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Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Summer Career Camps
When: 7th-9th grade, June 9-12; 4th-6th grade, June 23-26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, 8001 Breckville Road, Breckville
Cost: $195 per week for in-district students and $205 per week for out-of-district students, with one $25 Early Bird Discount available per student for registration before March 26
Features: Camp activities allow campers to "try on" a career, such as video game design, culinary, robotics, medicine, and IT--many of which use state-of-the-art technology. Camp counselors are certified teachers who demonstrate 21st Century Skills such as collaboration and communication, creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving. The small-group setting facilitates self-discovery and provides an opportunity to meet campers from other schools.
Contact: www.cvccworks.edu/CAREERCAMPS.aspx
The College of Wooster's B-WISER summer science camp
When: June 8-13
Where: The College of Wooster
Cost: $475, with scholarships available for students in the reduced-lunch program
Features: This team-taught, hands-on science experience is open to girls who will complete seventh grade this academic year. Labs in earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, model robotics, and Lego robotics will be included in the camp. The deadline for applications is April 20.
Contact: 330-263-2101 or http://bwiser.spaces.wooster.edu
A.C.E. Academy
When: June 9 - 13, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Where: Kent State University,Van Deusen Hall
Cost: $225 for Compact Students; $275 for non-compact students
Features: For students in ninth through 12th grades. This unique aeronautics week is sanctioned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the registered students will receive clearance allowing them access to Federal aviation and research facilities that are not accessible to the general public. At Hopkins International Airport, students visit the Air Traffic Control Tower, Radar Center, United Headquarters and Operations Tower and other airport sites. Each student will fly a single engine Cessna with a KSU instructor, observe current research at NASA Glenn Research Center, experience KSU's Air Traffic Controller Simulator, tour the Ohio National Guard Unit at Akron Canton Airport, visit the MAPS museum and talk with many aviation and aeronautics professionals.
Contact: www.sixdistrict.com
Western Reserve School of Cooking-Kids Camp 1
When: June 23-27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Western Reserve School of Cooking, 140 North Main St., Hudson
Cost: $250
Features: For ages 8 to 12. Each day, participants will learn about the country's great food traditions along with learning to try new foods. The focus will be on organizational skills, kitchen safety, and cleaning up. Themes include southwest, California, southern, midwest and east coast cuisine.
Contact: 330-650-1665 or www.wrsoc.com
Western Reserve School of Cooking-Teen camp Pro
When: July 7-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Western Reserve School of Cooking, 140 North Main St., Hudson
Cost: $325
Features: For ages 13-18. Teens will work together to create delicious menus that will certainly impress family and friends. The focus will be on on knife skills, organization, menu planning, and problem solving as they prepare favorites from America and other parts of the world, such as Italy, Greece and Poland.
Contact: 330-650-1665 or www.wrsoc.com
Western Reserve School of Cooking-Kids Camp 2
When: July 14-18, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Western Reserve School of Cooking, 140 North Main St., Hudson
Cost: $250
Features: For ages 8 to 12. Each day, participants will learn to prepare international dishes from Greece, Italy, France and more.
Contact: 330-650-1665 or www.wrsoc.com
Western Reserve School of Cooking-Teen Baking Camp
When: Aug. 4-8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Western Reserve School of Cooking, 140 North Main St., Hudson
Cost: $325
Features: For ages 13-18. Teens will learn to prepare some sweet and savory favorites as they cover the foundations of baking. Learning basic techniques and organization skills will take the stress out of baking and make it a fun and enjoyable experience. Those participating should bring a sack lunch the first four days and the school will provide pizza on the last day.
Contact: 330-650-1665 or www.wrsoc.com
Great Lakes Science Center camps
When: all summer
Where: varies; camps at Great Lakes Science Center, and several other locations, including Camp Y-Noah, Lawrence School, Hudson Montessori School, University School and Cleveland State University
Cost: Call for details
Features: Camps available for children and teens from preschool to 12th grade. Camp themes range from animals and physics to construction and weather.
Contact: 216-621-2400or www.greatscience.com
Cleveland Museum of Natural History summer Camps
When: Call for details
Where: Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive University Circle Cleveland
Cost: Call for details
Features: The museum offers several camps for children and teens from third through 12th grade. Some camps are already sold out. Scholarships are available; applications are due by April 30. Themes include medicine, nature and science.
Contact: 216-231-4600, ext. 3214, or www.cmnh.org
The Children's Museum of Cleveland Summer Discovery Camps
When: varies, call for details
Where: The Children's Museum of Cleveland, 10730 Euclid Ave.
Cost: $99 for members, $115 for nonmembers
Features: The museum provides a variety of camps, including Kitchen Chemistry, Art Meet Science, Invent It!, and Dinosaur Dig.
Contact: 216-791-7114 or www.clevelandchildrensmuseum.org
Hudson Community Education & Recreation-Stem Camps
When: call for details
Where: call for details
Cost: call for details
Features: HCER has a large selection of science camps for children. Camps include:
Mad Science Camp Eureka! (Grades 1-5) You are the inventor at this camp! Use tips from inventors, basic materials and simple machines to overcome challenges. Construct a catapult, an egg drop design and assemble a working saber! Camp meets Monday - Friday, June 16-20, from 9am to 3pm at East Woods, $250.
Mad Science Forensics Academy (Grades 1-5) Learn about the secret world of espionage! See how ultraviolet light is used to gather clues and then create your own crime scene. Learn about forensic science using the pH scale bones and bugs. Decode messages and more. Camp meets Monday - Friday, August 4-8, from 9am to 3pm at East Woods, $250.
Camp Invention (Grades 1-6) Led by local educators, this camp experience immerses elementary school children in exciting hands-on activities like building original prototypes, creating a personalized motor-powered car and taking apart electronics to construct an epic insect-themed pinball machine! Camp meets Monday - Friday, June 23-27, from 9am to 3:30pm at McDowell Elementary, $250.
Contact: 330-653-1210 or www.hudson.edu/hcer
Hudson Community Education & Recreation-Funutation Tekademy Camps
When: call for details
Where: call for details
Cost: call for details
Features: HCER has a large selection of technology-themed camps for children. Camps include:
2D Video Game Design with Scratch (Grades 3-6) Design a basic computer video game and learn computer graphic techniques and animation fundamentals. Camp meets Monday - Friday, July 7-11 from 9-10am at East Woods, $99.
LegoNXT Robotics (Grades 3-6) Campers will be introduced to the basics of NXT-G programming. Campers work in teams of 3 and program a robot to move, turn and navigate a maze! Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 7-11 from 12:45-2:15pm at East Woods, $99 plus $20 material fee.
Amazing Roller Coasters (Grades 3-6) Be part of the design and engineering team that builds a working miniature roller coaster! Build steep inclines and exciting drops while understanding the mechanics of roller coasters. Camp meets Monday - Friday, July 7-11, from 2:30-4pm at East Woods, $99, plus $20 material fee.
K'Nex Robotics (Grades 3-6) Discover how real world amusement parks rides work using K'nex models. Teams of 4 will use K'nex models to control boxes, lights and motors to program a spinning carpet, double ferris wheel, tramcar and many other models. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1, 2:30-4pm at East Woods. Camp fee is $99 plus $20 materials fee.
Scratch with Make Makey Board (Grades 3-6) Campers learn how to do character animations, program with variables and use a Makey Makey Board to play your game! Prior experience with Scratch 2.0 is required. Camp meets Monday - Friday, July 28-August 1, from 10:45am-12:15pm at East Woods. Camp fee is $99 plus $20 materials fee.
Computer Animation (Grades 3-6) Get ready to animate! Take a picture of you, your friend or other objects and start making your animation. Campers will learn how to use pictures that they take to draw to make a 2D animation complete with sounds, special effects and scenery. Camp meets Monday - Friday, July 28-August 1, 9-10:30am at East Woods. Camp fee is $99.
Kodu Video Game Design (Grades 3-6) Tekkies work in teams of 2, build a game environment, create objects, add characters and make a hide-and-seek mystery. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1, 12:45-2:15pm at East Woods. Camp fee is $99.
Raspberry Pi (Grades 7-10) Don't think a credit card sized computer can do much? Guess again. Camper will use a computer called Raspberry Pi to do computer animations, design games and make simple window applications. Program meets Monday-Friday, July 14-18, from 2:30-4pm at East Woods. Camp fee is $99, plus $20 materials fee.
Making an iPhone App (Grades 7-10) This tek lab will explore the process of creating iPhone apps. Participants will work in teams of 2 and acquire the skills of basic programming, digital animation and digital sound mixing to create fun and exciting games. Camp meets Monday-Thursday, June 30-July 3 from 10:45am to 12:15pm. Session 2 meets Monday-Friday, July 14-18 from 9-10:30am. Camp location is East Woods Session 1 fee is $80, Session 2 fee is $99.
Making Games for Samsung Android Smartphones (Grades 7-10) Participants will experience the basics of computer programming to design a landscape, learn basic animation, mix digital sounds, and make special effects such as explosions to be used in their apps. Camp meets Monday-Thursday, June 30-July3 from 2:30-4pm. Session 2 meets Monday-Friday, July 14-18 from 10:45am-12:15pm at East Woods. Session 1 is $80 and session 2 is $99.
