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Winston Wu is considered by his fans to be the most freethinking Asian since Bruce Lee, and arguably of all-time as well. Mr. Wu is an Asian American Writer, Expat, Traveler, Truth Seeker and Internet Entrepreneur. Born in Taiwan, Wu emigrated to America when he was 3 years old and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is founder of two one-of-a-kind movements and successful websites -- Happier Abroad and SCEPCOP -- and author of five unique books on Amazon.com.
On Happier Abroad, Wu and his team promote the secret of a better life and love overseas, as a solution to the many insane toxic problems individuals experience in America. We share the good news message of a better life overseas in the areas of love, dating, friendships, social life, freedom to be yourself, lower cost of living, healthy living, etc. We inspire people to go abroad and discover friendlier cultures, foreign women, global dating, expat living, social connection, authentic people, lower cost of living, healthier living and freedom to be yourself. On SCEPCOP, he exposes the fallacies of the organized pseudoskeptic groups and promotes true skepticism, critical thinking, and an unbiased following of evidence and data.
Mr. Wu is a leading pioneer in the Global Dating Movement and considered the intellectual champion of the movement. He operates one of the largest International Dating Forums in the world and has been featured in radio interviews and podcasts. Wu is publicly known as an outstanding Freethinker, Champion of Truth, and Debunker of BS Propaganda -- a quality extremely rare among Asians.
With a high level of awareness and propensity to think outside the box, he has written many Articles and Books containing bold insights, taboo truths, awakening solutions, wise advice, and politically incorrect but accurate cultural comparisons and observations which other people do not dare make.
Due to the success and popularity of his websites and book, Mr. Wu makes a living from them, which allows him the freedom to travel, develop himself, and help others. His dream is to become a perpetual traveler and experience the treasures and wonders of the world.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will host the 10th annual It's Only Rock and Roll Spring Benefit on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8 p.m. at the historic Public Hall at the Cleveland Convention Center. The special 10th annual museum benefit will include performances from Tower of Power, War and Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites.
Balcony tickets are $20 and are on sale now at tickets.rockhall.com or at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Box Office.
A limited number of VIP Benefit Donor packages are available. They include dinner and floor seating and are partially tax deductible. For more information on table packages or individual floor tickets, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.rockhall.com.
All ticket sales benefit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's nationally-acclaimed educational programs.
Tower of Power's musical odyssey began in 1968 when Emilio Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka. When Doc auditioned during a band rehearsal at Emilio's house, Emilio's father called him into the kitchen and offered the following advice: "Hire that guy, he's got something." Tower of Power soon became very well known in the area. Over the years, the Tower of Power Horns have recorded with hundreds of artists as diverse as Aerosmith, Elton John, Little Feat, Phish, Santana, Heart, and many others, forever infusing the radio airwaves with Tower's musical DNA. Since the beginning, Tower of Power has continued to tour and record. Their dedication to the music, their creative writing, and their original vision still guides them.
The six founding members of War – the late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller, survivors Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, and Howard Scott – were gigging around L.A. for nearly a decade before hooking up with Eric Burdon (ex-Animals) and Danish harmonica player Lee Oskar in 1969. Burdon and producer Jerry Goldstein named them War and they backed it up with a steamy Afro-Latin R&B groove that rocked their debut hit "Spill The Wine." Less than two years later, Burdon dropped out and War went their own way in 1971. A long string of Top 10 pop/R&B crossover hits established War's status through the '70s, always with a social message grounded by their distinctively breezy Southern California vibe. War was nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites began as a joint collaboration between Bob Basone and Nick Fritsch. The two came to know each other after touring together in other projects, and both shared a passion for the soul sounds of the 1960's, mainly the sweet northern Detroit soul of the Motown label. Basone, Fritsch and Wesley put together a happening group of talented musicians that could produce the raw soul sounds of the 1960's. Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites formed in the heart of Akron, Ohio with the interest of being a part of the timeless sound of soul music. Specifically, the band identifies with the "Northern Soul" genre, drawing from the 1960's era of soul from Motown, Tamla, and many smaller record companies.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's It's Only Rock and Roll Benefit proceeds support the Museum's award-winning educational programming, which explores the impact that modern music has had on our culture, politics and society. Educational exhibits reach more than 400,000 visitors and programs reach more than 50,000 students and educators each year.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's education programs have become one of the most celebrated and award-winning emanating from any fine arts museum in the nation. More than 25,000 Northeast Ohio students and teachers are reached annually through the popular Rockin' the Schools program. More than 25,000 students in more than 40 states as well as France, Australia, Canada, England, Guatemala, and Mexico have experienced On the Road, the Rock Hall's distance learning program. Now in its 10th year, the Museum's Toddler Rock program has served more than 4,000 at-risk three to five year-olds in Cleveland. On Wednesday evenings each month the Museum hosts free educational programs for adults including From Songwriters to Soundman: The People Behind the Hits, Rock and Roll Night School and Teachers Rockfor area educators. For more information on the Museum's FREE educational programming, please visit www.rockhall.com/education.
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Release Date: 2007-02-14 (Nationwide)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 1hr 36min
Alex Fletcher, a washed-up '80s pop star, has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics, and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Enter Sophie Fisher, Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears--and the music--if they want to find the love and success they both deserve.
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Google Reportedly Working on Babel Fish Phone With Speech Translation
Followers of Star Trek have always been intrigued by the concept of the Universal Translator, a device that enables people who speak different languages to understand each other as if in their own native tongue. This particular futuristic idea has always felt like the technology is centuries away, but according to Google, we're a lot closer to achieving that goal than we think.
It turns out that Google is taking its vast amount of resources and experience to develop phone software that would turn our phones into our own Babel Fish. The Babel Fish was a device in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that, when placed in your ear, would translate any language around you. Could this technology give us the opportunity to converse over the phone with other people who don't speak the same language as us? Imagine what kind of impact this would have on the global economy if we could do business with every single person on the planet!
Franz Och, Google's head of Translation Services, recently mentioned in an interview to UK-based The Times that Google is working on the technology right now:
"We think speech-to-speech translation should be possible and work reasonably well in a few years' time.
Clearly, for it to work smoothly, you need a combination of high-accuracy machine translation and high-accuracy voice recognition, and that's what we're working on.
If you look at the progress in machine translation and corresponding advances in voice recognition, there has been huge progress recently."
Is that a lot to swallow for just a few years' time? Are we that close to having our own personal Babel Fish?
Think about it this way: Google already has its Translate service, which is a service that translates anything you want and encompasses 52 different languages. It also has voice recognition technology embedded into Android and iPhone devices that allow the user to speak commands instead of typing them. All Google really has to do now is find an efficient way of combining the two types of tech into one nice piece of phone software.
The real challenge being faced right now is in the voice recognition software itself. Since everyone has different accents, different pitches and voices, it becomes quite difficult to develop a standard that would be effective for each and every person using the phone.
While it is hard to visualize this tech being perfect in the upcoming years, I would not be surprised to see some basic beta software showing up in time for Android version 6.0 (which will probably be codenamed Creamsicle or something), perhaps starting with just a couple different languages and building up over the years following.


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Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey came back to host last weekend's episode. It was … a little weird. But Carvey's former sketchmate Mike Myers stopped by to help kick off the show with an all-new episode of Wayne's World. Party time, right?!
Ehhhhhhhhh … sort of. I've always been a fan of the classic Wayne's World sketches, and the movies as well, but Myers and Carvey don't quite pull off the magic of the youthful metalhead duo any more. Really it's Myer who's the problem. Whatever you may think of Carvey, he's a gifted impressionist who has a knack for giving life to cartoonish characters. His now-Garth is pretty flawless, and he's given the opportunity to throw out some great one-liners.
Myers, on the other hand, doesn't quite sell it. As the more well-spoken of the two — Carvey can pretty much disappear behind the glasses, hair and funny voice — he's got the harder job. Myers has proven himself to be a fine actor, but it kind of feels like he's aged out of his old Wayne persona. It works fine for the sketch, but maybe fans ought to put away their hopes for another Wayne's World movie. You fans had some hope still, right? Hello? Fans?
