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Despite the widespread and ever-growing popularity of e-books and virtual literature, and more and more people using electronic devices for casual reading, there are those of us who still value the experience of reading an actual book with actual pages. Indeed, here in Hawaii, there is nothing quite like reading a favorite book with your toes in the sand and the sound of the surf fading away as you get immersed in a different kind of virtual world. The original kind.
Fortunately for such types, there are a handful of locally-owned and operated bookstores that have managed to thrive while big box booksellers are folding all over the world. So if you're looking for some vacation reading, stop by one of these three purveyors and help carry on a time honored tradition. Feel free to use your electronic devices for directions, however. By becoming a customer at one (or all) of these independent bookstores you can help preserve them, and help perpetuate the need for printing presses.
- BookEnds is located in Kailua's commercial district, and stocks a wide selection of new and used books, fiction and nonfiction in spite of its relatively small size. It's an eclectic catalogue, with classics, New Age, and modern fiction alongside Hawaiiana, technical manuals, and just about anything other genre that has made it between covers.
Used books stacked vertically against horizontal shelves give the feeling that someone with a personality owns the store, and not a corporation. Actually, Sue, the owner, may just be the one selling you your selection. A handful of coffee shops and cafes nearby are the perfect spot to dive into your new acquisition.
- Tucked into a small, second floor space near the University of Hawaii is Revolution Books. Its extensive catalogue is reflected in the name: it focuses on works of history and political theory, novels, poetry, atheism, science, geopolitics, and philosophy.
Revolution Books is a proud supporter of the works of Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party. But don't let that scare you off. The staff is friendly and supremely well read. The "revolution" may be alive, but walking into Revolution Books doesn't make you a communist, just inquisitive. The store often holds readings, discussions, film screenings and open-mic nights.
- Na Mea Hawaii/Native Books may be the largest retail collection of Hawaiiana, Hawaiian literature, nonfiction and fiction, anywhere. Located at Ward Warehouse, minutes from Waikiki, Na Mea Hawaii/Native Books is truly devoted to educating about Hawaii's native and modern arts and culture.
With frequent in-store readings, lectures, demonstrations and exhibit, the store is an excellent way to instantly immerse yourself in the kind of Hawaiian culture that you simply can't experience in Waikiki


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JACKSON, Mississippi — The Jackson City Council is set to meet Thursday and, according to WAPT, could set a date for a special mayoral election.
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba died late Tuesday afternoon at St. Dominic Hospital of natural causes, the Hinds County coroner said. Funeral arrangements have not yet been released.
Ward 5 Councilman Charles Tillman will serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected, city officials said. Tillman postponed Tuesday's City Council meeting until Thursday morning.
"At the next regularly scheduled council meeting, they will adopt a date. (A special election) will be 30 to 45 days out from that date," said Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. "I think there is 20 days to qualify, and we'll have an election. It takes a majority to win."
There won't be a primary election and candidates won't have to declare party affiliation, Hosemann said.
If a candidate doesn't secure 50 percent plus 1 vote, there will be a runoff held two weeks after the special election, Hosemann said.
Lumumba took office in July.
Read more: http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/city-council-could-soon-set-special-mayoral-election/24698850#ixzz2uT2TK6GL

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Over Spring Break, Kelly Mill Elementary's media center got a spark of color — with graffiti.
The school, which opened its doors last August, got its walls painted by Atlanta-based artist Corey Barksdale.
Greg Walkup, educational technology specialist, said he wanted to create a space where students collaborate and where relevant and authentic learning can take place.
"What intrigues me about graffiti art is that it's different and unique," said Walkup, "but also a lot of time has a negative connotation associated with it and in my opinion isn't appreciated for the true art form that it is."
Barksdale spent 20 hours covering the walls of the media center with renderings that will help bring the media center to life.
"The mural in the media center is unexpected," Principal Ron McAllister said. "It's not a 'typical' mural you would expect to see in an elementary school, but it captures the mission of Kelly Mill to invite children and adults to dream beyond the traditional walls of a school building."
Walkup said everyone has their own interpretation of the artwork. Walkup said his favorite interpretation from Corey was the family and clock in the mural.
This portion of the mural represents time and family as the most important things in life.
"Because you only have a certain amount of time on Earth and we should spend it with the important things in life, like our family," Walkup said. "From Corey's perspective, the astronauts represent going beyond planet Earth.
"They have no limits and Kelly Mill students, staff, and community have no limits on what we can accomplish here."


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New Refinery to "Fix" Key Flaws in Biodiesel Production
October 11, 2007
Denis Du Bois
Seymour, Indiana. It's the birthplace of American rock singer-songwriter, John [Cougar] Mellancamp. But the city's biggest claim to fame may one day be in the form of a biodiesel refinery based on technology that converts low-grade fats and vegetable oils into biodiesel.
"We're turning the glycerin into a product stream by blending it back into our fuel. We get lower particulate emissions and improve our cold-weather characteristics, as well." -- Rob Tripp, CEO, Benefuel
At least that's the hope of Chicago-based Benefuel, Inc. a new-generation biodiesel refining and distribution company, and its customer Seymour Biofuels. The companies annouced yesterday they plan to construct a 10 million gallon biodiesel plant that uses Benefuel's proprietary, solid acid catalyst. Benefuel supplies the refinery; Seymour will build and operate the plant.
Solid catalysts aren't new, but Benefuel claims to be the first to use them in biodiesel production.
"A solid catalyst looks like a very small piece of spaghetti," explains Rob Tripp, CEO of Benefuel. "As you push methanol and oil through a fixed bed reactor that's packed with millions of these tiny pieces of spaghetti, the surface area causes the reaction."
Benefuel says the plant will be the world's first industrial-scale facility to use the catalyst. The company previously built a small pilot plant in India, where they have tested several feedstocks including soy, palm and jatropha.
In addition to the common feedstocks, the catalyst can turn waste grease, vegetable oil, or animal fat directly into biodiesel. Are sufficient quantities available to make 10 million gallons of fuel per year?
"Absolutely," says Tripp. "The rendering industry is quite big, and the waste grease industry is probably bigger than the soybean industry."
Tripp says the largest consumers of biodiesel are trucking and rail companies. Benefuel is partnering with rendering companies by placing refineries on site. Benefuel then markets the fuel directly to large transportation companies in the area.
"Much of the energy input associated with any fuel is the cost of transporting it," Tripp explains, "and we believe we can dramatically shrink that down with localized production and distribution."
The solid catalyst produces a market-ready glycerin byproduct. The glycerin can become a revenue stream if it is sold for commercial uses, or it can be added to the biofuel to enhance it.
"We're turning the glycerin into a product stream by blending it back into our fuel," Tripp says. "We get lower particulate emissions and improve our cold-weather characteristics, as well."
Benefuel expects the combined production savings to be significant. Savings of $0.15 to $0.40 cents per gallon are expected from being able to choose the lowest-cost option from among several locally-available feedstocks. Another $0.30 to $0.50 cents per gallon can be saved by reusing the glycerin byproduct, Tripp says.
The new refinery in Seymour, Indiana, is expected to start producing biofuel in late 2008.
Dennis Du Bois is editor and founder of Energy Priorities magazine. This article was republished with permission from Energy Priorities.


