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Tom Siebel is Chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company with interests in commercial real estate, agribusiness, global investment management, and philanthropy. Siebel was the founder, chairman, and
CEO of Siebel Systems, which merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Founded in 1993, Siebel Systems became a global leader in application software with more than 8,000 employees in 32 countries, over 4,500 corporate customers, and
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Mr. Martin joined Pacific Biosciences in 2004 as a seasoned executive with a 25-year track record managing leading edge technologies, new ventures, and high growth businesses. Previously, Mr. Martin was Chairman,
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interactive gaming company. His earlier experience includes running desktop engineering for Apple Computer and founding Ridge Computers?designer of the world's first commercial reduced instruction set computing (RISC) minicomputer. Mr.
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Firm, Tom illuminates the strategies for fostering a culture and process of continuous innovation. Prior to joining IDEO, Tom was a management consultant for Towers Perrin, advising senior executives on organizational and
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Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management Company, LLC. She is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, published in September, 2008. Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000,
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Vinod grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur. He was raised in an Indian Army household with no business or technology connections. When, at age 16, he first heard about Intel, he dreamt of starting his own technology
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the US and got his Masters in Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University. His startup dreams attracted him to Silicon Valley where he got an MBA at Stanford University in 1980. In 1982, Khosla started Sun Microsystems to build
workstations for software developers. At Sun he pioneered "open systems" and RISC processors. Sun was funded by long time friend and board member John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In 1986 he switched sides and joined
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Step into this historic inland settlement among the sandstone buildings of Hartley Historic Site, on the western edge of the Blue Mountains. Stay in the newly renovated historic cottages. The village also offers a gallery, cafe and tours.
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Step back in time within the historic village of Hartley set into the western edge of the beautiful Blue Mountains. Set among pastures, orchards, native plants and nineteenth and twentieth-century cottage gardens, the village's lovely sandstone buildings preserve an important piece of history: the settlement of inland Australia.
Seventeen buildings tell the story of the village, from the 1837 Greek Revival courthouse to Corneys Garage, built in 1945 of timber and iron. Explore the artefacts and family histories, find out about the region's past at the visitor centre, or enjoy a picnic in the absolute serenity of historic Hartley.
In recognition of Hartley's heritage significance, an exciting revitalisation plan is being developed, with improved facilities and new exhibition spaces. There are already a number of fascinating tours and events held at Hartley, so call ahead to get involved.
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Take a tour or arrange a wedding at St Bernards Church in Hartley, a lovingly preserved example of colonial sandstone architecture.
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If you use your iPod, iPhone, or iPad as a primary source component for your music, you haven't heard how good your music can sound until you try AudioQuest Diamond. AudioQuest has taken everything it's learned about digital interconnects and applied the same technology to a line of 'made for iPod' USB digital interconnects. Diamond stands at the top of that product line, so treat yourself to the best design and metallurgy for the best musical experience.
Perfect-Surface Technology applied to extreme-purity silver provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors prevent strand interaction, a major source of cable distortion. Extremely high-purity Perfect-Surface Silver minimizes distortion caused by the grain boundaries which exist within any metal conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatly increasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers.
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Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then later released as distortion. Solid High-Density Polyethylene Insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry while minimizing insulation-induced phase distortion.
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All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a big problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest's DBS creates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy storage in the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that occur. Sound appears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamic contrast. The DBS battery packs will last for years. A test button and LED allow for the occasional battery check.
Precision direct-silver plated pins are carefully attached with the very best solder. Through choice of flux and metallurgy, AQ solder has been optimized to make a low-distortion connection. The difference you hear between solders is a result of connection quality. AQ Solder does not have a high silver content because the more silver there is in solder, the more difficult it is to make a good connection.
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USB (Universal Serial BUS) was established by a stalwart group of companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft (just to name a few) in order to give the personal computing world a truly universal standard and means to connect devices such as hard drives, printers, cameras, and, more importantly to us, audio components.
Included in the original description are protocols for the pristine transfer of audio over USB. Great care and sensitivity went into this. Consequently, a computer connected to a USB-enabled digital-to-analog converter can outperform the best compact disc players available today. AudioQuest is committed to contributing products that honor USB's ability to deliver state-of-the-art performance on this new and wonderful frontier.


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- London
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- £27-35k + comms + award winning working environment
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- 07 Feb 2014
- Closes
- 07 Mar 2014
- Sector
- Advertising, Advertising Agency, Ambient, Business Magazines, Cinema, Conferences, Consumer Magazines, Creative Agency, Customer Publishing, Digital / Online, Direct Mail, Directories, Events, Exhibitions, National Press, Outdoor, Radio, Recruitment Consultancy, Regional Press, TV
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£27-35k + comms + award winning working environment
With recognition for being one of the most rewarding company's to work for, time to act on that New Year's resolution is now!
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Over the last decade our client has consistently been one of the UK's top media companies to work for, and with innovations coming thick and fast the future is most certainly bright. The benefits of working for this company are too many to mention, but they have created an enriching and rewarding environment, which is reflected in a very low staff turnover.
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This is a great role for someone looking for an interesting and diverse position selling into web based media in the ever-evolving education market.
Are you capable of identifying specific client needs and selling unique and compelling advertising solutions across a complex portfolio of online products? You will have the ability to pitch your ideas effectively to clients and advertising agencies both face to face and on the phone and follow through to close. You will be able to handle consultative sales with senior decision makers and more junior marketers alike.
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Hiking the Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion is the triple crown for panoramic, awe-inspiring views and geological wonders. There's a vast variety of vegetation, mammals and rock formations offered in these high-desert landscapes—from cacti to desert flowers—from horned toads to elk—from slot canyons to the hoodoos—it's a world apart.
Some of the highlights of these three national parks were: climbing up the narrow passageway to Angel's Landing and hiking through the Narrows in Zion; hiking the 8.8 mile Riggs Spring Loop and then continuing our trek another 23 miles through Bryce's backcountry on the Under the Rim Trail; hiking out and back on the Bright Angel Trail to Plateau Point and on the South Kaibab Trail to Cedar Ridge.
Mini Adventure Series has two published books on bicycling. Bicycling Routes features 40 routes to travel the backroads around Knoxville, TN with maps, cue sheets, route descriptions and full color pictures. Off Road Trails features 31 trail systems in Tennessee and has full color fold-out topo maps, trail descriptions and full color pictures. Look for more books on mini adventures to enjoy!
