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Still, in this case, the revenue recognition policies and the controls over them would have been a MAJOR area for review and I can't believe anyone could have missed them to the degree that an $8 billion impairment charge becomes necessary. I think they simply overpaid and like every other M&A - the expected revenues are nowhere near what the forecasts were.
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- This is about the Robotnik from AoStH. For other versions of the character, see Robotnik (disambiguation).
Doctor Ivo Robotnik is the main antagonist of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. He is a comically obese scientist. He looks like a early version of Dr. Eggman, but with a much larger, much more ragged orange mustache, a conical head, a drooping pink nose, black eyes with red irises and black pupils, a round body and wiry legs. He wears a red and yellow bodysuit, black tights, and a pair of grey gloves with metal gauntlets.
A pompous, bad tempered, and cruel despot, his only goal is to rule Planet Mobius. At least once per episode (usually at the end of the episode after being defeated by Sonic), Robotnik declares his hatred of Sonic with his unmistakable catchphrase, "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!". Dr. Robotnik also occasionally got help from the one, the only, salesman extraordinaire: Wes Weasely. His only fear is his mother, Mama Robotnik.
According to his own account, Robotnik's villainy began when he was a child, when he captured his nanny and became dictator of the nursery.[1]
Frustrated with Sonic's daily interferences, Dr. Robotnik formed the S.S.S.S.S.S (Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad), often called the S.S.S.S.S. Squad, in an attempt to thwart him once and for all. The first member of the S.S.S.S.S.S. was Scratch, and when he attempted to clone Scratch he produced Grounder.
Robotnik is shown through the series to be a sinister and sadistic man, who enjoys the pain and suffering of the planet. His plans often involve either the destruction of Sonic, or the destruction of an entire city while Sonic is incapacitated. He is the brain behind the majority of the plots in the show, and is exceptionally vain in both his ideas and appearance. Robotnik is often the one to spot Sonic's disguises, although he gets fooled as well. The majority of his traps fail due to either his execution, the machine itself failing, or Scratch and Grounder botching the plan.
In the series he has two known relatives, and one built himself. Doctor Warpnik, his crazy cousin, was banished to the Warp of Confusion for being insane. Mama Robotnik, Robotnik's mother, recurs several times, and is the only force Robotnik respects and fears. Robotnik Jr., the son he built himself to carry on his legacy, switched sides to Sonic when he realized his father was crazy. He also makes an alliance at one point with Dr. Qwark, a rival mad genius who also wants to destroy Mobius, however the alliance is short lived as neither can agree on who is to blame when things go wrong. Captain Memo also makes an alliance with Robotnik at one point after a violent misunderstanding due to Sonic, however Robotnik abandons him to the mercy of the Merhogs when the plans go sour.
Love Life
Dr. Robotnik has had a number of romantic interests throughout the series. Though the only woman he has ever truly loved was a red head woman named Lucinda. Unfortunately for the evil doctor, the feeling was not mutual and she married her true love, Lucas. After that, other women have shown interest in Robotnik such as the beautiful Katella, the hideous Snow Height, and the lustful Sonic in drag, but Robotnik never seemed to be interested in having a relationship with any of them. Robotnik seems to prefer Robotic female companionship because they can be used as a personal slave rather than an equal partner. Robotnik may not have any interest in other women because he still loves Lucinda. On the other hand, his evil heart just may not be capable to love.
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- Though he bears resemblance to Dr. Eggman in Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit), his mustache is much larger and much more ragged, his head is conical, his nose is pink and more drooping, his eyes are black and his legs are slightly bulkier.
- This was the only English-speaking series prior to Sonic X to have Dr. Robotnik referred to as "Eggman" in the episode "Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted" by Tails.
- In Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, which was based on the game Puyo Puyo, Robotnik has the moveset of Satan from Puyo Puyo.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine:
- "You dopey Duncebots! Can't you do anything right? Now I'll have to do my own dirty work and blend those beans."
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog:
- "Goo-goo poo-poo to you, too!"
- "Chocolate not bad, but me still gonna get you!"
- "Yuck, only black and green jelly beans left!"
- "The red button, you monkey wrench!"
- "YOU STUPID CRETINS! LOOK WHAT YOU...*turns into a baby*...did to Robotnik. Me very mad now. Very mad."
- "Me mad. Me very...*turns into an adult*...VERY, INCREDIBLY, INDESCRIBABLY ANGRY WITH YOU TWO IDIOTS!"