Best part of the whole sketch was the Aurora, Illinois cable introduction. It was Phil Hartman.
Myers was definitely off in this one. Often times, he seemed a tad bored, maybe.
The opening with Hartman brought a tear. For you consideration…
"…It was never established."
They did it so well a year or two ago at that MTV awards thing.
Having seen the original Waynes World sketch probably the night it first came on and seeing most of the rest of them It was nice.
I noticed they didn't have the old set, but who keeps old sets around for over 15 years. I love how correct Dana Carvey was in his song during the monologue. Sure, it was meant to be a joke, but… let's face it… he was right!:) Hey, I was there! Schwing!
Won't play cuz I'm not in the US.
seriously..this US censorship bs has to go.
I liked it. But then… I've only ever seen the movies.
limewire it people!! I just watched it. It was great walking down memory lane!
Party on!!
Limewire? xD I'm surprised people still use Torrents! You're still on Limewire!?
Whats so surprising about torrents? Is there something better?
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Tips are not usually made to companies or individuals that supply services at 'wedding rates'.
Friends or acquaintances who give special rates - for example a florist who supplies the flowers at cost and does the arranging for free - may be better rewarded with a thoughtful present rather than the host insisting on paying market rates.
Equally, friends who go beyond the call of duty for the wedding day deserve a thank you present.
It is usual to give presents to the wedding team.
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Students compare and contrast the details from the life of the real David Crockett and the legendary folk hero he later became. They identify the characteristics of a tall tale and follow a rubric to create a tall tale of their own.
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Tall Tales: Larger Than Life Stories
Review the elements of tall tales with your class. Take a look at their genesis and purpose. Different types of figurative language found in tall tales are included such as hyperbole, simile, and metaphor. Before reading an American tall...
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"Knot" the Whole Truth: Writing a Modern-Day Story with a Tall Tale's Voice
Beyond Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, tall tales can be a great way to teach young writers about word choice and voice in their writing. Using Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee and the Six-Trait Writing process, they begin to write their own...
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Distinguishing Between Three Types of Folktales:Fairy Tales, Legends, and Tall Tales
Challenge your class with this lesson comparing literary genres! They compare folktales, fairy tales, legends, and tall tales using this activity which comes with a series of templates and worksheets.
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Senior midfielder Leah Tapscott (Madison, WI/James Madison Memorial HS) of the Stanford Women's Soccer Team was selected as the Stanford/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 5.
Last week, Tapscott scored a pair of game-winning goals for the Cardinal against San Jose State and San Francisco. Tapscott led Stanford to a 5-0 victory against San Jose State on September 2 with a goal in the 40th minute and again in the 20th minute at San Francisco on September 4. Tapscott's goal versus San Francisco was her 9th career goal and second goal of the 2005 season.
This is Tapscott's first Stanford/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week honor. Tapscott leads the Cardinal this week as it takes on Illinois and North Carolina at the USF Tournament in San Francisco.


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I was expecting a whole number of things other than what I found when I broke into the records room. I found his file easily and skimmed over it. All the medical stuff wasn't really of any interest to me because it didn't really tell me why he was in here. It told me what was wrong with him. He had some form of trauma induced social phobia and mild case of obsessive compulsive disorder, to put it simply. I dug deeper into his file determined to find out what that trauma was. I read a police report, a therapists report and a psychological evaluation from his psychiatrist. From just the words of a few cold hearted professionals I managed to piece together (whilst also assuming a lot of things) the last tragic six months of his life.
Turns out he had been befriended by two boys, or men, both in their early twenties, the eldest being 23, nine years older than Frank was at the time. The two boys gave him a sense of reprieve from his normal social outcast life. They took him under their wing and introduced him to a whirlwind world of drugs and violence. The sex, however, came later when they both raped him in the eldest boy's car. Then, as though nothing had happened they sent him home, promising to see him the next day. The next morning when they saw him again, they did it again. Then they both took off; they had gotten what they wanted. Frank was too scared and ashamed to tell anyone because he believed it was his fault, as most rape victims do. He thought he couldn't tell anyone because they wouldn't believe him because he thought boys can't be raped. He kept it inside for months where it festered. He became fanatical with the fact that he was 'dirty' and developed the need to wash all the time. It got worse and worse, until his parents began to notice. I felt a surge of hatred toward Frank's parents. They must have been completely ignorant to not notice their son having multiple showers and that he was afraid to interact with other human beings. They confronted him and he had a complete breakdown. They, unintentionally, made him realise the full extent of what had happened.
He thought it was ridiculously ironic that the one thing his parents were completely against had occurred and he began laughing. His laughter soon morphed into an insane, hysterical laughter that creeped everyone out. He retreated from society, afraid that everyone was out to hurt him. Once in the hospital the laughter dissolved into an uncontrollable rage, and then into hysterical weeping. Everyone was afraid he had lost his mind and he was forced into therapy where they discovered he had been sexually assaulted. When the therapy proved pointless, considering his mental state, he was admitted into a minimum security mental institution. It was in here that they hoped he could begin to actually get better. All that and they weren't actually sure of how suicidal he currently was and they didn't want to risk anything. With parents so rich I thought they had taken the easy, coward's way out by committing their son to a mental institution. But they were the kind of people that considered because they lived in such high society, it would be socially unacceptable to have a son who'd been raped and who'd had a mental breakdown. Hell, they even had to come to grips with the fact that their son had had sex (as unwilling as it was) with a man!
As I stacked his folder away I felt a real sick feeling develop in my stomach. The kid had a point – no one really thinks boys or men could be raped. I just couldn't understand why he would want to talk to me. I understood why Ben thought Frank would be scared of me – I was close to the age of the two rapists. But I couldn't push the feeling that there was something more too why he spoke to me this morning. I left the office and shut the door, unable to push the nauseous feeling from my stomach. Poor kid, now I knew why he had such sad eyes and why there was no love on his face. I was right too (actually, when am I not?) – his lips did tell of a tragedy.
I felt consumingly guilty when I saw Frank the next morning. I had slept badly; my thoughts were plagued with what had happened to Frank. I thought about it so much I almost forgot about the people who were after me. It seemed for once I had something else to stress over, instead of my usual problems.
During breakfast I sat, playing mindlessly with my food. I had cornflakes and spent the entire session prodding them with my spoon trying to make them stay under the surface. After the pitiful serving of milk had reduced my cornflakes to a mere yellow soggy mess I pulled my sketch pad back out. I was now more determined than ever to finish my picture of Frank. I had just started when Ben called my name and I reluctantly packed my book away and followed him to the weekly group therapy session they forced us all to attend. We pulled our uncomfortable plastic chairs into a circle and sat, watching each other carefully. Ben, I noticed, sat right next to Frank. I scored a seat directly opposite Frank. Our therapy leader was a shrink called Dr. Markman. She was nice but she never let up on asking us 'how do you feel about that'?
"Welcome," Markman said pleasantly, "to our newest group member, Frank." There was a murmur of hellos that strongly reminded me of an alcoholic's anonymous meeting. Markman decided to leave Frank alone for a while and began on Ray, asking him how he thought he had been over the last week.
I tuned out of Ray's rant. I'd heard his last message already. Ray was convinced some higher being was sending him messages. He also took the liberty of repeating every message to me. But with Ray, you hear one message and you've heard them all. They were all the same really, just different wordings. I sat silently, staring unobviously at Frank who was in turn staring at Ray a look of mild distaste and incredulity on his face. He glanced at me but I flicked my gaze away before he could confirm that I really was staring at him.
We went around the circle and as it came to my turn I shook my head and pretended to become intensely interested in my fingernails. So, as usual, I was skipped and we were forced to endure Lisa's emotional recount of the week. After she finished Markman jumped to Frank. He glanced up and shot her an imploring look.
"How was your first week, Frank?" she asked, looking too attentive for my liking. Frank shrugged non-committedly. "Come on," she prompted.
"It was shit!" he snarled, shocking me. "I shouldn't be here."
Markman was surprised but also slightly pleased. Obviously, she was glad to be getting some emotional response from Frank. "Now, Frank."