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STARKVILLE, Miss. – A four-run top of the fourth inning lifted No. 8 Kentucky to a 5-0 victory against Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon. Pinch hitter Krystal Smith had the big blow with a three-run home run in the fourth.
Despite the loss, MSU is tied for its best 24-game start in program history at 20-4. The Bulldogs fall to 1-2 in Southeastern Conference action.
Senior Alison Owen (9-4) suffered the loss, allowing seven hits and five runs while striking out 10 and walking one in six innings. She also hit two. Freshman Alexis Silkwood threw the final inning and struck out one and walked another. Kelsey Nunley (7-1) earned the win in the complete game for the Wildcats, scattering three hits and striking out three. She also hit one.
Mississippi State had the first runner in scoring position as senior Logan Foulks hit a one-out double in the bottom of the second inning. Nunley bounced back with a strikeout and groundout to strand Foulks.
The Bulldogs had another chance in the bottom of the third as senior Heidi Shape singled through the right side with two outs, but a groundout ended the threat.
Kentucky (18-3, 2-1 SEC) mounted its first threat in the top of the fourth and took a 4-0 lead. Ansley Smith was hit by a pitch to open the frame. Lauren Cumbess put down a bunt and Owen tried to throw to second for the force, but Smith was safe on the play. An Emily Gaines single filled the bases for the Wildcats. UK placed pinch runners Sarah Frazer on second and Dari Richardson on first. Nikki Sagermann singled through the right side to plate Smith. Frazer also tried to score but was thrown out at the plate by junior right fielder Julia Echols. Owen struck out Maisie Steed, but pinch hitter Krystal Smith delivered the three-run long ball. A fly out ended the inning.
In the top of the fifth, the Wildcats mounted another scoring opportunity. Griffin Joiner led off with a single off the glove of freshman third baseman Caroline Seitz, who threw high to first, allowing Joiner to move to second. After a foul out, Ansley Smith was hit by a pitch, putting runners on first and second. Cumbess struck out looking and Gaines popped out to Seitz to close the frame.
UK tacked on another run in the top of the sixth as Sagermann led off with a home run.
Nunley retired six of the last seven batters she faced as the only Bulldog to reach was senior Sam Lenahan with a hit by pitch with two outs in the bottom of the sixth.
Mississippi State returns to action Tuesday with a 4 p.m. CT contest at Kennesaw State.
Post-Game Notes
- Mississippi State has not allowed a stolen base since the eighth inning against Baylor on Feb. 28, a span of eight games.
- MSU has been 1-2 after three Southeastern Conference games six times in the last seven years.
- After a zero-for-nine skid, senior Logan Foulks is two-for-five in the last two games.
- Senior Heidi Shape snapped a zero-for-19 slump with a single in the third inning.
- Junior right fielder Julia Echols registered her first assist of the year, throwing out pinch runner Sarah Frazer at home during the fourth inning.
- Senior Alison Owen registered her 14th game as a Bulldog, and sixth this season, with 10 or more strikeouts with the 10 whiffs.
- Owen has fanned 68 in her last 46.1 innings pitched.


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Jean Goldkette (with Bix Beiderbecke): My Pretty Girl
My Pretty Girl
Jean Goldkette Orchestra (with Bix Beiderbecke)
Bix Restored, Volume 1 (Origin Jazz Library)
Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Frankie Trumbauer (reeds), Joe Venuti (violin),
Fred Farrar, Ray Lodwig (trumpet), Bill Rank, Spiegle Willcox (trombone), "Doc" Ryker, Danny Polo (reeds), Eddy Sheasby (violin), Paul Mertz (piano), Howdy Quicksell (banjo), Steve Brown (bass), Chauncy Morehouse (drums).
Recorded: New York, February 1, 1927
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
Jean Goldkette had fired Bix for his poor reading skills, but later rehired him, forming the hottest white dance band of its day. After a nationwide tour, the "Famous Fourteen" squared off against Fletcher Henderson's post-Satchmo outfit in a legendary battle of the bands at New York's Roseland Ballroom. Henderson's cornetist Rex Stewart called the experience "humiliating," and it was partly due to audience favorites like "My Pretty Girl," which the band recorded a few months later. Bix retreats to the background as Polo on clarinet and Trumbauer on saxophone take a scorching lead, bowing out only briefly for Venuti's two fiddle breaks. The action, meanwhile, is driven by Brown's incomparable slap bass. "You know, Steve was even better known to more people at that time than Bix was," saxophonist Doc Ryker remembered.
Reviewer: Brendan Wolfe
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THE Arctic Monkeys made history after winning Brit Awards for both best group and album of the year for the third time.
The band, which played its first gig in Barnsley at Birdwell WMC in 2005, scooped the awards at Wednesday night's ceremony.
Talking about rock and roll in his acceptance speech, lead singer Alex Turner said: "It seems like it's faded away sometimes but it will never die."
Alex and drummer Matt Helders were taught by the late Richard Tolson, a respected music teacher at Barnsley College who died in September of a rare form of cancer, aged 40.
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U.S. House Authorizes Lawsuit Against Obama in 225-201 Vote
WASHINGTON—House lawmakers voted Wednesday to authorize House SpeakerJohn Boehner to file suit against President Barack Obama on a complaint that he had overstepped his legal authority, setting up a possible constitutional test and giving both parties a potent campaign issue to take home for the five-week congressional recess.
In a 225-201 vote, the House told Mr. Boehner (R., Ohio) to move ahead with the suit, which would challenge the president's 2013 decision to waive the federal health-care law's employer mandate without the consent of Congress.
Five Republicans joined Democrats in voting against pursuing the lawsuit. No Democrats voted to move forward with the suit.
Mr. Boehner, speaking just before the vote, said Congress needed to assert its authority under the Constitution to combat executive overreach. "This isn't about Republicans and Democrats. It's about defending the Constitution we swore an oath to uphold," he said.
Mr. Obama, speaking ahead of the vote, mocked the threatened action, saying that suing him wasn't a productive thing to do.
"Everybody recognizes this is a political stunt," Mr. Obama said of the lawsuit. "But it's worse than that, because every vote they're taking like that means a vote they're not taking to actually help you."
The legal and political fallout from the decision to pursue the lawsuit remains largely unclear. Many legal experts have questioned whether the courts would take up such a lawsuit, suggesting that lawyers representing the House could face significant hurdles.
A court could question whether the House has met the standard of showing that it has been harmed by the president's actions, particularly since lawmakers are suing him for not enforcing a law they have repeatedly sought to repeal. Another question is whether the House, in acting without the Senate, has standing to sue the White House.