Making Games for the Nintendo DS (Grades 7-10) This class will show you how to use easy drop and drag actions to create professional looking games. Students will use DS Game Maker to create backgrounds, animated graphics, sound effects and music. Camp meets Monday-Thursday, June 30-July 3 from 12:45-2:15pm at East Woods. Fee is $80.
Battlebots (Grades 7-10) Robot warriors clash! Build a basic motorized bot, then create your own custom design, armor and weapons. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 14-18 from 12:45-2:15pm at East Woods. Fee is $99 plus $20 materials fee.
3D Video Game Design - Similar to Xbox(Grades 7-10) This tek lab will share the steps of the game development cycle. Explore and modify the code in Visual C# Express. This is the same program that is used to make XBOX 360 video games. Create an asteroids game and a flight simulator. Camp meets Monday-Thursday, June 30-July 3 from 9-10:30am at East Woods, $80.
Contact: 330-653-1210 or www.hudson.edu/hcer
Hudson Community Education & Recreation-LEGO Camps with Bricks4Kidz
When: call for details
Where: call for details
Cost: call for details
Features: HCER has a large selection of LEGO camps for children. Camps include:
Mining and Crafting 2 (Grades K-5) For those who have participated in previous mining and crafting camps or not, each camper will be challenged to bring their virtual designs to life! Build new mob figures, mosaics and custom models! Camp meets Monday-Friday, June 9-13, from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Angry Birdies Bad Piglets (Grades K-5) Enter into the world of angry birds and bad piggies! Campers will be challenged to physically build and destroy a level from the popular game of angry birds. Using LEGO bricks, campers will create different color birds, catapults, slingshots and more. Camp meets Monday-Friday, June 16-20 from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
CHI Challenge Cup (Grades K-5) Only the brave survive in the pursuit of CHI, the balance of life. Campers choose their tribe, while building and battling for victory. Camp meets Monday-Friday, June 23-27 from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Super Hero Camp (Grades K-5) Build super heroes with LEGO bricks! Create a fantasy world and protect it against the evil arch enemies! Use motorized models to help the caped crusaders. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 7-11, from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Mining and Crafting Camp (Grades K-5) Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to building anything you can imagine. Kids will start by crafting their own shelters and some of the mobs, critters and tools using LEGO bricks. Campers will face new challenges each day! Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 14-18, from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Future Astronauts' Camp (Grades K-5) Inspired by NASA and Star Wars, our space adventure camp is packed full of models that will make your imagination blast off! Each camper will learn about real life space exploration and build models related to the NASA space program. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 21-25, from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Future LEGO Master Builders (Grades K-5) How do LEGO brick designers come up with their ideas? Where do they begin and how do they go from concept to completion? Use the creative process in model design, learn the different functions of bricks and more. Camp meets Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1 from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
Future LEGO Scientist Builders (Grades K-5) Explore the fascinating science of living things and build engaging models of creatures from caterpillars to dinosaurs of LEGO bricks and motors. Explore the amazing lifecycle of a butterfly and investigate the Venus Fly Trap. Camp meets Monday-Friday, August 4-8, 9am to Noon at East Woods, $150.
HCER Chess Camp (Grades K-6) Students of all skill levels are welcome and will thrive in our supportive environment, receiving plenty of individual attention. Participants will engage in interactive lessons and problem solving activities with ample time for supervised play. Camp meets Monday-Thursday, July 14-17, from 9am to Noon at East Woods, $140.
Contact: 330-653-1210 or www.hudson.edu/hcer
Ravenna Summer Playground-RAMP
When: June 9-Aug. 8, 7:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday
Where: Call for details
Cost: Call for details
Features: The Ravenna Parks and Recreation Summer Playground Camp has also partnered for the fourth year with the Ravenna School District's Summer Reading and Math program. Ravenna School district students enrolled in Summer Camp are eligible to participate if interested. Camper will be transported to the schools via a Ravenna School Bus participate in the program and then returned to camp by noon to join back into camp activities.
Contact: 330-296-2864 or www.ci.ravenna.oh.us
Hudson Community Education & Recreation-Middle School Digital Photography
When: June 24-26, 10 a.m.-noon
Where: call for details
Cost: $85
Features: For grades 6 to 8. Topics include operation of camera and techniques for shooting. Campers should bring their own camera.
Contact: 330-653-1210 or www.hudson.edu/hcer
Hudson Community Education & Recreation-Car Camp for teens
When: July 28-31, 9-11:30 a.m.
Where: call for details
Cost: $125
Features: This camp covers basic automotive knowledge in the areas of engine operation and maintenance, tires and brakes, belts and hoses as well as basic cleaning and detailing.
Contact: 330-653-1210 or www.hudson.edu/hcer


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Arrangements a match for vocal skill, but anger elevates the relationshipReviewed by Bernard Zuel
Published: February 19 2013 - 3:00AM
SARAH BLASKOSydney Opera House, February 17
Sarah Blasko has some anger in her. It may seem an incongruous thing to think amid this rather beautiful concert, which never overplayed its somewhat larger hand (a 40-piece orchestra joined her four-piece band) but always felt pitched higher and richer.
And anger doesn't go with the rest of the package. For a start, though Blasko still offers some awkward angles at times, she looks more at ease on stage than she's ever done. Similarly, her songs and voice rarely become more than agitated, even when percussion is doubled or tripled. And Nick Wales's orchestral smart, subtle arrangements only pushed the ''big band'' to the fore in the night's charged and charging finale, Not Yet.
However, the strongest undercurrent through so many of the songs in this show, which culminates in a full run through of last year's I Awake album, is low, simmering anger that flavours the attractive surface in fascinating ways.
It's there in the sharp edge of the strings or in the deliberate shove of the upright bass but it's also there in the way Blasko's voice can move from gentle to what might be called film noir siren: eerie, cool rather than cold and deliberate. Or how she delivers lines such as ''I see you for who you are'' or, earlier in the night during a more ambiguous phase, ''the emotional tide has turned'' with a sense of warning as much as resignation.
You might well say there is no surprise Blasko fits comfortably with an orchestra, not least because a number of I Awake songs were recorded in similar settings. But that is no guarantee when translated to the stage. The intelligence of her writing and of Wales's arrangements do the heavy lifting to make this happen, and the quality of her voice enables it.
But the complex emotional conundrums and conflicts within Blasko herself elevate a show like this beyond merely attractive or impressive to captivating. Anger really is an energy.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/arrangements-a-match-for-vocal-skill-but-anger-elevates-the-relationship-20130218-2ene2.html

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Davey's Destiny
Fiery Manager Davey Johnson Has a Reputation for Speaking His Mind, while Getting Results. Now With Los Angeles, He Has the Chance to Turn Around His Boyhood Idols
The ball was headed for Yankee Stadium's left field seats, and the sight of Yogi Berra racing around first base in the seventh game of the 1955 World Series seemed to signal another long, mournful winter in Flatbush of crying "Wait 'til next year." But just as all hope seemed to be lost, Brooklyn Dodgers left fielder Sandy Amoros came running in to spear the ball, and 12-year-old Davey Johnson in San Antonio, Texas, became a believer in the Miracle of 1955.
"In terms of my love for baseball, I've had lots of defining moments, times when I just knew I'd be a big leaguer," says Johnson, now 56, a battle-scarred veteran of many diamond wars and arguably the game's preeminent manager. "That Brooklyn win, though, was absolutely thrilling, for all through my youth I felt the Dodgers were baseball. Every time I grabbed my glove and headed to a ballfield, I fantasized about playing for them and being a part of their glorious tradition."
Destiny would ultimately work its charms. After an outstanding career as a second baseman and successful managerial stints with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles, Johnson was chosen last November to lead the franchise he rooted for as a boy when Fox TV owner Rupert Murdoch's Los Angeles Dodgers gave him a three-year, $3.5 million contract.
While hardly Hollywood, the no-nonsense, interview-shy D.J. was a logical choice to inherit the battered, yet still mystical mantle of Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda. Entering the 1999 season, he had compiled a 985-727 managing record, his .575 winning percentage being the best among active managers and third among all those who've managed at least 1,000 games. As shown by his World Series win with the Mets in 1986, and by the Reds' (1995) and the Orioles' (1996 and '97) runs at the championship, he's "win right now," a take-charge guy in the mold of Billy Martin and Earl Weaver with a talent for turning beleaguered franchises around. Almost instantly.
"The Dodger heritage is being the best team in baseball, and now that we have [pitcher] Kevin Brown, it will be amazingly exciting to be part of L.A.'s resurgence," Johnson confidently predicts. He's sitting on the back porch of his adobe-styled, Winter Park, Florida, home, next to a black Labrador named Buck and a humidor stuffed with Cohibas. Gazing at a speedboat parked behind his swimming pool, he puffs a robusto and adds, "Though I've had a lot of great moments in baseball, two World Series wins as an Oriole player, and 1986 with the Mets, this is my dream job. Unlike New York, where callers to radio shows blasted me as an 'idiot,' and frequently portrayed me as the bad guy, I only see good things happening in L.A.. I always expect to win the pennant going in, so there won't be any pressure on me to deliver a championship. The only pressure on me is that I wish I was a little better looking, more the Hollywood type."
