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About IT Management Program at Cisco Live
We are excited to announce a dedicated IT Management Program, exclusively targeting IT Leaders at Cisco Live Melbourne 2016! Register early as space is limited.
Businesses increasingly rely on the IT department to lead innovation and drive value. This requires a leader equally at ease with changing business strategies and evolving technologies. Cisco Live's IT Management Program brings together the special mix of business savvy and technical expertise you need to help your organisation innovate and thrive.
This two and a half day event is designed specifically for IT leaders to focus on personal, business and technology leadership. We'll explore the most important technology shifts impacting IT organisations today - cloud services, virtualisation, agile process management and digitisation Network with your peers and meet with Cisco IT executives, and benefit from the latest industry thought leadership.
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if array is still empty then it means for some reason cookie didnt set.
is there any way to do it with explode?
$_COOKIE is already an array.
ok, but i want to split the array
The array is already split. What you're asking doesn't make any sense.
$_COOKIE is an array
e.g. array( key => value, key => value, key => value)
Explode is meant to take a string like "this is a test" and explode it into
array( 0 => this, 1 => is, 2 => a, 3 => test )
If you're trying to turn the array into a string, you want implode.
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now how would i do a for loop to search for a certain cookie, and then put that cookie value into a variable?
Can you give me a better example of what it is you have and what you're trying to find through a loop? Maybe some code that you're trying to get to work?
setcookie('TestCookie', $value) would be read back with $_COOKIE
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Report: Aldon Smith could face gun charges
Smith on lawsuit: 'I'm focusing on playing against Green Bay'
Ronndale Esporlas' lawsuit against Aldon Smith claims he and Delanie Walker were drunk and shooting off guns during Smith's house party last June. (USA TODAY IMAGES)
Outside linebacker Aldon Smith reportedly could face charges of possessing illegal assault rifles, which is punishable by the possibility of probation and up to three years in jail.
The Santa Clara Count District Attorney's office is leaning toward prosecuting Smith, the Bay Area News Group reported Thursday.
Smith purchased the weapons in Arizona, where they are legal, but Smith allegedly failed to modify them to comply with California's gun laws, according to the report, which cited sources familiar with the case.
Three guns were discovered by Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies after a large house party hosted by Smith and his roommate in the East San Jose foothills got out of control in June 2012, according to the report.
Smith sustained "minor" stab wounds to his shoulder and abdomen as he attempted to break up a fight, sources told CSNBayArea.com. He was treated and released that morning. Two gunshot victims and one stabbing victim were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening wounds.
Earlier this week, Ronndale Esporlas filed the lawsuit in Santa Clara County against Smith and former 49ers tight end Delanie Walker. The lawsuit claims Smith and Walker repeatedly and illegally fired weapons on numerous occasions during the June party.
Esporlas alleges in the lawsuit he suffered "serious, catastrophic and permanent injuries" when he was caught in a "crossfire" of bullets in the early morning of June 30, 2012.
Esporlas stated he does not know who shot him, but he is claiming negligence and "premises liability." He alleges Smith and Walker were drunk and shooting off guns. Esporlas' injuries are not detailed in the lawsuit.
When asked Wednesday about the lawsuit, Smith said he was not caught off-guard. He said his focus this week is on the 49ers' season opener on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.
"Things happen," Smith said. "You just got to focus on the things that you do. So I'm focusing on playing against Green Bay, and see how it goes."


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The frontrunner: Mike DiFelice
Others in the Running: Brandon Inge
Sleeper Pick: none
This figures to be an interesting battle this spring between the youngster and the veteran. DiFelice was signed this offseason to back up Inge, but with the signing of Ivan Rodriguez, Inge lost his starting job. Bobby Estalella had signed a minor league contract with the Tigers and had hopes of possibly pushing Inge for the starting spot, but the signing of Rodriguez squashed those hopes, and he asked to be released from his contract. The Tigers will try and move Inge around to see if he could possibly become some type of utility player, but it could be hard to keep him around when his bat has always been his biggest deficiency. Inge is a front office favorite, but the Tigers might be forced to move him before camp breaks.
