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'Star Trek' a small part of William Shatner's career
He made voyagers just a little bit afraid of air travel after playing the passenger who saw the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
He helped to inspire a generation to look beyond the sky and to consider what technology could do for mankind after playing Capt. James T. Kirk in "Star Trek."
He helped to make millions aware of the everyday heroics of emergency responders in one of the first reality shows, "Rescue 911."
And he made it OK for guys to be maybe just a little closer to their male friends after playing Denny Crane on "Boston Legal."
So maybe it's not really hyperbole when William Shatner calls his one-man show "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It." The show comes to the Benedum Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
It follows the Canadian actor's life, from his childhood in the Montreal area and studies at McGill University to his early years performing — including replacing Christopher "Capt. Von Trapp" Plummer in a performance of "Henry V" — to his stints as Kirk and Crane. Audiences can expect to hear stories about his music efforts, the kidney stone he sold to benefit Habitat for Humanity and his love of horses.
"I am going to … try to make you laugh and cry, and entertain you, and perhaps have something to discuss after the show," he says.
The biographical show debuted on Broadway in February followed by stops in 15 cities in March and April. The current leg of the tour began Nov. 8, after a break of about six months.
"I'm trying to remember what it is I said and did. I have it scripted, and I'm re-memorizing it and trying to sharpen it up as I go along," he says.
Although Shatner has been in Pittsburgh before — he visited Carnegie Mellon University a decade ago while researching his book "I'm Working on That" — he says he isn't inserting city-specific anecdotes in the show. "The only tailoring I do is on my jacket; I'm trying to have them take it in," he jokes.
But the show is no lark to Shatner.
Shortly after his run on Broadway, Shatner says he was to play at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, where he had recently seen a show with more than 2,000 performers.
"A week or so later," he says, "I stride on the stage to do a sound check — empty theater, 3,500 seats, and I'm alone. And I'm going to entertain the same number of people, by myself, that 2,000 people held in the palm of their hand.
"If I allowed myself, it could be quite overwhelming. You have to go into a state of denial."
While part of the actor's fame came from a "Saturday Night Live" TV skit where he enjoined hard-core "Star Trek" fans to "Get a life," Shatner says dealing with people at science-fiction fan conventions over the years was part of the reason he felt he could mount this type of performance.
"(That's) exactly why I thought I was capable of doing a one-man show, involving projection and stuff like that. … I've done it over the years, in front of 15,000 people and not knowing what was going to come out of my mouth. Now, I know what is going to come out of my mouth — most of the time."
At 81, Shatner shows no signs of slowing his pace of work.
He recently did voice work for an animated film he describes as "huge, monumental, everybody who's known in show business is in it," and he's playing a villain, he teased. He recently hosted two seasons of "Shatner's Raw Nerve," a talk show on the Biography Channel that features him doing offbeat interviews with celebrities, and had a guest starring role on USA's "Psych."
Shatner has a documentary coming out, "Get a Life," which looks at the phenomenon of science-fiction and comic-book conventions, and, he says, poses the question: "Who goes to them, and why? And I've come up with an answer that I think is interesting, and you'll have to see the documentary to know the answer."
He says he has a potential new series, and several other projects, including an iPhone app that debuted this month. The application gives users access to a library of recorded words and allows them to create sentences they can then hear in Shatner's voice.
But why is he working so hard?
"I love what I'm doing, and I don't want to stop. It makes me feel worthwhile and gives me a purpose."
Vaunda Bonnett and Catherine Artman are staff writers for Trib Total Media.
• "Miss Congeniality" (2000) and "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" (2005)
• Seven "Star Trek" movies, from 1979 to 1994
• "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1" (1993)
• "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982)
• "Incubus" (1966)
• Shatner directed "Get a Life!" (2012, TV documentary); "The Captains" (2011 documentary); "Groom Lake" (2002); "TekWar" (1994) and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (1989)
TV roles
William Shatner won two Emmys and a Golden Globe award, and had four additional Emmy nominations for "The Practice" and "Boston Legal." He appeared as Ranger Bob in "Howdy Doody" in 1954, a couple episodes of "Hitchcock Presents" (1957 and '60) and two "Twilight Zone" episodes (1960 and '63). We haven't space to list all his Tv credits, but here are some of his more memorable roles:
2010-11: "$#*! My Dad Says," Dr. Edison Milford Goodson III
2004-08: "Boston Legal," Denny Crane
2004: "The Practice," Denny Crane
1999-2000: "3rd Rock from the Sun," The Big Giant Head
1994-96: "TekWar," Walter H. Bascom
1982-86: "T.J. Hooker," Sgt. T.J. Hooker
1975-75: "Barbary Coast," Jeff Cable
1973-74: "Star Trek" (Animated), Capt. James T. Kirk
1966-69: "Star Trek," Capt. James T. Kirk
1966: "Dr. Kildare," Dr. Carl Noyes / Toby Cunningham, M.D.
1965: "For the People," David Koster
1963: "77 Sunset Strip," Paul De Vinger
Shatner app
On Nov. 1, Blindlight Apps released "Shatoetry," a celebrity app that allows users to choose from hundreds of words to arrange into a sentence, then Shatner recites the lines in his inimitable style.
On at the day of it's release, the $2.99 app reached the top of the entertainment app list on iTunes.
"Shatoetry" contains more than 400 words, and each word has three possible inflections. Shatner told Reuters that the app could expand.
"We have in mind holiday things. We have in mind events in your life, words so that you can use them as well. We will increase this if people love it and tell other people that they love it. When we get an audience we know that is worthwhile, we will add to it."
Shatner in space
During the final flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery, Shatner recorded a special message for the crew that woke up them at 3:23 a.m., March 7, 2011. With the "Star Trek" theme music playing in the background, Shatner intoned: "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before."
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Posted 17 January 2009 - 12:31 PM
I moved to Chicago from Baltimore a few months ago and haven't located a Ravens bar yet. We have two big games coming up and I think it's about time we designated one, or someone filled me in on where one is. Where are all of you Ravens fans meeting up for the big game on Sun.? Lets get the Ravens fans together in Chicago!