"Everyone is so weird. They actually have things wrong with them! I'm not sick. I'm fine. I want to get out of here. You need to tell my parents I'm fine!"
"Hey!" Ray cried. "You are too weird! You take, like, three showers a day, for hours at a time. You won't touch anyone and no one's allowed to touch you. And you wear makeup. That's weird in itself!"
"I can't help needing to shower!" Frank exploded, standing up. "You don't know what it's like. You can't even begin to understand!" Frank sat back down heavily and hid his face in his hands.
I felt the nauseous feeling in my stomach increase tenfold and felt my heart begin to beat very wildly. As I stared at Frank I felt an overwhelming sensation flood my body. It seemed to run through my veins and caused tingling in my digits. The excess of blood made me feel slightly light-headed. But inside I felt this strange thing. The only way I could describe it was that it was like a strange wave of something cascading through my body. It was a feeling, an emotion, but I didn't think I had ever felt it before. It was unusual, and I hated it when I didn't know what was going on. The fact that it was occurring in my own body made me considerably more anxious.
"It's okay, Frank, we can talk about it later, privately," Markman said.
Frank surprised us all even more by starting to laugh. "You think we can just talk about it?" he said incredulously. "I can't just talk about it and expect it to get better." He turned to Ray. "You wanna know why I shower for hours all the time? Because I feel dirty. I am dirty!"
I didn't like Frank speaking about himself like that. I wanted to slap him and tell him to stop speaking like that but I couldn't. It was too much of a risk. I just couldn't. The great wave inside of me was brewing to a dangerous level and was threatening to break.
"No matter how much I shower I still feel dirty! I can scrub my body until its red raw and let the water run over me for hours but nothing works. I'm so dirty. Inside and out. I can't get clean!" Frank was becoming very hysterical now.
Markman was pondering. I, however, was stressing and felt close to a heart attack. This strange feeling engulfing my body was so foreign and it was sending unfamiliar thoughts into my head which were going straight to my tongue. I had to cover my mouth. Not because I was shocked but because I was scared of what I was going to blurt out.
"Shhh, Frank, its okay. We don't have to talk about it here. Calm down, its okay." Markman was trying to regain control of the situation.
"So dirty! And so ugly! I am ugly. What was I thinking? Who would ever want to hang out with a loser like me?"
Markman sat forward, intensely interested. "You're feeling betrayed, Frank?"
Everyone else in the group was bewildered. They didn't know why Frank felt dirty. But I did, and for once, I wished I was as ignorant as them. I wished I didn't know. I so desperately wished I was as unaware as them.
"Yes, I feel fucking betrayed!" Frank screamed. "I was so fucking ugly in the first place and now I'm worse! No one will ever be able to love me. Don't you see? I just want to get clean!"
My breathing was becoming impaired now. Frank was crouched on the floor, sobbing quietly. Ben was at a loss and for once, so was Markman. The great wave inside of me had swelled to a size of dangerous proportions. I uncrossed my legs and sat forward in my seat, sweat running down my back. I knew I shouldn't do it. I couldn't do it, but my heart was screaming at me, screaming louder than the protests in my head. The room was silent, bar Frank's quiet sobbing. My palms were sweating and the room was becoming unbearably hot. My throat was constricting. I felt like I was trapped in a tiny room with a thousand bouncy balls that were making the room a source of frenzied activity. Except the tiny room was my head and the balls were words and thoughts and warnings. Half of the balls were telling – no, screaming at – me to shut the hell up and relax. They were telling me it wasn't worth it. Discovery was a much worse fate than the negative thoughts of a kid I barely knew. But then again, the other half was begging me to open my mouth and say it. I leant forward realising that what I was about to do could potentially be my downfall. And that was scaring me shitless.
"I don't think you're ugly. I think you're beautiful."
Inside, the wave crashed. The words sounded better in my head than they did when I spoke them. And I seriously was regretting them. Not what I said. I believed completely what I said. I was just realising maybe it was a mistake to speak at all. There was a bang and a collective gasp echoed through the circle. Then the silence deepened to an eerie level. I glanced at Ben. He was on the ground. He had fallen off his chair in shock. That's what the bang was. And, yes, I mean literally. Ben, literally, fell off his chair and was currently sitting on the floor staring at me with a look of complete and utter shock etched across his face. Markman was a little more dignified but I could tell she too was close to falling off her chair.
"Gerard?" she said in a hushed tone.
I was only vaguely aware of all this going on around me. My eyes and ears were on Frank. He was staring up at me too, but not in shock and he wasn't staring at me as though I had sprouted a dinosaur head on my shoulder. He was staring up at me with sad eyes that, I noticed, sparkled a tiny little bit.
I suddenly didn't regret the words anymore.
"Gerard?" The shock in her voice was undisguised.
I turned to face Markman. She probably had so many questions she was dying to ask. Those words, the ones I had spoken to Frank, were, after all, the first words I had ever spoken in therapy. That was the first time I had spoken over two years. I had broken my silence for Frank. Just because I already knew Frank was beautiful. And I knew that it was my responsibility, even under threat of discovery, to ensure that of all people, Frank had to be the main person who knew and understood that.


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Roy Nelson and Brad Imes weigh-in for their heavyweight title bout at tonight's IFL event at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Photo courtesy of the International Fight League.
The official weigh-in results for tonight's International Fight League event at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut are below. All fighters successfully made weight on their first try with the exception of Josh Souder, who needed only a few minutes to cut his extra weight.
The event will feature a total of three title bouts. IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson will defend his title against last-minute injury replacement Brad Imes, who was the heavyweight runner-up on the second season of "The Ultimate Fighter".
IFL middleweight king Ryan McGivern will also take on New Jersey native Dan Miller and lightweight champion Ryan Schultz will make his second title defense against submission artist Deividas Taurosevicius.
Championship Fights:
Roy Nelson (264.2 lbs) vs. Brad Imes (249.2 lbs)
Ryan Schultz (154 lbs) vs. Deividas Taurosevicius (154 lbs)
Ryan McGivern (181.2 lbs) vs. Dan Miller (180.5 lbs)
Non-Title Fights:
Matt Horwich (185.7 lbs) vs. Joey Guel (185.5 lbs)
Zac George (155.2 lbs) vs. Josh Souder (155.2 lbs)
Lamont Lister (205.2 lbs) vs. Aaron Stark (205.7 lbs)
John Franchi (155 lbs) vs. Frank Latina (152 lbs)
Nick Calandrino (170 lbs) vs. John Howard (170.5 lbs)
Mike Massenzio (185.2 lbs) vs. Danillo Villefort (184.7 lbs)
News and Notes
- Both Ryan Schultz and Aaron Stark of the Portland Wolfpack will not be able to compete at the team's season debut on February 23rd according to coach Matt Lindland.
Schultz will miss the event because of a medical suspension he received from the Mohegan Sun Athletic Commission after his KO loss to Bart Palaszewski at the IFL Championship this past December. Ironically, the suspension will end the following day after the event. Ian Loveland will be Schultz's replacement for the event.
Stark will also be out of action because of a rib injury. Taking his place will be John Krohn…
- Bob Sapp has signed with Cage Rage and caused a bit of a disturbance at the promotion's event this past weekend:
It seems like every Cage Rage heavyweight wants a piece of Bob "The Beast" Sapp after the former NFL lineman-turned-fighter signed with the U.K based promotion earlier this week.
Yesterday, the names of two contenders were revealed.
After defeating MMA legend Dan Severn (78-15-7) in a lackluster performance last night, British boxer-come-mixed martial artist Dave Legeno (3-3-0) took the mic and voiced a verbal challenge to the self-described "ripped 400-pound monster."
Upon hearing the challenge, Sapp rushed into the cage, pushing bystanders and media out of his way, until he stood face-to-face with Legeno, while the audience applauded in approval.
"I'll sign the contract right now," said Sapp. "I'll take you on."
Before Legeno could answer, another British heavyweight, Robert "Buzz" Berry (10-5-0), climbed over the fence and rushed Sapp, causing a commotion that escalated into a brief minute of chaos. When the dust settled, Berry was holding a microphone, challenging Sapp as well.
