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60% Positive Feedback *Based on last 12 months ratings Feedback Summary 1 month 6 month 12 month Lifetime Positive % 0% 100% 60% 79% Positive 0 1 3 49 Neutral 0 0 1 5 Negative 0 0 2 13 Total 0 1 6 67
Merchant Feedback History Results 1 – 50 (of 67) Feedback Comment Buyer Date Positive The good: -price -flavour -mixing The bad: -customer service; ordered 1/12, estimated delivery 8/12, arrived 19/12. No reply to 2 messages. Appreciate delays happen but a response would have been appreciated. Overall happy & would use again mbrown839 19 December 2014 Positive Delivered as promised and really good product! invisgoth 10 July 2014 Positive Delivered as promised and good product! invisgoth 10 July 2014 Neutral Took over a week to be dispatched. 12 days to be delivered. No reply to any messages. TCoates14 04 May 2014 Negative Ordered on the 6th of April Estimated delivery: 10th Apr - 14th Apr now the 29th and it is still processing in warehouse. Ridiculous, Alexxxx999 29 April 2014 Negative Do yourself a favour and avoid Pro-10 Sport Supplements. Just got a refund from Play due to item not delivered and no response to numerous emails I sent. Why they are still allowed to trade on here is anyone's guess. sonik0611 24 April 2014 Positive Fast delivery, great product, will use again! mouse78 15 February 2014 Positive Fast delivery, good product. Really like the taste of this one. Shame its not on the site to order at the moment. mgmakaveli 13 February 2014 Positive Fast delivery. Product as stated. mgmakaveli 13 February 2014 Neutral Product is good although including a scoop would've helped. Delivery was a problem though, estimated delivery was 3-5 days, however it was finally posted out over two weeks later. Jimmy1shoe 12 February 2014 Negative Ordered product on 22nd. Two weeks still have no item and no communication. kirsty175 05 February 2014 Positive Good product and price, but delivery was slow. If delivery times are improved I'd consider using again. NeoVyse 26 January 2014 Seller Response: very sorry that the delivery was slow, we will look into this for you. 31 January 2014 Positive arrived on time and good product Gavvvy 02 January 2014 Positive These are really good if you are on a diet,if you take them every morning when you wake up,I lost 10lbs in 3 wks! Nicolestar 20 November 2013 Negative **BUNCH OF CROOKS** ORDERED 26 SEPT,6 EMAILS SENT ,NO REPLY WHATSOEVER,I WANT MY PRODUCT OR A REFUND,PLAY.COM SHOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO SELL ON THEIR SITE,I SHOULD OF LOOKED AT OTHER FEEDBACK BEFORE ORDERING,TERRIBLE SERVICE,BE WARNED!!!!! nutmeister1979 25 October 2013 Seller Response: Hi Mr Nutty, Very sorry I cant seem to find your email, We sent this out on the 28th Royal mail, I have resent two more to make up for the first one that got lost. 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Binth just released some new items for Spring, but this time we're not seeing soft blues and yellows, it's all about strong graphical patterns in blue, black, and red. Pillows, cards, prints, etc.
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Leave it up to the French to consistently produce the most creative products… Claire Eglizeaud and Paul Moreau are stylists and graphic designers who formed the company Bonjour Mon Coussin in 2007 creating pillows and things for the home. Everything from nesting dolls to stilettos, toys, tickets, and the eiffel tower has a part in their pillow collection. These really fit that whole boho modern look that's so hot right now.
An English version of their website is soon to come so for now you'll have to practice your French, however if you would like details or to make a purchase you can contact them directly (contact AT bonjourmoncoussin.com). I'm sure Claire and Paul would be more than happy to assist you. {via Design Milk}.
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The patterns on these pillows are so sweet! They've been created by designer Jenna Greenberg for Jenna Rose, a small design studio based in Ontario, Canada specializing in handmade fashion accessories and housewares.
Jenna Rose designs start out as illustrations and ultimately they are hand screen-printed onto cotton canvas or a linen/cotton blend. All colors are hand mixed in small quantities
and color combinations are only duplicated a few times so each batch is special and a little different from the last. The rooftops pattern is my favorite, I have something for drawings of little buildings… You can find some of the Jenna Rose collection in the online shop Modish, and a complete stocklist is available online right here.
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Time for a little Bemz-spiration.I've talked about Bemz a few times here, they carry slipcovers that fit IKEA sofas and chairs so that you can customize your IKEA finds turning them into something more personalized. They just launched a section on their site called "Lifestyles" where you can view different collections of Bemz' fabrics in real homes. Seeing some of their fabrics living in a real environment is really helpful. Currently there are 6 Bemz Lifestyles and more will follow later this year.
This is my favorite of all the rooms. I'd have a little more in this space (a rug, a few chairs, etc.), but I really the cool colors and the mixing of florals with stripes in a way that looks very stylish, like a fashion designer would live here.
I found their break down of the various styles they're trying to mimic helpful since we often try to define our look to friends and don't know what to call it, there are so many styles and definitions floating around. As I look at these definitions along with the Bemz images I realize that they are based purely from a Scandinavian perspective, as they're Stockholm-based and this is their own take on these looks. In other words, I don't think Country Romance or Downtown really looks like the typical country or downtown style that we'd see here in America.
Fun exercise: As you read through their definitions below, examine the images shown as examples and consider how each style would be interpreted in your part of the world.
1. Bohemian Chic - Aimed at people who love combining old and new to add unexpected contrasts to their home. This Lifestyle employs a palette of dark, intimate colors, with elements of brown, mauve, black and pink.
2. Country Romance - Is Bemz's modern interpretation of a delightful past: elegant and graceful, romantic and playful, while not coming across as cute. Shades of white anchor this Lifestyle, thoughtfully blended with pale pastels, gentle florals and muted checks.
3. Downtown – This look pays tribute to city slickers, people who are energized by the skyscrapers and pulse of a big city. Downtown draws from an urban palette of black, grey and white, combined with discrete patterns and bright accent colors.
4. Nordic Home - Embodies a clean, simple and harmonious backdrop for the changing seasons that can be highlighted with materials such as cushions and curtains. This 5. Lifestyle features some of Bemz' distinctive Scandinavian patterns.
5. Playground - For those homes where the walls are white and it's the furniture and art projects that add color. Red, green, orange, blue and black are combined with strong graphic patterns and bold horizontal and vertical stripes.
6. Swedish Grace - Features clean lines, natural shapes and understated tones, inspired by a legacy of classic 50s Scandinavian design.
How would you define your style?
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Brady Vans, a 24 year old rapper and Portland, OR native, has worked with Phil Ade, Laze & Royal and [Aug 14, 2013] released his debut solo project, "Rosewood", He has also collaborated with Dre C on there 2012 release, "Rebelution Theory". Brady Vans has released an array of singles over the past three years, and has found his own unique signature sound and is ready share it with the world.


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November 16, 2007
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When U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie announced a $311 million settlement to end a probe into kickbacks by leading manufacturers of knee and hip replacements, he touted the agreement as a groundbreaking development for consumers and the industry.
The deal also proved to be lucrative for Christie's old boss.
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was one of five private attorneys whom Christie hand-picked to monitor the implant makers. Now Ashcroft's D.C.-based firm is poised to collect more than $52 million in 18 months, among the biggest payouts reported for a federal monitor.
Disclosed in SEC filings, the arrangement calls for Zimmer Holdings of Indiana to pay Ashcroft Group Consulting Services an average monthly fee between $1.5 million and $2.9 million. The figure includes a flat payment of $750,000 to the firm's "senior leadership group," individual legal and consulting services billed at up to $895 an hour, and as much as $250,000 a month for expenses including private airfare, lodging and meals.
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Failed to get GPS unit
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Kern County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance in locating Jessie Bell.
Bell is a parolee at large and registered sex offender. He is currently supervised as a GPS monitored High Risk Sex Offender.
On April 4, he was released from the San Diego County Jail and failed to report to his parole officer.
His whereabouts are unknown.
If anyone has information on his whereabouts they are asked to call the Bakersfield parole office at 661-634-9620, the Sheriff's Office at 661-861-3110, or Secret Witness at 661-322-4040. Anonymous text tips can be sent to TIP411 (847411). Just type the keyword "KCSO" prior to the message.


