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A former Burbank teacher has been sentenced to two years in state prison for having sex with a 14-year-old boy for several months.
Thirty-three-year-old Amy Beck was also ordered to register as a sex offender, but she could be released in 10 months with credit for time served.
The mother of three kept her head down and was silent during her sentencing Friday in Burbank.
Beck resigned from David Starr Jordan Middle School a week before she walked into a police station in March and confessed to having a six-month relationship with a former student that ended in September. She said she was guilt-ridden.
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Power Salad, a comedy duo comprised of Chris Mezzolesta and Craig Marks, created this awesomely geeky musical plea demanding that vintage cartoon animals not suffer the ignoble fate of CG remakes:
A Plea to Save the Cartoon Animals From CG Remakes
By Amid Amidi | | 44
I don't blame em'. I'm sick of bad awful live action / CGI remakes of our classic cartoon characters. Garfield, The Chipmunks, Casper, Yogie Bear, Scooby Doo, the Smurfs, ect…
Every time one is made, little effort is put into the story, acting and humor. If your doing a remake, direct it like the way "Tintin" or "Astroboy" was made. These films do very poorly every year. So why do they continue producing this garbage!?
Old Man Father Time
While Astroboy's weak point was story, the rest of that film was great! I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked it.
Not Everyone hates these kinds of stories,
the people you hear complaining are people who care deeply for The classic characters and classic animation in general.
They make these films as they know they will bring in the money since they are popular characters.
However they don't have to use Live Action/CGI Animation every single time.
The Films would be better if the characters did not look like Goofy Goofbags and have stupid storylines.
To understand why these films are made you have to look beyond the films themselves.
Movies generate interest and awareness which generates all the junk that goes along with a Hollywood kid flick
Nobody gave a shit about the Smurfs. It was a dead franchise for the most part. But with a new movie T-shirt makers, toy makers, video game publishers etc all have a reason to do Smurf products and suddenly the dead franchise isn't dead anymore.
sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Those Chipmunk films do very well. Yogi Bear….not so much.
They'll be aware of an old franchise, but only until the next re-make is out or for 45 minutes, usually the former comes sooner.
Here's your first supporter, As A Fan of Hand-Drawn Animation.
I HATE those Disgusting Live Action/CGI Combo films and love the classic Hand-Drawn Cartoons and 1990's Theatrical Animated Films.
The Greatness of Theatrical Traditional Animation must be revived and spread, no matter how long it takes.
Quick-Draw McGraw the CGI movie starring Ryan Seacrest as the voice of the title character? Don't give Hollywood any ideas!
This video pretty much sums up every single problem I have with these movies. They practically covered everything except recycling the same "stuck in real-life New York" storylines that so many use, hiring celebs who only get in the movie for money and using cheap effects to try and make it a "3D" film when it really doesn't need it (Matrix parodies, anyone?).
Oh boy, I'm speechless.
Unlike the charlie brown music video, the point-across swearing was done for laughs.
But they have a good point, I've got to buy junk food, a video game, or better yet save real-life animals.
The problem is, my brother is consumed by these movies. Don't know if I would still have seen these movies have I still been an only child, yet alone surfed the internet a much…
But a chorus telling you to boycott these movies? Spot on!
They should save all cartoon characters, humans and animals, from any CGI remake period.
Surprisingly, my cousin said that he watched the Smurfs movie and thought it was totally like the original– that's just about as valid as saying the Smurfs are good for the economy. X.X
Old Man Father Time
Awesome! More awareness for preserving original cartoons.
Now let's hear it from someone we can take seriously.
Ah yes, as Raymond and Scum once sang, "Nobody loves the comedy band". Simply because we are consumers and devotees of cartoons and not purveyors of cartoons does not mean that we should not be taken seriously. Who else is writing 4-part acappella male chorales decrying the current state of Hollywood animation, anyway? :-)
Who's the guy at 2:23 ?
Jay Sabicer
That's Tooter Turtle, one of the segments of King Leonardo. His catchphrase was "Help me Mr. Wizard" He led a Walter Mitty-ish life, wishing himself to be someone that he wasn't. Mr Wizard (a lizard) would grant his wish and the remainder of each cartoon show how badly Tooter would be in his new vocation.
Didn't the wizard bring him back by saying: "Dreezle drazzle drazzle drome, time for this one to come home" or something to that effect?
No, you're thinking of The Replacements.
That'd be Tooter the Turtle (who'd always implore that wise old platypus Mr Wizard to send him on some flight of fancy or other, only to yell out for him to rescue Tooter when the going got rough). Years ago in an episode of our radio comedy series Zot Theater, we imagined that Tooter asks Mr Wizard to make him one of the voices inside the head of former Pink Floyd leader and acid casualty Syd Barrett! Needless to say that didn't go well. *Think* it was made by Total Television but not sure.
Tony McCarson
ignore the CG remakes,
and buy the classic animation dvds/blu-rays instead! ^-^
I guess at least they create jobs for the over crowded unemployed animators out there.
They are making ANOTHER Casper movie?
Agreed!! Although I'm equally repulsed by creepy zombie-humanoid characters like TINTIN and ASTRO BOY. I'd also add ill-conceived live-action bombs like MISTER MAGOO (with Leslie Nielsen), DUDLEY DO-RIGHT (with Brendan Fraser) and The FLINTSTONES (with Rosie O'Donnell as Fred). Those characters, and to a lesser extent those actors (excluding Rosie), deserve better.
Tony McCarson
Actually, it was John Goodman as Fred Flintstone.
Rosie O' Donnell's role was Betty Rubble.
If Rosie O' Donnell's role was Fred Flintstone, that would be truly scary! 0_0
Believe it or not, Tony, I was kidding. Take something for that irony deficiency ;)
I completely agree with the message, but this video is extremely boring. Can someone remake it please.
…Maybe in 3D.
OK, yer up! We love "fan videos"! Let's crowdsource!
*shrug* I liked Astroboy. The animation and direction were indeed great. As for story…really, except for the one stupid political joke, the script was actually pretty solid, especially considering what it was based on. The original manga and anime revolved around a child's death, after all, and I think Imagi had a lot of guts to stick to that story, and deserves kudos for handling it so well. Plus, Astro was very lovable and sympathetic in Imagi's version, and had a depth of personality he never had in any other prior version. So it's a shame the film failed. It didn't deserve to.
I enjoyed the 3D Astroboy film a lot, but then, I was never a huge follower of the original, so I might have felt differently if I were already an Astroboy fan.
To me, the most off-putting and frankly distracting thing about that movie was having Nicolas Cage as the voice of Dr. Tenma. It's not like he did a bad job, but his voice is so distinctive it took me out of the "world." Granted, Nathan Lane is another actor with a distinct voice, but I was able to think of that character as "Hamegg," not "Nathan Lane." I would strongly recommend Nic Cage stick with live action, unless he were to use a very different voice for his animated voice work.
It's a funny video, and it's fun to lament the way classic 2D cartoons are turned into 3D CGI movies. But this isn't some vast, criminal conspiracy. These are the movies that sell.
The Chipmunk movies make an atomic brick-ton of money; that's why they get made. 2D hand-drawn animated movies go nowhere; remember how Ponyo barely scraped together $10 million at the US box office? That's why Disney drags its heels on the Ghibli movies (we're now 5-6 movies behind Japan and the rest of the world).
Yeah, it would be nice if real movies were being made again (aside from the Hallmark card "awards" season). But you can't blame the conglomerates who own Hollywood for following the money. They're going with the product that sells.
Ugh. This was terrible. Noble message or not. Only made it through 30 seconds. A parody of Sarah McLaughlin's sad-faced ASPCA animal spots would've been 1000x times better.
Well then, you missed the whole point of the joke! Yay!
What was the point?
Just wait and see. JUST WAIT AND SEE.
Two words: FUNKY. PHANTOM.
When Hollywood makes a Funky Phantom CG film, it'll be politically incorrect, it'll be humoruos, it'll be self-aware, it'll be the Enchanted of crappy live action movies. Beating a dead horse… with style. In other words… it will be AWESOME. And when they start shooting it… I'll shot myself.
