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We understand that India, like any developing economy is currently facing some very tough social issues like Poverty, Illiteracy, women inequality etc but at the same time India has held onto its Cultural past and is today one of the most diverse and unique cultures in the world. We are working to help the communities in need and at the same time creating an opportunity for international volunteers to get involved at the grass root level and get an authentic Indian cultural experience. Our programs are run in partnership with a selected few organizations in India, which are working towards bringing about a "Change". Our international volunteers work hand in hand with these organizations and lend their skills and experience to be a part of the cause.
We understand that more than 95% of volunteers from abroad who come to India are first time travelers to India who apart from working for a social cause are also interested to immerse themselves into the culture of India, Therefore we have designed our programs to be really comprehensive that is Airport to Airport. We manage and arrange everything from arrival till departure as we want out volunteers to just concentrate and enjoy their Indian adventure. This is especially necessary as the country can sometimes be overwhelming for first time travelers. To give our volunteers a true taste of India we arrange for Cultural lessons and events such as yoga, dance, Cooking, Language etc. which when combined with stay at with a Indian family (home Stays) offer the most authentic Indian experience possible.
We don't want to use the poverty, illiteracy and the social problems to attract volunteers but rather we want to attract them through centuries old Traditions, heart throbbing landscapes and the spiritual heritage of India. All of our program locations are carefully chosen to give our participants an experience of a lifetime. We have intentionally kept our projects in India away from the metropolitan cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Calcutta as we feel they are not the true India. They are too modern to be the real, true India. Our program locations are the either tourist Hot spots of Cultural and Spiritual Importance or non-tourist locations. Dharamsala, Rishikesh and Leh are among some of the most visited cities in India owing to their unique aura, landscape, culture, spiritual significance and environment. Patiala and Kannur on the other had are nowhere on the tourist Maps, our volunteers are probably the only foreigners there.
Unlike other organizations where the business idea is convinced first and then the logo our case was the opposite. Our Co-Founder, Leon Thind while flying from Brisbane to New Delhi got hold of a book on Palmistry. He had no particular interest in palmistry but just picked up the book for fun and to learn something new.
A strange thing that he noticed upon completion of the book was that all pictures of hands had one thing in common, a common shape (v), no matter what type the hand was but all had one thing in common the letter V which was formed in every hand by the two of the most prominent lines in one hands the life line and the Head line. Accordingly to the book he was reading these two lines were the ones, which decide the kind of life the person would live and the attitude they would have towards life.
That's when he had the idea that the "V" must symbol something, which would change the life and your attitude towards it. Bang! It was Volunteering. The letter must stand for Volunteering, every human must volunteer and offer selfless service to the local community, which would help him change his perspective about life.
Volunteer in India was born : 35000ft above sea level.
We are a group of individuals from different walks of life brought together by a common ingredient: "India". All of us are just obsessed by the sheer physical, cultural and spiritual beauty of this Country, from the Mighty peaks of the Himalayas to the beaches of Kerala; From the Kumbh Mela to the Pushkar camel Fair, we are enchanted by every aspect of India. Like any developing country we understand that India is going thought a difficult social phase, is evolving and we endeavor to be a part of this evolution and help to eradicate any/all social issues. Apart from Volunteering programs we also arrange customized spiritual tours for travelers who want to experience the Spiritual heart of India.
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Flames NewsFlames Home > Softball Home > News
Lady Flames Open Home Season with 1-0 Win
The victory was Liberty's second straight and ups the Lady Flames' mark on the year to 4-19-1. The win also pushed the Lady Flames' record to 12-3 in home openers at their on-campus facility.
The loss drops UNC Greensboro's record to 9-19 and marks the Spartans' ninth-straight setback and 12th loss during their last 13 games.
Liberty jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, thanks to one swing of the bat. Sophomore J'nae Jefferson took a 2-2 offering from UNC Greensboro's Amber Harrell and sent it well over the left-field fence for her first home run of the year, staking the Lady Flames to the early advantage.
The remainder of the game was left in the hands of Dana Wheeler and Sarah Ellis, as the two hurlers went the distance by holding the Spartans bats in check for the victory.
Wheeler scattered four hits over six-plus innings of work, upping her record to 3-4 on the year by picking up her second-straight win. Ellis got three outs in the seventh for her first save of the year and the fifth of her career.
Harrell was the tough-luck loser for the Spartans, allowing one run on four hits during seven innings of work. The sophomore tallied five walks and fanned seven to fall to 6-10 on the season.
UNC Greensboro put together its first charge midway through the contest to try and put a dent in the scoreboard. The Spartans got three-consecutive single to open the fourth inning. However, Wheeler got two fielder's choice plays and one of her four strikeouts on the afternoon to halt the threat.
The Spartans attempted to mount one more charge during their final at bat. Wheeler walked Kaitlin Merkt to open the seventh inning, accounting for the hurler's third walk of the year in 61 innings of work.
Ellis was called in to close out the game. The junior righty got Whitney Miller out on a sacrifice bunt, followed by striking out pinch hitter Emily Akiyama. Pinch runner Laura Olenderski moved to third on a wild pitch, but Ellis left the game-tying run stranded 60 feet from home plate when she got Kristen Gabel swinging on an outside pitch.
Neither team mustered much offense during the game, with both squads recording four hits apiece. Leslie Furness led the Spartans by going 2-for-3 from the plate, while Whitney Sirois and Brittany Ausley were each 1-for-3.
Liberty evenly spaced out its four base hits. Jefferson officially finished the game 1-for-1 with the solo home run and a pair of walks. Beth Bennett was 1-for-2 pushing her hitting streak to five games, while Ashley Williams and Amber DePasquale were 1-for-3 from the dish.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed three American service members on Friday morning in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military command said. The Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack.
The shooting happened in Sangin district of Helmand province, said U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Lori Hodge. She gave no details and said the military were investigating.
The attack is the third killing this week of coalition soldiers by Afghans they are training to take over responsibility for security once most international forces leave in 2014.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said by telephone that the attacker, whom he identified as a member of Helmand police named Asadullah, had joined the insurgency after his attack.
Ahmadi said the man was helping U.S. forces train the Afghan Local Police troops.
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Nicki Minaj Pre-Fame Video: Rapper Shines, Even Without Wigs and Makeup
It turns out Nicki Minaj wasn't always a wig-wearing, levitating, hip-hop Barbie doll. Back in the day, she was a streetwise rapper who rocked hoodies, hoop earrings and little or no makeup. Proof of this has surfaced in the form of a newly unearthed video making the Internet rounds. Shot circa 2007, when Minaj was signed to the Dirty Money label, the clip shows the MC stomping all over her home borough of Queens, spitting first over an old Terror Squad beat and then kicking an a cappella freestyle.
While the wardrobe is less than glamorous, Minaj shows signs of what's to come.
"I'm stunting these h–s like Marilyn Monroe," she raps in the freestyle segment. "I got an S-curl flow, spit-slick, you know?"
Usually, these types of "before they were famous" videos are pretty painful, but the 'Roman Holiday' creator clearly had something. She hadn't quite honed her over-the-top persona, but she was plenty headstrong, declaring herself "the hood's first lady," "a caramel dream/ your girl from Queens."
"They say I'm to pretty to be spitting 16 [bars]," she raps. "I should be on the screen, posing for Maybelline."
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>Look What I Can Do!>Paatuwaqatsi Water is Life 50K RR
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This past weekend I had the great pleasure of running on ancient Hopi footpaths on their land in northern Arizona. I'm sharing it here to spread the word about a great community event and the graciousness of our hosts.
This run was full of firsts for me; first trail race, first race longer than a 10k, and first run over 20 miles. The event is very low key and locally supported, considered a sacred trail prayer run on the high desert Hopi land of northern Arizona. The trails the course follows are ancient foot paths that have connected Hopi villages for hundreds of years and the event itself serves to keep the trails alive and also encourage the running tradition among modern Hopi people.
