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Deafblind activists join over 100 other disabled people at 'mass lobby' to meet with MPs
13 January 2016
Ian Capon, Gary Moritz and Sarvesvaran Navaratnam visited Parliament today, along with over 100 other disabled people from across the country to meet MPs to talk about their concerns with the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
Their visit was supported by national deafblind charity Sense, a member of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) which organised the 'mass lobby'. Ian, Gary and Sarvesvaran shared their concerns over the cuts, particularly to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), a benefit for people who are unable to work due to illness or disability. A recent Review by three members of the House of Lords gathered evidence from charities and disabled people and found that the Government's proposed cut of £30 a week to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will directly contradict the Government's desire to get more disabled people into work.*
Ian Capon said:
"It's often really difficult for people with disabilities to find good paid employment. Benefits are important because it ensures people have a reasonable standard of living whilst they look for work. If the cuts go ahead I am concerned that it will be even harder for people to find work as they will be pushed closer to poverty which could impact on their health, wellbeing and self-esteem."
Gary Moritz said:
"A lot of disabled people would love to get a job, not only for financial reasons but also for their self-esteem. The reality is however that myself and other disabled people face huge barriers to the workplace.
I'm worried that the proposed benefits cuts could seriously jeopardise disabled people's ability to make ends meet and maintain a reasonable standard of living. Today was a chance to voice my concerns directly to MPs to urge them to vote against the proposals."
Sarvesvaran Navaratnam said:
"It is difficult for people with disabilities to find employment as we face huge barriers to the workplace; it's often difficult to even make it to interview stage. I'm concerned that if benefits are cut it will be even harder for people to find work as they will be pushed closer to poverty which could impact on their health and wellbeing as they struggle to meet the costs of day today living. I hope that by taking part in today's lobby we can bring about the change that's needed."
Sue Brown, Head of Public Policy at Sense said:
"We are pleased that so many MPs met with disabled people today, however it's important that their concerns are taken seriously and urgent changes to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill are made.
Instead of providing an incentive to move into work, cutting this benefit will have a hugely negative impact on disabled people who are already struggling to get by. Instead, the government should concentrate on dismantling the real barriers preventing them from finding a job, such as negative attitudes from employers, failure to make reasonable adjustments in the workplace and inaccessible transport."
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* 'Halving the gap? –A review into the Government's proposed reductions to Employment and Support Allowance and its impact on halving the disability employment gap'
About Sense
Sense is a national charity that has been supporting and campaigning for children and adults who are deafblind for the last 60 years. There are currently around 250,000 deafblind people in the UK.
Sense provides specialist information, advice and services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. We run services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and employ 2,000 people most of whom work in services directly with deafblind people. Our patron is HRH The Princess Royal.
Deafblindness is a combination of both sight and hearing difficulties. Some of these people are completely deaf and blind, but others have some remaining use of one or both senses.


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|Patent Citations (23), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (19), Classifications (12), Legal Events (6)
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This is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/317,510, filed Dec. 11, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,692,259 B2, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/226,380, filed Jan. 6, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,514,083 B1, which is a continuation application of Provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/070,626, filed Jan. 7, 1998, all of which are incorporated herein by reference, and is related to copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/951,089, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,532,022 B1; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/951,070, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,072,494; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/174,491, filed Oct. 15, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,411,744 B1; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/951,087, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,101,289; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/943,681, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,130,677; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/173,583, filed Oct. 15, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,384,819 B1; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/950,404, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,031,934; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/951,083, filed Oct. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,118,459; all assigned to the assignee of the present application and all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates generally to multimedia entertainment systems, and more particularly to karaoke systems.
Karaoke is a form of entertainment, originating in Japan, that features a live singer with pre-recorded accompaniment. Karaoke is a Japanese abbreviated compound word, where "kara" comes from "karappo" meaning empty, and "oke" is the abbreviation of "okesutura," or orchestra. Therefore, karaoke literally means "empty orchestra." While originating in Japan, the karaoke boom has spread abroad, and is popular in Korea, China and other parts of Southeast Asia, as well as in the U.S. and Europe.
Karaoke music was originally recorded on audio tape, but quickly evolved with the advent of the compact disk, which not only allows rapid, non-serial access new songs, but which also can include multimedia effects such as video and lyrics. Therefore, the advent of the compact disk made it possible to enhance the karaoke experience with video scenes synchronized with the music and the accompanying lyrics.
Using technological innovations such as the video disk, laser disk, and CD graphics, karaoke has grown to be a major entertainment industry. Family-use karaoke sets are also available. However, there is an obstacle to this end of the business: since most Japanese houses stand close each other and are still built of wood, with poor soundproofing, it would be very annoying of the neighbors to sing into an amplified karaoke system at night.
Reacting to the opportunity created by this problem, entrepreneurs created the "karaoke box", a roadside facility containing closed-door insulated rooms for singing. They are advertised as a place where you can "sing to your heart's content." The first karaoke box appeared in 1984 in a rice field in the countryside of Okayama Prefecture, just west of the Kansai area. It was built from a converted freight car. Since then, karaoke boxes have been built on unoccupied grounds all over Japan, and in urban areas, karaoke rooms, which consist of compartments made by partitioning and soundproofing rooms in a building, were introduced and set up one after another.
Karaoke is a common form of entertainment for Japanese business people. It is not at all uncommon for workers to drop into a bar with colleagues after work, have a drink, and enjoy singing popular songs to the accompaniment of karaoke. Karaoke has been entertaining people ever since its invention 20 years ago, and has become firmly established in Japanese society.
Today, karaoke is available in a wide variety of formats, suitable for any venue, from a soloist rehearsing up to large crowds at community gatherings. However, a typical karaoke show includes one or two singers, and a possibly a karaoke operator to operate the karaoke equipment. Couples will often enjoy a karaoke session together. The equipment typically includes a player, an amplifier, and a television monitor for the music video. There may be an additional television monitor facing the singers to display the lyrics, or the lyrics can be displayed on the television monitory that is displaying the music video.
While karaoke is very popular, it may be reaching a saturation point, at least in Japan. This is because there are many thousands of karaoke boxes and bars having karaoke systems and, as such, the novelty is beginning to wear off.