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn
yes, unfortunately, as long as parents take their kids to see those movies, they will get made. even the dreadful chipwrecked, which is not so much a movie but a bad pun stretched out over 90 minutes, made more money than'Princess and the Frog', which is why we are not still sitting at our desks at disney.If people stop going to see them , they will stop making them.
Christopher Smigliano
BTW, How's the HONG KONG PHOOEY CGI pic coming along?
Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Quick Draw McGraw, The Smurfs, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat and others are my true heroes in animation. They don't need no CG/live-action junk to make any better. Leave it alone!
Well, as for me, personally, even if my dream project, Dexter's Odyssey, which is a multi-part(?) theatrical big screen Dexter's Laboratory and the Powerpuff Girls crossover fantasy epic based on and inspired by and suggested by characters from both TV cartoons from the 1990's, would blend Panavision widescreen and IMAX 65mm live action footage/elements with special and visual effects both old and new and animation (and primarily traditional 2D hand drawn animation of the Dexter's Laboratory and Powerpuff Girls characters included in Dexter's Odyssey, as well as cartoon characters created for Dexter's Odyssey) and would really be more the saga of both Dexter and Lee Lee, the Asian friend of Dee Dee, Dexter's sister (and a warrior princess from the Far East Asian-influenced land of Shangara and a member of a mystical god-like race called 'avatars' and who, according to prophecy, is destined to stop Mandark, the evil Dark Lord of the Avatars from conquering and enslaving a multi-style, multi-cultural fantasy world where dinosaurs still lived, winged fire-breathing dragons rule the air, and mystical god-like beings or avatars shape and keep balance between the realms of flesh, spirit and even nature, for good or ill), even with my focus squarely on Dexter and one of Dee Dee's friends Lee Lee as well as both characters' eyes, I shall try and make sure to put so much effort into the story, the acting, even the humor, and not just the special effects, the animation, and/or the design.
I'm probably the oddball out of the bunch around here, but I actually like the Smurfs movie. The CGI Smurfs look great to me. I also like the 1980s Smurfs TV series.
What I would call bad CGI versions of cartoon characters is the CGI Garfield Show. I haven't actually watched any episodes of The Garfield Show, but I've seen what the CGI looks like in the opening title, and the "three-dimensional 2D" world (the characters are literally just simply 3D models of their 2D designs) just doesn't look very nice/realistic to me. In comparison, the CGI Smurfs look decently realistic (all the more important with them being in a live-action setting).
I strongly dislike the look of the 3D Smurfs, but at least the character animation is decent. The Garfield Show on the other hand drives me up the wall. I know it's done on a far smaller budget, but it just feels completely wrong for those characters and that world. Also, 3D animation that "plain" just won't fly these days, unless it's some kind of parody of that era or an Adult Swim style meta-humor show. I'd much rather watch the Film Roman "Garfield and Friends" from the late 80s-early 90s than either the feature or TV 3D Garfield incarnations.
I think the reality is it's not hard to fu*ck up these CGI animated character flicks. The problem is whoever's writing them and trying to make them hip and flooding the script with pop culture nonsense. Well they frankly just need to die…like now.
Yogi Bear honestly wasn't that bad , The guy Portraying Ranger Rick however was horribly bland. If they gave something like Huckleberry Hound to a team who has written fantastic comedy movies , I bet it could be good. Just my 2 cents.
If a share of effort were put into our re-makes and the studios didn't obsess with pseudo realism I'm sure that re-makes would be more welcome. Until then, we have Yogi in New York trying to save Jellystone.
After watching the video ,I feel compelled to write something on this issue. The video itself was an amusing parody. For the record, I stopped these CGI adaptations after Rocky and Bullwinkle. Its a silly idea to take characters meant for 10 minute Saturday morning shows, and put them in 90 minute films. No amount of realism, Matrix shots, nor nutcracker gags can make up for uninspired writing.
Well there was the Sally Struthers-like pitiful plea, the admonition from the characters themselves, Alvin's fulfillment of all our Smurf-crushing dreams, etc. Twas good enough for the Dr Demento Show and Cartoon Brew, who am I to argue…


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Maronda is a serpentine monster, recruited by Deviot to present to Trakeena. The necklace around her neck has the ability the capture the people of Terra Venture inside the dimension of her creation.
She captured several of the colonists, including Leo Corbett's friend and Colby's sister, Ginger. Both Leo and Colby went up against her countless times, Colby using his motorcycle to try and run her down, while Leo fought her unmorphed as to conceal his identity as the Red Galaxy Ranger from Colby. When Colby took off after the monster, Leo transformed and with the help of the other Galaxy Rangers, fended Moranda off long enough to steal her necklace. The Rangers continued to battle Maronda whose motorcycle was unaffected by their Power-Up Mode attack. As she went to finish them off, Colby came in on his motorcycle and knocked her attack run off-course. Seeing she was going after Colby next, Leo summoned the Red Capsular Cycle and went against Maronda, eventually destroying her motorcycle and defeating her with the Red Capsular Cycle's Fireball Mode. After her defeat, Leo released her captives.
Maronda then grew to a giant size and the Rangers summoned the Galaxy Megazord to deal with her. Maronda trapped them in another dimension briefly where she had an advantage before returning to the real world. Leo then summoned the Centaurus Megazord which attacked Maronda, allowing the Galaxy Megazord to finish her off.
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- Merudameruda - Super Sentai counterpart in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. See comparison page.


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Kick-ass, action-packed penultimate season for Joe "Please Beat the Living Sh*t Out of Me" Mannix. CBS DVD and Paramount have released Mannix: The Seventh Season, a six-disc, 24-episode collection of the long-running, now iconic CBS detective show's 1973-1974 season. Okay, sure: some of the plot lines seem a little familiar by this point in the series (how many times is he going to get stranded in the desert?)...but so what? Armenian-American god Mike "Touch" Connors shows no signs of fading in the stretch, and as one of Desilu's last series, production credits are first-class, as expected. Superior 70s entertainment. No extras for these good looking transfers.
As I wrote in my previous reviews, for the uninitiated in the world of Joe Mannix, West Los Angeles private investigator and human punching bag, a brief run-down of Mannix's set-up is in order. Having dumped the chilly confines of the MCA-like Intertect Agency six years before for his own home base of operations, private detective Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) pads down the stairs from his second floor apartment/office at 17 Paseo Verde, and accepts the always-waiting first cup of coffee of the day from his pretty secretary, appropriately monikered, Peggy Fair (lovely, husky-voiced Gail Fisher). "Regular Joe" Mannix, operating with that easy air of a man who may have received one too many cracks to the skull, slips on his regulation Dacron polyester sports coat or windbreaker, and calmly awaits his first beating of the day. In between assorted batteries on his person, Joe finds time to entertain clients in his appropriately macho Spanish-themed office, track down suspects in his brand new gold 1974 Dodge Challenger 360 Coupe hardtop (what...no convertible???), complete with handy Motorola telephone (not a CB, but a real phone, complete with a clunky handle receiver: telephone number KG6-21-14), make time with any number of gorgeous women, verbally spar with either police Lieutenant Art Malcolm (Ward Wood) or Lieutenant Adam Tobias (Robert Reed, in an infrequent supporting role), and either beat or get beaten by apparently every known felon in the greater Los Angeles County area. Mannix always solves the case, and fees are only seldom paid?if ever. Oh, and if you need to contact Mannix, and he's not in his office, and his car phone isn't answering...try the Los Angeles County Hospital.
I've written reviews for the past four seasons of Mannix (please click here to read those), and since stylistically (as always) this seventh season differs not at all from previous outings (the producers stay remarkably consistent with the "Mannix formula"), I'm not going to go over the same ground again here. After all...who's out there reading these old TV reviews, anyway? Is it all the Pendleton shirts-and-sandals kids who drive around in their hot rods listening to their "hey, baby!" jazz music, hanging out at the malt shop discussing Archer and Justified? Is it the young, crew-cutted technocrats with their slide rulers and rocket fuel tabulating machines, arguing over Tosh.0? Is it that college girl on summer break down the street who knows exactly what she's doing to all the guys in the neighborhood when she keeps insisting on washing her new Camero in her string bikini? Hell, no; they wouldn't know Joe Mannix if he slammed into them with his customized Challenger 360.