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Trenton Thunder's #34 Neil Medchill gets an RBI as he drives in Kyle Roller on this hit in the second inning vs Bowie in Trenton, NJ, May 18, 2013.
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Termanology - Bars For Days Feat. Nitty Scott, MC & Ea$y Money
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Termanology is constantly releasing music. Shortly after releasing his joint project with Lil Fame, he's back with a solo project, "Hood Politics 7." Here's the first leak off it.
Stream Bars For Days, the newest drop from Termanology which features Nitty Scott, MC & Ea$y Money. The cut was released on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013. Things are looking better for Termanology with each new release, which Bars For Days has proven yet again. It's worthy addition to the impressive body of work Termanology has been developing over the years. We're looking forward to hearing what's next.
Hear more of Termanology on We Stay High, featuring Ras Kass & Wais P. If you dig this, visit Termanology's profile for the latest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Follow Termanology on Facebook and Twitter, if you aren't already.
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The hardest mobile trick of all: creating a new familiarity
If there is one thing that mobile operating system developers and hardware manufacturers crave above all, it is being able to create a new familiarity.
Think about the smartphone you use today and how familiar you are with it. You can probably check your email, your calendar, catch up on Twitter and surf the web while waiting to be served at the coffee shop and not even think about what you are doing. This familiarity grows on you and your smartphone very quickly becomes an assistant that you cannot live without.
Now think about moving to a new platform and what that entails. New apps, new ways of working, new hardware to understand and a completely different experience. Hardware manufacturers tend to be hamstrung to a platform, but the goal of Microsoft, Google, RIM and Apple is to make their offerings compelling enough to make you want to change.
If I had to guess, I would say that 60% of people are happy to swap because they do not use enough features anyway, 20% are commited to their current platform, but would swap if something compelling enough popped up and the final 20% are stuck for many years with the platform of their choice.
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The Top 30 World's Hottest & Sexiest Female Politicans- Part 3
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#20- Luciana Leon
Country: Peru
Age: 33
Position: Congresswoman representing Lima
Political Party: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
At the age of 14, she became General Secretary of the Aprista Party's youth wing serving until 1995. She was voted number 1 in an international Internet poll, run by Spain's 20 Minutos newspaper in 2009, as the world's most beautiful female politician. We don't think she is but she's certainly hot enough to be in the top 20.
#19- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Country: Argentina
Age: 58
Position: President of Argentina
Political Party: Front for Victory
She is Argentina's first elected female President, and the second female President ever to serve. A Justicialist, Cristina Fernández served one term as National Deputy and three terms as National Senator for both Santa Cruz and Buenos Aires Provinces.
#18- Angelina Sondakh
Country: Indonesia
Age: 34
Position: Member of the House of Representatives in Indonesia's Parliament
This Parliament member was a former beauty queen, crowned as Miss Indonesia in 2001.
Age: 31
Country: Ireland
Position: Councillor on Kerry County Council
Political Party: Sinn Fein
In addition to being a politician, Ferris is currently a part-time tutor in law at Tralee Community College.
#16- Yulia Tymoshenko
Country: Ukraine
Age: 50
Position: Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005, 2007-2010)
Political Party: BYuT (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc)
This practicing economist and academic was a successful but controversial businesswoman in the gas industry, becoming by some estimates one of the richest people in the country. She became Ukraine's first female Prime Minister in 2005. Due to internal conflicts with her government, she was dismissed as Prime Minister in 2005 but eventually regained the position two years later.
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Konica Minolta named a leader in the 2012 Worldwide Multifunction Printer (MFP) and Printer Report
Langenhagen/Germany, 2nd November, 2012
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has placed in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers Worldwide,1 according to Gartner, Inc..
By improving its sales activities and service capabilities, Konica Minolta has been able to provide enhanced print solutions and IT services. Furthermore the company is sharpening its focus on smart MFPs (SMFPs).
"To arrive in the leaders' quadrant is great news for us", comments Ken Osuga, President of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. "We are sure to be on the right way with our business and product strategy. Now we have confirmation, that we successfully fulfilled the transforming to a comprehensive solution provider in the B2B sector with award-winning technologies, solutions, and support. We are confident to stand our ground as a global leader in the highly competitive MFP and printer marketplace even in the future."
According to the report, "Gartner's Magic Quadrant for vendors of multifunction products and printers (MFPs) worldwide serves as a guide for midsize and large organizations to identify and evaluate technology providers that deliver MFP and printer products and services. Gartner customers are increasingly seeking providers who can match their global presence and become partners in helping them with their printing and document management needs."
Morever, "in the past several years, the role and capabilities of the traditional MFPs have advanced and have become a more integral part of an organization´s IT environment. This changes some of the old purchasing criteria. For this purpose, providers of MPS and printer products that are capable of serving needs in the office and in onsite production space are focussed on this year's Magic Quadrant. For this, print providers must be able to address major trends in the printer industry, such as A3 MFPs, account management and problem/service resolution issues, fleet management, monitoring and integration, security, cloud printing, and environmental impact."
Konica Minolta has been able to achieve its global standing as a provider of an industry-leading product portfolio by growing its sales channel and making mergers and acquisitions in the IT services market.
By strengthening and increasing its sales activities and service capabilities, Konica Minolta has been able to provide more excellent print solutions and IT services. The company is sharpening its focus on smart MFPs (SMFPs), especially in reference to improving the user experience and developing application ecosystems. The new 9-inch colour screen touch-and-swipe INFO-Palette user interface resembles those interfaces used in tablets and smartphones.
Konica Minolta's achievements have also been awarded a number of prizes. Earlier this year, Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) honoured Konica Minolta with three Summer 'Pick' awards: The new 9-inch touch pad, which is integrated in the whole new Colour MFP lineup, received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Control Panel Design. Furthermore because of their impressive overall performance, including excellent reliability and some of the fastest tested copy, print, and scan speeds among competitors in their market sectors, the Konica Minolta bizhub C654 and bizhub C754 have earned Summer 2012 'Pick' awards for Outstanding A3 Colour MFP in their respective speed ranges. In addition to the honours bestowed on the bizhub MFP devices, the Konica Minolta Unity Document Suite 7 earned a Summer 2012 'Pick' award for Outstanding Desktop Document Imaging Suite.
1 Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide, S. McNee, F. De Silva, Z. Shah, 24 October 2012.
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Each week, this dog walking group meets with a staff member from Camp Bow Wow to hit the trails for a little fun and exercise. No sign-up required, just meet at the basketball courts with your favorite dog and leash. For more information call 971-8563.


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Ironically, while Fuller refrains from cluttering the stage with scenery or props -- a decision that highlights Kearns's mesmerizing language -- the director bookends each act with love songs from oft-performed Broadway musicals. Before the first and after the last monologue in both acts, Danielle Moreno proffers what the program calls a "musical interlude," singing "Anything but Lonely" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, "Unexpected Song" from Webber's Song and Dance, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, and "On My Own" from Les Miserables. Although an unnerving choice for Fuller to have made, it is not entirely unsuccessful. The songs speak of love in broad brush strokes that sound almost corny compared to Kearns's unsentimental frankness. And, although Moreno has an achingly lovely voice, her gestures while singing the first three tunes seem stilted. Yet she hits pay dirt during her final number. With the words of the piece's closing monologue still hanging in the air, the waiflike yellow-haired chanteuse returns to the stage in her long ivory lace dress. With raw simplicity, she offers a short version of "On My Own" that provides stirring closure to the show.
Often life's painful realities, so eloquently expressed in intimacies, lead many of us to seek out the comforting escape of glamour and glitz in lavishly produced commercial work. I was weaned on that style of theater and can't imagine not indulging my taste for it now and again. Yet, as one of only a few audience members sitting on folding chairs in a funky space located in an underpopulated area of Miami, I was as touched by the poignant stories and unpretentious performances in Imazari's production of intimacies as by anything I've seen in more conventional settings. Don't miss this moving evening.
intimacies ... more intimacies.
Written by Michael Kearns; directed by Shelbric A. Fuller; with Barbara Austrich-Rivero, Daniel Barr, Scott Buckley, and Danielle Moreno. Through August 25. For information call 446-4905 or see "Calendar Listings.