One attempt to increase the interest in karaoke is the use of "blue screen" technology which allows a video camera to capture the image of one or more persons standing in front of a blue screen, and inserting the images of those persons into the music video. However, this technology is somewhat cumbersome in that it requires a specialized stage including the blue screen, and in that the karaoke customers are merely superimposed upon a background image of the music video without any interactivity with that background scene.
What would therefore be desirable is a karaoke system which allows new, enhanced, and interactive participation of karaoke customers with their karaoke experience.
In one embodiment of the interactive karaoke system of the present invention, a personal computer (PC) is paired with a karaoke audio/video system and a video camera to provide interactivity between the karaoke customers (i.e. the karaoke performers) and the karaoke system. In one aspect of the present invention, images of the karaoke customers are captured with a video camera, processed in the personal computer, and composited into the musical video presentation. However, unlike prior art "blue screen" technologies, no special blue screen is required, and the user can interact with the karaoke content as portrayed on the TV monitor. For example, the karaoke customer may make gestures which to cause the images on the TV monitor to change.
A process for providing interactive karaoke entertainment includes the acts of determining if there is a user initiation and, if so, whether the request of content is local. If not, the content is retrieved. Next, a "frame" of video information is received by the video camera, and background subtraction is performed. Then, there is a tracking analysis, with the results being put into a tracking buffer. A gesture analysis is then performed. Next, the image is "composited" based upon the tracking and gesture analysis and the request of content. The resulting multimedia content is then outputted and, preferably, recorded. The next frame is then retrieved from the video camera and the process is repeated.
The interactive karaoke entertainment system is designed so that it can form a part of a larger network of karaoke entertainment systems. More particularly, a number of interactive karaoke entertainment systems are adapted to coupled to a local area network (LAN) which is served by a local PC server. The local PC server can communicate with an Internet based content server to download content that is not locally available and to upload accounting information.
The local PC server includes the acts of determining whether it has been polled by a content server and, if so, accounting information is transferred to the contents server and other information or software or content can be uploaded or downloaded with the content server. If there has been no polling, the local PC server then determines whether there is a request from a local PC that is coupled to the local area network. If there is, it is determined whether the content is locally available and, if not, the local PC server communicates with remote content server to obtain the desired content. The content is then downloaded to the requesting PC over the local area network and an accounting entry is created at the local PC server reflecting the karaoke customers use of that content.
It will therefore be appreciated that the interactive karaoke system of the present invention will add a new dimension of enjoyment to the karaoke experience. The interactive nature allows the karaoke to transcend a simple performance and take on aspects of an interactive game. This increases the enjoyment and therefore the use of the interactive karaoke systems of the present invention.
These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed descriptions and studying the various figures of the drawings.
The karaoke audio and video equipment can be provided by any number of vendors. In this embodiment of the entertainment system 10, only the audio portion of the karaoke equipment 12 is used. In other words, as a karaoke customer sings into the microphone 20, the karaoke equipment 12 will amplify and process the sound and play it from speakers (not shown) and/or the TV monitor 16. However, the image for the TV monitor 16, in the present embodiment, is provided by the PC 14 via a video input line 26 to the karaoke equipment 12. Karaoke equipment, such as karaoke equipment 12, typically have an external video input to receive external video information. The combined video and audio is then provided by the karaoke equipment 12 to the TV monitor 16 as illustrated by arrow 28.
In addition, the karaoke equipment 12 typically includes a control and data port (often a serial port) which is coupled to the PC by a bus 30. The output of the video camera 18 is coupled to the PC 14 by a cable 32 and, in alternate embodiments of the invention, may be coupled to the PC by a control cable to allow specialized software and utilities to be loaded into the camera 18 from the PC 14. The photo-printer 24 allows the capture of images that are displayed on the TV monitor that can be printed as photographs, photographic buttons, rubber stamps, etc. There are several vendors for such photo-printers. Preferably, the PC 14 is coupled to a local network server by a local area network (LAN) cable 34.
Next, in an operation 78, a "frame" of video data is retrieved from the video camera 18. Once the frame has been retrieved and buffered in the memory of the personal computer 14, a background subtraction is performed. A preferred process for background subtraction is described in co-pending application U.S. Ser. No. 08/951,089 which has been incorporated herein by reference. Next, a tracking analysis operation 82 is performed and the results are placed in a tracking buffer of the PC 14 and an operation 84. Preferred processes for tracking are described in one or more of the co-pending patent applications that have been incorporated by reference. Next, a gesture analysis operation 86 is performed. The preferred gesture analysis process as described in co-pending U.S. Ser. No. 08/951,070 which has been incorporated by reference. Subsequently, the images composited based upon the tracking and gesture analysis of operations 82 and 86, respectively, and by the content requested by the karaoke customer. Preferred methods for compositing are described in co-pending U.S. Ser. No. 08/951,089 which has been incorporated herein by reference. Finally, in operation 90 the resulting composited multi-media content is outputted and, preferably, recorded in a suitable recording device such as a video cassette recorder, recordable CD-ROM, recordable DVD disk, etc. It is the determined in operation 92 if the karaoke customer is done with their particular karaoke session. If so, process control is returned to operation 72 and if not, process control is returned to operation 78 to retrieve a new frame from the video camera.
The aforementioned technologies permit the karaoke customers 96 and 98 to interact with the environment 102. For example, when karaoke customer 96 raises her hands above her head, animated sparks 104 can be caused to fly from her fingertips. As another example, the grasping of the hand of the karaoke customer 96 by the karaoke customer 98 can be used a gesture which produces the images of hearts 106 in the interactive environment 102. Other gestures or body positions can also interact with various objects 108 in the interactive environment, or change the scene of the interactive environment. Therefore, with the technology of the present invention, karaoke becomes a truly interactive activity, somewhat akin to a game, wherein the multi-media, enhanced reality, and virtual reality effects are possible. It should also be noted that this is a true multi-media experience for the karaoke customers. In addition to video and audio outputs, there are the lyrics 110 of the song, animation effects, etc.