- "Ah, happiness is always so much more enjoyable when it's based on the misery of millions."
- "You lame brained, knuckle-dragging dork! How dare you interrupt me when I'm having a bath with my rubber crocodile?!"
- "Sonic fell for it. Tails is ours. I'll have to give myself a PROMOTION!"
- "Snooping as usual, I see?"
- "You can rot in jail for all I care."
- "I've just stole candy from 4,822 babies, what a perfect way to whet my appetite for evil!"
- "I'll make them strong, fearless, ferocious, supremely rotten like me!"
- "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
Internet Fad
Robotnik has become a popular character online, spawning several fads, the most prominent being the use of "PINGAS" in mashup videos. The "PINGAS" fad came from the line "Snooping as usual I see", in the episode "Boogey-Mania". This clip gained popularity when it was used in a YouTube video entitled This Video Contains Win, in which the "ping" and "as" were mashed together, making it sound as if Robotnik was saying the word "penis" repeatedly, to the beat of the song "Gourmet Race" from the Kirby Franchise. The video and the joke have been remade and parodied numerous times. [[Video:SNOOPING AS USUAL I SEE|thumb|left|250px|The scene from "Boogey-Mania", in which Robotnik first says "Snooping as usual, I see."]] The fad has also been referenced by Mike Pollock, the current voice of Doctor Eggman, who recited the full line in an interview, along with "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!"[2] It also appeared in issue #205 of the Sonic the Hedgehog series by Archie Comics, in which a deranged Doctor Eggman asks Snively if he is "Snoo-ping as usual".


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Shares in foodmaker Sara Lee jumped by almost 11% after the New York Post reported that they received an unsolicited $12 billion offer by finance and real estate investment trust company KKR Co. The paper reported that they have rejected the offer.
After news of the offer began to surface, shares in the company increased to $14.87, climbing the most in almost two years. The interest has not stopped there, with Unilever also reporting an interest in Sara Lee.
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Where have all the retail CEOs gone? That's the question that has been floating around for months in the wake of the succession challenges facing Target, J.C. Penney and others in the recent past. I recently realized the answer.
The reason there are so few qualified executives to do the job is all about the industry consolidation over the past 20 years. In the beginning, there were chains like Lazarus, Rich's, Gimbels, Broadway, Montgomery-Ward, Hills, Caldor, Alexanders, etc. etc. etc. If you've been around for a while, you know the names. So CEOs could move from job to job, with successively larger companies.
But serious consolidation began about 25-30 years ago, coinciding with the Federated/May consolidations and the rise of Walmart, which drove so many mass merchants out of business. Now those mass merchants and department stores that are left are mostly incomprehensively large. In other words, the number of people who really know how to run them has decreased along with the chains themselves. The remaining CEOs are in their mid-to-late sixties and no one else really knows how to run mammoth retail companies. Could the CEO of Belk run a company like Target? It would be a big shift.
Macy's and Kohl's are among those successfully executing on a succession strategy. But they're also executing a successful retail strategy. The problem comes when the strategy isn't as successful. Companies (or really their boards) prefer to look outside when they're not happy with the business and want to make a change. But there's no real "outside" anymore.
This is not a problem unique to the retail industry. In his keynote address at Sapphire 2014, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner observed that one major problem with companies today is they've decimated the ranks of middle management, and so they've lost a major source of new management talent. Mr. Plattner was absolutely correct. Today's mammoth enterprises must focus on building talent from within, without the organizational structures in place to make that happen.
A fine mess we've made. I'm happy to have taken the first step: realizing we have a problem. But I haven't the faintest idea how to solve it.
To what degree has consolidation created a greater frequency of succession challenges at major chains?
The retail industry has a bottom line problem, as the internet business (hello Amazon), has taken a huge bite out of the profits. Middle management has been brought down to almost nothing, as most stores have clerks, and a customer service center to take the heat from irate customers. I know there is a store manager in these big places, but they must be hiding behind their desks, as they are no where to be found.
It comes down to crunching the numbers, and many of these stores simply have to get lean. I don't see this changing a lot, but there is a need for good managers in all types of business, and they must earn a respectable salary to stick around. Giving some authority to the front-end staff is critical to help solve the customer relations nightmares that many customers are used to these days. Will this get better? Probably not, as we are in a 50 percent-off mentality today, and that is what is preventing stores from propping up their managers, which leaves the CEOs looking for solutions.