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ACLU and City Settle Free Speech Beef
Earlier this week, the City of Albuquerque and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico settled a lawsuit alleging that the Police Oversight Commission (POC) violated the First Amendment rights of several citizens during a meeting last December.
"The terms of this settlement constitute a big win for free speech," said ACLU-NM Executive Director Peter Simonson. "In a healthy democracy, the public must be able to criticize their government without fear of suppression or retaliation. This settlement not only affirms that right, but expands the public's ability to communicate with this commission."
The plaintiffs in this case, Charles Arasim, Kenneth Ellis, Silvio Dell'Angela and Eli Chavez, are all community activists who routinely speak out against police brutality. The four men say they were denied an opportunity to voice their concerns over a perceived conflict of interest involving one of the POC commissioners.
In addition to the $14,000 in damages and attorneys fees, the settlement is supposed to include procedural adjustments to the Commission's rules to promote enhanced free speech and expression and citizen involvement.
Kenneth Ellis Jr. says he is happy with the settlement because it affirms his right to question the government. "As the father of a son who was wrongfully killed by Albuquerque police, I must speak out about the problems with the police and the Police Oversight Commission—even when the government doesn't like what I have to say," Ellis said. "No other family should have to go through what ours did."
The fiasco began when these men attempted to challenge the ethical standards of then-POC Chairperson Linda Martinez for having deep ties to the Fraternal Order of Police. Martinez served as the law enforcement advocacy group's former president while serving as chairperson of the Commission. According to the complaint, the Fraternal Order of Police has a policy that opposes civilian oversight of police activity at any level of government. Martinez, who vacated the office after her second term, was not eligible for reappointment.
The Daily Word in BP appeals case, Roswell and Google Doodle and superhero villains
BP Lawyer cites "irreparable injustices" in how settlement payments are being handled.
Officials probe why a jet that crash landed in San Francisco was flying too slow before it hit the runway.
Authorities search for 40 missing people after a train blast in Quebec town that killed five.
Michael Allen speaks out in speculation over whether Albuquerque police could have spared his brother, Vincent Wood, who was shot multiple times on Friday night.
Albuquerque remembers Austin Hudson-LaPore.
Google Doodle and Roswell? Oh, we're there!
City planners want to make Central a little snazzier! Neon signs anyone?
First Batman ... and now Spider-Man? I thought superheroes were supposed to fight crime!


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Las Vegas, /lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/ (locally, also pronounced as /lɑːs ˈvɛɡɨs/) officially the City of Las Vegas and often known as simply Vegas, is a city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, the county seat of Clark County, and the city proper of the Las Vegas Valley.[5] Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known primarily for gambling, shopping, fine dining and nightlife and is the leading financial and cultural center for Southern Nevada.
The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega casino–hotels and associated entertainment. A growing retirement and family city, Las Vegas is the 29th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 603,488 at the 2013 United States Census Estimates.[6] The 2013 population of the Las Vegas metropolitan area was 2,027,828.[4] The city is one of the top three leading destinations in the United States for conventions, business, and meetings and is one of the wealthiest major cities in the country.[7][8] In addition, the city's metropolitan area has more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world, and is a global leader in the hospitality industry.[9][10] Today, Las Vegas is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.[11][12]
Established in 1905, Las Vegas was incorporated as a city in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in that century (a similar distinction retained by Chicago in the 19th century). The city's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films, television programs, and music videos.
Las Vegas is generally used to describe not just the city itself, but areas beyond the city limits—especially the resort areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip—and the Las Vegas Valley. The 4.2 mi (6.8 km) stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard known as the Las Vegas Strip is in the unincorporated communities of Paradise, Winchester, and Enterprise, located in Clark County.[13][14]
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The guys behind London's newest sports venture get asked the same question a lot these days. Why?
Why would a pair of smart guys -- and the high-powered law firm that employs them -- get involved in representing hockey players right now?
A bit like opening a high-end store in the midst of the Depression, isn't it, considering all the NHL players out of work at the moment?
On the contrary, insist former adversaries Brian MacDonald and Bryan Deasley of Siskinds Sports Management. Now is the time to get rolling in hockey and other sports.
"We're new to Siskinds, we're not new to the business," says former hockey pro Deasley, who came up against his new partner when MacDonald was negotiating contracts for the Colorado Avalanche and Deasley was representing players.
"People ask why now? We think it's a perfect time because the economy of the game is changing and the way athletes will be managed is changing."
Siskinds, of course, is the well-known London law firm, which provides the underpinning for the unique nature of the sports arm. From writs and torts to immigration and estate planning, Siskinds covers all the bases.
The pair teamed up when MacDonald, chief operating officer of Siskinds, saw the need for a complete legal platform in an athlete's career. He recruited Deasley for the venture, which got underway in December.
They never went head-to-head in any negotiations, although Deasley did the preliminary work prior to negotiations with MacDonald when he was assistant general manager with the Avalanche.
At one time, both were members of the Quebec Nordiques franchise -- Deasley as a player, MacDonald as chief scout.
A field once fraught with anybody who could assess the value of a player to a team, sports representation has evolved into a more scientific specialty. Favourite uncles, friendly lawyers and even sports writers were in it at one time, with mixed results.
The ante has gone up with the rise in player salaries. Athletes are more aware nowadays and expect full service, rather than have a negotiator farm out non-negotiating services.
However the current lockout is resolved, current and prospective NHLers are going to require every edge. Guys like MacDonald and Deasley figure they can provide it.
Each brings a unique skill set to the project. Deasley, a former University of Michigan star, has been in the Quebec and Calgary Flames organizations, played with Canada's national team and was recruited by MacDonald after 10 years of experience in athlete representation.
The former first-round NHL pick by Calgary has dealt with such high-end athletes as Detroit's Steve Yzerman, as well as incoming young players. In retrospect, he felt as a player some of his needs weren't met by his agent.
MacDonald, who joined Siskinds as COO nearly two years ago, did the junior-university-Swedish League route before scouting for Quebec and Colorado, where he oversaw the club's Hershey operation, as well as getting involved in the big club's contract negotiations and other personnel matters as assistant GM.
When he left Colorado, London was a natural, since he was based here seven years when he was the Avalanche's chief scout. The sports representation gig evolved, rather than being the purpose of his hiring by Siskinds.
The group has no plans for a massive client list. The goal is quality athletes who also are quality people.
Already in the fold are former Knights goaltender Chris Houle and University of Windsor football star Daryl Stephenson, top rookie in the OUA last year.
MacDonald and Deasley didn't have to look far for three obvious clients.
Figure skater Tessa Virtue and baseball player Kevin Virtue are the children of Siskinds partner Jim Virtue, and Stephenson's mother works for Siskinds.


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Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 12, 2008
Police on Thursday kicked foreign journalists out of a city where the collapse of several schools in China's earthquake drew charges of corruption from parents of dead children.
The action, which came one month after the May 12 quake, followed a promise the day before by China that foreign reporters would be allowed unfettered access to report on the disaster aftermath.
The reporters' expulsions appeared to underline government unease over smouldering parent anger following the collapse of schools in the quake, which many parents blame on corruption that led to shoddy construction of buildings.
Two AFP staff members were among at least six foreign media representatives held by police when they tried to report at collapsed schools on Thursday.
Police grabbed the AFP staff and roughly threw them into a police van, damaging a camera, near the Juyuan Middle School where hundreds of students died in the quake.
They were later taken to government headquarters in Dujiangyan city and held there for more than an hour before being ordered out of the city.
"You cannot report anywhere in Dujiangyan. You must leave," a police officer said to the pair as they were being held.
Despite promises of free reporting, authorities have displayed increasing unease over the issue of the roughly 7,000 collapsed schools, many of which crumbled while adjacent buildings held firm.
Over the past week, the ruins of several such schools have been sealed off after increasingly vocal demands by parents for an investigation.
Parents said earlier this week they had received condolence letters and offers of "comfort money" from the Sichuan provincial government, but what they wanted was a full investigation and justice for their dead children.
"We refuse to accept the money until the government investigates what happened," a parent who gave only his surname, Liu, told AFP on Thursday.
The man's 13-year-old son, his only child, died at Juyuan Middle School. Parents say about 500 children died there.
Liu said parents had been offered amounts ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 yuan (2,900-4,300 dollars).
"Corruption was definitely involved in these cases," he said.
On Wednesday, a top national official denied to some of the same journalists who were expelled that China was tightening up on media coverage in the disaster zone.
"Our open attitude has not changed," said Wang Guoqing, vice-director of the news division of the nation's Cabinet.
"We will soon host the Olympics and even more reporters will come. Our door is open. It will not close," he told reporters in the Sichuan capital, Chengdu.
Wang made the comment immediately after the journalists were handed new government-issued reporters' credentials that explicitly stated reporting was allowed in Dujiangyan and several other cities.
The AFP staff members evicted from Dujiangyan on Thursday were wearing those passes.
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Jared Evan - unCOVERED
Artist: Jared Evan
Singer/songwriter/emcee/producer JARED EVAN has joined forces with The DJBooth to bring listeners his latest artistic release, unCOVERED.
Breaking boundaries of the traditional remix mixtape, unCOVERED finds the Interscope/Zone 4 signee putting his own spin on 10 classic records from an eclectic array of artists and genres. Included are the artist's reader-acclaimed renditions of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby," Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," Coldplay's "Yellow," La Roux' "Bulletproof" and Wu-Tang's "CREAM."
JARED EVAN flies solo throughout unCOVERED and re-produces all the original songs with the JARED EVAN touch. The project's accompanying visual series is exec-produced by Rik Cordero.
Fans can also check out Jared Evan's previous albums: Jared Evan - The Art Form of Whatever |Jared Evan & Statik Selektah - Still Blue |Jared Evan - Pieces EP