Also preferably, the local PC server 116 and the interactive karaoke entertainment systems are in fairly close proximity, e.g. within the same building. For example, each of the interactive karaoke entertainment systems 10 can be located in its own, soundproofed room, while the local PC server can be provided in a server or operator room in the same building. The implementation of local area networks are well known to skilled in the art. Preferably, the local PC server is coupled to a content server 118 by a telephone line 120. The content server 118 includes karaoke "content", which is defined as musical video accompanied by lyrics and any data or software programs required for the interactive use of the "content." The telephone line connecting the local PC server to the content server can be a standard analog telephone line (with the use of appropriate modems at both the local PC 16 and the content server 118), or can be a digital line such as an ISDN line, T1 line, etc. digital line. The advantage of the digital lines are, of course, a significantly higher data transfer rate, with the disadvantage of higher cost. Other data transmission medium are also well known to those skilled in the art.
In the present example, the content server 118 is a "mirror site" that is coupled to a remote content server 122 by, for example, the Internet 124. As is well known to those skilled in the art, a "mirror site" is a site which is updated on a periodic basis, to reflect or "mirror" the contents of another or "master" site, such as content server 122. The purpose of the mirror site 118 is to prevent unnecessary communication delays, especially when transferring large amounts of data, over a relatively slow transmission media such as the Internet 124. For example, one or more content servers can be provided in various cities in Japan while a single content server can be provided in Palo Alto, Calif. A number of content development systems 124 can then be used to load new content on content server 22 which, as explained previously, creates a mirror image of itself at the content server mirror site 118 via the Internet 124 on a periodic basis.
If the local PC server 116 determines that it has been polled, it connects with the appropriate content server and transfers accounting information in an operation 132. This accounting information can include the number of times a particular karaoke video has been played and what the appropriate charge for the karaoke operator should be. In addition, an operation 134 can be used to upload and download other information, content, software, etc. Process control is then returned to operation 30.
If operation 130 does not detect a polling from a content server, an operation 136 determines whether there is a request from a local PC, i.e. one of the interactive karaoke entertainment systems 10. If not, process control is returned to operation 130. If there is a request from a local PC, an operation 138 determines whether the requested content is locally available. If not, the content is retrieved from the content server in an operation 140. It should be noted that the local PC server 116 can be connected to the content server mirror site 118 either on a continuous basis (such as with a ISDN line) or on an "on demand" basis, such as with dial-up modem access. Next, an operation 142 downloads the requested content to the requesting local PC(s), and in operation 144 creates an accounting entry at the local PC server 116. This accounting entry, along with other data, is what is transferred to the content server in the operation 132.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the adapter 48 performs the functionality described previously with regards to the PC 14 running the computer implemented process 68 of
With primary reference to
While the present invention has been described primarily with reference to standard television (analog) monitors, an embodiment of the present invention utilizes the new digital television standards. More particularly, in
While this invention has been described in terms of several preferred embodiments, there are alterations, permutations, and equivalents which fall within the scope of this invention. It should also be noted that there are may alternative ways of implementing both the process and apparatus of the present invention. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Several Veterans Day events are scheduled throughout Cobb County, from parades and ceremonies to special programs and other events. There are many Cobb residents for whom Veterans Day 2014 is far more than a holiday.
According to U.S. Veterans Administration data, Cobb County's veterans population of 48,898 is the second highest veterans population of Georgia's 159 counties. The VA data shows, as of September 2013, Fulton at 49,217 veterans, Gwinnett at 47,476 and DeKalb with 40,518.
Cobb County Public Library System is hosting events throughout the week related to Veterans Day. For a previous blog post on the programs, click here.
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The Nets capped their first season in Brooklyn with a playoff appearance, but it turned out to be a brief one. After breezing to a Game 1 rout of the sixth-seeded Chicago Bulls, the third-seeded Nets dropped the series Saturday night, bringing a mostly positive season to an abrupt halt.
Ending the playoff drought was an accomplishment for a team that lost 70 games just three years ago. But erratic stretches led to the ouster of Avery Johnson as coach in late December and, of course, the playoff collapse against Chicago.
General manager Billy King invested a significant chunk (around $330 million) of Mikhail Prokhorov's fortune into this version of the Nets, and because of that, Brooklyn fans probably are stuck with it for a while. It's too soon for the team's new fan base to be cynical -- the days of the "wait 'til next year" mantra at Ebbets Field are several generations behind us -- but it's not unreasonable to ask: How is a capped-out, second-tier team going to improve? The problem falls to King, who recently inked a multiyear extension to stay on as general manager.


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Why Converse, Scion, Intel, PepsiCo, Others Are Spending Big on Underground Music
By Andrew Hampp
During October's CMJ Music Festival, Rochester, N.Y.-based indie-pop band Joywave booked some free time in one of Brooklyn's hottest new studios.
The state-of-the-art recording space had more than enough features to make an upstart, unsigned band feel spoiled-brand-new Fender, Gibson and Music Man guitars; Yamaha keyboards; a Wurlitzer organ; and Marshall amps all donated from Guitar Center. There were speakers donated from Manhattan's legendary Electric Lady Studios. Even the artwork is cooler than the typical corporate studio-an original piece from Shepard Fairey adorns the entrance, while street artist Ben Eine lent his famous typography to the studio's exterior.
"We've driven by this a few times and I would never know this was a Converse studio," one of Joywave's band members says.
Converse's Free Recording Studio, Rubber Tracks, Opens
That's precisely the goal for Converse chief marketing officer Geoff Cottrill (@yogmoney) and dozens of other marketers who've sponsored music programs and events in recent years. Rather than just slapping their logos on a stage or signing up a dozen bands for tour endorsement deals, a growing roster of brands like Converse, Scion, Intel, PepsiCo, Red Bull and others are opting for more of a corporate-underwriting approach to music-from serving as a part-time label to funding original music videos to hosting recording sessions. And many are doing so with little expectation of a direct return on their investment-many marketers cite "positive buzz" or "cultural relevance" as their key indicators of success, not product sales.
"We're not asking for anything in return," Cottrill told Joywave during its visit to Converse's studio-the much-covered Rubber Tracks-located on the corner of Keap and Hope Streets in Williamsburg. "You own all this content. Why would we want to own it? We don't want to run a record label, because we make apparel and shoes. We wouldn't know how."