"I'll take you both on," Sapp told the two British heavyweights. "You're both going down."
Once the show resumed, Cage Rage promoters Andy Geer and Dave O'Donnell made a public announcement that "The Beast" will indeed face "an unnamed British heavyweight" at Cage Rage 21 in April.
- In a recent interview, professional wrestler Kurt Angle stated that he is currently in discussions with the UFC and Elite XC on a contract that would allow him to begin fighting later this year…
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We've already released some of the conversation's most explosive moments: Danes on pregnant love scenes; Margulies on nearly passing on The Good Wife and The Sopranos; Farmiga on trying hard to land Paulson's 12 Years a Slave role; and all six revealing what they'd do if they quit acting. But there are even more juicy tidbits in the no-holds barred video below.
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The radar is really a thing of beauty for Jerusalem, with convergence evident over the SE tip of the Mediterranean focusing a band of heavy precipitation into Jerusalem and surrounding areas. I'm not sure what snow rates are but I'd have to imagine 1"+ per hour. With such an intense temperature difference between the sea and the 500mb level I'd have to imagine thundersnow will continue.
Looking at the most recent GFS/Euro, both models suggest that the winds will continue to converge in this area with plenty cold mid-level air and plenty of mid-level RH to continue to support moderate to at times heavy snow through Saturday morning local time, if not a bit later. The Euro shows less QPF in Jerusalem itself but still shows convergence in this area like the GFS shows, and this will likely focus moderate to heavy precip into Jerusalem off and on. The models both show the winds shifting at times and altering where the convergence lies so there may be lulls, but the snow should more or less continue well into Saturday.
Based on your posts and by my math you're already well over half a foot/15cm now, it wouldn't completely shock me to see those 50cm amounts verify in some spots given the long duration of the event and potential for heavy snow at times throughout.
Great post! The Euro in my estimation has completely busted with precip amounts, although it does deserve credit for forecasting the storm and the amount of cold a week in advance. And yes, there is at least 1 inch if not 1.5-2inch hour rates falling now, with frequent bursts of lightening.
What is going to make this whole thing absolutely altering for Jerusalem is the fact that the streets are pretty much as full as snow as the sidewalks because the plows are barely around. Rumor has it actually that a lot of them were sent to clear the streets for John Kerry who is visiting here lol. So the city is certainly going to be shut down for the next two days. I just don't see how people are going to get around or do anything except marvel at just how much snow has fallen from the sky.
Long story short: this is epic beyond proportions and I am so happy to be a part of it.


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In an article on CTWatchdog.com regarding the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the CFPB will now start fielding complaints from consumers about "deceptive or abusive" financial products or services, which include credit cards, check cashing and pay day loans, among other.
The new head of the CFPB, "Special Advisor" Elizabeth Warren, was given the job by President Obama and is now responsible for spearheading the new agency.
Created under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, the CPFB is a highly controversial, political lightning rod that will be highly scrutinized. The CFPB will now be accepting complaints by letter, phone, email as well as on the CPFB website. The banking and financial institutions are very concerned about how the complaints will be administered and how they will be made publicly available.
With the new regulation now in place, the CFPB will have the ability to enforce rules on credit card issuers, mortgage lenders and other banking and financial institutions. In fact, the CFPB will now have the power to impose fines on offenders that violate these consumer protection laws of as much as "$1 million a day".
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OpenPortal Portlet Container 2.1 released
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The OpenPortal Portlet Container 2.1 has been released.
The Portlet Container 2.1 is also part of following releases
Why the version is called 2.1 and not 2.0 update 2 ?
Because, this release has lot of changes and is a major release. Following is brief list of changes that went into this release
- Major enhancements to support WSRP 2.0 FCS, GlassFish Web Space Server and Liferay version 5.2.
- New features like XMLPortletRequest.
- Jar name changes to support the deployment of OpenPortal Portlet Container and GlassFish Web Space Server on the same domain of GlassFish.
- The third party jars used by the driver have been updated(like commons-fileupload, JSTL and Standard jars)
It is recommended that you uninstall previous versions before installing this release.
Following developer tools are available to develop, deploy and test portlets on the OpenPortal Portlet Container 2.1.
If you have questions on how to use the OpenPortal Portlet Container and
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Nice cool t-shirt with a zippered pocket to keep stuff safe in. Good for hot weather. The Zipper can be a little fussy, but not too bad.
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This was a gift for a friend with whom I've hiked and cycled. On our first hike and first bike ride together, in cooler weather (40s), I noticed he was wearing cotton tees. I bought this for him when Nashbar had it on sale. He loves it.
Just what I wanted
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I wore this jersey for the first time two days after Christmas. It was unseasonably warm for East Tennessee, with temps in the low to upper 70s. After three hours of hard mountain biking, with lots of climbing, I was sweating like a mule, but the jersey was bone dry. I was so pleased that I ordered another one.
great value
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catch them on sale and stock up .they are not base layer tight so they are good for casual riding and general casual wear . It is not a racing jersey but doesn't pretend to be one .
Nice basic T style jersey
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Great price, single large pocket T shirt style cut. Crew collar is a bit tight on me so any weight in the pocket tends to make the collar pull uncomfortably on the front of my neck. I'd say this product is more like a T-shirt with a fanny pack built in rather than a bicycle jersey but Nashbar was up front about that in their description. The pocket will hold larger items than a standard 3 pocket design can...so that's a plus.
Excellent light jersey
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Who cares if it was only available in brown? I should have bought more.
I like it
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I just ride in it. I can also use it at work because of the color and cut. Styling is low profile, perfect for those days when you don't want the geek look.
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The pocket zipper runs across the middle of the back and I can feel it pressing and rubbing against me. Not a good design.
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Basic jersey. Back pocket is a nice feature and the reason for purchasing, otherwise it's just like a tee shirt and runs about the same size as a tee shirt. I'm 6"0' and 200 lbs, and the large fits just about right.
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College Hockey:Titanic and Whitelaw each score twice as Oswego tops Bowdoin
Anderson scores game-winner
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego hosted Bowdoin in the NCAA quarterfinal round for the second year in a row. Once again, the red light got a workout. This time, however, the game was much closer than last year's blowout. The result though, was the same.
Oswego advances to Minneapolis with a 7-5 win over Bowdoin. David Titanic and Jon Whitelaw each scored twice, as the Lakers did not put the game away until 3:30 left in regulation.
"They took advantage of the opportunities we gave them," Oswego coach Ed Gosek said. "They were opportunistic. Fortunately, our average was four and we score seven. To find a way to gut it out and grit it out was the big difference. They [Bowdoin] learned a lot from the game last year. They're a better team for it."
"It's what got the team to this point," Bowdoin coach Terry Meagher said. "Resilient. Never give up. Quiet, calm, collective. I thought we were going to make a good run with three minutes to go. They're [Oswego] a skilled team, but what separates them from most teams is their ability to score, their ability to finish. That was evident tonight. When they had chances, they closed the deal."
The game started out in similar style to last year's match up — a wide-open skating affair. This favored Oswego and enabled them to score the initial goal on a two-on-one at 7:04. Luke Moodie carried the puck down the left side with the Bowdoin defender cutting off the passing angle. Moodie was very patient, waiting till the last second before finding a lane to feed Paul Rodrigues. Rodrigues one-timed a redirect between Steve Messina's legs as the goalie overplayed the pass, leaving a huge five-hole.
After the goal, Bowdoin picked up their intensity and it paid off at 10:44. Timothy McGarry carried the puck around the net and then fed it back in front to Brendan Reich. Reich placed his shot inside the near post.
Oswego retook the lead on the power play exactly five minutes later. Andrew Mather passed it across the middle from the right side. Jon Whitelaw from the left circle wound and fired a one-time blast that blew by Messina.
However, Bowdoin was not going to allow this game to get out of hand. After withstanding a few more Oswego rushes, the Polar Bears tied it up with 59 seconds left in the period. Bryan Rosata fired a seemingly harmless turnaround shot from the right point. The shot wound up going to Reich standing unmarked at the top of the crease. Reich pulled a fancy between-the-legs backhanded deflection to surprise Paul Beckwith.