text: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced By Lisa Respers France, CNNUpdated 11:06 AM ET, Thu October 4, 2012 15 photosThe Meters – The New Orleans ensemble have been revered by fans of both funk and R&B. Formed in the 1960s, they had hits like "Sophisticated Cissy," and "Look-Ka Py Py. Their songs have been sampled by hip-hop pioneers like the Beastie Boys and Run DMC and covered by artists like the Grateful Dead.Hide Caption 1 of 15 15 photosRush – This is one fans have been waiting for. This Canadian group enjoyed popularity in the 1970s with songs like "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit Of Radio" and have long been favored to make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Hide Caption 2 of 15 15 photosRandy Newman – Known as a funyman of music for his satirical lyrics, Newman has already won Grammys, Academy Awards and Emmys. He may be best known for his hits "I Love L.A." and "Short People."Hide Caption 3 of 15 15 photosPublic Enemy – As political as they were hip-hop pioneers, Public Enemy was led by frontman Chuck D. and showman Flavor Flav. Their 1988 album "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back" and 1990 release "Fear Of A Black Planet" forever changed the landscape of rap.Hide Caption 4 of 15 15 photosProcol Harum – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" landed in the Top 40 in 1967 and introduced this quintet to the world of rock 'n' roll. In 1972, "Conquistador" became what some have called one of rock's greatest orchestral projects. Members have changed since their debut, but they have continued to put out live albums for the past 20 years.Hide Caption 5 of 15 15 photosN.W.A. – Literally "Straight Outta Compton," the controversial rap group helped usher in West Coast hip-hop. Their G-Funk sound was built on P-Funk samples and their raw lyrics reflected the members L.A. neighborhoods. They are probably the only nominees to have been sent a warning letter from the F.B.I which is currently on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.Hide Caption 6 of 15 15 photosThe Marvelettes – They may not be as well known as some of their former label mates, but The Marvelettes helped make history. The quartet gave the Motown/Tamla label its first official No. 1 Hot 100 hit in 1961 with the single "Please Mr. Postman" which included Marvin Gaye on drums. Their songs have been covered by the likes of Blondie and Bonnie Raitt.Hide Caption 7 of 15 15 photosKraftwerk – Germany proved to be the birthplace of the style of all synthesizer-based rock and electronic dance music that put Kraftwerk on the charts. Their use of synthesizers, multi-track recording and traditional instruments were technological advances in the 1970s when their avant-garde sound first burst on the scene. Their music has influenced everyone from hip-hop artists of the 1980s to current DJs like Deadmau5.Hide Caption 8 of 15 15 photosJoan Jett and the Blackhearts – Jett famously sang "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" and her fans returned the love. Jett was a founding member of the all-female band Runaways and along with the Blackhearts she enjoyed success on the charts with three Top 20 albums. They also appeared on the ballot last year.Hide Caption 9 of 15 15 photosHeart – Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson were two of the first women to find fame fronting a hard rock band. The female rockers dominated the video music scene in the 1980s with hits like "Alone," and "What About Love." Their band included guitarist Roger Fisher, bassist Steve Fossen, guitarist/keyboard player Howard Leese and drummer Michael DeRosier.Hide Caption 10 of 15 15 photosDonna Summer – "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer has five times before appeared on the ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was the first female artist to have four No. 1 singles in a 13-month period with "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and "No More Tears." Summer died in 2012 after a battle with lung disease.Hide Caption 11 of 15 15 photosDeep Purple – British quintet Deep Purple helped rock critics coin the term "heavy metal." With songs like "Smoke on the Water" and "Highway Star," their lineup changed over the decades and included rockers like singer David Coverdale and bassist Glenn Hughes. Founding member Jon Lord died in 2012, but the current three members of the band, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover have continued to tour the world for more than four decades.Hide Caption 12 of 15 15 photosCHIC – Chic is often credited as the group who helped rescue disco in the 1970s. Over the years their music has been sampled by several hip-hop and pop artists. Their hits include "Le Freak" and "Good Times" and they hold the distinction this year of most number of times previously on the ballot as this is their seventh appearance.Hide Caption 13 of 15 15 photosThe Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Windy City was the home base for this racially diverse band and their brand of blues. They debuted in 1965 and tunes like "Blues With a Feelin'" and "East West" helped cement their place as blues players with a bit of an edge. Their Southside Chicago sound so impressed Bob Dylan that he used some of their members to play with him at the now famous 1965 Newport Folk Festival.Hide Caption 14 of 15 15 photosAlbert King – Albert King's husky vocals and signature Gibson Flying V guitar influenced several artists including Eric Clapton and avid fan Stevie Ray Vaughan. Known for such songs as "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong" and "That's What the Blues Is All About," it's the first nomination for the Mississippi Delta native who died in 1992.Hide Caption 15 of 15Story highlightsNominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2013 are inThe list is varied from rap group N.W.A. to RushFor the first time fans get to vote The nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2013 have been announced, and for the first time ever fans will get a say in who will be inducted.First-time nominees Rush, Deep Purple, N.W.A., Public Enemy, Albert King, The Marvelettes and Procol Harum join previously nominated acts Chic, Heart, Donna Summer, Kraftwerk, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Randy Newman, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The Meters.Watch a video of this year's nomineesTo be eligible for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, artists must have released their work at least 25 years prior to appearing on the ballot. That means this year's hopefuls released their first single in 1987 or earlier. Blues guitarist Albert King has been eligible since 1987, while 2013 marks the first year the seminal hip-hop acts N.W.A. and Public Enemy are eligible.From today through December 5, fans can vote at several sites including Rockhall.com to boost their favorite artists' chances of making the cut. The top five acts selected by those votes will become part of a special "fans' ballot" that will be counted alongside the international voting body of more than 600 artists, historians and industry members.The winners will be revealed in December and the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Saturday, April 18, 2013. The show will be broadcast on HBO at a later date.Who do you think deserves a place in the hallowed halls of music history? 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It has been announced this week that MAXON will be releasing CINEMA 4D R14 in September this year. MAXON have almost 20 years of programming innovation under their belts and CINEMA 4D is one of the best known and most successful 3D motion graphics, painting and rendering software applications around.
Super Mario On A Whole Different Level
Now, I have to admit that I'm not the biggest fan of stop motion videos, but quite a few people around here really like them and I certainly appreciate the work that goes into creating them. Therefore I felt the need to share this one I spotted at TheVerge.com. It was made by a guy called Zach King and contains everyones favourite Mario and a couple of other guest appearances which you'll no doubt spot.
My, That's A Lot Of Dwarfs You Got There
Peter Jackson, reknowned director for the massively popular Lord of the Rings trilogy took to Facebook earlier this week to announce that his latest creation The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will now be a trilogy of films.
Pipeline In Your Pocket
Fed up of being tied to your computer in case your rendering fails? PipelineFX and Qube! have found a solution to that problem.
Ever Wanted To See Your Name In Lights?
Or wanted to be able to say, 'I did that', when watching a film and seeing a huge, breath taking explosion? Then maybe you should start to think about pursuing a career in Visual Effects. At Escape Studios, we want to make those first steps into the industry as easy as possible whilst providing you with the tools to succeed. Our Visual Effects Production course will not only give you the skills to progress in the exciting world of Film Visual Effects, but will also show you how to make an impressive show reel (which results in many of our students securing jobs once they have finished.)
Batman's Greatest Hits
Following on from my previous blog about The Dark Knight Rises, I thought you would all be interested to see what IGN claim are Batman's Greatest Movie Moments. They span across all Batman films and, although there will be some obvious choices thrown in there, a couple will probably shock you.
A Quick And Honest Review
Last weekend I finally got to see The Dark Knight Rises. I love a bit of Batman, with my favourite being Batman Returns (1992) as it has a few of my loves under one roof: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Tim Burton.
Rule, Britannia, Britannia, Rule The Screen
It's obvious to everyone that 2012 has truly been a year to celebrate Great Britain. In a speech at yesterday's 'GREAT' campaign David Cameron highlighted the very importance of British contribution to the arts, inadvertently giving a thumbs up to the VFX industry.
Introducing the BOXX renderPRO
BOXX Technologies present the BOXX renderPRO, the first personal, dedicated, rendering solution for animation, VFX, engineering and architectural visualisation. The renderPRO is designed for desk-side rendering with easy configuring and a compact design for professional performance in minimal space.
The Internet Map
I thought I'd just share with you a little something that I found earlier on my rounds around the interwebs. Specifically this little treat called The Internet Map.
Bring on the BBQ...Round Two!
Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare yourselves and dust off your knives and forks as we are happy to announce round two of the Assimilate and Escape Studios Technology BBQ!
On Thursday the 23rd of August at the Shepherd's Bar we are hosting a second BBQ with Assimilate and HP, but this time we have also partnered up with NVidia and Red Digital Cinema Professional to showcase a SCRATCH turnkey package exclusive to Escape Studios Technology.
Escapee Reunion at Saddington Baynes
Last Wednesday we sauntered down to our friends at Saddington Baynes, devoured some gourmet Pizza, washed it down with some ice cold beer and cleansed our pallets with some invigorating VFX related conversation, all in the name of our second graduate reunion…who says you can't mix business with pleasure? And with a high calibre of industry employed attendees from the likes of Double Negative, Framestore, The Mill and MPC London, conversation was rife.
Like A Kid In A Candy Store
Last week I accompanied the current Compositing class on a trip to the MPC studio in London. It's all part of the industry mentoring scheme we're encouraging at Escape, as we work to prepare our students for the working world. With aspirations for one day working in the industry, we feel it's really important for all our students to get a taste for what is expected from them as early as possible in their training. Irene Bonilla was one student who joined us that day, and here's what she had to say about it...
Still waiting to hear from VFX companies? Improve your Compositing Demo Reel!
It's been a little quiet for a lot of Compositors this summer, but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. I'm hearing that some companies will be busy this Autumn and into next year. So while you're waiting for that call, there are lots of things you can do to spend this down time wisely.
Pixologic Release New Upgrade
Pixologic have just released a new update for ZBrush. Any one of the new features would have been worth the price of upgrade... but wait, I forgot...you don't have to pay for the upgrade because its free and totally awesome.
This Is How We Roll...
Historically we've had a quite basic server architecture. The list of applications we run kept on growing and more and more users started to make use of these applications, so we've recently had to take a step back and take some time to reflect on our architecture as rolling out an additional server and/or release applications doesn't need to be a huge task.
CG Whiz 2011 Winner: Journey So Far
For the past three years, we have held a 'CG Whiz' competition, and one of the winners from last year just recently claimed part of his award by beginning a 12 week VFX course here at Escape Studios. We wanted to offer a little insight into what this opportunity means for Daniel, but, before we jump in, here's a low down on the competition itself.
The Rise of Mobile Gaming
I've just discovered some news for the British video games industry. In the middle of a double dip recession, there are 2 new studios opening up in the game industry, which is exciting enough, but this comes alongside the recent announcement that Amazon are also opening up a digital media innovation hub in London. This will have a focus on the creation of interactive digital services for games consoles, smart phones, PCs and TV. They are also building new services and APIs behind the company's digital media.