Even the brands that do have formal record labels, like Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound, find the proof-of-sales metrics to be less than empirical. Green Label has had first-run releases of new singles from bands like Holy Ghost, MNDR, Chromeo and Wavves but still has to work with their existing labels to coordinate exclusivity. And fans aren't going to see the members of Holy Ghost, currently on the road with a Green Label Sound-backed tour, cracking open a Mountain Dew onstage any time soon.
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"The music becomes decentralized so quickly, a lot of times it's not always the best analytics," Mountain Dew brand manager Hudson Sullivan says. "It's more about engagement, the conversation. Are people talking about GLS on Twitter, on Facebook? Are they positive or negative conversations? Are artists talking about it? Our artists become a barometer for the music community-through singles, videos, tour sponsorships, we can go back to them and gauge how much traffic we're getting."
Mobb Deep Kick Off Red Bull Music Academy's 'Five Out of Five' Hip-Hop Concert/Discussion Series
Mountain Dew's sister brand Pepsi doesn't have the same ability to rely primarily on social-media buzz as a sales metric. This past spring, the brand dipped to No. 3 in market share for the first time in decades, losing the No. 2 slot to Diet Coke, according to Beverage Digest. The brand was accused of blinking on its marketing strategy, supporting grass-roots initiatives like the Refresh Project in favor of Super Bowl ads and major TV advertising. PepsiCo quickly responded with a 30% increase in marketing spend across the company portfolio, including $60 million behind Fox's "The X Factor." In fact, Pepsi's first major TV campaign in three years premiered during "The X Factor," highlighting Pepsi's music campaigns through the years while showcasing the single "Tonight Is the Night" from emerging artist Outasight. Pepsi also sponsored Outasight's accompanying music video and helped book a performance by the singer on a recent "X Factor" episode.
Pepsi chief marketing officer of sparkling beverages Frank Cooper says the company wants to be a "much more integral player in the broader music ecosystem" going forward, helping connect the dots among music discovery, distribution and touring. "One thing we know for sure, and we hear this in virtually every quantitative and qualitative study, is that Pepsi and music are interrelated. Our brand equity rests upon it. And to that extent, brand equity allows consumers to go to the shelf and pull Pepsi over our competitors. And it allows us to maintain some premium pricing in the process."
Of course, brands like Converse and Mountain Dew are more niche brands and in more stable places in terms of sales. It was revealed during Nike's fourth-quarter earnings call that Converse's signature shoe, the Chuck Taylor, has grown from sales of 4 million pairs in 2004 to 70 million at the close of its 2011 fiscal year in June. Meanwhile, Mountain Dew continues to enjoy sales increases while its parent company PepsiCo's flagship Pepsi brand struggles to maintain market share against Coca-Cola. Even Red Bull, which has in-house record label Red Bull Records and an aggressive concert and tour sponsorship program, has grown to become a $5.2 billion brand in 2010, according to company figures reported by Business Week.
By these measures, there's less risk for healthy brands to invest in these kinds of music programs. Converse can afford to pay Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy and Andrew W.K. to collaborate on an original song and appear in ads, even if they can't prove how that song sells a single pair of Chuck Taylors.
So how to explain Scion? Toyota's niche, box-shaped car has supported metal and indie music since it was launched in 2002, but its sales have slumped in recent years. Since a peak of 173,000 in 2006, Scion finished 2010 by moving just 46,000 vehicles, according to Ward's Automotive. And yet the brand ramped up its support of music this year through its Scion A/V project. In the past three months alone, Scion A/V has released new music from acts like dance DJs Nadastrom, psych-rock band the King Khan Experience and grindcore group Wormrot; supported a fall tour (Check Yo Ponytail) featuring Spank Rock and Big Freedia; and hosted a two-and-a-half-day Music(less) Music Conference in Los Angeles. It's also prepping a mini-album from punk-rockers the Melvins in 2012.br />
Like Converse's Cottrill and Mountain Dew's Sullivan, Jeri Yoshizu-Scion sales promotions manager and head of the brand's music strategy-is equally ambivalent about research. "There is no measurement of a lot of initiatives out there. People can tell you that there's impressions, but there's no equation. There's no magic tool out there that says, 'Because you're associated with the Melvins you're guaranteeing a certain amount of kids to sell a car,'" Yoshizu says. "It's about awareness and familiarity. We let people know that Scion exists and that Scion sells cars. If somebody has that software tool that will show you exactly how that patterns down to sales, they're probably going to be a billionaire."
Vice Partners With Intel, Dell To Launch Noisey.com Music Site
One brand that is trying to match music marketing with tangible results is Intel, which teamed with Vice in 2009 to form a music, art and technology event series called the Creators Project. Starting with a launch New York event in 2010 that drew performers like M.I.A., Sleigh Bells and the Rapture, the Creators Project has gone on to include dates in London, São Paolo, Seoul and Beijing, along with a partnership with the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Such acts as Mark Ronson, Florence & the Machine and Justice have since headlined Creators events for exclusive performances, while Spiritualized, N.A.S.A. and David Bowie are among the artists who partnered with the Creators Project for exclusive installations. Unlike Converse, Red Bull or Mountain Dew, which turned to music strategies to strengthen their existing relationships with young tastemakers, Intel turned to music to start from scratch.
"We knew we had a problem with talking to young adults because our product isn't something you can touch and feel-it's built inside a computer," says Dave Haroldsen, who works for Intel's global partner marketing team and also serves as Intel's creative director on the Creators Project. "We wanted to really build a program to showcase the amazing moments happening in art and make it as transparent as possible to show people worldwide what happens when you maximize with technology."
Creators Project With Florence & the Machine, Karen O, Justice Comes to Brooklyn Courtesy of Vice, Intel
Intel conducts extensive focus groups with Creators Project attendees after each event, seeking to measure the brand's relevance and awareness among its influential attendees. And coming in 2012, Intel is looking to bring Creators Project materials to its retail spaces in ways it wouldn't dare at its own events. "You're never ever going to go to a Creators Project and have people hand out pamphlets or things like that-it's just not the way you interact with this audience," Haroldsen says. "It's all about the experience and aspirational ideas. You can't buy authentic trust and respectability. It's all got to mean something to this audience, or it's not going to work."br />
Authenticity is so important to Converse's Cottrill, he prefers not to actively market to his consumer base at all. "When we don't speak-when artists speak and we don't-it's way more powerful," he says. "By not putting any demands on the artist, they turn around and tell their social media following about our brand. Fifteen years ago, 'new media' was banner ads. Now this becomes the media."