Said with a sly smile, Johnson's comments go to the crux of his managerial style. He'll often be self-deprecating, for this is an artful alternative to degrading the play of his teams. He hates the term "player's manager" ("this signifies the players run everything"), but Johnson has been his players'--and coaches'--trusted advocate, their tireless protector and defender. Such unshakable loyalty has exacted a heavy price. All too often, while shielding a player from a club owner's intrusion, he's bluntly spoken his mind, and figured in disputes leading to his exile. In 1997, a long battle with Orioles owner Peter Angelos ended with his resignation (the third job he'd lost in eight years).
Johnson insists this recent hiatus "changed" him. "I hope I've altered my ways enough to make Rupert Murdoch love me. If he wants me to jump off Dodger Stadium, I'll jump. This is a volatile business, very political, and while I haven't always been that good at the political stuff, I want him to be proud of me."
Even if Johnson overcomes his reluctance to attend a few social gatherings with management and generally accepts that his head will always be in a noose, he will remain a fiery blend of maverick and old-line traditionalist.
"I don't look at anybody as monsters. I've even loved Marge Schott [the controversial Reds owner], but whatever the team, it's my neck; I have to do what I think is right for the organization and my players," says Johnson. "I might be stubborn, and not as outgoing as most people. Yet owners shouldn't want me to be wishy-washy. They're entrusting me to lead, and the essence of leadership is to get guys to overcome their fears. The only way to do that is to constantly build them up, sticking by them, even if that means a difference of opinion with an owner, and putting yourself in the line of fire."
Though Reds general manager Jim Bowden praises Johnson's ability "to run a game and bring along young pitchers," critics have viewed his guerrilla fighting as "manipulative," "self-centered" and "self-destructive." Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, recently writing about Johnson's battles with owners, suggested he's "become Billy Martin."
"Only stand-up guys like Davey, managers who take the heat and fear nothing, survive," says Sam Perlozzo, the Mets' former third base coach (fired in 1989, now with the O's). "Davey took it upon himself to save my job, to battle management on my behalf. He didn't have to do this, to risk losing his own job. But that's him, totally self-confident, gutsy, principled--a fighter you'd want to have in the trenches."
Military allusions aptly describe David Allen Johnson. Relentlessly driven by a code of honor, ever loyal to his players, and often undermined by a combative swagger, he personifies a soldier's story.
An Army brat, moving from base to base in Germany, Georgia, Texas and Wyoming, Johnson grew up knowing that his father, Frederick, a highly decorated Second World War tank commander, had seen "some very brutal things." These battle experiences, which won his dad a drawer full of medals, weren't ever discussed. They just loomed in the background, along with all the salutes and knowing looks of respect from other military men that formed an impression on his young son.
"Dad was very tough, a stubborn Swede on the outside but very caring down deep," recalls Johnson. "I'm stubborn, too. Yet even if he was hard, you still knew he was always thinking about his family, his soldiers, that he'd try to move mountains for them."
His father's silence about his war experiences lasted throughout Davey's adolescence, from the time he was a part-time bat boy for the old Washington Senators, to when he starred as a sure-handed shortstop in high school and won a baseball scholarship to Texas A & M. "I had the greatest coach in the world, Tom Chandler, a real classic who taught me real respect for the game, and gave me an opportunity to show what I could do."
At Texas A & M for two years, Johnson eventually recognized the difficulties of studying to become a veterinarian while playing winter ball, and left school to join the Baltimore Orioles' minor-league organization. His education continued, however, for along with taking computer and math courses at Johns Hopkins University, he finally learned about his father's wartime travails.
"A true survivor, he escaped from an Italian prisoner of war camp where they pulled his teeth out without any Novocain," Johnson says with a sigh. "One day they tied him up, and by stashing a knife on his body, he cut himself loose. He went on to live with the Italian resistance--a real hero, and a guy who wouldn't talk about this stuff because he didn't want to inflict pain on others."
Displaying his own mettle, a scrappy willingness to take hits at second base from sliding base runners, Johnson quickly moved up the minor-league ranks. He ultimately impressed O's manager Hank Bauer by barreling home from second on a routine fly ball in a 1966 exhibition game. Another no-fear firebrand, Bauer immediately converted D.J. into a second baseman and installed him in the lineup.
"The game was very macho back then, and I showed Hank I wasn't afraid to stick my head in anywhere," recalls Johnson, who hit a respectable .257 in 1966 while earning $6,500. "You played hurt, even with strep throat, since Hank demanded this aggressive, bust-a-gut style of play. I still believe you've got to get the guys' energy going, put pressure on defenses and make things happen. As a manager you have to be this kind of 'juice man.' "
While Bauer's exhortations led to a 1966 pennant and a World Series sweep of Sandy Koufax's Dodgers, life in the winner's circle wasn't all that charmed. At least not for Johnson, who in a rollicking, pennant-clinching celebration aboard a plane bound for L.A., paid dearly for the loss of his "virginity."
"It was the first time I had ever drank Champagne or smoked cigars, and mixing the two, I quickly turned green," laughs Johnson, now a veteran smoker with a penchant for enjoying a Cuban with friends, his wife, or a John Grisham novel. "I don't remember if it was a Swisher Sweet or a Hav-A-Tampa, but it really did me in. No wonder I didn't do all that well in the Series. I was still suffering the after-effects of those cigars."
Only making $12,000 in 1967, Johnson had to settle for more of those drugstore cigars once he started smoking "seriously." Though money continued to be a worry--he was forced to work in the off-season at a computer school and as a builder--Johnson got married and had the first of their three kids.
"I held out and held out for that $12,000," says Johnson, who became one of Earl Weaver's favorite ballplayers once the feisty, dirt-kicking, umpire-baiting legend took command of the O's in '68.
While Frank Robinson was celebrated for clutch home runs, and Brooks Robinson dazzled crowds with his game-saving acrobatics at third, Johnson was entrusted to be the "glue" in the infield, the leader who flashed defensive signals and comforted shell-shocked pitchers.
"While I never thought I'd become a manager, I always paid attention to choices managers made: when they took out pitchers and how they set up defenses," says Johnson. "The consummate innovator and genius of the human psyche, Earl regularly tried to seize advantages, so I tried to convince him to computerize his notecards. I'd say 'Earl, do you know anything about predictability, standard deviation charts?' He probably looked at my stuff at night, but first he'd throw it in the garbage, and order me back to second. That's how I wound up being called 'Dum-Dum.' "
Now Weaver says, "Having a lot of talent, Davey was a can't-miss prospect in the minors, who was interested in knowing everything he could about baseball. He asked a lot of questions, and that relentless quality helped him become very successful. You can never tell if a player with managerial ambitions will be able to handle management or all the adversity the game throws your way, but I knew early on there was something special about Davey."
When the Orioles won the pennant again in 1969, Johnson hit .280 and was a "Hoover-matic" gobbling up balls in the infield. With such dominant pitchers as Jim Palmer and Dave McNally, the Orioles were clear favorites in the World Series against the Mets. Only this time, he was on the wrong side of another "miracle."
"I'm still flabbergasted we lost, that destiny made all sorts of funky things happen," rues Johnson, who hit a woeful .063 in the Series against the "Amazin's," a ninth-place club in 1968. "Gusts of wind blowing balls back to their outfielders, [Ron] Swoboda's diving catch, Al Weiss hitting a home run; our winning just wasn't meant to be. While we won the next year against the Big Red Machine [Reds], 1969 was a big disappointment. The stuff of bad dreams."
D.J. would lustily rebound by hitting .281 and 10 homers in 1970, with a .313 mark in the Series. But with the exception of a phenomenal performance in 1973 (99 RBIs and 43 home runs) with the Braveshis numbers began to slip. By 1978, after a year in the Japanese League and a stint in Philly, he became a rarely used utility man with the Cubs. Playing out the string with an aching back, he'd often sit next to Bill Buckner, not knowing their paths would cross again when destiny would deal his former teammate the cruelest of hands.
Johnson left his flourishing real estate business in to manage the start-up minor-league Miami Amigos of the Inter-American League. He went on to pilot the Jackson Mets to a Texas League championship, impressing the parent club's hierarchy and earning the unenviable task of rebuilding the New York Mets, a team that had posted a 324-447 mark from 1979 to 1983.
Thrust into the city's media spotlight, D.J. made mistakes. "Right from the start I had to impart confidence to guys who had known a lot of losing," he says. "To get their energy going, I had to try some 'Weaverisms,' like throwing bases and kicking dirt at umpires' feet. I'm not much of a hollerer, and as I discovered, those tantrums are only OK for a 5-foot, 8-inch guy. At 6 foot, 1 inch I was quickly told 'that crap doesn't work in the National League,' as the umpires suspended me."
But his tactical moves, coupled with the adroit handling of Dwight Gooden and the club's other young pitchers, paid dividends. By instilling fiery play among the likes of Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry, Mr. Fix-It led the Mets to a surprising second-place finish his first year at the helm.
New York repeated its second-place performance in 1985, then acquired the power-hitting Gary Carter (who says "Davey is a terrific leader, a guy who skillfully relates to his players"), and won its division and the pennant in 1986, with a stunning 108-54 record. Then came the "miracle" that still breaks hearts in Boston.