No, Mannix the show, Mannix the gestalt, Mannix the lifestyle, is strictly for the over 35-set who grew up with aerials on their roofs, nylon underwear, metal lunchboxes, and only three TV networks. We already know what Mannix is all about. It's about TV's vision of the American "good life" in whacked-out, sun-bleached SoCal, circa 1974: Motor City muscle cars smashing into each other with abandon; weekend fishing trips that inevitably lead to assassination attempts; polyester sports jackets strong enough to deflect a .38 caliber bullet; women?beautiful women?who are attracted to macho Armenian musk like moths to a flame; old Army/college/casual acquaintance/passers-by on the street, all of whom bear a psychotic, violent grudge against Joe, and of course, vicious daily assaults, perpetrated year after year upon the unyielding body of Joe Mannix?assaults that would cripple a normal man inside a week. That's what Mannix is all about, kids. The particulars of the plots are merely distractions.
Fun distractions, though, and despite this being the seventh year for the series, the Mannix production team puts over its stories with a polished verve and moxie that's always gratifying. The more straight-ahead mysteries are typically quite entertaining, designed and crafted at the pro level we expect by now from the series. A World Without Sundays (great title) opens with a perplexing little scenario?why isn't retired quarterback Peter Haskall upset that his girl Tiffany Bolling has disappeared from his out-of-gas Ferrari??and builds nicely to a satisfying conclusion. Sing a Song of Murder and A Rage to Kill both give the "multiple suspect subplots" format a good workout, with opera singer Nancy Kovack (she's the sexiest opera singer I've ever seen...) making Joe fall in love with her in the former (he'll just leave you in the morning, honey...), and Deliverance's Bill McKinney hamming it up delightfully in the latter. Cry Danger has the absolutely delicious Diana Muldaur (jesus I was crazy about her strange, detached eroticism when I was a kid) and some terrific San Francisco location work as big bonuses to this solid mystery that has an admirable tone of threat to it. Check out 70s swinger Joe describe his casual affair with Muldaur without a hint of self-reproach ("No rings, no strings," says self-satisfied Mannix), before he becomes the Human Fly at the Presidio, taking off his overcoat but not his sports jacket (quelle horror!) to scramble down a long, long, rope.
All the Dead Were Strangers (another great title) has a fun 70s disaster movie backdrop (just how many plane crashes are there in this season?) that supports a fun Christie-like whodunit, with a good cast including Donald Moffat, Anthony Zerbe (chewing the scenery, as I expected...and wanted), and one of my all-time favorites, Woodrow Parfrey (that guy could do no wrong). Mask For a Charade not only features an epic partnering of two of the best heads of hair in TV history?Mike Connors and Claude Akins?it features a beautifully-constructed, twisty mystery that will keep you guessing, a fun little musical interlude (directed by Sutton Roley) where Marj Dusay lip-synchs the theme from Love Story...along with some surprising moments for the Mannix character, including his ignoring the letter of the law to let a friend off the hook (something Joe almost never does). The Deadly Madonna was a particularly entertaining, behind-the-scenes Hollywood murder mystery with a superlative cast of camp queens, including the marvelous Anne Baxter as a maybe-crazy star actress, Walter Brooke as a top director-turned-Skid Row bum, salty little Ned Glass as a movie collector, and the delightfully unctuous Leonard Stone as an imperious gossip columnist. And both The Dark Hours and The Ragged Edge (featuring a seriously good-looking Linda Evans) open with twists that we know are phony?Joe is killed (!) and Joe's a...heroin junkie (!!!)?but which are fun precisely because they are so obviously phony (in the former, I like it when Joe deals on an equal level with the underworld, where's he's respected and even feared, and in the latter, Connors does himself proud as a jonesing junkie; that's a nice bit of acting...and check out that drug deal conducted in...the Brady Bunch house!!)).
You can count on at least one beating or shoot-out in even in the most conventional "parlor room" mystery that might show up on Mannix, but the straight action plot is also a series' standard, and this seventh season is no exception. The Gang's All Here finds a mortally wounded Joe wandering the Paramount "city street" backlot, chased by gang members bent on upping their cred by icing the town's most famous private dick (I hit the floor when the episode opens up with Joe zapping a former gang member and then calmly expecting to walk away from the crime scene: "You'll get my report on Monday" TV is so wickedly fake and surreal). Climb a Deadly Mountain plays like a perfect little "B" actioner, with Joe crash-landing in the mountains (injured in the exact same spot as always: that by-now Betty Spaghetti bendy arm) and striking up an uneasy alliance with innocent ex-con Greg Morris. The action never lets up in this fairly tense outing. Silent Target, directed by old pro Arnold Laven, is even better: Joe, on a fishing trip (again?) is stranded out in the desert (again??) when he comes upon this isolated ranch that serves as a rest stop for professional killers (how cool is that?). The tone of the piece is off-putting right from the start, with Joe arriving poolside at the strange house (complete with hookers in bikinis), with everyone, men and women, eyeing him coolly in what disturbingly feels like the beginnings of your typical 70s porno flick (Hey, stranger...let's get those clothes off you!"). Even better is the cast, including Barbara Luna, John Hillerman, and a young Frank Langella as one of Mannix's coolest foes; he's terrific here as the laser-sharp, remorseless killer.
And of course, no Mannix season would be complete without at least one Bad Day at Black Rock rip-off; for this seventh season, we get two: Desert Run and A Way to Dusty Death (sensational title). Desert Run has Joe arriving at a deserted mining town, stirring up trouble with the "colorful" locals like Jeanette Nolan, John Doucette, Kenneth Tobey, and Ford Rainey who don't want no city feller pokin' around in thar affairs...particularly when a big bag of loot is "thar affair." A Way to Dusty Death can be viewed as a near "perfect" example of the Mannix formula, technique, and even mystique: it has almost every prerequisite for the ideal Mannix outing. Directed by the series' best helmer, Sutton Roley, this B.D.A.B.R. episode begins with Joe being welcomed into town by a pack of cycle animals ("Am I at the drive-in?" you might wonder at this point) before he's pressured by fake-friendly, sinister small-town sheriff Howard Duff (be honest: don't you want to be that kind of small town sheriff?). Soon, Joe makes his way over to old flame Janis Paige's titty bar (thanks to the wonders of DVD, now you can freeze-frame the go-go dancer who drove your old man wild and discover...she ain't really naked), where he single-handedly zaps five (count 'em, five) punks in Roley's very best imitation Peckinpah slo-mo style. At one point, they even try and blow up Mannix in his car (how he doesn't even receive a blister is beyond me...unless you factor in that Armenian asbestos hair of his...), before he solves this completely satisfying example of the Mannix aesthetic. When a fan thinks of a series like Mannix, A Way to Dusty Death is as good as any single episode that sums up the pleasures of this high-gloss, high-entertainment series.
Too bad the CBS suits kept squelching the show. Was it because production costs were rising (the longer any show goes on, the more it costs, due to increasing salaries)? Was it because at seven seasons, Mannix just plain wore out its welcome? Hard to say...but leaving Mannix on Sunday nights at 8:30pm was a mistake that even a junior network programmer like myself saw back in 1973-1974. Ditching their disastrous sitcom-oriented line-up from the previous season (only M*A*S*H survived), CBS went back to mystery for Mannix's lead-in and lead-out, scoring one success (Buddy Ebsen's beloved Barnaby Jones was a big, bit hit at 10:00pm, scoring 18th for the year) and one big miss with lead-in, The New Adventures of Perry Mason, starring Monte Markham (anytime you have to label something "the new adventures of," you've got troubles; it was gone by January). While Barnaby Jones's 9:30pm slot benefited from parents and couples finally settling in for the night, as well as viewers who checked out the first hour of The ABC Sunday Night Movie or The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie and found them wanting (bet it was Hec Ramsey playing...), Mannix had no such luck and suffered accordingly: it continued to drop further out of the Nielsen Top Thirty. Only the charismatic pull of bald-headed Greek god Telly Savalas as Mannix's new lead-in next year would momentarily save Joe's ass, bringing him back to ratings' glory...until the suits said enough is enough.