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By ramzpaul
A few weeks ago Google paid homage to the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. The following tag was on their home page complete with a little pink checkbox that represented a woman making her choice at the ballot box.
�Celebrating 90 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote�
As a globalist corporation, Google does not �celebrate� various anniversaries based on the whims of some individual webmaster. Such decisions on what to commemorate on Google�s main page are carefully determined based on cynical political calculations. Either the occasion must be non-controversial (e.g., Celebrating the 71st Anniversary of the Wizard of Oz) or politically correct.
A Short History of Cultural Marxism
�Political correctness� is simply the modern slang term for what is properly known as Cultural Marxism. Cultural Marxism was developed in 1920s Germany at Frankfurt University. Unlike Revolutionary Marxism which advocated violent revolution to establish a new society (such as the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, etc.) Cultural Marxism advocated destroying Western Civilization through cultural subversion. One of the key concepts spawned from the Frankfurt school was called Critical Theory. The Critical Theory ideology that was developed in the 1930s was responsible for many of the �politically correct� memes we hear today, such that sex (gender) is a social construct.
The architects of Cultural Marxism were expelled from Germany in the 1930s once the National Socialists (Nazis) gained power. These refugees found new homes primarily in America and England. When World War 2 ended, the Cultural Marxist ideology soon metastasized quickly across American and English universities.
So while it is popular to imagine that all these radical cultural changes (such as feminism) started with the hippies and beatniks in the 1960s, the roots actually extend back to 1920s Germany and 19th century Marxism.
Over the past 50 years, Cultural Marxism has been wildly successful in the West and it is now the de facto ideology for the establishment. As was the case in the Soviet Union, everyone knows what thoughts are politically acceptable and what thoughts are heretical. Global corporations such as Google are savvy enough to �celebrate� the proper political ideas.
For example, while Google is proud to celebrate the 19th Amendment with a cute pink checkbox, I doubt Google would celebrate the 2nd Amendment with an illustration of a White Man holding a rifle. And all of us who were raised under Cultural Marxism instinctively know why this is the case.
The 19th Amendment
The right for women to vote now seems as American as All-You-Can-Eat buffets and Wal-Mart. Try suggesting to a typical God fearing, flag waving, Republican and Tea Party conservative that giving the vote to women was a bad idea, and watch him recoil in horror like a vampire looking at a cross. To even think of such a notion is anathema and un-American. After all, our brave troops are fighting the evil Muslims in the Middle-East to protect our right to vote!
And yet, for most of America�s history the vast majority of men (and women) were opposed to women�s suffrage. So were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln all secret women haters with small penises? Or might they have had another reason to oppose female suffrage?
The 19th Century Argument Against Suffrage
Most of the arguments against female suffrage have now gone down the memory hole. School children are now taught that suffrage was inevitable and the people who opposed suffrage in the prior generations were simply backwards and ignorant. Because it is obviously axiomatic that female suffrage is a good thing. To even debate the subject would be crazy! As such, historical writings against suffrage are ignored and buried.
However, extracted from the depths of time is an essay written by a woman who was opposed to suffrage. This essay detailed the logical reasons why female suffrage would harm America.
Thoughts on Female Suffrage
By Madeline Dahlgren, 1871
�We acknowledge no inferiority to men. We claim to have no less ability to perform the duty God has imposed upon us, than they [men] have to perform those imposed upon them. We believe that God has wisely and well adapted each sex to the proper performance of the duties of each. We believe our trusts to be as important and sacred as any that exist.
It is our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons who represent us at the ballot-box. Our fathers and husbands love us. Our sons are what we make them. We are content that they represent us in the corn-field, the battle-field and the ballot-box, and we them in the school-room, at the fireside, and at the cradle; believing our representation, even at the ballot-box, to be thus more full and impartial that it could possibly be were all women allowed to vote.�
Notice that it was assumed that men and women have different biological natures and, as such, God has given men and women different responsibilities. The notion that sex is just a social construct would have been considered to be absurd. Also notice the frequent references to religion. Prior to the Cultural Marxist revolution (Cultural Marxism abhors Christianity) Christian ideals were appealed to in an unapologetic manner.
The basic argument against female suffrage was that women were represented by their husbands, fathers and sons at the ballot-box. The essay further argues that as mothers raised their sons (this was before mothers warehoused their children in daycare to pursue their corporate careers) women actually fundamentally shaped the character of men, and hence, the direction of America. As such, women had a powerful voice and they were represented.
Later in the essay, Dahlgren predicted that female suffrage would create competition between men and women which would create an antagonism. Instead of a family standing in unity, suffrage would divide the house. Such division would create discord into the family and weaken the marriage tie. Dahlgren predicted that divorce would become common if women were given the vote.
Dahlgren writes:
�We hold that the new status will prove to be the worst kind of communism. The relations between the sexes, so carefully guarded by religion and by parents, by law and by society, will become common and therefore corrupt. The family, the foundation of the State, will disappear. The mothers, sisters and daughters of our glorious past will exist no more and the female gender will vanish into epicene. �
As a contemporary of Marx, Dahlgren correctly identified that the push for female suffrage was Marxist in origin. Fifty years later the Cultural Marxists implicitly agreed with Dahlgren that the best way to destroy Western Civilization (aka Christendom) was to undermine the family. And the seeds that were planted in the 19th amendment paved the way for the spawning of what would be known as feminism.
The people opposed to female suffrage proved to be right beyond their wildest predictions. As Google was celebrating the 19th amendment, a British newspaper detailed the boasting of a 26 year old woman who claims to have had sex with 5,000 different men. If Madeline Dahlgren were alive today, I am sure she would have understood the connection between female suffrage in the West and the decline of civilization.
Single mothers, rampant divorce, abortion and falling birth rates are part of the cancer that is destroying what is left of Western Civilization. But very few people (even conservatives) fail to realize that the inception of this cancer can be found in the passage of the 19th amendment.