"We were done, cooked," Johnson says with a chuckle, remembering the sixth game of the World Series. "There were two outs, two strikes, and nobody on. Carter gets a hit, Kevin Mitchell gets on, then Mookie Wilson hits this slow roller to first which takes a real funny hop Bill Buckner just can't handle. Poor Billy. It was fate that we won that game, and the next one with another terrific comeback. When the avalanche comes, it's just plain destiny."
Whatever the reason for Johnson's good fortune, he was suddenly the king of New York, with a taste for expensive cigars. "It's a capitalist thing," he says. "I could now afford the best, and so I was doing the Cohiba thing more and more. Esplendidos, robustos, torpedos--you name it. They're a luxury, but to me, even a 50-cent cigar is a celebration, and also a reflective thing. I'll smoke out here [on the sun porch] with my buddies, enjoy a glass of wine, and savor real camaraderie."
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The Aussie edged up today even after the Reserve Bank cut its cash rate by a quarter point, a move so well discounted that it prompted a "buy on the fact" response.
The Aussie dollar initially slipped as low as $US1.0406 after rates were cut to 3 per cent, but quickly recovered to last fetch $US1.0447, up 0.3 per cent on the day.
Financial markets had been almost fully priced for an easing and Aussie short positions got squeezed when the central bank statement did not appear as dovish as some had hoped.
"While the cut was as expected, a lack of an easing bias in the communiqué shot the AUD higher, and remains elevated," said Annette Beacher, head of Asia Pacific research at TD Securities in Singapore.
Traders said weak stop-losses around $US1.0450 were taken out and sent the Aussie modestly higher.
Yet, investors are still wagering official rates will have to go lower to truly stimulate demand among cautious consumers and a lacklustre housing market.
Interbank futures suggest rates could approach 2.5 per cent by the middle of next year, while some economists think a floor of 2 per cent is not impossible.
The RBA cut rates a quarter point to a record-matching low of 3 per cent at its monthly policy meeting, saying the move will help to foster sustainable growth in demand.
The Australian economy has showed a remarkable resilience compared with its Western peers, but could run the risk of recession as a mining boom peaks.
The RBA is trying to stimulate other sectors of the economy, and particularly home building, to fill any hole left when mining finally comes off the boil.
Other data out on Tuesday showed a sharp decline in new home approvals and a fall in government spending in Q3. The latter implies a large drag on economic growth in the quarter with GDP figures due out on Wednesday.
Australian government bond futures slipped, with the three-year contract down 0.050 points to 97.380. The 10-year contract eased 0.035 points to 96.900 with the yield curve flattening.


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Why don't google just submit the maps app to apple
1. The App Store has a long review process and App Store rules may limit what the app can do.
2. Google has full control over their Web application and there's nothing Apple can say or do to stop what Google does on their own Web app. Many companies have made Web apps to bypass the App Store's rules in the past.
Because apple doesn't want google maps, that's why they dropped them from iOS 6 even though they still had some time left with them, apple wants their own maps...haven't you been reading/watching/listening
That is also another good point I forgot to mention. That was an important factor that apple wanted to have to keep up and google didn't want it.
But knowing apple I still believe they will come back from this set back with a good map system we can be happy with


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The North of the 45th is an annual juried exhibition of artists living in the geographical area north of the 45th parallel in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. This line is known as the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole, and crossing this line from the south is often associated with being "up north." This exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of artists living in this upper Midwest region from both rural and urban areas. Each year a different juror is asked to select pieces for the exhibition from an open call for entries.
This year's juror, Kevin Buist, is an artist, writer, and exhibitions director for ArtPrize living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has exhibited artwork in solo and group exhibitions in New York City and Grand Rapids, and has been featured in numerous print and online publications including the Art:21 blog, where he was a blogger-in-residence, as well as Walker Art Center's mnartists.org, Solace Magazine, Art Hack, and SpoutBlog. At ArtPrize, Buist oversees exhibitions and cultural programming. He organizes world-class speakers and panel discussions that coincide with the event, that have included lively and provocative lectures by John Waters, Jerry Saltz, and Theaster Gates, among others. He selects the jurors who award over $200,000 in prizes at the annual event.
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The ghost of the murdered king begs his son to get revenge. But young Prince Hamlet is beset by doubts and unable to bring himself to action. If he waits too long, however, he could well become the murderer's next target.
Boy overboard! After falling off a luxury liner the spoiled teenager is rescued by a crew of rough fishermen. His parents think he drowned. Little do they know that, for the first time in his life, their lazy son is working hard...and becoming a man.
Phileas Fogg must be insane. No one has ever been able to circle the globe in only 80 days! Yet he's bet his friends that he'll do just that. Half of his fortune is one the line...and the outcome looks far from certain.
On the night before his wedding, an innocent young man is arrested and imprisoned. How could such a thing have happened? When he finally discovers the truth, he bitterly plots revenge. Then he escapes from prison and begins to punish his enemies, one by one.
Pip is headed for an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's forge. Then an anonymous donor appears, and sends Pip to London to live as a gentleman. Pip is sure he knows the identity of his secret benefactor. He couldn't be more surprised when he finds that he's been mistaken all along.
Something very peculiar is going on at Baskerville Hall. The local people claim that the moor is haunted. But Sir Henry isn't satisfied with that explanation. So he calls on the great detective Sherlock Holmes. For a while, Holmes and his faithful sidekick Dr. Watson are stumped. But only for a while.
In long ago India, a toddler wanders off and is taken in by a family of wolves. Coached by a friendly bear, the "man-cub" has many adventures as he learns the ways of the jungle. But things begin to change when Mowgli becomes a young man. Now he feels a strange pull towards creatures of his own kind.


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The biggest film to happen to Fair Trade premieres this spring wtih a 30-city tour throughout the United States and Canada. You can reserve your tickets to see #standwithme here: http://www.standwithmemovie.com/
To celebrate National Freedom Day, the #standwithme filmmakers are offering the documentary for pre-sale at a reduced price using 10-year old Vivienne Harr's "Pay what's in your heart" model. For one week beginning on February 1st, you may pre-order the film and any amount above $8 will be donated to the organizations helping to free children from slavery. Fair Trade USA is one of the organizations that will receive some of the donations.
#standwithme will be available to own for $11.99 on April 15th.
"I am speechless. The film was INCREDIBLE. In just over one hour, Stillmotion is able to captivate, educate and inspire action for Fair Trade in a way that has never been acheived before. #impressed." ~ Katie Barrow, SENIOR MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS Fair Trade USA


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Critics ask whether Cyril Rioli does enough in AFL matches, but no one doubts the lethal impact he can have.
The Hawthorn star reminded everyone of his outstanding ability with a best-afield performance in Sunday's emphatic 66-point win over Richmond.
Rioli tore the Tigers apart by himself in the third term with four goals as the Hawks broke away for their 18.10 (118) to 7.10 (52) win at the MCG.
Commentator Matthew Lloyd had gone as far on Sunday to ask if Rioli was over-rated, following two quiet weeks for the Hawthorn utility.
But Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson said Rioli lacked support from team-mates in last week's loss to Geelong.
"Last week he worked really, really hard for us defensively," Clarkson said.
"But he was having to do too much work on the defensive side of his game and was chasing a lot.
"It made it tough for him to be as dangerous as we would like when we have the footy.
"Despite what's written and said about Cyril, we're pleased with the role he plays for us."
With a lot more Hawks players putting enough pressure on the opposition, it freed Rioli to cut loose.
Clarkson said one of the most pleasing aspects of the win was keeping Richmond to only seven goals.
The other was beating a team who had won their previous two matches against the Hawks.
"Us being to able to suffocate the way they like to play was really important for us today," Clarkson said.
The only negative out of the game for Hawthorn was Josh Gibson's report for charging.
He seems certain to be suspended after he cannnoned into Reece Conca a few minutes before the final siren.
The heavy collision sparked a melee that will also come under video review.
The loss left the Tigers in deepening trouble with only two wins from six games.
Once again, turnovers killed any chance they had.
After a slow start, they matched the Hawks in the second term.
But two goals in less than two minutes at the start of the third term to Rioli and David Hale killed any chance Richmond had.
"They're a good side, a premiership obviously last year and they look well on the way to that again this year," Tigers coach Damien Hardwick said of the Hawks.
Captain Luke Hodge also starred for Hawthorn while Tigers midfielder Brandon Ellis impressed with 32 disposals.


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There were "serious failures" in the treatment of a baby girl who died at a children's hospital following open heart surgery, a coroner has said.
Hayley Fullerton died at Birmingham Children's Hospital one month after her first birthday after undergoing corrective surgery for a heart condition. She died on November 11 2009, 12 days after being transferred from the hospital's intensive care unit to a general ward.
Her mother Paula Stevenson, who flew to the UK from Australia to attend the hearing with Hayley's father Bobby Fullerton, has raised concerns about the care given to her baby.
Recording a narrative verdict at the end of the inquest into Hayley's death Aidan Cotter, coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, said: "The failures by a number of the staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital were serious but not gross."
