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In the secretariat he was in a pro-Ben Gurion minority. Only 2 of the 12 members supported the historical party of Mapai. He surprised everyone when three years later he took over the movement and won a majority. It was seen a shocking surprise.
Berl Katzenelson and Ben Gurion began to show an interest in the unknown youth, and despite his tender age appointed him to Mapai's secretariat. Shimon Peres and Moshe Dayan were chosen as the two youth delegates in the Mapai delegation to the Zionist Congress in Basel in 1946.
Yitzhak, Shimon Peres's father, volunteered at the outbreak of World War 2 with the British military, served with the sappers corps in Greece and was taken prisoner by the Germans. While in captivity Perski befriended an English prisoner named Charles Coward ("the Count of Auschwitz") who saved Jews from the Birkenau extermination camp. With the help of Coward, Yitzhak managed to escape the POW camp and was even awarded a medal for bravery. He was sentenced to death but was saved at the last moment by an Australian priest who stood between him and the firing squad.
In 1945 Shimon Peres married his girlfriend Sonia, nee Gellman, whom he met while at school in Ben Shemen. They built their home at kibbutz Alumot. The couple had three children: Tzvia Valdan (a doctor of philology), Yehonatan Peres (a veterinary MD) and Nehemiah Peres (an engineer, managing partner and founder of a venture capital fund). Shimon Peres is grandfather to eight grandchildren and great-grandfather to three great-grandchildren.
Shimon Peres served as a Member of Knesset for 48 years, the longest term of service in the history of the Israeli Knesset. He served as Minister in 12 cabinets and served twice as Prime Minister (1984-1986, 1995-1996), Deputy Minister of Defense under Ben Gurion (1959-1965), Treasury Minister (1988-1990), Minister of Defense (1974-1977, 1995-1996), and Foreign Minister (1986-1988, 2001-2002). In 2007 Shimon Peres was elected to serve as the ninth President of the State of Israel.
At the age of 24 Peres was recruited to the "Hagana" headquarters. He was tasked with special assignments mostly involving personnel, defensive acquisitions and military research. In 1949 Peres was appointed head of the naval service, and after the War of Independence he was appointed head of the Ministry of Defense delegation to the United States. Upon his return to Israel in 1952, at age 29, David Ben Gurion appointed him first as substitute and then as Director General of the Ministry of Defense. Peres focused his efforts on re-organizing the Ministry of Defense, finding the IDF supply sources for modern weaponry and developing the Israeli defense industry. He forged special personal and political ties with France and its leaders and defense establishment. For ten years an extraordinary relationship existed between France and Israel - a period considered the golden age in the relationship between the two countries, and which brought about unprecedented cooperation in the fields of defense and diplomacy. Peres was the architect of this relationship, and for this was awarded the highest medal of the French Legion of Honor.
Later he established a special relationship with Germany, which contributed to the strengthening of Israel's security. At the same time he laid the foundations for the aerospace industry, the electronics industry, renovated the military industry and founded Rafael - the Armaments Development Authority (now known as "Rafael - Advanced Defense Systems LTD"). Ben Gurion appointed him to head the effort to establish Israel's nuclear reactors, one at Dimona and another at Nachal Sorek.
In 1956 Peres stood, along with Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan and under the leadership of Ben Gurion, at the center of negotiations with France and preparations for the Sinai War (aka "Operation Kadesh"). In 1959, after he was first elected to the Israeli Knesset, he was appointed as the deputy to Minister of Defense David Ben Gurion, and served in this capacity for six years. During his term at the Ministry of Defense Shimon Peres headed Israel's research, production, and acquisition front and his initiative brought about the establishment of the aerospace industry, the electronic and nuclear industries, and the Armaments Development Authority.
In 1965 Ben Gurion left the Eretz Israel Workers Party (Mapai) and established the "Israeli Workers List" ("Raf"I"). Ben Gurion asked Peres to join him and Peres acquiesced. He resigned his position as Deputy Minister of Defense to Levi Eshkol, and was elected as secretary-general of the new party. In 1968 Raf"I re-united with Mapai and with the "Achdut HaAvoda" party to form the "Israeli Labor Party". Peres was one of the forces behind the move and for over a year served as joint deputy to Golda Meir, when she served as secretary of the united party.
In 1977, as a result of the abrupt resignation of then-Prime Minister and party chairman Yitzhak Rabin, Peres was chosen unanimously to replace him at the head of the "Maarach" ("Array", a united list of Labor and Mapa"m). Likud won the elections to the ninth Knesset and the Maarach won only 32 seats in the Knesset. Peres served as the chairman of the Labor party until 1992. Under his leadership the Maarach grew within four years (from 1977 to 1981) from 32 seats in the ninth Knesset to 47 seats in the tenth Knesset, only one short of the 48 seats won by then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Likud party.
Peres served as party chairman for 18 years. He resumed the post after the murder of Yitzhak Rabin from 1995-1997, and was elected again as chairman from 2003-2005.
In 2005 Shimon Peres agreed to the invitation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to join him in the founding of a new party. The background for this was Sharon's departure from the Likud party and his acceptance of a peace agreement with the Palestinians on the basis of the "two states for two peoples" principle, beginning with the unilateral evacuation of the Gaza Strip. Peres left the Labor party, his political home of decades, and joined Sharon in founding the new party - "Kadima".
With Sharon's approval he held secret peace negotiations with Abu Ala. They reached an agreement approved by Sharon, but Sharon demanded a long period of time to implement the agreement, which the Palestinians refused to grant.
Shimon Peres served as a Minister in 12 cabinets. His first positions as Minister were - Minister of Immigration Absorption and in charge economic development in the Administered Territories (1969), followed by Minister of Transportation and Postal Services (later renamed Ministry of Communication) under Golda Meir (1970). In the first Rabin administration he served as Minister of Defense. During this term Peres devoted most of his efforts to the restoration of the IDF, which was badly damaged in the Yom Kippur War. He initiated the Entebbe Operation ("Operation Yonatan") which was approved by the Rabin government and succeeded in rescuing most of the kidnapped Israelis from Uganda.
Concurrent with his efforts to fortify the country's security, he worked diligently to bring peace. He was Prime Minister Rabin's partner in securing the interim agreement with Egypt, which served as the basis for the peace agreement signed under the Begin administration. He initiated the construction of the "Good Fence" on the border with Lebanon. Following the resignation of Yitzhak Rabin in 1977 he served as Acting Prime Minister until the elections to the ninth Knesset.
The 1984 elections resulted in a tie between Maarach and Likud. A government of national unity was formed and Shimon Peres served as the first Prime Minister in a "rotation government". Under his leadership the IDF withdrew from Lebanon, save for a security strip in Southern Lebanon based on local Lebanese forces ("The South Lebanon Army").
As Prime Minister Peres led the "Economic Stabilization Plan" that saved the Israeli economy from collapse and reduced the hyper-inflation which reached 400% a year.
In 1986, while serving as Substitute Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Peres held negotiations and secured a far-reaching peace agreement which included Israeli-Jordanian cooperation in administrating the West Bank (The London Agreement). The agreement was foiled due to opposition from Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
In 1992, upon the establishment of the second Rabin government, Peres was appointed as Foreign Minister.
On November 4, 1995, Israel was shocked as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by an assassin at a peace rally headlined by Rabin and Peres. After the appalling murder Shimon Peres was appointed Prime Minister of Israel. He served in this post until the direct elections for Prime Minister and for the 14th Knesset in 1996, in which Binyamin Netanyahu won by a margin of less than one percent.
