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Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown
Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.5/10
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Atlanta, GA 30313
Welcome to the Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown
With free Wi-Fi, free hot breakfast, premium bedding, free shuttle service and a game room, across from Georgia Tech, our guests score big at the Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown.
Hotel Features
The six-story Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown furnishes 106 rooms featuring comfy Clean and Fresh Hampton Beds, free Wi-Fi, flat-panel TVs with premium channels, pay movies and video game consoles, refrigerators and coffee makers. Get your morning jolt with the free On the House hot breakfast offering eggs, sausage, French toast and unlimited coffee refills, or grab an On the Run breakfast bag (weekdays). If you're feeling guilty about the calorie intake, take it out at the on-site fitness center or on a game in the entertainment room featuring Wii, Xbox 360 and two LCD screens. The hotel also has a 24-hour on-site convenience store and a business center with free printing.
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The Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown offers valet parking (for an additional fee) and a free shuttle service to sites within a two-mile radius. The hotel is also located a 10-minute walk west of the North Avenue metro station leading to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 11 miles south, and downtown Atlanta. Facing Georgia Tech and the World of Coca-Cola, the hotel is two blocks from I-75/85, which offers a quick 10-minute drive to the city's historic Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum.
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Check into the Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown and check out the array of free amenities, hot breakfast and convenient locale all at a winning price.
Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-Downtown Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
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- Buffet breakfast
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- Cable television
- Child programs
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
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- Desk with electrical outlet
- Direct dial telephone
- Exercise gym
- Express check-out
- Female traveler room/floor
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free high speed internet connection
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
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Upon check-in photo identification and credit card are required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hampton Inn Atlanta-Georgia Tech-DowntownOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Everything was 100% better than the first time . No problems. I will be booking the room again for next year
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We stayed at this hotel while we were on our family vacation with our 2 young children. It was in a convenient location for the attractions we were going to see. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was clean and there was always enough towels, but was a bit small. Overall, there were no concerns at all and we enjoyed our stay in Atlanta.
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I would recommend this hotel to anyone. I was very pleased with the hotel and staff. The staff were very sweet and helpful when it came to anything. The hotel is located right by a pizza place that had the best phillycheese steak I've ever had. It's also close to the Georgia Dome, the Aquarium and Atlantic Station. My girlfriend and I stayed there for a Falcons Game so it was great that we were so close. The only thing with that was the Hotel is located on a corner and it took us a while to get to the convenience store which was walking distance away, because there was so much traffic from the game afterwards...plus the rain didn't help at all. But all in all...we enjoyed our trip and will make it a yearly thing. ...
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JERUSALEM, JULY 13, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See thanked the Israeli government for putting a stop to the construction of a mosque next to the Basilica of the Annunciation, in Nazareth.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano expressed the Holy See's gratitude last Thursday, when he met in Rome with Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Silvan Shalom. The Vatican's official statement on the meeting made no mention of the issue.
The Holy See, various Christian communities, and even key Muslim and Arab leaders, among them Yasser Arafat, opposed the construction of the mosque, whose cornerstone was laid on public land in November 1999.
According to Franciscan sources, the mosque was meant to appease fundamentalists who in previous years had attacked Christians. The local Muslim community already has its own places of worship in the area.
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I drive an old 1993 Honda Civic, this afternoon, when ever I press the accelerator, the engin revs up and there is no more drive. I would slow down to a halt and I only got home by stopping the car and starting it back up, but I had to to that a couple of times. Is this hopeless or costly to fix?
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Microsoft Enters Marketing Application Market With MarketingPilot Buy
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Microsoft's purchase of MarketingPilot will enable Microsoft Dynamics CRM to compete in the integrated marketing management market, but only with sustained investment. Customers of both firms will benefit from the deal.
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On 17 October 2012, Microsoft announced that it had acquired MarketingPilot Software, a vendor of integrated marketing management (IMM) solutions.
By acquiring MarketingPilot, Microsoft gains a set of IMM applications — on-premises, hosted and software as a service — that will enable it to become a viable vendor in the IMM, marketing resource management (MRM) and multichannel campaign management markets. Until now, Microsoft has focused on sales and customer service, but the acquisition will enable it to expand its focus to closed-loop processes across sales, service and marketing.
At first, Microsoft will run MarketingPilot as a stand-alone division, with sales and marketing handled by MarketingPilot's current team. This will limit its initial focus mainly to North America. It will need to improve its internationalization capabilities.
Gartner expects that, by the end of 2014, Dynamics CRM customers worldwide will have access to marketing applications as part of an integrated CRM solution, both online and in-house. Until then, the offering will be priced separately from the Dynamics CRM offering.
MarketingPilot is small, with limited resources, traction and visibility outside the U.S. Its ability to scale should now increase significantly. MarketingPilot focuses mainly on the midmarket, which was the traditional "sweet spot" of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. But as Microsoft strives to target large complex organizations, MarketingPilot will require sustained investment.
Clients and prospects should monitor the following as the acquisition unfolds:
Campaign management functions: MarketingPilot developed campaign and lead management capabilities only a few years ago, so these are modest compared with those of more established players. Microsoft must continue to invest in these areas to close the gap with competitors.