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MUSC's Simulation Center: The Future
Guest: Dr. John Schaefer – College of Medicine, MUSC
Host: Dr. Linda Austin – Psychiatry, MUSC
Dr. Linda Austin: Dr. John Schaefer is Director of the MUSC Healthcare Simulation Center. Dr. Schaefer, let's talk about what this very extraordinary lab, that you've developed here, allows for MUSC in the coming years, and decades. What are the next stages of development?
Dr. John Schaefer: I believe the center is one of the best in the country. And, through use of that center and, also, it's collaboration with others in the state; which is fairly unique, we have a tremendous opportunity in front of us to do educational research. Educational research, historically, has suffered from the fact that you, actually, couldn't control the experiment. Therefore, what you go out of it was not always as powerful as basic science research.
Yet, nowadays, with simulation and the technology that's evolving over the next few years, there's the ability to actually control educational experiments. And that's important in the sense that traditional educational performance assessment in healthcare is not what you might think. In other words, I hold a degree in medicine, and I'm licensed in this state. But what that means is I took a written test. I was interviewed by people. I was asked questions. But that doesn't mean I can tie my shoes. Now, I think I can, and I've practiced for over a decade, but there's no test that says I'm a good anesthesiologist. There's no test that says you're a good medical student. There's no test that says you're a great nurse, or a paramedic.
Simulation may provide part of the answer to performance evaluation and certification in terms of: You are a good nurse. You are a good doctor. You are a good paramedic. And when you go to a hospital, and you're being sedated, or you're undergoing a procedure, you can be comfortable, and confident, that your healthcare givers are actually highly trained, and they're up to standards that are equivalent to like what pilots have to go through. All high-cost, high risk industries use simulation for training and certification. And I believe that our opportunity here is to play a significant role, at MUSC, in that evolution.
It's one of the few areas where we get to play, on a level playing field, with some of the top-tier institutions in the country. We have a larger center than Harvard does. We have a bigger one than Stanford. Now, we're using it more. With the advent of data collection, that's coming out over the next two years, we should have a very good opportunity, in multiple disciplines, to advance educational research to a level that doesn't exist currently.
Dr. Linda Austin: It happens that this week, Dr. Lisa Sanders, who is from Yale, who writes for the New York Times and helps with the screenwriting for House, is here at MUSC. I heard her speak the other day. One of the things she talks about is the importance of getting a great history and really listening carefully to the patient; listening for careful cues. I would guess that piece of it is, perhaps, one of the most challenging things to use the simulators for. Am I correct about that?
Dr. John Schaefer: Well, we use a different type of simulator there. That's called a standardized patient. So, what you use is an actor as a simulation to both practice and assess your ability to communicate. And that's where that type of simulator is routinely used now, in medicine and in nursing. And, through that, I think we've been able to improve that. I think there's a ways to go. But it actually is simulation on another level. And, you're right. These computerized manikins are not the appropriate tools, in my opinion, to work on communication skills. For that, you need to work with your patients and other people. So, we can set up organized, measured encounters through standardized patient simulation.
Dr. Linda Austin: Dr. Schaefer, you have an endowed chair here, and that's part of the Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) program. Tell us what the opportunities for alliance with our sister institutions across the state are.
Dr. John Schaefer: That's a good point. Through that alliance; and particularly in the area that I'm working in, we're working with Clemson College of Nursing. We're working with USC. We're working with Greenville Tech; and a few other colleges. And what it allows you to do is, one, they get the benefit of an economy of scale where they can rapidly get in the game of healthcare simulation. But, for all of us, and at MUSC, that represents that we also gain from them. At another level, the opportunity to collaborate at the level of research is a fairly unique opportunity. Our data sets are actually tied in together where we can combine work that we're doing here with work that's going on in other parts of the state. And that, particularly in nursing, is a very good opportunity to do powerful-type studies. And that opportunity doesn't really exist for most other institutions.
Dr. Linda Austin: Dr. Schaefer, thanks so much for talking with us today.
Dr. John Schaefer: My pleasure. Thank you.