Consolidation isn't unique to the retail industry. It's the same challenge faced by the airline industry, the financial services industry and many other examples over the past 25 years. To some degree, retailing faces the same recruiting challenge that it always has: For business school graduates (BA or MBA) are there better-paying industries with bigger growth potential, especially now in the tech sector? Until this chronic issue is addressed, the revolving door of familiar CEO faces will look a lot like the "usual suspects" coaching NBA teams.
Paula's article is timely for the retail industry. Yes, retail is not alone in the consolidation wave of the past 25 to 30 years. However, for retailers the situation is exacerbated by the nature of the business: the consumer sits at the heart of retail and the behavior and expectations of that consumer have changed drastically in the last five years. Combined, we end up with smaller pool of future leaders at a time when the business is transforming and becoming more complex.
There are more university programs developing future retail leaders such as the University of Arizona's Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing. But what retailers do with this young talent will determine outcomes a decade or two out. Two decades ago, my cohorts out of business school were reticent to join retailers due to perceived prevalence of management by gut/intuition and cult of personalities trumping b-school methods. Things have changed since then, but not necessarily enough.
One additional thought: with the shift to more customer-centric strategies and operations, there may be new paths—outside the industry—to the CEO than we can currently envision.
Mohamed Amer, Global Head of Strategic Communications, Consumer Industries, SAP
The bigger the chain, the more disconnect between CEO and employees and customers. Just walk into Walmart and ask yourself if the CEO has any meaningful connection to what is going on with regards to operations, employees and customers. The CEO would probably have to look up the store on the website's store locator to even know if they have a store there. Then go into a smaller regional chain and you will find a closer connection between the CEO and what is happening at the store level. The CEO function of running a mammoth enterprise is completely different than running a regional chain. Kind of similar to comparing the President of the United States to the mayor of a mid-sized city. The solution is just acceptance. Accept the fact that some retailers are just too big for one human to run effectively and accept being inefficient is the best you can expect. Economies of scale are supposed to make up for it.
David Livingston, Principal, DJL Research
Start at the beginning. Retailers want to save money at the entry level by grinding through a low-paid, high-turnover staff.
Talented entry-level people leave for better career opportunities and more satisfying work in other fields.
First-line managers burn out because they spend their time dealing with unhappy employees and the resulting unhappy customers, and again, leave for better careers and more satisfying work in other fields.
If retail were a fun, desirable industry to be in for all employees, not just the few lavishly-paid executives at the top, the industry would have its pick of talent instead of a few ragged survivors.
Carole Meagher, Faculty, CCSF
Could it be that the retail CEOs are actually spending their time running their respective businesses rather than seeking the spotlight to explain why/how they messed up? I have noticed that when you see CEOs in the news it generally does not bode well for their companies. I would think a CEO's time would be better spent doing everything possible to stay out of the news.
Ed Dennis, Sales, Dennis Enterprises
I don't think consolidation has anything to do with it. The retail industry has been systematically eliminating (or driving off) what I would call "natural" talent for years. Requirements for staff to have MBAs, the hiring of former CFOs as CEOs and the focus on data more than instinct are just a few of the factors that have caused that.
People like Mickey Drexler, Grace Nichols or Les Wexner would have no chance in today's retail leadership scenarios. Yet, the skills they possess; great gut instinct, entrepreneurial courage, vision and "get out of my way" drive are simply not important factors any more in determining who the next leaders are.
Boards are looking at numbers when searching for greatness, and that, in a nutshell, is what's causing the dearth of true leaders in retail.
Of course the retail industry has a leadership problem. So, too, do other industries. The slope has been tilted downward. While Paula points out that industry consolidation has played a key role in this retailing dilemma, the retail industry has also accepted being a by-product of the changing qualifying and selection standards that now rule. That has also complicated the building of strong effective retailing leaders' men and women who lead selflessly with a clear focus and with integrity.
Gene Hoffman, President/CEO, Corporate Strategies International
There are at least two reasons for the demise of many corporations having little or no success in placing highly qualified individuals in a CEO position. The slow ending of company training is what keeps many companies from developing their own candidates.