During his term in office, and pursuant to the Oslo B agreement, he transferred 360 villages and six towns and enabled the holding of free municipal elections, including in Jerusalem. In 1999 Peres was appointed Minister of Regional Cooperation in Ehud Barak's government, and in 2001 he was appointed Foreign Minister under Ariel Sharon, until Labor left that government in 2002.
In 2005 Peres was appointed as Vice Prime Minister under Prime Minister Sharon and aided him in carrying out the plan of disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria. During this period Peres focused on economic relations with the Palestinians and created The Ministry for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
During Peres's term as Foreign Minister in the second Rabin administration he was in charge, in cooperation with Yitzhak Rabin, of the peace process with the Palestinians. He directed the covert negotiations in Oslo, at the end of which the agreement was signed by Foreign Ministry Director Uri Savir and Palestinian Authority representative Abu Ala, in the presence of Shimon Peres. This signing, and the letters of mutual recognition exchanged by Rabin and Arafat, led to the signing of the "Declaration of Principles Regarding Interim Self-Government Arrangements" at a festive ceremony held at the White House (September 13, 1992), by Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, and US President Bill Clinton, where Peres and Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) signed the agreement. Rabin, Arafat, and Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994.
Peres developed and maintained a special and secret relationship with King Hussein of Jordan for many years, leading to negotiations under Rabin and a peace agreement with Jordan that was eventually signed in 1994.
In 1996 work was begun on the "Peres Peace Center" which deals in initiating and operating joint projects with our Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian neighbors in the fields of economy, culture, education, sports, computer sciences, agriculture, communications and medicine. An important project carried out by the Center is the treatment of injured and ill Palestinian children at hospitals in Israel. So far some 8,000 children have been treated and cured under this arrangement. The Center also operates a program for training hundreds of Palestinian doctors in special internships in Israeli hospitals.
Peres is known as a well-read man who maintains close contacts with writers and thinkers in Israel and abroad. Peres has authored several books himself including:
• The Next Step (Am HaSefer Press, 1965)
• David's Sling (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1970)
• Tomorrow Now (Along with Haggai Eshed, Keter Press, 1978)
• Go With the People (Idanim Press, 1979)
• Entebbe Log (Idanim Press, 1991)
• "The New Middle East", along with Aryeh Naor (Stimatzky Press, 1993), translated into over 30 languages.
• Reading Log, Letters to Writers (Yediot Aharonot Press, 1994)
• Battling for Peace, with David Landau (Random House, 1995)
• A New Genesis (Zmora Bitan Press, 1998)
• The Imaginary Voyage: With Theodore Herzl in Israel (Zmora Bitan Press, 1999)
• Un Temps Pour La Guerre, Un Temps Pour La Paix (with Robert Laffont, France, 2004)
• The War Was Long and the Peace was Hard (along with former UN Secretary General Boutrous Boutrous Ghali and Andre Versaille).
• Additional books are in print.
In addition to these, Shimon Peres has published hundreds of articles in newspapers and periodicals in Israel and abroad.
On July 15, 2007 Shimon Peres was sworn in as the ninth President of the State of Israel. From the Residence of the Presidents of Israel he continues with increased vigor to carry out his long-time work as a leading man, a visionary and a statesman.
• In the course of the events marking Israel's 60th anniversary, President Peres initiated and hosted the "President of Israel Conference 2008" (May 2008). Over 5,000 guests from 50 countries participated in the conference, among them presidents and prime ministers, members of parliaments, Nobel Prize winners, writers, scientists, entrepreneurs and businessmen. The conference took place for a second time (October 2009) with new themes and participants. President Peres enjoys international and domestic popularity, and he advances the interests of the State of Israel at home and abroad in the course of his duties as President.
• Focusing on development of High-Tech in Israel, with a special emphasis on Nano-technology, and encouraging Israeli researchers and scientists and science-loving youth. To this end many donations have been raised for universities and research centers.
• Supporting the protection of the environment, the use of alternative energies and the protection of natural assets. He gave the main Israeli speech at the Copenhagen conference and committed on behalf of the Israeli government to curb the use of pollutants.
• Initiating the "IDF Academy", which is meant to turn the IDF into a university in addition to its being a fighting force. This plan is intended to afford the soldiers of the IDF an academic education in the course of their military service.
• As President he continues to uphold the tradition of the bible classes and has added a literature class and a young leaders class. This in addition to intellectual gatherings that regularly take place at the President's Residence.
• On his weekly tours around the country President Peres maintains direct contact with all sectors of Israeli society. He works diligently to promote civil equality for minority populations, to reduce social gaps and promote affirmative action for weak and marginal populations. In addition Peres focuses on emphasizing the value of education as a tool of personal empowerment and of maximizing the human resource in the State of Israel.
• President Peres maintains close relations with Jewish communities in the Diaspora and nurtures their connection to Israel. He is considered a senior statesman of the world. In his public appearances and visits abroad he turns the spotlight to Israel's great achievements and beautiful sides, and to its people's yearning for peace.
• Peres recognized Shay Agassi's proposal for the production of an electric car. The project was underway within a year. Now the President is focused on promoting the Israeli Brain Center. On the basis of research conducted by a group of scientists and the McKinsey corporation, he has formulated a plan of action which is now taking shape.
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HH's new living wall planting at the Academy of Science's Moss Room Restaurant
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Look out George Clooney and company, toys are about to take over the box office. "The Lego Movie" is already putting together what will be a fun time for many at the movies this weekend. It has already built a box office of $17 million after Friday.
If that keeps up it will be a huge weekend for "The Lego Movie."
Meanwhile, "The Monuments Men" will make the reason why it was delayed from a late 2013 release to now, more clear. But it should do well. And why not? The movie stars an impressive cast. They are on a mission.
That mission is to save artwork during World War II. The cast includes Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin and Cate Blanchett. It made $7 million on Friday.
Perhaps if one enjoys a bit of art history mixed with war, this will work. But it will be the assembled toys in "The Lego Movie" that will capture the masses.
Old and young will snap this one up as it creates a world many wanted to create when playing with these objects. It also has the superheroes, humor and imagination.
It is packed with imagination. Without spoiling it, the story makes sense even though the premise starting out might not to some.
1. "The Lego Movie" - 3,775 theaters
2. "The Monuments Men"- 3,083 theaters
3. "Vampire Academy"- 2,676 theaters
With "The Monuments Men" having a stellar cast, so does "The Lego Movie." One may wonder if the need for such A-listers is need in animation and will that make this a hit? Probably not, people will go anyway. Perhaps the budget could have been lower had they not filled it with so many of them.
Not much really needs to be said by the last wide release. "Vampire Academy" is what it is, a movie about, well, vampires. Like the subject and go or simply watch "The Vampire Diaries," and all the other shows like it on TV right now.
Advance tickets, noted Fandango and The Wrap, has "The Lego Movie" doing real well. So far, it has been better than other animated movies at this time, including "Frozen" and right behind what "Toy Story 3" did.


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The director's photographer son Conrad took this study of Michael Blakemore, left, with Michael Frayn and the set of Democracy
Invisible Mike's just been Frayned again
MICHAEL Blakemore is the invisible man. Which is odd for an award-winning director who is also physically imposing. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old's eighth collaboration with playwright Michael Frayn, a political drama called Democracy, opened at the Royal National Theatre.
And, as usual, the vast majority of mentions went to the playwright. Sitting on a sofa under huge windows in his living room in Upper Park Road, Belsize Park, Mr Blakemore says a new play from Frayn – who recently moved from Camden Town to Richmond – creates the same monopoly of attention on the writer as new plays from Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. And, yes, it sometimes rankles.