But speaking afterwards, Ms Stevenson called the staff at the hospital "bullies, cowards and hypocrites" and said Hayley's death was "preventable and predictable".
Ms Stevenson, 40, told the inquest during an earlier hearing that she believed her daughter, who was born in Northern Ireland on October 6, 2008, with a heart defect and a hole in the heart, could have lived if staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital had listened to her concerns.
The court heard that Hayley underwent palliative surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast weeks after she was born. She was then flown to Birmingham Children's Hospital for corrective heart surgery on October 14, 2009.
Ms Stevenson, who is from Northern Ireland but now lives on Australia's Gold Coast, said the operation was a success and Hayley was transferred to the hospital's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, where she spent 17 days before being moved on to a normal ward.
On November 9 an X-ray revealed that Hayley's right lung had collapsed. She was given physiotherapy the following day but on the morning of November 11 both lungs collapsed and she went into cardiac arrest. She was pronounced dead after a team of doctors spent 20 minutes trying to save her, the inquest heard.
During the hearing Ms Stevenson said her child had been failed "abominably" by medical staff on ward 11, describing her experience as "brutal". She said staff at the hospital neglected Hayley, "dumped" her at the end of a ward and ignored the family's concerns about her breathing as she recovered from her surgery.


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Best Sequential Art Ever (This Week): Damian Scott, Amy Reeder, Kevin Cannon [New Feature!]
The comic book, animation, illustration, pinup, mashup, fan art and design communities are generating amazing artwork of myriad styles and tastes, all of which ends up on the Internet and filtered into ComicsAlliance's Best Art Ever (This Week). These images convey senses of mood and character -- not to mention artistic skill -- but comic books are specifically a medium of sequential narratives, and great sequential art has to be both beautiful (totally subjective!) and clear in its storytelling (not so subjective!). The words and the pictures need to work together to tell the story and create whatever tone, emotion and indeed world the story requires. The contributions of every person on a creative team, from the writer to the artist(s) to the letterers, are necessary to achieving a great page of sequential storytelling.
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Denver Community Credit Union is proud to be part of the 3rd largest branch network in the nation. CO-OP just released that the Shared Branch network has more branch locations than Bank of America, US Bank, and PNC. As of May, 2015, the CO-OP Shared Branch network boasts 5,341 branches. The CO-OP Shared Branch network is a great example of the credit union difference - "people helping people." Credit unions work together to bring members more convenient options to compete with big banks. It doesn't stop there, either. CO-OP also provides the CO-OP ATM network which features over 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs nationwide. Click here to read more about the progress and benefits of the CO-OP Shared Branch network.
Denver Community Credit Union is proud to announce that it has been ranked among the nation's 200 healthiest credit unions by DepositAccounts.com.
The Birmingham, Alabama-based site, which tracks banks and credit union account interest rates nationwide, ranked Denver Community Credit union 50th in its second annual listing of the healthiest banks and credit unions. The rankings are based on an institution's level of problem loans, improvement in those levels, deposit growth and capital reserves.
Denver Community began in 1934 when ten employees of the City of Denver established ownership and began providing financial services. Since then, the credit union has grown to $269 million in assets and its net worth ratio increased 14% in 2014. DepositAccounts.com gave Denver Community A+ rankings for a strong balance sheet, deposit growth and an excellent capitalization level.
"This type of ranking by an independent third-party helps when potential members are evaluating their options," said Carla Hedrick, President of Denver Community Credit Union. "It also gives our current members confidence in us. Every day, we strive to provide the best possible service offerings for our members, and this ranking helps validate our efforts to be a healthy financial institution are working."
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Phroogal, a financial education service that empowers millennials to make better informed financial decisions, is hitting the road in an epic 10,000 mile road trip across the US to get people talking about financial wellness. Denver is stop #19 on June 19th!
Join Denver Community as Jason Vitug, Phroogal Founder and CEO, makes his stop at Denver's Galvanize to host a discussion with anyone interested in personal finance. Other community partners including mpowered, Consumers United Association an the Financial Empowerment Centers program will also be present at the Phroogal stop. Phroogal and participating partners will be at Denver's Galvanize to talk about community resources and answer questions. The event will end with a happy hour and the opportunity to network with local personal finance experts.
4:30 pm: Panel of Local Financial Education Providers
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5:45 pm to 7:00 pm: Happy Hour Networking (Snacks will be available)
Friday, June 19th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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On April 23rd, members, partners, and employees gathered at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum to celebrate Denver Community Credit Union's 80th Annual Meeting. It was a night full of fun, food, and community. We thank everyone who joined us, as well as our sponsors: 1st Mortgages, Auto Aves, Cuna Mutual, Credit Union Direct Connect (CUDC), mpowered, LPL Financial, and Credit Union Service Network (CUSN). Denver Community Credit Union used our 80th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to raise money to support the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation. Members paid a $5 entry fee. Proceeds from ticket sales went to the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation. Donations were also accepted at the event. Denver Community matched all donations which brought total donations to $6,400.
Our 80th Annual Meeting featured an update for members on the financial performance of the credit union, as well as a presentation by the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation champion family. Concern for community is one of the core cooperative principles of credit unions. By supporting the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation, credit union members are making a difference in the community. To learn more about the Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation please visit http://www.childrenscoloradofoundation.org/
2014 Miracle Marathon
Denver Community Credit Union staff participated in the 2014 Miracle Marathon as a team. The Miracle Marathon is a fundraising campaign benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. For 27.2 days, participants move one mile of forward movement, or exercise for 20 minutes. While a normal marathon is 26.2 miles, the Miracle Marathon is extra special with an extra mile for the kids. During the Marathon, staff raised $3,479 for Children's Hospital Colorado, and moved 906 miles! What an achievement! Check out our staff's participation in the Miracle Marathon on our Pinterest page.
Learn more about how Children's Miracle Network Hospitals come to the aid of children everyday by visiting their website. To learn how the Miracle Marathon makes an impact, visit www.miraclemarathon.org.
On September 26, 2014, Denver Community Credit Union was awarded the 2014 Community Impact Award by the Mountain West Credit Union Association. We were awarded for our Clear Money Program, which provides free and public financial education to the community. The Credit Union Community Impact Award recognizes a credit union program that has positively affected the community and the Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming credit union movement. We are truly proud to be recognized for our Clear Money Program and the difference it makes in members' lives and in the community. Learn more about our work with the Clear Money Program in our 2014 Community Impact Video.
It was a beautiful day on August 9th for our 2014 Back to School Fair! We were joined by local community partners to bring a meaningful, family-fun experience to our members, and we were also able to provide back to school supplies to participants. We were joined by mpowered, Denver Health, Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation, Denver Police Explorers, Z-Ultimate Aurora, Denver Public Library, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, CUDC, Denver Art Museum, Family Star Montessori and Rockie Mountain Farmer's Union. Each of our partners provided a fun activity for kids to participate in to earn their back to school supplies.
We are proud to say that our 2014 Back to School Fair served over 500 people, including almost 300 kids who received a drawstring backpack with school supplies! Be sure to be on the look out for next year's Back to School Fair!
Our 2014 Back to School Fair is quickly approaching on Saturday, August 9th. The Back to School Fair is in its 5th year, and as grown over the years in popularity. As a popular event for Denver Community Credit Union, there is no shortage of work to be done in preparation for the big day. The biggest task is preparing the school supplies that kids will earn by participating in fun activities with participating partners. Thousands of pencils, sheets of papers, glue sticks and more have to be prepared before-hand. It's something we have down to a science, however; and with a whole lot of team work, we are able to gather the school supplies into Denver Community sling-packs within an hour. We are excited for the coming Back to School Fair, and we are looking forward to seeing all of our participants at the Back to School Fair!
Denver Community Credit Union has been awarded 5 stars in Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound® Ratings service for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. A 5-star rating is the highest award rating and is defined as a "Superior" ranking of relative financial strength and stability. For more than 16 years, Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound® service has given consumers information on the relative financial strength and stability of U.S. commercial banks, savings institutions and credit unions.
"In today's economic climate, it's important for consumers to trust that their money is protected," said Don Ross, CEO of Bankrate.com. "Earning a 4- or 5- star designation from the Safe & Sound® Star Rating is traditionally a strong indicator of financial strength and stability in a financial institution," Mr. Ross added.
"Receiving this rating is truly a reflection of our continued commitment to putting our members, and their best interests, first," said Carla Hedrick, President of Denver Community Credit Union. "Every day, we strive to provide the best possible financial institution for members, and this rating helps validate those efforts in a very tangible way."
Bankrate's Safe & Sound® ratings are comparisons to both industry peer norms and standards. Individual performance levels are determined from publicly available regulatory filings and are compared to asset-size peer norms, industry standards and key absolute benchmarks. To learn more about Bankrate's Safe and Sound® ratings methodology, go to: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/safesound/ss_home.asp.
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Denver Community Credit Union was a proud sponsor of the 2014 Aurora Arts Festival on June 28th. The Aurora Arts Festival gathered local artists and performers at Fletcher Plaza. This year's theme was "Recycle and Upcycle art - ReUp!" Several of the artists created beautiful works of art out of everyday household items. It was a great day for the community of Aurora filled with family-friendly fun. The Aurora Arts Festival is put on by the Aurora Culture Arts District (ACAD). To learn more about the Aurora Arts Festival, please visit www.auroraculture.org.