Integration: We expect that Microsoft will migrate MarketingPilot's marketing solutions to the Dynamics CRM technology and platform by the end of 2014. In time, this will probably require clients to migrate to a new technology architecture platform and UI.
MRM focus: MRM is a strength of MarketingPilot. It must maintain its focus on product development in this area.
Deployment and support: Microsoft sells and supports Microsoft Dynamics CRM through its global partners, many of which have little or no experience of marketing applications. It will take time for these partners to become certified. Until then, deployment and support quality could be low in many regions.
Partner disruption: Partners such as Aprimo and Marketo that are aligned to Marketplace — Microsoft's approved partner database — and tightly integrated with Dynamics CRM will be concerned and could even abandon Microsoft.
MarketingPilot clients: Seek information on integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and its possible impact on your implementation over time. Devise a strategy to deal with any changes to the architecture or UI.
MarketingPilot prospects: Consider MarketingPilot's solutions for IMM, but demand a road map for integration with Microsoft Dynamics and assess its potential effects on your investment. Evaluate the road map for marketing functionality investment.
Microsoft CRM clients and prospects seeking marketing capabilities: Assess the benefits of Microsoft and its MarketingPilot solutions, but accept that an integrated solution is likely to be two years away.
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Twelve dead in Mexico hurricane: officials
Veracruz, Mexico (AFP) Sept 20, 2010
At least 12 people died, about 10 were left missing and 40,000 were forced into emergency shelters when Hurricane Karl slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast, authorities said Monday.
The storm roared ashore Friday, pummeling a country already reeling from one of its wettest seasons on record and leaving communities flooded from the border with the US state of Texas clear down to Mexico's Pacific coast states.
"In total we have the death certificates of 12 people," Civil Defence force director Laura Gurza told a meeting assessing the damage left by the first major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season to make landfall.
President Felipe Calderon toured damaged areas in coastal Veracruz state, where at least seven people were killed and about 10 more remained missing, according to authorities.
Karl had forced the evacuation of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and the shutdown of the country's nuclear power plant, located just four kilometers (three miles) from where the hurricane roared ashore.
Among the dead were two men whose car was swept away by a flash flood in a river, a woman and her two children who drowned in their own home, and two people whose bodies were found washed up on a beach in the port of Veracruz.
Landslides have also killed two women in central Puebla state, while one woman died and eight people were injured when a mudslide swept away a house in the southern state of Oaxaca.
Authorities did not immediately say where the two other deaths occurred.
Calderon inspected the flooding in several villages in Veracruz, whose governor Fidel Herrera said 112 of the 274 municipalities in the state remain under water.
Herrera said at least half a million people in Veracruz were affected in varying degrees by the hurricane. Some 40,000 people were evacuated to shelters.
Looting was reported in small businesses near Veracruz, with authorities detaining 11 people and ordering in extra security personnel to maintain order.
Major flooding earlier this month across Mexico left 25 people dead.
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The unusually large category one storm had an eye that was bigger than Bermuda, and it was feared that it would flatten the British overseas territory of some 65,000 inhabitants when it struck Sunday.
But in the end Igor's impact was limited with little structural damage, despite a massive loss of power that affected every corner of the island chain.
Power company Belco said 28,700 of its 35,000 customers were without electricity. It was not immediately known how long Bermudans would have to go without power, but past outages from major storms have lasted days.
The sheer size of the storm -- which had a wind field of nearly 600 miles (965 kilometers) -- meant Bermuda was in for a continued battering even as Igor retreated, with tropical storm strength winds anticipated for much of the day.
Premier Ewart Brown sounded the alarm late last week that Igor could prove prove as devastating as Hurricane Fabian, which claimed four lives and caused millions of dollars of damage in 2003. Those fears proved unfounded however.
The biggest hit, perhaps, was to the tourism industry that drives the economy here.
Officials said they suffered a big loss in bookings for the weekend, after an exodus of tourists on Thursday and Friday, although many visitors chose to ride out the storm in their hotels.
Despite the relatively soft blow from Igor, there were still plenty of visible signs that a major storm had blown through. Palm trees were stripped bare, some homes had roofs with gaping holes or that were dislodged.
Several boats, including a government ferry, broke free of their moorings and crashed onto rocks, while tree branches were strewn across roadways.
Chris Gauntlett, of the Bermuda Regiment, said army patrols had been conducting a thorough damage assessment since shortly after dawn.
"We have between four and five teams out at the moment. So far they are reporting minor obstruction issues from fallen trees, one or two downed power lines and some roofs partially blown off," he said.
Soldiers evacuated a 26-year-old life support patient and transported him to a hospital after the power went out at his home. They also came to the aid of three people when their car got stuck in sand on a beach late Sunday.
The LF Wade International Airport, which canceled all arriving and departing flights, was to remain closed through early Tuesday.
Shops were shut Monday and schools were to remain shuttered through Wednesday. Meanwhile, the causeway bridge, which sustained minor damage, was expected to reopen later in the day.
When it crashed on shore overnight, Igor packed sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour that whipped up huge waves on Bermuda's southern coast, washing out some beaches and threatening coastal resorts.