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Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to a friendly alert. If you have a PS3 and intend to browse the PlayStation Store, go online, or maybe even enjoy some quality Netflix viewing, you're going to have to update the PS3 firmware. PS3 firmware 4.55 slipped out without warning, and it is mandatory.
So what, you probably wonder, is in this update for you. Well, to start, you'll actually be able to log into the PlayStation Network again. That's a pretty big one. Aside from that though, not much. This isn't a particularly eventful PS3 firmware update. There are no new features that will revolutionize your system.
PS3 firmware 4.55 is just about fixing miscellaneous little bugs and quirks, to optimize your overall gaming experience. It's important, but nothing major. It also shouldn't take too long to download and install.
Such is life for PS3 owners, now that the PS4 is out. Gone are the days when PS3 firmware notifications will make us hope for something unexpected. It's all about the PS4 and its prospective features now.
Yet, don't lose hope. Maybe, just maybe, when PlayStation Now rolls out for all, there'll be a firmware to accompany it and help welcome the service into our lives.
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what employers say
A recent survey of leading UK employers revealed that graduates are often lacking in commercial experience, customer service skills and retail knowledge. Salon owners also believed that business and management skills were also lacking from a therapists portfolio.
When questioned on a therapist returning to work following a career break, many employers stated that a candidate who has updated their skill set through refresher training would be more favourable.
All employers who responded felt that the intensive training that a graduate requires costs them too much time and money, especially as they feel that the graduate should already have the skills required to work in the industry. 93% of employers stated that if a graduate required less up-skilling and were ready to work they would be more likely to employ them, with 87% agreeing to guarantee a CIBTAC honours student an interview.
To address this shortfall, we have introduced an upgrade system for existing qualification frameworks, to deliver additional skills on a Recognised Prior Learning basis. This system acts as a 'finishing school', giving opportunities for progression, added value and differentiation, upskilling therapists by delivering thorough hands-on learning; students become more confident, capable and gain a deeper understadning, requiring less on-the-job training.
This is designed to give students the best possible qualification and to help fill the industry skills gap ensuring potential employees have the right skills to match the the direct needs of employers. This process is one of the many reasons that CIBTAC qualified therapists are in high demand by employers.
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Turn-of-the-century websites — R.I.P.
San Diego Polo Club, Charles Manson, Gulf War blog, pisser clams, CyberSleuths — all gone
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In the funniest scene of Sideways, currently at the La Jolla Playhouse, Miles and Jack get skunk-drunk and go on a boar hunt with Brad. He's the official slayer of things porcine for the Santa Inez Valley, he boasts, so rich snoots can sip fine wines. Lit only by a car's headlights, Miles and Jack hear shots — loud ones — apparently aimed at them. They freak. One shouts, "Do we look like wild pigs?"
If Jack did the shouting, then, well, yeah.
Jack directs TV, calls women "chicks," and thinks lovemaking should resemble a match on WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Jack's attitude has a Filnerian feel: shoot first, dodge reporters later.
Jack's getting married in a week and wants one last fling. He'll also scheme for gloom-shrouded Miles's first fling in quite some time.
Jack has a hair-trigger. Miles has no firing pin. Divorced two years ago, depressed ever since, maybe even before, Miles's responsibilities encircle him: debt, IRS audit, acres of self-doubt. He has one true love: wine. He has kept a bottle of La Tâche '82, said to be a religious experience (though a connoisseur friend says "la touche" could be a parody and has no relation to any existing wine). Miles will open the red burgundy only when the time is right but fears it won't measure up to expectations.
On their premarital "road trip," Jack and Miles vow to go "sideways" — get blotto, go loopy — though the term also defines their lives thus far, since neither has budged an inch forward since adolescence. So they F-bomb their way up the coast — after, that is, Miles steals rent money from his mother in Carpenteria.
In an odd way, along with resembling the Odd Couple, Jack and Miles recall hyper-sexed Dean Moriarty (Neal Cassady) and morose Sal Paradise (Jack Kerouac) in On the Road. The difference, which that recent, evil movie failed to grasp: Jack and Neal want to transcend fleshly urges (okay, most of them) and bloom spiritually. Jack and Miles, by contrast, merely descend. They're wedded to avoidance behavior, abetted by gallons of vino fino, even, at one point, from a spit bucket.
Rex Pickett wrote the original novel but not the Academy Award–winning Best Adapted Screenplay. That was Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. Pickett's stage version reads, in some ways, like his response to the movie. It deviates in several places — in the movie, Jack dallies twice, with Stephanie and later Cammi, whose husband catches them in flagrante; Miles's prized wine is a '61 Chateau Cheval Blanc. Pickett has three divorcées and a groom in waiting. The change lets him raise questions about love, commitment, and married life. He adds a titch more depth and crassness. But the play unfolds as if it wants to be a movie, or movie-like. And it assumes we already know Miles and Jack.
The first scenes are sketchy and function, it seems, to pick up stragglers unfamiliar with the movie. But the play doesn't have to go single file. It needs condensing. And since it doesn't start until they reach the wine country, everything prior (even stealing from the mother) could be subsumed in backstory.
On the plus side, the dialogue snaps and crackles with several keeper one-liners, especially about dating actresses and Jack's personal "higher power." And master-director Des McAnuff finds opportunities to inject potential substance into what is essentially boys-will-be-boys hijinks.
Robert Brill designed a super-realistic set for the playhouse's His Girl Friday. For Sideways he offers a minimalist look, with sliding, white-ash-colored panels and units that speed on and off. Scenes change so swiftly it's like driving up 101, north of Goleta, and watching California oaks zip by.
Sean Nieuwenhuis's videos — rows of green vines and rolling, straw-colored hills —panorama the Santa Inez Valley. Paul Tazewell's costumes and Charles G. LaPointe's wigs people the stage with affluence and down-homey togs. Michael Roth's background music enhances scenes, though often, when it first comes on, sounds like a song-cue.
Patrick Breen has a familiar face, in part for his role as the watery-eyed alien who died that sad death in Galaxy Quest — "by Grabthar's hammer." Breen expresses Miles's intelligence and neuroses effectively. And he swallows so many fluids in the two-and-a-half hour show, you fear for his health.
Breen could tone Miles down, however. As could the entire cast, who perform as if jacked on 5-Hour Energy shooters.
Nadia Bowers and Zoë Chao make Maya and Terra such alert and grounded women, you wonder what they see in the shallow city dudes. Vi Flaten as Jack's fiancée Babs and Allison Sprat Pearce as Miles's ex do what they can with dysfunctional cyphers: we learn nothing about them, and they tell us little about Jack and Miles.
Sean Allan Krill does expert work as Jack: layers of mania. But the character, like the play, is a matter of taste. Will his next step (and Miles's, for that matter) be yet another lateral slide from long overdue adulthood? ■
Sideways, by Rex Pickett
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Directed by Des McAnuff, cast: Patrick Breen, Jeff Marlow, Vi Flaten, Jorge Rodriguez, Sean Allan Krill, Cynthia Mace, Mike Sears, Nadia Bowers, Jasmine St. Clair, Zoë Chao, Allison Spratt Pearce, Tom Patterson; scenic design, Robert Brill; costumes, Paul Tazewell; lighting, Michael Walton; sound, Cricket S. Myers
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ICMI Announces 2014 Global Contact Center Award Winners
Top call center organizations and individuals honored in a variety of categories
May 13, 2014, 13:52 ET from International Customer Management Institute (ICMI)
SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a highly competitive application process and multiple selection rounds, The International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) announced the 2014 Global Contact Center Award winners last week at their annual Awards Dinner. The event was sponsored by call center industry service providers Voiance Language Services, iQor, Confirmit, HireIQ and OneReach each of whom had a representative on-hand to announce a category winner.
The 2014 ICMI Global Contact Center Award Winners are:
- Best Small-to-Medium Contact Center: Cars.com-Operations, Customer Care Team
- Best Large Contact Center: OppenheimerFunds Inc.
- Best Outsourcing Partnership: Synergy Solutions & Shutterfly
- Best Use of an Emerging Channel(s): Penn Foster
- Best Strategic Value to the Organization: UHealth, the University of Miami Health System
- Best Use of Technology: Group O & OpenSpan
- Best QA/Customer Experience Program: The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Retirement Solutions
- Best Contact Center Agent: Codi Turner, BuildASign.com
- Best Contact Center Supervisor: Brock Faucette, The AICPA
- Best Contact Center Manager: Tony Cabrera, New York Life Insurance
- Best Customer Service Business Leader: Heather Magaha, Wells Fargo
Additionally, Mary Murcott, Chief Executive Officer from The Customer Experience Institute at DialogDirect, was named as the recipient of the Annual ICMI Lifetime Achievement Award.
We're thrilled to recognize contact center professionals who are passionately committed to revolutionizing customer service," said Sarah Stealey Reed, ICMI's Content Director and Head of Judges for the 2014 ICMI Global Contact Center Award Selection Committee. "This group of finalists and winners are truly 'the best of the best.'"
The winner from each category took home a trophy, will be interviewed on a webinar, profiled in the industry-leading "Contact Center Insider" newsletter and on icmi.com, and be permissioned to include the ICMI Global Contact Center Award logo in print and online to further promote their honor to corporate executives and customers.
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Plainville police rescued some baby ducks stuck in a storm drain behind Lowe's Home Improvement Tuesday morning.
Officers were sent to the New Britain Avenue hardware store at 7:45 a.m. after receiving a report that about half a dozen ducklings were stuck in a catch basin nearby and needed to be rescued.
Witnesses said that the mother duck was headed toward the woods with her babies. But when the mother tried to hop over a curb to get there, eight of the ducklings fell 15 feet into a storm drain. Two ducklings didn't fall and were with the mother when police arrived.
A Plainville police officer removed the storm drain cover and climbed down the built-in ladder to rescue the ducklings.
Plainville's animal control officer also responded.
Using Animal Control's net, the officer scooped up the eight ducklings and lifted them to safety and reunited them with their mother and siblings.
This sort of incident happens periodically, according to Animal Control.