He explains in the sonorous voice of a former actor, with the marked twang of his native Australia: "One of the penalties of directing a premiere is that people think what they're seeing is just the play.
"But it's always an interpretation. A director's work is far more in evidence with a classic play. The audience can see a new version of Hamlet is different from the one they saw before."
Mr Blakemore does the classics too. His West End production of Chekhov's Three Sisters garnered much acclaim earlier this year. But he feels new plays are more important. "If I succeed in launching a new play, the theatre is renewed," he says. "It's harder to say that about a revival. And, anyway, new plays are much more fun."
Nevertheless, a long-term collaboration with one playwright can produce particular anxieties. He explains: "It's exactly like a marriage. First there is the honeymoon period, then difficulties may begin. One of the terrors is: will this be the play we finally fall out about?"
He did eventually fall out with playwright and fellow Belsize Park resident Peter Nichols, though he doesn't want to elaborate. But he claims he never fights with "good" and "decent" Michael Frayn, despite deciding not to direct one of his plays, Look Look, which became a rare Frayn turkey in 1990.
In fact, Mr Blakemore says Democracy has been "one of our sunniest collaborations yet".
It follows in the footsteps of Frayn's 1998 multi-award winning drama Copenhagen, which gave Mr Blakemore a unique achievement on Broadway – a second Tony award for best director in the year his Kiss Me Kate won him another directorial Tony – the top New York theatre gong – for best director of a musical.
Mr Blakemore says of Democracy: "Just as in Copenhagen, when Michael wrote a major play which dealt with science in a new way, he's now done the same for politics."
The play, which has an all-male cast, tells how the first left-wing post-war leader of West Germany, Willy Brandt, was spied on by his devoted personal assistant, Gunter Guillaume, who was working for East Germany.
I suggest it may be rather heavy going. He smiles. "There are a few more laughs than in Copenhagen, because politics lends itself to laughter. But it's a very foolish person who goes to the theatre solely because of what a play is about. Good writers can write about anything.
Their relationship started as a personal one, ironically because Frayn is a very good friend of Peter Nichols, who introduced him to Blakemore. He began holidaying with Mr Blakemore and his family at their hideaway on the coast of south west France. Then, when his former collaborator, Michael Rudman, decided not to direct Frayn's Make or Break in 1980, Mr Blakemore stepped in.
Now, he says: "I regard myself as Michael's director. He shows his plays first to Claire (his wife, the award-winning biographer Claire Tomalin). Then he gives them to me.
"When it comes to rehearsals, my job is to make the material live on stage. Michael often gives no more than the core of any scene and doesn't have a clear idea of setting. For example, there were no stage directions at all in Copenhagen. He leaves all that to me."
Mr Blakemore is today (Thursday) off to his French beach to work on a book of memoirs.
"It's about coming to Britain from Australia in 1950, arguing with the English and struggling to make my way," he says.
"You know, I still don't feel very English. It's your first 21 years which makes you. Once in London I came to live in Hampstead because the hills reminded me of Sydney. I suppose I'm just an Aussie beach bum at heart."
n Democracy is in repertory at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe stage until December 30. Box office: 020 7452 3000.


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What Is Adaptive Reuse?
From Dean Dowd on December 17, 2008 in Green Remodeling
Quite simply, adaptive reuse is the process of reusing an old structure for new purposes. It is implemented as a means for conserving land and reducing urban sprawl. On a larger scale, adaptive reuse is often a key factor in urban renewal programs that aim to revive dilapidated and often historic city centers. In residential terms, adaptive reuse commonly involves the purchase and conversion of old barns into modern living spaces.
These barns and other structures are usually dismantled. All material possible is salvaged and reused in the new home. It's important to note that adaptive reuse implies that materials need not be reused in the same capacity that was originally intended. For instance, old barn siding could be used as paneling for the interior of the house. The key is that every piece of reusable material be adapted as is possible. There are some notable adaptive reuse projects around the world. The Tate Gallery in London was at one time a power plant and the historic Western Metal Supply building was incorporated into the design of PETCO Park, the home of baseball's San Diego Padres.
In addition to the eco-friendliness of adaptive reuse, there are cost savings as well, most obviously the reduced cost of new materials. Adaptive reuse, or renovating the space, will likely be a more labor-intensive project because many old materials need re-milling or other work. Therefore, the overall cost of the project goes up. The bright side is that even if the cost of renovating and reusing is comparable to building with all new materials, a higher percentage of the money spent remains local, to be spent by local contractors and their employees.


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Every job candidate works hours with a resume to build it, spell check words, move job data around then spell check again before the final save to print. But have you ever rehearsed those important job interview questions many hiring managers will focus on asking during the job interview; are you aware that knowing how to answer the right way can get you closer to a second job interview? Let us take a look at six job hiring questions many job candidates will hear during the interview.
Question 1 – What value did you bring to your former employer?
Consider how you built skills at previous employer and how skills helped that employer. Your answer could be something such as, "In my previous sales position I provided quality and detail. I did this by..."
Question 2 – What do you want out of this job?
A well-formed response could be saying something such as how you intend to grow with the company.
Question 3 – What was the most difficult part of a previous job?
A helpful way to answer this question is briefly summarizing a challenge experienced, how it was resolved and the positive end result
Question 4 – How long will it take you to add value to our company?
Providing a helpful answer on teamwork and learning skills will give the hiring manager a better understanding about you as an employee.
Question 5 – How have former managers motivated you to do your best?
Use an example of one-on-one communication with former manager using a situation, result, and the personal achievement felt from managerial leadership provided.
Question 6 – How did you reply when a manager told you no?
Use an example of a situation which you had the skills to complete but your manager denied you the capability. Summarize the situation the tasks performed and the outcome of the situation.
There are more questions job candidates may experience but knowing what hirng managers will ask during the job interview will assist in how to respond during that job interview and gaining a possible chance of achieving the position.


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The Big Opportunity: Connecting e-Marketing, Retail Analytics and Merchandising
By Sarah E Taylor-Oracle on Sep 05, 2011
Guest post by Willy Rotstein from Oracle Retail - click here to email Willy for more information.
Providing a great cross-channel experience is of course one of the key challenges retailers face today. It is easier said than done though. A good example of these challenges is the integration of the world of e-marketing (i.e. attracting people to your website/store) and merchandising (i.e. what you buy/hold and offer to your customers). In my line of business I get to meet and talk with many of the largest retailers in Europe. Over the last few months I have been trying to understand how well (or how badly) they communicate across their traditional brick and mortar and their e-commerce operation. For example, if talking with the head of merchandising I would ask:
How often do you talk with the head of e-commerce?;
Do you leverage any of the data coming from user navigation on the site to make merchandising decisions?
How does purchasing behaviour on the site influence your buying/allocation decisions?
How are e-marketing/SEO campaigns coordinated with your merchandising decisions?
A typical answer to the first question would be "One hour every week or two". For the rest of the questions I mostly hit blanks. The picture is of course very similar when talking with the e-commerce side of the business. Reality is that, in today's retailers, very little data flows between the e-commerce and brick & mortar sections of the business. Silo operation is mostly the name of the game.
This is a pity since, as I have discussed in previous blogs, the potential synergies between merchandising decisions and e-commerce operations are huge. The sketch I have produced below is a good illustration of how data from the web-channel offers a complete new set of information for retailers. I will leave more on this discussion for another day though.