There was very little in the way of course info available before the race. No course map, no elevation profile, no data on distances between aid stations, no mention of drop bag availability, etc. After talking to a few runners who assured me that aid was plentiful and often, I decided to go with a single handheld bottle for water and a gel flask full of Hammer gel to start, foregoing the vest as I wanted to go light and knew the sun would really be heating things up soon after the 6 AM start. This proved to be a good decision as water was available almost every 3 miles and gels/food/more water about every 5 miles. Many of the faster runners didn't even take a handheld with them as there were so many locals out on the course offering water in between official aid stations.
A line was drawn in the sand at the start area and after some Hopi prayer chanting we were off with a "go" from the RD. The first four miles were flat and fast. Most of the trails on the course were sand but thanks to some rain the night before it was firm and nice to run on. The field of ~70 runners thinned out quickly and by the time we got to the first climb up the Mesa around mile 5 I was on my own. The Mesa that the run centered around rose about 500 feet off the desert floor and had a 1000 year old village on top which is still inhabited. The sides were nearly vertical though, and no one I had talked to before the race had mentioned just how technical and steep the climbs up to and descents down from the Mesa would be.
At one point around mile 7 we ran up and across the top of the Mesa. When I got to the edge there was a volunteer pointing at the edge of the cliff saying go down here. I looked at the cliff and looked back at her in bewilderment. It wasn't until I got right up to the edge that I saw a narrow set of chisselled steps leading down to what could rarely be considered a passable trail. Aside from that, it was turning into a beautiful day and the views of the desert from high on the Mesa were spectacular. I had mentally broken the race down into thirds when my Garmin beeped for the tenth mile I was feeling great and was just over an hour and a half in, fuelling well and running comfortably.
Somewhere around mile 13 I arrived at an aid station, ate a gel and refilled my water bottle. The volunteer then told me that I was the 11th runner through. I looked at her in surprise, grabbed my water bottle, replied with "awesome," and headed out with a little extra pep in my step. I knew I still had a long way to go and that I would still need to conserve if I wanted to run a strong last third, but the thought of a possible top ten finish gave me a huge mental boost. Soon after this though I took a short detour off course (never blindly follow the footsteps of those in front) and when I got back to my wrong turn a lanky bearded fellow had caught up to me. We were keeping a very similar pace so I decided that having some company for the middle miles of the course would be nice. We ran together up to mile 22 or so when he left an aid station before me and I could not close the gap back up again. Thankfully, we had picked a few runners off in our miles together and with the middle ~8 miles being an out and back section I knew I was solidly into the top ten and just had to hold it together till the end.
That proved to be difficult. The last ten miles of the course started out fantastically. I was feeling the fatigue in my legs but we were up on top of the Mesa running across it the long way which meant flat hard trail with wonderful views and a nice breeze. I had ditched my shirt at the turn around aid station in a successful attempt to keep as cool as possible in the ever warming direct sunlight. Around mile 25 the course dropped off the Mesa towards the valley where I knew the start/finish area was. I was optimistically hoping that the finish would simply involve dropping off the Mesa and running a few flat miles along the desert floor as the start had done. I was very very wrong. The last 5 miles was a roller coaster of steep ups and downs around the end of the Mesa. I was nearly crawling up the climbs and painfully bumbling down the descents. I kept trying to push, knowing that it would be over soon, fearful that some more experienced runners would be charging on this section and catch up to me. My hamstrings were starting to twinge with mild cramps on the climbs but it never developed into full on cramping.
The start/finish camp area finally came into view as I came off the Mesa for the last time and onto a dirt road leading down to the finish. A huge smile broke across my face as I blasted down the dirt road with no one in sight behind me. I rolled across the line in the sand 4 hours and 58 minutes after I'd left it completely overcome with euphoria as the announcer read off my name and time and called out 9th place overall.
My training for this was less than stellar, have a look in my log to see the gory details. I was very apprehensive about even attempting this and had my doubts about finishing. I learned a lot during the race. Hammer gels work well for me, I can tolerate heat, sand sucks, and a lot of people carry way too much stuff. The Hopi people are gracious and wonderful, their land is harsh but very beautiful. The mantra for this run is "water is life" and the run is meant to raise awareness for the scarcity of water left for the Native people of northern Arizona. I would highly recommend this run as a real community ultra. It is rare here in North America that we get to run on trails that are as much as 1000 years old.
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My not-entirely-running-related 'Gram
Well done!
I've heard of this race, and thought it sounded pretty wonderful.
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Great job!
Sounds like an awesome race to do. Thanks for sharing.
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami!
Wow. That would be an incredibly moving race to complete. If only it was in winter...
Congrats on the top ten finish!
Latent Runner
Thanks for sharing about what sounds like a very special race.
Back in 1979 I did my one and only marathon and said, "Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt, not doing it again." While I have no intention of ever violating that oath, something like this run might could well attract me if for no other reason than it is on trails (I train almost exclusively on trails). Since that 1979 marathon experience, the longest I have run in a 24 hour period, prior to last week that is, was 16 miles, however, last Wednesday I got recruited to join an "Ultra" 6-person team to do the RTB-NH relay where I covered 32.8 miles in 26 hours. I'm thinking (hoping?) that if I can do that, I can do the run across the Hopi lands (I certainly won't be finishing in under 5 hours though).
This is definitely a run I will keep on my radar screen, and if the opportunity to run it ever presents itself, I'm going to be hard pressed to skip it.
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First off, thanks for all the supportive comments.
I was talking the night before the run with a guy camping next to me who had done the 50k several times, expressing my doubts about the distance and asking him questions about frequency of aid stations and whatnot. His response was that "this place kind of carries you once you get out there" and it proved to be true in many ways. The locals climbed up to some of the hardest areas of the course with water and other snacks to encourage and actually THANK the runners for coming out and running the trails.
One very well intentioned woman was standing out in an isolated spot on the Mesa and offered me water and powerade as I ran up to her. It was later on in the race and the heat had squelched my desire to eat much of anything so I looked at the powerade to see what flavor it was in search of some much needed calories. Alas, she had carried almost two gallons of Powerade Zero up onto the course. Zero calorie flavored water was not really what I was after at the time but I thanked her profusely for her effort and carried on my way.
Ha! That's one of those "funny in retrospect" moments.
I'm definitely going to have to check out this race someday.
PS great pics on your blog.
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That's wonderful - thank you so much for your report and congrats on a great race! I love northern Arizona.. of the places I've visited in the US, it's one of my favorites and I'd really love to run there one day.


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NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse agreed on Tuesday to a $US10 billion all-stock merger, combining two of the world's biggest stock exchanges into a trans-Atlantic powerhouse.
The union of the operators of the New York Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the biggest example of consolidation among exchanges, as established players contend with smaller electronic markets that have seized market share.
Last week, the London and Toronto stock exchanges announced their own merger. And in October, SGX, the operator of the Singapore stock exchange, said it planned to buy the Australian Stock Exchange.
By combining, Deutsche Borse and NYSE Euronext hope to create a giant among financial markets, allowing investors access to thousands of stock listings in the United States and Europe, as well as options, derivatives and other services. But the deal has stoked fears that New York and its iconic Big Board are ceding prominence as a major financial capital.
"This transaction brings together two of the most respected and successful exchange operators in the world to lead the way in global capital markets and set the standard for growth, quality and market reach," Reto Francioni, Deutsche Borse's chief executive, said in a statement.
Duncan Niederauer, NYSE Euronext's chairman, added: "This transaction is a catalyst for the development of a global capital markets community, delivering the best, most transparent and innovative services for clients and issuers, wherever they are."
NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse sealed the deal on Tuesday morning after votes by both boards.
Under the terms of the deal, Deutsche Borse will issue 0.47 of a share for each NYSE Euronext share, a roughly 10 per cent premium to the American company's stock price on February 8, before the two announced their talks. The deal values NYSE Euronext at about $US10 billion.
Mr. Francioni of Deutsche Borse will be chairman of the combined company, while Mr. Niederauer of NYSE Euronext will be chief executive.