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Chanel's coming to London
The French brand's new shop is a beauty haven – for six months only
My daughter (aged 9) has just discovered superlatives. School is awesome, her best friend is "amaze", the new boy is "OMG like totally awesomely cute" (sorry, I don't even know how to punctuate that description). I feel like I'm trapped inside a never-ending episode of iCarly.
Still, this American cheerleader-style tweenage excess must be just a little infectious, because the past few weeks my usual stony composure has cracked in the face of what can only be described as some totally awesome new developments in the world of beauty.
First, Chanel. Not content with making us all wear strange shades of nail polish, Mr Karl Lagerfeld and his colleagues have decided that what London needs is a serious injection of style, Coco-style. To this end,…


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Joe Montana, Dwight Clark, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig and Jerry Rice reunite for an epic night on the 30th anniversary of "The Catch." The legends reminisced about the 80's but also spoke highly of the current 49ers heading into their playoff game on Saturday.
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Reading is a quiet, mostly solitary act, so it's rare to see beloved TV characters kicking back and cracking open a paperback. But….you can learn a lot from a book! Whether they're cautionary tales, how-to manuals, or just plain fun, here's some romances that those small-screen heroes and heroines might want to check out in their downtime:
Sons of Anarchy
Is Charming the sort of place to have a cute indie bookstore? If not, Tara might want to get herself to the library and check out Kristen Ashley's Motorcycle Man, natch. The sexy story of normal girl Tyra who chucks her old life for her sexy, tattooed biker dude Kane might hit home for our doc, and even make her think about getting the hell out of Charming some more. If she were feeling especially charitable, perhaps she could even pick up a little something for her monster-in-law...
Christa Faust's Money Shot (Okay, technically it's a mystery, but would Gemma ever get caught reading romance?) might be right up the menacing mama's alley. I think she'd dig the fast-paced pulp noir story of Angel Dare, a former porn star who gets caught up in some nasty business and ends up on the run with a hunky guy she's not quite sure she should trust. Angel takes a serious licking but keeps on ticking and Gemma would surely admire—and relate to—her moxie.
And for Lyla….poor Lyla. She's had a rough run of it. Perhaps she could find some comfort and escape in a nice historical fairy tale romance? Gaelen Foley's The Duke finds former prostitute—excuse me, courtesan—Belinda Hamilton taking an offer of protection from the Duke of Hawkscliffe. Even better, the duke's got revenge (against a man who took advantage of Belinda) on his agenda, and as they work together, sparks fly…
The sudser's country-singing heroines might just like a little break from their own personal dramas with some guaranteed happily-ever-after. We all know how career-focused Juliette is, but she might enjoy Danielle Steel's Star. The story of a poor girl with some serious parental problems who becomes a major country star should be the ideal scandalous and salacious read for set breaks. Maybe if they ever share a scene together again, she can pass it on to Scarlett and they can start a book club!
As for that up-and-coming crooner, I think she might crush hard on songwriter Shawn Gallagher from Nora Roberts' Tears of the Moon. He just might remind her of a certain someone…
And as for our resident diva Rayna James? I think she'd get a real big kick out of the antics of Sugar Beth Carey in Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips — especially when she's being asked to make nice to all those clueless country club ladies at her family's political fundraisers. Sugar Beth's complicated romance with the sexy Colin Byrne is an added bonus, 'cause Rayna surely knows a thing or two about devastating men from your past.
Tara Gelsomino is a reader, writer, pop culture junkie, and internet addict. You can tweet her at @taragel.


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2010 Ombrone, Sant'Antimo, Cupano, Tuscany, Italy (£49, reduced to £258 for six bottles (£43 each) for MoneyWeek readers only, from Swig, 08000-272272).
I enjoyed a lunch with one of my wine heroes, ex-cinematographer turned wine guru Lionel Cousin, the other day. You may remember that I wrote up his 2008 Ombrone two and a half years ago on this very page.
He kindly opened a vertical tasting of his stellar Brunello (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and every vintage was sublime.
2008 Ombrone, his staggering Super-Tuscan, looked regal. The 2009 was darker and deeper and my featured 2010 blew my mind. The cabernet/merlot harmony in this magnificent wine is nearly as distinguished as Lionel himself.
When he told me that he was releasing a few cases of all of these wines from his collection just for Swiggers I nearly dropped my glass. Swig will be shipping some library stock direct from the Cupano cellars in a few weeks' time. The Brunellos range from £60 per bottle for the 2009 to £75 for the 2004 and Ombrone 2009 is £43.
You can order any of these wines in six-packs from Swig if you get on the blower today. This is a once in a lifetime chance to buy a 'vertical' of these legendary wines. This offer will never happen again, so do not miss out.
• Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (www.matthewjukes.com).