Today I will focus on the data flows in the opposite direction: how merchandising data can influence e-marketing and the website user experience strategies. In this context I was very interested to meet recently with Fredrik Holmen, co-founder of Keybroker (http://www.keybroker.com). Keybroker is an innovative search marketing company started in Stockholm and now operating across Europe. One of their areas of focus is to increase conversion rates and product sales in the web through better management of pay-per-click campaigns. However what grabbed my attention are the ideas they are pushing to ensure that merchandising data (such as prices or inventory) is considered while executing these campaigns. For example, you may want to avoid pushing a product (in response to a Google search) if you know the product is not in stock. This provides a much better experience for your customers (and avoids paying for a click that will not generate a transaction). Or similarly, you may want to push an alternative product (as a response to the search) if you know you cannot offer the product they are looking for at a competitive price. These are two good examples of bringing the web marketing and merchandising world much closer together.
Another example is what can be done once you are on the site. As I have discussed with my ATG colleagues it starts simple, with ensuring your product recommendation engine takes into consideration inventory availability to only recommend products you have in stock. However, once you have done this you can start considering how inventory and pricing data can influence your internal product searches and navigation within the site (which in turn can be influenced by how you got to the site in the first place). Like in a shop, inventory availability and price competitiveness are key aspects of ensuring a good customer web experience. Unlike in a shop, here you have the ability to hide and/or provide substitute products as well as an adequate message when you don't have these products in stock.
The examples above are very consistent with the main advice Bill Bass (President of Charming Shoppes) provided in a recent blog (http://t.co/Zse6cDV): "Good search quick checkout". Such a satisfying experience can only be delivered if you start improving the data flow between e-commerce and traditional retail merchandising.
We are only just starting to learn the potential synergies that are available across the channels. It is clear to me though that the way you attract customers into your site, where they come from and what you offer them once they are there will hugely benefit from data existing today in the back office of your business. Moreover, the lessons from how people reach and navigate the site could be valuable to decide what to buy and which stores to send it to. I expect we'll see significant change and experiments in the next few years on how these data flows take place and are exploited.
As always, I would love to hear your opinion as well.


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Just like most Internet users, I am also searching for the best satellite internet service in my area. Just like me, you might be wondering how the satellite internet started. Well, if you want to know more, here's an article that could help you in finding the right provider.
How the satellite Internet started is the same how the satellite TV has started in 1940. Arthur C. Clark has envisioned the utilization of satellites to enhance the communication system. The Americans and Russians introduced the first communication satellite in 1950. The advancement was done in 1960 and 1970, including the introduction of the satellite communication between North American and European satellites that has led to the introduction of satellite TV in the late 1970s. Small dish home systems, Direct Broadcast Systems (DBS) were introduced in 1990 and the communication industry and satellite entertainment started to increase momentum.
It was in 1996 when the first satellite internet service started the business. The service was introduced to provide internet access to users aside from dial-up. The HughesNest one of the popular internet service in my area, was among one of the first providers that offer internet satellite. At present, some of the most popular satellite internet providers aside from HughesNet are DirecTV and Dishnet. Major satellite TV and satellite internet providers have partnered to offer a combine package of Internet service and satellite TV.
The Things You Need to Consider When Choosing an Internet Service Provider
Just like others, I am looking for the best internet service in my area. During my quest in finding the right provider I have gathered some of the important things that one should consider when searching for an internet service provider. Comparing, reviewing and analyzing the satellite broadband services that you will encounter during your search is a good idea, even experts do this. Modifications in features, services and technology may come at a relatively fast pace. In line with the fact that satellite internet service is a relatively new technology, in the past twenty years or so, people expect new competitors and technological advancements in this industry to dominate the news in this field in the coming years. The benefit of using satellite internet services is constant – the capability of providing broadband services to families which cannot access cable or have less DSL service. As long as you have an open view to the southern sky, you can have faster download speed. It is important that you assess your purchase options in light of how you use the Internet now and how you will use it in the future.
Here are some features that I have checked out when searching for an internet service in my area. It might also help you in finding the best provider:
Satellite Internet Cost
The price of broadband internet services may range from $40 to $60 a month. The price may vary depending on the available bandwidth and download speed. The price range is similar to cable and DSL. Keep in mind, based on your monthly usage, higher download speeds is not worth it. Normally the activation fees range from $100 – $150.
Satellite Internet Speed
One of the critical components when evaluating a satellite broadband or internet service is the speed. The download speed may range from 1mpbs up to 15mbps. If you get above 5mbps you might notice that there is an appreciable difference in the speed at which your internet pages refresh or load. Some providers would suggest to download at least 5mbps.
The upload speed may range from 400kbps to 5mbps. Some internet providers may offer slower speed, this is not recommended for heavy game users. Generally, it all depends on your usage and the cost relationships.
Satellite Internet Bandwidth
Another important consideration when assessing an internet satellite provider is the bandwidth. If you need to watch videos or listen to music and using social networking most of the time, then you need high bandwidth. At present bandwidth available from satellite internet providers range from 5MB to 15MB of data, this will be enough to satisfy your applications. There are lots of internet satellite providers that restrict the amount of internet that you can use monthly, however it does not affect other consumers. The majority of satellite Internet providers allow five to ten email accounts.
As with other product, one of the most important component in evaluating the overall quality of the product is their service. The majority of the leading providers provides user friendly online databases as well as knowledge bases, online account management, spam and virus protection and 24/7 technical support. The providers are very competitive in this industry and make sure that they provide the best customer service in the industry.
There are lots of internet service in my area that offer different packages. Some of the most popular internet providers are Dish, Exede and HughesNet.


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Donald Glover, best known for playing college student Troy Barnes on "Community", will finally get to play the favorite web-head superhero he and his fans campaigned for him to portray in a live-action movie four years ago. But, it will be in animated form, at least for now.
Marvel.com released a 1 minute and 18 second clip Tuesday of the 30-year-old actor (who is also a rapper, comedian, singer, writer and record producer) voicing half-black, half-Hispanic teenager Miles Morales, who operates as Spider-Man in Marvel's Ultimate comic book universe (Earth-1610).
The episode, which will air in the third season of Disney XD's animated series "Ultimate Spider-Man", will be shown next year during the "Spider-Verse" story arc episodes. The new season, which has been renamed "Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors", premieres Sunday at 8 a.m. Central Time.
It's been three years since Marvel announced that Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man would be killed in action and that Miles Morales would take over as Spider-Man. Ironically, (or maybe it wasn't), Morales first appearance was in issue #4 of a comic book entitled, "Ultimate Fallout."
There was such an uproar and some so-called comic book fans got down-right nasty about there being a Spider-Man who was not white.
It didn't matter that the storyline wasn't taking place in the ever-fluctuating main Marvel continuity (Earth-616), but in the "Ultimate" (Earth-1610) continuity.
The character received his own comic book in the relaunched "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man", which ran for 28 issues and ended in October. He can now be found in a new Marvel comic book, "Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man" and as a main character in "All-New Ultimates".
The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. Bendis and Axel Alonso, the current Marvel editor-in chief, originally conceived of the character before President Barack Obama was elected in November 2008, Alonso said in a 2011 interview with LatinRapper.com. Bendis later told USA Today that after seeing Glover in Spider-Man pajamas during "Anthropology 101", the 2010 season two premiere episode of "Community", he felt he was on the right track to creating a great character.
"He looked fantastic!" Bendis told USA Today. "I saw him in the costume and thought, 'I would like to read that book.' So I was glad I was writing that book."
Glover's appearance in the Spider-Man pajamas was a nod at the Twitter campaign Glover and his fans were spreading word about for him to play Spider-Man in a live-action movie. Even Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man (and many other major Marvel Comics characters), was all for Glover auditioning for the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 2012 "The Amazing Spider-Man" movie. The role ultimately went to Andrew Garfield.
