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The Voice Contestants Reflect on The Season 3 Premiere
September 12, 2012 11:57 AM by Shayla Perry
They're the first official members of Teams Adam, Blake, Cee Lo and Christina, having made it through the Blind Auditions on The Voice. Now, De'Borah, Daniel Rosa, Trevin Hunte, and the rest of the contestants who had the coaches spinning in their chairs on the Season 3 premiere are ready to reintroduce themselves to the world, talking about everything from coming up as artists on the hit NBC singing competition, to coming out of the closet.
Here's what the contestants had to say:
On deciding to compete on The Voice….
Joe Kirkland: Actually, what's funny is I wasn't really that familiar with the show. I got given an invite to audition. And I guess I checked it out and I noticed that the show was more unique than any of the shows I'd seen because it actually kind of held true to us as artists; it didn't really try to make us seem any different than what we really are.
Like they were very open to the fact that, you know, I was in a band and I was trying to lead that band. And they didn't try and just make me who they thought I could be.
On choosing their coaches….
Trevin Hunte: Well with Cee Lo [Green] I just hope that I can show people that I have another side to me. I feel like, yeah, I do have a powerful voice, but I feel like people put me in a box as far as singing strong ballads. And I think with being on the Cee Lo Team, I could have a chance with doing some pop and even venturing out to do some country and switching it up and making it Trevin.
Daniel Rosa: I don't know. I mean [Cee Lo and I], we're both big guys. I felt like he would respect me as an artist. I just felt like this little click as soon as he turned his chair like it just felt right, you know, which is weird because I was planning on — I though I was going to go with Blake.
Joe Kirkland: I feel like Adam [Levine] — I know a lot about his history and, you know, he actually used to not be a front man. And I kind of really enjoyed the thought of him helping me figure out how to exactly be that front man.
He comes from the same music-style background that I do. And it honestly just seemed like a perfect fit, so I feel like he's the one that could teach me the most.
Terry McDermott: Blake [Shelton]'s approach– he's very supportive and he's very hands-on. And I got that impression from watching the previous season. You know, he seems to — there's a very encouraging atmosphere where he's working with his artists; a very positive nurturing sense. And I think that really carried over with me. I wanted to embrace that, I wanted to grab that if I could.
Plus, my wife's an enormous country music fan and has worked on converting me, so she would have been mad at me if I hadn't gone with Blake.
De'Borah: When I saw [Christina Aguilera] I died inside. Like, I couldn't believe it, you know. Just from the one song that I love the most — I love her — I love all her albums but the one song I love the most is what got me right there. And I cannot believe it. And the voice was saying, "Christina." I'm so amazed, I can't even talk. I love her.
On watching the Blind Auditions on television….
Bryan Keith: I kept picturing it to happen that way and it happened that way, you know. And I said that last night, too. I just kept envisioning that happening and it did. It felt like a dream really coming true right in front of me. And watching it with my family and friends and stuff just really put things into perspective and made me feel like I reached my goal.
Joe Kirkland: Yeah, it kind of — it was definitely surreal. I don't really remember doing all of that on stage. I remember blacking out and telling everybody I blacked out. But it's like, once you watch it, it's like an affirmation that it really happened and that we really do have what it takes to be here.
On coming out on national TV….
De'Borah: I never, ever mentioned those words, "I'm gay." I've never said that before. And it actually…like it didn't even freak me out. It was just like, "Whoa, I can't believe I just said that."
[My parents] knew, but I've never actually uttered the words. It was more of [an] assumption.
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It's been a long time since I've written here about my two boys and their CFS. We have two sons, ages 9 and 13, who've both had CFS for several years now (if you want to read more about their history, diagnoses, and treatment, click on the "kids and CFIDS" label at the end of this blog to see all of my blogs about them).
Overall, both boys are doing quite well now. We're enormously grateful to Dr. Bell, Dr. Rowe, and our own pediatrician for their help over the past few years. Both of our boys had dramatic improvements with Florinef treatment for their Orthostatic Intolerance (OI). If you have a child or teen with CFS, you must learn about OI (thought to affect over 90% of people with CFS); many kids respond very well to treatment, as our boys have done.