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Windows 7 driver for Vaio VGN tx17gp
i have a old laptop model vgn tx17gp. i have looked everywhere for its driver for vista above but i didnt find it. it only has drivers for xp. can you advice me what to do
i need the graphic driers i can without the rest
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Hi buggatti, I have a feeling you will be out of luck finding a driver, Intel discontinued support for the 915 series chipsets after XP and sony only lists drivers for XP sorry about that
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can i force load drivers... i want to run windows 8 and metro apps wont work without intel drivers. Also i can sun liniux because of some poping noise in the speakers. i tried all the online fix for that problem but didnt work
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Major Vin Cooper of Air Force Special Investigations is the kind of loose cannon no commanding officer can completely control...or survive without. Cooper's a man whose capacity to absorb grief is matched only by his ability to dish it out. And this case - which will be either his most important or his last - has plenty of both.
Scarred by battle and a recent divorce, Cooper answers to no one but his own tough-as-nails female general. She knows there's no one as relentless, as insubordinate, and as effective in prying out the truth as Cooper - no matter where it leads or who it angers.
Reluctantly paired with Special Agent Anna Masters, Cooper begins his search at the scene of a suspicious crash at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. There they uncover a trail of inexplicable "accidental" deaths that leads from the war-torn streets of Baghdad to sex slavery in Latvia and a marriage that began in the White House Rose Garden and disintegrated into bitterness and infidelity. And with every step they take, Cooper and Masters come closer to the shocking truth about the biggest and most murderous lie of all.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With producers of USA, this 2014 film was directed by Zach Jansen. You can watch Together (For the Kids) online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 6 minutes
Lauriel Friedman, Cameron Cylkowski, Karen Voels, Grace Christenson and Evan Jansen.
Short film, Drama.
6-minute film (full movie) directed by Zach Jansen.
The original audio of Together (For the Kids) has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Zach Jansen.
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This film was produced and / or financed by Evanoah Films.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Together (For the Kids) has a duration of 6 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Cleveland Destroys Yankees 22-4
Chien-Ming Wang struggled last Saturday as he gave up eight runs on eight hits in just one inning, resulting in a 4-22 loss for New York. The Indians lit up the Yanks in the second inning scoring 14 runs with 3 home runs. The line up finished the game with 25 hits to the Yankees 7. Wang has an 0-3 pitching record so far this season, serving up 23 runs in 6 total innings.
Johnny Damon had some less than reassuring words for his starting pitcher. "He's making it real tough on our bullpen right now. We have to count on guys in our 'pen to go seven or eight innings. We have six losses on the year right now, and he's got three of them." He continued to criticize Wang, saying "in all three of those games, we've been blown out and we've had to go to our bullpen, so maybe our bullpen's not sharp the following days. I don't know what more to say, but hopefully he can figure it out, because it'd be tough to keep on going like this."
The Yankees came back on Sunday with a 7-3 win over the Indians, but it still doesn't nearly make up for one of the worst losses in their 108 year history. The Yanks will next make their way to Oakland to face the A's before traveling to Boston to face the Red Sox for three weekend games.
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Rubio on National Security: A Candidate of the Past
John Bradshaw, Executive Director at NSN
November 6, 2015 | THE HUFFINGTON POST
Marco Rubio wants to be perceived as a youthful, forward-looking candidate, but his views on foreign policy are frozen in the Cold War. He fixates on Cold War enemies — Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba — and hasn't updated his worldview to account for the changes that have arisen in recent decades. In his speeches, debates, and a recent article in Foreign Affairs, Rubio lays out foreign policy views that borrow the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan and the policies of Bush-era neoconservatives. He sees potential conflicts everywhere and prefers to address them using military force. His critique of the Obama Administration's foreign policy ignores the Administration's intense global engagement and diplomatic successes while offering few specific policy alternatives of his own.
Rubio bases his foreign policy vision, as described in Foreign Affairs, on what he calls his "three pillars:" Strength, prosperity, and freedom. All are worthy goals for American foreign policy, but as described by Rubio they fail to grasp the realities of the current international situation….Rubio's focus on confronting long-standing adversaries in Iran, Russia and China and putting military power at the center of his foreign policy has blinded him to the challenges of the current era. He fails to mention the security challenges emanating from climate change, pays scant attention to improving cybersecurity and does not recognize the national security dimensions of immigration policy, an issue he once championed. Instead of grappling with these complex 21st century challenges, Rubio finds his comfort zone in citing Ronald Reagan and trying to re-ignite the Cold War. His old school anti-communism extends even to Cuba where opposes the long-overdue diplomatic opening pursued by President Obama. This position puts him out of step with others in his generation, including his fellow young Cuban-Americans.
In Rubio's view, Iran, Russia and China are not seen as countries with which we have long and evolving relationships but as countries that share a "desire for a departure from the postwar order." In 2015, an appeal to maintain the order that prevailed 70 years ago through military force alone indicates that Rubio can't adapt to the world as it is today, or indeed even recognize it. He concludes his Foreign Affairs piece by saying "if we allow the continued erosion of our military, economic and moral strength we will see a breakdown in global order." Claiming that America's strength and values were declining was a hallmark of 1950s anti-Soviet paperbacks; Rubio seems to have read a few. He needs to recognize that today's foreign policy must confront new challenges that are more complicated than those found in paperback novels about the Cold War, and stop trying to chart America's future by looking in the rearview mirror.


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Want a better understanding of your pet? PetSmart.com has launched an interesting online guide to dog and cat behavior, "If Your Pets Could Talk" developed by animal behaviorist Dr. Suzanne Hetts and Dr. Robyn Jaynes, PetSmart's veterinary and pet care expert.
You will find variety of tools--quizzes, videos and exercises--to test and enhance your knowledge of typical animal behaviors. You may be surprised.
