure all of the effects are on so that your penguin is rocking out at the maximum level. When you think you're done, exit the game and see how much coins you've earned. The longer you keep pressing buttons, the more coins you get! Here is a penguin rocking out at the maximum level:
Club Penguin Cart Surfer Money Cheats
Club Penguin Cart Surfer is a game located at the Mine which is a great way to earn coins on Club Penguin. You should do as many moves as you can on the game. There are a few moves that you must do to ensure that you'll get the amount of coins you hope for:
- The Grind
- The Backflip
- The Jump Spin
Now is your time to stop doing turns normally. You need to grind the turns for more coins! To grind a turn, press the down arrow key and the right or left arrow key (if you were turning right, you'd press the right one and if you were turning left, you'd press the left one. I'm sure you guessed that already but I'm just making sure.) Grinding will earn you 80 more points than a normal turn. The amount of points you earn depends on how long you grind for. Here is me grinding a turn:
A backflip is the best move in Club Penguin Cart Surfer. It is the 'best move' because it earns you the most points. To perform a backflip, press the up arrow key and then the space button. This will earn you 100 points.
After performing a back flip, perform The Handstand trick. Just press the up arrow key twice.
Do a back flip, then a hand stand, then a back flip, then a hand stand and so on. Keep doing this and you will earn thousands of coins in no time! Be sure to not perform the same trick twice in a row. If you do, you'll earn half of the amount of points you'd earn from doing it once.
Club Penguin Catchin' Waves Money Cheats
Cart Surfer is one of the most popular ways of making money on Club Penguin. There are four modes. The four modes are as follows:
- Surf Lesson
- Freestyle
- Competition
- Survival
If you're on Freestyle, keep pressing A, S and D in the water and also in the air. It's easy. When you're in the water, move your mouse forward up and down so that you don't get consumed by the water. This will also earn you more points. Look at me getting consumed by water!
What's that 225 thing, you ask? It's the amount of points I've earned from staying straight in the water. If you stay still in the water for a while, you'll eventually start earning points. Then you can start moving again. A great way of earning points is doing that and pressing A, S and D at the same time. Another good way is performing the Shooting the Tube trick. Keep rapidly pressing D until you are kind of gliding in the water without you doing anything.
If you're a member, use the Silver Surfboard when playing Catchin' Waves. To get the Silver Surfboard, open the Cove catalogue and click on the W in the word 'Waves'. This is the only cheat / hidden item in the Club Penguin Cove Catalogue.
I hope you enjoyed these Club Penguin Money Cheats. Enjoy becoming rich on Club Penguin!


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With the NFL Draft coming up this weekend, I figured it would be a good time to take a look back at the past drafts for some of the Notre Dame hits, misses, and steals. Today I'll take a look at some of the biggest Notre Dame steals in NFL Draft history. Feel free to chime in in the comments with your thoughts or any other steals from the past.
1. Joe Montana
(3rd Round – 82nd Overall) – San Francisco 49ers – 1979
Notre Dame's most famous NFL product is also one of the biggest draft steals in NFL history. In fact, before a guy named Tom Brady emerged from the 6th round of the 2000 draft to win 3 Super Bowls for the Patriots, Joe Montana was widely considered THE biggest draft steal of all time. After leading Notre Dame to a national title in 1977 after starting the season 3rd on the depth chart and then finishing his career with the famous Chicken Soup Game in the Cotton Bowl win over Houston, Montana was just a third round pick by the San Francisco 49ers.