"The first two goals were huge," Reich said. "It was a reflection of our team. We never give up. Last year, we kind of came into this game happy to be here to come this far. This year we came in all business. We wanted to win. We just tried to claw back into the game any way we could."
Once again, the Lakers took the lead. Hank Van Boxmeer's shot from the point through a crowd was deflected in front of the net by Moodie at 7:30 of the second period.
And, once again, Bowdoin came right back to tie it up at three apiece. On the power play, Jeff Fanning was left wide open in front of the net for the easy one-timer past a hopeless Beckwith.
For the fourth time, Oswego grabbed the lead with 1:24 left in the period. Titanic shot from the left side with just one defender in front of him. Messina made the save, but Titanic never slowed down, skating past the defender to pick up his own rebound and bury it on the short side.
No surprise, Bowdoin came right back to tie the game at 1:50 of the third period. Harry Matheson placed a seemingly benign shot on net. However, somehow Beckwith did not handle the puck, and it deflected off him and ever so slowly trickled across the goal line.
"In the third, it comes down to this could be the last game of the year," Oswego captain Kevin Huinink said. "Just the flow of the game, guys realized the chances were there."
And, no surprise again, Oswego retook the lead at 5:38. Jared Anderson went in down the middle with a teammate to his right. Just as Messina started to play the pass, Anderson put it through the wide open five-hole.
Matheson cut the lead to one at 15:55 when once again Beckwith misplayed the puck on what should have been a routine save.
"Paul has won us an awful lot of games this year, but by his own admittance, he would say he did not have a good game," Gosek said. "That's not to blame him because we certainly made a lot of defensive mistakes."
Thirty-five seconds later, Jon Whitelaw gave Oswego the two-goal lead back with a deflection in front which sailed over Messina's glove.
"I was in the right place at the right time," Whitelaw said. "I was lucky to get a little piece of my stick on it. It was a great shot by Hank [Van Boxmeer]. We were trying to play a simple game at that part of the game, and it paid off for us."
Kyle Shearer-Hard effectively ended the game when he committed a slashing major with less than two minutes to go in the game to put the Polar Bears down a man the rest of the way.
Oswego outshot Bowdoin, 48-22, requiring Messina to make 41 saves.
"It was a real hard game for him this evening," Meagher said. "There were shots coming from different angles. There was a lot of traffic."
Beckwith stopped 17 in the win.
Bowdoin ends their season at 19-8-1 with their first NESCAC championship and first NCAA playoff win (against Neumann on Wednesday).
"It's been an exciting run, a joyous run. It's been a great year," Meagher said.
Oswego (23-4-0) has two weeks to prepare for their national semifinal game against Adrian.
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Original , that's the one word that come to mind when one thinks of " The Bunny The Bear " I have seen literally thousands and thousands of acts and artists and one word comes to mind over and over again ,original . The Bunny The Bear is a genre defying act and I am very happy to review their forth full length release which will be available via Victory Records on March 18 .The band started in 2008 as a collaboration between The Bunny aka Matthew Tybor and The Bear aka Chris Hutka and the band has grown and matured leaps and bounds since their humble beginnings and is now poised for musical world domination . Ladies and gentleman I present to you " Food Chain " The title track " Food Chain " opens up the disk with soft piano and immediately burst into the aggressive vocals styling's of Tybor along with machine gun type guitars . Up next is " The Seeds We Sow " and the beautiful angelic voice of Hutka starts off the track however the verse melody of Matt Tybor was a unique surprise .This is the most radio friendly song I have really heard from them with the lyrics giving opposing points of view .The moody and surreal " Cancer " follows next . Even thou the band that is providing studio work is not listed on this download I would like to say they are outstanding musicians and the pure emotion heard in the music is heartfelt .I really like the song " Cancer " and this is an excellent follow up to the " Stories " album . The electro dance inspired " Pale Green Eyes " is pretty aggressive with great hooks and changes . The intense overload of " So Smooth ,So Appealing " is like looking at a crowd of people and trying to find one in a massive crowd . There is a lot musically going on with this song but some how the band makes it work .The melody finally comes through in a vision of beauty . The soft beautiful voices of a children chorus opens up " A Mothers Love " and albeit is a very short song its almost like a mental pause to have you reflect upon own thoughts on being a child . The computer inspired " First Met You " is a little pop number with catchy riffs and chorus . I could definitely see this in a movie . The ominous " Skyscraper " is a dark and moody number with highs that soar as high as a skyscraper and yes the pun was intended . " Up next is " Flying Like A Bird " is a whirlwind of musical stimulus and it a little hard to follow but its has a great chorus . The track " High Tides and Swimming Conditions " is another radio friendly type song and I am glad because I would like this band to get some mainstream success .The verse and chorus work great together and the melody is uplifting . The last song is " Lost " and it's a great choice as a closer for this album .I found this album to be less aggressive then some of their past releases however the musical writing has grown and matured a great deal . I would recommend this disk to anyone but when alone or on a long drive will really deliver its full impact . The Bunny The Bear will be doing a spring tour as support for Mindless Self Indulgence , to see if they are coming to a city near you please check out the bands official Victory Records webpage at https://www.victoryrecords.com/thebunnythebear
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Caviar is a flavorful delicacy enjoyed by many Golden State residents. In fact, visitors sometimes travel to Los Angeles to take a taste from some of the top caviar gourmet shops in the United States. Aristocrats and sophisticated gourmands have celebrated the incredible taste of caviar for millennia. Greek scholar Aristotle was one of the first t Read More
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Increase the effectiveness of your kitchen's design by incorporating the right materials and an efficient floor plan. Let your home be an extension of yourself, portraying all your personal class and style. Here are three luxury home trends in Manhattan: 1. Streamlined kitchen . As the kitchen increasingly becomes a central focus of the mode Read More
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Fine jewelry serves many purposes. Whether you're searching for a new diamond necklace to complement an outfit or simply hoping to start an original fashion trend, you'll have plenty of options when you visit Pasadena. Check out one of the following jewelers when you make a trip to this city. Darbini Jewelry Darbini Jewelry gives you the c Read More
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San Francisco is one of the premier hotspots for dining. Gourmet offerings and original dishes are found throughout the city. Whether you're looking for a place to eat after work or for a date with a significant other, there are plenty of unique establishments available to choose from near high-quality San Francisco real estate .&n Read More
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Wine lovers might appreciate a trip to one of New York City's wine shops. New York has a long history of wine enthusiasm that dates back to the 1860's. Visitors sometimes travel across the globe to taste some of the region's unique offerings. Dozens of these stores deliver options that will fit any connoisseur's palette. Wheth Read More


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The camera did not always cause fear, harm and fatalities. After its structure was completed, its inventor (who is never named, nor confirmed to be alive) added finishing touches that he felt necessary to the camera (these aren't specified). Potentially, the inventor intended it to be the new fill for the role of best photograph technology, for as long a period of time as possible. Before he could unveil his invention, his lab partner, Dr. Fritz Fredericks (a.k.a. Spidey), stole the camera to take credit for the invention, with an aspiration to enjoy the fame and riches that he believed would come his way. The inventor ruined Dr. Fredericks' plan by somehow cursing the camera for all eternity.
The camera has the power to steal souls and is completely indestructible. When a picture is taken, the image that develops does not show what is in the present, but what will happen to the person/object in the image in the future. For example, when Greg takes a picture of his family's new car, the image develops as the car completely wrecked (indicating that a car accident will occur).
Use of captured souls
It remains to be determined as to what becomes of the souls the camera captures. Of particular interest is whether or not souls increase its power.
Strengths and Weaknesses
The Camera cannot move on its own and cannot force anyone to find it and use it. As long as it is well hidden, its powers are useless. If a picture is taken of itself, it will create another camera. If the photo taken by the camera is destroyed or changed into a negative, the effects of the camera will be prevented.