Moreover, said congressional expert Thomas Mann, courts have repeatedly avoided arbitrating political disputes between the executive and legislative branches.
"We're in uncharted waters, and I think any judicial court would want to avoid weighing in," said Tara Grove, a William and Mary law professor. "I'd be very surprised if the court grants standing."
Proponents of a suit have argued there is precedent for the House suing the executive branch, and that lawmakers can argue that they have been harmed by the White House taking away their constitutional authority to legislate.
Candidates from both parties are likely to use the lawsuit as a political touchstone as they head to their districts this week to campaign ahead of November's midterm elections. Republicans who have long criticized the White House and Mr. Obama for executive overreach on issues such as immigration and the health law plan to use the lawsuit to show their base that they are resolved to rein in the president.


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Amanda Clark – Perfection
"USA! USA! USA!" roars the crowd at Larchmont Yacht Club as LI's three sailing heroes Clark, Storck and Capozzi take the stage in front of a massive American flag.
The epitome of Island pastimes, sailing is a sport in which attention to detail and hard work are not only coveted, but essential. To be in tune with the balance of the boat and the environment, a true master of the waves needs to be a perfectionist—a characteristic that Clark's husband Greg Nissen says she exemplifies.
"If she can't do it perfectly, she doesn't touch it at all," he says.
The couple resides on the water at Shelter Island's Camp Quinipet, where Nissen is the director. After first meeting through sailing as teenagers and staying in touch through the online social network MySpace, they've now been married for almost seven years.
Yet it was a twist of fate that ultimately brought the two together: It was not until they were both home on Shelter Island the winter after Clark did not qualify for the 2004 Olympics that they began dating.
"I say I got her when she was down," says Nissen. "And it is that ultimate way to get married when you marry a really good friend."
Nissen marvels at his wife's accomplishments and the sacrifices she's made to spend innumerable hours training, but Clark is quick to say that she is not the only one who has to sacrifice.
"I would love to keep in touch with my friends more often, and be in the country a little bit more often," she says. "I miss a lot of holidays and family time, but it's also the sacrifices that my husband makes. Greg is an incredible supporter."
With her husband's encouragement Clark made the difficult decision to continue training for this summer's games after her 2008 Olympic teammate, Sarah Chin, chose to leave the team.
With just three months until the Olympic trials, Clark approached Sarah Lihan, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and they began training together for the women's 470 two-person dinghy class (470 representing the length of the boat in centimeters).
"Amanda called me and I was like, 'Well, she's really good and she has been to the Olympics before,' so I knew it was a great idea," Lihan says to the crowd at the sendoff party. "I was so grateful."
Despite having to make up for lost time, they won the Olympic team spot after a tie-breaker against the favored U.S. team at the World Championship in Perth, Australia. Through the International Sailing Federation World Cup Standings, the duo is now ranked number one in the world.
"We have just been doing super well together," says Clark, "and I can't wait for the competition."
So let the games begin.
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Lol apart from Curry, I would have all those players on this team in front of anyone including Lee, Marbury, and Crawford.
In the nba, you cannot get away with playing no defence in the C or SF spot.
Curry is the worst imo
Steve Nash
Eddy Curry
Michael Redd
Jamal Crawford
JJ redick (dude lost)
Zach Randolph
Dan Dickau
This article is a blog by some guy named tim. It seems somewhat accurate but i gotta disagree with some of the names brought up. This is what in his opinion is the No Defense Team
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Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 4:29 pm in NBA.
No surprise: I love the NBA All-Defensive Team. Love the idea, love the voting, love to analyze it and memorize it and oh yes, it just was announced today.
I also think it's hilarious that Baron Davis got one coach's vote. I don't care if it was for eighth team, that just shouldn't happen. (It wasn't Don Nelson since coaches can't vote for their own players.)
But I was thinking more could be done in this fashion. I'm always typing about how good defenders are so important to winning basketball and how Bad Defenders kill you.
Hmm, I thought to myself. How hard would it be to put together a No-Defense NBA All-Star team, just like the All-Defense, except in reverse?
You know, weight it to main players–if you don't play much and stink on defense, you don't get much run on this list, just like it works for All-Defense.
Not that hard. I'm very happy with this idea, so let me unveil my First Annual NBA No-Defense All-Star team right now:
* C: EDDY CURRY, New York.
-So much embarrassment in one player. He's 6-11, yet only had 29 blocked shots in 59 games this year. When he was on the floor, NY opponents scored 117 points per 100 possessions, the highest total I could find for a regular player. When he was out, opponents scored 110.8 per 100–this is all according to 82games.com–a rather significant -6.2 differential. Gargantuan. Embarrassing.
* F: RUDY GAY, Memphis.
-He was the worst defensive player on the worst defensive team in the league (opponents shot an effective FG% of 53.1 when he was on the floor, but only 49.3 when he was off), so this roster spot was automatic. His lackluster effort was just a bonus.
* F/C: AL JEFFERSON, Minnesota.
-Gets a few blocks (1.45 per), which is more than Curry can say, but factoring in his heavy minute total, it's not that great a total. It's clear Jefferson saves his energy for offense–Minnesota was a much, much better defensive team when Jefferson was out of the game. Given Jefferson's offensive skills, he could become a superstar if he just tried a little harder on defense. We'll see.
* G: MICHAEL REDD, Milwaukee.
-Possibly pound-for-pound, minute-for-minute the worst defensive player in the league on sheer talent and effort. For instance, this year he had 13 blocked shots and 65 steals in 2,702 minutes.
How bad are those numbers? Baron Davis had 43 blocks and 191 steals in 3,196 minutes. Boris Diaw had 39 blocks and 61 steals in 2,308 minutes. Caron Butler had 20 blocks and 128 blocks steals in 2,314 minutes. And none of those guys are ever going to be first-team All-Defenders.
* G: STEVE NASH, Phoenix.
-More on Nash later. The actual pound-for-pound, minute-for-minute worst defender in the NBA, and has been for a few years.
–Role players:
-F Carmelo Anthony, Denver: Worst defensive player on his team, and that's counting Allen Iverson.
-G Kevin Martin, Sacramento: Always looks like he should be able to play defense, but never plays it.
-F Steve Novak, Houston: My only non-rotation guy on this list–gets here because his defensive statistics are so obscenely bad. Opponents scored 10 more points per 100 possession with him on the floor than off. That's bad.
-G Monta Ellis, Warriors: Gets the nod here over Baron, even though you know I thought Baron stopped playing defense last February.