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Imagine being CIO for Intel. You'd serve over 90,000 employees scattered around the globe, many of them hardcore technologists happy to second-guess any decision you make.
Intel CIO Diane Bryant doesn't seem to be buckling under the pressure. In a recent interview with InfoWorld Executive Editor Doug Dineley and me, Bryant -- who joined Intel in 1985 and worked her way up through the ranks -- clearly laid out her vision for making desktop virtualization a key part of Intel's long-term plans to serve its internal users.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Learn what desktop virtualization really means in InfoWorld's special report. | Download InfoWorld's "VDI Deep Dive" PDF report today. | Plus, do Google Apps and desktop virtualization foretell the rebirth of the desktop PC? ]
Desktop virtualization, as you may know, is one of InfoWorld's favorite topics. In our interview, Bryant immediately dove into the practical challenges and benefits of what she terms "client virtualization" -- where a VM (virtual machine) runs on every one of her users' devices, from notebooks to iPhones, providing a secure, portable business computing environment. At Intel this ambition is already in the pilot phase, which puts Bryant at the forefront of one of the most compelling trends in IT.
Doug Dineley: What caused you to consider virtualization on the client side?
Diane Bryant: The big change I've seen in even just the two years since I've been CIO is the plethora of devices. Intel calls it the "compute continuum." It used to be you would come to Intel and get a desktop, and in '97 you got a notebook, and then smartphones. Now there are all kinds of devices that people are looking to bring into the environment: netbooks and tablets and all kinds of things.
Eric Knorr: Do you have a breakdown of BlackBerry vs. iPhone?
Bryant: If you're an Intel employee and you have a business need (which is about 10 percent of the population), you get a smartphone device which in general is a BlackBerry, because it's an enterprise-secured device. Here's what we did as part of this whole trend I'm talking about. The employee demand was so great, they were saying "I have a smartphone; just let me use it." So what we did in January is we opened it up and we said: "If you have a smartphone, and you're willing to sign a waiver that you're going to have Intel-confidential information on your personal device, we will push contact, calendar, and email onto your smartphone."
Knorr: Can I ask you what the waiver says?
Bryant: I'm not a lawyer, so I'll paraphrase. In general it says: "If you lose your iPhone you have to immediately call Intel and we will wipe the phone, which means we will wipe the Intel information and we will wipe your information."
Knorr: That capability has to be enabled before somebody can use it?
Knorr: Yes. We put a password on the device and we have remote wipe capability. This is where client virtualization comes in...


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WINTER PARK, Fla. – Following the most successful baseball season since 2001, five players were honored in part of the Sunshine State Conference's All-Conference teams, which were announced this morning by SSC Commissioner Jay Jones. Senior first baseman Michael Revell and senior outfielder Taed Moses were both named to the first team, while senior third baseman Dillon Vitale, and freshman Michael Dunnigan were named to the second team, and senior LHP Rick Teasley and sophomore Bobby Twitty received honorable mention recognition.
Revell, the Lions' everyday first baseman, led the squad in power numbers on the year, belting a team-high six home runs and driving in a team-high 48 RBI. In addition, Revell played solid defensively, posting a fielding percentage of .983. Revell finished second on the team with a .355 average, ripping 13 doubles and a triple, while finishing sixth in the SSC with a .550 slugging percentage.
Also notching All-SSC First Team honors was Moses who led the team in hitting with a .376 average and finished third among all SSC hitters in the same category. Moses' .576 slugging percentage was the fourth best in the conference as he tallied 14 doubles, a team-high five triples, and three home runs. Moses also led the team in stolen bases, going 16-for-17 for the season.
Vitale, whose on-base percentage hovered around .500 for most of the season, earned All-SSC Second Team honors. The team's third leading hitter batted .345 with 10 doubles and three home runs. Vitale finished the season with an on-base percentage of .487—the highest in the Sunshine State Conference. Also contributing to that high mark was his knack for drawing walks, as Vitale reached on a team-high 35 walks, good for third best in the conference.
Also taking home All-SSC Second Team honors was Dunnigan, who came on very strong for the Lions late, totaling a 7-0 record for the season. Dunnigan started four games on the hill, tallying over 40 innings while accumulating an ERA of 2.72. The righty earned seven wins in his freshman campaign while striking out 25 batters.
Teasley received honorable mention recognition, pitching 86.2 innings with an ERA of 3.63 as the leader of the Lions' pitching staff. Teasley compiled 24 more innings than the next closest pitcher on the team while earning five wins and notching 73 strikeouts in his senior season.
Also earning honorable mention recognition was Twitty, who in just his sophomore season, put up some impressive numbers at the plate. The right fielder started off the year on fire, hitting safely in 20 consecutive games during one stretch. Twitty finished with a.317 average, five home runs, and 40 RBI.
1B - Jason Matusik, Lynn (Sr)
1B - Michael Revell, Saint Leo (Sr)
2B - Adrian English, Barry (Jr)
3B - Brandon Sedell, Nova Southeastern (So)
SS - Jacob Tillotson, Tampa (So)
C - Austin Allen, Florida Tech (Fr)
OF - Michael Danner, Tampa (Jr)
OF - Taed Moses, Saint Leo (Sr)
OF - Connor Obrochta, Tampa (Jr)
OF - Zach Persky, Rollins (Jr)
DH - Kevin Reynolds, Nova Southeastern (Jr)
UT - Keith Curcio, Florida Southern (So)
SP - Matt Abramson, Tampa (Sr)
SP - Billy Atkins, Barry (Fr)
SP - Jason Boyer, Florida Tech (Sr)
SP - Jed Vandernaald, Lynn (Jr)
RP - Mike Adams, Tampa (Jr)
Player of the Year - Jason Matusik, Lynn
Pitcher of the Year - Mike Adams, Tampa
Freshman of the Year - Austin Allen, Florida Tech
Coach of the Year - Joe Urso, Tampa
1B - Scott Carcaise, Florida Tech (Jr)
2B - Tyler Ding, Tampa (Jr)
3B - Dillon Vitale, Saint Leo (Sr)
SS - Carlos Asuaje, Nova Southeastern (Jr)
C - Luis Arrizurieta, Barry (Sr)
OF - Alex Marrero, Nova Southeastern (Sr)
OF - Enrique Perez, Lynn (Jr)
OF - Sheehan Planas, Barry (So)
OF - Jose Rodriguez, Nova Southeastern (Sr)
DH - Cory Elasik, Lynn (Sr)
UT - Tyler Kellman, Barry (Jr)
SP - Michael Dunnigan, Saint Leo (Fr)
SP - Calvin Rayburn, Barry (Jr)
SP - Taylor Smith, Rollins (Sr)
SP - Scotty Ward, Florida Tech (So)
RP - James Mannara, Florida Tech (Sr)
OF - Bobby Twitty, Saint Leo (So)
SP - Anthony Figliolia, Rollins (Sr)
SP - Rick Teasley, Saint Leo (Sr)


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Oh, Helen, many thanks. That greeting card was absolutely stunning! Just beautiful.
My Grandkids are all out of town for various reasons so Robin is coming over and we will grill outside, I think. We have not had rain since March and it is supposed to be thunderstorms tomorrow! Everyone is going a good crazy because the rain is coming! Thanks again for the boquet of flowers.
Hi, Helen,
Thanks for your card, I enjoy it a lot.
It is much better than the traditional fire works at the end when the American eagle shows up;what a thoughtful e card. thanks again.
God bless.
Helen...how beautiful and how unusual of a card this is. You have great taste. Thanks for thinking of us. And thanks for your continued commitment to finding a cure for this disease.
Thank You! (my mom always sends Jackie Lawson Cards ;-) That is a beautiful one!
How very sweet. May peace be with you and all our English (and worldly) brothers and sisters.
To all our American friends
Happy 4th of July from this side of the pond.
A Happy belated 4th to all my American friends from me too! Apologies for my belated wishes but you can blame my 6 year old little cousin for that! I was looking after him all day and was knackered after it....me not him!!!
Hugs to all,
Thanks Gavin and welcome to the world of 6 year olds, but I bet you had fun!
Fun is one way of describing it Lainy!!! Ha!! But yes, it was a good day apart from a toilet incident that went wrong.....very wrong in fact! 1st 2 toilet happenings went well and smootly, woo hoo! However, the 3rd happening did not go as smoothly as there was a lack of prior warning from said 6 year old little cousin! Actually there was zero warning and this resulted in both the washing machine and shower being required for clean up...... 1 for clothes and the other for child!
However, for this I do not blame said 6 year old... I blame Disney! Why? Simple, they are solely and totally responsible for the film Cars and Cars 2... I bought Arran a new game for his Nintendo, Cars 2 and he went berserk with excitement when he saw it. He was playing it for ages and loved it.....and forgot that he needed the toilet! Maybe I should sue for damages? Ha!!
And I got to watch some real good films that I had never seen and that funnily enough., I had missed when they were released........... Alvin and the Chipmunks, hmmm.... followed by King Fu Panda 2.... and then when I though the viewing was all over....NO!!!!! He pulls out the sequel to Alvin and the Chipmunks........LOL!!!! So, we have chipmunks that are in a band etc and a panda that can go berserk, take on anyone and who is looking for his inner peace..........