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No Ravens bar in Chicago... If you like the Steelers.. there are like 10 Steeler bars in Chicago...LOL!!!
Nevin's Pub in Evanston shows games in sections of the bar/restaurant on Sundays. For every non-nationally televised game, I'll be in there watching every down of the Ravens game like it was my last.
Nevin's is fantastic, by the way. Super high quality food and it's a college town so there are cute chicks to be distracted by if that is your thing.
Hope to see some of you there!
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Anybody looking for a RAVENS bar in Chicago, look no further. I've started "The Chicago Flock" group where we meet at Fizz bar & grill on Lincoln Ave. You can also sign up free on our member page.
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Nixa High School is one of eight Missouri schools to receive the award, which recognizes high levels of academic performance or dramatic improvement, in 2013.
"This is an outstanding school, but great schools don't happen by accident. A strong network of community and state support helps local public schools provide the outstanding education that Missouri students need and deserve," Nixon said. ...


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Emma Stone & Andrew Garfield Get The Embarrassing Interview Treatment
Aided and abetted by Jamie Foxx, who plays the latest villain in the superhero franchise, DeGeneres played Nosy Parker and subjected the lovebirds to some playful grilling about their love life. Do they share a hotel room? Do they practice kissing? "The chemistry just seems so real," the host quipped, while Foxx called his costars' love scenes "so natural." Oh, guys.
Stone took the ribbing like a champ, while Garfield sheepishly sipped from his mug and begged DeGeneres to "drop it." It was all in good fun, but also about as embarrassing as having your dad take you to buy your first bra.
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Cubs Game Notes For Monday @ Cincinnati
* The Reds took two of three games at Wrigley Field earlier this month, improving to 51-21 in the series since 2010. The 51 victories are one shy of the most by any National League team in a given series over that span (Atlanta, 52-24 vs. Miami).
* The Cubs snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory at Milwaukee on Sunday. It was Chicago's first shutout victory of 2014, after getting blanked four times themselves this season.
* The Reds ended a 10-game road trip on a sour note, losing three games at Atlanta to finish 5-5 on the trip. Cincinnati mustered just one run on seven hits over the past two games.
* Emilio Bonifacio went 6-for-12 against the Reds in their previous series this year, improving his career average versus Cincinnati to .364, his highest against any opponent. Only Lyle Overbay (.372) boasts a higher career mark versus the Reds (minimum 75 PA).
* Jeff Samardzija is winless (0-2) despite allowing two earned runs or fewer and working at least seven innings in each of his first five starts. He's the only starter in the last 100 years (since 1914) to begin any season in such a fashion.
* Alfredo Simon has begun the season even better than Samardzija (1.53), posting a 1.30 ERA through his first four starts. Simon's ERA is the fourth-lowest mark in the majors to date (minimum 1.0 IP per team game).


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ROCKFORD – Winnebago County Animal Services will offer $50 spay or neuter vouchers to its first 50 customers next week in honor of World Spay Day.
The vouchers are available to the first 50 Winnebago County residents from Monday through Thursday, Feb. 28 during normal business hours.
The $50 vouchers are limited to one per household. To claim a voucher, bring proof of a current rabies vaccination and county registration tag, plus a photo ID showing you are a Winnebago County resident.
Animal Services will also offers vouchers to low-income residents for $20. Residents must show proof of income. The low-income program is available year round.
"Spaying and neutering saves pets' lives and reduces the number of animals that come into our facility," says Jennifer Stacy, Deputy Director at Animal Services.
In 2012, Winnebago County Animal Services performed more than 1,300 spay or neuter surgeries on adoptable animals and issued nearly 700 spay neuter vouchers to low-income county residents. It also provided 50 vouchers during the World Spay Day promotion in February 2012.
World Spay Day is an international campaign of The Humane Society to promote the benefits of spaying and neutering. World Spay Day is recognized on Tuesday.
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By David Helms
Pontotoc Progress
PONTOTOC – Police Chief Larry Poole is retiring, effective June 30, and on Tuesday night the Pontotoc Board of Aldermen hired Randy Tutor as his successor.
The board voted unanimously to hire the 52-year-old Tutor, who for the past 11 months has worked as an investigator for the Pontotoc Police Department.
Tutor is a native of Calhoun County and his late father, Billy Tutor, was a native of Pontotoc County.
When Poole retires, Tutor will be in charge of a police force that includes 12 full-time officers and nine part-time officers.
"We have a really good bunch of guys here, everyone knows what we're supposed to do," Tutor said.
Tutor said he's proud to join a legacy of police chiefs that have served Pontotoc.
"It's amazing because Pontotoc has only had three police chiefs over the past 50 years, and that includes Chief Poole these past 26 years," Tutor said. "Continuity is one of the factors that makes this job so attractive."
Chief Poole said he will be leaving the job in good hands with Tutor.
"I've worked with Randy two different times, he will do a really good job as police chief," Poole said. "He knows the people of Pontotoc and Pontotoc County, he knows the officers here, and it's going to be a good transition."
A retirement reception for Chief Poole is set for 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. June 10 in the Pontotoc County Courthouse courtroom.


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It was just released four months ago, but Psy's "Gangnam Style" music video is already the most-watched YouTube video of all time. Since its release on July 15, 2012, the clip has been viewed more than 840 million times, surpassing Justin Bieber's "Baby," which has been viewed 806 million times since its Feb. 2010 posting. Which video do you prefer?
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The Trojans' quarterback Jorge Pinon, right, cheers on as runningback Eduardo Valencia steams through the Eagles' defense for the touchdown during Alisal's Friday night game at Alvarez.
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In the end, though, Alvarez's big-play ability trumped Alisal's ground-and-pound strategy as the Eagles topped the Trojans 40-26.