The frontrunner: To Be Determined
Others in the Running: Danny Klassen, Warren Morris, Greg Norton, Pablo Ozuna, Omar Infante
Sleeper Pick: Don Kelly
This is easily the most open of all the battles heading into Spring Training. Sometimes teams will carry two backup Infielders, however, with Dmitri Young able to play both corner positions, and Carlos Guillen also able to slide over to Third if necessary, the Tigers will more than likely concentrate their efforts on someone who can fill in up the middle. Warren Morris was a solid Second Baseman for the Tigers last year, however, his inability to play other positions will probably eliminate him from contention. Greg Norton would be an excellent backup for Eric Munson at the hot corner, but he also can't swing around to other positions on the diamond. The Tigers figure to want to keep Omar Infante in AAA for seasoning, so this battle figures to boil down to Pablo Ozuna and Danny Klassen. Klassen was with the Tigers last year, Ozuna was signed as a minor league free agent. This will be a battle down to the wire.
The Frontrunner: To Be Determined
Others in the Running: Andres Torres, Ben Petrick, Brandon Inge, ?
Sleeper Pick: Cody Ross
While the backup Infield position has plenty of people in contention, the same cannot be said for the Outfield. The Tigers currently only have five Outfielders on the 40-man roster (White, Sanchez, Higginson, Young and Monroe), and all five will be on the squad. Unfortunately, that still leaves the Tigers without a legitimate backup in Center. Torres and Petrick both have experience there, but neither was overly impressive last season. Inge will audition for the spot, but don't expect any miracles. Cody Ross has made a remarkable return from his torn ACL in September, but he doesn't have much experience in Centerfield either, plus the Tigers would prefer he play everyday for Toledo this season. So, where does that leave the Tigers? Good question. If neither Torres or Petrick steps up, they'll probably be looking to swing some type of trade to acquire a backup – possibly using Inge as trade bait.
Onto the pitchers, four of the five rotation spots figured to be set, and 5 relievers have guaranteed contracts, so they also figure to make the squad. However, that still leaves the Tigers one starter and at least one reliever short.
The Frontrunner: LHP Nate Robertson
Others in the Running: RHP Gary Knotts, RHP Esteban Yan, RHP Shane Loux, free agent
Sleeper Pick: LHP Rob Henkel
While the Tigers are pretty set with RHP's Jason Johnson, Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Cornejo and LHP Mike Maroth in the rotation, they are still without a fifth starter. Right now, Robertson appears to have the inside track, as he held the spot for the last six weeks of last season – with inconsistent results. Knotts was a starter for the beginning of last season, but he fell out favor with Manager Alan Trammell quickly and spent much of the season in Toledo. Yan was signed as an undrafted free agent, but hasn't started in years and wasn't even overly impressive as a reliever last year. Loux has yet to prove he can be successful at the major league level, and could become destined to be a career minor leaguer as he is running out of opportunities. The Tigers are still on the market for a free agent starter like RHP Pedro Astacio, but there's no telling if anything will happen with that. Henkel has an outside chance, but look for him to spend the year in AAA Toledo refining his skills and trying to figure out how to stay healthy for an entire season.
The Frontrunner: RHP Chris Spurling
Others in the Running: RHP Franklyn German, RHP Chris Mears, RHP Gary Knotts, LHP Eric Eckenstahler, LHP Mike Bumatay, RHP Shane Loux
Sleeper Pick: RHP Lino Urdaneta
The Tigers middle relief appears to be solid this season with Fernando Rodney closing, and Danny Patterson, Matt Anderson, Al Levine and Jamie Walker all working setup. However, that still leaves the Tigers without a legitimate long reliever and one or two openings in the bullpen. Spurling was a rule-5 selection last year and held his own as a middle reliever, which is where he projects to be long term. However, German still has potential closer stuff, as long as he can keep under control. Mears was serviceable last season, but doesn't have anything exciting that will entice the Tigers to keep him. Knotts and Loux could both fulfill the role as a long reliever, but neither has ever worked out of the bullpen before for an extensive period of time. If Trammell decides he wants two lefties in the pen, then Eckenstahler and Bumatay should have a heated competition – Eckenstahler has a great curve but doesn't have great control, Bumatay has yet to prove anything beyond AA as a rule-5 pick. Urdaneta is another rule-5 selection, but is extremely raw and the Tigers more than likely only view him as a potential player down the road and would carry him only for the future.