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Jack Welch | |
Born | John Francis Welch, Jr. November 19, 1935 Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Former CEO of General Electric Author |
Net worth | $720 million (2006)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Carolyn Welch (1959-1987) Jane Beasley Welch (1989-2003) Suzy Wetlaufer Welch (2004-present) |
Jack Welch | |
Born | John Francis Welch, Jr. November 19, 1935 Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Former CEO of General Electric Author |
Net worth | $720 million (2006)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Carolyn Welch (1959-1987) Jane Beasley Welch (1989-2003) Suzy Wetlaufer Welch (2004-present) |
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure at GE, the company's value rose 4000%.[2] In 2006 Welch's net worth was estimated at $720 million.[1]
November 19, 1935) is an AmericanContents |
Jack Welch was born in Peabody, Massachusetts to John, a Boston & Maine Railroad conductor, and Grace, a homemaker.
Welch attended Salem High School and then University of Massachusetts Amherst, graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. He is a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
He received a M.S. and Ph.D at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1960.[3]
Welch joined General Electric in 1960. He worked as a junior chemical engineer in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at a salary of $10,500. While at GE, an explosion at the factory under his management blew off the roof of the facilities, and he was almost fired for that episode.[4] In 1961, Welch planned to quit his job as junior engineer because he was dissatisfied with the raise offered to him and was unhappy with the bureaucracy he observed at GE. Welch was persuaded to remain at GE by Reuben Gutoff, an executive at the company, who promised him that he would help create the small company atmosphere Welch desired.[5]
Welch was named a vice president of GE in 1972. He became senior vice president in 1977 and vice chairman in 1979. Welch became GE's youngest chairman and CEO in 1981, succeeding Reginald H. Jones. By 1982, Welch had dismantled much of the earlier management put together by Jones and led an aggressive simplification and consolidation initiative. One of his primary leadership directives was that GE had to be #1 or #2 in the industries it participated in.
Through the 1980s, Welch sought to streamline GE. In 1981 he made a speech in New York City called "Growing fast in a slow-growth economy".[6] Welch worked to eradicate perceived inefficiency by trimming inventories and dismantling the bureaucracy that had almost led him to leave GE in the past. He closed factories, reduced payrolls and cut lackluster old-line units.[7] Welch's public philosophy was that a company should be either #1 or #2 in a particular industry, or else leave it completely. Welch's strategy was later adopted by other CEOs across corporate America.
Each year, Welch would fire the bottom 10% of his managers. He earned a reputation for brutal candor in his meetings with executives. He rewarded those in the top 20% with bonuses and stock options. He also expanded the broadness of the stock options program at GE from just top executives to nearly one third of all employees. Welch is also known for destroying the nine-layer management hierarchy and bringing a sense of informality to the company.[citation needed]..
During the early 1980s he was dubbed "Neutron Jack" (in reference to the neutron bomb) for eliminating employees while leaving buildings intact. In Jack: Straight From The Gut, Welch states that GE had 411,000 employees at the end of 1980, and 299,000 at the end of 1985. Of the 112,000 who left the payroll, 37,000 were in businesses that GE sold, and 81,000 were reduced in continuing businesses. In return, GE had increased its market capital tremendously. Welch reduced basic research, and closed or sold off businesses that were under-performing.
In 1986, GE acquired RCA. RCA's corporate headquarters were located in Rockefeller Center; Welch subsequently took up an office in the now GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The RCA acquisition resulted in GE selling off RCA properties to other companies and keeping NBC as part of the GE portfolio of businesses. During the 1990s, Welch shifted GE business from manufacturing to financial services through numerous acquisitions.
Welch adopted Motorola's Six Sigma quality program in late 1995. In 1980, the year before Welch became CEO, GE recorded revenues of roughly $26.8 billion. By 1999 he was named "Manager of the Century" by Fortune magazine.[8] In 2000, the year before he left, the revenues increased to nearly $130 billion. The company had gone from a market value of $14 billion to one of more than $410 billion at the end of 2004, making it the most valuable company in the world.
There was a lengthy and well-publicized succession planning saga prior to his retirement between James McNerney, Robert Nardelli, and Jeffrey Immelt, with Immelt eventually selected to succeed him as Chairman and CEO. Nardelli became the CEO of Home Depot until his resignation in early 2007, and until recently, was the CEO of Chrysler, while McNerney became CEO of 3M until he left that post to serve in the same capacity at Boeing.
Welch's "walk-away" package from GE was not valued at the time of his retirement, but GMI Ratings estimates its worth at $420 million.[9]
According to Businessweek, critics of Welch have questioned whether the pressure he places on employees may have led them to "cut corners", which may have contributed to controversies over defense-contracting, or the Kidder, Peabody & Co. bond-trading scheme in the early 1990s.[5]
Welch has received criticism for a lack of compassion for the middle class and working class. By his actions during acquisitions and wholesale shutdowns of GE business units Welch proved that his technique of only keeping the units your company is "good" at you can maximize ROI for the short term.[citation needed] Welch has stated that he is not concerned with the discrepancy between the salaries of top-paid CEOs and those of average workers. When asked about the issue of excessive CEO pay, Welch has said that such allegations are "outrageous" and has vehemently opposed proposed SEC regulations affecting executive compensation. Countering the public uproar over excessive executive pay (including backdating stock options, golden parachutes for nonperformance, and extravagant retirement packages), Welch stated that CEO compensation should continue to be dictated by the free market, without interference from government or other outside agencies.[10]
Welch's income and assets came under scrutiny during his divorce from his second wife Jane in 2001, after she included details in divorce papers of what she said he received as benefits from GE. Welch's contracts with GE were subsequently investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).[11][12] The retention package, worth $2.5 million, agreed upon by Welch and GE in 1996 promised him continued access after his retirement to benefits he received as CEO including an apartment in New York, baseball tickets and use of a private jet and chauffeured car.[11][13] These benefits were agreed upon in lieu of a more traditional stock package because, according to Welch, he did not want more money, preferring instead to retain the lifestyle he had enjoyed as CEO once he retired. According to an interview with Welch in 2009 this agreement was filed with the SEC. As a result of the media attention his divorce proceedings brought to his retention package, particularly claims that such a package made him look "greedy", Welch chose to renounce the benefits.[13]
Following Welch's retirement from General Electric, he became an adviser to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and to the chief executive of IAC, Barry Diller.[14][15] In addition to his consulting and advisory roles, Welch has been active on the public speaking circuit, and co-wrote a popular column for BusinessWeek with his wife, Suzy, for four years until November 2009. The column was syndicated by The New York Times.[15][16] In 2005, he published Winning, a book about management co-written with Suzy Welch, which reached #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list,[17] and appeared on New York Times' Best Seller list.[14][15] Since January 2012, Welch and Suzy Welch have written a biweekly column for Reuters and Fortune.[18][19]
On January 25, 2006, Welch gave his name to Sacred Heart University's College of Business, which will be known as the "John F. Welch College of Business".[20] Since September 2006, Welch has been teaching a class at the MIT Sloan School of Management to a hand-picked group of 30 MBA students with a demonstrated career interest in leadership.[21]
In 2009, Welch founded the Jack Welch Management Institute, a program at Chancellor University that offered an online executive MBA degree. The institute was acquired by Strayer University in 2011.[22] Welch has been actively involved with the curriculum, faculty and students at the online business school since its launch.[23][24][25]
He had four children with his first wife, Carolyn. They divorced amicably in April 1987 after 28 years of marriage. His second wife, Jane Beasley, was a former mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer. She married Welch in April 1989, and they divorced in 2003. While Welch had crafted a prenuptial agreement, Beasley insisted on a ten-year time limit to its applicability, and thus she was able to leave the marriage with an amount believed to be around $180 million.[26]
Welch's third wife, Suzy Wetlaufer, co-authored his 2005 book Winning as Suzy Welch. Wetlaufer served briefly as the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review. Welch's wife at the time, Jane Beasley, found out about an affair between Wetlaufer and Welch. Beasley informed the review and Wetlaufer was forced to resign[27] in early 2002 after admitting to having been involved in an affair with Welch while preparing an interview with him for the magazine.
On March 11, 2010, Welch appeared as himself in the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock. In the episode, he governed the sale of NBC Universal to a fictional Philadelphia-based cable company, Kabletown, a parody of the actual acquisition of NBC Universal from General Electric by Comcast in November 2009.
Jack Welch identifies as a Republican.[28] He is also a global warming skeptic.[29] Yet he has said that every business must embrace green products and green ways of doing business, "whether you believe in global warming or not...because the world wants these products."[30]
In an interview with the Financial Times on the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009, Welch said, "On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy... your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products."[31]
In Fall of 2012 the U.S. unemployment rate was announced to have dropped from 8.1% to 7.8% with many hundreds of thousands of people re-entering the workforce. In a response posted on Twitter immediately after the new statistics were released Welch wrote, "Unbelievable jobs numbers...these Chicago guys will do anything...can't debate so change numbers."[32] In response to this comment Keith Hall, former BLS commissioner, said "to think that these numbers could be manipulated. ... It's impossible to do it and get away with it."[33]
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Charles Comiskey
William Herman Schmedtgen's caricature of Charles Comiskey
April 2006
The caricature of Charles Comiskey hung over the fireplace to celebrate the first subway series in Major League Baseball, which also happened to be the only time that the White Sox played the Cubs in post-season play. The White Sox won the World Series. Members of the Comiskey family were here to celebrate, including State Representative Patricia Belloc and her cousin. This caricature, painted by William Herman Schmedtgen in 1906, hung in Chapin & Gore's Buffet, a Loop restaurant frequented by celebrities. Dozens of such caricatures painted by Schmedtgen and other artists decorated the walls of Chapin & Gore's until 1930 when the Chicago History Museum received them as a donation.
Comiskey Family


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Teenage study programme recruiting
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Foundation's 'Back on Track' looking to help youths aged 16-19 years.
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The programme is run with funding from South Tyneside Council Adult and Community Learning.
For more information or to enrol on the 'Back on Track Study Programme', contact email@example.com or call 0191 551 5191.