Deutsche Borse will hold 10 seats on the 17-seat board of the combined company, because its shareholders own about 60 per cent of the merged exchange operator's shares. Yet American investors are likely to be the biggest shareholders in the combined company. At the end of 2010, United States institutions owned about half of each exchange operator; only a fraction was owned by German shareholders.
NYSE Euronext executives will hold major management positions, including those of chief operating officer, head of global information technology and general counsel.
The combined company will have dual headquarters in New York and Frankfurt, though it will be incorporated in the Netherlands. More than $US400 million in annual cost savings are expected from the deal.
One of the biggest remaining questions is government approval. While both companies say they anticipate few regulatory issues, the specter of political interference still hangs over the deal.
A prominent lawmaker, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, said over the weekend that the combined company should place "New York" first in its name as an implied requisite for approval. NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse have said that they have not agreed upon a name yet.
Also on Tuesday, the Singapore and Australian exchanges modified the terms of their proposed union to have an equal number of Singaporean and Australian citizens on the board of the combined company.
The merger of the New York and German exchanges must also be approved by owners representing a majority of NYSE Euronext shares and 75 per cent of Deutsche Borse shareholders. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
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I think that if the Shield keep getting pushed the way they are the future is very bright for them, of course this year is critical. I suppose that we'll know in a year. Barrett is a good shout, I've always liked his work he just needs a solid push or a single memorable storyline. I think that is the root of the problem just a lack of good midcard booking. Everyone in the midcard beats everyone else and they always get beat by main eventers. I mean when was the last time there was a good upset win in the WWE?
As far as the future of the business goes I think the indepents will keep going, even if the WWE falls. I'm pretty certain there will be wrestling of some sort going into the future.


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Price shows she's having a rear-lly relaxing holiday – by tweeting a
picture of her bum.
The reality show star is on a sunshine break with best pal Michelle Heaton and
another friend called Jane.
She showed off her peachy bottom in a tiny thong with the words: "Working on
my tan."
The 34-year-old, who
recently took a course in spray tanning, was displaying evidence of a
recent fake bake.
And the white lines across the tops of her legs suggest she might need a bit
more practice to get it perfect.
Katie, AKA Jordan, left fiancé Leandro Penna at home so she could party with
her pals.
But she took the children – Harvey, 10, Junior, seven, and Princess, six –
along with Michelle's new baby, Faith, who is her goddaughter.
She tweeted a picture of herself with Harvey "looking cool and giving you all
the thumbs up!"
And the proud mum was thrilled that her disabled son was enjoying the break
without the aid of a wheelchair.
She tweeted: "First holiday I haven't taken Harveys wheelchair how much he has
improved and walking everywhere sooo proud."
The three girls and their families arrived at their resort earlier this week
but, while the UK was enjoying a mini-heatwave, the holidaymakers were
disappointed with the weather.
Katie tweeted: "Soo typical no sunshine on holiday with@wonderwomanshel and my
God daughter Faith,Jane & kids Ruby George,my kids Harvey Junior&Princess!"
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I have no reason to doubt you -- but at the same time I can't help but wonder why you're even writing me if you're as happy as you claim to be. Could it be that down inside you sense your life isn't as complete as you wish it were, and you're wondering if you might be missing something after all?
You see, God made us for Himself -- but when we leave Him out of our lives something is missing, and there's an empty place in our hearts. We can try to fill that empty place in many ways -- and at times we may deceive ourselves into thinking we've been successful. But only God can fill it, as we open our hearts to Christ and come to know Him in a personal way. Jesus said, "This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent" (John 17:3).
Why do you need God in your life? You need Him first of all for life right now -- to help you meet life's challenges and heartaches. It's easy to think we don't need God when our lives are untroubled -- but where will you turn when sickness hits or people turn against you or troubles come crashing down upon you?
But you need God most of all for eternity. Some day you will face death -- but without Christ you will face it alone, and you'll be unprepared to meet God. Don't deceive yourself any longer, but by faith open your heart to Jesus Christ.


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President James Dale: Jack Nicholson! He might make a good president if he didn't have a bunch of morons giving him very bad advice. He is impaled by a Martian's flag.
Art Land: Jack Nicholson! He owns a casino, is a big time property developer and flirts with waitresses around his wife. Sounds like a nice guy. He's killed when one of his buildings collapses with him in it.
First Lady Marsha Dale: Glenn Close! She cares too much about her appearance and is killed when a chandelier comes crashing down on top of her during the aliens' attack on the White House.
Barbara Land: Annette Bening! Apparently, she can look the other way for some chips to gamble with while her husband flirts with the waitresses at his casino. She is former alcoholic becomes an alcoholic once all this alien business happens. Sounds about the right time to start drinking again.
Professor Donald Kessler: Pierce Brosnan! He has the wrong idea about the aliens coming in peace and he is what you call an idiot. He has his head removed during an alien experiment after he is captured. He presumably drowns when the spaceship he is in crashes into the ocean.
Rude Gambler: Danny DeVito! A gambler and a lawyer who is deep fried by the aliens' ray guns.
Press Secretary Jerry Ross: Martin Short! He is a dolt and he has a thing prostitutes. He ends up picking up a Martian by accident and is mostly likely killed when it hits him over the head with something.
Nathalie Lake: Sarah Jessica Parker! She's a TV show host and has one ugly looking dog. It's not nice to call someone a dumb blond, but lets us all make an exception for her case. She drowns presumably in a spaceship when it crashes into the water near the end of the film.
Jason Stone: Michael J. Fox! A reporter and TV anchor from New York. He is Nathalie's boyfriend until he is turned into a green skeleton!
Riche Norris: A regular guy working a donut shop. His grandmother's music blows the aliens' heads up and he helps spreads the music around the world, thus saving everyone. I think he becomes Taffy's boyfriend in the end, despite the fact that they just met for the first time in the last scene.
Taffy Dale: Natalie Portman! James and Marsha's daughter who seems a bit neglected before and during the whole alien invasion. Survives to the end and I suppose hooks up with Richie.
Byron Williams: Jim Brown! Works at a casino in Las Vegas and has an ex-wife who lives in Washington D.C. He goes a couple of rounds with a bunch of aliens.
Florence Norris: Sylvia Sidney! She is a bit out there and forgetful of the people that are close to her. Her country music makes the aliens' head explode, which saves the human race.
General Decker: Rod Steiger! The only person with a brain in this film that works for the government! He wants to destroy the stupid Martians, which everyone should have done in the first place!! He is shrunk down and then squashed by an alien.
Lieutenant General Casey: Paul Winfield! This guy seems a bit smarter than most of the idiots in this film and is a bit cautious about the whole alien thing. He is the first person incinerated by the aliens.
Secret Service Agent Mitch: He is supposed to protect the president from harm, but apparently two young boys are a bit better than him. He is incinerated during an alien attack.
Cedric and Neville Williams: Ray J and Brandon Hammond! They are the two sons of Louise and Byron Williams. They are actually better then the secret service at protecting the president from aliens.
Dr. Zeigler: Jerzy Skolimowski! He created a machine that is able to talk to the Martians. The machine could use some work, but since he's dead, I guess it'll never be fixed.
Tom Jones: Himself! He is performing at Art's casino during the invasion of Las Vegas. I never knew he could fly a plane.
Martians: Small large-brain aliens from Mars. They use Nerf/super soaker looking ray guns and sound like ducks. They easily overpower the idiots in charge of America and they nearly win their conquest of Earth, until their brains explode from listening to country music!
+ Martians sound kind of like ducks.
+ Making a circle in the air with your finger is apparently the international sign of the donut.
+ Aliens are perverts.
+ Despite the fact that every part of a human being and clothing can be incinerated by a ray gun, sometimes a human hand remains in perfect condition.
+ Martians are purse snatchers!
+ Alien ray guns turn people into green and red skeletons!
+ Sometimes aliens settle things in fist fights.
+ Alien brain matter looks like the green slime from Nickelodeon.
+ Some guns can be incinerated and some cannot.
1 min – My God! Cows with poorly animated flames on them! The humanity!