Jamie (our 13-year old) has just bounced back from a pretty severe 3-day crash. No big surprise - we let him go away for the weekend with his friend's family - three of his closest friends in the pool and the ocean for two full days. A crash was almost certain, but sometimes you just have to go ahead and let them have fun and suffer the consequences. I asked him last night, while he was still feeling terrible, if he would do it all again, knowing how bad he'd crash. He grinned widely and said, "Definitely. It was awesome!"
Jamie still seems to be suffering from the effects of his Lyme infection in April. The infection triggered a slight worsening of his CFS symptoms, mainly reduced stamina. Lyme is a known trigger for CFS, so this isn't surprising. Just to be on the safe side, his pediatrician and a specialist are examining and testing him to be sure there's nothing else going on. Overall, though, he's doing well, still able to be in school full-time, in band, and even playing soccer. What a change from two years ago, when he was bed-ridden almost 50% of the time!
Craig, our 9-year old, started Florinef in April, with the same dramatic improvement we saw with Jamie previously. Craig was home sick this Monday, after an exertion-filled weekend of soccer, swimming, and golf, but by Tuesday morning he was feeling better and back to school. That was his first crash day since April - amazing! Craig also had adenoid surgery this summer because he struggles with chronic sinus infections. This is his bad allergy season, and he's been congested the past few weeks, but so far, no sinus infections.
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The Gustavus women's volleyball team opened its season by posting a 2-2 mark and finishing seventh out of nine teams at the Haverford Invitational in Pennsylvania. Sophomore outside hitter Tara Houlihan led the team in kills (57) and digs (51) in the four games.
The Gusties struggled a bit the first day as they fell to Lebanon Valley 3-0 (25-30, 26-30, 28-30) and Clarion 3-1 (13-30, 26-30, 30-27, 25-30). Sophomore middle hitter Anne Osthus led the team against Lebanon Valley with 10 kills and four block assists. Tara Houlihan led the way against Clarion with 18 kills, 16 digs and two block assists.
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With a new twist on banned books, ALA-OIF and the Freedom to Read Foundation is partnering with Ian Ruskin world renowned actor and playwright. Starting this spring, Ian Ruskin is offering libraries an opportunity to provide Sneak Preview Screenings of To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine.
The film on the life of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, will be aired on public TV this Presidential election year. Thomas Paine wrote about ideas that were so controversial he was often imprisoned and fined, and almost executed. His works were banned in Europe and anyone who distributed, read or discussed his books faced prosecution.
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Research and Development of Multi-lingual Project Management System Based on B/S and C/S. CSREA EEE 2010: 304-309
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Three more executives have left Zynga this month, according to a GII report. The latest executives to exit stage left include Jesse Janosov, Vice President of casino gaming; and John Osvald and Nathan Etter – who are both Vice Presidents in the games division.
Janosov's exit from the company is of no great shock to anyone following Zynga – the company announced last week that it has no present plans to pursue the lucrative real-money online gambling market in the United States. Investors had hoped that the company would take advantage of online gambling being legal in New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware…
John Osvald and Nathan Etter left the company when Zynga appointed Don Mattrick as its new CEO. Etter has taken a job at Disney's Interactive division, while Osvald's next gig is unknown as of this writing.
Zynga has struggled in recent months to transition its social games from Facebook and the web to mobile devices, and has seen many of its most popular Facebook games lose a lion's share of its daily active users. The company is putting a lot of faith in Mattrick to steer the company in the right direction.
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Marriage in Christ is a Mystery, meant to be lived, a model, meant to be imitated, and a mission, that needs to find its fullness. That will require a conversion, a new way of thinking, assisted by a new catechesis. Nothing less will suffice as we face the decline of western culture. When this occurs, the Church will have a great resource in her work of the New Evangelization. The domestic church can become a frontline participant in the missionary work of the Third Millennium. What the Catholic Church teaches about Christian marriage is the liberating message for this age, as it is for every age, precisely because it presents the mystery of eternity made manifest in the here and now.
The domestic church of the family
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4/11/2013 (3 years ago)
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Keywords: marriage, family, Christian marriage, holiness, domestic church, new evangelization, Catholic marriage, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - I woke up in Church this morning. Not on a cold dark floor or surrounded by votive candles and stained glass, but next to my partner in faith, my best friend, my beloved wife of 37 years, Laurine. Down the hall slept our grandson. His Mom is in the room next door. Around the corner is our youngest son's room, just in case he decides to come home this summer. He has left home and moved back home now several times now as he seeks to find his own way.