Remember the "blanket with sleeves"? Now there is one for your dog. With the fall chill coming up soon, keep your dog warm in this cozy fleece Snuggie for Dogs. Available at PetSmart and PETCO this August.
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The pet supplement Angels' Eyes Tear-Stain Eliminator for Dogs and Cats has spent 847 days in the top 100 best sellers in Amazon's Pet Supplies category. We have featured this pet beauty product in a prior post--basically, to eliminate your pet's tear stains "from the inside out", sprinkle some into your pet's food.
All good? Not according to Dr. Patricia Khuly at vet blog Doolitter, who argues that the underlying cause of the staining is being ignored: "Never mind that tears run down faces because eyes are misshapen. Never mind that the presence of excessive lacrimation is evidence of disease".
If you rely on this product to keep your cat or dog snowy white around the eyes and mouth, do your pet a favor and read what Dr Khuly has to say:
Never mind that this product's active ingredient is a macrolide antibiotic called tylosin. Never mind that clearing up tear stains in this way means you've got to offer your dogs a daily dose of antbiotic for the rest of his natural life. Never mind that Angel Eyes is illegal in Europe and other places where antibiotics are not readily allowed in products like this. Never mind that while the rest of the world is looking for ways to curb bacterial resistance to antibiotics, Angel Eyes is promoting it...just so your dog can look "pretty" in the face of disease.
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Dogs are sensitive to this whistling sound, so in conjunction with a command such as "heel", your dog quickly learns to walk calmly at your side. Tugging sharply on the lead also triggers the whistling sound.
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- Seorang Blogger said...
penantianku berhari-hari menunggu updatemu sangat berbaloi beb.. very inspiring perempuan-perempuan itu semua
masihkah batuk?
- May 11, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Snuze said...
Cik Pid! Sowwy la update ku lambat. Aku tak de idea nak bubuh apa ... lepas aku jumpa lagi gambar menarik, aku taruk lagi.
Apa khabar Jijah sayang? Dah pulih kah dia?
Alhamdulillah, aku masih batuk sikit2, tp taklah kokol bak mengeluarkan paru2 lagi. XD Dah nak baik dah!
- May 11, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- naz said...
Nice one!!!! Love the pictures and love the messages.
Woman rules!! (over sei). Hope u will feel better soon.
- May 11, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- Ri said...
like the cleopatra joke.
absolutely LOVE the 'run into ex' joke :P
- May 12, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Snuze said...
Naz: Thanks, sugar!
Ri: The next thing she needs to figure out is how to get blood stains off her car.
- May 12, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Angela Gripesalot said...
you should see them when they get a cold, the whiny buggers XD
- May 12, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- naz said...
Anyway, I want to thank you..Terima kasih cikgu!! hehehe.
- May 12, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- Snuze said...
Angela: Or papercuts. Screaming for bandaids, precious little flowers of manhood.
Naz: You're absolutely welcome. Just hope that I'm not teaching you ajaran sesat, hehehe.
- May 12, 2011 at 8:33 PM
- naz said...
Hahaha..nope. I am all for girl power.
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Picture: The Killers perform at the Tennants Vital 07 festival in Belfast's Ormeau Park Belfast, Ireland - 22.08.07
LATEST: Killers singer Brandon Flowers has apologised to rival bands he has bad-mouthed and vows to keep his mouth shut for now on. The American rocker landed in trouble after attacking the 'Emo' pop punk movement, and warning it will sweep the nation and change the teenage generation forever. Bands he targetted, including PANIC! AT THE DISCO and Fall Out Boy, reacted angrily and Flowers accepts he was wrong to speak out. He says, "I'd like to take it all back. These people are just doing what they want to do, just like I am. "I'm actually a nice person and I love people. I just am opinionated, and sometimes jealous. It's not something I'm proud of." Flowers is particularly remorseful to have targetted Panic! At The Disco - because he has never heard their music. He adds, "I don't even know what their music's like, or if I would even like it. That made me feel even worse, to think they could have been fans of ours and I hurt their feelings. That's just stupid."


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Long lambasted for brutally crushing dissent, Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has kept a stranglehold on power for over 25 years — even at the expense of his own daughter. The veteran leader, 78, now fighting for his life in intensive care according to his family, has played Russia, China and the West off against one other to avoid total isolation after steering his strategic state out of the collapse of the Soviet Union. In a court drama with echoes of Shakespeare, the former Soviet apparatchik — at the helm since 1989 — reportedly had his eldest daughter put under house arrest in 2014 during a family feud in which she compared him to brutal Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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You know how sometimes you feel like everything around you is just mounting while you're trying to keep your head above water? Maybe the sleep deprivation is getting the best of you. Maybe your hormones are making you feel not like yourself. Maybe too many small creatures and people just need too much from you today and you haven't even had time yet to give anything to yourself. It happens.
When this is all happening to me and I haven't even had a chance to shower (yeah - this happens too) - I like to give myself an instant boost with a faux leather jacket I've had for 2 years now. I can be wearing jeans and a t-shirt and smell like something the cat dragged in but if I have to run out the door and I just need something that yells, "Wow - she looks put together!" (even when I'm not) - my leather jacket does the trick.
One of my favorite Styling Tips is to pair any of our Soft Collection classics with a leather jacket for instant street cred that's breastfeeding friendly too. If you already have said jacket, it's time to pull it out of the back of the closet and try it on again. You don't have to button it up and now that you're not pregnant, it will look different on your body. And if you don't? Here's my Top 5 round-up of pretty affordable leather jackets to give your wardrobe a little extra boost so that you don't have to look like the frazzled Mom (even if you are):
So there's my Top 5. Do you have a leather jacket? Have you ever thought a leather jacket was in your style vibe? I will admit I didn't even get my leather jacket until I was pregnant with my second child - in full disclosure, it was (and still is) ASOS Maternity. But for the longest time I thought, "That's for rocker Moms. That's for the edgy people. That's not for me." Then, somehow, I had babies and I felt edgy. That's the funny thing about becoming a Mom - you have this idea of who you are and where you're going and then you come to realize - maybe it's not exactly as you thought or planned - both in fashion and in life!