This altogether brings the Tigers to 24 players, still one short of the allowed 25. This last spot will be left open for whatever Trammell feels his team is still missing. He may decide to spend the spot on Rule-5 selection Chris Shelton, a great hitter without a true position. Or, Trammell may want another arm in the bullpen and take two of the noted relievers above. The possibility also exists that the Tigers will keep Inge around, even if he doesn't win the job as backup Catcher, in which case he'd probably be in addition to everyone else. Or, it could be a player not even mentioned, maybe not even starting camp with the Tigers. So, the possibilities are endless. But when reviewing the roster, for the first time in a while, one gets a feeling of reassurance, as there are no real question marks – no worries as to whether or not Ramon Santiago or Omar Infante can step up and be the full time Shortstop, no worries of who on earth the Tigers are going to have coming out of the bullpen. For the first time in a while, the Tigers have major league ballplayers.


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Israeli authorities say thousands of security forces are making final preparations for a series of Arab protests expected Friday in Israel and along its borders with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Arab countries.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says security was heightened on Thursday afternoon. Various police units were moved to different parts of the country.
The Israeli military is also stepping up its preparations. It says it is ready for "any eventuality" and will do "whatever is necessary" to protect the country's borders.
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Skip to comments.PUERTO RICO: ABC Report Highly Critical of Anti-Navy Protesters (Did ABC finally get one right?)
Posted on 03/29/2003 12:31:28 PM PST by 4Freedom
Those who protested the Navy exercises on Vieques "want bombs to stop falling from the sky, but they want money to keep falling" to Puerto Rico.
That more or less was the gist of a critical report, aired Friday night over ABC to millions of stateside viewers, of efforts to keep Roosevelt Roads Naval Station open after the Navy ends exercises on Vieques on May 1.
The report, featured on the 20/20 news show by commentator John Stossel, suggested that keeping Roosevelt Roads open after the Navy leaves Vieques was "a waste of taxpayer money."
Stossel, who usually hosts a segment entitled "Give Me a Break," which spotlights excessive federal spending, noted that Adm. Robert Natter, head of the Atlantic Fleet, said he did not need Roosevelt Roads anymore.
The 20/20 commentator noted that the base contributes $300 million a year to the local economy, and its possible closing has upset the politicians who protested the use of Vieques by the Navy.
"It's as if some of the protesters want bombs to stop falling from the sky, but they want money to keep falling," said Stossel.
U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y. was quoted on the report saying the Navy wants to close the base to punish the protesters.
"[The Navy] says, 'We'll fix you. We're getting out. And we're taking everything,'" Stossel quoted Serrano as telling him.
Serrano said it was up to Congress to decide on whether the base closes, and with the presidential election coming up and everyone courting Latino votes, he predicted that the Navy will stay put.
"When the president realizes that it's getting close to 2004, and this becomes another Latino political issue again, he's gonna tell them, you don't have to go. And they won't go," Serrano was quoted as saying.
Stossel ends the segment by saying: "He [Serrano] may be right. With votes at stake, politicians may spend millions on a base the Navy doesn't even want. Give me a break!"
Many e-mails to the show's Web site opined on the matter. One from doradodown said: "I agree with Adm. Natter. It really burns me to hear the arrogance of people like Serrano who so smugly declare that politicians whoring for votes will back his sentiments. If Puerto Ricans want their independence, I say, great! Give it to them."
According to DatonaBikerBabe: "I think Congress and the president should unilaterally grant Puerto Rico independence as well - with zero foreign aid. They don't want to be American. They want to be independent, with government aid."
But hectormaria had a different take on the issue.
Noting that base closings always stir up out-cries from residents of the surrounding areas because of the economic impact, the writer said that in the case of Vieques "problems created outweighed the economic advantages, therefore they wanted the bombing practice to end."
The writer agreed with Serrano that the Navy was trying to punish all Puerto Ricans "for daring to ask them for the closing" of the Vieques target area.
"Thousands of Puerto Ricans have died protecting those rights you and the Navy so cavalierly want to deny fellow American citizens. Your report simply smacks of 'yellow journalism,'" said hectormaria.
This is the same stupid argument I keep hearing over and over. It galls me.
Thousands of Germans, Irish, Czechs, Poles, British, Italians, Greeks, French and men and women from almost every country on earth have died in combat wearing the uniform of the United States military.
Why do we owe Puerto Rico $18.8 billion dollars plus in hand-outs, each year, that we don't give any other country whose immigrants to the USA died in the service of our country?
Puerto Rico and the rest of the free world owe the United States.
Have they started calling for Stossel's resignation?
True. The problem is the island is split into nearly identical size factions, and the left wing is really very radical--Castro radical. Puerto Ricans who consider themselves Americans are plentiful, but they get no airplay.