Our other children and grandchildren may be spread around the Nation but they are always in our heart. Through our Baptism our natural bond has been supernaturally raised. Jesus said "Wherever two or three are gathered in my Name, there I am in their midst." (Matt. 18:20) The place where that happens most often is in the Christian family.
From antiquity the Christian Family has been called the domestic church. This is more than piety, it is to become reality, by grace. Perhaps the most often quoted use of the term is from the Golden Mouth, the Bishop John Chrysostom, writing in Antioch (the city where they were first called Christians) in the fourth century.
After all, the church is fundamentally a relational reality. Also, at least within the Catholic and Orthodox Church, Christian Marriage is a Sacrament. In other words, it is a participation in - and sign of - the Life of the Trinity! As the Apostle Peter wrote to the early Christians, we are "partakers of the divine nature." (2 Peter 1)
Yet, do we view the vocation to Christian marriage and family life in this way? Even the most sincere Christians can still live out their Christian life with a certain dualism. They see themselves as living in the world and "going" to Church. Family life sometimes gets included in their concept of "the world" or perhaps it is seen as a part of a "duty in the Lord" which often competes with the perception of what is meant by Christian ministry and mission.
Please understand, as a Catholic Christian, I love to frequent beautiful Church buildings and to participate in the beauty of liturgical worship. However, the point I am trying to make is a vital one. We actually live in Church. We were baptized into the Lord and we now live in His Body.
The Christian family IS a church, the smallest and most vital cell of that Body. The extended church community is a family of families. This understanding is more than piety-it is sound ecclesiology, solid anthropology and is meant to become reality for those who are baptized into Christ Jesus.
The day will soon burst into a flurry of activity with a unique ritual pattern. To the untrained eye, it would look rather hectic. But with the eyes of domestic faith, my wife Laurine and I will try to see the deeper purpose. All those years of raising five children, and now trying to help raise grandchildren, we have come to comprehend the mystery hidden in the routine.
There is almost a liturgical sameness to the pattern that emerges after so many years- by practice, developed spiritual purpose, and just plain ordinary human repetition. But it can all become transforming when lived out in Jesus Christ. It is here, where the "rubber hits the road" for most Christians. It is here that the universal call to holiness is lived out. Here, with all of its humanness and ordinariness is found the path to sanctity for those called into it.
I have lived the vocation of Marriage in Christ for thirty seven years. And, I know that it is just that - a vocation - a call to follow the Lord in a specific way and, in so doing, to grow in holiness, participate in the very life of God and in the continuing mission of Jesus Christ as He walks it out through His Body, the Church, of which the domestic Church of the Christian family is a cell.
Here, in the real nitty gritty stuff of everyday life, embraced in love, is where true progress in the spiritual life can find its raw material. The question really becomes whether we who are called to live Christian marriage and family as a vocation actually do so - by seeking to respond to grace and by developing the eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to accept the hidden invitations to love found beneath the surface of the daily stuff of Christian Marriage and Family life.
The Greek word translated "emptied" in an extraordinary passage in the letter to the Philippian Christians is "kenosis." St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians concerning our call to enter into the self emptying of Jesus, "Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself."(Phil. 2:5)
This Greek word refers to the voluntary pouring out-like water-of oneself in an act of sacrificial love. This emptying is the proper response of the love of a Christian for the One who first loved us. It is also the very heart of the vocation of Christian marriage and family life. There is a domestic kenosis, a domestic emptying out which comes in the ordinary stuff of daily life in a Christian family. There is also a domestic ascesis, a way of living an ascetical life, when we embrace the very real struggles involved in living this out as a vocation in Christ.
However, we need to move from the realm of fuzzy feelings or theological theory to reality - the emptying is lived out in a unique and grace filled way in Christian marriage and family life. As Christian spouses, mothers and fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers, we need to have our eyes opened like the disciples on the Road, the way, to Emmaus. (Luke 24: 13ff)
This call of married love and family life is more than a covenant (though it is that), more than an ordinance (though it is that) - it is an invitation to sacrificial love-to holiness. Christian Marriage is a Sacrament, a participation in the very life of God through which and for which we are given grace, the very Life of God.