At 11:00 am Monday (1500 GMT), the hurricane was 275 miles (445 kilometers) north of the island and picking up speed as it churned northward at 24 miles (39 kilometers) per hour with maximum sustained winds still at about 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour.
Officials said they expected little or no change in the massive storm in the coming 48 hours, except it would become a "strong extratropical cyclone" as it moves northward toward the Newfoundland province of Canada.
Normally referred to in the singular, Bermuda is actually a group of 138 islands, many of them small and uninhabited. The chain spans only 22 square miles (57 square kilometers).
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I think horse slaughter is a disgrace and should be null and void throughout the entire world! People need to take responsibility for their animals, there are NO excuses! If you can't afford to keep your horse, your better off putting them down where they will not suffer ever again! You may think your horse is going to have a blissful life after you sell them, but think again! You have NO idea what their intentions are with your horse. They may also run into financial trouble and sell the horse again. Is that a fair life for any animal? NO! Better to know than to wonder!
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its NOT just for money would you rather have an poor animal suffer? i hate them to, but there have been people get horses dumped on there land!one time someone went to a horse show and when they brought there horses back to there trailer the trailer was completely over stuffed with horses she had never even seen before! they were dumped on her! and lots of animals that are HORRIBLY sick with NO cure get dumped there are SEVERELY sick horses getting dumped all around you! :-/
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These women pay respects to a World War II Army veteran at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.
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Local veterans say they are pleased a bill passed the U.S. Senate last week and likely will become law - a measure that would ensure veterans with no resources or family to make funeral arrangements would be given proper burials.
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Back in the early '90s, I was driving around Jerusalem one morning when the news broke that the Supreme Court of Israel was prepared to issue its verdict in the Demjanjuk trial after months of deliberation. Thinking to hear exciting and historic commentary, I pulled over to better concentrate on the decision as it was read over the radio. Instead of gory details, I ended up sitting through a 90-minute dissertation on the correct understanding of the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt" in English and American jurisprudence.
It is boring as heck listening to a learned legal treatise being delivered in sonorous and self-important Hebrew by a judge into a microphone, but their conclusion was important. This formulation should not be taken to mean beyond any doubt a reasonable person might consider in deliberating the case. Rather it implies being clarified to the point where a reasonable person considers the matter no longer in doubt.
All that being said, it is undeniable that most juries have lost sight of this barometer. Arguably this represents the pendulum swinging back after the Melendez and O.J. Simpson verdicts in the mid-'90s, where a 99 percent DNA match did not meet the threshold. People thought we were getting away from the intent of the reasonable doubt clause and tried to season their doubt with more reason. Still, people should not be deprived of liberty, much less life, even for crimes they probably did, but only for crimes we feel certain that they did.
Recently we covered the Carlin and Linehan trials in Alaska, where a man was convicted although no proof was offered that he was even in the area at the time of the murder, and a woman was convicted of conspiring with him mainly because she was known to be fascinated by a movie about a woman who coaxed a man to kill for her. The only piece of hard evidence was Carlin's son's testimony that he thought he saw them washing blood off a gun afterwards. Well below the standard.
A more egregious instance, in my view, was the trial earlier this year of Melanie McGuire in New Jersey. Her estranged husband's body was found cut into pieces in luggage belonging to the family and thrown into a river some miles away. The garbage bags used to pack the body parts were linked through amazing forensic science to bags in their home. A bed sheet used as wrapping came from the fertility clinic where she worked as a nurse.
No one heard any shot from their home. Intense police searches could find no blood traces anywhere. No cutting implement was found. No one saw her remove luggage or dump the bodies. The prosecution theory was that she drugged the husband with chloral hydrate, a Mickey Finn in slang, then shot and dismembered him in the house. Some of that drug had been purchased in a local Walgreen's using a forged prescription from Dr. Miller, the head of the fertility clinic...with whom she had been conducting an affair.
Interestingly no one considered Miller as a suspect. (The defense can't afford to advance that, because they want to downplay the prejudicial effect of the adultery.) The prescription came from his pad, the bed sheet from his clinic. He seems strong enough to do the heavy lifting, while she does not. He could have lured the husband to the clinic after hours and killed him there, a much better venue for vivisecting corpses and then scouring vestiges. Instead the police trusted him as their spy and had him call her on tape, asking if she had done it. She said certainly not.
These cases hold a definite fascination for the deductive mind. Yet they fall well short of conclusive proof. I was eight years old in 1966 when F. Lee Bailey got Dr. Sam Sheppard acquitted in a retrial for the 1954 killing of his wife. Sheppard spent ten years in prison and could never really put his life back together afterwards, dying an alcoholic at age 46. DNA evidence pretty much exonerated him in 1998, and it seems most likely his wife really was killed by the bushy-haired intruder Sheppard claimed he tried to restrain. It was later discovered that their window washer, Richard Eberling, had murdered other women, wearing wigs over his bald head.
Police always mock the idea of what they call the BHS, the Bushy Haired Stranger. Still, if you ever take a moment to ponder it, you will be chilled to realize that if your spouse is murdered at home and you have no alibi, you will almost certainly be convicted. Neighbors will testify they heard you yell "Drop dead!" during a domestic dispute. Anyone you ever griped to about the marriage will show up to tell the jury. And if you were having an affair, you really have zero chance of acquittal.