Branding all Puerto Ricans as leftists is like characterizing all Americans on the basis of what happens between San Francisco and Seatlle, or East of the Hudson River. Although you must admit the lefties are a far larger proportion of the population than in the continental US.
How do you propose increasing the visibility of pro US Puerto Ricans?
It is the world's largest U.S. Naval Station.
It was built partially to house the British Royal Family in the event of they're having to flee England in WWII.
It employs many Puerto Rican citizens.
The Officer's Club is the "Casa Coqui". Home of the "Rat Bat".
There are two opposing perspectives regarding Puerto Rico's status:
I happen to hold that the second perspective is proper. But even the first perspective, with which I personally disagree, shows what an ignorant and illigitimate arguement you present. Your incessant anti-Puerto Rican diatribes are the product of an irredeemably twisted and bigotted mind.
First, reject the label. Calling yourself Hispanic is like calling yourself an "English speaker". It's meaningful only to people who want to foster identity politics so they can ignore individuals. I have relatives from Puerto Rico, and relatives from Mexico. They acknowledge that they have very little in common.
Then when you turn to the Republican community you have to face comments like those above, making you feel like you don't belong there either.
There are nativists and xenophobes of both persuasions. I think the major distinction is that racism or group identity politics is an accidental characteristic of some conservatives, whereas it is an actual policy of the left. The liberals mask theirs with condescension. You belong where the truth is.
Three of the most powerful people in the country are black, and they are Republicans. There is no black figure of any real power in the supposedly "tolerant" party. The first Hispanic on the US Supreme court will be Republican--if the Democrats don't block him. I'll let you judge where the really bigotted people are for yourself--on the basis of what they do.
Puerto Rico is way closer to being an independent country than it is to being a state.
I believe that the $18.8 billion plus in U.S. Taxpayer's hand-outs to the ingrates in Puerto rico should be stopped immediately.
hand-out: 1. CHARITABLE GIFT something such as money or food given as charity to somebody in need.
Encarta World English Dictionary 1999
Puerto Rico has never given the USA anything of equal value in return for all the $100's of billions in charitable hand-outs we've lavished on the residents of the island.
Never more than 46.49% of the residents of Puerto Rico have ever voted for statehood even when as many as 75% of them were collecting Food Stamps and they accounted for 10% of all of the Food Stamps dispenced by the U.S. Taxpayers.
Here's a brief History of all of the murder and mayhem committed by Puerto Rican Terrorists since 1936.
Here's some of the low-lites:
1950 - Puerto Rican terrorists tried to assassinate former President Harry S. Truman in Washington.
1954 - PR terrorists opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives wounding 5 Congressmen.
1975 - PR terrorists killed 4 and wounded 50 with a bomb in a restaurant in NYC.
1981 - PR terrorists blew up 11 jet fighters belonging to the Puerto Rico National Guard near San Juan.
1981 - PR terrorists killed one man with a bomb in the Kennedy Airport.
? - PR terrorists machine gun a group of American servicemen standing at a bus stop killing one.
2001 - 4 PR terrorists hurl Molotov Cocktails at a Naval convoy on Vieques.
Over the years, Puerto Rican terrorists have planted over 130 bombs across the United States.
Who in their right mind would be for making a state out of an island like that?
Sorry mate, these are not labels. These are facts. If you are a post-puberty female, you are a woman. If you are registered to the republican party, you are a republican. If you are a US citizen, you are an American.
Contrast that with "labels" such as being a racist, a homophobe or a right wing conspirator. They are subjective terms, loosely defined and often mis-used to make pejorative points.
Yeah, just like Congressman Serrano says, votes for spineless, pandering politicians.
The people of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and the rest of the caribbean (most of whom the residents of Puerto Rico hate) wish they could have been unfairly exploited by being given $100's of billions in U.S. Taxpayer handouts over the last 10 decades.
Ask marron, he's seen what the Taxpayers of the United States have lavished on Puerto Rico.
We have states that need that help. The sooner Puerto Rico is given its independence the better for the U.S. Taxpayers and their families.
It depends. If you were born here in the US, you are an American. If your ancestors were born in Spain, they would be Spanish. Ergo, you would be an American of Spanish decent.
Since islanders don't vote in mainland elections, what votes?
One New York congressman isn't going to have the stroke to get $18 billion in subsidies for his own district, let alone a district that doesn't vote.