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Although when Mercury was axed Ford announced that it will invest more in the Lincoln brand, it appears that the American manufacturer wants to cut at least 200 Lincoln franchises. This means that Ford will cut 40 percent of its dealers in major metropolitan areas, in an attempt to inject more luxury into its last remaining premium brand.
In order to inject more luxury, Ford will substantial dealership upgrades that will raise Lincoln's game in terms of customer experience to the level seen on other luxury brands such as Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Bmw.
Several Ford souces said that the manufacturer will outline the plan at a two-day Lincoln dealer meeting what will begin on Monday, Oct. 4, in Dearborn, Mich. According to the same sources, Ford believes that it can increase per-store traffic by having fewer locations in the major metropolitan areas.
Last year, the average number of sales per Lincoln dealership was 67… very small, comparing it with Lexus' 947. Lexus currently has 230 U.S. stores, while Lincoln has1,221, down from 1,596 in 2000.
Also, Audi has 270 stores, Bmw 338 stores and Mercedes-Benz 352 stores. Reading this, it makes perfect sense, because Ford will also save money, and sell more vehicles with the help of a smaller number of dealers.
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Had an appointment on Wednesday. Here's my summary:
...weight gain was still at exactly one lb per week, BP was perfect, urine was negative for glucose & protein, baby's heart rate was in the 140's and fundal height was 30. So...I'll have appointments every two weeks now, and thankfully my doctor will be back from maternity leave on Monday. So far, so good!
Also on Wednesday, Grace and I went to the sibling class. It was pretty cute...there were three other kids there, and they played some games, learned how to change diapers and hold babies, watched a video, etc. Then at the end we toured L&D. That was the part Grace didn't like...she got pretty nervous. Overall it was a good time, though.
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At the beginning of August exchange students from Japan, South Korea, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, and Ukraine began to arrive for their year long home stays in the United States.
Students represented four different exchange organizations: FLEX, LEX, LABO and BFE. LEX and LABO are both organizations in Japan that focus on learning languages and travel to other countries is one of the ways that they improve their language skills. BFE is a language learning focused, youth development organization in Korea. The Future Leaders Exchange or FLEX is an exchange that is funded by the US State Department with the goal of creating stronger ties and understanding between the US and eastern European countries. It is important for students of all organizations to learn about volunteerism and citizenship.
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|A math class at the girls primary community school in Tharit, Baluchistan during Global Action Week.
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UNICEF is especially concerned about the disproportionate number of girls who are denied their right to an education. Of the 121 million children out of school worldwide, more than half are girls. In most countries, girls face higher barriers than boys to get into and stay in school. Countless numbers never receive any quality education at all. The consequences for these millions of girls can be devastating. Not only do they lose out on their human right to an education and on opportunities to develop to their fullest potential, but they are more likely to be subjected to violence and abuse and to diseases such as HIV/AIDS.
With the Millennium Development Goal for gender parity in education upon us next year, the count-down for our efforts to get girls in school has started.
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Joplin Tornado Path
May 23, 2011 by USA Post
Joplin Tornado Path, Joplin residents searched through the devastation of major tornado Monday morning as another brief but severe storm hampered search and rescue efforts warned that the death toll could rise.
At least 89 people died in the massive tornado that sliced?? A six-mile swath through southwestern Missouri, coming to Joplin, the destruction of a hospital, flattens a high school, hitting the car in the buildings and fragmentation trees outside the cortex. The damage was impressive in its scope. "You see pictures of the Second World War, the devastation and everything related to the bombing. That's really what it seemed," said Kerry sachettes resident, the director of a school flattened high Joplin. "I could not even see the building. It was a total devastation in my opinion. I could not believe what I saw." The new storm brought heavy rain, hail and strong winds.
"Definitely not make the process easier," said National Weather Service meteorologist Doug Cramer. A massive storm system dropped the tornado in the heart of Joplin Sunday night. Cramer said a team of meteorologists on his way to Joplin to begin determining the path and devastation of the tornado. He said meteorologists had not determined the magnitude of the tornado and had a solid number of dead or wounded.
Dedick Roger and his wife survived the storm by taking refuge in the garage of the couple, which is partly underground. No walls of the house the couple lived for 17 years.
"That's all that's left," said Dedick, pointing to a section of the foundation with a small ladder.
Dedick said his ears appeared as the tornado blew the windows of the garage. He said he had to use a metal bar to pry his way out of the rubble of her home.
Lance Gaines has been in the Joplin area since 11 last nights. He is a member of a search and rescue group made up mostly of firefighters in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Gaines said he has been searching almost nonstop since arriving in Joplin and have not found anyone in the rubble.
The search for survivors is difficult because all the street signs have been torn down, so it is difficult to determine a location.
The Springfield Police Department sent 10 officers Tuesday night to help relief efforts, public information officer Matt Brown said.
He said agents are helping officials to keep Joplin perimeters around damaged buildings and providing other services.
City Manager Mark Rohr said the known death toll in a press conference before dawn, out of the rubble of a hospital that had a direct impact of the storm. His house was one of the buildings destroyed in the tornado swept through this city of 50,000 people about 160 miles south of Kansas City.
The tornado Joplin was one of 68 reported tornadoes across seven states in the Midwest over the weekend, from Oklahoma to Wisconsin, according to Storm Center National Weather Service forecast. One person died in Minneapolis.
The devastation in Missouri was the worst of the day, reminiscent of the tornadoes that killed more than 300 people in the South last month.
The Joplin tornado traveled six miles west of the city to the southeast of the city, reports AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards, with the southern edge of the city hardest hit. The tornado was between a half mile to three quarters of a mile wide.
While the exact strength of the storm is yet to be determined, could be more of an EF4.
An EF4 tornado has wind speeds ranging from 166 up to 200 kilometers per hour. If the storm were an EF4, it would probably be the strongest tornado recorded in Joplin, according to Weather Channel severe storm expert Greg Forbes.
Sunday's storm hit a hospital full of patients and a commercial area, including construction of a Home Depot store, many small businesses, restaurants and a grocery store. Jasper County Emergency Management Director said Keith babbling about 2,000 buildings was damaged.
Among the most affected in Joplin was San Juan Regional Medical Center. The staff had a moment's notice quickly to patients in the corridors before the storm hit the nine-story building, blowing out windows and hundreds of installations useless.