Even though Garfield got the part, Glover told USA Today, "I still have hopes to do something like that one day. I don't look at this (voicing Miles Morales) as second place. Spider-Man, he's such an icon — you have to do something with him."


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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Walking in Memphis
July 17th, 2011 by Jemma in USA.
It was finally time to visit the home of the blues and the birthplace of Rock n Roll! Memphis, Tennessee. Also home to that singer you may have… Continue Reading »
In Dallas, Real Cowboy Country
July 16th, 2011 by John in USA.
After a somewhat monumental 35 hour bus journey from Vegas (it should have been 30), we finally made it to Dallas, and having not made any real plans… Continue Reading »
Las Vegas, Part One
July 15th, 2011 by Jemma in USA.
After an eventful bus journey with Greyhound we finally arrived in the magical world of Las Vegas. Some of the hotels on the strip are quite reasonably priced… Continue Reading »
America, The Land of Hope, Glory & Really Long Immigration Cues
July 14th, 2011 by John in USA.
Well we did it, we landed in LA after possibly the worst flight of the trip so far. Already annoyed, and Jem nursing a migraine, we then had… Continue Reading »
8 Nights in Fiji; A Tropical Paradise
July 10th, 2011 by Jemma in Fiji.
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July 10th, 2011 by John in New Zealand.
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Words Painted with Sounds / Wichrowski, Swider, Paderewski / NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
1 CD / CD Accord / 2012-11-13Works: Jan Antoni Wichrowski: Elegia o chlopcu polskim (Elegy for a Polish Boy), songs (3) for mixed choir; Jozef Swider: Modlitwa do Bogarodzicy (Prayer to the Mother of God), for chorus; Kolysanka (Lullab...
Conductors: Frankow-Zelazny, Agnieszk
Ensemble: ; NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
The first CD recorded independently by the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, presents Polish poetry set to music by Polish composers. These compositions perfectly combine words with...continue...
Recording information: Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw (12/11/2010-12/12/2010)....continue...
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Paul Bley: Syndrome
Paul Bley (piano)
The Floater Syndrome (Savoy Jazz ZDS 4427)
Paul Bley (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete La Roca (drums).
Composed by Carla Bley.
Recorded: Newark, NJ, September 12, 1963
Rating: 96/100 (learn more)
The words "lyrical" and "Free Jazz" rarely appear in the same context. Indeed, perhaps only in a Paul Bley review. An early Free Jazz convert, Bley gigged in 1958 with Ornette Coleman & Don Cherry at L.A.'s Hillcrest Club, where crowds milled outside an empty house waiting for the band to stop playing so they could go in and have a drink in peace. Here, Bley and bird-of-a-feather Swallow from the similarly Free and unpopular Jimmy Giuffre 3 are joined by the remarkably musical LaRoca for an intriguing composition by Paul's then-wife Carla. Their inventiveness and, yes, lyricism, are extraordinary.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
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Research Activities at ACAD
ACAD is one of the leading ancient DNA centres in the world, and with an international reputation for highly-innovative research is developing new platform technolgies and collaborative programs with international research leaders across multiple fields. Expertise at ACAD is catagorised in several major areas/themes. For further information on our research, please select from the lefthand navigation panel.
ACAD has been awarded several million dollars worth of research funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), State and Federal Government agencies since establishing in 2005, and has several linkages with international collaboroators. We greatly appreciate the support of the ARC and our Business Partners for our continued research endeavours:
Identifying the remains of missing persons, either natural mortalities or victims of murder, natural disaster, terrorism, wars and/or humanitarian violations, is a growing global issue with significant social, legal and cultural impacts. Recent terrorist attacks (World Trade Centre, Bali Bombings) and natural disasters (south east Asian tsunami, Victorian bushfires) have focused national and international attention on the problem of Disaster Victim Identification. However unidentified natural mortalities and murder victims represent a "silent mass disaster" (~40,000 sets of unidentified human remains in the USA). Similarly, forced disappearances (civilians kidnapped and murdered by their own governments) and armed conflicts have resulted in the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people over the last century and future demand for the genetic analysis of mass graves is predicted to grow dramatically. Contact Jeremy Austin.
Human EvolutionThe reconstruction of the human evolutionary history is the focal point of a wide range of scientific disciplines including human biology, human genetics, medical sciences, archaeology and (palaeo-)anthropology. It is essential to understand the underlying mechanisms of how humans adapt when encountering new environmental challenges (many of which can be man-made), when facing climatic changes (e.g. the last glacial maximum), or when undergoing changes in subsistence strategies (i.e. from a hunter-gatherer to a farming lifestyle). How much of the human adaptability can be ascribed to classical biological adaptation of the organism (via natural selection) vs. general plasticity of the human physiology and vs. the ability to tackle challenges through cultural and behavioural flexibility? Similarly, what evolutionary forces shape genes that are involved in response to the ever-present exposure to pathogens or that contribute to the risk of human disease given a particular lifestyle/environment? In addition, uni-parental markers (mtDNA and Y-chromosome) allow the reconstruction of phylogenetic relatedness and therefore allow us to track past migrations and describe pre-(historic) expansion patterns.
Ancient DNA approaches provide a direct temporal perspective to studies on human evolution, allowing genetic change and diversity to be tracked through time and linked to cultural and environmental events documented in the archaeological and geological records. This approach has enabled long-standing questions such as the advent and spread of farming to be addressed and solved through the analysis of ancient populations. Our research addresses major questions in human evolutionary biology, which centre on human interactions and response to environment, climate change and disease during the peopling of all continents, and aims to reconstruct the evolutionary processes that have shaped modern-day human diversity accessing high-resolution genomic information from a well-selected range of prehistoric human DNA samples from diverse sources (hair, bone, teeth, dental calculus, coprolites etc). Contact Wolfgang Haak.
Using ancient bacterial DNA obtained from calcified dental plaque (calculus) and Next Generation Sequencing technologies, we are actively investigating the evolution of the human microbiome to understand how long-term changes in the microbiome impact health and disease. Using ancient samples obtained from around the word that date back to 55,000 years ago, we ask how microorganisms establish themselves in the human body, understanding how diverse bacterial communities are formed under different selection regimes, i.e. environment, diet, culture, and disease. Our aim is to examine how different microbiomes, established through different evolutionary histories, impact our ability to fight infectious disease, in ancient, modern, westernized, Indigenous human, Neandertal and primate populations around the world. Our research team is also analysing whole bacterial genome evolution in real-time, investigating the selection pressures that drive bacterial evolution in diversity microbial communities. To read more about this research, please see our Nature Genetics article (Adler et al, 2013, Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions. Nature Genetics 45:450-455) Contact Laura Weyrich.
Megafaunal Extinction
ACAD has published a number of ground-breaking studies in the genetic analysis of megafaunal extinctions during the Late Quaternary (last 2 Ma), principally in the Late Pleistocene where both genetic and climatic records are most developed. This research uses DNA sequences from ancient bone, teeth, mummified tissues, and even sediments from specimens around the world to reconstruct the history of populations and ecosystems overtime. New research is utilising bacterial sequences and stable isotope signals to complement these records. These genetic records have revealed major transitions (extinctions, invasions, genetic bottlenecks) and changes in population size and diversity that are generally hidden from the standard fossil record. Analyses on large vertebrate populations in the Holarctic (brown bears, lions, horses, bovids, humans etc) and southern hemisphere (moa, camelids, marsupials) have revealed a surprisingly dynamic picture of repeated extinctions, replacements and migrations in response to climatic changes, and human impacts. Concerningly, the results suggest that studies of modern populations alone would be unlikely to accurately reconstruct the evolutionary and paleoecological history, and may have generated an inaccurate picture of the biological consequences of environmental change. This is an important concern, given that most modern conservation and ecological studies are based on the analysis of such short-term records. Contact Alan Cooper.