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Lynchburg Tax Specialist Has Tips on How to Prepare for Filing Taxes
Lynchburg, VA - Tax season kicked off this week, and some people in Lynchburg are already getting the process started.
Tax experts at H&R Block in Lynchburg say these are the three busiest weeks of the year for them and other tax preparation offices.
Terrance Christian was at the H&R Block office off Memorial Avenue Saturday. This is his fourth time filing taxes there.
"As soon as I get them, I like to get them done and out of the way. That way I don't have to worry about it later on," he said.
Several people were at the office getting help filing their taxes. Most of them said they weren't stressed about it because they had everything in order.
"I just gather all my information and just come down here," said Keren Navas, a client.
Experts say that's the first step---getting all your documents together.
Rita Mitchell is a tax specialist and office manager at that H&R Block office. She says to start by getting your personal information like your social security card and ID.
"Then you want to start with your income information. You want your W-2s and 1099s. Then you need information for any credits you may have, such as education credits," she said from her office.
You should also bring in documents for real estate, mortgage and other property taxes.
"Any type of document that you get in the mail. A lot of them will say 'Tax Document Enclosed.' You want to make sure you bring those," said Mitchell.
She says returns range from simple to more complex, which includes people who sell stock or own a business. But most people who come into Mitchell's office just file as families.
"They definitely want to pay attention to daycare expenses. Those are deductible, so you want to make sure you have a receipt from daycare that you can bring in. Any medical expenses that are not paid by insurance can be deductible," said Mitchell.
If you're filing a simple return, which means just a W-2 form, specialists at H & R Block will do that for free until February 15.
The IRS has updated its website where you can find all the documents you need to file your taxes.
They also have a new "Where is My Refund" page where you can check on the status of your refund. You're supposed to get that 21 days after you file.
The website also has options that allow you to file your taxes for free.


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Normally my workstation is in the 1st floor, but my husband was the opinion in our livingroom it is much warmer and cosier. That is right, sometimes I had such cold fingers I couldn't hold the scissors. My studio in the first floor is the best place in summertime, window southwards and with extra table.BUT ... you know, Christmas is coming and I started to wonder where to put the Christmas tree, because I use exactly the space where it normally stands. I can see where this will lead ... carrying all my stuff in the 1st floor again. *sigh*
Ok, but here are pictures from my working place and my sewing machine. Currently I am cutting the fabrics to size on the coffee table. Not the best for my back, but the other table had no space in the living room.
My sewing machine is over 20 years old and I have to face the fact that I will need a new one in the near future. She is making sometimes some strange noises. There are so many new and terrific machines available, it will take so much time to look around and find the right machine. I really hope my 'elna' will live forever!


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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 12 (UPI) -- For those planning a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day, it's lucky that romantic and heart-healthy go hand-in-hand, a U.S. dietitian said.
"Years of research has shown that a balanced diet with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fat and lean protein will not only help with weight maintenance, but with overall heart health," Katie Boles, a clinical dietitian with the Brenner FIT Program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., said in a statement. "Eating a variety of these foods and eating them in moderation is key to a heart-healthy diet."
For example:
-- During the meal, enjoy a glass of red wine. This alcoholic beverage contains antioxidants that can improve high-density lipoprotein, the "good," cholesterol. But, only one glass.
-- Serve a spinach salad to defend against high blood pressure and hypertension. Top it with walnuts or carrots to add crunch and reduce cholesterol.
-- For the main course, serve a simple Italian favorite, pasta with marinara sauce. Tomatoes are full of beta- and alpha-carotene, lycopene, lutein, vitamin C, potassium, folic acid and fiber. Garlic also reduces serum lipids, also known as cholesterol, and can assist in lowering blood pressure.
-- End the meal with a piece of dark chocolate with 70 percent or higher cocoa content helps to lower blood pressure.


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|November is national Picture Book Month! Which book have you read the most times?
|November is national Picture Book Month! Which one is your favorite?
|What kind of costume will you be wearing for Halloween?
|What is your favorite thing about Halloween?
|Which emoji do you like to use the most?
|What is your favorite part of the school day?
|What did you think of the 2017 solar eclipse?
|Would you rather...
|How do you plan to spend the last couple weeks of summer vacation?
|What's the best way to beat the summer heat?
|If you had the chance, would you go on a space mission?
|It's been 20 years since "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (known in the U.S. as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") was first published (June 26, 1997). Which house would you be in?
|Which upcoming library program sounds the most intriguing to you?
|Summer break is upon us. What are you looking forward to the most?
|How do you help build a better world?
|Which book siblings (brothers and sisters) do you like best?
|The sun is finally out and it is hot! What makes warm weather so great?
|If I were a scientist, I'd like to be:
|What is your favorite type of class party?
|Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
|What is your favorite thing to do at the library?
|What is your favorite movie that has been inspired by a children's book?
|What is your favorite thing about spring?
|What is your favorite type of weather?
|Which is your favorite of these "-itos"?
|Who do you admire most?
|What is the first thing you do after school?
|It's almost Valentine's Day! What is your favorite sweet treat?
|What is your favorite book genre?
|Which winter sport do you like best?
|If you could have one of these animals as a pet, which would it be?
|January is National Hobby Month. What's your favorite hobby?
|Did you go to a movie during Winter Break? Which one?
|Which sidekick would you choose from Star Wars?
|Would you rather eat your cereal with eggnog (instead of milk) or eat a candy cane sandwich?
|What is your favorite thing about wintertime?
|What do you plan on doing with your Thanksgiving break?
|What is your favorite food to eat at Thanksgiving?
|Which of the following must a book have in order to be spectacular?
|How do you think the newly released, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, will end?


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Unfortunatly you can't sell it because RMD ownes it now.. bummer.
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MIAMI - Students returned to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School the day after a crash killed a 27-year-old woman outside the cafeteria.
Nuris Better, 73, lost control of her sport utility vehicle Tuesday afternoon, Miami-Dade police say. She hit and pinned Catalina Gomez Peláez against the building, killing her.
Family members said she moved to the U.S. from Colombia six months ago and was picking up her two younger siblings from the school.
"It's sad. I'm speechless," said parent Zumaya Alonso. "It could've happened to me. It could've happened to me and my kids and I could've been outside with my kids."
"Nobody knows what to say about it, how to feel. It could've been anybody," added parent Lily Pavon.
"I kept thinking -- it could've been my wife," said Pablo Bauza, another parent. "It could've been someone I knew. I don't know how you prevent that."
Better didn't answer her door Wednesday. Neighbors said she has been shaken up since her husband died.
No charges have been filed.
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Join us on November 11 at 7:45 p.m. in the Upper Library for a video interview with Owen Lee. Please see details Massey Opera Club – Owen Lee Video Lecture.
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|There used to be many cotton plantations in Puerto Rico many years ago. The only cotton plants left, are there almost by mistake. I found this plant on a road in Guayama, P.R.
|A Puertorican sunset in Rincón. This is an unaltered pictured, colors just as nature intended it.
|This is me on the left. Standing at the entrance of the passage way on the left and bottom pictures.
|Looks like a cave but it's a passage way through a mountain that takes you to the other side of the beach in Guajataca (Guayanilla, P.R.). It's an amazing experience just walking through it. You can hear the waves awaiting on the other side.
|This is a picture of the same beach above, in Guajataca.
|The picture on the left is a hidden beach we found off a road in Manatí. The other one is in Guayanilla.