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What is wrong with the following if-then-else? I never can hit the else.
if [ $result > $value ]; then
echo HEALTH: OK. Result is $result Value is $value
exit 0
echo HEALTH: CRITICAL. Result is $result which is over $value
exit 2
# ./check_cw_auto <AWS variables> 5.0
HEALTH: OK. Result is 275593.8 Value is 5.0
# ./check_cw_auto <AWS variables> 10000000.0
HEALTH: OK. Result is 275593.8 Value is 10000000.0
I'm trying to create a nagios bash script. I did try -gt instead of >, but that give an error. Example:
./check_cw_auto <AWS variables> 5.0
./check_cw_auto: line 30: [: 256497.2: integer expression expected
HEALTH: CRITICAL. Result is 256497.2 which is over 5.0


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Unemployment rate unchanged in February
March 08, 2004
The number of unemployed persons was 8.2 million in February, and the unemployment rate held at 5.6 percent, seasonally adjusted. Both measures are below their recent highs of June 2003.
Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.1 percent), adult women (4.9 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.4 percent)—showed little or no change over the month.
Over the month, the civilian labor force decreased by 392,000 to 146.5 million, and the labor force participation rate fell to 65.9 percent.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. Numbers in this article are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see The Employment Situation: February 2004 (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 04-338.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment rate unchanged in February on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/mar/wk2/art01.htm (visited June 29, 2016).
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CHICAGO — Have you ever gotten up in the morning fighting with yourself over how you or your team could receive additional compensation for your work? Or maybe your team is threatening to go elsewhere and you are caught in the middle.
All parties involved in salary negotiation—asking for a salary increase, a pay raise, or simply more money—are affected, and www.businessballs.com, a free ethical and learning development resource run by Alan Chapman, Leicester, England, has some tips for handling such negotiation positively and constructively.
It's important to encourage a mature, objective, emotionally level approach, Businessballs says. When people handle difficult negotiations poorly, stress, frustration and ill feelings can result. By encouraging people to adopt a constructive approach, you will help minimize the upset and achieve a positive outcome.
People aren't trained to ask for raises, and little is written about the topic. There is no standard way to seek a salary increase, the site says, so the approaches vary. Some people write their request for their boss, or discuss it with them informally. Others discuss it with colleagues, hoping the conversation somehow reaches the boss. More subdued workers may drop hints or ask politely, while the headstrong may demand firmly, go over the boss' head, threaten to find another job, or even resign.
The latter happens more often than not. It's called "I'll show you," but be careful. However, if you and your team are really good at your jobs, and your jobs are unique, I imagine that your expertise is highly sought after.
Largely, people do not look before they leap, Businessballs says. They feel uncomfortable and stressed to be asking, so they fail to plan and control the situation, which makes achieving anything difficult.
Understanding market rates can help employers or employees assess their situation objectively, the site suggests. I think that sometimes you can evaluate the status quo of your organization and draw from that data. If Team X makes Y dollars, then how do you compare in areas of importance, growth in revenue, risk assessments, liabilities, etc.?
Industry averages are just a guide because situations and conditions vary, according to Businessballs, but it's generally better to have some external perspective than to approach pay and earnings issues in complete isolation. If Company Z's staffers make a certain wage and your situation is similar to theirs, then draw a comparison, but do so carefully.
It is important to educate decision makers regarding salary adjustments and to inform these managers about the importance of you and your team's position to the organization. Sometimes you just need to spell out the facts and educate those responsible for supporting such benefits.
Submitting a well-planned request and citing comparative data may not secure an immediate salary increase, Businessballs says, but these ideas will eventually bring a better reward and outcome than doing nothing, or doing something in a negative fashion.
As a manager receiving a request for a salary increase, respond fairly, sensitively and openly, the site suggests. Only make promises you can be sure to deliver, and try to understand each person's needs and feelings before explaining the company's position.
I recommend that you be prepared to answer issues regarding expenditures elsewhere, other teams' salary base, etc. Sometimes you need to paint a clear, black-and-white picture, outlining from a fiscal perspective what could be done to compensate, i.e. reduce here and add there from an organizational perspective. This is especially true if the workload has grown substantially over a short period of time.
Businessballs believes it is important to recognize the difference between the value of the role that you perform (or the employee's role), and your team's value (or the employee's value).
If you are continually frustrated about your compensation despite having tried techniques to obtain a pay raise, it is possible that your boss has simply reached the limit of the value that he can place on your role, the site explains. Your potential could be of high value, but if your role does not enable you to perform to your full extent, your reward will be suppressed. For example, in our industry, does a laundry manager who sorts linen deserve a soil sorter's salary or a laundry manager's salary?
Market forces (notably the cost of replacing an employee) and the employee's contribution to an organization's performance (particularly for roles directly impacting profitability) dictate salary levels. By acknowledging this principle, you begin to take control of your earnings, Businessballs says.
If the gap between your expectations and your employer's salary limit is too great to bridge, look to find or develop a role that commands a higher value, and therefore salary, the site suggests. You could agree to take on wider responsibilities and opportunities to contribute to organizational performance and profit, either with your current employer or a new company.
Despite these constructive ways to approach salary negotiation and techniques to achieve positive outcomes, many organizations have cut back expenses, reduced travel, instituted wage freezes and laid off personnel. If you find yourself negotiating in this situation in these tough economic times, ask for nonmonetary incentives and/or perks that will relieve some of the pressure.
Developing and communicating your value to your employer and to the marketplace should be the focus. But remember that when trying to convince management of your raise-worthy status, sometimes one eye is open while the other is closed so education and communication are the keys.Portions © Alan Chapman/Businessballs 1995-2010 and used with permission. Retrieved from www.businessballs.com. Full source material at www.businessballs.com/payrise.htm. Not to be sold or published. Alan Chapman/the author(s)/Businessballs accepts no liability for any issues arising.
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13-year-old Kennedy Waterman was one of the main driving forces in last year's Daffodil Girls at Fun House Theatre and Film (the show will be remounted at the Magnolia Lounge in the Spring). Now she takes the stage alone in Allergic Me, an autobiographical story about her struggle with a debilitating peanut allergy. The show is part of the YOLO SoloFest at the Magnolia Lounge, and Waterman's offering is certainly one of the festival's highlights.
Her vibrant, welcoming personality is the first thing you notice, in stark contrast to the images you soon see projected in a large screen behind her. Images of perky little Kennedy in full-blown allergic reaction mode. It's heartbreaking to see. As a child, I went through similar reactions to wheat and dairy, and I could almost feel my own skin start to itch as I watched the slideshow.
The juxtaposition of the images with Kennedy's stage presence is incredibly effective, because you immediately want to see this talented youth overcome any obstacle as horrible as the screen depicts. She seems to take it all in stride, however, with a bravery that could make an audience member wonder why he makes a big deal about minor daily headaches. If this 7th grader can face her fear of tree nuts with this kind of determination, why did I curse that guy out for cutting me off on I-30 a few minutes ago?
But the bravery doesn't stop with Waterman's allergy. For the course of the show, she commands the audience's attention with an ease any actor would envy. She's really at home telling a story: at times funny, charming and terribly poignant.
Allergic Me is directed by Fun House Creative Director Jeff Swearingen, who's worked with Waterman numerous times. The two have collaborated to create a concise vocabulary for the piece, with Waterman portraying everyone from her grandmother to an amalgam of every doctor she's seen in her young life.
To say more about the show would ruin the enjoyment.
One-person shows can be terribly tedious, even when the performer is engaging. Luckily, Allergic Me does not belong in that category. My only complaint is that it was over too soon. I could watch Kennedy Waterman in a full-length monologue and still want to see what was next.
And you'll see her again soon. I'll bet my Equity dues on that.
The final performance of Allergic Me is at 2:00pm on January 26th. The Magnolia Lounge is located inside Fair Park, near the Old Mill Inn (1121 First Avenue, Dallas TX 75210). Ticketing info is at www.audacitytheatrelab.com or you can buy at the door (space permitting).
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There will come a time - spring practice first, then August camp, then the 2010 season - when they will be in the same huddle comparing notes, sharing information on routes and coverages.
For now, they must be content with a glance across practice fields - Simas running with Colorado's No. 1 offense, Clemons pulling scout team duty against CU's No. 1 defense.