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Am I correct that decompressing to WAV cannot reverse loss of quality?, [TOS #6: was "mp3 to wav quality" in General Audio]
Am I correct that decompressing to WAV cannot reverse loss of quality?, [TOS #6: was "mp3 to wav quality" in General Audio]
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I have just used winamp to convert some mp3 files to wav for recording to cd (as the tracks are only available on Amazon as mp3 currently).
Wav's are 7 or 8 times the size of mp3's due to the compression. When you decompress to wav can you only ever get the quality that was present in the mp3. That is when the mp3 was created from the original source some loss of quality is inevitable and decompressing to wav presumably cannot reverse that loss of quality so my wav files presumably cannot sound as good as on a purchased CD.
Can someone confirm this is about right or have I missed something?
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Decompressing an MP3 to WAV is the exact same process as playing back an MP3. You will not get back any of the original "lost" audio data. It's gone for good.
The only benefit of using Winamp to convert to do the WAV conversion will be, as Greynol pointed out, that Winamp will properly trim the lead-in and lead-out silence added by the encoding and decoding process (so called "gapless handling"). Very few decoders do this properly, and it is unlikely that your burner software is capable of it.
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To qualify for financial aid under Title IV, students must show that they are qualified to enroll in a college or vocational program. One of the criteria requires students to show that they have obtained a high school diploma or GED.
However, some schools, in efforts to enroll as many students as possible regardless of their qualifications, have admitted students into their programs who have invalid high school diplomas or even no diploma or GED at all. These schools then unlawfully collect federal financial aid monies for students who lack the credentials necessary to be successful in a post-high school field of study.
School employees who know about such admissions fraud can file a lawsuit on behalf of the federal government under the False Claims Act. Such lawsuits help the government recover funds that are fraudulently obtained and to put an end to these illegal practices. Under the qui tam provisions of the Act, a whistleblower is entitled to recover a percentage of the government's recovery.
Examples of such unlawful practices include the following:
Enrolling students without high school diplomas.
A whistleblower lawsuit filed in Atlanta, Georgia, by four former employees alleges that for-profit American InterContinental University (AIU) enrolled students lacking high school diplomas. Some students were even unable to read.
The suit also alleges that the college fraudulently obtained its accreditation. Schools must be accredited by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for their students to qualify for federal aid. According to the allegations, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) placed AIU's accreditation on probation in 2006, citing concerns that the school violated the federal ban on compensation incentives for recruiters and failed to require that students hold high school diplomas.
A week before the accreditation agency was scheduled to visit the campus, employees were instructed to hide relevant documents. After the school's accreditation probation was lifted, the unlawful practices continued, with university officials instructing enrollment counselors that quantity of students, not quality, was the school's goal.
Enrolling students with invalid or questionable diplomas.
A Keiser University campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, enrolled 74 students between 2009 and 2010 who held high school diplomas from an online Texas school called "questionable" by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Texas Attorney General subsequently declared the online school a "diploma mill," and the school was temporarily shut down by a federal district court in El Paso.
Colleges have a financial incentive to ignore the Title IV requirements for federal financial aid.
Because federal financial aid is so important to the financial condition of for-profit colleges, they have a serious financial incentive to ignore the requirements for Title VI student financial aid—which include a GED or valid high school diploma. Whistleblowers have an important role to play in uncovering this fraud.
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Tavis Smiley is distancing himself from Wells Fargo and & Co. over the company's alleged discriminatory practices.
"I cut everything off with Wells Fargo," Tavis told Mije.org. The move was prompted by a lawsuit charging that the financial company's Wealth Building seminars were nothing more than a front to sell risky subprime mortgages to minority customers, The Washington Independent reports.
The suit, filed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, highlighted an often-overlooked explanation of the seminars that was in direct conflict with how the events had been advertised. Supposedly, the real aim had always been to lure Black and Latino borrowers into costly loans.
Tavis was frequently a featured speaker at the Wealth Building seminars that were often held in predominately Black neighborhoods in eight cities, including Baltimore and Chicago.
"According to a former Wells Fargo Home Mortgage employee, one of these 'Wealth Building' seminars held in Maryland was planned for an audience that would be virtually all African American," the suit states. "The plan for the seminar was for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage employees to talk about subprime mortgages, although they were directed by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to use the term 'alternative lending' when marketing these products."
Beyond that, the suit also charges, White employees were discouraged from presenting at the seminars. One was even told that she was "too white" to speak at one of the events.
Tavis asserted that his part at the seminars was part of a package deal: Wells Fargo would help support his radio show, and he, in exchange, would speak at their events. "I was never a spokesman for Wells Fargo," the commentator insisted. "I hate payday loans. My role in these seminars was about financial literacy and wealth building."
He also noted that the decision cost him "a lot of money," but that he didn't know exactly how much. The financial company backed his show on Radio Public International and it underwrote his annual State of the Black Union conference
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Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets
Despite the progress over the past year, the cars have plenty of learning to do before 2017, when the Silicon Valley tech giant hopes to get the technology to the public.
None of the traditional automakers has been so bullish. Instead, they have rolled out features incrementally, including technology that brakes and accelerates in stop-and-go traffic or keeps cars in their lanes.
"I think the Google technology is great stuff. But I just don't see a quick pathway to the market," said David Alexander, a senior analyst with Navigant Research who specializes in autonomous vehicles.
His projection is that self-driving cars will not be commercial available until 2025.
Google's self-driving cars already can navigate freeways comfortably, albeit with a driver ready to take control. In a new blog post, the project's leader said test cars now can handle thousands of urban situations that would have stumped them a year or two ago.
"We're growing more optimistic that we're heading toward an achievable goal — a vehicle that operates fully without human intervention," project director Chris Urmson wrote. The benefits would include fewer accidents, since in principle machines can drive more safely than people.
Urmson's post was the company's first official update since 2012 on a project that is part of the company's secretive Google X lab.
In initial iterations, human drivers would be expected to take control if the computer fails. The promise is that, eventually, there would be no need for a driver. Passengers could read, daydream, even sleep — or work — while the car drives.
That day is still years away, cautioned Navigant's Alexander.