Stats hide Ellis' weaknesses, since he gets steals and takes charges. But he can't play through picks and even without picks he gets lost constantly. The Warriors almost have to do as much to hide Ellis on defense as Phoenix does with Nash.
-F Richard Jefferson, New Jersey: This one's a big surprise to me, since he has always been one of my favorite under-rated all-around players. But not this year–the Nets got pummeled when he was on the floor (giving up 111.5 points per 100 possession) and played decently when he was off (giving up 105.8 per 100). That's a terrible disparity for such a good player. Vince Carter, who shouldn't be half the defender that Jefferson is, had far better comparables this season.
-G Jason Williams, Miami: Not that he was any more terrible this year than he has always been… Just had to put him on this list for old time's sake. I'll be doing this a few more years, I think, but Jason might not be around for them.
—-And now, to the BIG AWARDS.
* No-Defense Player of the Year: STEVE NASH.
-No player forces his team to compensate more dramatically for his defensive deficiencies (and no player is more worth it, obviously–but this is about defense). In the past, Nash has gotten away with his lack of lateral quickness by drawing charges, but he drew 34 offensive fouls this season, down from 62 in 2006-07.
Also in the past, Nash got away with a lot because he had Shawn Marion to defend two or three guys per trip down the floor. Nash didn't have that at the end of this season.
Former Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni always tried to stash Nash away against the poorest opponent offensive player… the same way Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were stashed… but those guys were big enough to fake it against better players. Nash is 6-3 and plays smaller and is only getting older and slower.
* No-Defense Coach of the Year: MARC IAVARONI, Memphis.
-Opponents almost shot 48% against the Grizzlies and the Grizzly players didn't look like they cared. Iavaroni just looked befuddled.
* No-Defense Rookie of the Year: KEVIN DURANT, Seattle.
-Not a huge shock, though I strongly considered the Clippers' Al Thornton, who, in limited time, was just awful on defense. But Durant gets the nod because he played so much, because he could play better defense (those long arms) but because it doesn't look like he'll do that at any point in his NBA career. Only 75 blocks in almost 3,000 minutes? Bleah.
Seattle was a terrible defensive team all year, but when Durant was off the floor, the Sonics were actually decent–opponents scored only 104.6 per 100 possessions. When Durant was out there, the flood gates were open–113.4 points per 100.
This guy seems to know his stuff for the most part. I dont think Al Jefferson belongs on this team even though hes not that good of a defender. Wheres Crawford? Hes just as bad as Michael Redd, maybe even worse. Curry is the clear starting center for this team.
Nash is very overrated. As great as he is on offense hes a terrible defender, which is why he didnt deserve to win the back to back MVP's. I dont think he was ever a mvp but i have no problem with him winning one. At least D'antoni has a point guard now that can play some defense.
*waits for the haters*
Lol apart from Curry, I would have all those players on this team in front of anyone including Lee, Marbury, and Crawford.
In the nba, you cannot get away with playing no defence in the C or SF spot.
Curry is the worst imo
And about Rudy Gay, there was only a 4% difference, that didn't help his point of view at all
Some of these he makes some good points but a couple of them dont make that much sense. I never liked 82games.com, too many contradictions.
Who cares with Nash can't defend there game didn't depend on it, plus he made it all up with his assists, and scoring... Plus Marion was the guy to stand up defensively for the Suns, but they got rid of him..
Defense is very important. Thats the reason why nash has been overrated and the reason why the suns got sonned year after year by the spurs and never won a title. Tony Parker ****s all over nash.


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Catherine "Cak" Kays joined her Lord on Aug. 8, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer. Catherine was at the home she loved in Fritch, surrounded by her loving family: her husband, Bob; her daughter, Pamela Lane; her grandchildren, Bailey and Brayden Lane; and their loving family members.
Catherine was born March 26, 1935, in rural Grand Tower, Ill., to Albert and Edna Brooks Cooper. Grand Tower's Devil's Backbone Park, overlooking the Mississippi River, held a special meaning for Catherine as it was the site she shared a picnic lunch with Bob on their first date. They were married soon after on Oct. 1, 1967, in Eldon, Mo.
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She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Cleatus, Eugene, Jackie and Robert Cooper; two sisters, Ruth Cooper Malear and Lineta Cooper Reed; and a son, Gary Kays.
Survivors include her husband, Bob; a daughter, Pamela Lane and husband Ty of Fritch; a son, Jeff Kays of Wilson, Okla.; a stepdaughter, Sherry Nichols and husband Russell of Fort Worth; a stepson, Doug Coder of Springfield, Mo.; a sister, Patricia Williams of Perryville, Mo.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
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Why is ten years old game considered to be best in series by many?
Why is ten years old game considered to be best in series by many?
Personally I prefer cm 97/98, although 01/02 is good. I dont know why people prefer it tho', reminiscent memories of when a lot of hardcore players first got into the series possibly.
Have a look on ebay for a copy, or even try pc world, and have a go, then you will understand
Or download it for free from the Eidos website
You don't even need to buy the game any more DevonSpurs, the game is available for download from the CM website (for free & leagally, of course).
In a few words? Just because it was awesome!
But I never play older versions. CM0102 was the best game for its time and I enjoyed it like no other manager, but there's no way I'll play that again. I'm playing fm09 today, as I'll be playing fm2010 the next year and so on
I never played CM01/02, and may be tempted to download it from there just out of curiosity.
I'm assuming that even with a modicum of managerial nous I could clean up?
CM 01-02 was simple, easy and fast! It made tactical importance low and introudced many successful new features and there was in those days no such things as bugs!!
it was fantastic at the time. i played it a month or so ago. i downloaded it from the eidos website and got the current updates for it. wasnt quite as good as i remember it but i could run every league from every nation no problem.
Has anyone got a link to the download as i cant find it?
Maybe just me being stupid but i cant find it any where!
EDIT: Dont worry i was looking on the Edios site not the Champ Man site
Because it was the best, most awesome game ever!
A tribute to how good it was is that on Ebay, a revised copy of the game including January transfers and every new player etc, with background pics was sold for £28 on ebay.
I bidded £1
You could blitz through the game with a number of super tactics, and super players. A limited amount of leagues meant that you could run all of them. It was the final of the CM3 series, and as SI were then as they do now implementing changes gradually, it was the culmination of what they had learnt throughout the CM3 series. It was also the game where the on-line community really began to take off. There had been one before, but it really expanded with 01/02. From which the super tactics and super players flowed.