Reasonable doubt, my friends. It protects you and me. Nurture it well.
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Steven Kleber He is charged with child abuse
Lindsey Kleber She testified in a striped gray prison uniform
A defense attorney said Tuesday during Steven Klebers abuse trial that the defendant tripped while putting his infant daughter back to bed, prompting the baby to flail forward but that he didnt think he had hurt her.
He will tell you that he didnt believe she hit anything, attorney Stuart Huffman said in an opening statement.
Kleber who is charged with child abuse in connection with the June 2010 incident wore a maroon shirt and dress pants Tuesday, the first day of his trial. His ex-wife, Lindsey Kleber, meanwhile, took the stand after opening statements wearing the striped gray uniform of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution a reminder of the twist that put the case in the spotlight.
In October 2010, more than three months after the alleged abuse by Steven Kleber, Lindsey Kleber shot him in the back after forcing him into her car, saying she was concerned for the safety of her two children. She pleaded guilty in January 2012 to assault and other charges and is serving three years in prison. The couples divorce became final in December 2010.
Mya Kleber was 7 weeks old when Lindsey Kleber went to visit her parents in Lees Summit on June 20, 2010. It was the first time she had left both children in the sole care of Steven, she testified Tuesday, although he had regularly helped with Mya and the couples other child, then about 2 years old.
Steven will tell you how excited he was and a little bit nervous to watch his two girls, attorney Huffman said.
In her opening statement, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Emily Monroe made frequent note of the fact that Lindsey Kleber traveled out of town on Fathers Day weekend and wanted to see her own father. She said that Steven Kleber, frustrated at the length of time his daughter was crying that night, twice held her up to his face and asked: Mya, whats wrong?
The couple met while they were both students at Baptist Bible College, Lindsey Kleber said on the stand, and married in December 2007. At the time of the June 2010 incident, Steven Kleber was attending the college full time and working at Sams Club, while Lindsey was a stay-at-home mom.
Upon returning from Lees Summit, Lindsey immediately took over child care so her husband could sleep before work, she said. A short time later, she said, Mya Klebers left leg began shaking. When she was unable to reach her pediatrician, she with the encouragement of Steven took the infant to now-Mercy Hospital, she said. There, Myas left arm started twitching as well, but she was discharged without a diagnosis.
Upon leaving the hospital, Lindsey called Steven, who then told her he had tripped while carrying Mya the night before, she said.
In his opening statement, Huffman presented the version of events that Steven is expected to describe when he takes the stand.
In the overnight hours of June 21, Huffman said, Steven Kleber got up to attend to Mya. After preparing a bottle for her and cradling her in front of the TV for a time, he said, Steven tripped on a cord while walking into his bedroom, where the baby slept in a playpen.
Huffman said Kleber was holding Mya to his chest and right shoulder but had to use one hand to brace himself when he tripped. Mya fell forward.
After speaking with Lindseys parents, the entire family headed to the Childrens Mercy Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., seeking a second opinion, Lindsey said.
The couple didnt talk much on the ride up, she said, and Huffman acknowledged that his client at one point began watching a movie on a mobile device.
I was disappointed that he didnt tell me, but I was more concerned with my daughter, Lindsey Kleber said.
After being seen at Childrens Mercy Hospital in Overland Park, Lindsey and Mya traveled by ambulance to the hospitals downtown Kansas City location. Steven rode with his mother-in-law, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Monroe said. In her opening statement, she never directly stated that Steven shook Mya instead choosing to highlight two comments Steven allegedly made.
Everyones going to think that I shook her, Monroe described Steven as saying to his mother-in-law as they traveled to the hospital.
Later, Monroe said, Steven asked his father-in-law: Do you think theyre gonna know what I did?
In his opening statement, Huffman didnt directly comment on whether the defense agrees that those statements were made or their exact wording. However, he did imply that Steven made a reference to shaking the baby because he had Googled her symptoms and was worried.
He sees on the Internet terms of abusive head trauma and other things, Huffman said.
A worker from the Childrens Division of Missouri Social Services which began investigating while Mya was in the hospital later told Lindsey that she would not be able to get custody of her children if Steven continued to have contact with them, Lindsey testified when questioned by Huffman. Huffman also sought to draw attention to the weeks that passed before Lindsey filed a report with Springfield police and said that Lindsey told police that her divorce lawyer had told her she needed to file a report.
Doctors originally had diagnosed the child with seizures, but CT scans completed later showed the baby had a skull fracture, court documents show. According to charging documents, the child had bleeding present on both sides of the brain. Mya was in the hospital in the Kansas City area for about a week, Lindsey testified.
In addition to Lindsey Kleber, the prosecution called Lindseys parents, a police officer and two doctors on Tuesday. In his opening statement, Huffman said the defense planned to call Steven, as well as two different doctors.
The trial occurs nearly three years after the episode that shined a public spotlight on the case.