Montana went on to become one of, if not the greatest quarterback in NFL history. He led to 49ers to 4 Super Bowl victories in 9 years and made a habit of leading his teams to come from behind victories. His most famous comeback came in Super Bowl XXIII when he led the Niners on a 92 yard drive to score the winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining. In 1999, The Sporting News named Montana the 3rd greatest NFL player of All Time regardless of position and in 2000, ESPN named him the 25th greatest athlete regardless of sport of the 20th century.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 8x Pro Bowl selection (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993)
- 3x First-Team All-Pro selection (1987, 1989, 1990)
- 3x Second-Team All-Pro selection (1981, 1983, 1984)
- 4x Super Bowl champion (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV)
- 3x Super Bowl MVP (1981, 1984, 1989)
- 2x NFL MVP (1989, 1990)
- 3,409 of 5,391 (63.2 Pct) for 40,551 yards; 279 TDs, 139 INTs; 92.3 Career QB Rating
2. Bob Kuechenberg
(4th Round – 80th Overall) – Philadelphia Eagles – 1969
Kuechenberg graduated from Notre Dame in 1969 and was just a 4th round selection by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles, however, cut Kuechenberg before the season. The Miami Dolphins ended up signing him before the 1970 season and were rewarded with a career that included 6 trips to the Pro Bowl. Since his career ended Kuechenberg has been rather vocal about his former teams – both the Dolphins and Notre Dame since Charlie Weis arrived – but that doesn't diminish what he was able to accomplish on the field. ESPN named Kuechenberg the 31st biggest Draft steal of all time recently and in 2009 he was named a finalist for the NFL Hall of Fame.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 6x Pro Bowl selection (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983)
- 2x First-team All-Pro selection (1975, 1978)
- 1x Second-team All-Pro selection (1977)
- 2x Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
3. Nick Buoniconti
(AFL, 13th Round – 102 Overall) – New England Patriots – 1963
Buoniconti was one of the captains of 1961 Fighting Irish as well as its leading tackler. He was a two way player for the Irish playing tackle on offense and linebacker on defense. Buoniconti, however, was not blessed with good size and even his coach, Joe Kuharich, advised NFL scouts not to draft him. As a result, he wasn't even drafted in the NFL Draft and was just a 13th round selection by the Patriots in the AFL Draft. Buoniconti would go on to have a Hall of Fame career for both the Patriots and Dolphins. In 2001, he was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
AFL Accomplishments:
- 2x Pro Bowl selection (1972, 1973)
- 6x AFL All-Star 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
- AFL All-Time Team
4. Ricky Watters
(2nd Round – 45th Overall) – San Francisco 49ers – 1991
Normally, a second round pick would not qualify as a "steal", but in the case of Ricky Watters the label is legit when you consider that Leonard Russell, Harvey Williams, Jarrod Bunch, Eric Bieniemy, and Nick Bell were the running backs taken before him in the '91 Draft. Watters ended up playing in 5 Pro Bowls and was one of the elite running backs in the NFL during the 1990's including stints with the 49ers, Eagles, and Seahawks. Watters holds the NFL record for touchdowns in a playoff game with 5 against the Giants in 1993. The following year, Watters tied an NFL record with 3 touchdowns in the Super Bowl. NFL Network recently listed Watters the 7th best player of all time not to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 5x Pro Bowl selection (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
- 3x All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1996)
- 1x Super Bowl champion (XXIX)
- 10,643 yards on 2,632 attempts; 4,248 yards on 467 receptions; 91 Total TDS (78 rush, 13 receiving)
5. Dave Casper
(2nd Round –45th Overall ) – Oakland Raiders – 1974
Like with Ricky Watters, it's rare for a second round pick to be considered a steal, but when the 6th tight end drafted in a single draft becomes an NFL Hall of Famer the label applies. Casper only caught 21 passes for 335 yards at Notre Dame, but was selected by the Raiders in round two of the 1974 Draft. By his third season with the Raiders, Casper was among the top receivers in the NFL. Casper was a 5 time Pro Bowler and was named to NFL All 1970's Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 2002, Casper was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 5x Pro Bowl selection (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
- 2x Super Bowl champion (XI, XV)
- NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
6. Wayne Millner
(8th Round – 65th Overall) – Washington Redskins – 1936
Millner, nicknamed "The Money Player", was a two time All American for Notre Dame in the 30's. He caught one of the more famous touchdowns in Notre Dame history when he scored the winning touchdown in Notre Dame's 18-13 victory over Ohio State in 1935. Both teams entered the game undefeated and the Irish trailed the Buckeyes 13-6 with less than two minutes to go. Millner was an 8th round draft pick in the first NFL Draft in 1936 by the Boston Redskins. In the 1937 championship, Millner recorded one of the best receiving games in post season history with 9 catches for 179 yards and 2 touchdowns. In 1968, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
NFL Accomplishments:
- NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
7. Joe Theismann
(4th Round – 99th Overall) – Miami Dolphins – 1971
Theisman was a star quarterback for Notre Dame and was runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1970, but despite his success at Notre Dame, he was only selected in the 4th round of the NFL Draft. Theismann was actually also drafted by the Minnesota Twins. He turned both offers down, however, and would sign with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. After a few successful seasons in Toronto, Theismann joined the Redskins and became their starting quarterback in 1978. He went on to have a very good NFL career which included a Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XVII and a MVP Award in 1983.