It was also when I first noticed people complaining about Super-keepers, too many shots for so few goals, the AI asking for ludicrous amounts of money when attempting to buy the worlds best players and that SI had made it so that the game would decide you would lose and there was nothing you could do! Even though you had a Super Tactic and the Worlds Best players! And what about all these injuries eh?
There's a lot of nostalgia for the game, but it occasionally is too rosey eyed. It had problems. It was still fun though. Still can be. So long as you accept what's in the game and play to those parameters, not to what you think should be.
I have no idea why anyone would prefer CM 01/02 to FM 09 to be honest, I spent a few hours downloading it the other day, started it up all excited...
And it was absolutely ££££!
Since i saw this thread i've decided to download it, can anyone tell me what the best tactics are and who the best players are, thanks
Best tactic is 4-4-2 with your full backs running 3/4 of the pitch, your centre mid running up to strike . your wingers running up to fr and fl etc.
Kk, thanks for the advice
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Download the ultimate tactics pack. PB3 / WWW2 Hard Tackling and you shall succeed my son.
is it the one with the red box? if so i was still playing that up until 08 came out
Have your left back and right back run up to alongside the midfield.
Have the the two wider midfield players run out towards the corner flags.
Have your attacking midfielder run inbetween the strikers.
DL: Julio Arca
DC: Taribo West (free, I think)
DC: Imbrahim Said (or something along those lines, just type in Said)
MC: Stefan Selakovic
MC: Josep Guardiola (free, I think)
MC: Kennedy Barkigulahuishussiiepkfihfish (dont know his last name, looks something like that though, haha)
AMC: Kim Kalstrom
FC: To Madiera (must buy, only about 20,000 as well)
FC: Kevin Phillips (played well around that point in his career)
ALSO consider theese players:
Lucas Neil
David Prutton
I will take a look on my windows 98 PC sometime and give a list of some more quality players
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People like it because it was a quality game at the time. I still play the game unpatched. There are no serious bugs in the game (like further releases) and at the time even an average computer could easily do a season in 5-6 hours. It mixed pleasure with speed. Players personality seemed to shine a bit more in the gmae i thought. Anelka was a prime example of this. You would sign him and he would be content at the club. Ive seen him at clubs where hes got upto 10 negative comments about the club/manager/players where he was.
It was amazing at the time, but i recently downloaded it and it sucks so bad.
TBH my best of all time is still fm07, it was cm 01/02 before that, so it looks like the game goes in 5 year cycles i guess - meaning we wont see another good FM until 2012
i just downloaded it and installed it and then went to start a seaosn on it and it said insert the disk :S???
where were theyyy?
Would this work with Vista fairly easily?
Most things like this are a nightmare on Vista.
03/04 was my game of choice.
That said, I probably couldn't go back even if I wanted to. I get addicted to new features. No 3d would be a dealbreaker now. :-p
there you go mate
I consider ISS on the original Playstation to be the best football game ever but i would think it was crap if i played it for the first time today
I'm guessing it's still considered best in series by many because it was fast, easy and most importantly, FUN! You could just pick it up and play without the need of reading hundreds of pages of tips and guides, that most of the time don't even work, in order to succeed. It wasn't very realistic but let's be honest, the match engine in FM 09 isn't very realistic either and the game is now nowhere near as fun as it used to be.
Personally I don't think CM 01/02 is best in series but I can certainly see why would someone prefer it over the newer versions. Most people who didn't play it would probably not like it now but at that time, it was a brilliant game.
I do remember the stadium expansion bug where stadiums in Brazil and Italy would grow out of control, which was later fixed in a later patch. One World Cup Final at the Maracana in the 2040s was played in front of 620,000 fans in my game iirc.
I remember it was the days before internet was readily available (at least for me) and I actually found the game incredibly difficult at first. But once you got a hang of where to look for players you'd soon dominate, even if it did take you quite a while to reach the top.
I preferred 97/98 tbh.
I saw West and Kallstrom and started laughing, i gave 01/02 some hard play when i was at Uni !!
Was that the one with Simon Davey and Matthew Etherington also ?
I remember that they were awesome and "oddly" (lol) both got signed to Spurs IRL
Sometimes i wonder if someone at Spurs was sat on CM
A number of reasons
People jumping on the band wagon. Saying a previous version is better gives people a justified reason for criticizing new games without being labelled trolls for doing so
It's easy for nostalgia to cloud a persons judgement. CM 01/02 had many bugs, it was very unrealistic in many areas, it was too shallow and the commentary was repetitive, but it was the best we had available back then so we knew no better
It was easy to exploit, it was easy to win, it was easy to finish seasons in a few hours. Perhaps that's why it's so favourable amongst the rushers who are so eager to get through seasons (why I have no idea)
It's easy to look at old games with rose tinted glasses, we only remember the good points, but in reality CM 01/02 is not even on the same level as the FM series, at least not if you are serious about football managing games
I actually enjoy Fm08 quite a bit.
Although im finding a lot of the regens are starting to get repetative.
Lots of Bravery 20 and low physicals, finding it hard to get young defenders with pace
The game where you could build a team from the swedish league for a few million and take on the world.
Speed - you could easily get through a season in a few hours. Nowadays I have to play for over 24 hours just to get through half a season.
Maxim Tsigalko and Andri Sigporsson, the actual players stats didn't seem to matter at times, the strikers either had it and scored by the shedload or they didn't.
Supertactics that took advantage of the bug in the match engine.
It was just immense fun at the time. Bigger isn't always better. It was easy to get into and hard to get out of.
Nostalgia often disappoints, but I still get the craving to play this every year or 2 for a while.
As strange as it is, speaking about that "nostalgia often disappoints", I've always tend to find with previous series that as much as I loved 0102 and 9798 (my personal favourite), going back to them now is just unplayable for me. Not in the sense of enjoyment, but understanding the game. The series has evolved so much technically that I find the game easier to deal with and manage ingame than previous versions. I'm never quite sure why.
0102 with the "super tactics" and things I never agreed with, though on the whole the game was enjoyable. I just found the gameplay for me made my preferred style of LLM too difficult during the CM3 series for some reason - I always used to start with Rochdale or Wigan Athletic in 9798 days!
Its got me all thinking and I would love to go back and play 9798 now.Trouble is I need to get BootCamp set up and find an emulator to slow the processor down!.....
This is a good thread - its nice to read this and remember just how much I love the series, just a shame I can't put in as much hours as I used to.
Can you imagine what these boards would be like if the 01/02 match engine had a 3D component?