I'm interested in the subject, so I'm not merely being combative here. I see that there is federal money there, all of the federal institutions have a presence there, from the post office, to the Coast Guard, to the FBI and Justice departments.
Welfare is probably an issue, but welfare reform has put everyone on a 5 year limit. This is a problem that should be correcting itself there as well as in mainland cities.
And, frankly, my impression is that work is available for people that want it. Maybe I'm comparing it with Latin America, but the place is prosperous. Wages are about 2/3 what they are on the mainland, but compared to the rest of Latin America, that is fantastic.
Most of the people I worked with had been to the Dominican Republic on projects, and some had ties to Venezuela, and all of them knew what life is like outside the US. All of them appreciated their citizenship in ways that the typical mainland leftist never will.
As I have mentioned, you are fighting the same battle in Puerto Rico that you fight everywhere. You have 45% Democrats, 45% Republicans, and 10% leftists. Which means that you have folks who get it, folks who sort of get it some of the time, and a few who will never get it, and will try to seize control of the 90% if you let them. The biggest push for island independence is the left, and not just the island left, but the mainland left, the same folks we fight on every other issue.
If our $18 billion is mis-spent, then lets identify which dollars are mis-spent, and work on doing something about it. Our congressmen outnumber Puerto Rico's congressmen, since they have "none". Maybe one guy in NYC that panders to them, as you say. But I suspect we will find dollars having to do with normal federal efforts that no one intends to curtail.
If Puerto Rico was given statehood, they would immediately send 2 more Liberal Senators and 4 to 6 Liberal Representatives to the U.S. Congress that would make Congressman Serrano and Hillary Clinton look conservative in comparison.
Medicine is already socialized in Puerto Rico. Former Gov. Pedro Rosello snuck his Rosello Plan through while the U.S. Taxpayers were distracted by Hillary's shenanigans. The Plan is bankrupt and guess who has to bail it out?
Statehood would also see Puerto Rico receive another $3 billion in social program payments.
Most of the population declares so little income that not only would they not pay any federal income taxes, but they'd probably all get an additional, big, fat, Income Tax Credit check from the U.S. Taxpayers. Wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth?
The residents of the island of Puerto Rico will never be anything but a huge drain on the U.S. Taxpayers. $10's of billions each year, huge.
If you're as conservative as you say you are, statehood for Puerto Rico should be the last thing you would want.
And yes, just as Puerto Rico would make a lousy state, I believe Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bosnia, etc. would all make lousy states. ;^)
Go back and look at press reports. You will see mainland leftists in the fore front, including celebs going down to get themselves arrested for the cameras. Not Puerto Ricans.
Bush's people made the decision to back down rather than deal with it right now. But I agree with their threat to close Roosevelt. This is Puerto Rico's chance to get on the right side of it. Either reverse course, elect a new governor, or lose the base. The left won't care, but they aren't the ones we are trying to reach.
The Republicans are just as much for throwing the Navy off Vieques as the other parties. It was the RINO Rosello that went over to Clinton's campaign and supported his re-election (getting out the Puerto Rican vote stateside) in return for an agreement for the Navy to leave Vieques among other things.
It was the RINO Rosello that socialized medicine in Puerto Rico, not the Democrats.
Re-read what Serrano says about the stateside Puerto Rican vote. It went solidly Democrat and almost cost Bush the election.
You're kidding yourself if you believe the stateside Puerto Rican vote isn't a factor in all of the PORK/LECHON our pandering politicians lavish on the island.
The campaign contributions from the island are a factor as well. The largest single campaign contribution to Clinton's re-election campaign was $250,000 from the owner of a Medicare recipient dependent hospital in Puerto Rico.
Almost the day after Clinton was re-elected, Medicare funds were increased to the island.
Jeb Bush picked up $150,000 the last time he was there.
Then the Bushes say bye-bye to Vieques.
You have to learn how this pandering to special interest groups by our stateside politicians works.
What conservative would want to make a state out of an island that would be a permanent drain of $10's of billions of U.S. Taxpayer's dollars and turn our Congress hopelessly LIBERAL for all eternity?
Only a RINO would be for statehood for Puerto Rico.
I think you're absolutely correct, Minty.
IMHO, "4Freedom" isn't even the "conservative" he claims to be.