Costs and corporate pirating are the usual reasons given for the dismissal of any and all training programs, but there are others. The one that comes to mind as perhaps the greatest culprit is the automation and or hiring of third party human resource departments. Much of this was and is justified as needed cost cuts. So, to minimize expenses and market pirating the powers that were left no tools to train or locate the powers to be. The results are the corporate gamble that takes place throughout the markets and the dismal failures seen over the past two decades.
This is not just a top dog issue. There are equally devastating results throughout the chief officer rankings. CEOs carry the bulk of the blame for failures with little regard for root causes and a high probability of same results for subsequent regimes regardless of their capabilities. I have found it interesting that many company training rooms and human resources facilities have been converted to company daycare centers and fitness rooms. This change of direction in health considerations, corporate vs. employee, is bewildering. It is time to mandate both.
While it could be a good observation, I am not too sure about the rationale provided, especially about the point "there are not enough people who know how to run the business." All businesses run on simple fundamentals—revenues, profit and margins, returns and answering the question "what does your customer want?" You can find a CEO from outside if you don't find the right attributes within the company. What's the big deal?
AmolRatna Srivastav, VP, Accenture
Too many times retailers look outside they company or outside their specific segment for CEOs with MBAs from prestigious universities or success in other industries, and forget to look within the company at their own people who have worked their way up through the company (Sears, Kmart, AutoZone, Office Depot, JC Penney, RadioShack, Circuit City, Montgomery Ward, Starbucks) are just a few examples of this and some have made corrections and succeeded in turning the company around, and others did not and have failed miserably.
I applaud Walmart's decision to promote Doug McMillon and leave the company in the hands of a proven 20 year veteran who worked his way up through the company and knows almost every facet of their business.
Rick Perry, President, Cross Border Consulting


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LION whisperer Kevin Richardson from South Africa will make a guest appearance in Melbourne next week.
Victorians will be able to hear about his efforts in Africa and get a signed copy of his latest biography - Part of the Pride.
Mr Richardson is known for his ability to interact and bond with lions, having released a number of DVDs and his series The Lion Ranger on National Geographic Wild.
He has also strapped a camera to himself and hugged a lion, sharing the experience with users around the world on YouTube.
His Melbourne event will be held in the Trilogy Room at the Park Hyatt next Wednesday, November 6.
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Albert L. Lipson, Ryan S. Ginder and Mark C. Hersam
Article first published online: 8 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/adma.201190192
Scanning ion conductance microscopy has been developed by Mark C. Hersam and co-workers as a tool for studying Li-ion battery electrodes, such as LiCoO2. This novel in situ technique, reported on page 5613, concurrently measures the local electrochemistry and topography at the nanoscale, thus yielding unprecedented insight into the evolution of Li-ion battery electrodes during cycling.
Bong Hoon Kim, Duck Hyun Lee, Ju Young Kim, Dong Ok Shin, Hu Young Jeong, Seonki Hong, Je Moon Yun, Chong Min Koo, Haeshin Lee and Sang Ouk Kim
Article first published online: 8 DEC 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/adma.201190193
Mussel-inspired block copolymer lithography is reported on page 5618 by Haeshin Lee, Sang Ouk Kim, and co-workers. Mussel-inspired poly-dopamine coating enables the organic surface energy modification of low surface energy materials, such as Teflon, graphene, and gold, which is required for block copolymer lithography. Further pattern transfer generates unconventional nano structures, such as Teflon nanowires, nano-patterned graphene, and vertical carbon nanotubes directly grown on Au substrates. The image shows an uncoated (left) and a polydopamine-coated (right) cherry tomato.
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Mussel-inspired interfacial engineering is synergistically integrated with block copolymer (BCP) lithography for the surface nanopatterning of low surface energy substrate materials, including, Teflon, graphene, and gold. The image shows the Teflon nanowires and their excellent superhydrophobicity.
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By utilizing an equilibrium processing strategy that enables co-firing of oxides and base metals, a means to integrate the lithium-stable fast lithium-ion conductor lanthanum lithium tantalate directly with a thin copper foil current collector appropriate for a solid-state battery is presented. This resulting thin-film electrolyte possesses a room temperature lithium-ion conductivity of 1.5 × 10−5 S cm−1, which has the potential to increase the power of a solid-state battery over current state of the art.