I recently played 01/02 and just couldn't get along with it at all. The GUI is just awful to use and ugly (back then it was the dogs...). Lots of features I've now taken for granted in the recent years (2007-2009) I find it hard to deal without. Knowing where a players best position is for example is now key when selecting transfer targets. Granted I've also grown up a lot more and I enjoy the tactical aspects of the game more than back then when it was still a bit of fun. That whole positioning thing (wibble/wobble?) in 01/02 still confuses me to this day too. Hell I went back to playing 2007 a few weeks back and struggled to cope without my fitness view for my squad (having to look up each players fitness is now considered a pain to me, especially during pre-season).
Whilst the game was amazing then (I do prefer CM2) and a whole lot of fun I don't think I could ever really go back to using a system like that now that I've been spoilt by features of FM.
MC: Kennedy Barkigulahuishussiiepkfihfish (dont know his last name, looks something like that though, haha)
Kennedy Bakircioglü that is,was a good buy yes.
Currently playing for ajax and scored the winner against fiorentina last thursday.
So to sum up: people liked it because it was really easy.
After that game came CM4, regarded by some as the worst in the CM/FM series, and some people didn't like the direction the game was evolving so they stuck with CM01/02. They didn't like the games that followed either, so they stuck with CM01/02. The reality that its not on the same level as FM is only your opinion and belittling those for simply not following the herd is poor in mine. There will always be bugs in every game, but not everyone places the same importance on the ones in CM01/02 that you and the same goes for the realism. I could say it is easy for you to look back now and say the game was unrealistic when you have FM09 sitting on your hard drive.
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You know what would be interesting. Someone made CM 01/02 with the 3d look, but the 01/02 engine, with the updated game. It might be impossible, but if one day we could do that, would be amazing.
Think i'm going to download this and have a bash on it today. I've got all nostalgic now.
Quick question - Does it play and process a lot faster due to the improvement of computers?
Yes! You can load every league and every player in the game.
01/02 was awesome, the game was fun then, whilst I do enjoy the tactical side of the later versions, because of time constraints and other responsibilites I never get further than 5 or 6 years into the game, 01/02 I regularly got 25 years or so in, I remember taking Rushden & Diamonds to champions league success in that version.
May go on a nostalgia trip on download it!
Nostalgic though I am, and have enjoyed the series right from the very first Championship Manager, which I played on an Amiga (and the original Football Manager even further back on a Speccy!!), I've revisited some of the older versions and just can't get into them again.
They were all great in their day, but what we have now has surpassed them all by far.
Hmm, Had some problems running this with vista, refuses to save?
You can download it from Eidos websits. If you search the forums you can down load what they call the "tapanified" update. You can then update 01/02 to January 2009 !!!! If will even show the game starting in September 2008 !!! (You have to change a few options).
I found it works fine with vista once i have changed compatibility. Oh, and you can change the speed of the game too. You can make it run faster or slower
I am playing FM09 but occasionally have a little blast with 01/02.
Julious Aghahowa can marry me now on that game, he was the bees knees
CM01/02 was a great game, so easy to play, and light years ahead of any other management sim at the time
Loads of people on otf2 play it, not sure why. Loved 02/03 on xbox, just a shame that the thing had a 25 season limit. Shocking.
Andres D'allesandro
What a legend !
There are several reasons why it is so fondly remembered:
1 - It was the last version of FM/CM where a season could be completed in one evening's play (it would be an evening that finished at 0300, but anyway...)
2 - It was the last of the CM3 series, which really could be described as the pinnacle of the building work on the game since the original CM.
3 - It came immediately before the 'troubled' CM4
4 - With the right formation and players you could blitz the game with a minimum of effort.
And most importantly, as Insert Goal Here stated:
It didnt have the slider system and was pretty fast. You didnt loose lots of time just to play a season which made it very fun to play.
I would love to have this version with updated roster&date&competitions etc. A kind of "lite" version of FM...
Best game in the series is 01/02,worst game is fm2009,i'm afraid how 2010 will look like if 2009 is considered as going forward?
Because it was the perfect balance between fun and simulation.
And because it came before CM4.
I actually installed this yesterday and started a new game with it. I hadn't played it since CM 03/04, I think, but found it a lot more fun than the latest FM's.
anyone tell me how long it takes to do a season? i just got the game
It ran a lot faster, so you could play far in into the future - working a full time job etc means that a season can take a couple of weeks to complete but in CM 01/02 you could completed several seasons in that time. Also you could produce stupidly good teams such as a liverpool team with Beckham, Giggs, Keane and Zidane in it (plus Del Piero up front). I guess it wasn't all that realistic in those terms but it was good fun.
you can finish a season in 3-4 hours!
i have a problem, i bought the game, installed it, but when i go to start a career it always freezes when setting it up, no idea why, my pc is more than powerful enough. it always crashes when it says it is making player histories?
why is it so popular? because its legend thats why. i spent every spare minute of my time playing this game.
I had the same problem with an edited db (based on version 3.9.62, but game patched to 3.9.68) and all possible leagues selected. The problem was Swedish Second Division, and not selecting that solved the problem.
I still have the origanal disk which i play prob once a year. one word TSIGALKO!!!!!. All of belarus were amazing and you could pretty much buy the squad for a couple of mill. Also managed to download Championship manager 1. Runs in dos. Weve come a long way since domark.
CM0102 really was, & still is awesome. Am back with FM2009 for now but know at some point 0102 will grab me back again. Rarely mentioned but to me it seemed you could buy a potentially good player (if you used your in game knowledge) and they would, in a winning team, almost without fail develop into excellent players. Poor would still be poor, though.
It was the most realistic game of the series by a mile, no bugs and everything worked like it was supposed to. Even the awards section was spot on ie Player of the year etc..
FM09 is not far behind though, regen issue has finally been sorted and is perfect imo. Improved AI and CM01/02 awards system would make the game the most realistic and fun ever
You are right what you said about cm01/02 though, now looking back it definetly was way ahead of time, 7 years onwards and they still can't make anything comparable with it, it propably was the best football managing game ever! then ONLY problem cm01/02 had was conserning the regens, and especially the lack of it. Back then, with the availabe 'not-top-end' computers, you could choose maby 3 leagues in total when playing, and all the other leagues had only a couple of regens coming through annually.
But anyway, in every other regard, fantastic game, i played that same version until 2005, and this fm09 is the first game managing game i've bough since that one. And now i wish i would had just bought a pirate version of this game, it's not worth actually paying money for it. I'm not saying it's totally krap, it can be enjoyable at times, but way too many faults, seriously takes the shine of the game.
i liked it ,cause it was good
If I could get it to run in a decent resolution I'd still be playing it for a laugh.