When the right choices are made in this life of domestic kenosis, we cooperate with the Lord's invitation to follow Him by exercising our human freedom; we choose to give ourselves away in love to the other, our spouse. In so doing, we are gradually transformed into an image, a living icon, of Jesus Christ and we actually participate in His Kenosis.
This way of holiness is not easy, as anyone who has lived the vocation for more than three months can attest, but make no mistake; it is a very real path to holiness. It is also a wonderful one. The true challenge lies in the choices we make, daily, hourly, and even moment-by-moment.
The same two trees still grow in the garden of domestic life that appeared in the first garden called Eden. They both invite the exercise of our human freedom. There is one like the one in Eden where the first Eve said, "no I will not serve." We are always tempted to choose the "fruit" of this tree of self centeredness whenever we seek to hide from the call and refuse to love, by emptying ourselves "kenotically"
Then, there is the one that resembles the tree on Calvary where the "second Eve,"(as the fathers of the Church called Mary, the Mother of Jesus) stood with the beloved disciple John, beheld her crucified Son and her Lord who was "Love Incarnate", and again proclaimed her "Fiat", her "yes." In doing so she models the response of all Christians for all time.
However, as it was with the Mother of the Lord, (both when the angel Gabriel came and made that extraordinary announcement, and again on that mountain when she beheld her Son and Savior), the choice is our own- to be made daily, even hourly. With these choices, presented to us from the moment we open our eyes every morning to the time we close them at night, we proceed on the way of the Cross through death and into the eternal now of Resurrected life in Jesus Christ.
In his letter to the Ephesians, particularly in its fifth chapter, St. Paul gives us the Magnus Opus of Christian Marriage. The profundity of its insights cannot be overstated. It is no surprise that this letter is increasingly controversial in this narcissistic age. However, it is not just theologians who need to explain the depth of its meaning and message. This task will require the stalwart and prophetic witness of Christian married couples who are genuinely converted and living out this vision of Christian marriage and family.
Marriage in Christ is a Mystery, meant to be lived, a model, meant to be imitated, and a mission, that needs to find its fullness. That will require a conversion, a new way of thinking, assisted by a new catechesis. Nothing less will suffice as we face the decline of western culture.
When this occurs, the Church will have a great resource in her work of the New Evangelization. The domestic church can become a frontline participant in the missionary work of the Third Millennium. What the Catholic Church teaches about Christian marriage is the liberating message for this age, as it is for every age, precisely because it presents the mystery of eternity made manifest in the here and now.
I woke up in Church this morning. Echoing in my heart were these words of the Apostle Paul: "But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way." (1Cor. 12:31) For the Christian, marriage family life is a calling and a vocation; an invitation into this more excellent way, the way of love. It becomes the path to holiness for all who walk by living faith. In an age of infidelity, it is a prophetic sign of the faithful love of Jesus Christ for all men and women.
By Deacon Keith Fournier
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WASHINGTON – As terrorism proliferates around the world, children are increasingly victimized, not only as targets but also as pawns, like the Nigerian girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram.
"Children are vulnerable. In many cases, they're easy to get a hold of and they can't put up much of a fight against a terror organization like Boko Haram," says WTOP's National Security Correspondent J.J. Green.
Organizations like Boko Haram know that they can capture the world's attention by doing something so unthinkable and unspeakable like kidnapping 276 school girls.
Terror groups believe, as in the case of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which unfolded on national television, that dramatic and brutal attacks bring them recognition and respect in the world of jihadism.
There are many ways children can be victimized: as child soldiers, spies or messengers. And there's a long history of using civilians, including children, as human shields.
Child soldiers date back thousands of years, with historical references to children used as chariot drivers or flag bearers.
One of the problems in today's society is the relentless spread of violent images in the media, which terrorist organizations try to use to further their own goals. And children help accomplish those goals.
"Things that are posted on the web — messaging that's posted on social media by terror organizations — some of them are children," Green says.
Many of the suicide bombers in Afghanistan have been children. And just a few years ago, American children of Somali families living in the Midwest were leaving the U.S. to head overseas.
And as much as the focus seems to be on children overseas, it is a problem here in the United States as well. A quick Web search turns up page, after page of instances of U.S. teens involved in terror plots during the last decade.