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Wufeng Chen, Sirong Li, Chunhua Chen and Lifeng Yan
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A 3D graphene architecture can be prepared via an in situ self-assembly of graphene prepared by a mild chemical reduction. Fe3O4 nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed into graphene oxide (GO) aqueous suspension and a 3D magnetic graphene/Fe3O4 aerogel is prepared during the reduction of GO to graphene. This provides a general method to prepare 3D graphene/nanoparticle composites for a wide range of applications including catalysis and energy conversion.
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A new strategy is reported for creating protein-based nanomaterials by genetically fusing large polypeptides to monomeric streptavidin and exploiting the propensity of streptavidin monomers(SM) to self-assemble into stable tetramers. We have characterized the mechanical properties of streptavidin-linked structures and measured, for the first time, the mechanical strength of streptavidin tetramers themselves. Using streptavidin tetramers as molecular hubs offers a unique opportunity to create a variety of well-defined, self-assembled protein-based (nano)materials with unusual mechanical properties.
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The surface plasmon effect on polymer solar cells and polymer light-emitting diodes is demonstrated by using metal nanoparticles prepared from block copolymer templates. Light absorption of the polymer thin layer is increased with the incorporation of metallic nanostructures, resulting in a significant surface plasmon effect in the optoelectronic devices.
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Encapsulation of enzymes in Pickering emulsions results in a large interfacial area of the enzyme-containing aqueous phase for biocatalysis in organic media. This immobilization technique minimizes enzyme inactivation through stabilizing immiscible liquids by particles, facilitates separation processes, and significantly increases catalytic performance of both stable and vulnerable enzymes. Thus, a broad technical applicability can be envisioned.


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+This package provides the calculation engine for the `Brightway2 life cycle assessment framework <http://brightwaylca.org>`_. `Online documentation <http://bw2calc.readthedocs.org>`_ is available, and the source code is hosted on `Bitucket <https://bitbucket.org/cmutel/brightway2-calc>`_.
The emphasis here has been on speed of solving the linear systems, for normal LCA calculations, graph traversal, or Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis.
The Monte Carlo LCA class can do about 30 iterations a second (on a 2011 MacBook Pro). Instead of doing LU factorization, it uses an initial guess and the conjugant gradient squared algorithm.
The multiprocessing Monte Carlo class (ParallelMonteCarlo) can do about 100 iterations a second, using 7 virtual cores. The MultiMonteCarlo class, which does Monte Carlo for many processes (and hence can re-use the factorized technosphere matrix), can do about 500 iterations a second, using 7 virtual cores. Both these algorithms perform best when the initial setup for each worker job is minimized, e.g. by dispatching big chunks.
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We do this by first retrieving the regionalized characterization factors for each location where characterization factors are avaiable. The intermediate data structure ``regionalized_dict`` has the following structure:
We then use the ``np.unique`` function to retrieve all technosphere processes, and an index into ``self.tech_params`` for each of them. We can then use this index to get a location for each technosphere process.
- The characterization matrix has dimensions (number of biosphere flows, number of technosphere flows). For each column, we lookup the location code, and then retrieve the cf amounts and row indices from the ``regionalized_dict``. We can then build the ``characterization_matrix``.
+ The characterization matrix has dimensions (number of biosphere flows, number of technosphere flows). For each column, we lookup the location code, and then retrieve the cf amounts and row indices from the ``regionalized_dict``. We can then build the ``characterization_matrix``.
.. note:: There is a lot of duplicate data in ``characterization_matrix``, as characterization factors are provided for each technosphere process, regardless of whether that technosphere location has been seen already.
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+This is the technical documentation for Brightway2-calc, part of the `Brightway2 <http://brightwaylca.org>`_ life cycle assessment calculation framework. The following online resources are available:
+To run the tests, install `nose <https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_, and run ``nosetests``.
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Above ma-50 and will go to all time high.Fundamental is strong. And TA looks good. Baby boomers and young people both are demanding alternative medicines more than ever.Be patient.
I have been good at predicting stocks movements..like GNC TFM DDD, EW, ETC.These are good to buy now rather than chasing:ORLY...above ma-200.. We always need partsBBBY: summer usually good, college kids and weddings, home furnishing. The CEO is conservative with the guidance. Their customer service is top notchFFIV: way way oversell at current level.EW: broke to all time high. Buy on pullback. I think earning will be goodbecause they gave guidance prior to FDA approval.