I have this horrible habbit of buying the games and then barely playing them since Championship Manager 03/04. I'll buy the game play for about a month, get bored then a couple of months later(around January) i'll want to play but can't because i know the new transfer window patch is coming out so i have to wait for that. Then i'll play for a few months and before you know it there's talk about the next FM game and all the features so i can't play anymore until the new one comes out. So i wouldn't mind if they skipped 2010(at least i'd get my moneys worth for once)
I think i have OCD
My favourite of the series by a mile! Was so simple and easy to play. teams always accepted friendlys and the whole gameplay was fantastic. You could build teams the right way and it had features that even the games now don't.
Its all about nostalgia, nothing more. I wasnt an active member of the fm-cm community at the time of the game, but i had it and i loved it. Its the game that drawn me in to the CM/FM series (and should be available for free download as its such a highly thought of game from si, unless eidos are holding onto it)
It would be labelled as garbage now as times have moved on, but so would space invaders, pong, the first mortal kombat or Final Fantasy 7. Just a top game at its time
Two things that spring to mind when CM01/02 is mentioned:
Fernando Torres and Mark Kerr.
I think is because how fast it is. In a little bit of hours you can play a complete season. In newer versions (CM and FM booth) it spend much more time.
The reason I found 01/02 fun, was because it's essentially the "arcade" version of management which lots of people clearly still want: you don't have to do a lot of management, you just buy some good players, do some craziness with the arrows on your tactics and watch the AI unravel
(or rather, read the AI unravel - I remember when the 2d version was introduced realising how often I had misinterpreted the commentary.)
It's unwillingness to over-complicate is commendable, however - whilst press conferences do exist, they're not particularl satisfying: managers also have to go to the loo, but I don't want this in the game. (especially not in 3d).
It's just awesome, obviously the newer versions got cool features, but even for this time it's a solid game.
It's not bloated like some other versions, it works fast too.
It's awesome.
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Good times. I remember playing 01/02 while watching every world cup game on tv at the same time. Good times indeed.
I was only 10 years old and cm 01/02 was the first cm/FM game I had. Had played management games like LMA before but nothing in the depth of that game. I couldn't go back and play it now after playing the recent Fm's but have so many good memories and probably better ones than I have had on the FM games. Tactically the game was easier and you could find wonder players like cherno samba who like always turned into 30 mill striker. I think for me this was good as I'm sure if it had been as complex as the game is now it would have been way out of my depth at such an age and I would have got easily frustrated and just given up.
CM0102 was the first CM for me too, had played a Dutch football manager game before it, but the game had too many limitations... I remember it was a special edition as it was the 10th Championship Manager game. I still got it actually, though I don't play it anymore. Have to say the box art is the best one that's ever been out there for CM/FM.
The reason I liked it so much was simply because it was my first version and because nearly all my friends played it too. Once we got together at school our CM stories was all we'd talk about all day.
I played the game after I got a copy of the demo in a breakfast cereal.
In my opinion it is the best CM/FM for allround playability (am loving FM09 though!). I still sometimes dip back into the past & play CM0102 and the FM09 crowd sounds are a step back from this 2001 vintage game which I have never understood why.


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The buzz rang across the world. The word was finally out, "Whitney Houston was dead." The idea that a woman so talented would be forever lost to the world was unthinkable. On February 12, 2012, Whitney Houston had died at the age of 48 years old. Through the public eyes, the six-time Grammy winner was on a sobriety roller-coaster. In her awarding song, Whitney sings, "If I should stay I would only be in your way, so I'll go. But I know I'll think of you every step of the way. And I will always love you." Yet, this kind of love is mysterious. In a world looking for comfort from Whitney's death, there are some lessons to learn for everyone. The article examines today's marriages and how to assess the true love.
Marriage Drama
Many people blame Whitney's eventual downfall of her stormy marriage. She married Bobby Brown in 1992. With her concert cancellations and erratic behavior, rumors circulated about her drug abuse with husband Bobby Brown. On one occasion, police responded to a domestic violence call from Whitney about her husband. Eventually, Bobby was eventually charged with misdemeanor battery in 2003; he allegedly struck his wife in a heated domestic altercation.
In 2005, the couple allowed the world to take an inside peek into their rocky relationship with a reality TV show Being Bobby Brown. Whitney later admitted to Oprah Winfrey in an interview that doing the show was a mistake. She did the show to support her husband Bobby. In an interview, Whitney explained,"Nobody makes me do anything I don't wanna do, it's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy."
After 14 years of marriage, Whitney and Bobby ended their marriage in 2007 but not all the drama associated with being famous. In fact, drug addiction continued to haunt Whitney's life. Her daughter Bobbi Kristina, who was informally Whitney's primary caretaker, was very close to her mother. Sadly, Whitney and Bobby's marriage will not be remembered for its intense love but for its drama and crazy love.
Marriage Problems
The state of marriage should be troubling to many. According to estimates, 46 percent of women aged 15-44 years were married or 9 percent were co-habiting which refers to a man and woman living together in a sexual relationship without being married. For men, 42 percent were married and 9 percent co-habited. Although many discuss the plight of marriage with about half ending in divorce, marriage continues to provide some stability for families in society. According to a 2002 National Survey of Family Growth by Paula Goodwin, William Mosher, and Anjani Chandra, marriages last longer than co-habiting unions (78 percent of marriage lasted 1 year or more, compared with less than 30 percent of co-habitations).
Crazy Love
On a steady pace, popular legends and media experts seek to bombard negativism about traditional marriage as a failing institution. Genuine love in marriage could be a crazy love to individuals caught up in fake love. This unconditional love is best outlined biblically: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." This love is considered a crazy love because it is unconditional. In most marriages, the relationship is transactional. If one person does something, there is a reciprocal action.
Pastor Richard Brown, who routinely offers advice to married and engaged couples, understands the misconceptions that many people have when they enter into marriage. Many expectations are unrealistic. Pastor Brown explains, "Most times our love is conditional. It is about how we act…Saying 'I do' is the easy part. Making a marriage work is the difficult part."
Yet, some of the longest marriages involve more. With people married for over 40 and 50 years, there is more of an effort to accept each other faults and attempt to make the marriage work in spite of the problems. This unselfish marriage strategy is often short changed with a mindset that marriage is about 'Me'; my needs must be met.