5 min – Really? Every science fiction movie would disagree with you on that.
17 min – Don't you have a boyfriend?
21 min – You and your crackpot theories!
22 min – He took words right out of my mouth.
30 min – Was that last scene important?
40 min – Well that kind of contradicts what that machine just said.
42 min – Hold the phone! How is she holding the severed hand of her boyfriend when his skeleton still has both hands attached?!
54 min 15 sec – RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE US CONGRESS!
54 min 31 sec – I thought the ray guns turned people in green skeletons, why I am now seeing red skeletons?
60 min – Come on aliens! The disguise too obvious! Only an idiot would… never mind, here comes one right now.
65 min – Watch out! The thing has a water pistol!
70 min – RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CHANDELIER!
75 min – Hey! There's that translator machine again! I see it still doesn't work.
81 min – RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST TWO TRAILERS!
84 min – He should have worn his seatbelt.
85 min – I always knew this kind of music could kill people.
86 min – What do you know? A snow globe!
92 min – You don't see this everyday.
President Dale: I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad.
Martian Translator Device: All green of skin... 800 centuries ago, their bodily fluids include the birth of half-breeds. For the fundamental truth self-determination of the cosmos, for dark is the suede that mows like a harvest. General Decker: What the hell does that mean?
Grandma Florence Norris: They blew up Congress! Ha ha ha ha!
Wow… that's pretty much what I can say about this film. Directed by Tim Burton, he presents this interesting ride of a film that is bizarre and crazy from beginning to end. This film takes a lot of original sci-fi traditions and cliches, and then combines them together. The cheesy effects, the silly looking aliens, the surprising amount of well known celebrities of the time, and the b-movie plot are all present here. With all of this, does the movie turn out to be a decent parody and or tribute to these types of films or does it fail?
The story opens up in Lockjaw, Kentucky with two guys talking to each other. Soon, a stampede of cows on fire runs by the two of the men. The cause of this? Aliens of course! After the lone ship has set the cows on fire, it returns to Mars and brings to Earth reinforcements that surround the planet. Mars sure can hold a lot of spaceships.
From there we head to the White House and meet President James Dale and his cast of quirky morons which include army generals, his bodyguard, his press secretary, and James Bond… I mean Professor Donald Kessler. They all discuss the situation and determine that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of space ships floating around the Earth means that aliens come in peace. They obviously have never seen any science fiction movie before.
We have a couple of cut shots to a bunch of people in different locations. We see Byron Williams, a former heavyweight champion, calling his ex-wife, Louise Williams, who talks about their kids who skipped school; we see Art Land and his wife, Barbara, talking to each other; in New York City we meet Natalie Lake, a ditsy TV personality, and her TV report boyfriend, Jason Stone, whose shows are interrupted by the president's speech about the aliens; we see Richie Norris, his family, and Jack Black (He plays Riche's brother who has name, but I'm just going to call him Jack Black); and we see Press Secretary Jerry Ross picking up prostitutes. That should cover about all the main and supporting characters. I know, there are far too many.
Regarding the situation about the Martians, Lake interviews Kessler about his professional opinion of the situation. During the interview, the Martians make contact with the people of Earth by interrupting all TV broadcasts. Dr. Kessler calls for a meeting with all the Washington officials, where he tells them, from observing the alien footage that the aliens are carbon base life forms (We could have figured that out for ourselves!), possibly have telekinetic powers, and are very technically advance, which he declares make them peaceful. I stand by my statement that he should watch more sci-fi movies. Dr. Zeigler, another scientist, then shows the generals and others in the room a machine he has been working on for a long time, despite the fact the Martians just recently appeared, that will translate the alien language into English. The results of the translation gave me a headache, literally.
In a couple of random scenes, Riche sees his brother off who will be on Martian duty for the meeting with them, Ross talks to a crowd of reporters including Jason Stone, and Byron and Art talk a bit. Finally, we move onto better and more important scenes with the aliens sending the coordinates to the people of Earth of where to meet them. The President sends General Casey to supervise the meeting with a few platoons of soldiers and Dr. Zeigler with his machine to translate what the aliens are going to be telling them.
So, everybody gathers in the desert, which is always the prime area for aliens to first land in when coming to Earth, and await the Martians. Jason and Natalie are there as reporters for their TV stations and shows; General Casey, Jack Black, Dr. Zeigler, and a couple tons of soldiers are there representing the army, and Baraba is watching everything from a couple miles away on her car's hood. Every other character is watching the whole thing on TV during Jason's coverage.
The aliens show up and speak in their mumbo jumbo, which Zeigler translates it. The machine translation comes up as that they come in peace. Yeah right. The moment a hippie in the crowd releases a dove, they incinerated it and cause mayhem. How many people didn't see this coming? Really! Science fiction movies have told us that most aliens, which are way more advance than us and are really ugly (Like Predator for example), have come to kill us! Anyhow, the aliens kill Ziegler, Casey, Jack Black, Jason Stone, and a large amount of army soldiers and idiot bystanders. They also kidnap Natalie and her dog, which they perform experiments on later, but switching their heads around. A person's head on a dog's body? Does this remind you of something?
Despite how obvious this attack was and that aliens are not here for peace, Kessler convinces the president that everything that happened is all just a misunderstanding and that they should just talk things out. Misunderstanding? How was all of that murder and chaos a misunderstanding? They then contact the aliens this time and summon them down to Washington D.C. to talk things out. Great! Now they now where you live! So, how does this go? Simple! The aliens incinerate all of Congress and kidnaps Kessler. Thank God! On their ship, they remove his head instead of implanting it on something else like before.
Now, back on Earth, the president confirms immediate action against these aliens and tells America that he will handle this problem. Later that night, an alien disguised as a female with a large beehive hairdo, is brought into the White House by the idiot Ross mistaking her for a prostitute. When he tries making out with her, she bites his finger off and he discovers that she is an alien in disguise. He is either killed or knocked out by the alien using a statue, but it's never clear. The alien then tries to kill the president, but only ends up killing his dog and canary before getting shot to death.
Due to this failed assassination, the aliens then suit up, take their… nerf looking ray guns, and proceed to attack Washington D.C. They knock down the Washington Monument on a bunch of Boy scouts, destroy an airplane, and attack the White House. During the chaos, First Lady Marsha is killed and the president is saved by Cedric and Neville Williams, the sons of Bryon and Louise, who are on a school field trip to the White House.
Now we go to Las Vegas where the aliens begin attacking. They kill Art Land and his investors during a meeting for one of his real estate projects. The aliens then attack the casino where Byron is working and Tom Jones is singing. During the concert, the aliens attack the audience and Tom's musicians, causing Tom to flee for his life. He runs into Byron, Barbara, Cindy who was the waitress that Art was formally hitting on, and a rude gambler. They all flee together to a plane Barbara previously was going to escape in, until her husband, who could pilot it, died, so now Tom Jones will fly them out of there. Are you all still keeping up?
During the attacks, Riche narrowly escapes getting killed when the shop he works at is destroyed. He returns home and tries to convince his parents that they need to save his grandma, but they refuse, instead try to protect their trailer. So he takes off on a mission to save her. Meanwhile, the army tries to fire a nuclear missile at the mothership, but the Martians just destroy it by… ah… I have no clue.
Back in Vegas, the group continues their way to the airplane, losing the gambler to an alien. We cut again back to Riche as he arrives at the retirement home where his grandma is and discovers through an odd accident, that the aliens cannot stand country music she listens to and that it makes their heads explode. We cut again to Washington D.C. where the aliens discover the president, Mitch (He's the president bodyguard), and General Decker's location. They kill all three of them and believe their victory is insured.
In Las Vegas, Byron makes a distraction, allowing Tom, Barbara, and Cindy to escape from the aliens in the plane, while Byron boxes with a couple of them. Strange? Very strange. Riche also reaches a radio station and gets the music started, sending the alien head exploding signal throughout the area. Soon, the army and the rest of the world use the music to kill the rest of the aliens, saving the human race. Riche and his grandma receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism from Taffy Dale, who offers to be Riche's girlfriend. Byron, who survives his battle with the Martians, arrives in Washington D.C. to meet up with his family who are cleaning up the wreckage from the alien attack.