On Oct. 7, 2010, according to court documents, Lindsey Kleber left a meeting with prosecutors to discuss the case against her husband and went to get her gun.
Documents say Lindsey Kleber told authorities she found Steven Kleber at the Baptist Bible College campus and asked him to talk with her, but he refused and got in his truck. As he tried to drive away, she allegedly crashed her car into his truck.
Steven Kleber told authorities Lindsey Kleber got out of the car and went to the drivers side of his truck, where she fired one round from a 9 mm handgun into the ground and two through the window.
She then ordered him to get in her car, he told police.
Later on, the couple was pulled over by a Greene County deputy when Steven Kleber tried to run from the car, court documents said.
(The deputy) said the subject ran about five or six steps, stiffened his body and then fell to the ground, the report said.
Lindsey Kleber told authorities she fired a shot in his direction to scare him and had no intention of killing him.
The trial is scheduled to continue today in front of Judge Dan Conklin.


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Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up the closest of friends, but time sent them down different paths. Twenty years later, those paths cross: Fontayne is a recovering addict fresh out of jail, and Bernice is her new parole officer. When Bernice's son Rodney goes missing on the Mexican border, his shady associates all in hiding or brutally murdered, Bernice realizes she needs someone with the connections to navigate Rodney's world without involving the police… and turns to her old friend. The pair enlist the services of disgraced ex-LAPD detective Freddy Suárez (Edward James Olmos) and plunge into the dim underbelly of Tijuana, forced to unravel a complex web of human traffickers, smugglers, and corrupt cops before Rodney meets the same fate as his partners. As much a story of relationships as a story of crime, "Go for Sisters" is a welcome return to the border for master filmmaker and 2-time Oscar nominee John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Passion Fish").


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Hey guys, I just stumbled across this new parody of One Piece called One Piece Unleashed: The Joke Reels-
The entire parody has original artwork hand-drawn by Elekid11, the same guy who did the hand-drawn and fan-animated One Piece opening. What do you guys think of this parody? I'm in the middle--some parts of it are really funny, like the Cobra Rant and what Luffy tells Vivi in the desert. However some of the jokes were pretty lame in my opinion. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. What do you think? Do you find it hilarious? Or do you think it's crappy and sucks?


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Greek people love to converse. Dating back to the ancient philosophical days of Socrates and Plato, talking amongst one another can be regarded as a national Greek pastime. It is no wonder then that coffee shops line the streets in modern day Athens. After watching the Athenians pass the day with one another over coffee, it became my goal to call one of these cafes my own. After befriending a waiter and frequenting a coffee shop near my school, I accomplished my goal.
Through this process and other experiences while in Greece, the stereotype of Greeks as overly hospitable holds true. From day one, the owner of my coffee shop went out of his way to make me feel at home. Although he doesn't speak English, the owner visits my friends and me at our table bearing gifts. In one such instance, he brought flowers to all the girls at our table. Other times, we'll receive free coffee or hot chocolate. On my way to school, he won't let me pass without stopping me to say hello and give me the typical European greeting, a peck on both cheeks.
Some of the best experiences I have had abroad involve integrating myself with the natives. Although a language barrier exists, it won't stop people from being gracious and welcoming. This past week, several of my friends and I received a box of cookies from a bakery owner simply because we were foreigners. It is these types of experiences that make you feel welcome and want to help those when they are in your neck of the woods.
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STELLAService, a venture-backed business headquartered in the Flatiron district of New York City, is looking for a content marketing and media relations manager. This position will be equal parts content strategy and media relations. STELLAService collects data on the customer service performance of top retailers and can leverage that data to produce content thats meaningful to both consumer and B2B audiences. Your top priority will be press outreach and syndication for stories produced by our team of
Ideal candidates will have a passion for creating, packaging, distributing and managing content across, print, online, television and social channels. This full-time position is an opportunity to think creatively and aggressively about content marketing that drives both consumer awareness and sales.
Creation of customer service industry commentary, infographics, shopper testimonials, video content and data-driven articles aimed at educating customer service practitioners and helping consumers make better buying decisions.
Assist with the management of Happy Customer, STELLAServices publication for customer service practitioners. This includes maintaining an editorial calendar and posting schedule, coordinating with a team of freelance writers, editing and thoughtfully shaping Happy Customer content for its target audience.
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Track List: Fernando Sor: Grandes Sonatas, Opp. 22 & 25
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A person familiar with the situation says Tennessee has offered its open athletic director's job to Alabama assistant athletic director Dave Hart.
Tennessee has been looking for a new athletic director since Mike Hamilton resigned in June in the wake of a lengthy NCAA investigation. The person spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the offer had not been made public.
Hart did not immediately return a telephone message left by the AP. He has been executive director of athletics assisting Alabama athletic director Mal Moore since August 2008.
He also has advised the Atlantic Coast Conference and was athletic director at Florida State for 13 years. An Alabama graduate, Hart played basketball for C.M. Newton.
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Ofsted: Hubs 'have done little to improve' music education
15 November 2013, Alex Stevens
Ofsted: Damning report on hubs' first year
Music education hubs have done little to improve the range in quality of music education across England, says a report released by Ofsted today which urges hub leaders to act more as 'champions, leaders and expert partners'.