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NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A former board member of Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals SA has reached a $13.2 million settlement to resolve charges by a U.S. regulator that he engaged in insider trading ahead of Abbott Laboratories' $2.9 billion acquisition of the drug company.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in papers filed on Friday in Manhattan federal court, said the sum would be paid by a British Virgin Islands entity through which Juan Cruz Bilbao Hormaeche of Chile conducted the alleged insider trading.
The SEC also agreed to drop charges against a business associate of Bilbao, Tomas Andres Hurtado Rourke, who it said placed the trades in an account of the entity, Somerton Resources Limited, and made trades in his own brokerage account.
The trading took place after Bilbao participated in a March 2014 meeting via telephone in which CFR's board considered a confidential proposal by Abbott to buy the company.
The announcement by Abbott days later of an agreement to buy CFR in a $2.9 billion deal enabled Bilbao and Hurtado to reap about $10.6 million in illicit profits, the SEC said.
The SEC filed its lawsuit in December against Bilbao, the president of banking and insurance company Consorcio Financiero SA, and Hurtado, who was a director of the company's banking unit. Both men were Chilean citizens living in Santiago, the lawsuit said.
The SEC subsequently obtained a court order freezing $42.8 million of Bilbao's and Somerton's assets.
Lawyers for Bilbao and Hurtado did not respond to requests for comment.
The case is U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bilbao et al., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 14-cv-10036. (Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Tom Brown)


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Price paid: $ 20
Purchased from: Indiana Loan Company (Pawn Shop)
Sound — 8
Currently I run my Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, and Les Paul Custom through this. Because the pedal is not true bypass, the tone does warm down dramatically but I actually do enjoy the tone warm down, it gives it an analog sort of sound to it with my Fender Blues Jr amplifier. The phasing does not provide much options other than Slow, Medium, and Fast but the tone is amazingly effective and lush. I bought this due to the fairly low price I saw when I was at the Pawn Shop. I recommend this pedal is played by itself or with another analog pedal or else it will make that pedal sound very thin and metallic.
Overall Impression — 8
By far the best lush phase sound I have ever heard in a pedal, great for those Vintage tone freaks that want to collect something from the past. I do not recommend this pedal for live use, instead I would rather suggest studio or for the sake of collecting it as a treasure of the past. If it was stolen I would be very upset because I bought this for 20 dollars and on eBay they run for 200-300 for the same pedal in the condition I have. I hope to collect other Vintage pedals in the future and hope they are as impressive as this huge box.
Reliability & Durability — 7
Because this pedal is from the 70s, I only use it for home and future studio use. As far as live sound, I will prefer to use another phase shifter due to the fact that I cannot change the speed without a separate pedal and that I would love to keep this for a very long time. So my live pedal will be my EHX Phaser. I do depend on it for the sound but as far as the durability and the price for a NOS Phaser of this year, I prefer not to use it for extreme use.
Ease of Use — 9
Okay first thing first, this is a Vintage phase shifter from the 70s. If you want to change the speed of the phasing you have to lean down and change it yourself. Stepping on the switch might be too much pressure for the switches (The pedal does come with a footswtich but I have not yet to find one for this pedal). However it is a fairly easy to use pedal, plug it in and set up your input and output, turn on the power swtich and flip the speed switch you desire. However make sure the Slow phase switch is left on because that is the bypass switch. Other than that, that's pretty much it.


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Thomas Gassaway may have had a brother, Richard
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Romalee Amos 11/23/10
Thomas Gaswai may have had a brother, Richard. Thomas is at the toughest brick wall of the Col. Nicholas Gassaway Clan.Thomas has thousands of living descendents. I do not believe ANYONE knows Thomas's parents.
My goal, during my retirement, is to identify the several unrelated white Ga(s,z,a)way Clans.I am also attemting to identify some of the many African-American Ga(s,z,a)way Clans.
I do "Quick and Dirty" paper research and then attempt to verify the male Gasaway lines by biological testing (DNA).
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Short-term employee absences are more likely to be for non-genuine reasons than long-term absences. The focus of an organisation should be on providing support for employees who have been genuinely absent, while making it clear that action will be taken against those that are off work unnecessarily. In doing so, it is important to understand the different options that are available in managing short-term absences before a decision can be taken as to what would be appropriate in specific organisations.
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- To help participants gain an understanding of the key methods that can be used by organisations to try and reduce short-term absences.