He noted that Google's retrofitted Lexus RX450H SUVs have a small tower on their roofs that uses lasers to map the surrounding area. Automakers want to hide that technology in a car's existing shape, he said. And even once cars are better than humans at driving, it will still take several years to get the technology from development to large-scale production.
Google has not said how it plans to market the technology. Options include collaborating with major carmakers or giving away the software, as the company did with its Android operating system. While Google has the balance sheet to invest in making cars, that is unlikely.
For now, Google is focused on the predictably common tasks of city driving.
To deal with cyclists, engineers have taught the software to predict likely behavior based on thousands of encounters during the approximately 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) the cars have driven autonomously on city streets, according to Google spokeswoman Courtney Hohne. The software plots the car's path accordingly — then reacts if something unexpected happens.
Before recent breakthroughs, Google had contemplated mapping all the world's stop signs. Now the technology can read stop signs, including those held in the hands of school crossing guards, Hohne said.
While the car knows to stop, just when to start again is still a challenge, partly because the cars are programmed to drive defensively. At a four-way stop, Google's cars have been known to wait in place as other cars edge out into the intersection.
The cars still need human help with other problems. Among them, understanding the gestures that drivers give one another to signal it's OK to merge or change lanes, turning right on red and driving in rain or fog (which requires more sophisticated sensors).
To date, Google's cars have gone about 700,000 miles (1,126,000 kilometers) in self-driving mode, the vast majority on freeways, the company said.
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Although there is some support in the data for hypothesis 3, it appears that for young growing firms, any diversification produces more growth than no diversification. A caveat is that vertical integration and unrelated strategies do not seem to produce spectacularly large firms, while some single business firms have grown to large size without diversifying.
The hybrid related/vertical strategy, typically adopted by low technology firms in fragmented industries (food, clothing) is an interesting and unexpected feature of the results, and appears in all three nations. What appears to be happening in these exciting firms (several of which now employ several thousand employees) is that the entrepreneur develops a new concept of his industry, rewriting the rules of the game, and turns what was a fragmented craft industry into a coordinated marketled business, integrating subsupply, product development, state of the art manufacturing, and distribution.
Examples of this diversification strategy include Brioche Pasquier, which industrialised the French patisserie industry, Le Duff, which industrialised fast food; Bacou, which moulded many small French clothing and footwear subsuppliers and distributors into an integrated safety workwear corporation (now quoted on NASDAQ), and Poldys, which evolved from a frozen pizza maker to the major Irish frozen food manufacturing and distribution group. The growth mode of these firms has been similar: organic growth coupled with acquisitions.
There is some support in the data for hypotheses 4 and 5. Acquisition as a growth mode seems to be more popular and to produce more growth in older firms, and in low and medium technology firms rather than hightechnology firms. This seems logical: older firms have more slack resources to support an acquisition, while hightechnology firms may be in either very specialised niches or in markets which are growing so fast that all of managements time is focused on growing the single business. Lowtechnology firms on the other hand may be in lower growth markets, where growth in sales may only come from buying another companys sales or creating synergies from integration.
The striking difference between France and Ireland on the one hand and Scotland on the other with respect to the rate of spawning of daughter firms may have its roots, at least in part, in government regulations. In Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, certain firms which exported the bulk of their products enjoyed total exemption from corporation tax. This encouraged firms to set up separate exporting companies. Then the system was changed, and manufacturing companies benefited from a reduced 10% rate of corporation tax. Manufacturing subsidiaries were then created to exploit this.
In France, there were different reasons for spawning daughter firms. One of these was industrial democracy legislation, which required entrepreneurs to set up enterprise committees with representatives of their workforce who could seek commercial information and influence the running of the firm, once the firm employed 50 or more people. A typical reaction to this was to set up new firms to run functions previously organised within the original firm once it grew close to the 50 employees figure. Indeed, the proportion of young growing firms in France employing 50 to 55 people, at 10% is much lower than the proportions in Ireland (27%) or Scotland (30%).
In comparing the two cohorts of Irish and Scottish young growing firms, which were 5 years apart but roughly equal in population size, the differences in diversification strategy continue from cohort to cohort. However, the amount of diversification activity appears to decline in Scotland and increase in Ireland. The numbers are small, which urges caution in seeking definite patterns, but differences in business cycles between Ireland and Scotland may account for this. In 1987, Ireland was in recession while Scotland was benefitting from the UK boom. In 1992, Scotland was suffering from the UK recession while Ireland was recovering rapidly. The decline in median firm size in Scotland over the 5 year period, and the increase in Ireland, also supports this explanation. We can conclude that the pace of growth of young growing firm populations may be affected by general economic conditions, even if individual young growing firms appear to expand regardless.
Further work needs to be done on a pattern of growth that has been ignored in this paper: the pattern of internationalisation. Although related diversification appeared virtually absent from Scotland, a large minority of the Scottish young growing firms were growing internationally by replicating themselves in other world oil centres. Others were replicating themselves in the world electronics production centres. Many French and Irish firms had overseas sales and production subsidiaries, while others exported the vast majority of their product. Tracking the internationalisation of these young growing firms is the next task in this long term study.
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Samsung and AT&T to offer one-time exchange of water damaged Samsung Galaxy S4 Active units
You might recall that we have heard about a few Samsung Galaxy S4 Active units not holding up underwater like they are supposed to. The IP67 certification that the phone earned is supposed to allow the model to withstand being submerged in 3 feet of water for 30 minutes. Back in June we told you how USA Today tech reviewer Ed Baig was using a review model of the phone to take underwater pictures in his pool when the phone died after being held underwater within the depth and time limit specified by Samsung and AT&T. As we told you at the end of last month, the warranty for the phone does not include damage created by liquids. This could be due to Samsung and AT&T's worry that not everyone will remember to do the little things necessary to make sure that the waterproof seal around the phone is tight.
The memo says that the exchange will be good only for handsets with liquid damage and that those with physical damage will go through standard operating procedures. AT&T reps are being instructed to make sure that the device was purchased directly from AT&T. Those who bought the Galaxy S4 Active from Best Buy, Radio Shack, Walmart or another retailer will inform the customer to take their waterlogged device back to the store where it was purchased from.