Here are the 24 episodes of Mannix: The Seventh Season, as described on the inside DVD cover:
The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress
A Way To Dusty Death
Climb A Deadly Mountain
Little Girl Lost
The Gang's All Here
Desert Run
Silent Target
A World Without Sundays
Sing A Song Of Murder
Search In The Dark
The Deadly Madonna
Cry Danger
All The Dead Were Strangers
Race Against Time (Part I)
Race Against Time (Part II)
The Dark Hours
A Night Full Of Darkness
Walk A Double Line
The Girl From Nowhere
A Rage To Kill
Mask For A Charade
A Question of Murder
Trap For A Pigeon
The Ragged Edge
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The old Rick on the Road blog--which was a bear to maintain--was composed of thoughts and reflections on teaching. Some of those thoughts were generated by my interactions with teachers during seminars. These can now be found in the Thoughts on Teaching link.
Other blog entries were the result of questions either sent in by email or asked at seminars. You'll find those entries sorted by categories and accessible by the links to the right.
If you don't find the answer something that is of concern to you, feel free to email me and let me know what it is. I'll respond and add it to the collection of questions.
Hey, Rick. I've got a question I'd like you to answer.
New Management Handbook FAQs.
In addition to the questions and answers provided in the Topics list to the right, you'll also find the answers to some frequently asked questions that are contained in the appendix of the New Management Handbook.
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Heritage Academy students are gearing up for their first ever robotics competition.
8th through 12th graders will compete against 50,000 other students from all over the world including 16 different countries.
It's the 22nd Games of the "Ultimate Ascent" and it all about engineering and of course the money. With over 750 scholarships being handed out, 16 million dollars is up for grabs. Using specific guidelines and materials, Heritage Academy will take its robot and compete against some of the best all over the World.
This years competition will kick off at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
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12 Celebrities Who Had First Jobs That Even A Normal Could Do
6. Adrien Brody
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First Job: Magician
Along with his unconventional looks that we love, Adrien Brody also started his career off with an unconventional job. After making a fast $50 at 11 years old doing magic at a younger kid's birthday party, Adrien got serious, going to a professional magician's camp. He even credits his beginning in magic for his entrance into acting, he told the Wall Street Journal. "I definitely see parallels between acting and magic and performance. You are given a trick and a basic synopsis about what the reveal is and then you make up a story and your own pattern. You have a monologue and you create an illusion. Something is happening that is not necessarily happening. As a kid it was pretty cool to fool all the adults." Even as an adult it's cool to fool adults. Like when I make my mom's vintage clothes "disappear."
7. Sandra Bullock
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First Job: Restaurant hostess
Before she was widely known as America's sweetheart, Sandra Bullock was the sweetheart of the restaurant for which she was a hostess. Fellow actress and former restaurant worker Jennifer Coolidge said on The Talk, "She ended up getting my shifts because I had such bad attendance. Sandra was incredibly popular, she would've won Miss Congeniality at the restaurant. Everybody loved her." There are no restaurants in space, nor people to love you, so it's a good thing Sandra became a famous actress before she left Earth and all.
8. Stacey Dash
(Photo: WENN)
First Job: Clothing retailer
Stacey Dash had style before she starred in Clueless as Cher Horowitz's BFF Dionne. As a teen she worked at United Colors of Benetton so she could "have money to buy clothes at the store so I could go out to shows and look hot," she told the Wall Street Journal. Along with fashion sense, the job taught her about independence. "And I learned that I was the kind of person who could make money on my own and take care of myself." She's doing so well taking care of herself, she hasn't done anything for the public to see in…like, forever. Seriously, what has she been in since Clueless? She might as well be a virgin who can't drive.
9. Bryan Cranston
(Photo: WENN)
First Job: Paper route
Bryan Cranston's first job had nothing to do with cooking up drugs, à la Breaking Bad. Like Morgan Freeman, Bryan took a paper route as a boy, a job which, he told the Wall Street Journal, taught him his work ethic. "It was a job where you felt important. Even though I only made $7 from working all week on it, I learned how to save and quickly realized it wasn't something I wanted to do my whole life. I didn't even want to get up and do it when I did it, but I did, and that changed me." That's the kind of perseverance you need as a
drug dealer actor. Did a mini-Aaron Paul sit on Bryan's handlebars yelling, "Yeah, bitch!" every time the newspaper landed directly on the porch?
10. Eva Mendes
(Photo: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)
First Job: Mall restaurant employee
Before she considered it her job to break Ryan Gosling's heart, Eva Mendes served pizza, pasta and hot dogs at a couple food places in her local mall. Eva told the Wall Street Journal she "couldn't wait to legally work," starting at 15 at pizza/pasta place "Ciao" before heading across the food court to "Hot Dog on a Stick." At Ciao, there was a sneeze guard between herself and the customers she had to serve. "… you would have to give it to them over the bar. I could not tell you how many times I would serve that food through the glass. We started getting a couple of complaints about things and we would all rotate our duties." Hey girl, you've done well for yourself since those days.
11. Rooney Mara
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First Job: Babysitter
She wasn't a girl with a dragon tattoo, but Rooney Mara still isn't quite sure why parents were entrusting her with their children when she was only in junior high. "I don't know what they were thinking, I was very mature but I don't know what they were thinking," she told the Wall Street Journal. "I would never let a seventh grader watch my child. But I babysat that family all the way through high school so I guess they really trusted me." And this was pre-Facebook, so the parents couldn't even search the
C-cup B-cup (according to Mark Zuckerberg) babysitter online!
12. Gerard Butler
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First Job: Lawyer
Sure, maybe he's slightly overrated, but Gerard Butler looks good wearing nothing but a shield (300) or a beat-up leather jacket (P.S. I Love You) – but in a suit? After being president of the University of Glasgow Law Society, Gerard went to work at a prestigious law firm. The reason he's not still sporting the pinstripes and briefcase look is that he was miserable, he told Men's Health. "I was drinking constantly. I hated my life." People laughed at him giving up his desk job to pursue acting, but Gerard kept at it. "What happens is that the universe conspires. Once you make a decision to do something, the universe starts to help you." That, or you have a great body and an adorably sexy Scottish accent.
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The best mayors in U.S. history have been great characters--showmen and radicals and bullies and rebels. Then again, so have the worst. Fiorello LaGuardia, who ruled New York from 1934 to '45, besides reforming and rebuilding his city, was famous for smashing slot machines with a sledgehammer and reading the comics to children over the radio during a newspaper strike. On the other hand, Chicago's William (Big Bill) Thompson, first elected in 1915, kept a picture of his good buddy Al Capone on his office wall and once conducted a debate between himself and two white rats, which he placed onstage...
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Ronnie Hillman ran for 192 yards and two touchdowns to lead San Diego State to a 31-14 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.
The Rebels (2-9, 1-5 Mountain West) were up 14-7 at halftime after Tim Cornett ran for two touchdowns, including one for 54 yards.
But the Aztecs (7-4, 4-3) came back in the second half, tying it on a pass from Ryan Lindley to Colin Lockett midway through the third quarter and going ahead for good on a field goal by Abelardo Perez about 7 minutes later.
The Aztecs increased their lead to 24-14 with 5:45 left in the game when Dylan Denso caught a 6-yard TD pass from Lindley.
Cornett finished with 136 yards on 14 carries for UNLV.
Lindley completed 13 of 29 throws for 152 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Hillman's longest scoring run was for 44 yards in the second quarter. His second TD run was for a yard with 1:11 remaining.


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"I had been looking for a job for 3 months filling out application after application with no luck. As soon as I used Application Bling, I get a job! First application I used it on and it was the job I really wanted." Joseph Buckly, age 18
Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) September 25, 2012
With the unemployment rate for 16-22 year olds at an all-time high, most young job seekers would welcome a way to stand out from the crowd. But that's no easy task, particularly in the world of retail, food service and other entry-level jobs most often filled by young people--positions where a standard job application is the candidate's only way of providing information about themselves, their qualifications and life experiences. That, says Angie Burton, is why she created ApplicationBling.com, with free downloadable "Bling" decals designed to help young job seekers put their own special touch on job applications—and stand out from the pile.
"I got the idea when my daughter was looking for her first job" says Ms. Burton, a mother of two and long-time advertising and print producer. Despite being an A-student with an outgoing personality, she wasn't getting interviews. And Ms. Burton thought she knew why.
"It's not like an adult applying for a professional position, where we have cover letters and resumes to help tell our stories," Ms. Burton says. "For kids just starting out, they usually fill out a job application and that's it. I felt that she was getting overlooked… that her school achievements, community service and other attributes weren't being noticed. So I started looking for a way to help her stand out."