It also says that Arts Council England, the awarding body of hub contracts, 'is not yet able to gauge the quality of hubs' work'.
The report is based on visits to 31 schools, and 'detailed discussions with their associated hubs', by Ofsted inspectors between February and July 2013, within the hubs' first year.
Good quality music education still 'reaches only a minority of pupils', although where they were working well, hubs have 'often brought new energy, collaborative approaches and vitality to working musically with young people'.
'Many of the hubs visited, especially in large county areas, were failing to reach out to all eligible schools, despite receiving funding to do so.'
Poor quality music provision often occurs through unspecialised teachers being unable to challenge pupils appropriately. '26 of the 31 schools visited, including all of the primary schools, shied away from teaching pupils about fundamental aspects of music … at an appropriately challenging level, or at all. Typically, the schools were not sure enough how to teach these aspects and thought them too difficult for pupils.'
Overall, Ofsted's clear message is that quality without reach is not acceptable – and that even where hubs have found it hard to work with schools they must still live up to their responsibilities.
'In some schools, hubs found it hard to get noticed, especially by senior leaders, and gave up too easily.'
Ofsted has published three interviews alongside the report (see 'More like this, left), with HMI Robin Hammerton talking to Susan Robertson of Tees Valley music hub, Peter Bolton of Kent Music and Richard Jones, leader of the South Gloucestershire music hub. These focus on developing hubs' relationships with schools, particularly highlighting where they have found success in 'having a challenging conversation'.
'It's about making sure the schools are on the right track, really, with their music,' says HMI Hammerton in one. 'Yes, definitely,' replies Robertson.
Speaking at the Music Mark Conference on 15 November, Hammerton reportedly offered 'to intervene directly in schools' which wouldn't establish a relationship with their local music hub.
The report also recommends that Arts Council England 'take rapid action to improve the reporting and accountability framework for music hubs, ensuring that it contains evaluation of the quality of the work of the hubs in schools; this should include the evaluative examination of hubs' work'.
John Smith, general secretary of the Musicians' Union, said: 'The completely unrealistic timeframe which was imposed on music services to recreate themselves as music education hubs last year compounded by cuts within local authorities alongside the statutory grant has made it impossible for hubs to fulfil the aspirations of the National Music Plan.
'Although the National Music Plan itself was promising, unless the Government is prepared to do more to implement it across the country then musical opportunities for young people will continue to be a postcode lottery.'
The MU's Dianne Widdison told MT: 'Too much has been asked of the Hubs in too little time and because of cuts in the central grant, as well as many having to contend with local cuts, they have been charged with trying to address far wider issues with vastly reduced resources.
'It seems bizarre for the report to criticise music in schools when the government has continually undermined the importance of creative subjects in education. If the aspirations of the National Music Plan are to be realised it is imperative that all schools are charged with engaging with their Hubs and the value of music education is recognised.'
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: 'In passing the responsibility [of music education] on to music hubs, the government is now denying them the level of funding to be able to provide what is expected of them.
'There needs to be a far more co-ordinated approach to music teaching in schools as well as the time 'in the curriculum and a proper status given to music lessons.'
A department for Education spokesman told the BBC: 'Ofsted's findings are based on just a quarter of the 123 hubs, which were assessed only a few months after opening. But Ofsted is clear that when hubs are properly run, they are already making a real difference. We are working with Arts Council England to ensure music hubs benefit all children.'
An Arts Council England spokeswoman told the Evening Standard: 'The Arts Council is already addressing the specific recommendations directed towards it in the report which are around our responsibility to set up and monitor hubs.'
Yamaha invites you to join the Silent Revolution!
8 November 2013
Yamaha is joining together with four UK piano dealers to present the 'Silent Revolution' this month.
Between 12-16 November, Yamaha's leading international project specialist Bert Smorenburg will be showcasing the new SH Silent Series Pianos at four different locations across the country. This is a free opportunity for pianists and educational establishments to try a selection of Silent Series pianos for themselves, from entry level uprights to grand piano models.
Those visiting the tour locations will also be able to take advantage of Yamaha's Upgrade Bonus scheme, which guarantees part-exchange prices on current acoustic or digital pianos. Yamaha's Leanne Barrell says: 'We hope as many pianists of all standards and ages will come along to these entertaining and informative shows. For anyone who has ever wondered what a silent piano is and what it can do for your piano playing, the 'Silent Revolution' tour offers the perfect introduction!'
The tour will be visiting Cambridge on 12 November, Oxfordshire on 13 November, London on 14 November, and Manchester on 15-16 November. For more details visit the Yamaha website.
CREATE Music Labs Draw Crowds in Kent
8 November 2013
Teenagers and music teachers in Kent are flocking to take part in creative music workshops which give guidance on how to write music.
Organised by Soundhub, Kent's music service, the workshops give secondary school age children the opportunity to work with professional composers and musicians. Topics covered in the workshops include instrumentation techniques, how to create music in a variety of genres, inspiration and musical intuition.