Futures up 123 points. Europe is putting together a very good plan for growth. Shorts are everywhere. 16% of GNC float is shorted. New high soon especially when 2 days ago they said business are good.Europe will also drive china growth. Oil is also up $2.65 at this point.Looks like we can begin put our money back to work in the market. We all hope our IRA to grow.Good luck to all.Extremely oversold china and tech stocks are good ones to buy like:SINA SOHU FFIV....also ETFs TQQQ UCO ERX..DDD SSYS are very good to hold long.
will get in soon.
JPM is so strong. GS add to their good list. Gap at $38 $40 will be filled. Still a cheap stock.
I like SSYS at current price. Take a look. DDD. Broke to new gig. SSYS will too.
Above ma-50 now,
Look at SSYS and DDD when uptrend started it will run. I love the $300M buyback a lot. Buy stocks that baby boomers need....


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Cells inside the Grant County Detention Center are holding fewer and fewer inmates, which could cause a financial problem at the jail and the county.
The inmate population on Aug. 21 was 214.
At the beginning of the year, it was common to have about 330 inmates daily.
The jail's capacity is 349, according to Jailer Terry Peeples.
Body Works Gym in Dry Ridge held a Camp Fit4AKid recently for fitness and health.
At Camp Fit4AKid, students participated in various outdoor activities promoting exercise. The students met new friends and were taught how to work as a team. This camp was designed to help children develop healthy habits for the future.
Grant County Jailer Terry Peeples is lashing out against a recent lawsuit filed by a former inmate, saying the suit is filled with "outrageous, false statements."
Lonzie Maggard-Owen and her husband, William Owen, filed the lawsuit Aug. 20 in Grant Circuit Court against the detention center, Jailer Terry Peeples, the Grant County Fiscal Court, two nurses and multiple deputy jailers.
Maggard-Owen claims she was pepper sprayed after being put in a restraint chair while waiting to be booked into the jail.
Kenton County police are investigating a body discovered by mowing crews on Interstate 75, just north of Crittenden.
The partially decomposed body of a female was found on Tuesday, Aug. 27, just south of the weigh station around 8:15 a.m.
State mowing crews reported they had found something suspicious to police, which later confirmed it was a body.
Police said they do not know how long the body had been on the side of the road.
The investigation is ongoing.
Greg Frank is doing something he never dreamed he would.
Frank, a local businessman, is making a movie and looking for local residents to portray characters in the script he wrote.
The movie, "Liberty'$ Prisoner" is a drama/thriller about a first-time author that runs for U.S. Congress. He is perceived as dangerous and a threat by the government, so he is kidnapped, interrogated and tortured with "enhanced methods" allowable by current U.S. law.
Marsha Chaney walked through a feces and flea covered building rescuing, one-by-one, dogs living in deplorable conditions as part of an alleged puppy mill in Corinth.
In all, 11 dogs, nearly all Pomeranians, were taken from the building, which featured a tattered ceiling, dusty and dirty cages, turned off fans, an occasional mouse and plies of feces.
Jeff Voelker was 17 years old at Grant County High School when he was diagnosed with melanoma or skin cancer in a mole on his arm.
The black, white and tan Jack Russell that was believed to be have been stolen when his owners stopped at a Dry Ridge gas station a couple of weeks ago is now safe and sound in New York.
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Apr 17, 2013 | 11:41 AM EDT
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Apr 17, 2013 | 11:41 AM EDT
Real Money) -- They came right back yesterday. It was as if they didn't skip a beat, aided by the fine results by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Coca-Cola (KO). It was as if they had a Food and Drug Administration buy program. Of course, the yield hunters went right after stock like Eli Lilly (LLY) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the now-perennial, 52-week-high AstraZeneca (AZN), the latter totally undeserving of the honor given its poor performance of its actual business as opposed to its stock. But what I find so astounding isn't the strength in the classic, somewhat high-yielding soft goods stocks but the amazing resilience of the stocksthatgoupeveryday. I am making that one word, because it is the new title I am using for Gilead Sciences (GILD - Get Report), Biogen Idec (BIIB - Get Report), Celgene (CELG - Get Report)) and, perhaps most stunningly, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN - Get Report). Now, each of these companies has some terrific drugs in the works. There are novel formulations and terrific pipelines. That's terrific, but I have to tell you that this everyday revaluation -- one I warned you about when I suggested you buy calls on these stocks -- is pretty stunning. Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Real Money on April 17. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money. Regeneron in particular is most amazing. It has a terrific ophthalmological pipeline as well as the blockbuster Eylea, and it has a potential for a brand-new anti-cholesterol franchise that isn't based on statins, for those who can't tolerate them. Everyone wants yield because of the scarcity of bonds that give you anywhere near even the reduced yields that Procter & Gamble (PG) and Clorox (CL) give you.NEW YORK (
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Emi and Ein, original characters, maybe I do some short story with them
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I think it looks very cool! The black and white with the older girls cothing reminds me Yoji Shinkawas work on the Metal gear solid francise.