Plus I had about 10 hours of Gab (he can't say Gavin) Gab, what are you doing? Gab, what you doing? Gab, whats that? Gab, whats he doing? Gab Gab Gab....LOL!!! It was raining here big so we couldn't go out, if it was dry then I was going to take him to the carnival then it would have been Gab, waltzers, Gab dodgems, Gab waltzers for about 4 hours! At least then I would have ad a reason for my head spinning!!! But yes, a good day all round really!!!
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List leaks with names of new Gameloft games for 2013
NOTE: We had to remove the list of titles at the request of Gameloft. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
18 Comments
1. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
any word on GTA Vice city for android yet?
2. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
it landed on the google play store yesterday, i played the gamed edi quite nice
3. imkyle (Posts: 1087; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
It's been delayed for technical issues. :(
4. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
wow that sucks.......technical issues are always the ones that get me the most..
19. iDroid (Posts: 2; Member since: 23 Sep 2011)
buy an ipad and play it !
5. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
wait wait wait, what? temple run from gameloft? Isn't it from imangi?
7. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Yeah, that's one on the list that confused me too.
8. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
maybe its a different kind of temple run!
18. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
that probably is Temper Run..
but yeah, i"m also confused..
excited for the MC5..
6. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
heeck yeah!! im excited!! but still no windows phone? or BlackBerry10?
9. nwright94 (unregistered)
Space horror kinda like dead space? I hope so.
10. ndidaaaa (Posts: 7; Member since: 02 Aug 2012)
No N.O.V.A? D:
11. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
No NOVA? NO!! Modern Combat 5 Last War, now you got my attention! That reminds me I need to pick up a PhoneJoy bluetooth controller and a DUO controller, I'm moving away from computer gaming and more to mobile gaming, Parties my friend, parties, I can take the mobile show on the road, that and as much as I like EVE online, I need to get out.....
13. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Oh I just hope they are not ditching the NOVA series .. it's their showcase product and the next one should've been amazing
14. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
I'm definitely in the minority here but I'm not excited at all. It's sad that mobile has become so big. It means the computer specs are going to stagnate as more money is to be made in mobile games. No longer is a game like crysis going to have people frantically running out to buy new graphics cards or new computers because their old ones couldn't manage. Not when consumers are content with mediocre hardware and performance on celphones and tablets. No matter the version of adreno or mali, it still cant compare to even a first gen geforce. For better or worse pc gaming is slowly dying. Gone are the days of constantly refreshing the geforce page for a new driver just for a 5% improvement in skyrim. Soon powervr will release their new chip and games like mass effect will be ported to mobiles albeit with less oomph. Who cares if it sucks compared to the pc version. It's mass effect. On a phone! Sigh. I've yet to find a game my alienware cant push. Is this the begining of the end for more powerful pc graphics cards or will there be a game that makes my machine cry? I hope so. These god damned laptops are heavy
15. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
You are so spot on with your post.
It is sad for minority like you but great news for majority obviously.. now do the math.
16. rizevnarastek (Posts: 349; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
I think it has to happen... I mean ther majority of people use their computers only for internet and facebook :) Hardcore gamers will still be hardcore gamers but with smartphones out now and in the future games will become more and more like REAL computer games and it's there where developement will have to be. PC stands for Personal Computer and I think that with devices like the Galaxy Note II and others Smartphones have become our Personal Computers.... in fact they are even more personal than our big boxes and laptops the whole family can use ;) So cudos to developers for making more and more great games for smartphones (look at Bard's Tale, it's fabulous!) I say keep 'em coming :D


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LAGUNA WOODS – They barrel through intersections and blaze past gatehouses, responding to multiple emergencies each day. With an average of 30 calls daily, the engines and crews of Fire Station 22 in Laguna Hills are among the county's busiest.
Orange County Fire Authority Division 5 Chief Bryan Brice says the area served by that station – including Laguna Woods and parts of Laguna Hills and Aliso Viejo – accounts for 5 percent of all calls for emergency services, nearly 10,000 per year.
That makes Station 22 the busiest in the 71-station OCFA jurisdiction, Brice says.
Compare those numbers with Irvine's 20,000 calls and eleven fire stations and you get an idea of how hard the crews at Station 22 work, says Brice. "This station is just a busy place, and that's what the guys love – they hired on to handle emergency services and that's what they do."
It hasn't always been that way. The station opened on October 21, 1966 with a single fire engine to serve the 3,600 families who had moved to Leisure World since its opening two years earlier. The community sprouted quickly from what was once rolling farmland. In August 1973, the station added a second engine and a paramedic team. A third truck was added later.
Today, maintaining the busiest engines in the county is a priority for the 13-man crews. A typical 24-hour shift begins at 8 a.m. with the engineers checking the engine fluid, tire pressure and lights on each vehicle. Next, the crew performs equipment checks and loads its gear onto the engines. The remainder of the day is spent on training drills, business inspections and the occasional station tour or school presentation.
Meals are prepared by the firefighters on a rotating basis and lean toward the budget-friendly variety, says fire captain Kyle Kuzma, a 7-year veteran of OCFA. "Spaghetti, tuna sandwiches, chicken. We try to eat pretty healthy."
The best cooks are usually the guys on the truck crew, Kuzma says, because they have the most spare time.
Evenings are when the majority of calls come in, and the crew sleeps when it can. But when the alarm sounds they drop whatever they're doing to respond to the emergency, Kuzma says.
He compares the relationship among crew members to that of a family. "We're with them 24 hours at a time, and you get to know each other really well. As part of our job we rely on each other. You've got to be able to work together and communicate."
That cohesion is what the fire department is all about, says Battalion Chief Brian Norton, a 20-year veteran of OCFA. "You go onto a call and it's unspoken what needs to go on. Everybody comes together to get it done."
Norton says one reward that comes from serving Laguna Woods is learning the histories of its residents. He remembers as a paramedic responding to the man who took the photograph of the atomic bomb being dropped over Hiroshima.
Brice says he responded to a woman who came to California in a covered wagon. Another time he met a man who served on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff and helped plan D-Day.
"These types of experiences stay with the crew members and make serving the area enjoyable," Brice says.
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I have a Treager single use smoker. you poor the the pellets into the small smoker, you poor in some chemical over some of the pellets then like the chemical which will ignite the pellets. After a few minutes you have smoke.
My questions is this I use green and red peppers, and onions for the Brat Bath. Will this little smoker get the the vegetables cooked. I was thinking the smoke on vegetables might be good for adding flavor to the brats, in the brat bath, or on the bun with the brat.
The little smoker stays hot for about an hour, I would only use the smoker for the vegetables, not enough room on this grill for both.
Just need to know if the little smoker will cook the vegetables, and how long it will take?


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Personal loans for people with poor credit
According to the good folks at FICO, the credit scoring developer, approximately 25% of the US population qualifies as having poor or bad credit. For these people, borrowing money from a bank can be a time consuming and frustrating chore – if they can even qualify. Once a person's credit dips below the 600 level, they are no longer considered a "prime borrower" to lenders and thus are considered a "high-risk borrower" and fall into the subprime category.
What is a loan for people with poor credit? Is it different than a payday loan or short-term cash advance?
To meet demand, the credit industry created more flexible and relaxed borrowing guidelines for people with no, limited, fair, poor and bad credit. The resulting loan, also called a payday loan or "cash advance", is typically a short term unsecured personal loan with higher interest rates and fees. Advocates support these loans citing they are fast and relatively easy to obtain and can help people deal with life's unexpected financial emergencies. Critics claim that people pay too much in fees and interest and risk spiraling further into debt if they can't repay the loan on time and in full and/or borrow repeatedly (read about the "Hamster Wheel effect").
How Do Payday Loans Work?
These unsecured loans work when a consumer (with less than "good" credit) agrees in a contract that they will repay the principal loan amount, plus and interest and fees, in short order – typically on or by their next payday. In most cases, a borrower needs to be employed with payroll records and have a checking account at a US bank. They pre-date a check when applying online and funds are then automatically withdrawn from their checking or savings account on the pay date.
All lenders are directed by law to disclose all the fees and interest penalties beforehand without any hidden conditions. Loans are not available in all states and borrowers should be sure to understand all terms including any fees or charges associated with late payments, the non-payment of a loan and the repeated use, renewal, and extension of any loan. The general borrowing range for this type of loan is $100 - $1000 USD. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") are two federal consumer governmental agencies that oversee various aspects of the finance and credit markets.
Credit Cards for people with bad credit
Credit card companies also design credit cards for people with bad credit and no, or limited, credit history. Cards can be "secured cards", "unsecured cards" and even "prepaid debit cards". Most people think they simply can't get a credit card with anything less than stellar or good credit - but they can. Some of the most well known credit card companies will guarantee approval and not require a credit check or employment. Of course, bad credit credit cards may carry higher interest rates, lower maximum credit limits, and require advance payments but that is the trade off a consumer accepts until they can better their credit score.
Many people use this type of credit card to rebuild credit - but an important life rule to remember is to never charge more than can be paid back by the due date. People should work to rebuild credit, increase their credit score, reduce debt and ultimately get a credit card with more attractive terms.