Peter Bolton, chief executive of Kent Music, said: 'This is a great chance for students to take risks and push boundaries as their own compositions take shape and for school staff to pick up new teaching techniques. We're delighted that so many students and teachers want to be involved and we are looking forward to organising more Music Labs in 2014 for musicians in other parts of Kent.'
The first event in the CREATE Music Labs series will take place next Friday 15 November, and is already fully booked. Kent-based Matthew King, a lecturer in composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, will lead the workshop in Canterbury on the topic of 'Experimenting with Music for Small Ensemble'.
For more information on further CREATE Music Labs, email email@example.com or call Sophie Plumb on 01622 358406.
Ofqual Announces New Design for GCSEs
1 November 2013
This morning Ofqual announced their plans to redesign some of the key features of GCSE exams from September 2015. English language, English literature and maths will be the first to follow Ofqual's new format, with new GCSEs in other subjects introduced from the following year.
Earlier this week, exam board insiders confirmed that as many as 20 GCSE subjects would be undergoing scrutiny to determine whether they are 'too soft' to be branded as GCSEs. Following fears that subjects such as music may not deemed 'academic' enough to retain GCSE status, Ofqual's chief regulator Glenys Stacey has stated that 'The aim is not to stop important, established subjects, but rather to make sure everyone is clear about what is a GCSE and what is not.' As it stands, Ofqual will not be consulting on which subjects will included in the new GCSE qualification until the new year.
If music is accepted as a traditional, 'core' GCSE subject, it will follow the format of the newly-redesigned English and maths exams. This includes:
- A new grading system using the number 1-9 to indicate performance levels, with 9 being the top level
- Exams as the default method of assessment
- Tiering to be used only in cases when untiered papers will prevent students from demonstrating their knowledge and skills (at both ends of the ability spectrum)
- Exams only in the summer, apart from English language and maths. In these cases, students who were at least 16 on the preceding 31 August will be allowed to sit exams in November
- A fully linear structure, with all assessment at the end of the course
Children to star in Ocarina World Record Attempt
29 October 2013
In a week's time, thousands of children from primary schools across England, Wales and Gibraltar will attempt to make history with the world's largest ocarina ensemble. It is hoped that as many as 4,000 players will take part in a performance of 'Ode to a Joyful Star', which should easily exceed the current record of 831 performers.
Children and audience members will be taught to play the ocarina on the day. All those taking part will receive a free ocarina on entry to the Royal Albert Hall. The six-minute work will be conducted by composer Douglas Coombes OBE, with the performance accompanied by the Royal Albert Hall organ.
2013 marks 50 years since the development of the English 4-hole ocarina, which has been newly re-styled for the occasion. David Liggins, founder and director of Ocarina Workshop, is responsible for bringing this instrument to schools across the world. 'Music is for everyone,' he said. 'We look forward to parents and supporters all joining in to create one massive family ocarina band!'
Proceeds from the evening will go to Barnardo's. Tickets are available from the Royal Albert Hall box office. For more information, visit the Ocarina Workshop website.
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[1318] High Immunohistochemical Expression of Translesion DNA Synthesis Enzyme Polymerase η in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer Is Associated with Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Resistance
Wendi Zhou, Xiyong Liu, Peiguo Chu, Sofia Loera, Bruce Wenig, Kai-Ming Chou, Yun Yen. St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY; City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA; Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Background: The development of cancer drug resistance in mucosal derived squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) is a persistent problem limiting the successful treatment of locally advanced malignancies. Recent evidence from basic research indicates that translesion DNA synthesis enzyme polymerase η (pol η; XPV gene) negatively influence the effectiveness of cisplatin by bypassing cisplatin induced DNA adducts, but little is known as to whether the immunostaing level of pol η in HNSCC patient samples is ultimately relevant to tumor chemotherapy sensitivity.
Design: Immunohistochemistry staining for pol η was performed on surgical specimens of sixty-four cases of mucosal derived, locally advanced HNSCC. The correlations of expression level of pol η with patient demographic, tumor staging, histological differentiation, and clinical outcomes were investigated. Expression of pre and post- treatment pol η in relation to chemoresponse was further evaluated in 49 cases treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.
Results: Nuclear Pol η expression was limited at basal layer of benign squamous mucosa. Higher nuclear pol η expression was detected in 65% of SCC. Pol η staining level was negatively associated with tumor grade, but not significantly differed by gender, age, Tobacco/alcohol history, tumor stage and metastatic status. Complete response rate was observed significantly higher in negative/low baseline Pol η staining group (44%, p=0.03). No survival significance was found to be related to Pol η staining level, although there is a trend showing patient with high Pol η expression tends to have shorter overall survival.
Conclusions: Our data, for the first time, provide evidences that in situ pol η staining might be a novel marker of chemoresponse in HNSCC patients receiving platinum-based therapy.
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With around a tenth of the country out of work, the amount of sympathy you'll be able to generate for The Company Men's downsized executives probably depends on your own financial circumstances. It's tough to feel torn up about Ben Affleck selling his Porsche when most of us are hustling to make rent at the end of every month.