In the parking lot, a helicopter was crushed by hand, its rotors smashed and broken windows. Nearby, a lot of cars were crumpled into a single mass of twisted metal. Matt Sheffer dodged fallen power lines, trees and streets closed to arrive at his dental practice in the hospital. Much flattened rubble filled at a pharmacy, gas station and some doctors, once stood.
"My office is completely gone. It is likely that for two or three blocks, it's just flattened out," he said. "The building that was in my office was not weak. He was 30 years and two layers of brick. It was very sturdy and well built."
St. John's patients were evacuated to other hospitals in the region, said Cora Scott, spokeswoman for the hospital's sister facility at Springfield.
Early in the morning, the focus of a temporary facility triage lit what was left of the hospital that once held up to 367 patients. The police combed the surrounding area for bodies.
Miranda Lewis, a spokesman for San Juan, was home when the tornado sirens began to leave. By early Monday, he had no information about any deaths or injuries in the hospital of the tornado strike, although she had seen the damaged building.
"It's like what you see elsewhere, honestly," said Lewis. "That's a terrible way to say it, but not recognize what is across the street.
"I had seen on television, but until you are standing here and seeing the devastation, I can not believe."
Michael Spencer, a spokesman for the national Red Cross who helped following a tornado that devastated the nearby town of Pierce in 2003, he was stunned.
"I've been in some 75 disaster, and I've never seen anything like this before," said Spencer. "You do not often see metal structures and metal structures destroyed, and that's what you see here."
Triage centers and shelters set up throughout the city quickly filled its capacity. At Memorial Hall, a place of entertainment center, nurses and other emergency workers across the region treated seriously injured patients.
In another improvised unit in a Lowe's home improvement, wood tables served as beds. Out of ambulances and fire trucks waiting for calls. During a flight after midnight on Monday, emergency vehicles were fighting almost every two minutes.
The storm's winds carried debris up to 60 miles away. Medical records, X rays, isolation and other items fell to the ground in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of the Office of Springfield-Greene County Emergency Management.
Travel through and around Joplin was difficult, since Interstate 44 was closed and the streets were clogged with emergency vehicles and the remains of buildings.
Emergency officials rushed heavy equipment management to Joplin to help lift debris and clear the operations of search and retrieval. The president said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with state and local agencies.
Jeff Lehr, a reporter for The Joplin Globe, said he was upstairs at home when the storm hit but was able to make their way to a closet in the basement.
"There was a loud blowing noise, my windows began to appear. I had to get down, glass was flying. I opened a cupboard and got myself into it," he told The Associated Press. "Then you could hear everything that goes. It tore the roof off my house, home of all. I came out, and there was nothing."
A sore of helplessness took hold of the residents, many of which could only walk through the ruins and wondered private about the fate of their loved ones.
Justin Gibson, 30, met with three families out of the tangled debris field that was left of a Home Depot. He referred to a black SUV that had been thrown into the ruins of the store and said he belonged to the brother of her roommate. "He was last seen here with her two little girls, 4 and 5 years, Gibson said.
"We've been trying to get there from the tornado that happened," Gibson said, adding that his house had been leveled.
"It's just gone. Everything in this neighborhood is gone. The high school, churches, the grocery store. You cannot get in contact with my ex-wife to see how my children," she said, referring to her three children, aged 4 months to 5 years.
"I do not know the extent of this yet," Gibson said, "but I know I will have friends and family dead."
With 89 deaths in Joplin tornado, tornadoes killed 455 people so far this year in the U.S., according to meteorologist Harold Brooks National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, Brooks said, 2011 is the ninth deadliest year for tornadoes in the U.S. history and the deadliest since 1953, when 519 people were killed.
More tornadoes are expected in the central part of the country through the middle of the week, but it is unlikely that any outbreak will be as extensive as that hit the South last month.
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Henry Cavill signs up to co-star in the new 'Mission: Impossible' film
Henry Cavill is making the jump from the DC Extended Universe into another big studio franchise as he joins the upcoming sixth entry in the Mission: Impossible series.
The news broke during back-and-forth Instagram conversation between Cavill and Christopher McQuarrie that begun with the director posting,
Say, @henrycavill. Had a thought. Curious if you're interested in a role in the 6th installment of Mission: Impossible. No pressure.
Cavill replied in the comments section with,
How can I say no to a man with such perfect hair….
The conversation then continued with McQuarrie filling in the requirements to star in a Mission: Impossible movie.
@henrycavill excellent. Just a few caveats: must enjoy extreme heights, high speeds, motor vehicles of all varieties (especially aircraft), practical stunts, firearms, and sporadic exposition. All good?
@christophermcquarrie only if I get to fly for real.
@henrycavill I do believe I specified practical stunts. You in?
Oh ok…..I'm in! Cavill finally said.
The director finished the conversation posting,
@henrycavill Outstanding. Welcome aboard. Your social media account will self destruct in 5 seconds.
Christopher McQuarrie is returning to direct his second film in the franchise, the first filmmaker to do so. He will be joined by stars Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg. No word yet on whether series regular Ving Rhames will be involved this time. The film is scheduled for release on July 27, 2018.
Henry Cavill will next be seen in Zack Snyder's Justice League which will be released on November 17, this year, and he's currently filming David Raymond's psychological thriller Nomis alongside Alexandra Daddario, Nathan Fillion and Ben Kingsley.


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text: On 7 May 2015, Insurance Europe published its Annual Report for 2014 - 2015. The report notes gross written premium growth of 4.2% across Insurance Europe's 34 member countries for 2014. A number of 'dossiers' are included in the front-end of the report. These deal with key regulatory and other policy issues relevant to the European insurance industry and set out Insurance Europe's position in these areas. Topics include: (a) the Solvency II framework and prudential regulation; (b) treatment of long-term investments under Solvency II; (c) the role of IAIS/global capital standards; (d) pensions, taxation and financial reporting; (e) policyholder information and distribution; (f) data protection; and (g) equal treatment/discrimination and risk-rating factors. On the same date that the report was released, Insurance Europe announced the appointment of Sergio Balbinot as its president for a further three years.