Ms. Burton's idea was to "bling" her daughter's application with a small, brightly colored decal on her next job application. Using a simple layout with a decorative font and just a few bullet points, she listed highlights of her daughter's goal plus academic career, including awards, accolades, and community service experience, along with one or two "fun facts" about her. Next, Ms. Burton had a handful of these "bling" decals printed on neon-bright decal paper with removable adhesive so they wouldn't damage the paper beneath.
As it turns out, Ms. Burton really only needed one copy. Her daughter was offered the very next job for which she applied. And Ms. Burton knew she was onto something.
"The cashier who took her application said she saw the Bling and took it straight to the store manager," Ms. Burton says. "Word spread among her friends, and soon I was making ApplicationBling for them, too. And every single one of them got a job. It was like they had a secret weapon."
Shortly after, Ms. Burton had launched her website, ApplicationBling.com, to make that secret weapon available for other young job seekers. Now, she offers the template for free. Once downloaded, each cling is fully customizable; in fact the site includes writing tips as well as dozens of sample phrases to help inspire ideas. Then, the user simply prints the clings on readily-available 3-1/3" x 4" label paper. (Ms. Burton recommends Post-It brand labels, which are available in a variety of bright neon colors through an Amazon.com link on her site.)
Since launching ApplicationBling.com, Ms. Burton says the positive feedback and success stories from "Bling" users has, in turn, inspired her to broaden the focus of her website.
"I'm always hearing from people who use Application Bling, and it's always positive," she says. "In fact, I've never heard from anyone who didn't get a job, or at least an interview. And not only that, I also started hearing from people who were using them in interesting ways, like putting them on college applications, or on follow-up letters, or using them to promote a babysitting service. I realized that I'm not the only one with ideas to share. That's when I decided to re-design the site and provide more informational content."
Ms. Burton says her vision for the re-designed ApplicationBling.com site, which launched earlier this month, is to become a one-stop resource and community for young job seekers, their parents, and anyone else interested in helping launch new employees into the workforce. So, in addition to offering free "Bling" templates and job tips, the new site will also include articles, message boards and advice for teens and young adults on other everyday challenges they face. Information that Ms. Burton, a self-described "mom on a mission", believes our society needs now more than ever.
"As a parent, I want my kids to have a work ethic, a sense of pride, and to know the value of a dollar," she says. "And now, after hearing from other parents and kids alike, I know I'm not the only one. I think today's young people want to learn to make their own way, and that parents want to help. And now, with the right information and tools, they can."
About Application Bling
Application Bling is a colorful cling applied to a job application that highlights a job seeker's goal, best qualities, and achievements. Much like a cover letter enhances a resume; Application Bling complements a job application and gets it noticed fast. Created in 2011 by a wife and working mom of 2 teens, Angie Burton is passionate about young adults establishing a strong work ethic.


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SLATON Rita Mitchell of Slaton said her dogs, Princess Nanook and Wolfgang Amadaus Mitchell, were the kind that always came home when they got out.
One Friday night in June, they didn't.
Mitchell and her husband spent all night searching for them.
The dogs were picked up by Slaton animal control officers Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon, Mitchell said, she called to find out if her dogs were there.
The person who answered the phone wasn't sure. However, Mitchell said, she was assured that if they were picked up, her dogs would be kept safe until Mitchell returned to Slaton from a weeklong church camp.
The dogs were killed at the animal control center the Thursday before Mitchell returned from her trip. Princess Nanook was pregnant.
Mitchell learned of the deaths several days later.
"I was so stunned," she said. "I felt so sick to my stomach to think about it."
Mitchell estimates the financial loss at about $5,000, considering that she and her husband breed and sell Siberian Huskies.
She sought a remedy from City Hall.
"If they had tried to make it right ... that would have been the very end of it," Mitchell said.
She pursued the matter in court. She showed up for court in December, and the judge threw out her case because of a legal principle known as sovereign immunity.
Sovereign immunity has its roots in English law and was based on the premise that "the king could do no wrong," said Brian Shannon, associate dean for academic affairs at the Texas Tech School of Law.
The law, originally intended to protect the English crown, was incorporated into American law during the country's infancy, he said. At the federal level, the Tort Claims Act limits liability for government, especially in discretionary functions, Shannon said.
For example, that law protects the federal government from liability if the National Weather Service were to issue a bad forecast.
The state has the Texas Tort Claims Act, which parallels the federal law. According to the state statute, government entities in Texas can be liable if the claim results from a vehicular wreck or the use of tangible property. School districts have even less exposure to liability.
Also, on certain claims, people who want to sue the state first must get the Legislature's approval for the lawsuit, Shannon said.
If the Legislature agrees to the suit, caps are set on the amounts each person can receive and on how much money the state can pay out per incident, the statute states.
A bill that failed to pass the last legislative session would have upped the per-incident amount of liability. That proposal resulted from those affected by the Texas A&M bonfire collapse in 1999, which killed 12 people, Shannon said.
For the most part, reasonable actions by government officials are not subject to lawsuits, Shannon said.
"If a government official, not the county or the state, deprives an individual of their constitutional rights and is acting very outside reasonable discretion, there is a potential for liability," he said.
One of the biggest arguments for sovereign immunity is that taxpayers are not left to foot the bill of misdeeds by government officials, Shannon said.
Effective governance also depends upon it, he said.
"Sometimes poor decisions are made, but I think as a society the remedy is the individual can be replaced and not necessarily have issues fought out in the court. At the same time, we want our officials acting within the law so it's good that we should have some checks on egregious conduct," Shannon said.
"They (government officials) should not always have to live in fear of making decisions that need to be made," he said.
Mitchell sees irony in the fact that after waging war in part to be free from an unresponsive king, the country's founders adopted the concept of sovereign immunity.
"I can't believe we do all of that and keep this law," she said. "If you destroy someone's property or livelihood, they should be just as accountable as we are.
"That law is to protect the government from the people," Mitchell said.
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Degree Natureffects Honeysuckle Tea Tree Oil
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on 8/25/2015 8:01:00 PM
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This is for the degree nature effects in mineral. There's also a Dove in mineral salt which also smells just like the degree mineral deodorant. They both smell like men's cologne, need I say more?
on 7/12/2012 10:33:00 AM
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This product has been a very pleasant and welcome suprise in my life. I got it in a mini format from my little brother during the holidays and I've used it daily ever since. This product lasts to the point that I wondered if the tube was self-generating at a point. In all seriousness, I'm also impressed that it hasn't cracked or chipped off like most deodorants do at some point. It also hasn't fallen out of the tube! Now on to effectiveness and smell. I usually prefer a scentless deodorant for two reasons : to let scent products I may be using stand out and because many scents are just over the top (green apples? tons of baby powder? flowers + flowers + flowers?). This deodorant has the honeysuckle and tea tree-oil scent which is noticeable but agreeable. I'm just waiting for it to go on sale to purchase a new one for when I run out of my current one.
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I sweat the most under my arms and have used clinical deodorants like Certain-Dri and natural deodorants like the crystal anti-prespiriant. Now I haven't tried this one in the dead heat of summer but it got me through the fall and now spring, with a very pleasant fragrance and minimal sweating. It may be the tea tree oil but I will continue to purchase definitely.
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I loathe the standard "fresh and clean" shower, powder deodorant smells. Degree not only has a great formula (I'm stink free and dry all day), but makes deodorants that actually smell good. This is part of the natureffects collection, which supposedly contain fragrance ingredients that naturally fight odor. Regardless of whether that claim is true, they smell fantastic and work.
Honeysuckle+Tea Tree Oil contains tea tree oil, know for its deodorizing qualities. Whether that's in high enough concentrations to do anything is anyones guess, but regardless this is a fantastic deodorant. The tea tree oil is not overpowering like the straight oil can be. Somehow it melds with the honeysuckle into a sweet, delicate, interesting floral. It's not loud like rose or jasmine, but really clean and soft without being terribly soapy. It's very nice, and the formula keeps me smelling great and dry all day.
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MINNESOTA SPORTS BRIEFS: DNR reduces wolf hunt numbers
ST. PAUL -- Total allowed harvest in this fall's wolf hunting season will be about half what it was last year, because the DNR's latest survey showed a drop in Minnesota's wolf population.