Our source did not give us a time frame for the exchange policy and we're not sure if there will be a public announcement made by Samsung, AT&T or both.
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1. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 1870; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
i dont think t-mobile need any of this for the toughness of xperia z..
10. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
be thankful to att and samsung that they are offering 1 time exchange for water damage. Xperia Z doesn't provide water damage replacement. My fren had to repair his xperia z on his own cost.
39. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 1870; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
jump plan is better then at&t plan hahaha.
17. hung2900 (Posts: 911; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
I have experienced dozens times Xperia Z died, a half due to front sreen cracked, and a third due to water.
I think Sony does not need to offer this is reasonable, because I can see many crazy Sony fans voluntarily donate more money to Sony
19. kobainez (Posts: 412; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
You're a samsung fanboy. Stop lying that u gt the z. I see u praises samsung phones before. Stop telling bullsh1t
23. hung2900 (Posts: 911; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Oh really? The last time I remember about mentioning "Samsung" is that I said Samsung's tablets are BS.
But I really, really hate the behaviour of Sony fans. Very ignorant, even much more than ifans.
25. pwnarena (Posts: 1122; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
go study fiction writing and maths first before making stories. there's a better way to deal with fanboys. it's as simple as telling them the truth.
2. pwnarena (Posts: 1122; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
there have been reports about the xperia z glass panel getting pulled out due to the processor's heat. there will always be defects in certain products. what's more important is how the company addresses these defects.
3. Kurai (unregistered)
Lol . . .why is samsung even trying to make waterproof phones? it's not even their specialty . . .they should stick to making plastic gadgets instead
7. ZettaiRyouiki (Posts: 39; Member since: 05 Aug 2013)
no warranty as well the next time you spill some water on it anyway, waterproofing is still pointless
26. ph00ny (Posts: 847; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Um how would they actually differentiate their phones being dipped in deep water vs what they said the phone can take?
4. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2098; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
One time??? Should be more than that...since its "water proof" ... im just saying
5. jsdechavez (Posts: 712; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
It's not as water-resistant as they claim then. Better stick with Xperia Z and ZR.
8. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
i have seen my friend's xperia z getting damaged due to water. Pointless comment
11. pwnarena (Posts: 1122; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
at least the xperia warranty covers water damage provided that the ports are properly sealed or when the liquid detectors don't indicate that water went through where they shouldn't be able to pass through.
the s4's warranty mentions that the phone should not be exposed to water or MOISTURE.
13. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
they said, they don't provide water damage. Every seal was closed and we just tried to do some underwater video. It was fine at first but was gone later. Are you sure about the warranty coz sony in my country said that it wasn't meant to take underwater intentionally. Its just a protective feature and there is no warranty!!
18. rd_nest (Posts: 1391; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
First, try to read properly before commenting like a troll.
"Do not expose to liquid or moisture or excess humidity..."
"Nor does this warranty cover any failure of the
Product due to accident, software or hardware modification or adjustment, acts of God or damage resulting from liquid..."
"If liquid detection is triggered on the handset or battery, your warranty will be void..."
6. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 950; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
Sony Xperia Z users also getting water damage due to loosening of the rear glass:
9. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
yes, xperia Z's watter proofing is not great either
12. rantao333 (Posts: 319; Member since: 21 May 2013)
xperia is not 100% water proof, while samsung is 0% , they just replace it when there is water damage.
15. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
thats not true..
14. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2098; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
Lol IMO,, why would you submerge , your smartphone or tablet under water??? .. its olny fpr accidents,,like rain or beer spills :-)
16. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
but people have bought s4 active so that they can submerge under water and it wasn't suppose to get damaged. Samsung should solve this soon and people also should be careful to tight the backcover and other essential parts of the phone before submerging
20. Danishs (Posts: 147; Member since: 23 May 2013)
Samsung: Our waterproof marketed phone isn't really that waterproof.
22. iushnt (Posts: 1258; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
Samsung: "We were just kidding about the waterproof feature. LOL. But we'll give you one more chance"
21. coinmanmat (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
Wow so Samsung decided not to be a douche bag for once and do the right thing.
24. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
You buy a new S4 Actice, water spoil it, gets an exchange, now since the handset is new, don't you get to exchange it again!? XD
28. Jack58221 (Posts: 152; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
Perry sure they said one time exchange... that would be a one time exchange per line and our account.
27. ph00ny (Posts: 847; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Just so that everyone understands, neither sony or samsung are saying their phones are waterproof. Just water resistant. It's a nice lawyer way of saying it's not meant to be dipped in water
33. snowgator (Posts: 3504; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Was about to be my comment. You know how thick and sealed a cell phone would have to be to be water PROOF? Both Sony and Sammy need to market it a little more honestly:
We sure HOPE it won't die a miserable death under water, but we tried. We really really did.
29. Jack58221 (Posts: 152; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
glad I didn't get a waterproof phone and just got a waterproof case. spent $17 USD on a case that I have tested at 8 feet 3 inches deep for 13 hours in a river... not a drop got through
30. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1873; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Water-proof phone is damaged by water... what a joke haha
31. Biglurr54 (Posts: 14; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)
Why can't we make a truely water proof smart phone. With wireless charging and touch screens it seems like a easy task. Put qi charging get rid of the charging port. Then seal the phone up. Epoxy the boards for more water resistance and then give it a real warranty. It is not difficult to make it 100 percent water proof and be able to stand behind it.
34. Jack58221 (Posts: 152; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
wireless charging no headphone jack, just Bluetooth. capacitive touchscreen but the bottom menu and home as resistive plus camera shutter button for some functions under water.
I don't think this is a far fetched dream or anything... just may be spendy using 2 different types of touchscreens
32. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3577; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
It's amazing to me how many idiots don't know the difference between "waterproof" & "water resistant". Samsung never marketed this phone as waterproof.