Based on his flagrant lack of recognition of the overwhelming contribution Puerto Ricans have made in our Armed Services, he couldn't possibly be a conservative. My guess is that he's actually a liberal, posing as a "conservative" to promote his hateful and divisive agenda.
I'm sorry, but the price tag for making Puerto Rico feel good about itself is just way too dam high.
What kind of a conservative would be for that?
How many states do you think he would calculate that the hard-working Taxpayers of the United States could afford to support that drain our treasury of $20 to $30 billion dollars each and every year?
Willie wouldn't know a fact, if it bit him in his RINO shorts.
Look at all of the questions I've asked him that he doesn't have any answers for. Willie's a Liberal RINO. I'd say that goes double for tiredoflurking.
The primary political split in Puerto Rico is not between the independentistas, who are negligible, but between those that want statehood and those that want to continue as a territory.
The ones that want to remain a territory are looking for a kind of autonomy, under the US flag, that most states would have if the 9th and 10th ammendments were honored. As I said, independence is no more an issue there than it is in Texas. People talk about it over a beer, because its fun to rail against Washington. But the real Texas independence crowd is a handful of nutjobs that no one listens to.
In Puerto Rico, its college professors and students, who as I say have no intention of giving up their own citizenship. They may try and talk you out of yours, but they tell people that it will be possible to be independent and retain US citizenship. Which means, obviously, they are not serious people. Its a thirty minute flight to Santo Domingo; most Puerto Ricans know what life is like out from under the US flag. They appreciate it more than, say, your average mainland school teacher.
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April 13, 1928
Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts
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|vibraphone, piano, percussion
Teddy Charles (April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012) was an influential American jazz musician and composer whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums.[1]
Born Theodore Charles Cohen in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, he studied at the Juilliard School of Music as a percussionist. Later he began to record and made personal appearances as Teddy Cohen with bands[2] as a vibraphonist, writing, arranging and producing records, in 1951 changing his last name to Charles.
Charles was one of many jazz musicians who hung out at an apartment building at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City known as the Jazz Loft rented by photographer and artist David X. Young, who in turn sublet two apartments to Hall Overton (Charles's mentor) and Dick Cary. Known as an innovator, Charles's main work was recorded in the 1950s, creating some highly influential and sought-after futuristic, polytonal recordings such as "New Directions", "Collaboration: West", "Word from Bird" and "The Teddy Charles Tentet". Charles also did session work with musicians and singers as varied as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Shelly Manne and Dion. He was also a co-leader of the highly praised studio group, the Prestige Jazz Quartet. He recorded an album, Live at the Verona Jazz Festival, for the Italian Soul Note label in 1988.
Charles was the captain of the skipjack Pilgrim out of Greenport, New York (on the North Fork of Long Island), and performed music locally. In his last years, Charles began performing again after spending some years at sea. Charles last recording was the 2011 collaboration/recording with Wily Bo Walker and Danny Flam featuring the song "You Don't Know What Love Is".
Charles died in 2012, just three days after his 84th birthday.[3]
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- New Directions (Prestige, 1953)
- Collaboration West (Prestige, 1953)
- Evolution (Prestige, 1953–55)
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic, 1956)
- Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1956)
- Vibe-Rant (Elektra, 1957)
- Coolin' (New Jazz, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars
- 3 for Duke (Jubilee, 1957)
- The Prestige Jazz Quartet (Prestige, 1957)
- Salute to Hamp (Bethlehem, 1959)
- Something New, Something Blue (Columbia, 1959) - with Bill Russo
- On Campus - Ivy League Jazz Concert (Bethlehem, 1960)
- Jazz in the Garden at the Museum of Modern Art (Warwick, 1960)
- Russia Goes Jazz (United Artists, 1963)
- Live at the Verona Jazz Festival (Soul Note, 1988)
- Dances with Bulls (Smalls, 2008)
- Teddy Charles and the Walter Wolff Trio Live (OAP, 2008) - with Walter Wolff
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With Bob Brookmeyer
- The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (Prestige, 1954)
With Miles Davis
- Blue Moods (Debut, 1955)
With Thad Jones
- Olio (Prestige, 1957)
With Eric Kloss
- Grits & Gravy (Prestige, 1966)
With Teo Macero
- Teo - with the Prestige Jazz Quartet (Prestige, 1957)
With the Metronome All-Stars
- Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956)
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- ^ Teddy Charles | View the Music Artists Biography Online | VH1.com
- ^ Kelly, Tim (17 April 2012). "Jazz great Teddy Charles dead at 84". suffolktimes.timesreview.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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Somebody who can't do anything right, someone with "Two left feet."