The agency's Dan Stark says because of the biology of wolves, there's not a major concern about a moderate harvest level and they can make adjustments. He says the agency will be radio-collaring more wolves this winter to track the population. Stark says deer density in northern Minnesota is down about 25 percent, and notes there's a strong correlation between the deer population and how many wolves the landscape can support.
The Minnesota Vikings practiced in full pads in yesterday afternoon's training camp practice in Mankato. This was the first time the Vikes geared up since training camp began last Friday. Head coach Leslie Frazier says it is important to watch his team practice in pads so they can evaluate some of the players on how they tackle and block on defense and how they shed blocks and break tackles on offense. The team will have two workouts today.
Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier says he believes tight end John Carlson of Litchfield can be a contributing factor for the team this fall. Carlson struggled through an injury-plagued 2012 season that limited him to eight catches in 14 games played. Frazier says health will be a key for Carlson this season. He says it will help if Carlson can stay on the field for training camp so he can develop a comfort level with quarterback Christian Ponder. Carlson missed most of training camp last season with a knee sprain.
University of Minnesota wide receiver Devin Crawford-Tufts has walked away from the Golden Gopher football team and will concentrate on his college track career at the U of M. Crawford-Tufts has struggled through injuries in his career, playing in 21 games in two years and caught 24 passes for 345 yards. He made a touchdown grab in last year's bowl game in Houston against Texas Tech. Crawford-Tufts joined the track and field team last February and finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships in the 60-meter dash. Crawford-Tufts is from Edina. The Gopher team begins fall camp on Friday on campus.
The Minnesota Twins were off yesterday and will open up a six-game homestand tonight against the Kansas City Royals. The teams will play three games before Houston comes to town for three contests. Mike Pelfrey will take the mound for Minnesota in this evening's series opener. He is 4-and-8 with a 5.15 earned run average this season. KC will counter with Ervin Santana, who is 6-6 with a 3.06 ERA on the year. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. at Target Field in Minneapolis.
The official logo for the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be unveiled this afternoon (Tues 2pm) at Target Field. The Minnesota Twins are hosting next year's Midsummer Classic on July 15th. Twins owner/CEO Jim Pohlad, President Dave Saint Peter, the mayors of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and 2013 All-Stars Joe Mauer and Glenn Perkins are among those taking part in today's news conference. The Twins have hosted two previous All-Star Games -- in 1965 at the old Met Stadium and in 1985 at the Metrodome.
The WNBA Minnesota Lynx return to the hardwood for a game on Friday night against San Antonio. Tip time is set for 7 p.m. at the Target Center in Minneapolis Tickets are still available for the contest. The Lynx have the league's best record at the All-Star Break.


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"Flying of this flag is a poke in the eye of a way of life"
A Korean War veteran is outraged that a gay flag was flown in his local Lafayette, Louisiana park on a government flag pole, and has enlisted a local lawmaker to draft a bill prohibiting it in the future. The flag seems to have been flown on one day to celebrate gay pride month just two days after the Supreme Court's historic ruling on DOMA and Prop 8.
Ray Green on Friday said he "did not go overseas and fight for our country so that we could come back and be subject to something like that," the Daily Advertiser reports:
"Several of us (veterans) feel that the flying of this flag is a poke in the eye of a way of life."
Green said it is their right to fly the flag, but not on government property. He asked what would happen if someone wanted to fly a Ku Klux Klan flag at Girard Park.
"That has offended many, many, many veterans. It offended me," he said.
Green said he's not "against the gays" but is against "the act itself."
"And I'm against the possibility of them getting together for another demonstration and taking down the American flag," he said.
A local lawmaker, City-Parish Councilman Andy Naquin "is drafting a proposal that would limit the types of flags that could be flown on government property after receiving complaints from veterans about the hoisting of a rainbow-colored gay pride flag recently in Girard Park," the Daily Advertiser adds:
"Government flag poles really should be meant to fly only government flags."
Naquin said he is working with City-Parish Attorney Mike Hebert on drafting an ordinance, but has not yet discussed the matter with other councilmen. He expects the ordinance would allow only the flying of American, Louisiana and Acadian/LCG flags, and possibly Mardi Gras flags, on LCG property.
Fortunately, the local readers in Lafayette are much better informed than Mr. Green. Of the 19 comments currently posted to the article, almost all disagree with Green.
A sampling:
"How is it a poke in the eye? If the soldiers were fighting for freedom, then why is this being questioned as such? Aren't they entitled to freedom of expression thanks to these soldiers' bravery?"
"How is it a poke in the eye? If the soldiers were fighting for freedom, then why is this being questioned as such? Aren't they entitled to freedom of expression thanks to these soldiers' bravery?"
"…our government officials have bigger things to deal with then deciding who should have the privilege to fly their flag on the government owned flag pole. If they start getting into that business I am sure that a federal judge will become part of the equation in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance.
In any event, the articles provide 2 important lessons. First, bigotry and hate is apparently alive and well. Just a reminder that gay men fought right along side Mr. Green in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and share the same pride in the freedoms in the country that he does. However, they probably do believe in freedom of expression for all and not just a select few. The second lesson: there will always be a politician willing to exploit the bigotry and hate of others for a few minutes in the spot light. That is the reason this country is in the shape it is in."
"anyone who says he is NOT against gays, just the act, is the same as one who isn't against blacks, just the skin."
"How does someone compare a gay pride flag with a KKK flag??"
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A database application installed on the remote host is affected by a
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Description :
According to its reported version, the Rocket Software UniVerse or
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overflow vulnerability. The application fails to properly validate a
size value in a RPC packet header before using it to determine the
number of bytes to receive.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute
arbitrary code on the remote host with SYSTEM level privileges.
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Full-Length Toy Story 3 Trailer Unveiled
Hot on the heels of the 3-D release of the Toy Story/Toy Story 2 double feature, Disney today debuted the first full-length trailer for Toy Story 3, the forthcoming continuation of the acclaimed computer-animated franchise. The latest installment has Buzz, Woody and the rest of the bunch fighting for their lives after their owner donates them to a day-care center:
Toy Story 3
reunites all of the major names from the preceding films, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn and more. Newcomers include Michael Keaton and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Business Manager is a CRM software.
Organize your Business Opportunities and the relationship with your customers.
CRM develop in: English, Italian, German
CRM Business Manager use contact and calendar to full system integration.
If you need to remember your works opportunities you can put this on Business Manager.
Every opportunity is store in calendar to create a business remember that start and end with the opportunities.
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Organize your business opportunities. Select your customer from your list of contacts.
Every opportunity in the CRM has a revenue target and a progress indicator of the negotiation.
You can have a summary of the potential revenue both of each single contact and total.
The CRM program is organized in 3 Tabs.
CRM Opportunity works as a "to do list":
Press the option key to insert a new opportunity in the CRM.
Select the customer from the list of contacts.
On the top of the crm opportunity screen you'll see the contact's photo, name and company.
Set the name and the description of the opportunity.
There are 4 information dates: create date, modify date, close date and due date.
Status of opportunity: open or close.
Potential revenue.
Progress status.
Probability of success.
Long click on the crm opportunity organizer list item to open the context menu.
Open, close, delete and edit opportunity of the CRM.
CRM Summary:
In the summary folder it is possible to view a summary of the opportunities you can find in the CRM, grouped by contacts. Use this as contacts' manager to have direct access to your business customer. So you can call and see all the information concerning the contact and manage the relationship. Sales force app.
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The total revenue of all opportunity.
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Store the activity and use the calendar to put alarm and event link to your opportunity. Old activities are blue colored.
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Brittany Ferries run a ferry service to and from Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth to various locations along the Brittany coast in the north west of France.
From Portsmouth you can head to 4 different ports; Le Havre, Caen, St Malo and Cherbourg. From Plymouth you can take the ferry to either Roscoff or St Malo, and from Poole you can travel direct to Cherbourg.
On board these short crossings you can enjoy a selection of restaurants, duty free shopping, a kids zone, coffee shops, bars and seating areas.
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln will be the keynote speaker, and Jimmie Lou Fisher will share in master of ceremonies duties. Sen. Mark Pryor is also expected to attend, as will state Rep. Jan Judy of Fayetteville, a candidate for the 3rd District Congressional seat.