35. Jack58221 (Posts: 152; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
and before you make yourself look like another idiot do a little looking around, or Googleing. right on Samsung's own page they brag about rating of ip67. the first digit (6) means dust proof, and the second digit is for water. a rating of 7 means it is certified for 30 minutes at 1 meter.
so take a few seconds and find the facts before you insult others.
36. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3577; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Perhaps you should be insulted because you just proved my point. Ceritified for 30 minuted at 1 meter means water resistant, not water proof. It can resist water up until that point. If it was waterproof, water wouldn't be able to damage it at all. As it stands, there are currently NO water proof phones. I just went on Samsung's website to check the wording myself. It says resistant, not proof. Get a dictionary & look up the difference if you're still unsure.
38. ricethief (Posts: 8; Member since: 17 Jul 2012)
Cant believe people still don't understand what resistant means. I never saw any ads claiming it to be waterproof.
40. Jack58221 (Posts: 152; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
call it what you will proof, resistant... Samsung said it call go in water 1 meter half an hour, but it dies when splashed. argue proof vs resistant all you want, phone can not hold up to what Samsung promised.
41. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3577; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
It dies when splashed? Are you kidding me? Please show me some proof of that. My Note 2 doesn't even take any damage when splashed & I've had water splashed on it many times. I'm detecting a troll here...
37. scsa852k (Posts: 329; Member since: 16 Oct 2012)
Why in the world would you drop your phone 3 feet under water for 30 minutes?


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Tattoos have always had a profound effect on my life and I have always enjoyed looking at these works of art. After receiving my first tattoo I was launched into a world that I did not know existed. I became aware of tattoo conventions, alternative magazines and pageants specialising in body artwork. Being tattooed is just the start, there are events up and down the country for people to exhibit their 'ink' and promote themselves as tattooists.
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Hicksville, NY, March 06, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Teen Health Coach, Linda Mandelbaum HHC AADP LE, will be headlining a free health, nutrition and weight loss workshop at the Hicksville Public Library on Long Island, New York, on April 2, 2013. The workshop is titled, "Weigh Less Live More."
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I really loved the pacing and anxiety that went along with watching all the episodes of the original run of 24. It was a panic inducing show that never allowed the audience to stop and catch their breath, even for a moment. I will admit, though. By the end, I was pretty burnt out on all of it. The double crosses and kills and plot twists and violence. It was a fun ride, but I was okay with seeing it end when it did. Thing is, I hear 24 is coming back and my ears perk up. Seems the time between gave me some time to rest, and now I am all pumped and ready for the return of Jack Bauer. So what should we expect this time around?
Well, the first thing to expect from a new 24 is a new 24. This one takes place four years after the older one, and this time around, is set in London. This opens up a host of new political possibilities, and gives us a great backdrop and setting for a whole new story. This also means we should be prepared for new faces and new enemies. This does not mean we wont see some character faves, but it is important to remember, this is 24, through and through.
It should also be said that light-hearted Jack is all but gone. I mean, he never really existed. But in the first few moments of the first season of the first run of 24, he seemed somewhat grounded. I think the best part about 24 was seeing just how serious his downward spiral into violence (albeit necessary violence) was. Expect this 24 to begin with an angrier Jack.
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I'll admit, I've been slacking. I came back to The Loop and went out fast. I was posting, I was commenting, I was liking, all at an unsustainable pace. I slowed down quite a bit down the stretch. This sounds a ton like many of my races! I'm back now though...with a VENGEANCE.
So my last post was about the Richmond marathon where I finally broke 3:30 (barely) and got some marathon closure. Yeah, that right. I'm DONE with those things for at least a year! It's not JUST because I promised my wife, I'm ready to focus on things shorter and faster.
One thing about all the training and grinding out the tough miles necessary for a marathon....there are benefits. I've since PRd my 10k (40:16 at the Folsom Turkey Trot) AND my 5k (19:21 at the Bedford Christmas Classic). I have fresh legs for a change and it feels amazing. Who knew I'd hit my prime at the ripe old age of 35? I'm gonna ride out this marathon training thing as long as I can.
Since any decent post has pictures, here are a couple. The turkey trot photo is of my wife, father, brother, sister and I after the race. I talked my family into getting their butts out of bed and walking the 5k. I ran the 10k and turned around to walk the last 1.5 miles with them. It was fun as their casual pace got competitive in the last .25 miles
The second picture is at the Christmas Classic with a bunch of AG winners, all showing off our mug trophies (I love useful awards).
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Hit your prime at 35? (good one) Those are great pictures.
Great pics. It's nice that you were able to get the family out for the turkey trot.
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Borrowing times shorter than 1 day, issue #8, triggered by https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=7548878.
I would like to open this discussion. The request is an hourly loan time, instead of a daily one. This seems ok to me, but would like some feedback from ye. I seems to me that I wouldn't be a big deal (except possibly having to convert the values in the tables, I haven't looked yet).
However, I think there is a deeper issue to be considered, a problem I am running in as well. What if you have an x number of books, of which 3 are on desk reserve and the rest are available for a normal loan. My scenario, some books are in a reference/reading room, and cannot be checked out. In my case I added to NOL (Not on Loan, but as suggested, the term might have to change) status indicating this. However, ideally you would be able to classify a copy as a "Reading Room" entity, or a "Desk Reserve" entity, or a "Daily Loan Entity".
I think there is an overlap here with media/material types in the current schema…
So any thoughts?
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And as in the issue, a thing to consider is the fining system: e.g. after a minute late a full days fee, then toped with another full days fee 24 hours later?
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I actually started work on this some time ago. I ran into problems with fining also. After all will thee be a fine if a person is 5 minutes late on a 6 hour loan. what is the tolerance. On daily loans, the issue is less since the cutoff is midnight and there is usually an outdoor book drop facility so books can be droped off after closing time. So if book is on premise when library opens the day after the loan period ends, it is the same no matter what time it arrived or how it got there. But on hourly loans, it gets more complex. If a book is borrowed for 6 hours five hours before closing what do you do:
- loan for 5 hours (which means you have to store either the return time or the actual loan period for that copy?