The incredible pace and wide availability of technology makes it easier for sophisticated terror planners to seduce and recruit children – a major obstacle for U.S. anti-terror efforts trying to prevent the spread of extremist groups.
"Smartphones, computers to many kids, games, things like that, that are on these computers are some of the ways in which they get involved," says Green.
He says terrorists recognize that they can use these tools to recruit children. As the children grow up, they become radicalized.
In many countries people consider children to be taboo when it comes to terror, but not always. And other terror groups could try to copy Boko Haram's tactics.
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Most gossips and unofficial reports have been leaked stating that the new iPhone may be released later on September 2013. However, considering the case of iPad 4 and the iPad Mini whereby they were released and arrived earlier in contrary to their expected release date, people are still giddy on the fact that perhaps it could be released at an earlier date just like the two iPads. If such is the case, the eagerness and anticipation of the iPhone 5s fanatics will probably hype up until September 2013. Moreover, further hearsay have been known from the media that the said company will start to accept pre-orders on the 20th of June which will be far later than its expected release date.
Furthermore, the excitement continually rises up with the teaser introduction of various features and the mobile capacity of the iPhone 5s. It has been said that it has a 12-megapixel sensor with over the top higher image and video resolution despite its physically small feature. Moreover, it has rumored to have a higher internal memory capacity that will even be more competitive among other iPhone gadgets. With all these hype, would it be possible that indeed Apple is as secretive as its attempts to build up the demand for the iPhone 5s ensuring its guaranteed sold out production?
Apple is without a doubt one of the big moguls in the communication and mobile industry. There is no denying that it has with it one of the top designers and marketers of their product. Its developed system especially on their marketing area could probably be the root cause of why iPhones are very popular even though they have not been officially on the market yet. Their alleged "delays" in the iPhone5s release could be nothing more but a marketing tactic for them to allow more potential buyers of the said unit.
The creation of its exclusivity into generating a chimera that only the popular few can only avail of such product worked. It is of this reason that Apple must have purposely announced a pre-order basis of the said product. Thus, even prior to the release of the iPhone 5s, it may very well be considered to be sold and revenue is already assured prior to the actual sales transaction.
It is no wonder why, despite its high cost and price, people still crave to have an iPhone 5s most especially now that it has not yet even been released.


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This is a quote from Zango Inc. EULA. It can be found in the very end of the agreement where the average user would probably miss it.
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How do you get to be the reigning king of the anthology world? For John Joseph Adams, it's simple: put out a series of popular, critically acclaimed books that satisfy just about every reader's taste in speculative fiction. A two-time Hugo Award finalist, Adams had edited a so many anthologies recently that it's almost hard to keep track. They include Brave New Worlds, Wastelands, The Living Dead, By Blood We Live, Federations, The Improbable Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, and The Way Of The Wizard. Forthcoming anthologies include Epic (Tachyon, Fall 2012) and The Mad Scientist's Guide To World Domination (Tor Books, 2013).
Right now, though, Adams is focused on two very different anthologies: the all-originals Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures of Barsoom and Lightspeed: Year One, composed of reprints from his online magazine.
The Mars anthology is based on the popular Edgar Rice Burroughs series, and because of movie interest in Burroughs, Adams saw an opportunity to create an anthology on a milieu ripe for reinterpretation. "I'd heard that Disney was going to be adapting A Princess of Mars into a movie, and it sounded like--at last--the adaptation was finally going to happen"¦Being a fan of the original books, I was quite excited, and the idea of doing the 'new adventures' of John Carter sprang to mind. It seemed like"¦that would be a hell of a lot of fun, so I started putting together a proposal and recruiting authors for it. Once I started reaching out to people, the number of folks who were excited about it really reinforced my thought that it would be a great project, and luckily Simon & Schuster agreed."
How does this new anthology "advance the ball"? According to Adams, "One of the things about the original Barsoom books is that while they still read as cracking adventure stories, a lot of the attitudes are dated and the prose is not generally up to par for today's audiences, which is one of the reasons that many of us who fell in love with those books did so when we were younger and our reading tastes were not as sophisticated."