Well… this movie was so cheesy that it laughably funny and entertaining. This is the weirdest, cheesiest, most insane movie I ever seen before and it has quite a large cast of recognizable stars as well. I wonder how they all got roped into this film. This is a definitely a B-movie by all means and should be one that any fan should look into. It's hard to follow at some points with so many cuts and character to follow, but this one of the best parody movies of all time.


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Speaking in the seat of Page in the NSW town of Lismore, Mr Rudd backed ALP member
Mr Rudd's decision to campaign in Page – a seat Labor holds with a relatively comfortable margin of 7 per cent – reflects the fact that Ms Saffin was one of the prime minister's most loyal backers during Labor's three-years of leadership turmoil.
$50 million for Medicare
Ms Saffin, wearing an anti-CSG badge, appeared alongside Mr Rudd at a press conference to announce $50 million of funding for Medicare Local branches to deliver services to stroke victims. Mr Rudd, who was keen to keep the focus on the opposition's potential budget cuts, pointedly avoided answering a question on what role he sees for the coal seam gas industry. However, the prime minister has already highlighted the industry as a driver of national productivity.
At the leaders' debate in Canberra a little over a week ago, Mr Rudd declared the job of spurring productivity would require investment in new infrastructure and "making sure we've got competitive energy prices like, for example, bringing on new gas supplies to bring down the energy price as in the US''.
Mr Rudd on Monday backed Australia's system of requiring the national environment minister to give approval for projects. "That means in critical areas in northern New South Wales and the northern rivers in particular that you're going to have our environment minister making the decision, not some state government minister in Macquarie street," he said. "We have a system of laws in this country which provides proper protections for critical local issues such as this."
Ms Saffin defended her position, which she said enabled her to argue her case from within the government, claiming credit for the introduction of a water trigger in the approvals process.
Mr Rudd also campaigned in the nearby seat of Richmond, held by local member Justine Elliot.
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"The hero was born of time: his gestation required at least a generation."
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"The airline stewardess, a breed first developed in the United States and now found on all major international airlines, is a new subspecies of womankind. She is the Madonna of the Airways, a pretty symbol of the new homogenized blandness of the tourist's world."
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"The tourist looks for caricature; travel agents at home and national tourist bureaus abroad are quick to oblige."
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"Whether we see models of greatness, or experience elsewhere on the earth, we look into a mirror instead of outside a window, and we see only ourselves."
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"We have lost our grip on reality when we have let ourselves believe (as we are eager to be reassured by movie-makers and their press agents) that the movie can ever give us the nub of the matter."
p. 148
"The high cost of making new stars led a producer who had a star with proven box-office appeal to exploit him in every conceivable way before his appeal wore out."
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"The life in America which I have described is a spectator sport in which we ourselves make the props and are the sole performers."
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"The everyday images which flood our experience have this advantage over the tricks of magic: even after we have been taken behind the scenes, we can still enjoy the pleasures of deception."
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"The trade-mark is a kind of shorthand symbol for a corporation. It is a memory trigger."
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"This can be summed up as the shift in common experience from an emphasis on "truth" to an emphasis on "credibility"."
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"A deft administrator these days must have similar skills. He must master "the technique of denying the truth without actually lying"."
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"Our images suggest arrogance: in them we set ourselves up as a mold for the world."
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"When we talk of prestige abroad we are talking not of ourselves, but of the shadows of ourselves which we can somehow project."
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"This is the age of contrivance. The artificial has become so commonplace that the natural begins to seem contrived."
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ROYAL Bank of Scotland was facing a customer exodus last night over the
NatWest IT meltdown that left thousands penniless.
Furious customers vowed to quit the bank after finding their accounts still
empty yesterday — seven day after the fiasco started.
Under-fire RBS boss Stephen Hester insisted computer systems would soon be
back to normal, adding: "I think we're well on the road to recovery. Fingers
crossed — all the bugs have been got out."
But customers have already started deserting the bailed-out giant, which
received £50billion of taxpayers' cash in 2008.
The fiasco has caused such anger that one woman with the username @natwest on
Twitter has been bombarded with abuse.
Experts believe the chaos could cost RBS "hundreds of millions of pounds"
through extended branch opening hours and fee waivers.
Disgusted Mel Allen, of Enfield, North London, told The Sun last night: "My
partner Steve wasn't paid on Friday and we were forced to borrow a tenner
here and there all weekend.
"Most of the bank staff have no idea what's going on. They're saying, 'Your
money's in a black hole'. Steve's gone to Santander to open an account —
he's had enough."
A glitch during a routine systems upgrade last week meant salaries and tax
credits failed to show up on the balances of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank
Lib Dem peer Matthew Oakeshott said: ""RBS need to get back to basic
banking. This is a terrible failure. Any question of a bonus for Stephen
Hester for 2012 would be a sick joke."
Incredibly, Mr Hester claimed the "responsible" way RBS and NatWest had dealt
with the crisis should encourage customers to STAY.
Twitter user Natalie Westerman, 22, told how she was blamed for the chaos —
because of her username @natwest. Teacher Natalie, of Newcastle, who was
branded a "dunce", said: "I find it quite amusing."
Case study 1
HUMILIATED shopper Liz Broadbent, 24, was forced to abandon her trolley full
of food at the supermarket till due to the banking bungle.
Mum-of-two Liz, a part-time carer from Bridlington, East Yorks, said: "I'd
been round the supermarket last Friday with the kids and when we got to the
till the assistant said my card had been declined. I felt really embarrassed
but I knew I'd been paid so I went to the cashpoint and I couldn't get any
money out there either.
"I called NatWest but it was just a recorded message. My pay finally cleared
on Sunday so I immediately withdrew all my money and I've now opened an
account with Lloyds instead."
Case study 2
PART-time Avon saleswoman Amy Howell, 27, says she and her husband survive
financially week by week — and they're down to their last £1.52.
Amy, from Bristol, who has three kids including son Harrison, three, said:
"I'm livid. There's no way I'll continue with NatWest after this.
"My wages were supposed to come in yesterday and never appeared, and money I
paid in last week still hasn't cleared. We normally go food shopping over
the weekend, but instead we scraped together £15 to buy essentials, and we
now have just £1.52 left. My husband Kai and I live week by week, and this
is not acceptable."
By STEPHEN HESTER RBS, Group Chief Executive
I AM very sorry for the difficulties caused to NatWest and RBS customers.
My top priority is to make sure our customers are taken care of and to put
right what we can.
We will reverse any charges people faced as a result of this technical problem
and other losses will be put right. Our culture is to help customers,
especially when we have inadvertently caused the problem ourselves.
What to do if you lose out
CASHFLOW Editor Jane Hamilton explains how the NatWest fiasco happened — and
what you can do if affected:
What is the problem?
A computer system failure means the bank cannot transfer money over night
causing a huge backlog of payments.
How many are affected?
The bank has not said but the RBS group which owns NatWest has 17.5million
What can I do?
Customers in dire need can get emergency cash at their branch. Around 1,200
are staying open from 8am to 6pm until Friday. Call freephone number 0800
656 9639 or on 0161 931 9959, or 08457 77 77 66. Overseas customers should
call +44 (0) 8705 888 444.
And less urgent cases?
Many people face hefty overdraft charges and penalties for missing loan or
credit card repayments. But RBS say "nobody will be left permanently out of
Is there compensation?
RBS is not legally required to pay it, but many customers will try to claim.
The bill could run into millions.
What do non-RBS customers who suffer do?
If expected payments come through late, go to your own bank which should take
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MALTON'S Lee Taylor made it two wins in three consecutive finals in the York Conservative Clubs' Quickslide Scruton Snooker Cup.
Taylor beat Acomb's Adrian Barraclough, the tournament sponsor, 3-1 in the final at Fulford.