Also known as the biggest loser ever.
Also known as the biggest loser ever.
Dude, look at how he wears that shirt. It's backwards, what a cluck!"
作者 Dr. SmartassCrazySelf 2010年4月11日
A man the is a drug addict, He will do anything for drugs.
Look at those cluck over there in front of the liquor store
作者 lil dada 09 2009年9月14日
The abbreiviation of the word fuck.
"Aww cluckin hell the wifes going to go mental" says jim. Bob replys " stop worrying for cluck sake".
Cluck can be used in evryday life.
Cluck can be used in evryday life.
作者 Elliot brookshaw 2008年7月28日
Robotnik's pet robotic bird.
As Cluck was pet by it's master, it's eyes focused upon the grim look his master had looking upon the land below them, as if... he owned it.
作者 Exor 2004年1月16日
Chicken Legged Chicken Head = CLCH = Cluck; A female (and I guess nowadays a male could unfortunately be one too) that has long, skinny legs and loves to participate in giving oral sex to a penis or penises. May or may not carry diseases. Clucks are not necessarily considered porn stars or prostitutes because because these are technically professions and are done for payment. Though if a prostitute or a porn star fits the description of a cluck, and they are not receiving payment in some situations, then they would be a cluck that simply has a job/career.
Why aren't there many hot clucks in the world?
作者 Probably So 2009年8月08日
verb. to steal something and pawn it for drugs, usually meth or crack
watch your shit or that nigger will cluck it
作者 cluka 2006年7月22日
The sound a chicken makes. Otherwise referred to as the sound of goodness and happiness.
Should the chickens of the world stop clucking, all the world's people would become suicidally depressed and commit suicide.
作者 cluckity cluck braap 2003年5月16日


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[Concepts art Stage] Pokemon Nuclear and Atomic Versions
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January 17th, 2012 (1:38 AM). Edited January 19th, 2012 by CapricornPsyche.
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Ok, Here it goes: Me anf My friend's ideas for the pokemon game we're making. ><;;; Here's hoping I get some good feedback lol
And we Plan to use rpg maker xp for this as well.
Pokemon Nuclear and Atomic Versions
Taking place hundreds of years after black and white. The Pokemon world has changed,
Recovered After a mysterious occurrence of a Nuclear Apocolypse, Pokemon have now gained intelligence and are able to speak. The Human race have become extinct, the trainers now a variety of mutated monsters themselves, also with intelligence both the good and bad kind.
After the road to recovery(which involved wars fought between pokemon and the newly mutated people who USED to be humans.)Partnership between Pokemon and trainers have been restored, but the past of how and why they fought and how they got this way was all but lost and forgotten, after many cycles of life and generations of people and pokemon, they began to think they've always been this way.
You play as one of two Heros(depending on which version you play) arriving in the Canoda reigon.(based on Vancouver, canada area)
Along your pokemon journey, you begin make friends, enemies and discover secrets along the way, specifically, secrets behind the ancient tales of Pokemon and these other ancient creatures called "humans" which the pokemon used to fight along side with, just as most trainers today do. Unknowing to you, the secrets also reveal that the world's past, could also have something to do with an sinister plot, that could spell danger for Pokemon all over the world! Will you be able to show the world the truth, to save the future?
List of Major Characters(trainer):
Bogan (Hero of Pokemon Nuclear version): A young aspiring trainer, ran away from home since his mother forbid him to go out on an adventure. Has a severe allergy to Poison type pokemon, in which contact with one could spell danger to his well being...
Rot (Hero of Pokemon Atomic Version, created by my friend UushiBushii on Deviantart): An experienced trainer returning home, he is also a Rival to Bogan.
Blizzy: A lover of Ice pokemon, and loving/protective older half-sister to Bogan, she is also Bogan's other rival.
CT(short for Cool Trainer, her Nickname, Real name is Rani, Created by my friend Dragonkaira on Deviantart): another experienced trainer from Kanto who is Rot's other rival, Bogan also has a crush on her.
Yolanda: the Psychic/Ghost gym leader, Bogan becomes her apprentice, teaching him some valuable lessons about being a trainer.
Ace Trainer or Ace for short(created by Dragonkaira on deviantart): a veryyy snooty trainer that is full of himself and often complains when he loses a battle. His father is a famous architect and also runs the battle tower of the region. He also claims to be Bogan's Second rival but is nowhere near a good enough challenge to be even considered as such, makes his name quite misleading huh?