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September is a time for the last grilling of the season, along with whatever else you might need to do before it's time to bundle up for winter. Just like always, we've been spending our time looking for liquor, and we've found everything from boozy robot bottle caddies to liquor console tables. We also reviewed Leblon Cachaca and a variety of mixers like Sweet's Cocktail Kick sour mix and Cocktail Mist drink flavoring. Read on to see all the best stories of the month.
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Guinness Sales Drop in Ireland
Super Simple Margarita Recipe
Cheap Fun Wines on Fortified Wine
Leblon Cachaca Review
Octopus Beer Keg Tap Review
Jell-O Shots: The Book
Roll'em Show'em Contest and Giveaway
Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka
Espresso Drink Recipes Give You a Buzz Squared
5 Ways to Drink Tequila (Other than Margaritas)
Get Drunk on Dessert with a Mud Pie Martini
Buy a Liquor Snob Hoodie, Dammit
Violin Bottle Carrier
How to Make Yourself Throw Up
Bartender Etiquette for Dummies
Bluecoat Gin: Ready for the Top Shelf?
Liquor in the Can
Citadelle Gin Keeps it Dry
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You Need a Beer Keg Costume
Pedrini 8-Piece Professional Cocktail Set
Cocktail Kick Extra Sour Mixer Review
Ladies and Gentlemen...The BeerClip
Beer Bottle Goblets
Shots Liquor Console by J.P. Meulendijks
Pewter Star Wars Bar Set
Piet Hein Drink Cooler Balls
Novelty Liquor Dispensers
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How to Build a Kegerator
Cocktail Mist Flavor Spray Review
Behold the Beer Cannon
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Now Seriously, folks: what are the odds that one group of 4 parties would each receive 12,895 votes nationwide (Jerry Litzel, Jeff Boss, Randall Terry, and Merlin Miller), while each candidate of THREE "Reform" parties got precisely 4,704 votes nationwide (Andre Barnett, Chuck Baldwin & Barbara Washer), one pair of faintly familiar names (Jill Reed and Richard Duncan, both running as "independents") got – 12,032 – 0.01%, while an utterly unknown pair (Sheila Tittle and Peta Lindsay) each received 2,470 exactly.
As with the precise variance between Exit Polls and Actual Results in the election of 2004, the stochastic probabilities (statistically estimated odds) of these set of numbers lining up so precisely, of such exact coincidences happening in reality are about the same as the odds of a previously unknown meteor or comet hitting YOUR house—tomorrow.
Below, please see the unofficial, final vote totals for the 2012 Presidential General Election as tabulated by Google—not famously owned by the Obama administration, but who knows????
With more than 95% of the vote reported, percentages will most-likely remain the same for the final official count. But the actual vote totals may increase slightly—or maybe they won't…..?
2012 Presidential General Election final vote (with 95% of precincts reported) – from Google Elections:
-Barack Obama (Democratic Party) – 60,786,989 – 50.4%
-Mitt Romney (Republican Party) – 57,890,120 – 48%
-Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) – 1,139,562 – 0.9%
-Jill Stein (Green Party) – 396,684 – 0.3%
-Virgil Goode (Constitution Party) – 108,195 – 0.09%
-Roseanne Barr (Peace & Freedom Party) – 49,426 – 0.04%
-Rocky Anderson (Justice Party) – 34,521 – 0.03%
-Tom Hoefling (America's Party) – 28,099 – 0.02%
-Jerry Litzel (independent) – 12,895 – 0.01%
-Jeff Boss (independent) – 12,895 – 0.01%
-Randall Terry (independent) – 12,895 – 0.01%
-Merlin Miller (American Third Position Party) – 12,895 – 0.01% (Tied for 15th)
-Jill Reed (independent) – 12,032 – 0.01%
-Richard Duncan (independent) – 12,032 – 0.01%
-none of the above – 5,753 – 0%
-Andre Barnett (Reform Party) – 4,704 – 0%
-Chuck Baldwin (Reform Party) – 4,704 – 0%
-Barbara Washer (Reform Party) – 4,704 – 0%
-Tom Stevens (Objectivist Party) – 4,001 – 0%
-Stewart Alexander (Socialist Party) – 3,897 – 0%
-Will Christensen (independent) – 3,553 – 0%
-James Harris (Socialist Workers Party) – 3,427 – 0%
-Jim Carlson (Grassroots Party) – 3,169 – 0%
-Sheila Tittle (independent) – 2,470 – 0%
-Peta Lindsay (Party for Socialism & Liberation) – 2,470 – 0%
-Gloria La Riva (Party for Socialism & Liberation) – 1,518 – 0%
-Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party) – 1,126 – 0%
-Dean Morstad (independent) – 1,107 – 0%
-Jack Fellure (Prohibition Party) – 503 – 0%
NOTE: It is highly irregular that so many of the actual vote totals are the exact same. You might want to monitor the Google Election site, as well as others, and will update the above numbers accordingly. Also, as write-in ballots are eventually counted and added in, the above totals should rise slightly.
And in case you're wondering—YES, the implication of these data are that, if they got lazy and just fudged the extremely outlying minor third party candidates by assigning them the same numbers, well, YES, as a matter of fact this probably suggests that in the election of 2012, our votes were, for the most part, never really counted at all….
The evidence has been accumulating for a very long time that U.S. Elections are fraudulent. In regard to the 2004 election, I wrote a comment published on Salon.com:
There is some very compelling evidence that the 2004 election was rigged, and it's the statistical analysis of the exit polls. I noticed this discrepancy on election day, but a very respected series of statisticians have all concluded that the likelihood of all the exit-polls being wrong in precisely the same way is 1 in a million, about the same as earth being struck by a previously unidentified meteor—tomorrow. The website showing these very sound studies is:
http://www.donotconcede.com/Dataexitpolls.html and I defy anybody to say that these studies are not scientifically valid. Somebody was tampering with the results of the 2004 election. Somebody has turned the United States government into a secretive and tyrannical enemy of the peace and prosperity of people worldwide (notice that I said "of people"—somebody obviously likes every "person" whose name ends in "Inc."). I feel quite certain that the same "somebody" is involved at all levels—and that "somebody" is either the Bush-Cheney-Rove triumvirate or the "invisible hand" that moves them all and keeps them in power when they should be….elsewhere.
I urge everyone interested in the topic to read the above website and:
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Group of University Professors Urges Investigation of 2004 Election
Officially, President Bush won November's election by 2.5%, yet exit polls showed Kerry winning by 3%[1]. According to a report to be released today by a group of university statisticians, the odds of a discrepancy this large between the national exit poll and election results happening by accident are close to 1 in a million.
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The new hardware mention, which 9to5mac first discovered, comes in the form of a reference within an Apple TV framework for the device's AirPlay functionality. Apple apparently added the reference as far back as September, but it was only recently discovered.
A new model of Apple TV would hardly come as a surprise. The company recently gave the product its own page on Apple's retail site alongside iPods, Macs, iPads, and iPhones. It's also been nearly a year since Apple last released a new version. And let's not forget that Apple CEO Tim Cook's stance that television is an area the company is very interested in.
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Mahatma Gandhi - Poem by Pratheek Praveen Kumar in Calm Reflections
A great person of peace,
Who to all wars called a cease,
And who prevented bloodshed,
And who India to freedom led.
A lawyer who was in Africa,
And who racial discrimination saw,
He solved the problem there,
And then, he, Indian problems laid bare.
He fought using non-violence,
In senseless people he put sense,
He led India to greatness,
And he India thus did bless.
He pushed the British out of our land,
To the ordinary people he lent a hand,
A greater person never did walk this earth,
To a greater person never did India give birth.
A great solver of problems he was,
He was never at a loss,
To give an answer to problematic questions,
He was the only one to say no to guns.
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Looking out for a hero
Adiverse selection of well known Ulster women rubbed shoulders with some of the world's most famous female faces in a Belfast Telegraph vox pop.
As the BT Woman of the Year Awards draw closer, we asked local people to pick some of the women they believe are the most inspirational today.
And everyone from fashion icons such as Victoria Beckham to Ulster Everest conqueror Hannah Shields were listed.
Anna Gourley (21), from Ballygowan, who has just graduated in history from Queen's University, Belfast, says:
"I think Gail Porter, who suffers from alopecia, is a really inspirational woman. She has been through so much and yet still manages to remain positive.
"She is such a public figure and a lot of people, if they had been in her position, would have found it hard to be so brave and keep working in the public eye."
Julie Main (32) is a full-time mum from Belfast. She says:
" Katie Price is great because although she is a real celebrity now, she still does everything for her family herself and she has to cope with one wee boy who is disabled too.
"She is always so down to earth - what you see is what you get - and her kids go everywhere with her.
" Another lady who is a real role model for mums today is Sara Payne who campaigned for Sarah's Law after her wee girl was murdered."
Michelle Coughlin (39) is a full-time mum from Belfast. She says:
"I would love to see ordinary mums get recognised in these awards.
"Someone like my own mum, Margaret, who brought me and my three sisters up after she was widowed when she was just in her thirties.
" It was only when I grew up and became a mother myself that I realised the sacrifices she made for us."
Marcus Park (31) is a civil servant from near Cookstown. He says:
"I definitely think leading local women such as Margaret Ritchie, the Social Development Minister, or Mary McAleese are truly inspirational and should be recognised for all their endless hard work.
"I would also like to see some 'local lasses done good', like Christine Blakely, recognised for inspiring other Ulster ladies to break out of Northern Ireland and succeed beyond our shores."
Hannah Collins (63) is a retired teacher from Kilrea. She says:
"I would like to see people who really make a difference recognised for their efforts rather than all these celebrities.
"Someone like my fellow Kilrea woman, Hannah Shields, who climbed Everest, is a really inspirational sportswoman who shows what dedication and achieving your goals can mean."
Janine Murphy (21), a solicitors' receptionist from Comber, says:
"A fashion icon like Victoria Beckham really inspires women to look good and deal with whatever life throws at them.
"She handles all the bad publicity and is still a busy working mum who just gets on with things under pressure and lives for her family. I think a lot of those who ridicule her are just jealous!"
Jim Herdman (71) is a retired bookmaker and singer from Belfast. He says:
"I'd pick our own Pamela Ballentine as a hard-working and hard-playing local woman who is often outspoken and, of course, has great legs!
" Women are really coming into their own these days and it is only now in my older years that I realise just how much they do and can achieve. Good luck to them!"
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Deadly riot closes India car plant
Top Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki has shut one of its two factories after rioting sparked by a labour dispute killed one person and injured dozens of others.
The plant stopped production because of fire damage caused by rioting workers. "The plant is burnt in sections. You cannot make any cars," spokesman Puneep Dhawan said. The company is still trying to identify a dead body found charred beyond recognition in a conference room, he said.
He said no decision had been taken on whether to reopen the 550,000 vehicle a year plant in Manesar, in the north Indian state of Haryana.
The company, a subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp, said in a statement that at least 40 managers and executives had been taken to hospital with injuries.
Labour unrest is a growing concern in India, as soaring inflation squeezes worker salaries even as mass media and conspicuous consumption stoke aspirations. The widespread use of contract workers by companies eager to side step India's strict labour laws adds to friction.
The Press Trust of India reported that police had arrested 88 Maruti Suzuki workers on charges including murder and damaging property.
According to Maruti, the unrest was sparked when a worker beat up a supervisor. The company said the union prevented management from disciplining the worker, blocked exit gates and "held the executives hostage". After talks broke down, workers "attacked members of the senior management, executives and managers," and ransacked the property, the company said.
The Maruti Suzuki Workers Union, said in a statement that a supervisor had "abused" and made "casteist comments" against a low-caste worker. Instead of taking action against the supervisor, management suspended the worker, the union said.
The union said management had sent in hundreds of "bouncers" to attack the workers with "sharp weapons and arms" and set fire to part of the factory.
Maruti Suzuki suffered three crippling strikes in 2011, which cost it market share and blocked production of tens of thousands of vehicles.
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'Dangerously uncertain' times in Korea, Thurman tells Congress
By ASHLEY ROWLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 29, 2012
SEOUL — The U.S. faces a "dangerously uncertain period" on the Korean peninsula following the death of Kim Jong Il with "the possibility of unexpected events leading to miscalculation," the top U.S. military commander for South Korea said Wednesday.
"Currently, the greatest threat remains instability in North Korea or a provocation that culminates in a broader conflict which could, at its extreme, result in the use of weapons of mass destruction," U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. James D. Thurman told the U.S. House Armed Services Committee this week.
Appearing before Congress to testify about the security situation on the peninsula, both Thurman and Dr. Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asia and Pacific Security Affairs, said the North has shown a willingness to use deadly military force.
"The potential for a North Korean act of provocation in 2012 remains a major concern," Lavoy said.
Their statements, taken from transcripts of the hearing, come as North Korea prepares for a satellite launch next month that it claims is for peaceful purposes, though the U.S. says the launch is a cover to test long-range missiles.
Thurman said the North's ability to attack the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, home to 50,000 private American citizens, is growing, while the North's arsenal of weapons — from ballistic missiles to chemical and biological weapons — continues to threaten U.S. interests in the region.
The North's 60,000 special operations forces, the largest in the world, also remain a threat.
"Last year's attempted infiltration of an assassination team into the ROK (Republic of Korea) highlights the nature of this threat and North Korea's willingness to use it," he said in an apparent reference to a possible attempt by the North last year to assassinate defector and activist Park Sang Hak. The plot was reported by South Korean media last summer, though several South Korean military spokesmen on Thursday dismissed those stories as speculation.
The communist nation also has expanded its cyber warfare capabilities in the past year, to the point that it now has a network of sophisticated computer hackers, Thurman said.
"Such attacks are ideal for North Korea, providing the regime a means to attack ROK and US interests without attribution, and have been increasingly employed against a variety of targets including military, governmental, educational and commercial institutions," he said.
Echoing comments made in recent months by North Korean analysts, Thurman said the transition to power from Kim Jong Il to his son, Kim Jong Un, appears to be proceeding smoothly, with significant economic and political support from China.
The regime is "making a concerted effort to capitalize on Kim Jong Un's remarkable resemblance to his late grandfather, Kim Il Sung," Thurman said. Kim Il Sung ruled the communist nation for more than four decades and is still revered by many North Koreans.
"State-controlled media images have shown Kim Jong Un with swept-back hair and dressed in Maoist suits very similar to those popularized by Kim Il Sung — a carefully stage-managed effort to help the relatively inexperienced Kim Jong Un garner the same adulation the populace had bestowed upon his grandfather," Thurman said.
Moving away from North Korea, Thurman told Congress that the tour normalization program — increasing the number of accompanied tours in South Korea — for U.S. troops will not be expanding at this time.
"The Department is not able to afford tour normalization at this time, and I am content to remain at the currently authorized 4,645 command-sponsored families," he said. "I am convinced, however, that a change in personnel policies will improve the readiness of USFK by reducing turbulence. We are working with the Department of Defense to examine how individual tour length extensions and unit rotations could help address this readiness issue."
USFK spokeswoman Jennifer Buschick said Thurman was referring to the turnover of 600 to 700 troops each month, which hinders unit stability.
U.S. troops have typically been stationed in South Korea on one-year unaccompanied tours, but Thurman's predecessor, now-retired Gen. Walter Sharp, announced plans in 2008 to gradually expand the number of command sponsorships. Under that plan, approximately half of USFK's 28,500 troops would be stationed in South Korea with their families on two- or three-year tours.
The high demand of the program and the cost of expanding infrastructure to accommodate families forced the military to cap the program in 2010.
Stars and Stripes' Yoo Kyong Chang contributed to this report.
Army Gen. James Thurman, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, greets President Barack Obama, March 25, 2012, on the Osan Air Base flightline. The president flew there en route to the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. In testimony before Congress shortly afterward, Thurman said the U.S. faces a dangerously uncertain period on the Korean peninsula.