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Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf club, Estero, South Gulf Coast, Florida
USA. Estero is ideally situated approx. 15 minutes from Naples and 15
minutes from Ft. Myers with quick access to I-75 and just 7 minutes
from Southwest Florida Regional Airport. Shopping and fine
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But for the sake of those who think these questions are important, I will do my level best to answer them.
Q: What's your favorite technique?
A: Steady trigger control.
A2: Even better than that would be a radio with an artillery battery at the other end. If you don't think that's martial arts then you are sadly mistaken my friend.
Q: How do you counter the over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder?
A: Do not let him get close enough to you to do the over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder. How? The best counter I know is the Flamethrower Technique. There is also the Runaway Technique. I think you get the idea.
Q: Who would win, a samurai or a knight?
A: A Marine and his rifle.
Q: What's the best martial art to train in?
A: This was best answered by Col George H. Bristol, the Marine responsible for creating the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. He said all martial arts are good, it just depends on what you want out of it. He followed this by stating Marines train for victory on the battlefield. Yes, yes we do indeed.
So with victory in mind I will now deliver a period of instruction which will make you, yes YOU, an all American butt kicking machine in five easy steps. True believers, let me introduce you to the fighting secrets of Irish Judo...
Combative Secrets of Irish Judo:
Step One: Get a brick. (this in and of itself can be an awesome technique. But it is not Irish Judo)
Step Two: Get a sock.
Step Three: Place the brick into the sock.
Step Four: Tie a knot in the sock.
And here you have the final product.
Oh yes, and here is Step Five:
You will notice that the Bad Guy has been struck from behind with a vicious Irish Judo Chop. In mainstream martial arts this is called UNFAIR. On the battlefield this is called VICTORY. In Irish Judo this is called HEY, HE WAS LIKE THIS WHEN I GOT HERE.
And that's it. You are now an expert in Irish Judo and all that it entails.
Naysayers may make remarks to the effect of, "Yeah, well if you had to get in the ring with the heavyweight champion of Ultimate Knuckle-dragger Championship, you'd get your ass kicked." The difference is, I wouldn't get in the ring with any of those bruisers. If I did, that fight would end with me burying a fire axe into the forehead of the champ, his coach, and everyone in his corner.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Ultimate Knuckle-dragger Championship as much as anyone. It meets all my minimum requirements in regards to entertainment. As a means of waging war, not so much.
Do NOT try any of this at home. The personnel depicted in the above photos are TRAINED EXPERTS in the most lethal and esoteric combat systems known to man. Just looking at these pictures has taken a good 45 minutes off your lifespan.
No Irish were hurt during production of this demo.
America's 1stSgt is a 2d Degree Black Belt Instructor Trainer in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and holds a 10th Degree Black Sock in Irish Judo. He prefers the bayonet to the spinning back fist.
Semper Fidelis & Happy Easter,
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NASHPORT — Ronald L. Thompson, 70, of Nashport, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2012, at his residence.
He was born Feb. 1, 1942, to the late Edward L. and DeLeah B. (Crego) Thompson. Ronald was a retired truck driver and had worked for the Buckeye Egg Farm and Stewart and Inlow Construction Co. He was a member of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association.
Ronald is survived by his soul mate of 22 years, Dorless Barnhart; his children, Ronald E. (JoAnn) Thompson of Buckeye Lake, Brenda (Allen) Taylor, Tracy (Larry) Webb and Stacy Decker, all of Newark, Natosha (Joe) Tarbert of Bladensburg, Chance (Andrea) Thompson of North Carolina, Michael Barnhart of Newark and Chad (Jennifer) Barnhart of Mount Vernon; two sisters, Barbara (Gerald) Stroup of Tennessee, Patricia Stroup of Florida; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, Ronald was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Stevens; brothers, Edward Jr. and Frederick L. Thompson; sisters, Ethel Thompson and Lillian Roderick.
Friends may call Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Dilley-Lasater Funeral Home in Bladensburg, where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m., with Pastor Scott Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made in Ronald's name to Genesis Hospice, 713 Forest Ave., Zanesville, OH 43701.
To express a condolence or share a memory with the Thompson family, please visit http://www.dilleylasater.com.
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MEDFORD, Ore. – Halloween sales across the country are set to hit record highs this year, reaching $8 billion nationwide.
Despite tough economic times, shoppers at the Spirit store in Medford still want to spend money on a Halloween costume and they want to spend their money there thanks in part to the store's spooky atmosphere.
Shoppers didn't care about spending the dough to dress up, if it means they can escape reality. For some shoppers, Halloween is an opportunity to forget about stressful situations. For Halloween shop owners, it's an opportunity to make a lot of money.
"We're running about 40 to 50 dollars per person, which is up a little bit more from last year. We've been consistently going up each year," said the store owner.
The sales for traditional costumes have gone down, but trendy TV character costumes have made up for that slump. Some shoppers say the store's spooky atmosphere played a persuasive part in buying costumes. The scary displays made them excited for the holiday and excited to spend money.
The store owner says the big sellers so far this year are costumes portraying the characters from the Avengers film. The store will stay open until 5 p.m. on Halloween night.


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The Majors is a Brooklyn based production team heir innovative approach to producing and arranging some of the newest sounds and melodies in mainstream urban, hiphop, pop, and dance music is a breath of fresh air to the now saturated music industry with slew of wannabe producers. The Majors' musical backgrounds date back to their younger years growing up on the streets of Brooklyn. Smoova's father was apart of many R&B groups and Epic B began producing during middle school picking up the piano as an instument of focus. Influences on the production team's work In 2013 The Epic B focus is to create, work and provide masterpieces for some of the biggest acts in music


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Thanks Laura! She is, but I created this a good time before her. However, I would say that everything I have created and worked for the past few years has been for her :) She has been my inspiration long before she ever existed.
You must personally know Mother Nature, Jacqueline, cause you seem to be able to consistently produce inherently magical works rooted in essential elements!
Wow, Wayne! Thank you so much for such an overwhelming comment - you touch my heart! I love working with watercolor because their properties are so aligned with nature; water is the conduit that brings them to life, metaphorically and physically, just as all living things.
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Raw Korean Chap Che
I grew up eating every Asian dish. I have Korean and Vietnamese blood in me. Both cultures offer so much variety of beautiful and cleansing food.
One of my favorite Korean food that goes really well with kimchi is Korean Chap Che. Chap Che is a clear noodle dish usually made with starchy mung bean noodles. I replaced the noodles with kelp with is extremely low in calorie and provides iodine mineral.
My husband learned to make kraut and now makes kimchi every week. It's delicious.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Part 1: Soak
• 1 cup Hijiki seaweed
• 2 packs of Kelp Noodles
Soak Hijiki for about 2 hours until plump.
Soak Kelp noodles in warm water from the faucet (not boiling water) for 15 minutes then drain. Re-fill with warm water and soak for another 15 minutes. Do this 3 times. Kelp noodles will start to soften up.
NOTE: You can also use the dehydrator to soften the kelp noodles even more.
Part 2: Marinade
• 1 tsp Olive Oil or Grapeseed Oil
• 3 tbsp of Sesame oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp agave nectar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 3 tbsp of nama soyu
• 2 tbsp black and white sesame seeds
Mix ingredients well and set aside.
Part 3: Assembly
• Oyster Mushrooms, as desired
• Carrots, julienne
• Kale leaves, small pieces
• 1 medium zucchini, julienne
• 4 stems of scallions, sliced diagonally
• ½ red or yellow bell pepper
Place all vegetables in a big bowl. Mix in the marinade and massage the vegetables for 5 minutes. This will incorporate the marinate into the vegetables and soften the kale.
Drain Hijiki and Kelp noodles very well. Add Hijiki and Kelp into the vegetable mixture. Massage for about 5 minutes until marinade is incorporated with the noodles.
Let Korean chap chae set for 30 minutes or dehydrate until chap che softens.
Enjoy with home made kimchi!
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Five stars!!
Kelp noodles are just kelp; I'm pretty sure they are raw.
I've never had the original but this tastes authentically Korean based on the few Korean dishes I've ever had. Fantastic!
I've been on a hunt for a yummy chap che recipe for sometime and am so thankful for yours! I'm Vietnamese and my husband is Korean so I totally know what you mean about the amazing array of dishes both cultures offer. I'm very excited to make this for my son's (Korean-Vietnamese) birthday this weekend!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my boyfriend made this for me and i absolutely loved it. you would've never had known it was kelp noodles. tastes just like chap che!
This is an awesomely delicious recipe! I first ate Chap Chae in Indonesia with more greens than in this recipe. I think the next time I make it I'll add in some spinach with the kale. It's a winner in my book.
hi sabriya, you can get kelp noodles at whole foods or purchase it online here : http://www.kelpnoodles.com/
you are welcome!
wow, i just had the left over of this dish and it tasted like the cooked version. the noodles really softened up more - it looks like marinating it longer or leaving it overnight with the marinate will soften the noodles definitely...
More Vietnamese PLEASE! My wife & I are practically living at the local Vietnamese restaurant. I've been to Viet Nam twice in the past 6 years. Last January we were there for almost a month, and can't wait to get back!