Навеяло блеймом),а так здорово очень
It mostly reminds me of the movie Aliens...mostly.
Love their character concepts.
Love it!
really nice bold contrast!
this looks super epic OwO you should totally do a story for them!~ they look so freaking badass!
I love it! beautiful combination of light and shadow, and wonderful characters^^
действительно, sci-fi style целиком и полностью тебе подходит
рисунок классный *еще и одна из моих любимейших цветовых гамм*
жду не дождусь short story))) надеюсь, когда она появится на свет, то пользователи DA тоже смогут ее оценить ^^
рисунок классный *еще и одна из моих любимейших цветовых гамм*
жду не дождусь short story))) надеюсь, когда она появится на свет, то пользователи DA тоже смогут ее оценить ^^
cool style!
I think I may have told you this before but your technical skill is outstanding. I love a artist who can drawn machines and buildings alongside people. <3 And interesting color choices. The sections of red help make the picture stand out more than if it had been completely b/w.
Fantastic art work. Both characters look great. I like the outfit of Ein. Incredible job as always! Well done!
This is awsome.
Reminds me of BLAME!
I love it! Keep on the good work! ^^
I love it! Keep on the good work! ^^
Как Blame то напоминает) Вообще супер!
the style reminds me of metal gear solid... except more manga-like.
Your mastery of light. It is mind-blowing. You take something as unforgiving as cel-shading and you make it brilliant, and I cannot get enough of it. HOW do you manage to know exactly what shape every shard of light should be? How do you manage to make it all so sharp, so striking, yet so convincing? I am in awe!!!
I wish you took commissionnss dfgdf.
amazing, I wish I could draw that good
Incredible detail. I love your work man :3
This is pretty gorgeous. Great design. Also nice to see someone use red highlights creatively so that they actually add to the image.
They look really cool and like super interesting characters. I'd like to know more about them!
I love the use of only 3 colors. It really makes the piece pop and really gives it contrast.
I did watch the streaming of this, so gorgeous
Oh man, this is so beautiful. Makes me wanna dive into some BLAME!
The black and white creates a wonderful sense of drama, while the red adds a little "eye-popping" factor without drawing too much focus from main subject matter. Well done.
I just love when you draw something.
oooof. the little girl's dress is adorable *-*
Reminds me of Deadman Wonderland
so dark and cool O_o
agh I've always wanted to do something like this
So epic O>o
Very noir!
amazing, this could beat the animatrix m8
looks like the style of tsutomy nihei ( BLAME! manga)
amazing details and lovely OCs
i'm interested in a lil story ^o^
i'm interested in a lil story ^o^
Keep up this style and you're going great. this is awesome!
Holy shit, that's juste perfect. I'm jealous.
How did you do the background ?
How did you do the background ?
Awesome work! Such details as always.
The art reminds a lot of Tsutomu Nihei's artwork.
Blame fan ne ? Beautiful quality of lines ^_^


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I mostly work and when I'm home I chase my 3 year old around. I'm getting so tired.
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Well during the day my 4yo and 1 1/2yo keep me busy, but at night I crochet/sculpt to pass the time. I watch Family Guy and/or some other comedy to keep from dwelling on the fact that she isn't here yet. Don't get me wrong, I'm willing to wait. It just feels so far away. We're close though! VERY close. Our LO's will be here before we know it. I can hardly wait.
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Anna Camp is 'Damaged Goods.' In the best way possible, of course. The 'Pitch Perfect' star has landed a full-time primetime gig on the new comedy pilot for ABC.
The project will be written and exec-produced by Lauren Iungerich ('Awkward') and centers around the sexual politics that still come into play between men and women even in this post-feminist era (are we really "post"? I dunno know about that...I digress).
Camp will play Nicole, a successful and savvy lawyer, who is completely shocked and hurt when her boyfriend, Tim (Justin Hartley), basically dumps her because she got the promotion he wanted at the law firm where they both work. Apparently, he can't deal because she's a woman! How dare she!