NFL/CFL Accomplishments:
- 2× Pro Bowl selection (1982, 1983)
- 1× Associated Press first-team All-Pro selection (1983)
- 1× Super Bowl champion (XVII)
- 2× CFL All-Star selection
- 2,044 of 3,602 (56.7 PCT) for 25,206 yards; 160 TDs, 138 INTs; 77.4 Career QB Rating
8. Justin Tuck
(3rd Round – 74th Overall) – New York Giants – 2005
Tuck could end up working his way up this list if his career continues in the same path it's currently headed. After leaving Notre Dame as the all time leader in sacks, he was just a third round selection by the Giants due in part to injury concerns after suffering an ACL injury as a junior. Tuck has responded by becoming one of the premiere pass rushers in the NFL. After a slow start to his career, Tuck has collected 22 sacks the past two seasons and was named to his first Pro Bowl and All Pro team following the 2008 season. He also had a dominant performance in Super Bowl XLII and was felt to be the real MVP of the Giants historic upset of the Patriots by many.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 1x Pro Bowl Selection (2008)
- 1x All Pro 1st Team
- 1x Super Bowl champion (XLII)
9. Daryle Lamonica
(NFL, 12th Round – 168th Overall; AFL, 24th Round – 188th Overall) – Green Bay Packers – 1963
Lamonica platooned at quarterback for Notre Dame in the early part of his career before starting in 1962. He never put up big numbers or gave teams much of a reason to draft him with a high pick. He was selected in the 12th round of the NFL Draft by the Packers and in the 24th round of the AFL Daft by the Bills. He ended up with the Bills and backed up Jack Kemp for four seasons before being traded to the Oakland Raiders. In his first season with the Raiders, he threw 30 TDs and was named the MVP of the AFL. Two years later he threw for 34 TDs and was named MVP once again. Lamonica was one of the winningest quarterbacks in NFL/AFL histor with a record of 66-16-4 including an impressive 40-4-1 mark in AFL games.
AFL/NFL Accomplishments
- 3x AFL All-Star selection (1965, 1967, 1969)
- 2x All-AFL selection (1967, 1969)
- AFL Champion (1964, 1965, 1967)
- 2x AFL MVP (1967, 1969)
- 2x Pro Bowl selection (1970, 1972)
- 1288 of 2601 (49.5 PCT) for 19,154 yards; 164 TDs, 138 INTs; 72.9 Career QB Rating
10. Steve Beuerlein
(4th Round – 110th Overall) – Los Angeles Raiders -1987
Beuerlein had an up and down career for Notre Dame, but left South Bend as the owner of numerous passing and total offense records for the Irish. For a 4th round pick, Beuerlein turned out to be a very good pro quarterback. He was the 8th quarterback selected in the 1987 Draft and made his first Pro Bowl 12 years later as a member of the Carolina Panthers. In '99 Beuerlein led the NFL in passing yards with 4,436 passing yards to go along with 36 touchdowns for his best season as a pro.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 1x Pro Bowl selection (1999)
- 1x Super Bowl champion (XXVII)
- 1,894 of 3,328 (56.9 PCT) for 24,046 yards; 147 TDs, 112 INTs; 80.3 Career QB Rating
11. David Givens
(7th Round – 244th Overall) – New England Patriots – 2002
Givens's career was cut short by injuries but before injuries took their toll on his knees, Givens had developed into one of the more promising young wide receivers in the NFL. Givens was the poster child for under developed players during the Bob Davie Era and was drafted in the 7th round based largely on potential. Givens ended up becoming the #2 wide receiver for the Patriots in 2004 and 2005. As a Patriot Givens scored a touchdown in seven consecutive playoff games – second all time to John Stallworth. After signing a big free agent deal with the Tennessee Titans in 2006, injuries set in and Givens was released two years later and hasn't been able to catch on anywhere else.
12. Bertrand Berry
(3rd Round – 86th Overall) – Indianapolis Colts – 1997
Berry had a great career for Notre Dame at linebacker. He ended his Irish career with an impressive 16.5 sacks and was selected in the 3rd round of the 1997 draft by the Colts. After a quiet career in the NFL, Berry exploded in his 6th season with 11.5 sacks for the Broncos in 2003. The following season Berry topped himself with 14.5 sacks to earn his only Pro Bowl section. After starting out his NFL career as a linebacker, Berry has turned into one of the better defensive ends in the NFL.