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Understanding the implications of empirical work on corporate growth rates
This paper builds on the empirical literature on corporate growth rates - which suggests that corporate growth rates are very nearly random - and asks whether this empirical work is consistent with standard theories of the firm. We examine both static and dynamic optimizing models of firm output choice, before moving on to examine production functions modelling of corporate learning, models of R&D competition and diversification. In all cases, it seems clear that random corporate growth rates are more or less exactly what one would expect these models to predict. However, the literature on Penrose effects - dynamic managerial limitations to growth - and corporate competencies are not easy to reconcile with random corporate growth rates. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Geroski, Paul A & Machin, Stephen & Walters, Christopher F, 1997. "Corporate Growth and Profitability," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(2), pages 171-189, June.
- Slater, Martin, 1980. "The Managerial Limitation to the Growth of Firms," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 90(3593), pages 520-528, September.
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After seizing control in the first half behind running back Tevin Bush, Landry-Walker found itself on the cusp of losing to McKinley High of Baton Rouge on Friday night at Behrman Stadium.
However, the Charging Buccaneers came up with two big plays in the fourth quarter and held on for a 21-20 victory.
"These games get us ready for the playoffs," said Landry-Walker coach Emmanuel Powell, whose team is ranked second in the state in Class 4A. "Our defense came up with a big play, then our offense made one. But we've got to play with more focus."
McKinley's Charles Vaughn had a 2-yard touchdown run with 9:10 to play in the fourth quarter to pull the Panthers to the final margin. After an encroachment penalty on Landry-Walker (4-1), McKinley chose to go for two points and the lead. However, running back Larry Moore was stopped inches short of the goal line.
"If I had to do it again, maybe I'd give the ball to my fullback (Vaughn)," said Panthers coach Robert Signater, whose team competes in tough District 5-5A with Catholic, Dutchtown and St. Amant. "But you can't look at it like that. What's to say they wouldn't have scored at the end instead of just running the clock out."
On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Landry-Walker quarterback Li'Jon Cortier completed a 45-yard pass to receiver Jeremy Sanders to the McKinley 30. A facemask penalty on the play put the ball at the 20. The game ended with the Charging Buccaneers on the 7.
McKinley (3-2) trailed 21-7 at halftime but came back behind its defense and running game. The Panthers cut the lead to 21-14 on a 12-yard end-around by Nicholas Wiggins with 1:51 left in the third and Vaughn's score.
The first half was just the opposite, with Landry-Walker's defense holding the Panthers to 82 yards and running back Tevin Bush rushing for 98 yards on six carries and scoring two touchdowns, staking the Bucs to the 21-7 halftime lead. He injured an ankle, however, on his last carry of the half, a 25-yard run. In the second half, he gained just 10 yards on seven carries, slowing Landry-Walker to a crawl.
McKinley tied the score at 7 on a 3-yard touchdown run by Vaughn at 3:33 of the first quarter. The Panthers' Aden Lopez kicked off short and high. However, Bush fielded the ball, hesitated, then burst left through McKinley's coverage for an 80-yard touchdown, giving the Charging Buccaneers a 13-7 lead.
Landry-Walker forced a punt on the ensuing McKinley possession. Five plays later, Bush broke up the middle of the field, veered left and outran the Panthers' secondary for a 65-yard touchdown, making the score 19-6.
Bush also had 90 yards on returns and an 8-yard reception.
A 58-yard punt by the Bucs' Terrell Gilmore to the McKinley 3 with 3:01 showing set up Landry-Walker's final points of the first half. The Bucs held on downs, and the Panthers' Brady Monroe snapped the ball over the head of punter Anthony Raby for a safety with 43.6 seconds left before halftime.
Landry-Walker took a 7-0 lead at 7:07 of the first quarter on a 6-yard read-option keeper by Cortier. The score was set up by Deonte' Gildersleeve's 42-yard punt return to the McKinley 20. Four plays later, Cartier scored.
The Panthers answered, however, with a nine-play, 68-yard march, capped by Vaughn's run.