Sen. Lincoln made history in 1998 when she became the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. She is only the second woman to win a U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas, following in the footsteps of Hattie Caraway, who was elected in 1932.
Since then, Lincoln has worked closely with colleagues from both sides of the aisle to advance issues crucial to the future of Arkansas and America, working for results rather than publicity.
"She's not somebody that you see on 'Hardball' and 'Crossfire' every night because she's got another life," said political commentator Charlie Cook, founder of The Cook Political Report.
Since 1999, Lincoln has compiled one of the most independent voting records in Congress on key issues such as taxes, the environment, education, health care and agriculture. She works in a bipartisan manner to craft effective public policy solutions and encourage federal investment in Arkansas agriculture, transportation and communities.
Lincoln is only the third woman to ever serve on the Senate Finance Committee and only the fifth Arkansas senator in history to serve on the powerful committee. She also serves on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, the Special Committee on Aging and Select Committee on Ethics. In addition, she serves as a member of the Senate Social Security Task Force and the Rural Health Caucus.
Lincoln was first elected to public office in 1992 as U.S. Representative for the 1st Congressional District. She was a founding member of the "Blue Dog" Coalition, a group of socially moderate, fiscally conservative Democrats.
Lincoln and her husband, Dr. Steve Lincoln, are the parents of twin boys, Reece and Bennett Lincoln.
Tickets to the kickoff rally are $25 a person or $200 for a table of 10. For more information or to purchase a ticket, contact Faye Abernathy at 968-4832.


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Well this is NOT an RMD contest is from other game thats about to come, so the mods are making a contest to create a monster. Im not just doing it for fun, indeed I can win points to win other things in other games xD Still working on it ♥
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interesting monster--i like how she doesnt seem so monster like :p she reminds me of an elf haha xD luv her pose n cool hat
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Audie Award Finalist, Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction, 2014
"There is really no better indicator you're a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened." This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood. Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings is a heartwarming and hilarious look at motherhood from someone who is still trying to figure it all out.
Filled with personal stories - from the decision to become a mother to the heartbreak of miscarriage and ultimately, to the joy of raising a baby and living to tell about it - Sparkly Green Earrings will make you feel like you're sitting across the table from your best friend. A must-listen for anyone who's ever had a child or even thought about it.
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"Ahh tears are flowing down"
She's witty, she's real, and oh how she describes motherhood to the T! And how we struggle to let our little ones grow! Beautiful! Anyone who is a mother should read this book!
"Funny and honest"
This book is both funny and tender. I love the wisdom mixed in with the humor, and having it read by the author is perfect.
"Great book!"
Touching, accurate and funny portrayal of the joys and challenges of motherhood. I had read the hard copy book but really enjoyed hearing the stories in Melanie's own voice. Highly recommend!
"The best book I've ever listened to!"
I love this book so much. Melonie is a witty author & her voice is so easy to listen to. This book will make you laugh & cry & big your baby girl tighter than you ever have.
"Transparency at its finest"
Good read/listen. Melanie is honest that she doesn't have it all together. Her stories made me appreciate my three boys that much more.
"Hilarious and heartwarming"
Melanie shankle could be my best friend. she gets right at the heart of motherhood and lead you there laughing the whole way.
"painful to listen to!"
probably not
I go back and forth between the content and her voice. It was like I was listening to someone just sit and drone on about herself. I didn't find a lot, if anything, very unique or useful or entertaining. I hate to be so negative and mean, but it was really hard to listen to! Confessions of a Scary Mommy was so much more enjoyable and entertaining! That's what I was hoping for and expecting with this book.
Different reader?
Ummm....I now know to download book samples before buying
I wish I could get my money back. I have learned to download samples now.
"Every Mom Must Read!"
At the top.
Because the author is also the narrator, she told the story the way it was intended.
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YES!!! But because I am a mom of four blessings, I couldn't!!!
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Every month I post a Birthday calendar. So the Jigidi friends will know who has Birthday when. Do you want your name on, Just add your name on one of my puzzles, today, or an other time.
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Email to be send from only one line.
I have a server ubuntu 9.10.
I have 2 adsl lines, one with a static ip for incoming mail and a dynamic
I have to do this to have backup.
Is it possible to set the server so it will only use the line with the static ip to send email?
At the moment the server uses both. It authenticates with the one supplier when it uses the other line.
The problem is that when a mall comes in and has a forwarder on my server the supplier blocks it as it thinks it is spam, because it is send from another email.
My IT guy is really battling to sort this out.
I use postfix.
Is there a way to make the server only use one line for sending
There are a fair few ways to do this, like port based routing, but as this is email, i'd think the simplest way would be to use an isp smtp relay to send all mail via. You can just tell postfix to send ALL emails to a single external server, a service that most isp's will provide for various reasons like spam protection, which is fully available for their own customers to use. you just need to then route the IP address of that server through the interface you wish to use and you're away, and it fits in easily with basic networking, and means you've no need to do anything fancier.
Thanks for your help.
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FILED: December 24, 2008
Tillamook County Circuit Court
Rick W. Roll, Judge.
Argued and submitted on June 27, 2008.
Stephanie J. Hortsch, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant.Ā With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Legal Services Division, Office of Public Defense Services.
Sally L. Avera, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent.Ā With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.
Before Sercombe, Presiding Judge, and Brewer, Chief Judge, and Riggs, Senior Judge.
Reversed and remanded.
Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of methamphetamine. ĀORS 475.894.Ā He assigns error to two trial court rulings--the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and the imposition of a special condition of probation.Ā For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the court erred in failing to suppress evidence obtained after an unlawful extension of a traffic stop of defendant and, therefore, reverse the conviction and remand.
We state the facts consistently with the trial court's explicit and implicit findings.Ā State v. Ehly, 317 Or 66, 74-75, 854 P2d 421 (1993); Ball v. Gladden, 250 Or 485, 487, 443 P2d 621 (1968).Ā During the evening of September 4, 2005, Trooper Hurliman observed defendant driving a truck with expired vehicle license tags.Ā Hurliman stopped the truck and approached the vehicle on foot.Ā Defendant stepped out of the truck.Ā Hurliman noticed defendant's attire--he wore a camouflage jacket and there was a bulge in his front left pants pocket the size and shape of a fifty-cent piece--as well as an empty gun rack in the truck and a Marine Corps sticker on the rear window.Ā
Hurliman told defendant why he had been stopped and then asked him if he had any weapons.Ā Defendant answered that he did not and indicated that Hurliman could check the truck for weapons.Ā Hurliman told defendant that he would like to pat him down for safety reasons.Ā According to Hurliman, defendant became apprehensive at that request.Ā However, instead of patting down defendant, Hurliman asked him again whether he had any weapons on his person.Ā Defendant removed a knife from a sheath on his right hip and a folding knife from his pocket and gave them to Hurliman.Ā
At that point, Hurliman questioned defendant about the bulge in his pocket.Ā Defendant responded that it was aspirin.Ā In response to Hurliman's request to see what was in his pocket, defendant "reached in his pocket and removed * * * a silver circular rustic metallic tin."Ā When Hurliman asked if he could look in, defendant became "very agitated and said 'no,'" said the tin belonged to his brother, and then put it back in his pocket.Ā Hurliman told defendant that he believed the tin contained drugs.Ā Defendant told him to "prove it." ĀHurliman replied, "[G]ive me some credit," and asked defendant if it was methamphetamine.Ā Defendant responded, "[Y]eah, it's meth," at which point the officer advised him of his Miranda rights.Ā Hurliman continued to question defendant about his methamphetamine use and then asked if he could see the tin.Ā Defendant handed the tin to Hurliman, who opened it and found a bindle of crystal methamphetamine.Ā Following the drug investigation, Hurliman continued his investigation of the traffic infraction by obtaining defendant's license and vehicle information and running the appropriate checks through dispatch. ĀDefendant was cited and released.Ā
Defendant was charged with possession of methamphetamine.Ā Before trial, defendant moved to suppress all evidence obtained during the encounter, claiming that the evidence was the product of an unlawful extension of the traffic stop in violation of his rights under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.(1)Ā The trial court denied the motion.Ā Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress.Ā Defendant was convicted, and this appeal followed.