Affleck stars as a hotshot businessman sent packing by an ice-queen HR automaton (Maria Bello). He spends a fair chunk of the picture in increasingly frantic denial. Insisting on preserving the illusion of success, Bobby keeps the sports car, the steak dinners and the country club membership, refusing to even entertain the idea of moving somewhere more reasonable than a suburban mansion. Affleck excels at playing callow, his boorishness put to the test by the cheesy self-help slogans of outplacement seminars.
Writer-director John Wells is revered in television; he was showrunner for ER, then resuscitated The West Wing after Aaron Sorkin's departure. Despite the contributions of brilliant cinematographer Roger Deakins, Company Men has a distinctly small-screen sensibility, often feeling like a season of one of Wells' polished dramas whittled down to feature length.
It also feels inauthentic, a combination of talking points and statistics lacking the grace notes of real life. Bobby's fall is absurdly diagrammed, with the former master of the universe forced to move his family back into his parents' house (couldn't they have just rented an apartment?) and take a charity job hanging drywall with his surly, salt-of-the-earth brother-in-law, played by Kevin Costner.
Adding to the ersatz pallor is Hollywood's recent and unfortunate affinity for terrible Boston accents. The equivalent of an English drawing-room drama in Cockney slang, Company Men 's moneyed, white-collar MBAs all drop their R's and bellow profanity like one of Micky Ward's sisters in The Fighter. This also gives Costner another chance to prove that he has no business doing accents, evah.
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I haven't been able to find a traction device for my minimalist shoes that actually works. I have tried using microspikes with my vivobarefoots, but what happens is the toebox gets push backed and jammed against my feet. This gets really uncomfortable for extended use. This is a problem with any super flexible shoe. They would work great if they somehow didn't press directly against my toes.I have seen someone use microspikes with 5 fingers because the chain rests in between the toes, but I'm not a fan of 5 fingers.I plan on getting some vivobarefoot trails which have some aggressive tread and a I'm sure that will help a lot, but it's not really a subsitute in icy conditions.Are there any traction devices out there that will work with really flexible 3-5mm soled shoes?
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Hillsound trail pro or CAMP Magics would be the next step up from Microspikes. I liked the Hillsounds when i tried them in the store.. i don't do enough winter stuff without snowshoes to get them though. i've heard good things though.
Kahtoola K10 made for trail runners?http://sectionhiker.com/kahtoola-k10-ultralight-hiking-and-trail-running-crampon/
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I have a pair of Vivobarefoot Neo Trails in size 45. I have strapped on my Grivel Spider's and they fit OK. However, I have not had an opportunity to field test them. The Spiders are 5.2 oz for the pair and 5.65 oz with the nylon bag they came in. They are available on-line for under $40. I carry the Spiders for use with my Brooks Cascadia's for supplemental traction if I expecting snow/ice. I would not want to use them for any serious technical situations.
My issue wasn't a lack of traction with the microspikes, it was the way they press up against the toe box and fold it back, jamming it into my toes. Those k10's look really nice though.Those grivels look like exactly what I was looking for, since they wouldn't bunch up my toes. I don't need something for winter mountaineering, just something so I can get up snowfields in the sierra's and walk on frozen trails without slipping everywhere.
If you insist on minimalist shoes with traction devices, buy some with thicker soles and put screws in the soles.Traction beyond what that will provide quite honestly requires a stiffer shoe. Use the proper footwear for the conditions, don't try to force your minimalist shoes to work in conditions they were never intended for.
Edited by 7sport on 03/05/2013 21:01:27 MST.
A couple of years ago when I had one pass to cross I used the microspikes and wrapped a couple of pieces of thin foam around my foot, the microspikes held it in place and the foam provided padding as well as insulation from the cold. It wasn't perfect and the crossing only took a couple of hours but I remember thinking it worked out pretty well overall.
VFF are not designed for winter conditions that require traction, just like a ferrari isn't designed for the Rubicon 4x4 trail.Find a compromise, get a wide toed minimalist shoe. The altra lone peaks look to have a 0mm drop but still a beefy enough sole to provide enough support for microspikes to work ok. I'm sure you can find other similar shoes (having a rock plate would help in stiffness).
Problem with the Grivels and any other mid foot traction is that once you get on anything that requires pushing off with your toes you are going to slip. so they would be fine on flat but not much after that unless you walked funny with your feet flat.
I agree, but I'm not looking to take them into winter conditions.I'm just look for something to help with the occasional slippery summer snowfield or icy trails.
Justin,Would these Yaktrax be an option for you?http://www.jazebra.com/yaktrax-pro-black-x-large.htmlFYI I included the link for pricing and weight information only. I have no experience and have never ordered from this supplier.Party On,Newton
If you go with yaktrax make sure you carry extra ones with you. They're pretty useless on anything with much slope and prone to failure.
I believe even using micro spikes with trail runners is marginal. I had the exact same issue with toe end that you talked about. I think this is a case of the proper tool for the job. At best you may find a compromise with minimal footwear and "crampons" but I would expect it to be lacking in many areas.
Someone here mentioned using thickish braided rope for light traction and it working pretty well. I have no idea how comfortable it would be with your shoes or how well it would work for your expection conditions.EDIT: found it here:http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=28921
Edited by jnklein21 on 03/06/2013 08:38:43 MST.
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