ACAD has invested in high powered computing capacity to develop in-house pipelines and algorythms for bioinformatics capabilities. Aided by our annual international bioinformatics workshops, our team is acquiring skills and work on the latest software for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Genomics and Metagenomics data, including tools and methods to handle NGS and SNP array data. Contact Bastien Llamas.
Impacts of Climate ChangeClimate change is a global issue with severe predicted impacts on human populations and biological diversity, and arid countries like Australia are on the front line. Understanding how and why organisms respond to climate change is key to predicting the effects of future climates and acting to preserve biological diversity.
A recently funded project from the Australian Research Council (2012) aims to study what role past climate changes have played in both driving the diversification and extinction of terrestrial faunas. Using powerful new genomics and analytical methods on tissue samples held in Australian museums, the research will construct a comprehensive genetic record of the past climate change during the Last Glacial Maximum (around 20,000 years ago) on Australian native animals. This information will determine which species and ecosystems were most adversely impacted by rapid climate change and why, and the extent of loss of biodiversity and range shifts. New climate models developed from this information will be key to understanding the resilience of Australian ecosystems, and managing existing populations to minimise the impact of current climatic trends.
For information concerning this project, contact Dr Jeremy Austin or Dr Vicki Thomson.


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By Chad Grant
GREEN — It was a big-game atmosphere. The Green fans were fired up and the student section was chanting at tip-off, ready for the home team to pull of the upset.
Enter "The Silencer" — aka Jessie Gearhart.
The senior wing and her Wadsworth teammates quickly quieted the Bulldog fans with a fast start and dominating defensive performance to earn a 41-25 win Saturday and lock up a share of the Suburban League crown for the 20th time in the last 22 seasons.
Behind seven quick points from Gearhart (11 points, 6 rebounds) and stifling full-court defense, the Grizzlies (13-3, 11-0) jumped to a 12-0 lead just 3:30 into the game.
"I know that is the best start we have had in my seven years here," Wadsworth coach Andrew Booth said. "At the end of the first quarter it was 16-6 and I turned to (my assistant coaches) and said, 'Usually at the end of the first quarter here we're down 16-6.' It was good that we got off to a good start."
The Wadsworth press made things so difficult on Green (10-5, 8-3) in the opening minutes the Bulldogs didn't get a shot off until the 4:45 mark and didn't score until 30 seconds later.
Even as Green's defense settled in and after the initial surge, Wadsworth continued to dominate with its defense. The Bulldogs had six points and eight turnovers in the first quarter.
"We always try and play a full 32 minutes," Gearhart said. "But sometimes we start out slower and we have to pick it up in the second half. This time I think we started out strong and got a (12-point lead).
I think we needed that to get the win."
With things getting out of hand quickly, Green senior guard Lydia Corle, who had 22 points when the teams last met on December 14, tried to get her team back in the game.
Gearhart again took center stage. She and teammate Christy Cingel (6 points, 6 rebounds) shut down Corle and never let the Bulldogs' best player rally her team.
"She is a good player," Gearhart said. "She drives a lot and we are about the same size, so it's a pretty good matchup. I just denied her and tried to not let her get the ball. When she got it, I would play her for the drive and try not to let her score."
Cingel, who isn't as tall as Gearhart and gave up about four inches to Corle, added, "We just tried not to let her get touches. That was one of our main goals for the game and we tried to keep her away from the rim because we know she is a very good player and she likes to drive a lot."
Corle (11 points, 6 rebounds) finished 4-of-12 from the field and had only two points in the second half on a pair of free throws.
"The funny thing is we never go into a game saying, 'You have her or you have her,"' Booth said. "We don't match up just because we run and jump and switch so many picks. But, it's always funny how two of your best defenders always find a way onto the opponent's best player. That's not by me telling them. That's because they want that assignment."
With the clamps fully on Corle, the Bulldogs couldn't find another player to step up. No other Green player had more than three points.
"I was really proud of our defense other than the first quarter," Green coach Tracy Miller said. "We just couldn't score. We had a hard time scoring and their defensive pressure really hurt us."
While the points became harder to come by for both teams in the second half, Wadsworth, which held a 30-20 rebounding advantage, continued to pull away by getting second and third chances with 17 offensive rebounds.
Leading the way on the offensive glass were Cingel (5 offensive rebounds), Sabrina Parsons (3) and Taylore Robinson (3).
Peyton Booth added nine points off the bench for the Grizzlies, who can clinch the outright SL crown Wednesday vs. Cloverleaf, and Kara Long had seven points and four blocks.
The tip-off was moved from 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 due to another event at the school Saturday night.
• The Grizzlies junior varsity also put in a dominating performance with a 55-32 win. Taylor Wyatt led Wadsworth with 15 points and Madison Gilger chipped in 10.


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Nepali Army personnel deployed to hunt down the Dhruve. The animal has been shot in the head and the trunk multiple times, but it has not been killed or captured, he added.
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Fees & Funding
At Brunel, we recognise that studying in another country is a big financial commitment. These pages provide information on paying your tuition fees, scholarships and other sources of funding, as well as an overview of the banking system in the UK. We also have helpful tips for managing your money and links to useful websites
How much will my course cost?
The fees for each course are listed on its course page. Some courses will charge additional fees for things like accreditation exams for a professional body. A general breakdown of fees by school, and information on fees in previous years can be found on the undergraduate and postgraduate finance pages.
Will I pay International or Home fees?
This depends on a number of factors. If you are not sure whether you can be classed as a home student the UKCISA website has useful advice. Brunel will only assess in detail an applicant's fee status after an offer is made. If you are made an offer and there is a question about your fee status we will send you a fee status questionnaire.
How much money will I need on top of my fees?
Update - The UK Visas and Immigration have announced changes to the Maintenance Requirements for Tier 4. In addition to the first year's Tuition Fees, from 15th November 2015, when applying for a Tier 4 visa for Brunel University London, you must show you have living costs of £1,265 per month for each month of your course (to a maximum of 9 months, or £11,385).
If you have applied to live in on-campus accommodation, the maximum amount you may deduct from the living costs part of your visa application's Maintenance Requirement will now be £1,265.
We therefore recommend that students do not pay more than £1,265 to the University for accommodation before arriving in the UK. Instead you should retain further accommodation payments in your bank account, to support your visa application.
Please start planning in advance to make sure you will have enough money in your bank account for your Tier 4 visa application. For more information please see our Immigration webpages.Beyond this you should ensure that you budget sensibly. See our tips for budgeting while at university, and try out the International Student Calculator developed by UNIAID.
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May 24, 2012 11:14 AM EDT | By Althea Benloss
Last month, due to a patent-infringement case, a judge in Washington ruled against Microsoft which could limit the import of Xbox 360 consoles to the United States. The International Trade Commission found that Microsoft infringed on four Motorola patents with its Xbox gaming console.
According to MCV, ITC Administrative Law Judge David Shaw has now recommended against the continued sale of the Xbox 360 in the U.S
Microsoft made a statement saying that the ruling "is the first step in the process leading to the Commission's final ruling and has no immediate effect on the availability of Xbox 360 in the U.S. We remain confident the Commission will ultimately rule in Microsoft's favor in this case and that Motorola will be held to its promise to make its standard essential patents available on fair and reasonable terms."