"We salute each other after big plays from different sides of the field . . . I watch him when he touches the ball when I'm out of reps; he does the same thing - watches me," Clemons said.
As a scout team receiver - he's sitting out this season after transferring from Michigan - Clemons is making his mark just as Simas did. Simas just needed longer than anticipated (two seasons and two games), but upon finally entering the lineup he's receiving the same raves he did during scout team work.
Last Saturday at Iowa State, he caught seven passes for 128 yards and a touchdown. The previous week against Texas A&M, he made seven receptions for 135 yards. The consecutive 100-yard receiving games were the first at CU in a decade.
"These two games, compared to the first two I played in (after serving a suspension against Colorado State and Toledo), the tempo has slowed down for me and I definitely feel more comfortable and confident," Simas said.
"And Tyler (Hansen, quarterback) is doing a good job of making the reads and getting me the ball . . . he's coming to me in tough situations and that gives me a lot more confidence."
Their on-field rapport began to develop last season when both were scout teamers. "There were other guys, but he was the other man," Hansen said. "He was the guy to throw to.
"We're both Southern California guys (Hansen is from Murrietta, Simas from San Diego) and that little connection is starting to flourish into something special here."
Like Hansen, Clemons also can see Simas' confidence growing. Clemons called him a "real smooth, real smart" receiver: "He's got a natural feel for the game. He knows what his strengths are and how to get open; he knows where the windows are and can maximize his talent and ability. And he's a great route runner with enormous hands.
"He might be a first-year player, but he's really a vet and we hold him to those standards. He's not a young guy."
Neither is Clemons, who signed with Michigan in 2007 and played in 19 games as a freshman and sophomore (12 career catches, 106 yards). Recruiting services ranked both him and Simas among the nation's top 20 receivers three years ago, and mainly through on-line sites, Clemons claims to have gotten wind of Simas during the recruiting chase.
When Clemons arrived in Boulder last summer, they were almost like twin brothers waiting to be introduced. They're roughly the same size - Clemons is 6-foot-2, 205, Simas is 6-2, 215 - and are similar in personality and tastes.
"We're from different coasts (Clemons is from New Kensington, Pa.) and we didn't connect until we got here," Clemons said. "But I came through recruiting knowing about him and him about me. We kind of came together here in the center of the country.
"We've got a good chemistry; I liked him instantly. He was open and real likeable . . . just my kind of person who likes the same things - fashion, music, video games."
Simas' recent pair of breakthrough Saturdays left him with bittersweet feelings. He's overjoyed that he finally could contribute, yet bummed because he couldn't do it sooner.
"For me, there was a feeling out process when I stepped on the field against Wyoming (his first game back)," he said. "You can't compare practice to the games . . . and after taking that much time to get used to things, I feel like I could have jump-started the season a long time ago.
"A year ago when I was (academically) ineligible and we'd lose a big game, (teammates and coaches) said they felt the need for one guy to step up. They'd give me this look . . . like letting me know they could have used me. I'm not saying we would have won any particular game, but we could have used somebody.
"I know I matured a lot, and missing another year hit home with me . . . I love football and I had it taken away from me for things that could have been avoided if I had the right mindset. I've settled down, slowed down and finally learned what's important. I'm focusing on those things and leaving everything else alone."
While Clemons sits out his transfer season and busies himself giving the Buffs' defense various "looks," he's also become a sounding board/energy source for Simas.
"He comes to me for encouragement, for the energy boost," Clemons said. "He knows I'm one of his biggest supporters. There are times I tell him, 'You've got to be a factor on this drive; you've got to make a play. We need a play, a spark' - and I think he feeds off of that."
Clemons is hoping at this time next November, CU will have found a receiving tandem that will have boosted the Buffs offense.
"I've definitely envisioned it," Clemons said. "I see the visions, so many weapons . . . guys like Simas, (Scotty) McKnight, (Jason) Espinoza and all the other guys in the mix.
"It's going to be a headache for Coach (Eric) Kiesau (offensive coordinator). How's he going to spread the ball around? We joke with him about that. We're all real competitive, so it's going to be interesting."
Until that happens , Simas finally is making the most of his turn while Clemons waits for his. As Simas now knows, patience pays.
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THE DOZENS: CRIME JAZZ by Alan Kurtz
Film scholar David Butler reckons that by the early 1950s movie jazz had become "a convenient way to impart specific meanings to the audience." In particular, jazz served as a cinematic signal for sex and violence. Hollywood habitually associated this music with crime and if not crime then vice and if not vice then at least delinquency or degeneracy of some sort. In movies and TV, jazz accompanied the entire sordid range of police-blotter behavior, from gambling, prostitution and drug addiction to theft, assault, murder and capital punishment.
During the remainder of the decade, Hollywood's hothouse of havoc cultivated a full-grown (some would say overgrown) musical subspecies. Ultimately, crime jazz was a developmental dead end, one of those branches on the evolutionary tree that led nowhere. Yet this infertile offshoot gave 1950s jazz a notoriety that was impossible to ignore. For jazz, however briefly, crime paid.
Shorty Rogers: The Wild One
The Wild One
Shorty Rogers
Jazz Themes from The Wild One (Bear BCD 16393 AR)
19-piece band featuring Shorty Rogers (trumpet), Bud Shank (alto sax), Shelly Manne (drums).
Composed by Leith Stevens. Arranged by Shorty Rogers.
Recorded: Hollywood, July 14, 1953
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
Hollywood's first great biker flick told the semi-factual story of a small California town terrorized by rival motorcycle gangs. Marlon Brando, in black leather jacket with skull & crossed pistons on back, was Johnny, laconic leader of one such pack. To enhance verisimilitude, veteran composer Leith Stevens retained Shorty Rogers, the goateed doyen of West Coast jazz, for an exciting drum-driven title track as unstoppable as rolling thunder—an effect heightened by opening and closing sound effects of actual MC revving. VROOM-VROOM!!! Outraged, one jazz critic demanded, "Hey, Shorty, what are you rebelling against?" To which Rogers mumbled, "Whadda you got?"
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Elmer Bernstein: Frankie Machine
Frankie Machine
Elmer Bernstein
The Man With the Golden Arm [Soundtrack] (Fresh Sounds Spain)
Large orchestra featuring Shorty Rogers (flugelhorn), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Shelly Manne (drums).
Composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein.
Recorded: Hollywood, 1955
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) was the squalid story of a junkie card dealer and wannabe drummer played by Frank Sinatra. Even non-moviegoers made the connection between narcotics and jazz, thanks to this hit single in which Elmer Bernstein's trumpets evoke an urban seediness as unforgiving as a junkie's need. Plus, how's this for spooky synchronicity? Golden Arm was released the same year as Charlie Parker's death, leading to the irony (if that's the right word) of clean-armed Sinatra being nominated for an Oscar, and tracks-aplenty Bird winding up on a slab at the morgue. Man, sometimes crime jazz is just plain criminal.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Ray Anthony: The Peter Gunn Theme
The Peter Gunn Theme
Ray Anthony
Instrumental Gems of the Fifties (Collectors' Choice CCM-080-2)
Unidentified band featuring Ray Anthony (trumpet) and Plas Johnson (tenor sax).
Recorded: Hollywood, November 1958
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
When Peter Gunn premiered on NBC-TV in 1958, it was a breath of smoky air. Suave leading man Craig Stevens breezed through the title role of a hip private eye with a sexy, jazz-singer girlfriend. Naturally this clicked with trumpeter Ray Anthony, who knew all about sexpots, having married Mamie Van Doren and costarred onscreen with Jayne Mansfield. Ray's quickie cover of "Peter Gunn" beat Henry Mancini's original to the punch. Oh, Hank gussied his up with French horns, but jazz criminologists weren't fooled. Ray's grittier Gunn had more pop. Maybe it came from hanging out with blonde bombshells. Gussied French horns were no match for Ray Anthony's gleaming trumpet.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Skip Martin: Riff Blues
Riff Blues (theme from Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
Skip Martin
Music from M Squad / Music from Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (Collectables COL-CD-2809)
Unidentified studio musicians.