- do you allow overnight loan and one hour the next day?
- what if it is Friday afternoon and the Library doesnt open again until Monday?
I know, I am making it complicated, but someone has to make a rule so the code can implement it. Will all libraries agree on a single rule? Personally I doubt it. Who can describe how other libraries handle short time loans?
I do a fair amount of Genealogy work which involves visits to libraries with closed stacks (books can only be gotten by request at the counter). None of these may be removed from the library. But the Library MAY have other books in open stacks that do circulate. The two classes are handled completely seperate. Non-circulating books are not processed at the normal checkout counter. Bringing such a book to checkout gets you a VERY sever dirty look and some serious doubts about your integrity.
In a small library like our local Public Library, we do have non circulating, reference only books, and a single librarian who handles both kinds. But you do not really check out non-circulating books, you just take them to a table to read and then return them to the Librarian to reshelf. I can not immagine trying to handle in a single checkout session both types of books. Would the customer want to take the books that have been checked out back to a table while he/she reads the non-circulating items? Seems far fetched to me. I would think you would not want the person with checked out books to re-enter the library with those books. Once checked out, the books leave the premise. If they ever return to the premises they are checked in. Non circulating books never leave the premises though in a busy library I can see placing a time limit on how long you can hold such a book.
Luuk Jansen
I agree with your comments above, and Micah might need to give input. To implement fining and loan terms properly I think we need to look at getting the calendar working (I guess that is where it is for, so you can specify opening hours and days the library is closed?). The amount of days an item can be taken out should then become the amount of 'business days'.
Also, I think the due-date should maybe be calculated on checkout, and then stored on the copy record or so. At home I know that during the summer holiday they extend the loan term from 3 to 6 weeks because people take books on holiday. This is not possible with the current system (I guess). But if you calculate and store the due date then you can easily change eg loan terms during a period. (However, what if the library calender changes in between? Or is this complicating a complicated issue to much).
I think it could be relative straight forward to make the above suggested change (well, a good few hours of coding testing etc…). I think there should also be a 'loan type' table, which links to a linked field op a copy, so that a copy can be a specific type. Eg taking an example from the university library, a desk-reserve book you check out for 3 hours, a day-loan book for 24 hours, a week-loan book for 7 days or a normal loan for 3 weeks. So this extra class would have the loan time, the fines for being late etc. stored in it. It could also have a loan of 0-hours/days which mean Not on Loan.
The Drop-down for status could be moved to the history screen to to allow manual changes to the status of a book, where this 'loan-type' could take the place of status.
I didn't mean that you checkout non circulating books, but there needs to be a class/type for it in case somebody does try, and the system should warn the operator that the book is Not Available for loan operations.
Just some thoughts…
Micah Stetson
As you've both pointed out, there are a lot of little details to work out with this. I'll weigh in a little bit, but the bottom line is this: I don't want to make 1.0 depend on getting this right - we have more than enough on our plates already.
There is already a way to have groups of items be specified as 'not for checkout', '30-day loan', etc. That's what collections are for. Most libraries that do this kind of thing keep the items with similar checkout rules in the same storage area, e.g. the reference section, the closed shelving. The current collection system is made to allow for different types of item use. Right now, we have circulated collections where you can specify the default checkout length and fines, and we have distributed collections for items that are given away from a periodically replenished stock (i.e. pamphlets, information booklets).
Collection types can override the whole checkout UI (or at least they could when I last touched that code), so you could have one UI for books that are checked out and another for meeting rooms or equipment that are reserved by the hour. I think that's the path for implementing this: custom collection type.
If you want to do this before 1.0, please fork the repo and do the work separately. If you stay in sync with the main repo and keep the custom changes limited to this one, then we can consider pulling the code back into the main repo after 1.0.
Luuk Jansen
Well, I have no use for it, it was a request on the forum originally. I do think however, whenever it is taken up, we should have the possibility of 'collections' with different properties on the copy level and not on the bibid level. E.g. in college, often 4-5 copies (of the same bibid) are available for loan, and 1-2 copies are on reserve (3 hour loan).
Fred LaPlante
On the other repository, we had this marked as 'hold' . Now with milestones, I think we should simply set it a good ways forward and let it stay a 'back burner' job for now. There are lorts mor urgent features than this one.
Micah Stetson
Part of me thinks that collections ought to be associated with a site and copies linked to a collection instead of a site - very similar to what you're suggesting. But that brings up the question of collection types, because the whole point of an alternative collection type is to have items that may not have copies. Obviously, that can't be done on a per-copy basis. Anyway these are all questions we can figure out later. As Fred says, there are more urgent things to worry about.


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By Erika L. O'Neill
I was 19 the summer my life changed forever and I fell madly in love. Not with a man, but with a countrywith Egypt, and all things Egyptian. And with that love came a passion that, though faded and distant, still has the power, 12 years later, to keep me awake at night.
My ardor for Egypt had begun the previous summer, when my family vacationed in Cairo with some friends in the foreign service. During that first trip to Egypt, we visited the sites that any tourists wouldthe pyramids of Giza, the al Azhar mosque, the Egyptian Museum, the Valley of the Kingsand my curiosity about this country so different from my own, these people so different from myself became aroused.
When we left Cairo that summer, I cried. I had never cried over a boy, but now, as our plane rose over the desert, I wept like a woman whos been forced to leave her beloved behind. That fall I entered my Ivy League college as one of only a handful of freshmen who had already chosen a major: Middle East Languages and Cultures. I spent Sunday evenings hunched over Arabic translations, thumbing through my Arabic/English dictionary, and carefully tracing the intricate script from right to left across my looseleaf pages.
In my free time I read the memoirs of Jehan Sadat and Lawrence Durrells Alexandria Quartet. I walked countless city blocks to find the best hummus and I hunted down Arabic newspapers at busy newsstands, just for extra practice. Eventually, this determination paid off. I was accepted into the American Univ. in Cairos Intensive Arabic program the following summer. All I could think was, Im going back to Egypt.