On appeal, defendant assigns error to the denial of his motion to suppress, reiterating his arguments made to the trial court.Ā The state concedes that Hurliman lacked reasonable suspicion that the tin defendant possessed contained a controlled substance.Ā The state goes on to argue, however, that the evidence was nonetheless admissible because Hurliman acted within the scope of his authority.Ā Resolution of defendant's assignment of error under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution requires the analysis of two issues: (1) whether the officer unconstitutionally extended the duration of the traffic stop beyond a reasonable time, and, if so, (2) whether the evidence was obtained through exploitation of the illegally extended stop.(2)
This case is controlled by State v. Rodgers, 219 Or App 366, 182 P3d 209, rev allowed, 345 Or 301 (2008).Ā In Rodgers, the defendant was lawfully stopped for a traffic infraction; the officer took his driver's license and vehicle registration and ran a records check.Ā The records report was positive, but the officer did not issue a citation at that point.Ā Instead, he questioned the defendant about items in his car that might indicate that the defendant was involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine.Ā The defendant talked with the officer and eventually consented to a search of the car, leading to his conviction for unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine.Ā Id. at 368-69.
In reversing the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress, we separated inquiries that are unrelated to an initial traffic stop and that could work as an unlawful restraint into two categories, explaining:
"Inquiries unrelated to the initial traffic infraction can lead to unlawful restraint of a person's liberty in two situations.Ā The first occurs when the officer concludes a lawful stop and then reinitiates a second stop by beginning to question the person about unrelated matters without reasonable suspicion. * * *
"The second way in which an officer can unlawfully question a person after a lawful traffic stop occurs when the officer, without letting the person know expressly or by implication that he or she is free to leave, detains the person beyond the time reasonably required to investigate the traffic infraction and issue a citation."
Id. at 371.Ā We therefore held that,
"although an officer is free to question a motorist about matters unrelated to the traffic infraction during an unavoidable lull in the investigation, such as while awaiting the results of a records check, that officer is not similarly free to question the motorist about unrelated matters as an alternative to going forward with the next step in processing the infraction, such as the writing or issuing of a citation."
Id. at 372.Ā
Here, there is nothing in the record indicating that, by the time of the drug-related questioning, Hurliman was processing the traffic citation, such as asking defendant for the information necessary to issue the citation, waiting for defendant to retrieve items needed to continue the traffic stop, or "engag[ing] in any other steps related to the investigation of the traffic offense."Ā State v. Kirkeby, 220 Or App 177, 186, 185 P3d 510, rev allowed, 345 Or 301 (2008).Ā Thus, the questioning of defendant, the request to see what was in defendant's tin, and the statements that followed did not occur "during an unavoidable lull in the investigation."Ā Rodgers, 219 Or App at 372.Ā
Hurliman questioned defendant about drug possession as an alternative to continuing to process a citation for the expired tags infraction.Ā Instead of asking additional questions related to the initial traffic infraction, issuing a citation, or ending the stop, Hurliman chose to ask defendant questions unrelated to the expired tags.Ā Hurliman extended the duration of the stop beyond the time reasonably required to investigate and cite defendant for the traffic infraction.
To be lawful, that extension of the stop must have been supported by reasonable suspicion of further criminal activity.Ā Reasonable suspicion requires that an officer subjectively believe that a person has committed a crime, a belief that also is objectively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances.Ā ORS 131.605(5); State v. Ehret, 184 Or App 1, 7, 55 P3d 512 (2002).Ā The trial court concluded:
"When asked if the Trooper could look inside the tin, the defendant became very agitated and yelled, 'No.' ĀThe defendant placed the tin back in his pocket.
"At that point, the Trooper formed the subjective belief that the defendant had drugs inside the tin.Ā That belief was based upon the objective circumstances presented by the defendant's change of attitude and apprehensive words and actions, which the Trooper believed indicated methamphetamine use.
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"The Court concludes that, the defendant's sudden demeanor change and the circumstances under which they occurred, gave the Trooper an objective basis to support his suspicion the defendant had committed the crime of possession of controlled substance."Ā
We accept the court's factual findings but disagree that those findings establish that Hurliman's suspicion was objectively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances.Ā The state concedes that "Hurliman lacked reasonable suspicion that the tin in defendant's pocket contained a controlled substance." ĀWe agree and accept the state's concession.Ā Hurliman testified that he had seen no indication of drug activity.Ā There is nothing in the record indicating that defendant was under the influence of a controlled substance.Ā Defendant's demeanor raised no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity except in one respect--defendant's objection to and apprehension of Hurliman's requested patdown and search of the tin.
A person's reaction to a request for consent to search is not sufficient as a matter of law to support an objectively reasonable belief of criminal activity.Ā As here, where a person has the right to refuse consent, the
"refusal to give consent to a search undoubtedly caused the officer to have a healthy suspicion that defendant was probably in illegal possession of something; but such a suspicion, however well founded, having been aroused merely on the basis of an assertion of one's constitutional rights, can play no part in creating probable cause for a search."(3)
State v. Gressel, 276 Or 333, 338-39, 554 P2d 1014 (1976).Ā We view defendant's reaction to the inquiries concerning the patdown and the contents of the tin as "merely an unsophisticated attempt to assert his right of privacy."Ā Id. at 338.Ā Defendant's reaction to a request for consent that he is constitutionally entitled to refuse cannot form the basis of reasonable suspicion.Ā To hold otherwise and "allow[ ] the police to use defendant's assertion of a privacy right as the basis for depriving him of that right would render the promise of Article I, section 9, illusory."Ā State v. Brown, 110 Or App 604, 611-12, 825 P2d 282 (1992) (holding that defendant's "excited and belligerent" demeanor and his action of grabbing his car keys was a clumsy effort to assert his right to the privacy of his cars and refuse consent and could not be a basis for reasonable grounds to believe the cars contained evidence of a parole violation).
Having concluded that a violation of Article I, section 9, occurred, we turn to the issue of whether the evidence seized as a result of that violation must be excluded.Ā In State v. Hall, 339 Or 7, 115 P3d 908 (2005), the Supreme Court held that police officers illegally exploited an investigatory stop of the defendant to gain his consent to search his vehicle.Ā Under Hall, illegal police conduct may negate a defendant's consent to search where the conduct renders the consent involuntary.Ā Id. at 20.Ā Evidence may also be suppressed if the evidence results from exploitation of the unlawful police conduct.Ā Id. at 21.Ā Pursuant to the exploitation inquiry, for the evidence to be excluded, a defendant must establish the existence of a factual nexus, i.e., the existence of a "but for" relationship, between the evidence sought to be suppressed and the unlawful police conduct.Ā Id. at 25.Ā Once a defendant shows that nexus, the "state has the burden to prove that the [evidence] was independent of, or only tenuously related to, the unlawful police conduct."Ā Id. at 35.Ā As we explained in Rodgers, once the factual nexus is shown, suppression is required "unless the state can prove that the disputed evidence inevitably would have been discovered, was independently discovered through lawful means, or was sufficiently attenuated from the unlawful police conduct."Ā 219 Or App at 371.
Defendant has shown the required nexus--if not for the unlawful extension of the traffic stop, Hurliman would not have been in a position to request defendant's consent to the search of the tin or a patdown.Ā The state does not advance any argument satisfying its burden under Hall to show that there were intervening circumstances that severed the connection between the unlawful stop and defendant's admissions and consent to search the tin.Ā Thus, the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress.
Reversed and remanded.
1. Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution provides, in part, "No law shall violate the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search, or seizure."
The Fourth Amendment provides, in part, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated * * *."Ā
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2. Because we resolve this case on state law grounds, we do not reach defendant's federal constitutional claims.Ā See State v. Kennedy, 295 Or 260, 262, 666 P2d 1316 (1983) (stating that all questions of state law should be considered and disposed of before reaching federal constitutional claims).Ā
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3. We have previously held that the rule that "[a]llowing the police to conduct a search on the basis of the assertion of a privacy right would render the so-called right nugatory" applies "regardless of whether probable cause, reasonable suspicion or 'reasonable grounds' circumscribes the authority for invading the privacy interest."Ā State v. Brown, 110 Or App 604, 611, 825 P2d 282 (1992).
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