Barraclough conceded four points following Taylor's break off in the first frame and then went 34-5 ahead.
Taylor responded with breaks of 29 and 20 on the colours to win the frame 63-35.
Barraclough went 44-5 in front in the second frame with breaks of 16 and 17, but Taylor reduced the arrears to trail 45-21 and needed all the colours.
He gained yellow and green, but Barraclough eventually took the frame ball brown, leaving Taylor needing a snooker.
Taylor was forced to pot the blue but, with the black in the jaws of the right black pocket, a snooker was unlikely.
Barraclough was left an easy pink after a bout of safety play to win the frame 56-31 and level the match.
In the third frame, Barraclough again went ahead 31-8 but then slipped up when he tried to power in a red mear the left black pocket.
He failed with the pot, scattered all the reds and the went in-off. Taylor took advantage of the situation to build a 46 break, the highest of the night, to take the lead at 59-31.
After a foul by Taylor, Barraclough potted the last red and added a blue, but then needed all the colours.
Taylor took yellow, green and brown, and Barraclough conceded when he missed the blue. A 73-41 win put Taylor 2-1 ahead in the best of five frame final.
The Malton player went 18-1 up in the fourth frame and then added breaks of 32 and 19, while Barraclough could only add three reds as Taylor triumphed 69-3 to clinch the match 3-1.
Taylor was also awarded the high break prize for his 59 break in the semi-finals.
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Richard delivers solid outing, but offense falls flat
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres' offense struggled to get anything going in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies in front of 21,337 at Petco Park.
The hometown hitters managed just one run. They struck out 11 times, didn't have an extra-base hit and were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.
All in all, Padres bats couldn't cash in a quality start from left-handed starter Clayton Richard, who pitched six shutout innings.
This offensive blackout might be an aberration when compared to future results. It could also be a sign of things to come over the next few games without outfielder Carlos Quentin.
The slugging outfielder was a key power threat in the lineup before dropping his appeal of an eight-game suspension from Thursday's benches-clearing brawl with the Los Angeles Dodgers. With Quentin's suspension freshly started, third baseman Chase Headley on the disabled list with a fractured thumb and catcher Yasmani Grandal serving a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance, the Padres' lineup is without it's heaviest hitters.
"We knew this [time was] coming. We just didn't know when [Quentin's suspension would start]," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Players are conditioned to deal with adversity, and this is something they'll have to deal with for the next eight or nine days. Our guys realize what's in front of them, and that more will be asked of hitters still in this lineup."
Black is also asking other starters to mimic Richard's effort. He struck out four and worked his way around two hits and four walks to become the third Padres starter to complete six innings.
Richard's start was an improvement over past outings, but the offense couldn't validate it with a win.
"That happens when you lose ball games. Things don't go your way," Black said. "You'd like to see a solid pitching effort supported by enough runs to get by, but our offense couldn't get going. They got the big blow. We never did."
The big blow came in the seventh inning, from pinch-hitter Todd Helton. The Rockies regular first baseman broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer to right field that ultimately decided the game.
Helton's blast came off reliever Dale Thayer, who hadn't allowed a hit all season. Last year, it may not have been a hit either.
The Padres fell victim to their own ballpark modifications. Helton's home run fell on horizontal portion of a relocated right-field fence moved 11 feet closer this offseason in an attempt to generate more offense.
"I'm not going to use that as an excuse," Thayer said. "He hit it well and I caught too much of the plate. He put a good swing on it, but the whole thing could've been avoided had I put it in a better spot."
Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa rarely missed his spots over six shutout innings. He had seven strikeouts, gave up two hits and allowed just one Padres batter into scoring position.
The Padres put the tying run in scoring position in the ninth and left it there. Third baseman Jedd Gyorko plated Everth Cabrera with a sacrifice fly, but Nick Hundley struck out with a runner on second to end the game.
Next up, the Padres will face the Dodgers in Los Angeles -- the first meeting since Quentin charged Zack Greinke -- for three games starting Monday. The NL West leading San Francisco Giants are up next from April 19-21.
Despite a slow start to the season, Richard insists that time is still on the Padres' side.
"Without a doubt," Richard said. "Whenever something happens at the beginning of a baseball season, it gets magnified because there isn't a huge sample size. On the other side of things, you want to start out hot. The objective is to keep moving in the right direction while working some of these problems out."
While the offense struggled Sunday and won't have much power over the next week, Black believes his Padres must play better in all facets to escape this funk.
"This is a tough start to the season, but we have to fight through this," Black said. "We have to battle over the next couple weeks and try to put our best foot forward and keep playing hard. It'll be nice if we can string together some quality starting pitching and try to get everything going at once."
Scott Bair is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CLEARWATER, Fla., June 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bringing together partners for government, education and healthcare enablement in the public sector, Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq:TECD) hosted the Public Sector Partner Summit at the Grand Hyatt in Tampa, Florida in May. More than 100 channel partners were on hand for the event, at which attendees heard from industry leaders on IT business opportunities within U.S. governments, healthcare and education. "The Public Sector Partner Summit is all about bringing vendors and solution providers together to educate and enable our channel partners on how to grow their sales and revenue in the public sector," said Bill Brooks, vice president, Technical Services at Tech Data Corporation. "Tech Data offers hands-on enablement training focused on adding value to our partners' business practices." The event's general sessions included an overview of Tech Data's Public Sector business unit, highlighting how they can assist in growing solution providers' business, and also featured numerous industry speakers covering a range of topics, including: "The Realities and Myths of Sequestration", "Consultative Selling to the HIT Market", and "Document Imaging Opportunities in the Healthcare Market". Our guest speakers included:
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Electronic tolls ahead for three Ohio River bridges
Motorists will pay electronic tolls to use three Ohio River bridges connecting southern Indiana with Louisville, Ky.
Officials with the Ohio River Bridges Project said Tuesday that instead of using toll plazas where workers collect cash from motorists, the bridges will use tolling gantries that rely on electronic transponders and video cameras.
The News and Tribune reports passenger vehicles belonging to frequent commuters will be issued electronic transponders and be able to pre-pay into accounts from which tolls will be automatically deducted when the vehicle passes through a gantry.
Vehicles without transponders will be billed at the address to which the vehicle is registered as determined by license plate numbers captured by video cameras.
Rates haven't been determined.
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Bigger, richer, 'better'
"Stripped of the kitschy Greek-mythology trappings and long-lost amateur ethos, the Olympic Games amount to a forum for the biggest and richest nations to beat the pants off their smaller, poorer cousins -- which they do with monotonous regularity. It's not a particularly appealing sight. You know that spoilt rich kid in the movies who gets daddy to buy him the trophy? Frankly, he looks a whole lot like us."
-- Columnist Andrew Coyne
Bad news for Chef Boyardee
"The only businesses still doing well are the gas stations because Italians love to drive and mobile phone companies because Italians love to talk."
-- Italian restaurateur Federico Giovanelli concurs with the latest doom and gloom report on the eurozone from the IMF.
A moral message
"It wasn't about how to be a manager or how or to run a company. It was about how to conduct yourself."
-- Adrian Zackheim, president and publisher of Portfolio, a business imprint at Penguin Group (USA), recalls the highly popular message of Stephen R. Covey, who wrote the multimillion bestseller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey died this week at 79.
And we're better looking, too
"On July 1, Canada Day, Canadians awoke to a startling, if pleasant, piece of news: For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American."
-- Stephen Marche, a Canadian writer and columnist for Esquire magazine.
Greek oldsters-only club
"But there's one big drawback to my booking Hellenic Home. I am not Greek. I love Greek food, admire Greek culture and could learn the language and the dance. I'd never be bored. But there it stands: I am not Greek."
-- Heather Mallick, Canadian columnist, worries ethnic nursing homes create segregation, the way gated communities do.
'Peace and closure'
"It's like he went with Mother Nature. That's how I find peace and closure and acceptance. He wanted to be in the wilderness and he was with the people he loved the most."
-- Karen Jenkins, whose uncle, Valentine Webber, and his daughters Diana and Rachel, were killed in a B.C. landslide.