NFL Accomplishments:
- 1x Pro Bowl selection (2005)
13. Craig Hentrich
(8th Round – 200th Overall) – New York Jets – 1993
Rarely will a punter or kicker be considered a steal, but after having a great career as a place kicker and punter for the Irish, Craig Hentrich went on to become one of the most consistent and productive punters in the NFL. The Jets drafted Hentrich, but released him before the start of the season. Hentrich ended up catching on the Packers where he would play for five seasons and win a Super Bowl. Since 1998, Hentrich has been the punter for the Titans. He recently signed a one year contract with the Titans and will enter his 17th season in 2009.
- 2x Pro Bowl selection (1998, 2003)
- 1x Super Bowl champion (XXXI)
14. Mike Golic
(10th Round – 265th Overal) – Houston Oilers – 1985
Golic was a captain of the 1985 Fighting Irish and was a 10th round pick of the Oilers in the 1986 draft. While he didn't have a stellar career, he was a very solid defensive tackle during his 8 year NFL career which is a pretty good value out of a 10th round selection.
15. Chinedum N'Dukwe
(7th round – 253rd Overall) – Cincinnati Bengals – 2007
N'Dukwe was not considered an elite prospect coming out of Notre Dame, but he quickly established himself as a starter for the Bengals by the end of his rookie season. In 2008, N'Dukwe started all 11 games he played in and will enter the 2009 season as the undisputed starter for the Bengals at strong safety. N'Dukwe might not be on his way to a multiple Pro Bowl selection career, but he has become one of the better young safeties in the NFL despite being a 7th round pick.
Comments to this Article
JC commented on April 21st, 2009 at 6:12 am
But, according to "CWatemyhomework" superior (Elitist)Stanford has about 20 players in the NFL…
C-Dog commented on April 21st, 2009 at 7:34 am
Frankie V,
Great list. Definitely you have to have Montana on top. I liked the write ups on guys like N'dukwe, Tuck, Buonicoti and Kuechenberg. Portraits of perserverence and character. They didn't give up. And they didn't just hang on, they excelled.The Lamonica and Beurlein stories are similar in that they were good individual talents on bad teams with suspect coaching. Someone saw through that to give them a chance. I always that Beurlein got a raw deal at ND in that people thought he wasn't as good as he was, but the coaches often put him in tough spots without good preparation. Steve had a bit of an attitude, but I always pulled for him on the field.
I can see why Ricky Watters was not picked higher. A smart kid who scored over 1400 on his SATs, he had way too big of a head. A truly gifted athlete who could have been a ProBowl receiver as good as he was at running back. He was a "me" guy though. And while his stats were great, I can't recall him being a clutch guy or a consistent player. It always seemed like he shined when individual glory was on the line. Not a team guy.
But this is a good list and a fun read. Thanks Frank.
Kyle commented on April 21st, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Joe's still the best.
bill commented on April 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I would suggest Mark Bavaro—
4th round–#100 OA– best TE of his time and 2 time pro bowler—-injuries cut his career in 1/2.[Reply]
T commented on April 21st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I agree with C-Dog…definitely a fun read, and I would call it a great list. Well done.
ND 68 commented on April 21st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Great list – one possible omission-
Bob Bleier – Drafted in the 16th round by the Steelers – had a pretty good career on field & even greater credit to the school off it. A steal in the draft & great value for the scholarship.[Reply]
Frankie V commented on April 21st, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Thanks for the additional steals, keep them coming and I'll do a follow up later in the week.
www.southbendblarney.com commented on April 21st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Enjoyed this a lot.
For a period in the 90's, I thought Watters was the best all-around back in the NFL. He could do it all. I remember there was some kinda "all star" race one year, and he absolutely dusted Marshall Faulk (who probably 1-upped Watters as an all-around back later).
Justin commented on April 22nd, 2009 at 1:21 am
ya not much of a comment but great article. really enjoyed reading both of these
Kyle commented on April 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Watters was fun to watch in college. He had such a fluid running motion.
John K. Walker commented on April 29th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Kuchenberg (who should have been put in the NFL Hall of Fame decades ago) especially dominated his fellow ND alum Alan Page (who is the H of F) in Super Bowl VII. And while Beuerlein (a personal favorite of mine) can be said to have been up-and-down at South Bend, it seems forgotten now that Montana, at best, was only even with Rusty Lisch (who eventually made the NFL too) on the QB depth chart at the start of his 1977 junior (national championship) year.