If you haven't heard already, just this month, the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 were both banned in Germany, so if you thought something like this was impossible... think again. Although a final decision has not been made yet, if the ITC agrees with Judge Shaw, the verdict will be left ultimately up to President Barack Obama.
360 fanatics (especially the Halo players out there) keep your fingers crossed!
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After being deadlocked in a 0-0 tie for the first 50 minutes of the game, The Yosemite High School boys soccer team was defeated by Madera High 5-0 Nov. 26.
"The team was really disappointed by this game," coach Rick Lemberg said. "The team was playing well and then we gave up a penalty kick, a direct kick and got two yellow cards which forced us to play a player short."
On Nov. 28, the team lost to Clovis High 2-1.
"The Clovis game was a much better game for us and a good effort by the whole team," Lemberg said. "They scored a goal with about a minute to play in the game to beat us."
Yosemite's goal was scored by Tyler McIntyre.
The team travelled to Sierra on Nov. 30 for the Mountain Match Up Tournament and beat Fresno Christian High School in their first game 6-0.
Alex Mello got a hat trick scoring three goals and Zack Voltmer, Christ Grant and Tyler McIntrye scored a goal.
The team then played Firebaugh to a 2-2 tie, with Mello getting both goals on assists from Grant and McIntrye.
The team won its bracket in the tournament that was cut shot by bad weather. The tournament will finish Dec. 10 with the Badgers in the championship round.
"We played well in the tournament, but all play was hampered by the weather," Lemberg said. "Both games were played in the rain and the field was covered with water. It was more like playing water polo than soccer, but the team held it together, made adjustments and hung in there for the win and tie."
The team played Roosevelt High School and Fresno High School earlier this week and travels to Lemoore for a weekend tournament.


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Members of the UCLA men's soccer team are featured in the latest video by Universal recording artist JoJo, "Too Little Too Late". Junior Mike Zaher was chosen to be the male lead in the video, playing a soccer player opposite the singing star.
Also participating in the videoshoot were Sean Alvarado, Greg Folk, Maxwell Griffin, Damon James, James Jaramillo, Jason Leopoldo, Edwige Ligonde, Mikey Meschures, Kyle Nakazawa, Eric Reed and Sal Zizzo.
The video, which was directed by Chris Robinson, was filmed locally in May, and the Bruin players abided fully by NCAA legislation to retain their elibigility.
"Too Little, Too Late" premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on Aug. 1 and can be viewed on music video channels nation-wide, as well as on online music websites.


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The difference between training Iraqis and training Syrian rebels include the following:
- Americans trained Iraqis who were not well motivated and may have been reluctant recruits.
- Syrian rebels are highly motivated to take down Bashar al-Assad.
- Syrian rebels who are trained by the U.S. may have more allegiance to Americans in the long run, even when some rebels are Sunnis and aligned with ISIS.
Middle East foreign policy is growing more complicated because enemies may become friends; friends may become enemies; terrorism breaches formal boundaries.
We have experience doing this sort of thing. We trained Osama bin Laden didn't we?
- It is our place to be in the Middle East or else it fall into the wrong hands. (Stop laughing. This is serious business.)
- It is about the oil. Remember that.
This activity and planning has been in play for a long time, months at least. Turkey is surely a good site for training. Turkey has already been engaged defending against intrusions from Syria. Turkey might be one of the best models in the neighborhood.
The Obama administration is working hard to bring Egypt back around. Jordan needs our defense, and being too visible there would not be helpful now.
The concept of balance of power is at work. The U.S is trying to balance the table among Sunnis and Shiites and other ethnic factions. The theme is that central unified governments are best for bringing about security for all citizens. The strategy is to convince a majority of people in these places that this should be their aim and that Americans will help achieve that.
Going down the extremist and factional road will undermine economies and stability that are essential for peaceful existence. That's the story and we're sticking to it.
Congressional representatives in both parties must have their heads spinning.
"Obama asks for authorization to provide direct military training to Syrian rebels
BY KAREN DEYOUNG June 26 at 3:21 PM
The Obama administration asked Congress Thursday to authorize direct U.S. military training and equipment for Syrian opposition fighters, a move that could significantly escalate U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war.
Money for the program would total $500 million and would expand a current CIA covert training program. It is included in a $65.8 billion request for Overseas Contingency Operations, or OCO, added to the fiscal year 2015 Defense Department budget.
Details of the OCO budget had been withheld from the budget request that Congress has been considering.
The administration has said repeatedly in recent weeks that it was preparing additional assistance to vetted "moderate" opposition forces who are fighting both the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and al-Qaeda-linked militants who have now spread their area of control across the Syrian border into Iraq.
If Congress approves the funding as requested, it would mark the first direct U.S. military participation in the Syrian conflict. The training would likely take place in neighboring Jordan, where the CIA is currently training Syrian opposition forces, and possibly in Turkey.
The request does not specify the type of military equipment that would be included. Although the administration has sent small arms and ammunition, as well as non-lethal assistance, and has allowed others to send U.S.-made anti-tank weapons, it has rebuffed opposition calls for portable anti-aircraft missiles.
The speed with which militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have taken control of Iraqi cities and towns has focused the administration's attention on what now threatens to become a regional conflagration."


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The Driscoll's 33rd Annual Strawberry Classic road race will transpire on March 22, 2014 in the city of Temple Terrace, Fla. The Temple Terrace Police Department and its cadre of law enforcement officers are gearing up to ensure the road race is made safe and secure as it wends through their city.
Temple Terrace police officers are prepared with a blueprint of where race runners will be routed, where traffic control devices will be utilized, and how safety procedures will be executed.
Certain streets will be cordoned for pedestrians to run safely. Tampa Bay Runners club participants will be out en masse to engage in this 33rd annual classic race sponsored by Driscoll's, a leading strawberry producer here in the Tampa Bay area.
Commencing at 6:00 a.m. and running through 10:00 a.m., Temple Terrace police will have the road race route secured before-hand and will be available to provide directions not only to pedestrians but also to the motoring public seeking alternate routes.
Billed as the largest road race offered in the city, there will be 5, 10, and 15K features for novice to more-avid runners.
Registrations fees and/or any other information pertaining to entry and participation can be found on the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) website under the 33rd Annual Strawberry Classic. Funds collected will be donated to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.
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It was supposed to be a tight battle between two division leaders.
Instead, Andy Dalton and the Bengals made a major statement against Andrew Luck and the Colts on Sunday.
Cincinnati's defence put the clamps on Luck early and Dalton and BenJarvus Green-Ellis led the Bengals to a stunning 21-0 lead in frigid conditions in Ohio.
Dalton threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in the eventual 42-28 win that ran the Bengals' record to a perfect 6-0 at home so far.
Both teams came in 8-4 and Cincinnati gained a firm hold on third place in the AFC and first in the AFC North.
"We know what we're capable of, and we've got some momentum now," said Dalton afterward.
"But we've got to keep it going."
Everyone was wondering if Luck could play in a chilly setting — at first it appeared the talk he couldn't was correct — but Luck threw for four touchdowns in the second half and 326 yards overall.
While Luck outhrew Dalton as he does most opponents, Dalton got far more help from his running backs. Green-Ellis scored twice and Giovani Bernard erupted for 99 yards on the ground and 49 more on four receptions in the best outing of his career. Meanwhile, struggling Trent Richardson had just 20 yards on six carries and was out-gained on the ground 32-20 by Luck.
It was Dalton's best performance in some time for the 9-4 Bengals, who got a big break when the officials controversially overturned a reviewed play just before the end of the first half, resulting in a Green-Ellis touchdown. The original call was Green-Ellis had been brought down by a Colts defender short of the goal line, but upon review, it was ruled that the running back tripped on his own feet and was not actually touched.