Fitting tribute
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. -- Stephen Covey"
-- Oprah tweeted her favourite Stephen Covey quote after hearing the author had died.
Look on the bright side
"Happily, there is a silver lining amid this blue-and-gold mess: The disaster on the field this season may be distracting many fans from the disaster in the offices of the Winnipeg Football Club, which appears to be offering public relations students an object lesson in what not to do."
-- Bartley Kives, Winnipeg Free Press columnist


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Vehicle Strikes Pole, Tree Killing Big Walnut Student
A Big Walnut Local Schools student who attended the Delaware Area Career Center was killed Tuesday morning in a rollover crash.
According to Delaware police, two male Delaware Area Career Center students were in the vehicle, when the vehicle went off the road and struck a pole and a tree.
The crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday along a service road near 980 Sunbury Rd.
The driver, Ryan Lobdell, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with minor injuries, and the passenger, identified as Kenneth Ruzika, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ruzika, 17, was a junior and was training to be a firefighter at the career center, 10TV's Jason Frazer reported.
Friends and family gathered at Northside Fellowship Church in Westerville Tuesday night to remember their friend.
"I normally say goodbye to him every day after lab gets out," Ruzika's friend, Kyle Thornton, said. "I never thought that would be the last time I would say something to him."
Pastor Jeff Dybdah said that Ruzika was a loyal person and had a great smile.
"No words can describe how much we'll miss him and how much we already miss him," Dybdah said.
Friend Sean Allen said that he started crying when he heard the news of Ruzika's death.
"I'll probably start crying like I did today," Allen said. "It will probably be hard to pull it together."
District officials said that they would provide students, family, friends and staff support at the schools. Delaware City Schools also planned to provide counseling.
Police said that Lobdell, 16, could face charges.
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Johannesburg, Sept 10 (ANI): Former Australian rugby player David Campese has reportedly offered an apology for tweeting that Pakistan-born Australia leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed should 'go home' if he did not want to wear a sponsor's beer logo on his team shirt.
According to Sport24, Campese's comments about Ahmed, a naturalized Australian who fled Pakistan in 2009 and claimed asylum, were branded 'bigoted' by Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland.
The report said that following the comments, a South African TV channel temporarily dropped 1991 World Cup winner Campese as a rugby expert, stating that it does not accept conduct which is offensive, intolerant or discriminatory.
Posting his apology on Twitter, Campese said that his comment is about sports and never has or will be about religion, adding that he will give a call to CA to apologise and pass on his apology to Ahmed.
The report mentioned that Campese, who played 101 rugby tests for Australia and once held the world record for international tries, was reacting to CA's decision to allow Ahmed not to wear the alcohol logo because of his religious beliefs.
Meanwhile, a SuperSport TV channel spokesman said that the channel was holding an inquiry into Campese's comments, which would be concluded in the next couple of days. (ANI)


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Covington will host its Arbor Day celebration at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the Covington Woman's Club, 1122 College St.
The program will open with an introduction by Scott Gaither and remarks by Covington Mayor Ronnie Johnston and Newton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Keith Ellis.
The program will then move to a tree dedication, in the honor of the late Jinx Faulkner, by Ly Summers, the tree preservation board chairwoman.
Faulkner, a dedicated preservationist of Newton County's history and beauty, was a renowned member and past president of the Newton County Historical Society and a 41-year member of Sergeant Newton N.S.D.A.R.
The City of Covington Tree Steward Award will be presented to the McDonald's at 10405 Industrial Blvd., and the Tree City USA Award to the City of Covington will be presented by Joan Scales of the Georgia Forestry Commission.


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The art and science of video projection
Mojo Video Tech Inc is owned by master projectionist Mark Alan Johnson aka Doctor Mojo, a rare hybrid of artist and technician.
MVT's digital media production studio and experimental video laboratory – this is where the magic happens.
VR development studio and research facility featuring an immersive environment ideally suited for the presentation of 360º interactive media.
Superstar brand re-launch interactive exhibition and month long event series at the Adidas Originals SoHo Store. MVT was contracted to design and execute a panoramic projection integrated with an interactive experience
VJ DoctorMojo created visuals for the Wetlands 25th Anniversary featuring the band Moe. and many special guests who once shared the stage at NYC's former jamband hotspot. The two day event was held at Capitol Theatre in Port Chester NY. The historic
The 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival featured a large-scale video projection mapping installation which covered the Manhattan Bridge East Anchorage and Archway in Brooklyn. "Codex Dynamic" was curated / produced by Leo Kuelbs, John Ensor Parker and Farkas Fülöp. The exhibition
The Philadelphia-based production company Klip Collective is one of the pioneering forces behind the wildly popular 'projection mapping' technique. As such, it was a great honor to be brought on board as lead projectionist for "Melo Powers Through The Hudson"
A projectionist's eye view of '10 years of digital innovation' at Ralph Lauren's Madison Ave location, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the brand's e-commerce business. The 7 minute multimedia experience features architectural mapping and synchronized audio tracks. Content was produced
Located in the heart of New York City, Madison Square Garden is the world's most famous arena, and a favorite venue for many touring acts. The band Phoenix wanted to give their New York fans something special; video projections mapped
SunLife Stadium – ICC Halftime Show Content creator VideoBrooklyn contracted MVT to design and install the projection system they used to map the field at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, FL during the Guinness International Champion's Cup tournament. Sponsored by the EDM festival


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Stating that no location has yet to be secured for the shooting, producer Adrian Askarieh confirms the casting of Bruce Willis as Kane.
When exactly video game adaptation "Kane & Lynch" will fall into its production mode has been unraveled. In a recent interview, producer Adrian Askarieh gave Game Daily a scoop on the plan for the shooting saying, "Kane and Lynch will start filming in March of 2010."
The filmmaker further shared what he has in mind on the potential filming locations. "I think Kane & Lynch is going to be filming in a combination of South America, Europe and possibly Louisiana," he said, before adding, "but we haven't locked down our locations yet." He also confirmed that Bruce Willis will star as Kane and that the filmmakers are about to launch the search for Lynch.
Asked on what lured Willis to the video game adaptation, Askarieh gushed, "The script has been incredibly well-received around town." He continued, "After Bruce Willis read it, he called it one of the best action scripts he's ever read, and Bruce is an expert in terms of action scripts because he's read everything over the last 20 years."
As on whether the movie will follow the original game, he stated, "Well, it's going to have the basic premise. But the details for the movie are going to be different. It's not going to have every sequence from the game, but it's essentially the story of a mercenary teaming up with a schizophrenic psychopath to save his wife and daughter."
"Kane & Lynch" will be Lionsgate's feature adaptation of IO Interactive's shooter game. Simon Crane, the stunt coordinator for "Hancock" among other films, will make his directing debut using a script written by "Hitman 2" screenwriter Kyle Ward. No release date is set in stone just yet for this action movie.


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Well located warehouse forming part of a small complex, available as a whole or will split, situated within 300 yards of the junction with Watford Way (A41). Excellently situated for road communications to the A5, Edgware Road, A406 North Circular and the M1 Motorway, whilst Hendon Central and Hendon Thameslink Stations are within about 1 mile and Brent Cross Shopping Centre just about half a mile away.
The accommodation comprises a single storey warehouse with a good unrestricted eaves height and having 7 roller shutter loading doors, arranged on ground and mezzanine floors. The premises have the benefit of the sole use of 20 car parking spaces at the side of the building., The property is available on a new FRI lease for a term by arrangement, outside the terms of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, at a rent of £120,000 per annum exclusive.
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ALVORD WRECK – A California teen was flown to a Metroplex hospital following a one-vehicle wreck in Alvord this morning. The accident happened around 6:35 on U.S. 81/287 near Farm Road 1655 and involved a pickup. Investigators said Devon Moore Ray, 19, was driving north on U.S. 81/287 from Denton to visit his parents in California when his truck rolled through the median several times and ended up in the southbound lanes. He was flown from the scene to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Wise County EMS and the Alvord Fire Department responded.