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Veronica Pasfield, "Kill the Indian to Save the Man": the "Indian Problem" and Native American Boarding Schools
- Location: Hubbard Hall, The Pickering Room (213)
- Event Type: Lecture
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The end of the Civil War meant an increase in American settler-colonial invasion into tribal homelands in the West. A decade of armed violence and massacre erupted as the Army and frontier militias attempted to exterminate or inter tribal communities permanently--and to extract tribal natural resources badly needed for U.S. expansion West.
In 1879, a new kind of solution to the "Indian problem" emerged in the form of Carlisle Indian Industrial Boarding School. In the words of founder Lt. Richard Henry Pratt, a federal Indian school system would "kill the Indian, and save the man." Federal agencies and missionary groups joined in an aggressive program to force Indian children to abandon their cultures, languages, and religions and assimilate to Euro-American lifeways.
This talk examines the underpinning ideologies behind the federal Indian boarding school system, which flourished from 1879-1934. Also considered are the creative and heroic strategies employed by Indian children to maintain their cultures, family ties, and sense of self-worth.
Veronica Pasfield is Ojibwe and a citizen of Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A PhD candidate in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan, Pasfield is particularly interested in the ways indigeneity challenges and shapes U.S. nationalism and contemporary tribal activisms, particularly in the realms of resistance, museums, and education. Pasfield's dissertation focuses on trans-Pacific circuits of power and dispossession that link Hawaiian, American Indian, and Freedman's industrical boarding school systems. She is also a repatriation activist, and a NAGPRA Officer for her tribe. Before returning to academia, Pasfield was a magazine writer and editor in Detroit and San Francisco.


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Everything we do celebrates the joy of listening and all that implies, whether enhancing music appreciation or using jazz improvisation to illustrate better listening and conversation skills in everyday life. Our programs are about inspiration and discovery.
What schools are saying about Judy Carmichael's educational programs:
Judy Carmichael is not only a versatile, exhilarating mainstream jazz pianist – she is also a student (and archivist) of pre-bop keyboard music. Carmichael certainly is among the finest interpreters of Harlem's World War I era two-handed, vamping, striding piano style. But, it is her expanding interest in other mainstream jazz piano styles that has made her a major figure in keyboard jazz performance. – The San Francisco Examiner
Judy Carmichael's talent is great. She dazzled our audiences with her smooth and accomplished performances. Judy's extroverted personality, poise, knowledge of jazz and fine honed communication skills, make her an excellent representative of the United States and of jazz piano. – United States Information Agency sponsored tour of Portugal 1991, St. Luiz Municipal Theater, Lisbon
Educational programs on the History/Culture of Jazz can be presented to large or small groups of students in the form of masterclasses, lectures and workshops.
Judy Carmichael performs a variety of pieces on the piano and shares illustrative anecdotes about celebrated musicians and their lives, simultaneously introducing live jazz piano and the rich historic context from which it has evolved. This allows a greater understanding of this unique art form and how it inspired the popular music we listen to today. These programs can be presented with or without historic film of jazz greats Judy has collected over the years and can be tailored for elementary school children through college age students, as well as performed for civic groups or in concert for all ages. Tuned piano in good working order is required. Residency programs available as well.
Jazz: Listening for Life
This program is funded by our not-for-profit Jazz Inspired, Inc. and contributes funds when schools cannot provide the full fee for our program. Judy teams with award-winning, celebrated musicians to illustrate jazz improvisation and a deeper understanding of the roll each instrument takes in an ensemble. Each musicians speaks to the unique qualities of their instrument and how it contributes to a jazz group. Learn more about Jazz: Listening for Life.
About Judy Carmichael
Considered one of the world's leading interpreters of stride, swing and boogie, jazz pianist Judy Carmichael has brought her experience and knowledge to students of all ages throughout the world. She has toured frequently for the U.S. State Department evangelizing on American's music, jazz, throughout Brazil, China, Portugal, India, Singapore and Morocco.
In 1990 the National Endowment for the Arts rewarded Judy Carmichael's knowledge of jazz piano with a major grant to present early jazz greats on film and to discuss the history and development of jazz piano with students across the country. Ms. Carmichael continues to present this program (juxtaposed with her own piano playing) to students of all ages with films of Fats Waller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.
At high schools and universities, Judy presents master classes, public performances, and lectures. Possible lecture topics include jazz piano, radio production, jazz history, and music appreciation.


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Design of area- and power efficient high-speed data path logic system forms the largest areas of research in VLSI system design. In digital adders, the speed of addition is limited by the time required to transmit a carry through the adder. Carry SeLect Adder (CSLA) is one of the fastest adders used in many data processing processors to perform fast arithmetic functions. From the structure of the CSLA, it is clear that there is span for reducing the area and power consumption in the CSLA. This work uses a simple and efficient gate-level modification to drastically reduce the area and power of the CSLA.
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Carlos Tevez is set to return to Juventus' starting line-up for Thursday's Europa League semi-final first leg at Benfica.
The Argentinian striker has shaken off a muscular injury that saw him miss Juve's last two Serie A games.
Tevez, who is looking to score his first European goal since April 2009, will lead Juve's attack at the Estadio da Luz.
Tevez's presence is a boost for Juve coach Antonio Conte, who must do without pivotal midfielder Arturo Vidal, who is ruled out of the encounter in Lisbon with a knee injury.
Juve travel to Portugal on the back of Saturday's 1-0 triumph over Bologna that saw them take one step closer to their third straight Italian title.
The Turin giants lead the Serie A standings with an eight-point advantage over Roma with four games remaining.
However, Conte has warned his players to expect a stern test come Thursday.
"Benfica are very strong team that is winning in Portugal," Conte said. "They have won the league, the Portuguese Cup and they are in the semi-finals of the Europa League.
"They are having an extraordinary campaign and this just proves the strength of this side.
"They have great individual players like Rodrigo and Gaitan and we will have to put in a great performance.
"I hope we can have the best Juve because we are facing a truly strong team that has bounced back from last season's disappointment of losing the league, the Copa and the Europa League in one week."
Benfica, last season's runners-up in the competition, head into the contest in seventh heaven after Sunday's 2-0 triumph over Olhanense that handed them their 33rd league title.
"Having lost three finals last season, we knew that we had to repeat the good things we had done but write a different endings to the finals," Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira said. "I knew that the future would eventually compensate us for what happened last year.
"Last Sunday we started to re-write our history and we hope on Thursday we can continue to do so."
Benfica coach Jorge Jesus will be without Eduardo Salvio for the encounter, with the Argentinian attacking midfielder having fractured a bone in his arm at the weekend.
Serbian defensive midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa is also out with a tendon injury.
Benfica are unbeaten at home this season in all competitions and travel to the Turin stadium, the venue for this year's final, next week for the return leg.


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A critical aspect of haemostasis is the release of clot-forming components from the three intra-platelet stores: dense-core granules, alpha granules and lysosomes. Exocytosis from these granules is mediated by soluble proteins [N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment proteins (SNAPs)] and integral membrane proteins [vesicle and target SNAP receptors (v- and t-SNAREs)]. Three Sec1/Munc18 proteins (SM proteins) are present in platelets (Munc18a, Munc18b and Munc18c) and they bind to and potentially regulate specific syntaxin t-SNAREs. In resting platelets, these SM proteins associate with granules and open canalicular system membranes predominantly but not with the plasma membrane. Munc18a binds to syntaxin 2 alone and does not associate with other members of the core SNARE complex. Munc18b associates with a larger complex that contains synaptosome-associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP-23) and cellubrevin/vesicle-associated membrane protein 3. Munc18c associates with both syntaxins 2 and 4, with synaptosome-associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP-23) and with a v-SNARE. On stimulation, most of the platelet SM proteins are still found in membrane fractions. Phosphorylation of each Munc18 increases in thrombin-treated cells and phosphorylated Munc18c remains associated with syntaxins 2 and 4, but its affinity for the SNAREs appears to be reduced. To determine the functional role of the platelet SM proteins, we examined the effects of Munc18-based peptides (Munc18a peptide 3 and Munc18c peptide 3). Addition of the peptides to permeabilized platelets inhibits secretion from all three platelet granules. These peptides also inhibit agonist-induced aggregation in saponin-permeabilized platelets. These studies demonstrate a clear role for SM proteins in platelet exocytosis and aggregation and suggest a dominant role for Munc18c in all three granule-release events.
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