Composed by Dave Kahn & Melvyn Lenard. Arranged and conducted by Skip Martin.
Recorded: Hollywood, 1958
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Man, that Mickey Spillane. Talk about your hardboiled crime scribblers! Mickey turned trash to cash faster than the mug what invented landfill, and spent it, too. Never spotted in public without which a flashy dame was draped around each arm. "Riff Blues" gets it right, with brassy bluster and silky saxes followed by a romantic interlude of flute and tinkling piano to keep the girls interested, then a big swell with kettledrums to wake up the goodfellas, all done with the slow sway of a savvy stripper sashaying down the runway. Highbrows call this ambience. Lowbrows, knowing better, call the ambulance. Either way, it's made music.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Count Basie: The M Squad Theme
The M Squad Theme
Count Basie Orchestra
The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (Mosaic MD10-149)
16-piece band featuring Count Basie (piano), Benny Powell (trombone), Frank Wess (flute), Sonny Payne (drums).
Composed by Count Basie. Arranged by Frank Foster.
Recorded: New York, September 9, 1958
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Count Basie, photo by Herb Snitzer
Pound for pound, the toughest 1950s TV cop was Lt. Frank Ballinger of Chicago PD's M Squad. No, the M didn't stand for Lee Marvin, who played Ballinger. M stood for murder. During its first season the show's theme was nondescript. Then the producers sprang for 2˝ minutes of mayhem by Count Basie and his mob of heavies blasting away like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, aided and abetted on the soundtrack by squealing tires and gunfire. Go ahead, listen if you have the guts. Just don't go runnin' your mouth when the coppers pump you. You never heard of me. Got it?
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Miles Davis: Au Bar du Petit Bac
Au Bar du Petit Bac
Miles Davis (trumpet)
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Verve 836305)
Miles Davis (trumpet), Barney Wilen (tenor sax), René Urtreger (piano), Pierre Michelot (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums).
Composed by Miles Davis.
Recorded: Paris, December 4, 1957
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
As director Louis Malle projected scenes from Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), his film policier (released stateside as Elevator to the Gallows) about the perfect crime, foiled by imperfect luck, Miles Davis and four Parisian jazzmen sat in a darkened studio, watching Louis's loops and improvising per Miles's deliberately sketchy instructions. Most film scores take weeks to prepare and days to record. This took four hours. Trusted to work his own way, Miles repaid Malle's respect tenfold with a sparseness that accentuates the film's starkness. Most crime jazz blows you away with a bang, but Miles's hit-man silencer is equally deadly.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Gerry Mulligan: Theme from I Want to Live!
Theme from I Want to Live!
Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax)
I Want to Live! Soundtrack (Ryko RCD 10743)
Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Art Farmer (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Bud Shank (flute), Pete Jolly (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), Shelly Manne (drums).
Composed by Johnny Mandel.
Recorded: Hollywood, 1958
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
I Want to Live! (1958) is the true story of three lowlifes who, after murdering a disabled widow during a botched robbery, are executed in San Quentin's gas chamber. This intentionally ugly film about the sordid lives of revolting people in seamy settings is the cinematic equivalent of being dunked in a vat of slime for two squirmy hours. Moviegoers must've begged I Want to Leave! The only reprieve was an all-star jazz combo smokin' onscreen in a smoky Frisco bar and, for a standalone album, reprising the bluesy theme featuring Shank's atmospheric flute, Mitchell's lyrical bass and Mulligan's fulfilling baritone. Great jazz; grim movie.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Modern Jazz Quartet: No Happiness for Slater
No Happiness for Slater
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Odds Against Tomorrow (Blue Note CDP 7 93415 2)
John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibes), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums).
Composed by John Lewis.
Recorded: New York, October 9, 1959
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) was the best heist film since The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Singer Harry Belafonte plays a hip, blues-singing vibist who's also a compulsive gambler and aspiring bank robber. In other words, your typical modern jazzman. John Lewis's music is more pensive than pandemonium, as in this 16-bar blues tailored to Milt Jackson. It's telling that whenever Hollywood hacks ran the show, crime jazz was loud and blustery. When sophisticates such as Miles Davis, John Lewis and Gerry Mulligan called their own shots, crime jazz turned as calmly calculated and coolly effective as a heist with a clean getaway.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Buddy Morrow: Staccato's Theme
Staccato's Theme
Buddy Morrow (trombone)
Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree (Rhino R2 72912/DRC1 1669)
Buddy Morrow (trombone),
other musicians unidentified.
Composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Recorded: Hollywood, 1960
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
Staccato (1959-60), starring John Cassavetes, eliminated the middleman between jazz and TV gumshoes. Based in a Greenwich Village nitery, pianist Johnny Staccato, like so many real-life musicians, doubled as a streetwise private eye. Elmer Bernstein's theme, recalling his earlier crime jazz classic The Man with the Golden Arm, is déjŕ vu all over again. Same bunco-squad tempo, jailbird shuffle beat, stiletto-in-the- eardrum trumpets and oversexed saxes. Given Hollywood's passion for formulas, which exceeded Mme. Curie's, crime jazz became so self-referential that everything started blurring together. What are you watching, dear? Mickey Spillane's Wild One With the Staccato Golden Gunn. That's nice.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Henry Mancini: My Manne Shelly
My Manne Shelly
Henry Mancini
More Music from Peter Gunn (RCA 74321 29857 2)
Pete Candoli (trumpet), Dick Nash (trombone), Victor Feldman (vibes), John Williams (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass), Shelly Manne (drums),
Bob Bain (guitar), Ted Nash and Ronnie Lang (unspecified saxes).
Composed by Henry Mancini.
Recorded: Hollywood, February 17, 1959
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Henry Mancini was the sincerest man in Hollywood. Donning different styles like a bald man trying on toupees, Mancini purloined other people's music as smoothly, efficiently and utterly without shame as a pickpocket. A favorite mark for his Peter Gunn TV series was Count Basie, whose Neal Hefti arrangements Mancini counterfeited weekly (and weakly). The best was "My Manne Shelly," filched from Basie/Hefti's "Cute" (1958). When, during Episode 27 ("Breakout"), Shelly Manne—playing Himself, as the credits used to say—performed this showcase onscreen, Mancini's role in bringing 1950s jazz's favorite drummer to prime time became exculpatory. Shelly was da Manne.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Shelly Manne: Fallout
Shelly Manne & His Men
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
Shelly Manne (drums), Russ Freeman (piano), Monty Budwig (bass), Victor Feldman (marimba).
Composed by Henry Mancini.
Recorded: Los Angeles, January 19, 1959
Rating: 96/100 (learn more)
On his two albums of Peter Gunn music, Shelly Manne's streamlining was to Henry Mancini's hulking originals what California hot rods were to their Detroit assembly-line progenitors. Not merely an esthetic improvement, but reconstituted vehicles for individual expression. Manne doesn't just redo Mancini's material, he rethinks it. "Fallout" is a salient example. Victor Feldman's mallets were all over Mancini's music, but always on vibes. In those days the marimba was a rara avis, being spotted only on field trips to exotica. But Feldman's playing is striking (ouch), as he interlaces with Shelly's trademark melodic tom-toms for a crime jazz safari to Shangri-La.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Freddie Redd: O.D.
The Freddie Redd Quartet (with Jackie McLean)
The Music from The Connection (Blue Note 84027)
Freddie Redd (piano), Jackie McLean (alto sax),
Michael Mattos (bass), Larry Ritchie (drums).
Composed by Freddie Redd.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 15, 1960
Rating: 84/100 (learn more)
The New York Times called Jack Gelber's off-Broadway play The Connection (1959) "a farrago of dirt, empty talk and extended runs of cool music." Dirt and empty talk aptly described a stage full of scruffy addicts awaiting their heroin dealer. The Times was wrong, though, about "cool music." Freddie Redd's score (no pun intended) was hard-core hard bop performed by onstage jazzmen. Sadly, Jackie McLean, his understudy Tina Brooks, and Dexter Gordon in the L.A. production were true-life junkies cast to type. Having once accompanied fictitious felons, crime jazz now supported real ones. If this be progress, progress be damned.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz