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Some interview questions and scenarios can make you want to storm out of the room, but knowing why companies ask them can make you a better interviewer, says Cynthia Shapiro, author of What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here. If you're asked a question that's inappropriate, don't assume the worst. "It maybe a test to see if you fit in," says Ms. Shapiro, who adds that it can simply be a glimpse into company culture.
Here, Ms. Shapiro shares her thoughts on tricky interviews.
Blogger Prakash Nagpal recently wrote about a terrible interview experience. Why do some interviewers make job seekers feel uncomfortable?
They could be making you uncomfortable (by asking inappropriate questions) because they have a bad client that may even be a bit racist and they've had people quit because of this but can't let this client go (and need to fill the position). Or they are taking calls and texting during the interview — that's usually a test to see if you can handle a stressful situation. Or they might end an interview really abruptly to try to antagonize you because the position requires you to deal with a lot of stress. In my book, I discuss eight different interview styles and this one is called the "interrogation."
How common is it for companies to ask inappropriate questions or behave in a way to elicit such strong reactions?
I know major companies that employ these kind of tests, this is putting you in a situation to elicit a certain behavior to see how professional you want to be. Go home and (hit) the punching bag but don't let companies see that you've been flustered. I'm trying to get the word out: Companies don't want you to know that they are testing you this way. It's like when behavioral interview questions were new, but now everybody knows it's out there. It's demolishing a whole new crop of people.
Why is this a technique that companies are clinging to?
Companies are trying to do a lot more with a lot less. In the past they would let go of a difficult client, but now they are not letting go of any clients. Employers are using these tactics because they are going for the best. The easiest way to see how you would act in a stressful environment is to put you in the worst possible situations — anyone can put on airs for 20 minutes.
What if you had a really bad experience, but are called for another round?
It helps to think of it as a test. I've seen people make it through the (first round) and say 'I don't want to work for this company,' but during the next interview, the interviewer's whole demeanor changes and it might be fabulous.
What if the questions were truly demeaning?
lt just means it's not your right place and thank your lucky stars that you found out about it. If you never hear back, don't treat it as something personal. When you choose a company it's like entering into a marriage. They are trying to make sure it's a right fit for them, and if you don't feel comfortable, you walk away.
How can you tell if the interviewer is testing your reaction or this is really their thought process?
You'll never know if it's a test, so just treat it as if it's always a test. You want to smile as though nothing happened. Smile, shake their hand, there's nothing you can do anyway–pointing it out or storming off is going to ruin your opportunity.
Readers, how do you deal with uncomfortable interview questions or experiences? Share your thoughts in the comments section.


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Brand new fully renovated located just minutes from new York city.
Apt is fully equip.
Transportation to new York city is 3 blocks away, buses run 24 hours a day. Good neighborhood.
Brand new fully renovated located just minutes from new York city.
Apt is fully equip.
Transportation to new York city is 2 blocks away, buses run 24 hours a day. The area is very safe. Good neighborhood.
The apartment has 1 queen size bed in bedroom and a futon in the open living room. Inflatable bed also available.
This apartment is totaly independent and not shared with anyone.
It is easier and faster to commute into the City from Union City than commuting from Brooklyn or Queens.
If you were to stay in the Bronx it would take you 40 min to get to Times Square. If you were to Stay in Brooklyn it would take you the same amount of time as subways in Brooklyn are not direct. If you were to stay in Manhattan you would not find a place as big as this one for this price.
It will take you 10 minutes to be directly in Times Square!!! in the confort of a bus.
We are Located in a quiet and safe area in Union City, New Jersey(away from Manhattan's noisy streets) with bus stop around the corner from the house.
Pets are welcome.
Can accommodate up to 4 People.
The apartment is provided with:
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- cooking utensils
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* Located in Union City, NJ, a very short direct bus ride to Times Square area
* Five blocks from gorgeous Manhattan views (along Hudson River)?
* Buses to Manhattan/Times Square run every minute during day, and every 4 minutes at night. Buses run 24/7.
* Great grocery and wine/liquor stores in the neighborhood; a Bodega around the corner (open until 11pm), pizzeria and the supermarket is just one block away.
* Very safe neighborhood, lots of great restaurants and bakeries but also very quiet at night.
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION: Believe it or NOT – it is possible to be outside of Manhattan and so close to it, yet it's true. Here are some facts about transportation:
1. Apartment is 4 minutes ((2 blocks) from the central bus stop at post office.
2. The jitney bus is very frequent, I rarely wait for it more than 2 to 3 minutes. Most of the time you won't even wait at all. You will get to the bus stop and a bus will be there.
3. Buses are available 24/7 so you can catch them even when you spend the whole evening out.
4. The price of these express buses is $3 on board, and $2.50 if you buy tickets at ticket window #23 at Port Authority Bus Terminal
5. You won't find a timetable or route on the internet for these buses, it's a private bus company that runs many lines in and out of Manhattan
6. City bus #22 runs every 30 minutes into Hoboken, home of the Cake Boss, Birthplace of Frank Sinatra and Baseball (where you can also catch the PATH into Manhattan 33rd Street and/or the World Trade Center) and bus #123 every 15-30 minutes (during commute hours) into Manhattan's Port Authority (42nd Street & 8th Avenue – Times Square)
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Very nice small apartment/studio with a well equipped kitchen. Nice bathroom. Although the neighbourhood isn't very appealing at first, we were amazed by it's hospitality. There are busses to NYC every 3-4minutes (Paddington local busses). Union city has enough small groceries and dining places. I recommend this place.
Nous avons beaucoup apprécié cet appartement, très propre et très bien situé dans un quartier très calme. Le bus est à 5 minutes à pied et vous emmène en 1/4 d'heure à Times Square. Nous avons aussi aimé l'accueil chaleureux du propriétaire.
I wish to congratulate Hermann for being a good host, the flat was basic, but it was clean and has what is neccessary to live in it. It´s the bus station very near and all the facilities you could wish for near too
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Leiligheten var ok,men for mye støy fra gaten.Vanskelig og såve.
Sehr gut eingerichtete Wohnung/Appartment für einen günstigen Aufenthalt in NY.
Der einzige Nachteil ist, das man mit dem Bus nach NY rein fahren muss. Je nach Tageszeit kann das dann schon einmal bis zu 1,5 Stunden dauern.
Aber abgesehen davon kann ich die Wohnung sehr empfehlen.
Nous avons été déçu par cet appartement: environnement très sonore, propreté et entretien insuffisants. Réponses pas toujours en adéquation à nos attentes.
Sehr saubere Unterkunft, Verkehrsgünstig gelegen zu Manhattan und Airport. Der Vermieter ist sehr freundlich und zuvorkommen. Ich empfehle die Unterkunft weiter.
Freundlicher, hilfsbereiter Vermieter. Die Wohnung ist einfach, aber sauber und es ist alles drin, was man braucht. Sogar der Kühlschrank war gefüllt mit den wichtigsten Frühstückssachen. Man kommt völlig problemlos mit einem Kleinbus nach Manhatten. Von der Wohnung aus kann man einen Spaziergang machen und über den Hudson einen tollen Blick auf die Skyline von Manhatten genießen. Besonders abends toll.
Sehr schöne 3-Zimmer-Ferienwohnung. Es gibt ein Schlafzimmer zur Bergenline Ave, ein Durchgangszimmer mit Doppelstockbett und ein Durchgangswohzimmer mit einem ausklappbaren Sofa. Geräuschempfindliche Gäste sollten das Schlafzimmer meiden. Die genannten Schlafmöglichkeiten der Wohnung bieten allerdings hervorragende Alternativen. Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und die Vermieter sehr nett.
Die Lage der Ferienwohnung ist super. Man ist in 5 Minuten bei der Bushaltestelle Bergenline Ave/30th St. Von da aus kommt man mit Kleinbussen für $3/Person zur Port Authority/Bus Terminal in Manhatten!
Auf der Bergenline Ave gibt es einige Einkaufsmöglichkeiten für den täglichen Bedarf.
Sehr gern wieder!
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The Senate just did something it has not done since 2006. The chamber passed a major immigration bill. The Senate approved its overhaul of immigration laws by a vote of 68 to 32.
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A loosely biographical tale of the martial arts icon, The Legend of Bruce Lee broke two ratings records during its run in China. With an international cast including Hong Kong star Danny Chan (from blockbuster film Kung Fu Hustle) as Lee and American actress Michelle Lang as his love interest, it was filmed all over the world in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Italy and Thailand. Surpassing previous ratings winner Chuang Guandong in its first 14 episodes, it broke the all-time ratings record for any drama on Chinese Central Television with its final episode. Danny Chan is also set to appear in a film about Bruce Lee which will be released in 2011.
Bringing an iconic figure to life, The Legend of Bruce Lee tracks Bruce Lee through his life as he grows up in Hong Kong and emigrates to the U.S. before returning to his hometown. The son of a Cantonese opera star, he has an early start in films, appearing in a string of films in his childhood and early teens. After moving to the United States, he founds a martial arts school and takes on various film roles. He becomes an icon of martial arts cinema and a revered martial arts philosopher, as well as a famous public figure. This well-choreographed and fiercely acted series follows him through his sudden death at age 32.
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Recognizing our feelings in times of stress
Stress often hides behind a mask of excess activity. The author
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because we're just too busy getting through the day. When life turns
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or is no longer present because of separation, divorce or death.
A major life event such as divorce creates feelings we perhaps
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You may enjoy reading stories about how fictional young people deal with their
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Coping is a learned skill. Most of us don't automatically respond
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Emotional reactions are normal. How we deal with them is the real issue. For
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Stephen Covey heads up a consulting
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Covey has now authored The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families,
offering similar guidance to families. This book contains numerous
real-life stories of parents and teens who found effective methods
of dealing with their emotional stress. Your discussion group can
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And one of Covey's children, Sean, has written a book in the same
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This month's author tells us that the Beginning Experience program
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Jo Lamia got the idea to put together the Beginning Experience program,
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of us who is baptized. We are strengthened in our role by the Spirit
through the Sacrament of Confirmation, and nurtured with living
bread in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
The Beginning Experience program is but one example of God's people
ministering to those in need. This ministry grows through the efforts
of the Church. The individuals who pass through the program often
go on to become leaders themselves. We often hear adults refer to
teens as the future of the Church. Well, in fact they are the Church
now. They minister to other teens and offer inspiration to adults
as well. They live the sacramental life of the Church through their
generosity and service.
Take this opportunity to identify and discuss situations in which
teens minister to one another. What is your experience of friends,
classmates or other teens helping you? Where can you help others?
Teens more frequently are nominated and elected to their local parish
councils. Can you find opportunities to serve in this capacity?
Can you identify other parish programs that benefit teens or adults
with special needs? Examples will include pre-Cana for engaged couples,
Marriage Encounter for couples, school retreats such as Cursillo
and Kairos and support groups for widowed and separated individuals.
Look at the Web sites for your parish or your diocese to find other
programs. Most of these programs share common elements: presentation,
reflection, writing and sharing.
Further Print Resources
M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled, Simon and Schuster.
Mary Pipher, The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families,
Ballantine Books, 1997.
Jack Canfield, Editor, Chicken Soup for Teenagers, Health
Communications, 1997.
Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence, Bantam
Doubleday Dell, 1998. Early chapters focus on the lack of coping
skills among adults and teens.
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By Spc. Samuel Soza, 367th MPADFebruary 6, 2010
The line stretched the length of the USO, and who wouldn't want to meet and get autographs from the Florida Marlins cheerleaders or players or managers'
It was the same for country music star Kellie Pickler professional mixed martial-arts fighter Tito Ortiz and even the band Cracker.
These entertainers did not land themselves in Iraq, however. It all came together thanks in no small part to Contingency Operating Base Basra's award-winning Morale, Welfare and Recreation team.
Jimmy Roddy is an MWR community recreation officer working alongside Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division in the nine provinces that comprise United States Division-South.
"We're here to make sure that the entertainment gets out to all the areas in the South," said the Army brat from Tuscon, Ariz., "Basically from Bucca, which is Umm Qasr, right near Kuwait, up to Kalsu, a little bit south of Baghdad."
"My other responsibilities include being a kind of gym coordinator, seeing what MWR those areas might need," he said.
As a civilian, Roddy does not carry a rifle. Instead, he is armed with lines of communication.
From his desk, he makes purchases for gyms, reallocates extra equipment at various bases and assists in bringing tours of entertainers to the service members in USD-S - like the upcoming tour featuring former Pussycat Doll singer Kaya Jones.
"She'll be in the South, [early] February," he said.
Working such a big area has not forced the MWR team to focus tours on larger bases but rather the opposite, establishing a precedent for touring routes and acts that touch the entire area.
Such was the case when Tito Ortiz visited the area in December and wanted to meet Soldiers at one of the smaller bases.
"That was the first time [patrol base] Minden saw anyone," said Roddy, "Minden's a prime example - because they are so isolated, sometimes it's a logistical nightmare, but if we can get out there, we will."
So few were the Soldiers at Minden that the allotted hour for the meet-and-greet was met with 30 minutes to spare.
That led to a spontaneous trip to the tiny gym at the patrol base, where Ortiz showed the Soldiers some new submission moves for their hand-to-hand repertoire and even had a few takers for some quick matches.
Their resolve to serve troops even in the more remote places of Iraq recently won Roddy and his colleague Emma Burghart the Superior Civilian Service Award.
"That award was mainly for how we made a difference in getting the shows out," he said. "We made a difference, also, in the type of shows. We've started getting bigger names out here and it's because we've shown that we can take care of them."
Part of taking care of the acts directly involves the Soldiers.
"Basically, what we do is [assign tasks to] the units to help," he said, "Without the units, we wouldn't be as successful - whether it's moving the gear to the stage, baggage detail, transportation, security, housing."
The MWR team works with entertainment tours of varying size, both in stardom and personnel.
The ease of coordinating these tours relies on various considerations, Roddy said.
"It depends how big they are," he said, "Kellie Pickler put on more of an acoustic show, so we were able to do two shows a day. Typically, comedians [and] meet-and-greets are two-a-day, but if it's a big band, then there's a lot of equipment, and they'll usually do one show a day."
Roddy said the team does not choose artists or entertainers they prefer.
"It's not about me," he said, "It's about the Soldier."
The Soldiers' feedback is what helps the MWR team know which tours should be invited back and which ones to recommend to other MWR teams across Iraq, he said.
Roddy arrived at COB Basra Sept. 1. In late March, he will make his way back to his station at Camp Darby, Italy, and continue his 11-year career with MWR at the gym there.
"I volunteered to come over here, to see what it's like," he said, "to make a difference."
"I think that what we've done in the past five months has been a great benefit for the Soldiers," he said, "It's a huge team effort, because we couldn't cover all the areas in the south without the units. They do a great job."


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February 1, 2012 1 Comment-
From teaching them how to cross the road to talking about sex, we take big precautions to protect our children from the dangers of the real world. But what about the virtual one? If us adults need to be reminded to keep our online security up-to-date, how are our children … Read More
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There was mega news in the file-sharing world last week as Megaupload was shutdown by the FBI for infringing copyright. This is good news for the entertainment industry, but what about us? Well, the raid might have actually improved our computer security. Ruled by Mr. Dotcom, the Megaupload empire spanned … Read More
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Ok, so I don't know, but your neighbour can find out. Or your spouse. Or boss. If you haven't heard of torrents, you've probably never illegally downloaded any movies or music from the internet. If frequently use torrent websites, however, you could be jeopardising both your computer's security and risking … Read More
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Matt Fraction on FANTASTIC FOUR's Voyage and FF's Mission
Matt Fraction: Yeah, it seemed like a good way to build a community around the title, and get people familiarized, or refamiliarized. There's never a bad reason to revisit the foundation stone of the Marvel Universe.
Nrama: You've found a lot of fun ancillary material, too, like in the letter columns.
Fraction: Yeah, where Alan Weiss has the first letter in the first letter column of Fantastic Four. George R.R. Martin writes in regularly, and Roy Thomas, and Steve Gerber. And you're kind of watching Kirby become Kirby, and the Marvel Universe becoming the Marvel Universe. It's a fun trip.
Nrama: Fantastic Four is obviously a well-known and fairly straightforward concept, but you're surely looking at it a different way now that you're actually writing the books. Are you finding yourself discovering new things about the series, some universal truths?
Fraction: I think there's a reason why they're universal truths. The mixture is kind of right from the get-go. It's terrific. There's a reason why it's the root of the Marvel Universe.
Nrama: Let's recap a bit how the two books work with each other: Fantastic Four and FF feed directly into each other right away, correct?
Fraction: The first storyline involves both books, because it's about this new version of the Future Foundation, and where the Fantastic Four are going, and why. It's sort of one big story.
I wanted it to be weekly, but we — I — couldn't quite manage that. [Laughs.]
It sets both of the stories up, and kind of recalibrates after John's run.
John has written something that's never been done in the Marvel Universe before. He's written I think what's going to be, after Stan and Jack, probably the most definitive run on the book. And this is a book of incredible runs.
Anyway. To do anything like John would be like a pale imitation of what he's done, and not only would just be lousy, but disrespectful, and not cool or good, and not anything anybody would want to read, you know?
So you have to take a moment, and kind of breathe in, and carve out different space. When you see how this stuff ends, it's staggering. It's a staggering piece of work. Now it's kind of a new era. So you have to take a second to kind of size up what that era is, and get into it. Honor the past by carving a new future.
Nrama: It certainly sounds, well, "intimidating" might not be the right word, but…
Fraction: Oh, it's completely intimidating. Intimidating is absolutely the right word.
I had been reading it since it's been coming out, and a couple of days ago re-read it all, soup to nuts. The worst thing you can do is be a bad copy of that, so don't do that.
Nrama: In interviews on the series, you've discussed The Incredibles as a source of inspiration, and that you're going for a similar Pixar-esque territory.
Fraction: Yeah. That's so arrogant, and so presumptuous, and I don't mean it like that but... wasn't it, on some level, infuriating that Pixar made the best superhero movie of all time, and not us? And by "us," I mean anybody involved in comics; I don't mean Marvel Studios. The best FF movie and story was The Incredibles, and it wasn't us!
Nrama: This is such a cheeseball, obvious observation to make, but when invoking things like Pixar movies, since you've got young kids yourself, are you partly motivated to write comics that they can check out themselves sooner rather than later?
Fraction: Oh, of course. Absolutely. There's a reason why books like Astro Boy or Tintin are popular all over the world. It would be great to write something that my kids could read.
Nrama: So given the Pixar comparison, it sounds like this might be your first foray into "all-ages" material?
Fraction: No, don't say that. That means something different to people in comics, something bad.
originally appearing on ComicsAlliance.These movies are hugely popular, and everybody goes to see them and all that, but you don't need to say it's all ages. It ghettoizes things in comics so easily. I would love to avoid using that phrase. I want to write a book that is mass market in the way that Pixar's films appeal to a mass market.
If I get to write something that I would enjoy as much as a young reader, who'd enjoy it on entirely different levels, for entirely different reasons, like a Pixar film, or like the Muppets, or Looney Tunes... I think that's a pretty great goal for comics to have, if we could actually appeal to more than 35-year-old dudes.
I want as many people to read this and enjoy it as possible, and I think it's possible to do these things in a way that you can appeal to a lot of different people, from a lot of different age groups and demographics. After something like what John has done, where it is as complicated a science-fiction novel as comics have ever seen, it's a different take than that.
Nrama: So not all-ages, but aimed at a broader audience than your past work?
Fraction: Absolutely. I finally have a book that I can give to everybody. I've never written something like this before.
Fraction: Yeah, that's the big story. And the gag is, it's like a space-time machine, so they should be able to come back in four minutes, and it'll have been a year for them. So they'll have this grand family adventure for a year, and it'll be four minutes for us on Earth, because that's how long it takes to allow for a safe passage. But they don't come back.
In Fantastic Four we deal with, what happens on this family adventure? What cool stuff happens? And, over the macro arc, why don't they come back at the end of the year? In FF, we deal with these people who are picked to be a replacement Fantastic Four in case of a force majeure or a hand of god kind of catastrophic accident, which clearly has happened. It's one thing to say to your friends, "Oh, sure, sure, if anything happens, I'll take care of your kids." It's another thing for something to actually happen and then you have to take care of the kids. We've got this new Fantastic Four/Future Foundation, and the kids are still in the book.
Nrama: Right, people were curious about that.
Fraction: I just didn't know how to explain that for USA Today in a way that would make sense. Don't worry — they're sticking around.
Fraction: I don't really feel qualified to speak for anyone else. I read about [former Governor of Maine] Angus King doing this with his family, and just thought it was a great idea, just as a parent. When it came to Fantastic Four, it was, "Oh, that'd be fun. What would the Fantastic Four equivalent of home schooling look like?" It wasn't until later that I realized, "Oh wait, this means if somebody needs Reed Richards, he's going to be gone."
And two, I thought, "Well, this is great, everybody's locked in a room together." They're all in this space truck; they're all in the RV. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to hide, no one can quit, no one can leave. It's a chance to really spend time with this family.
Nrama: And over in FF, it's notable that except for the new character Miss Thing, the replacement members all have a lot of history with the Fantastic Four.
Fraction: Right. It was a big discussion for a long time, trying to figure it out in a way that made sense. Except for Johnny, who we kind of got right away — that Johnny would blow it, and ask the girl he was with the night before to fill in for him. [Laughs.] Which I believe was actually Brian Bendis's joke.
There's a reason for everybody to be there.
Fraction: It's important. It's all deliberate. It's an inversion of stuff. Everything you think, yes, I thought. [Laughs.] As the father of a daughter, that kind of stuff, it's important to me. Sue got a bad rap for an awful long time in the Fantastic Four, so a chance to kind of claw at some karma from the other column is welcome.
And it fits with the theme of that book, which is orphans, and building a family out of what you've got, rather than what you were given. A maternal presence is important in that book, parental presence is important — aside from all the kids at the Future Foundation, with where Scott Lang is, and what he's up to, and what he's going through.
Nrama: And what he's going through will directly involve Doctor Doom, given what happened in Avengers: The Children's Crusade, right?
This is their macro arc, this is their reason to being, this is their constant through line: "Let's remove Doom from the equation of life on Earth, and see what happens." But concurrent to that, every FF villain that ever was comes out of the woodwork, gunning for these imposters, thinking now's their time to take their shot. So you've got these people who have not been the Fantastic Four longer than 10 minutes having to fight off all of the latest and greatest versions of the characters you know and love the most. Whereas Fantastic Four is constant new stuff and new places we've not been before, FF is the greatest hits performed by a brand-new band.
Keep reading Newsarama for more with Matt Fraction on Fantastic Four and FF, plus his thoughts on wrapping up Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and Defenders.More from Newsarama:
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What's New at the Museum
June 19, 2016 Fenton Seminar - "Fenton: One year, One month or One run"
There will be another presentation on Fenton Glass by our Vice President Bill Summers, held on June 19 at 11:00am. These presentations have been very popular, and Bill is an excellent presenter. The topic will be Rare Fenton pieces that were available for "one year, one month, or one run! You are going to see some things that are very rarely rare seen! Some are from our museum collection and some are from Bill's collection. We are invited attendees to bring their own Fenton finds to share with other attendees. Free Refreshments! The Gift Shop will be open from noon to four p.m. as well as the entire collection!
May 21, 2016 Redlands Museum Crawl
This annual event highlights the museums in the Redlands area. Participating in the event are the San Bernardino County Museum , The Historical Glass Museum, The Lincoln Memorial Shrine, and Kimberly Crest House and Gardens. We expect to meet and greet many newcomers to the museum on that day. Come one, come all.
April 3 - Silent Auction
On Sunday, April 3, there was a Silent Auction to benefit the Historical Glass Museum in Redlands, held once again at the historic Riverside home of Bill Kleese and Hal Snyder.
March 19-20 - 30% off Sale at the Museum Gift Shop
The Museum has a fully-stocked Gift Shop which consists of donated glass and duplicates from the Museum's collection. Periodically, the quantity of donated glass results in our having to reduce prices to reduce the inventory on hand. Please join us on Saturday March 19 and Sunday March 20, where you may find a treasure for your own collection or a beautiful gift for someone you love. Refreshments will be served.
Here is an easy way to support the Museum
If you like to shop online with Amazon.com, now there is a way you can do so and support the Historical Glass Museum in the process. Begin your Amazon session by following this link: This will take you to the Amazon login, and whatever your order after signing in this way will result in 0.5% of the purchase price being donated to the Museum. It doesn't cost you anything - the donation comes from Amazon itself. So, if you shop Amazon with any regularity, this is a painless way to support the Museum.
Video of the Historical Glass Museum
Here's a nice bonus - a video featuring a tour of the Museum, courtesy of the Inland Explorer. Watch and enjoy !


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MoneyGram adds two executives for Asian and online markets
Dallas money transfer company MoneyGram announced today that it has added two executives to oversee emerging markets and self-service channels.
Yogesh Sangle is senior regional director for Asia, while Andrew Typrin joins as the company's vice president of MoneyGram's online business.
The company is growing its self-service channels, which includes online, mobile, account deposit and kiosks. The company plans to generate 15 percent to 20 percent of its revenue from self-service channels in 2017.
Sangle previously worked at PayPal's Asia Pacific region with experience in banking and payment solutions. He is based in Singapore.
Typrin's previous experience include Amazon. He also founded a consumer payments company, National Payment Network.


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A spectacular alpine resort with magnificent scenery, Queenstown is set on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu and is a four season destination.
A trip aboard the historic TSS Earnslaw is one of the town's iconic experiences – much more than a lake cruise, this is a trip back in time, a vantage point for some of the world's most spectacular scenery, plus your ticket to a working sheep station.
Disembarking at Walter Peak High Country Farm there are many ways to experience a traditional New Zealand way of life. You can choose to interact with animals in a Farm Tour, head into the high country with a Horse Trek or explore further afield and check out Lord of the Rings locations with the Guided Cycle Tour or Mavora Lakes High Country Tour.
Most tours include a superb morning or afternoon tea at the Colonel's Homestead Restaurant and time for a wander around the glorious lakeside colonial gardens. You can stay for a sizzling Gourmet Barbecue Lunch or make a special dinner trip culminating in an expansive evening meal. If you are looking for a superb restaurant in Queenstown, the Colonel's Homestead Restaurant is more than just dining but an experience in itself!
The TSS Earnslaw is a 'must do' activity in Queenstown, and you'll surely be disappointed if you don't plan to stay a while at her destination.
Queenstown is the perfect place to base yourself and explore the local areas - we offer a range of activities and tours from Queenstown to Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Te Anau and Stewart Island.


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ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series is terrific because it hits a number of audiences–sports fans, documentary lovers, and nostalgia buffs–in one fell swoop. But what makes it special is that it proves sports is really about the human experience, not just the games.
So, I'm pretty excited over the new slate of films, which begin airing in October. Here it is, along with some notes. The Sherman Report has the full summaries. All programs run 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Tuesday, Oct. 1 – Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (a look at the life of the iconic Hawaiian big wave surfer)
Tuesday, Oct. 8, – Free Spirits (covering the ABA's wackiest, most enigmatic team, the Spirits of St. Louis, which featured Marvin "Bad News" Barnes and a young broadcaster named Bob Costas)
Tuesday, Oct. 15, – No Mas (on the legendary Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard boxing matches in 1980)
Tuesday, Oct. 22, – Big Shot (about the "sale" of the New York Islanders to John Spano)
Tuesday, Oct. 29. – This Is What They Want (directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien of Rounders fame examine Jimmy Connors' unlikely run at the 1991 U.S. Open)
Tuesday, Nov. 5 – Tonya and Nancy (about the Harding and Kerrigan figure-skating scandal in 1994.)
Here's hoping Bill Simmons and company get around to the following topics down the road: the XFL, the rise and fall of The National, the death of Bison Dele, and Ralph Sampson.


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Do you have a bibliophile in your life that you are looking to surprise with a gift this holiday season? Well, here is a list of books that would melt the heart of any book lover. At the beginning of the list I've included books that are related to religious studies but there are a couple books at the end that would appeal to any reader.
Jewish Concepts of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction edited by Benjamin D. Sommer. A deeply fascinating book that discusses how the Jewish community from the rabbinic to modern period viewed the Bible.
Inheriting Abraham by Jon Levenson. Jon Levenson is on my "read everything they write" list and in this book he points out that Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities each have different understandings and traditions surrounding Abraham. Therefore, he questions whether "Abrahamic religions" is a useful concept.
In Defense of Religious Moderation by William Egginton. Egginton's motivation in this book is to demonstrate that "fundamentalism," or an epistemic stance in which one is absolutely certain that they are able to accurately discern the universe's code of codes, is separate from religious belief. Accordingly, he believes that the best antidote to religious violence and fanaticism is not atheism but a more modest, or moderate, religious sensibility. While I think he at times stretches his case and doesn't quite understand some of the Church matriarchs and patriarch, it is a deeply fascinating book that easily moves between discussion of The Matrix, Richard Rorty, Islam and back again.
The Bible and the Believer by Marc Brettler, Peter Enns, and Daniel Harrington. A Jew, a Protestant, and a Roman Catholic (no, this isn't a joke) each discuss how they hold together their religious faith while simultaneously engaging the biblical text from a perspective that takes into account contemporary scholarly advances. If you know someone who is serious about cultivating a religiously informed intellectual life then you need to get them this book. Needless to say, everyone who is studying the Bible in both academic and worship communities will greatly benefit from it.
A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church by Ephraim Radner. An interesting and provocative book that tries to explore the oneness of God as conceived within Christian theology in relation to the often fratricidal tendencies of the Christian community both historically and in the present (think of all those church splits and fired seminary professors you've heard of not to mention the Crusades). The book sets forward a path for Christians that centers upon giving up parts of oneself in order to live in harmony and seek peace. As one who tires of being attacked by my fellow Christians and, even more, who is continually discouraged to see my Christian friends in the academy get ground down by the gears of "Christian" power, this book was a breath of fresh air and a strong personal challenge.
Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet. An absolutely marvelous little reflection upon personal book collection. Bonnet accumulated a personal library of tens of thousands of volumes and speaks from a heart in love with books. This is a must-read for any bibliophile.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. A fun novel about a guy who works in a San Francisco bookstore and stumbles upon a secret society that is trying to break a code made by Aldus Manutius, one of the world's most significant book printers. You can read the short story that the novel was based on, but the novel takes the basic story line and extends it quite a bit.


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Multilevel Streaming for Out-of-Core Surface Reconstruction
Matthew Bolitho, Michael Kazhdan
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Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2007, Pages 69-78.
Reconstruction of surfaces from huge collections of scanned points often requires out-of-core techniques, and most such techniques involve local computations that are not resilient to data errors. We show that a Poisson-based reconstruction scheme, which considers all points in a global analysis, can be performed efficiently in limited memory using a streaming framework. Specifically, we introduce a multilevel streaming representation, which enables efficient traversal of a sparse octree by concurrently advancing through multiple streams, one per octree level. Remarkably, for our reconstruction application, a sufficiently accurate solution to the global linear system is obtained using a single iteration of cascadic multigrid, which can be evaluated within a single multi-stream pass. We demonstrate scalable performance on several large datasets.
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Linux Executable (64bit)
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Previous Release - Build 689 - 21 December 2007
Source Code, Documentation and Binaries
This release contains a number of bug fixes and new features.
Compilation on 32bit platforms is now supported
Compilation on Mac OSX is now supported. Please report any build problems.
Multithreading support is included on Windows. The second pass (solver) is now multithreaded. The construction and surface extraction passes will be multithreaded in a future release.
Multithreading support on Linux/Mac OSX is experimental and can be enabled by editing Reconstructor/Src/Config.hpp and recompiling from source.
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You've already met Kevin Corcoran, one of New York's ye olde finest, and his cohorts and consorts. And you've already received your map of present-day relics of NYC's bloody past. Now it's time to go behind the scenes of the brand-new original BBC America show, Copper.
Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson (Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man) is among the executive producers, and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on the Streets) is one of the co-creators — and both are exceedingly inspired by the disease-ridden, crime-infested streets of New York City's Civil War period. Just look at Fontana's eyes light up as he describes their fictional Five Points as his "Disneyland." It's true — he and the rest of the team meticulously recreated the neighborhood, but this is no costume drama. It's a show about a guy trying to impart some measure of societal order while searching for his missing wife and daughter's killer. That he conducts his police work in brothels and saloons while wearing a bowler hat is incidental (albeit, trendy).


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Northeastern University
100 Junior Coaches from 27 Playworks schools will be coming together for two days of fun, educational and FREE programming during their February vacation at Sport in Society & Playworks MetroBoston's signature event. Students will participate in goal-setting, public speaking, team-building and anti-bullying workshops. Students will also share best practices during a Games Showcase and experience Northeastern University through the eyes of a college student. Learn more here!


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Over 75 percent of North America's gadwall population winters along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coasts. Gadwalls frequent the coastal marshes in these states and typically rank first or second among all duck species in terms of number harvested. Despite their significance to hunters in this region, waterfowl biologists have a relatively poor understanding of gadwall habitat use, regional and long-range movements, and over-winter survival rates. Gadwalls spend extensive time feeding during the winter, hence habitat quality and quantity and disturbance maybe important factors influencing choice of wintering areas, regional movements, and over-winter survival rates. Consequently, the Gulf Coast Joint Venture (GCJV), Ducks Unlimited (DU), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Louisiana State University have initiated a cooperative research effort to better understand winter movements and survival of gadwall. A pilot research study was conducted during fall and winter 2006-2007 to assist with the development of a full-scale study during 2007 – 2009. Results of this research will be used to evaluate current GCJV conservation strategies that focus on restoring habitats to attract and support wintering gadwalls.
1) Estimate habitat use by female gadwalls during winter in coastal Louisiana.
2) Quantify large scale movements of female gadwalls during winter in coastal Louisiana.
3) Document spring migration corridors, chronology, and indicated breeding areas of female gadwall that winter in coastal Louisiana.
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True Religion
True Religion Jeans transcend the denim jean market with awe-inspiring originality. True Religion was founded in 2002 to take denim into a refreshing new direction. The Los Angeles-based premium denim company uses intense attention to the details, from the fashion-forward seams, to the amazing embroidery and the unique hand-sanded vintage washes that distinguish True Religion as a leader in the designer jean market.
Married couple, Jeffrey and Kim Lubell have combined his classic rock looks and her hip-hop and R&B style to produce their "True Religion", a transcending denim line made to exceed consumer's expectations of designer denim apparel. Jeff was quoted recently saying "My life is about fashion. I joined the denim revolution in 1998. There were many brands of jeans, but none I wanted to wear. So I created the Bella Dahl, Jefri Jeans, and then Hippie Brand labels. Now there is True Religion Brand Jeans. The superstar of jeans. There is always something unique, something indefinably amazing about a superstar. A superstar is constantly creating, innovating, staying ahead, like True Religion Brand Jeans."
Celebrity watch: Ryan Seacrest is often seen in his True Religions on American Idol.


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This extremely high-quality 12V working light has a nicely detailed metal coach lamp with body that unscrews to allow access to the bulb. A plug is included with the light. Uses #2101 replacement bulbs.
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> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Russ Allbery <email@example.com>
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>>> And that is the scenario where direct SPNEGO / NTLMSSP solutions are
>>> going to perform better.[/color]
>> If by "better" you mean "pretty much the same," yes, modulo the
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> No, I definitely meant "better".
> With direct SPNEGO we 401 the initial HTTP request, accept one GSSAPI
> token and get a TGT.
> With something like WebAuth, the client is redirected to a central
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> With Plexcel we can do SPNEGO, check group membership (we extract the
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Definition of bateleur in English:
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A short-tailed African eagle with mainly black plumage and a bare red face.
- Terathopius ecaudatus, family Accipitridae.
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- Keep your eyes open for raptors - especially the distinctive bateleur eagles that are common here.
- Lacking a long tail, the bateleur rocks side to side in flight, a mechanism for steering.
Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'acrobat, juggler' (with reference to the side-to-side tilting motion of the bird in flight).
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The Unknown was a formidable opponent but it all ended too quickly. arjun, jarod, sarah and robbie all made a fatal mistake.
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Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee (HSSTAC)
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The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee (HSSTAC) will meet on April 7-8, 2014, in Washington, DC. The meeting will be partially closed to the public.
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The HSSTAC will meet Monday, April 7, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday, April 8, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meeting may close early if the committee has completed its business.
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Materials that are provided to committee members during the open portions of the meeting will also be provided to the public. Go to this url: http://www.dhs.gov/st-hsstac and click on the meeting dates to access the meeting briefings. To facilitate public participation, we invite public comment on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the "Supplementary Information" below. Comments may be submitted orally, in writing, or both. If submitting in writing, please include the docket number (DHS-2014-0003) and submit via one of the following methods before April 4, 2014:
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Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (92). The HSSTAC was established under 6 U.S.C. Section 450, and operates in accordance with the provisions of the FACA. The committee addresses areas of interest and importance to the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, such as new developments in systems engineering, cyber-security, knowledge management and how best to leverage related technologies funded by other federal agencies and by the private sector. It also advises the Under Secretary on policies, management processes, and organizational constructs as needed.
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Dated: March 4, 2014.
Daniel M. Gerstein,
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At Bell Labs, Professor Forrest investigated photodetectors for optical communications. In 1985, he joined the Electrical Engineering and Materials Science Departments at USC where he worked on optoelectronic integrated circuits and organic semiconductors. In 1992, Professor Forrest became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. He served as the Director of the National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology and as the Director of Princeton's Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM). From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Chair of the Princeton's Electrical Engineering Department. He was appointed the CSM Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at the National University of Singapore from 2004 to 2009. In 2006, he rejoined the University of Michigan as Vice President for Research and as the William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. A Fellow of the APS, IEEE, OSA, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, he received the IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award from 1996 to1997 and,in 1998, he was a co-recipient of the IPO National Distinguished Inventor Award as well as the Thomas Alva Edison Award for innovations in organic LEDs. In 1999, Professor Forrest received the MRS Medal for work on organic thin films. In 2001, he was awarded the IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award for advances made on photodetectors for optical communications systems. In 2006, he received the Jan Rajchman Prize from the Society for Information Display for the invention of phosphorescent OLEDs and, in 2007, he was a recipient of the IEEE Daniel Nobel Award for innovations in OLEDs. Professor Forrest has authored approximately 510 papers in refereed journals and has 236 patents. He is a co-founder and or founding participant in several companies including Sensors Unlimited, Epitaxx, Inc., Global Photonic Energy Corp., Universal Display Corp. (NASDAQ: PANL) and ASIP, Inc., and is on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials and PD-LD, Inc. He also is the Chairman of the Board of Ann Arbor's SPARK, the region's economic development organization.
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Management of Singlet and Triplet Excitons for Efficient White Organic Light Emitting Devices, (Y. Sun, N. Giebink, H. Kanno, B. Ma, M.E. Thompson, and S.R. Forrest), Nature 440, 908 (2006).
White Stacked Electrophosphorescent Organic Light-emitting Devices Employing MoO3 as a Charge Generation Layer, (H. Kanno, R.J. Holmes, Y. Sun and S.R. Forrest), Adv. Mat. 18, 339 (2006).
Photonic Integration Using Asymmetric Twin-Waveguide (ATG) Technology. I. Concepts and Theory, (F. Xia, V.M. Menon, and S.R. Forrest), IEEE J. Sel. Topics in Quant. Electron. 11, 17 (2005).
Controlled Growth of a Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cell, (F. Yang, M. Shtein, and S.R. Forrest), Nat. Mater. 4, 39 (2004).
Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling and Exciton Hybridization in a Thermally Evaporated Polycrystalline Film of an Organic Small Molecule, (R.J. Holmes and S.R. Forrest), Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 186404 (2004).
Organic Small Molecule Solar Cells with a Homogeneously Mixed Copper Phthalocyanine: C60 Active Layer, (S. Uchida, J. Xue, B.P. Rand and S.R. Forrest), Appl. Phys. Lett 84, 4218 (2004).
The Path to Ubiquitous and Low Cost Organic Electronic Appliances on Plastic, (S.R. Forrest), Nature (London), invited 428, 911 (2004).
Control of Quality Factor and Critical Coupling in Microring Resonators Through Integration of a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, (V.M. Menon, W. Tong, and S.R. Forrest), IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, 1343 (2004).
High Efficiency Phosphorescent Emission From Organic Electroluminescent Devices, (M.A. Baldo, D.F. O'Brien, Y. You, A. Shoustikov, M.E. Thompson and S.R. Forrest), Nature 395, 151 (1998).
Ultrathin Organic Films Grown by Organic Molecular Beam Deposition and Related Techniques, (S.R. Forrest), Chem. Rev. 97, 1793 (1997).
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In response to an FCW article published Jan. 28 headlines "What feds can learn from Coca-Cola's data breach," a reader opined that government employee terminations could get ugly if they follow industry's course regarding IT security. The reader wrote:
"So one of the big lessons is the terminated employee should have his/her rights terminated immediately as well. In private industry, an employee might be sitting at his/her desk and security walks up and says, 'your services are no longer needed' and the employee is given 10 minutes to gather his/her personal belongings and is escorted out of the building. This is where this recommendation will lead in the [government]."
Frank Konkel responds: I don't think quick goodbyes are necessarily a bad thing under the correct circumstances, especially under the pressure IT organizations are under to prevent unwanted data breaches and enforce the best possible cybersecurity policies. It is clear from Coca-Cola's response that it had policies in place at the time that would have prevented the breach. Had company officials actually followed them, perhaps a former employee wouldn't have strolled out of Coke's Atlanta headquarters with the personal information of 74,000 employees, suppliers and contractors.
As Tony Busseri, CEO of Route1, said in the article, policies are effective only if they are actually implemented. Coca-Cola received a big wakeup call, as have Target and Neiman Marcus in recent months, and that wakeup call should echo to government. Yes, federal employees should be afforded every possible employment right, but at the end of the day, if an employee has access to classified information, trade data or other sensitive types of information -- and that employee is terminated for any reason -- does it pose more risk to the mission to keep the employee on for two weeks or to wave a quick goodbye? In 2006, one stolen device containing unencrypted data ultimately cost the Department of Veterans Affairs more than $20 million and severely damaged its reputation. Imagine what a disgruntled terminated employee could have cost them. Terminated employees know where weaknesses are in organizations – the connection to networks, technology and any sensitive data should be severed the moment their employment is.
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First, the situation in VA that was referenced is bunk. While some may claim it cost $20M, those of us on the inside know that's hardly true. And if folks looked at how it happened, with an open mind, they'd see that the failure was hardly with the employee. At bestit was an over reaction, and the truth is that the $20M it's touted as costing was saved 100-fold in the previous years by not spending money on security "junk" that would have possibly prevented those $20M from being spent. Look at why cyber has spent in VA since those $20M were spent in an email and credit check effort, and you'll see that $20M was a drop in the bucket. But your point is not lost, employees who know corporate "dirty little secrets" are a challenge for bad management. But that's a story worth doing in VA, isn't it? In VA poor IT leadership is the norm, angry employees are plentiful, and it's getting worse by the day at the Secretary allows Warren to run a wrecking ball into the agency. They both seem to be the VA's most angry employees.
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If you're like most Android users, your Share menu is cluttered with options you never use. Every time you want to share something, you have to scroll and hunt for the app you're after. It doesn't have to be that way. This is a simple tweak: It's free, it doesn't require you to root your device or play with any system files, and it is completely reversible. Doesn't get much better than that.
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Here's what we're going for: To the left, you see my phone's default Share menu. Yes, it's nice and bright, but it's not usable. There's lots of wasted space between the icons, and what's worse, it has lots and lots of entries I can't see without scrolling. To the right is the tweaked menu: It's dark, and there are actually less entries on the screen at one time (8 vs. 10 in the default). But these are entries I picked – apps I actually share to, and they don't require scrolling. Note the two buttons on the bottom of the dialog; we'll get to those in a moment.
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That's the secret — a simple free app called AppChooser. Install it, and it won't even show up in your app drawer. Instead, the first time you try to share an item after AppChooser has been installed, you'll get this: Android will ask which app you'd like to use to complete the Share action. Choose AppChooser, and you'll get the simple menu you see on the right. At its default state, it has all the same entries you had before, and isn't any shorter.
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What's cool about AppChooser is how elegantly it works: You don't have a Settings dialog to wade through. To hide an app from the Share menu, just long-press it. AppChooser will prompt you to confirm, and once you do, that entry will be gone from the Share menu. Just like that. To change the sorting order, tap the bottom-left icon, and pick an ordering that works for you. Of course, in order for Frequency and History to work right, you need to be using AppChooser for some time.
This simple interface has one gotcha: If you accidentally remove an app, you need to restore all apps to get it back… And then hide the ones you didn't want one by one. This is why you should not choose to disable the "do you really want to hide?" prompt. Finally, you should know AppChooser isn't the only game in town: We've previously reviewed Andmade Share which is somewhat similar, but feels more dated.
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AppChooser is a simple and elegant solution to a daily Android annoyance. It is implemented in a way that isn't intrusive, and most important, it just works. Try it out and share your thoughts below.


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View the original review at: http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/no-shoes-no-shirt-no-problems-kenny-chesney
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems' carefree title and cover photo don't hint at the gravity of its concerns. Fully half the songs are about the elusive pleasures and lingering consequences of the past—It's yesterday again here inside my mind, he sings on "I Remember," one of several tunes that fixate on regret.
That doesn't mean all these tales have sad endings: "Never Gonna Feel Like That Again" begins in helpless nostalgia and ends with happiness in the present. And some songs aren't sad at all; the title cut is just as laid-back and untroubled as you'd imagine. But the album leaves us (except for a surprise hidden track) with a sprawling rendition of Bruce Springsteen's spellbinding snapshot of love painfully dying, "One Step Up."
Musically, No Shoes is crisp and commanding, from the walloping drums on the opening hit "Young" to the aggressive guitars of "Live Those Songs." But Kenny's commanding voice always cuts through, keeping the focus on the contemplative lyrics.
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems is the sound of a man taking a long, hard look at where he's been, and where he's going. Listen in, and you can do the same.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Pride Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Story.Paragraph) or (Story.Section.Paragraph) if applicable.
Quote #10
My friend has so often astonished me in the course of our adventures that it was with a sense of exultation that i realized how completely I had astonished him. (Second Stain.84)
Watson isn't the only one with pride in these stories. Watson normally takes pride in his friend, but he has his own sense of pride as well and seems to really enjoy the rare occasions where he can best Holmes and possibly put a dent in Holmes's overconfidence.