Whitney Houston will forever be remembered for her powerful voice and lasting memories of unforgettable ballads such as 'I Will Always Love You.' Like Whitney, many people are caught of a marriage roller coaster that ends in their peril. As popular culture replaces the tenets of marriage, lasting marriages are based on genuine love.
Many marriages are filled with drama and unrealistic expectations; some would declare it is a crazy love. However, this is not the same kind of unconditional love that the world argues is a crazy love because it is unconditional. In order to endure the cultural wars, there needs to be the right kind of love that is not transactional or shallow. Let us hope that it is not too late.
© 2012 by Daryl D. Green
About Dr. Daryl Green:
Dr. Daryl Green provides motivation, guidance, and training for leaders at critical ages and stages of their development. He has over 20 years of management experience and has been noted and quoted by USA Today,Ebony Magazine, and Associated Press. Formore information, you can go to nuleadership.wordpress.com or www.darylgreen.org.


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In what is turning into a bizarre PR move, Paramount has removed a movie poster design for the upcoming Michael Bay "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film from circulation due to the sensitive subject the poster portrays. One of the new Australian posters for the film shows the four titular characters jumping off an exploding building with the release date of 9/11 directly under the title.
Originally thought to be a cruel hoax by a fan, social media quickly discovered the poster to be officially released by Paramount. To make matters worse, the actual release date of the film for Australia is September 11, almost a month after the American release.
While there have been controversial film posters in the past, (Heath Ledger's Why So Serious? poster) this one seemed pretty acceptable until you piece the content and the date together. One has to wonder how something so simple went by so many levels of executives and public relations teams?
9/11 was one of the most devastating acts of terrorism the world has seen in the modern era. The whole world was shocked by the attack. Paramount can't feign national ignorance of it being an Australian poster as the subject of 9/11 is sensitive to not only Americans but a majority of the world.
For what it's worth, Paramount Australia has released an official statement regarding the matter:
We are deeply sorry to have used that artwork for the marketing materials promoting the September 11 opening in Australia. Combining that image and date was a mistake. We intended no offense and have taken immediate action to discontinue its use.
It would quite ironic if there wasn't even a scene in the movie where the turtles are jumping out of an exploding building.
What do you think of this PR blunder? Do you think social media overreacted? Let me know in the comments and on Twitter!


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Starting the weightloss road again... *sigh*
Friday, September 28, 2012
Well here I am again, heavier than I was when last pregnant...full term! *SIGH*
I feel depressed and weak. So I have started small... My morning coffee is a big user of calories with sugar and milk. I now only have one big cup of coffee...which is equivalent to two standard sized coffees. I now only put one tsp sugar in it. BUT before I can have my morning coffee I have to go and earn it on the ab machine. I even used a permanent marker on my sugar jar to remind me. On it I wrote "Go do 10X before having 1" ! This is my beginning. Its small but it is a start.
I have paid for an online coach. My sisters are doing the same program, this is how I found out about it. There are amazing results.
If anyone is interested please pm me your name and email and I will send you an invitation to the program. (3 invites that join the program and you get a free heart monitor for your exercise...oh how nice that would be
My first task was to make a small change, hence my above mentioned coffee/ab exercise. I am getting my core muscles strengthened because when my program is fully up and going I know that its going to be FULL ON!
The food menu is much easier to follow as it uses 'raw' ingredients rather than pre packaged foods and brands that are not available in my country which has been my annoyance here. The time spent trying to find matching things has just made me not bother because I just don't have all that time needed. Yeah I know that's a slack excuse but I don't buy much packaged/processed food or condiments. So it was a major pain in my butt.
With my first task I am learning to do my exercise first thing upon getting up. That way it doesn't get pushed aside. So far I have exceeded my 10 every morning. I know it is laughable but I am my own worst critic. I need to set my goal so that I will do it. If I set it too high and I don't make it my own headspace murders my enthusiasm.
I started my task on Wednesday, ab machine...6x 10 reps in about 15 minutes! Thursday 6X 10 reps + 3X 10 leg raises 15mins. Friday 10X 10 reps, 7X 10 leg raises. Saturday 10X10abs +10X 10 leg raises in only 5 mins.
I already feel a little stronger in my core ab muscles and my pelvic floor muscles are also strengthening
that's always a plus after having 4 children LOL.
I am not over doing it and hurting myself but I do feel my muscles groaning as they wake up. I can also feel strengthening in my injured shoulder which means my ongoing pain is subsiding.
I reckon I can squeeze some more reps in through the day now...my journey to become half the person I am today has started!!
Spark here and the program together will be working hand in hand. Spark has an amazing amount of information and resources but the coaching program I am now using has a menu tailored for my environment, my normal shopping habits. When I go to the supermarket I barely go down the aisles. I don't want to be going down them searching for stuff. I only need the fruit and veg, some cereal and bread, toilet paper. I buy my meat bulk elsewhere and I use soapnuts for washing my clothes. Essential oils I buy bulk online is my fragrance, disinfectant and even helps keep the spiders from climbing the walls. It keeps costs and packaging right down!!
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Although current regulations permit animals to be left outside 24 hours a day, as long as they have access to food, water and shelter, The SPCA in New Brunswick, Canada is seeking to establish stricter laws for dog owners who tether their animals and leave them outside indefinitely after a dog was left tethered to a doghouse during a snowstorm in Kent County last week. According to witnesses, the animal became trapped by windblown snow and had to be "dug out."
"We believe there should be limits on the tethering and we have a document before government recommending the changes that we believe are necessary," stated executive director of the New Brunswick SPCA executive director Hilary Howes. "This includes forbidding people to tied animals up outside all night."
The move is being seconded by Rita Bihr of People for Stronger Animal Protection, who is also urging lawmakers to make it illegal to leave dogs outside during freezing and inclement weather.
Unfortunately, the way the current law reads, an animal must unfortunately be already hurt or under distress before it can be protected or even seized for its own good," she remarked.
Note: While the move to change local animal laws was inspired by the danger of keeping pets tuned up outside during severe winter weather, hot conditions and storms during summer can prove just as harmful to the animals.


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If we use the notation where when we say:
We mean to say that $M$ is a automata with states and alphabet elements of $G$.
From here, I am posed this question (Abstract Algebra by Pinter):
Describe $M(Z_4)$, give the table of its next-state function as well as its state diagram.
I cannot understand how I am to do this, since
- I'm not given an operation (although I suspect it is assumed to be multiplication)
- If I do multiplication over $Z_4$, it gives me a infinite state diagram, which I do not quite understand.
Any help?