A few weeks later I arrived in the Cairo airport, alone with my duffel bag, my guidebook, and the straw hat my mother had insisted upon. I had returned to this hot, dusty country, where astonishing wealth and abject poverty, East and West, Islam and Christianity, ancient wonders and modern technology all comingled as a matter of course. In my innocence and ignorance, I could not have been more thrilled.
Within a week Id I settled into my new surroundings and into my life in Cairo. Id landed a house-sitting position for a Scottish expatriate who returned each summer to his cool, damp country. Each morning, after hailing a cab and holding on for dear life as we navigated the narrow, twisted streets of downtown Cairo, zooming past donkey carts and occasional cows in the road, Id arrive breathlessly at the university. Making my way to the cool, shaded courtyard in which hundreds of students from around the world congregated each day, Id find myself in an oasis, detached from the clamor and commotion outside. Here wed drink coffee on tables inlaid with intricate geometric patterns; wed laugh about our teachers, read our mail, and make plans for the evening in the shade of the trees that hung drowsily overhead.
Then it was off to school. For those of us in the intensive Arabic program, it was six hours of classes each day. After class, Id make my way home across town, my head stuffed with Arabic vocabulary. Along the way Id indulge myself, picking up one or two of the luxuries that cost just pennies in this strange and wonderful land. In the heat of the afternoons, Id lounge lazily in the rooms adorned with embroidered silks and handwoven tapestries, putting off my homework as long as possible and daydreaming instead of the life Id make here.
But best of all were the evenings. After sunset Id walk onto the balcony and gaze out over the Nile. Feluccas slowly drifted back and forth, while local families gathered on blankets at the waters edge. Vendors roasted ears of corn over makeshift grills in the street, and pairs of men strolled up and down laughing with one another. In the distance, green lights shone through the darkness from the minarets of the mosques, and everywhere in the cool air was the sweet scent of night-blooming jasmine.
That summer it was easy to believe that anything was possible. Like any girl whos ever fallen madly, deeply in love, I feltand wasalive, in a way Id never been before.
Every smell and sound and sight seemed new and beautiful to me. Somehow even the poverty, the instability, and the clash of religions fit into this kaleidoscope, and I wanted nothing more than to see it all and immerse myself in it. In the few pictures I still have from that time my head is held high, my cheeks glowing.
On hot weekend nights my friends and I would go dancing at local discos. Or wed rent horses and canter far off into the desert sand. One night an Egyptian friend took me to the pyramids, where we sat for hours under the stars. Another time another Egyptian friend took me to Marsa Matruh. By night in this remote seaside town we strolled down the corniche, me wearing a necklace made of jasmine blossoms while the cool ocean breeze curled over our sun-browned skin. Through all of these times I recall moving with a confidence and lack of inhibition Ive rarely felt since then.
It was August when I received the letter that would alter my life for good. My parents were getting divorced, it said, and in that moment everything changed. The home Id always counted on, my anchor, was gone. Without warning, everything seemed louder, hotter, and more congested to me. The air seemed more polluted now, the poverty more oppressive. The glorious sights and smells and sounds lost all their radiance.
A few days later, a second blow came when Iraq invaded Kuwait. It was impossible not to notice the change that came over the Egyptian people as anxiety and insecurity took over their lives. Among the Egyptian students there developed an air of restlessness, and everywhere Egyptian men whispered excitedly in Arabic too fast for me to catch. Americans were urged to leave as quickly as they could.
Its been 12 years now since I spent the night at the airport and flew out of Cairo on stand-by, 12 years since I gave up my Middle East studies and the Arabic language I loved. Im a mother of two young children now and have little interest in the complexities of an Egypt that once made me feel so alive. Now I only want to know that my children are safe and to celebrate holidays with my family without fearing another attack.
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@rin: fan of airgear! i want to go to armageddon (comic con in nz) cosplaying as simca ;3
Man, I've been catching up in itsuka tenma and all I can say about that anime is..
As an Artist I would say: talk about misplaced lighting, Specially the Rim light, even though I never use rim light I could still say that's definitely not right.
Jormungand is deff. my favourite.
The story is really promising.
Maaan just saw episode 5, Koko is p. fucked up in her mind i think, she's really not like me lool, expect the Jonah harrassing i would do that too..
But ever since ram said i'm like her, i keep making connections...xD fsaih hfidshgifd
Tbh, if i had as much power as koko did, i'd be fucked up like that too . __ .
So apparently the seiyuu for Megurine Luka is going to be at Anime North. I'm definitely getting her autograph.
I don't get it, What's in episode 5 that looks so different to you bya?
Well you're obviously a serial killer. So.. I'd guess since you were eight?
I don't think Koko knows much about guns anyways(not as good as the girls in the anime upotte).. I feel like she just sells them.
Anyways why do you hate TTGL so much outcast? I would vote it as the greatest anime with the greatest story to whatever story that I ever read or watch.
Outcast probably hates it because it scores a near zero on Moh's Science Fiction Hardness Scale. And he has no soul. And prefers technical mecha anime and games.
It just didn't grab my attention.
Also mecha, realistic? Really? Magic green pixie dust, the pink glow of doom, physic powers, fueled by love, fueled by rage, "ha ha your 120mm rapid fire cannon rounds do nothing", om nom nom, lol "homing lasers", butterflies, nuke jamming, magic ore, silicon, it's alive, lol "gravity".
Oh yes, ghost in the shell is quickly becoming my favorite show.
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ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out at 23 first graders as they contain their squirming in a kid-friendly version of the lotus position.
In a voice barely above a whisper, she says into her microphone: "Why look at everyone showing me they're ready for yoga. A-plus, plus, plus!"
Then the lesson begins with deep breathing and stretches common to many yoga classes. But there is no chanting of "om," no words spoken in the Indian language of Sanskrit nor talk of "mindfulness" or clasping hands in the prayer position.
Campbell avoids those potential pitfalls for the Encinitas Union School District, which is facing the threat of a lawsuit as it launches what is believed to be the country's most comprehensive yoga program for a public school system.
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