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Big Data, Privacy and the Huge Opportunity in the Monetization of Trust
We all know that Big Data has arrived. (Living in the Big Data world, I hear the phrase "Big Data" so much that I now sometimes say that Reputation.com isn't a Big Data company, it's a HUGE Data company.)
But after the arrival of Big Data, then what? The big question is not "Do you have or want Big Data?" or "Does the Big Data idea matter?" Big Data is here whether you are ready or not, and it is forcing structural changes to the way data is collected and used.
The important question now — which is being taken up at several sessions on innovation, privacy, responsibility, and risk here at the Annual Meeting in Davos, is "What are you going to do with your Big Data?"
There are two components to a structural answer to this question.
Second, it is necessary to consider how best to use the data once they come into your possession. We can now easily envision a better alignment of interests between companies holding data and the customers and end users whose data they hold. Under the old system, companies that acquired data used it almost entirely for their own benefit, often at the price of consumer dissatisfaction. But, using today's technology, it is possible for a company that holds vast quantities of end user data to mine and monetize it simultaneously for itself and the individual consumer. (Full disclosure: my company, Reputation.com, helps companies and end users [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg1SpUgKTpk in just this way.)
For example, existing technology allows businesses to offer end users discounts, status and even cash in exchange for delimited third-party access to their data. The enterprises that stand to gain most from this type of business model are financial institutions, ISPs and telecommunications companies: they possess huge consumer data sets but have been regulated away from using the data in the same way that media businesses, especially Internet media businesses, are already using data the data every day. These companies can unlock huge value in collaboration with their end users: the companies and consumers together can actually monetize the latent value of their data and even, in some way, of their mutual trust, perhaps through the medium of a trusted privacy intermediary.
The theme of this year's Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. Nothing could more apt than innovation in the field of data, trust, and reputation. This week at Davos, key stakeholders from business and policy are engaging in robust discussion about realizing the promise of this new source of value for businesses and consumers.
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Pittsburgh shop builds bicycle for man without arms
PITTSBURGH -- Michael Trimble draws quite a few stares as he rides his bicycle around Pittsburgh.
Trimble has no arms.
He was born that way in Soviet-era Ukraine, the birth defect a consequence of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. After living in an orphanage, Trimble was adopted at age 9 by an American couple and raised in Pittsburgh.
The first time Trimble rode a bicycle was in 2000, in St. James, Mo., where he attended a boarding school. His gym teacher took an old bike and, in place of its handlebars, installed a metal pipe stretching out to one of his stumps. He rode that bike for 18 months and fell in love with cycling.
After returning to Pittsburgh, he graduated from Duquesne University with a degree in political science. The dream of riding a bike moved to the back burner. But, like many 20-somethings in Pittsburgh, he yearned to be mobile on two wheels.
Trimble, 27, ordered online a single-speed bicycle with a coaster brake and began to search for someone to customize it -- but "no one wanted to touch it. ... They told me that I am either a liability or that what I asked them to do could not be done."
And then he met Michael Brown, the owner of Maestro Frameworks on the city's North Side.
A friend of Trimble's, Tim Rhodes, met Brown in June while he and his wife were shopping at Performance Bikes in East Liberty, where he works part time. When Brown, 56, noted that he owned a bicycle shop and built custom bicycles, Rhodes' wife mentioned Trimble's situation and asked whether Brown could help him.
Three weeks later, Rhodes and Trimble visited Maestro Frameworks, and Brown took the job.
"It never even crossed my mind that it could not be done," Brown said. "Especially after I talked to Mike, he was so gung-ho about riding a bike again."
Trimble knew how he wanted his bicycle to be modified based on the gym teacher's model. But Brown thought it was not quite right -- and devised his own plan to make the bicycle easy to ride: "I actually spent a lot of time sitting on the bicycle, visualizing how the handle will work, how upright it has to be, how much weight I need to put on the front wheel to stabilize it."
It took about two months for Brown to find a solution. He removed the handlebars and designed and fabricated a single-sided bar. He bent and welded it into a U-shaped rest at the end of the bar so Trimble could control the bicycle with his left stump.
Trimble does almost everything with his feet: He types on his computer with his feet, cuts his hair with his feet and even makes almond milk in his blender with the help of his feet.


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