The single-camera comedy also stars Steve Talley ('Pretty Little Liars'), Ben Lawson ('Covert Affair') and Kellee Stewart ('The Soul Man'), and will be directed and co-exec-produced by Irish expat Declan Lowney ('Alan Partridge').
Camp has jumped around between big and small screens, having had scored roles in varied fare such as the Oscar-winning 'The Help' and CBS' 'How I Met Your Mother.' Her casting just comes over a year since she was downgraded from series regular to recurring on FOX's 'The Mindy Project.' She's also popped up again on HBO's 'True Blood' as Sarah Newlin and appeared on the TBS comedy 'Ground Floor.'


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Morphine lives on in The Members of Morphine, with Jeremy Lyons AKA The Ever Expanding Elastic Wasteband. They played live today on the Blues Breakdown, community radio style, raw and minimal.
One of the things that saved my life after a series of unfortunate events was A Man Named Pearl. I am talking about Pearl Fryar from Bishopville South Carolina.
Pearl is an artist in the most purest form. A folk artist. A genius.
Meanwhiile, back in another part of town,…
A small crowd gathered to see a wild eyed madman torture his guitar until it bled the truth, in red white and blue.
I sat back in the shadows fearing his laser beam eyes would sear a hole through my brain. My head was dizzy and my soul was on fire as the first tones shot from his weapon (cleverly disguised as a flat top guitar)..
The Battle of New Orleans. 09/11/10
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Prayers at Jackson Square with the healers and peoples of various faiths and Indian Nations @ 7 PM
Drew Landry says it "isn't about me", it's about a song and a benefit. It's about saving South Louisiana and the Gulf Coast from washing away. It's about standing up for the people that are the real America, not the greed that leeches the life from the land. It's about getting his message out to the world.
Post Millennial Tension via Folk Forms. A hard row to hoe. Bittersweet guitar pleads for mercy. Brother Dege represents the the modern primitive backlash against the madness and angst of the 21st century.
In a country where the jails are full, and the soul is being drained by hyper commerciality and bombastic corporate greed.
"A red second hand guitar with a bunch of knobs and switches, plugged into a Sears & Roebuck amplifier, an ass pocket of Jack Daniels and a box of fried chicken, riding towards a cabin set deep in the Mississippi backwood…**
In the twilight mist, and the waning light of the stormy swamps of my twisted mind there is a place where I can always hear the sound of Brother Dege's gothic blues.
There is something so incredibly earthy and moving about Drew Landry and his songs. I have been trying to get him to come into the studio, and play and talk on the Blues Breakdown for some time now.
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The news that a Mail on Sunday reporter was questioned about criminal voyeurism after investigating a story shows that the police will use any law to harass journalists.
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The Great Dan Steinberg™'s write-up of the ill-will in the grandstands had great photos of the ill-willed.
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As several commenters pointed out, those photos of folks with anti-Snyder t-shirts and paperwork are now gone. Just vanished.
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I've been thinking, and I've relized something. I'm not trying to troll but I think it's worth mentioning. What happened to the good ol' days when battling against eachother with just relying on nothing but skill and level? These days it's all about leveling up IV's and EV's. I blame the hacking community on this because no one really knew about them until just a couple of years ago. Sure they were in the older games, but no one cared. It was all about fun. These days...there is no fun when battling. Not at all, IV leveling up is kinda like cheating to me, and most find it as a loophole to cheat and raise their IV's using action replay for when they go online.
I have to say, I haven't done much battling since HG/SS simply because people just care about winning and not the fun aspect. Just to break it down, it's always in the manner such as this.
IV and EV's raised.
Raise stats a couple of turns since due to IV raising so high, you get less damge.
After raising and boosting some, attack.
Keep using the same Pokemon and commence the same strategy over and over and your opponents team has completely failed.
Do this all over again with others.
That's basically how the battles are. No one really has the time or effort to raise the IV and EV's of a team, and most people who do, do it the cheating way, which is no fun at all.
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- 1900s Baby Names Includes: Arthur
- Belles of the Ball Includes: Annabel, Arabella
- Unisex Baby Names Includes: Avery
- Antique Baby Names Ready for Restoration Includes: Adeline, Amos, Atticus
- Literary Names for Girls Includes: Arabella, Aurora