WATERMELON FESTIVAL – The Alvord Watermelon Festival and barbecue cookoff is tonight and tomorrow. Cookers can register and set up all day today. This evening's festivities include the Mike Watts Memorial Scholarship Fish Fry at 6 and a washer tournament at 6:30. Music starts at 7 p.m. with Megan Nichols Adams and Phil Hamilton. The Watermelon Pageant is at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and the theme is "summertime fun." Cost to enter is $20. Call Lacey Chestnut, 940-255-1057. For any other information, call Debra McKelvain, 940-389-1656 or Callie Manning, 817-690-2281.
CHICO CHAMBER – The Chico Chamber of Commerce meets Tuesday at the Senior Citizens Building on the west side of the Chico square. Business meeting is at 10:30 a.m. with lunch at noon. Cost is $7 a plate. Guest speaker is Eugene Grooms.
BOOSTER CLUB – The Alvord Booster Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Alvord High School cafeteria.
VETERANS BREAKFAST – The Wise County Veterans Group will meet for breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Club at Runaway Bay. All Wise County veterans are invited.
SUMMER READING – Saturday is the final day for children to bring their Summer Reading log and pick up prizes at Decatur Public Library, 1700 Farm Road 51 South.
SEASON TICKETS – Decatur High School 2014 football season tickets are on sale at the DHS Ticket Office, 750 E. Eagle Summit Dr. Reserved ticket holders may only purchase the same tickets they had last season. Cost is $35 per seat for five home games ($7 per game). Tickets may be purchased 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the Blue-White Scrimmage or 8:30 a.m.-noon Aug. 11-15. For all first-time season ticket buyers and those who wish to purchase additional tickets or change their existing seats, tickets will go on sale first-come, first-served 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 at the Princeton Scrimmage at Eagle Stadium. Ticket sales end Sept. 19. Call 940-393-7290.
SAFETY CLASSES OFFERED – Weatherford College-Wise County Workforce and Continuing Education is offering safety-related classes including Industry Emergency Response and Office Security/Active Shooter, Home Fire Safety/Emergency Plan, CPR/AED (NSC) and First Aid, and Hazardous Communications and Confined Space Program. Call 940-626-3263.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES – Decatur Church of Christ is hosting Gear Up, a free school supply event, 5-7 p.m. Sunday. Full-size backpacks filled with school supplies will be given away to students in kindergarten through sixth grade who are accompanied by an adult. There will also be free haircuts, clothes, books and other back-to-school services. A barbecue meal will be served. The church is at the corner of Farm Road 51 South and Preskitt Road.
FUNERALS – Service for Julia Patton, 94, of Decatur is pending at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home in Decatur.
FUNERAL for Linda Gail Smith, 53, of Rhome is 2 p.m. today at Aurora Baptist Church with burial at Aurora Cemetery. Christian-Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd is handling arrangements.
FUNERAL for Don Nimmo, 75, of Bridgeport is 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel at Jones Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport with burial at East Bridgeport Cemetery. Visitation is 1 p.m. Saturday before the service.
FUNERAL for Larry Groves, 55, of Chico is 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Chico. Family visitation is 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Jones Family Funeral Home.


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Because he or she was wrong. Very wrong. If you got to read this quote from famous Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist Viktor Frankl, you'll know that success, by its very nature, must "ensue," and not "be pursued." I now receive from a good friend a link to a very brief life lesson from radio host/producer Ira Glass, in which he develops the idea of The Gap, that is, the tough times of hard work that lie ahead of you when you undertake any creative activity.
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On Success and Hard Work
Viktor Frankl was Austrian, and Jewish. He was a psychiatrist and neurologist. He founded a whole form of psychotherapy. And he survived Auschwitz, and other concentration camps. This is what he had to say about success:
"Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."
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Dear Colleagues, I have recently encountered a problem regarding derby. After 1 month of working correctly and not under big pressure, the database crashed. Behavior is : 1. Database is started in network mode 2. First connected program works perfectly by itself ( up to 5 connections opened ) 3. When I opened the second program , or squirrel , I get the following exceptions: 3.1 on the second program , or squirrel : "Error: DERBY SQL error: SQLCODE: -1, SQLSTATE: XSDB0, SQLERRMC: Unexpected exception on in-memory page Page(48,Container(0, 6017)) SQLState: XSDB0 ErrorCode: -1" and then : "Error: A network protocol error was encountered and the connection has been terminated: the requested command encountered an unarchitected and implementation-specific condition for which there was no architected message SQLState: 58009 ErrorCode: -4499" 3.2 on the first program : "java.sql.SQLException: DERBY SQL error: SQLCODE: -1, SQLSTATE: 08003, SQLERRMC: No current connection." 4. After these errors , the first program does not function any more. The version is 10.3.1.4 but I also tried with the latest stable, behavior is same, and very reproductible. Seems similar to this bug : http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-749?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel I THINK that the database was created using an older version of derby (one of 10.1.2.1/ 10.1.3.1/ 10.2.2.0/ , cannot remember ) , I copied the database from another location of the same client, then I modified the libraries. Not sure of that anyway. I have the db but is 8 M zipped ( 117 M after unpack ). Where do I post it ? Thank you for your time and help.
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It's My Wedding Day And I'll Sue If I Want To
Wedding planning 'tis always a bit of a hassle. Despite hours upon hours of meticulous planning something is bound to go wrong. Grandma gets drunk, the ring boy swallows the wedding band, the maid of honor locks herself in the bathroom crying about how she looks like a fat cow and won't come out. There are so many tiny details which will inevitably get screwed up, but the hair and makeup is usually a pretty straightforward process. Not so for bride Shivani on her wedding day. It was almost lights, camera, action time when Shivani and her sister skedaddled over to the Cleopatra Day Spa Beauty and Slimming beauty parlor for their pre-arranged 3:30 appointment. That's when disaster struck.
They knocked on the door, ready to get all pretty and polished, only to receive no response. Sadly, this was no case of the employees deciding to play a spontaneous game of hide and seek: The beauty parlor was in fact closed! Zut alors! As the clock ticked, Shivani called the manager, but when no one picked up, she continued to frantically call other numbers on the booking receipt. After waiting for an hour they gave up and made a mad dash towards the Head Master Saloon. All was well for the big day. Whew, that was close!
The story does not end there, oh no no no. Rather than stew in a pot of passive aggressive anger, Shivani took action and approached the district consumer disputes redressal forum. After hearing her tale of wedding woe, they ordered the beauty parlor to pay the sisters 10,000 Rs in compensation. In addition, Shivani is to be paid 8,430 Rs for the amount she spent at the Head Master Saloon and 1,100 Rs to cover the sisters' legal fees.
The beauty parlor claims it was open, though so far it has been unable to prove so. What words of wisdom do we at The Frisky have for the owners of Cleopatra? Be glad you're only getting fined. Haven't you seen "Bridezilla"? Brides go crazy! You might have suffered from loss of limb or your parlor might be "mysteriously" burned down. (Never cross a bride on her wedding day, anyone in the wedding biz should know that.) Seriously though, think she overreacted or was their compensation just? [Indian Express]


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Poems Green Purple Blue Red (hardcover, 2013 edition)
56 poems. 11 more than the 45 in last year's edition.
de Klaus Nordby
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Klaus Nordby sees the world through the eyes of an expert graphic designer, photographer and visual artist. He sees a world of light and shadow, black and white, bright and dark and, above all, a vivid spectrum of color. In "Poems Green Purple Blue Red," his perceptual clarity serves him well as a poet.
In this collection of 56 poems, written over the span of more than two decades, the silliness of Green, the depths of Purple, the sadness of Blue and the amorousness of Red are wryly, thoughtfully, mournfully and passionately depicted. With words used as brushstrokes, each poem is a subtly painted landscape, as envisioned by a man who has mastered the skill of seeing the world through his own eyes.
—John J. Kagebein
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Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
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- Fecha de publicación mar. 19, 2013
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