Improve and Build Your Credit Score
There are three main credit reporting agencies in the US. These three agencies compile data from vendors and credit providers and issue a credit score for individuals. People that pay their bills on time and have clean borrowing and payment records generally get a higher score and people that are not so diligent generally get a lower score. The three main credit reporting agencies are:
- Experian
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- Trans Union
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By law, consumers are entitled to one free credit report from each of the three main credit reporting agencies. Consumers can also obtain a report from other online companies that can help monitor and repair credit and help with identity theft. Click here for more information on how to get your free credit report.
The Top 5 Pros and Cons to Borrowing Money with Bad, Poor or No Credit
Loans for people with poor credit histories were originally designed to help people get through financial hardship and emergency situations and including medical problems, car repairs, or other unforeseen issues. They were not designed to finance the purchase of a new pair of designer shoes, a big screen TV to watch the Super Bowl or a trip to Mexico! Here are our top five pros and cons when deciding on whether to borrow money using a loan when you have bad or no credit (read full article).
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|Top Five"Cons"
|1 Fast approval and fast cash
|1 Fees & interest rates can be high
|2 Online registration is easy
|2 Can be more expensive if you don't repay on time
|3 No credit - Good credit
|3 Avoiding the Hamster Wheel Effect of repeat borrowing
|4 Loans are unsecured
|4 Saving money can be harder
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10 Tips to be a Smarter Gluten-Free Cook
Ever get tired of cooking? Or maybe you live alone and don't enjoy cooking for one? One of the best lessons I've learned while being gluten-free is that in order to eat the best you possibly can, you've got to cook it yourself. You know that gluten-free doesn't necessarily mean healthy, so you can't count on just purchasing products to ... Read More »


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Oreo's New Flavor is Watermelon – Gross or Delicious?
When I think of 'summer,' watermelon comes to mind. However, I don't think about watermelon-flavored cookies. That just seems so wrong! With flavors like orange ice cream and apple pie – mixing fruit in with sweets doesn't seem so foreign but I can't wrap my head around this one. I do have high hopes though – watermelon being one of my favorite summertime treats! I do plan on buying a package just to prove myself wrong!
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Perth will be in the tight grip of an official heatwave until at least the New Year, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Maximum temperatures above 38 degrees are forecast until Monday and the mercury is not expected to drop below 21 degrees the entire week.
The heat wave follows Perth's fifth hottest Christmas Day on record - the mercury tipped 38.9 degrees at 12.30pm.
It is believed to have been the hottest Christmas Day in a city anywhere in the world.
Boxing Day surpassed 30 degrees by 8.30am and peaked at 37.5 degrees.
The seven-day forecast includes maximums of 41 degrees Thursday, 40 degrees on Friday, 42 degrees on Saturday, 41 degrees on Sunday.
There will be a slight reprieve on New Year's Eve, with a forecast of 38 degrees, followed by 34 degrees on New Year's Day.
The hot conditions have led the Department of Fire and Emergency Services to warn about the extreme potential for a bushfire.
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Eastbound & Down
Eastbound & Down (2009–2013) is an HBO comedy show about a former professional baseball pitcher, who after a disappointing career is forced to return to his hometown middle-school as a substitute physical education teacher.
- 1 Season One
- 2 Season Two
- 3 Cast
- 4 External links
Season One[edit]
Chapter 1 [1.01][edit]
- Terrence: You want a smoothie?
- Kenny: No, I'm straight.
- Kenny: A lot of people ask me, 'Kenny Powers, you're a giant superstar. You can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?' And the answer is yes, I have. Several times, in fact. And it's actually kinda cool. You can negotiate practically anything and sometimes, even just kind of do stuff in the moment that you never agreed to pay for and it goes by without much argument.
Chapter 2 [1.02][edit]
- [Kenny misses his target, a can on a stick, and hits and breaks a birdbath instead]
- Dustin, Jr.: Why didn't you hit the target?
- Kenny: Because, Dustin, Jr., at the last minute I decided NOT to hit the target. I decided to go for that birdbath your Dad put in there just- I'm trying so hard not to be an asshole to you guys, OK? Just please work with me here... alright, I'm sorry. I'm not mad at you guys. I'm just kinda disappointed with my own arm and how it's trying to butt-fuck me back here.
- Dustin, Jr.: I hated that birdbath.
- Kenny: I broke that birdbath for you 'cause I knew how much you hated it 'cause we're the same. I hate that fuckin' thing too... A stork wrapped around a tree branch, that's the stupidest thing I've ever seen before. You know how the plague started back in the day, was from a little disgusting birdbath in someone's backyard that rats made sex to birds in it and created a whole new type of AIDS.
- Ashley: I don't want to be embarrassed.
- Kenny: Well, you're doing a good job of that on your own just by how you fucking look.
Chapter 3 [1.03][edit]
- Kenny: Some people say Kenny Powers is a woman-hater. That's not true; I love women - every fuckin' one of 'em. Even the ugly-as-shit ones. But don't ask me to trust 'em, even nuns, because every pair of tits comes with a gaping hole of need that even Kenny Powers can't fill.
- Kenny: If there's one thing I hate it's losing. If there's two things I hate it's losing and getting cancer.
Chapter 4 [1.04][edit]
- Stevie: Terrence, I don't teach you how to principal I don't think you should tell me how to teach band.
- Terrence: You clearly don't understand the employer-employee relationship.
- Stevie: Uh, I'm starting to and I don't like it.
- Kenny: I don't know what's going on, man. I'm just all jammed up inside. Lost my abilities. Been stripped of all of my god-given talents. Including the talents to be able to have sex with any woman I choose, or throw a fucking ball fast, or to not prematurely come in my pants. Sometimes I just don't even know which one hurts the most. I'm ashamed of myself.
Chapter 5 [1.05][edit]
- Ashley Schaffer: I had a dream about this moment... When I was making love... to my wife Donna. On top of her; powerful thrusts, filling the sultry night air. Heavy breath. My son Gabriel walked in, little boy. My wife sprung out of bed and said "No, Gabriel! Leave!" And I said "No, honey, shut your mouth, let him watch." Let him watch what is being consecrated here. And I want the people to watch what is going to be consecrated here. And I will bring my son down here, and he will watch. He will watch you two battle it here - you two becoming one, OK? This isn't a game anymore - this isn't a game!
- Reg Mackworthy: I feel this new lifestyle you got here, Kenny, I do. Let me ask you a question, though. When did you become... SUCH a pussy? I mean, like, you've always been a pussy, you know. But now you're just a vagina with a mullet.
Chapter 6 [1.06][edit]
- Kenny: Now listen to me you beautiful bitch, cause I am about to fuck you up with some truth.
- Kenny: You know how you all think there are two kinds of lesbians. There's the kind on Cinemax that get it on and are really hot. Then there's the mean kind. Ms. Carol is neither of those.
Season Two[edit]
Chapter 7 [2.01][edit]
- Kenny: This is me now. A man haunted by the sacrifices he's had to make. A man who ran and never looked back. A man who drank his ass all the way down to the butthole of America. I left my country to begin a new life - one where I could finally blend with those I was living amongst. Become just another face in the crowd.
- Kenny: Sometimes you gotta wash away the paint, and reveal to the world the jackass that is hiding beneath.
Chapter 8 [2.02][edit]
- Kenny: Over the course of my career, I've played on many different teams - some I liked, and some I really fucking hated. I am not mentioning any names, but let's just say that Seattle can tongue kiss my shithole. The best way to get a new team on your side is to trash the last team you played for. Talk shit about how their fans suck, and their women have pancake titties.
Chapter 9 [2.03][edit]
- Kenny: It's no mystery that ass has always been tits' greatest enemy. It's almost like a Muslim-Jewish thing, but with tits and ass.
Chapter 10 [2.04][edit]
- Kenny: How could you do this to me? Here this whole time I thought you were a whore with a heart of gold. Instead you're just a whore with a regular old whore's heart.
Chapter 11 [2.05][edit]
- Kenny's Dad: Well, maybe I'll see you in hell then. The old Powers men tag teaming a couple of she-devils
- Kenny: I got two hard rules I live by, pop: I don't fuck with the devil, and I never do tag teams with blood relatives.
- Kenny: Truth be told, things aren't going as good for me as I led on to believe. The love of my life married some other dude, and my new girlfriend fed her pussy to the owner of the baseball team I just quit. I stole homeboy's car, and now I'm probably a wanted fugitive.
Chapter 12 [2.06][edit]
- Kenny: Down there I fought and fucked my way to being the greatest gringo that country has ever seen.
- Kenny: All the ass magic in Mexico can't change Kenny Powers believes. I'm not an ass men. I'm a tit men. I like big ass boobs. Now and forever. I'm not like a Black, Vida.
Chapter 13 [2.07][edit]
- Danny McBride - Kenny Powers
- John Hawkes - Dustin Powers
- Jennifer Irwin - Cassie Powers
- Katy Mixon - April Buchanon
- Steve Little - Stevie Janowski
- Andrew Daly - Terrence Cutler
- Ben Best – Clegg
- Will Ferrell - Ashley Schaeffer