Nose tackle Josh Chapman wasn't buying that interpretation.
"I hit his foot when he came through," Chapman said.
Luck did his best to bring the Colts back in the second half, but Dalton always had an answer, finally icing the game with an eight-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
Dalton converted 6-of-12 third down attempts, Luck and the Colts just 2-of-10.
While the Colts can take solace in Luck's cold-weather breakthrough and the likely end of all of the questions about it going forward, the struggles of Richardson and the defence (Cincinnati piled up 430 yards of offence) surely are considerable concerns.
Indy was crushed 40-11 by Arizona just two games ago and has been outscored 49-9 in the first quarter of its previous six outings. Still, Tennessee's loss to Denver clinched the division for the Colts.
A record was set by a Denver player and it wasn't Peyton Manning.
Broncos kicker Matt Prater hit a 64-yard field goal in the first half against Tennessee, to shatter the previous mark of 63 yards, set by Tom Dempsey in 1970 and tied by ex-Bronco Jason Elam in 1998, Sebastian Janikowski in 2011 and David Akers last season.
Prater is now 20-of-26 on kicks of at least 50 yards.
Nick Foles isn't the only story in Philadelphia.
The 8-5 Eagles have been winning games because of quarterback Foles, but also because the defence is playing as well as any in the league.
Sunday's 34-20 win over Detroit marked the ninth game in a row an opponent has scored 21 points or fewer against the Eagles. That's the best current run in the NFL.
According to the NFL Network, Chris Johnson, once the best running back in the game, is "almost certainly gone" from Tennessee after this season. Johnson's game has all but disappeared after signing a mega-contract several years ago … Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas was thought to be done for the year after hurting his ankle in November, but returned Sunday against Pittsburgh … Both the Bengals and Colts looked quite different on the offensive line, with injuries forcing both teams to make significant alterations. Still, Dalton was not sacked by Indianapolis … Cincinnati has scored 40 points or more three straight times at home for the first time in franchise history … Green Bay had allowed more than 200 yards rushing in its two previous games before holding Atlanta to 83 … Jets quarterback Geno Smith passed Mark Sanchez for most passing yards by a rookie in team history.
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It was supposed to be the battle to end it all.
On July 16, 1861, the world watched as a 35,000-man Federal army headed out of Washington DC, beginning a 20-mile march toward 22,000 Confederates concentrated behind a wandering creek called Bull Run.
Conventional wisdom had it that this one big battle would settle the question that had turned into war at Fort Sumter four months earlier. Since then, certainly, shots had been fired and blood shed. But most of it seemed like lightning from a distant storm.
Now the storm had come. On a hot July 21, these two novice armies tangled on rolling hills near a railroad junction important to both sides.
What happened that day — a decisive Confederate victory — changed lots of things, including people's idea that this was going to be a quick, sanitary war. This first big battle at Bull Run, or Manassas, meant that the war was headed for a dark shore with an outcome and duration no one could predict.
Now, 150 years after the battle, international attention returns to this Northern Virginia battlefield. A four-day schedule of commemorative events featuring lectures, tours and a big reenactment, is planned.
If you intend to visit during that July week or some other time this year, you might want to stick around awhile to see some of the dozen or so sites that fill out the story of the big battle.
Here's a survey of sites (all with Civil War Trails signs or more) that contribute to the story of the first big battle of the war.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
This National Park actually preserves and interprets two battlefields: The landscape shared by the July 21, 1861, battle and a much bloodier one fought in late August 1862.
Important parts of the First Battle include Henry Hill, the hottest part of the battlefield, where charges and countercharges decided the day and where Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson became "Stonewall"; the Stone Bridge over Bull Run, over which the first shots of the battle were fired and a diversionary Union attack was made; and Chinn Ridge where fresh Confederates forced a Federal retreat. The park visitor center, located on Henry Hill just north of I-66 on Route 234, offers exhibits, audio-visual displays and an orientation film. Admission is $3/person, good for three days. Find more on the battlefield at www.nps.gov/mana.
For a free podcast tour of Henry Hill narrated by park ranger Greg Wolf, click here.
Signal Hill
This is the spot where Confederate Capt. E.P. Alexander used flags to warn Col. N.G. "Shanks" Evans that Union troops were advancing on his flank. It is believed to be the first battlefield telecommunication. A monument placed by the Army Signal Corps is here along with a Trails sign. Parking area located approximately 9200 Signal View Drive across from Signal Bay Waterpark.
Piedmont Station
Confederate reinforcements from the Shenandoah Valley — including Jackson's men — boarded trains here en route to Manassas Junction in what is probably the first use of a railroad to move troops to imminent battle. These soldiers made the difference in the July 21 battle. Trails sign describes the event. Located just north of I-66 on US 17.
Old Stone Church and Centreville
Union troops marched past this church on their way to the battlefield in July 1861, and they passed by here again in disorganized retreat. The church was used as a hospital. Civil War Trails sign on the spot at 13941 Braddock Road in Centreville with other historical markers close by.
Blackburn's Ford
Here Union soldiers got a taste of what was to come. Well-placed Confederates here stopped a Union probe aimed at the railroads.
Trails sign located at the ford, in Bull Run Regional Park, on the west side of Route 28. Watch for the Trails sign.
McLean House site
The unfortunate Wilmer McLean owned a house near Blackburn's Ford. The home was damaged during the July 18 battle and occupation, and later skirmishing trashed the property. McLean eventually moved his family to a spot well away from the fighting — Appomattox Court House. Lee surrendered to Grant in McLean's house on April 9, 1865, ending the war in Virginia. Trails sign located at Route 28 and Yorkshire Lane.
Ben Lomond Historic Site
Built in the early 1830s, this manor house has been transformed into the field hospital it became after the 1861 battle. Exhibits highlight the terrible aftermath of the battle and the state of Civil War medicine at the time. Another highlight of the site is the historic road trace Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson (soon to be "Stonewall") and his troops used to get to the battlefield. Located at 10321 Sudley Manor Drive. Open for tours Thursday–Monday 11 am–4 pm. $5/person. 703-367-7872 or www.pwcgov.org/benlomond. Civil War Trails and other interpretive signs on site.
This large brick home, built in 1825, was Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's headquarters and probably was a hospital following the battle. Now undergoing restoration. Call the Manassas Museum, 703-368-1873, about scheduled tours and events on the property. Trails marker at Portner and Breedon avenues. Another marker on Mathis Avenue between Breedon and Liberia.
Conner House
Confederate commander Joseph Johnston used this house as headquarters following the 1861 battle. Civil War Trails sign at site on Conner Road near Euclid Avenue.
Mayfield Fort
Built in May and June 1861, this was one of 12 forts used by Confederates to protect the railroad lines at Manassas Junction. An interpreted walking tour takes visitors through the fort. Located at 8401 Quarry Road. Open daylight hours. More info: 703-368-1873.
Manassas Museum / Downtown Manassas Walking tour
The Manassas Museum (9101 Prince William St) is the starting point for interpreted walking and short driving tours in the downtown area. The tours reveal several stories related to the 1861 battle including a stop at the historic junction of the Manassas Gap and Orange and Alexandria railroads, a prize the Confederates wanted to protect and the Union wanted to capture. The museum itself offers tour information and Civil War exhibits. Open daily Memorial Day–Labor Day. Cost is $5/adult. More at www.manassasmuseum.org.
— Don Pierce and Rob Orrison
(Rob Orrison is the Historic Site Manager for Prince William County, Virginia.)