Under the Moons of Mars allows "readers with more modern sensibilities to experience the good of Burroughs' creation without--hopefully--the bad. There really is a marvelous sense of wonder to be found in those books, and some very compelling characters and, of course, they're chock-full of adventure. So in the same way that a movie, like Disney's new John Carter adaptation, can update an old text and make it feel fresh and relevant to modern audiences, I hope the anthology can do the same."
To give just two specific examples, writers Catherynne M. Valente and Joe R. Lansdale demonstrate in vastly different ways how Under the Moons of Mars manages to both honor Burroughs' memory and serve as a corrective to the more antiquated elements. Valente's story, Adams says, is "somewhat critical of Burroughs, and I wasn't sure how that would play." Much to his delight, "the story not only serves as a critique of some of Burroughs's attitudes but also plays quite nicely in the Barsoom canon."
Lansdale, meanwhile, "perfectly Lansdale captured the essence of Burroughs, both in the writing style and in the scope of the story," if for a modern audience. "It really feels like a lost Burroughs story that Lansdale somehow secretly unearthed and published under his own name (but maybe polished up the prose a bit first)." While there isn't much overlap between anthologies like Under the Moons of Mars and Adams' work on Lightspeed, the magazine does give him additional flexibility. "If an author turns in a story that isn't quite right thematically for an anthology, but it's great regardless, I can take it for Lightspeed instead. It also, of course, offers me the opportunity to work with a wide variety of authors who I may not have actually worked with previously, and so it widens my 'stable' so to speak. I can also use Lightspeed to help promote the anthologies."
Under the Moons of Mars might be seen as a renovation of older science fiction and fantasy. Lightspeed, on the other hand, is squarely in the middle of the current field and often features new writers. About the current field, Adams says that it seems to him that "maybe writers now are relying less on the old, standard tropes of the genre, or at least they're doing a better job reinvigorating them to feel fresh again. But it could be that I'm just seeing less of that because my magazine is new and not as well known, or maybe even just because I'm not reading the slush as much anymore (since I have a slush team). Or, it could also be that people are reacting to what I publish and are mostly sending me stuff along the lines of what they perceive my tastes to be."
Adams is proud of his work on Lightspeed, as well he should be. The magazine has been nominated for the Hugo Award and has also had two Nebula Award finalists, a Sturgeon Award finalist, and more than half of the original fiction published by the magazine in 2010 was reprinted in best-of-the-year volumes.
"When I see that all pulled together into one volume, in the form of Lightspeed: Year One, that really drives home to me what an amazing run it's been so far, and I look at the table of contents and can't help but feel a little awe that I was able to facilitate something like that."
"I find remaining unfocused seems to work best for me, actually. I like working on multiple projects at once because I can alternate working on them. Even just working on an original project and a reprint project can be refreshing because reading for reprints is often a different experience than reading originals because [otherwise] you can become too immersed in a single subject matter and lose perspective--you've got to sort of cleanse your editorial palette once and a while."
In addition to working on new anthologies, Adams is currently adjusting to having taken over as not just the editor of Lightspeed but also the publisher. "I've learned a lot about publishing by working as an editor, of course, but once you move into the publisher's chair yourself, it's a bit of a different ball game, so I'm having to teach myself lots of new things and investigate aspects of publishing I've never actually been hands on with before."
You can catch Adams on his podcast, The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, which recently ended its run on io9 and is now hosted by Wired.com. Their first episode at Wired.com features an interview with William Gibson. You can also buy an e-book version of Lightspeed individual issues right here on Amazon.


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I'm not saying the regular refs are perfect but they seem to call a more even game and don't slow the game down as much.
I do think that they missed a few calls that could have gone the Pats way and called a few ticky taky calls. I am in no way saying the loss is due to the refs, but it did seem like they could have called holding on the Cards every play and only really called the blatent ones on them. Then they called some weak holds on the Pats. I just want consistancy from the ref position. If they are going to call it tight then call it tight the whole game, If they are going to let the players play then let them play and don't interject near the end of the game.


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Nothwithstanding that the Indian rupee logged its two-month intra-trade high of 60.92, it broke its two-week gaining string and depreciated by 20 paise against the American currency to settle at 61.27, following fresh US dollar demand from importers and some banks, despite firm local stocks and sustained capital inflows.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local unit resumed slightly lower at 61.15 a US dollar from last weekend's close of 61.07 and moved in a wide range of 60.92 and 61.94 before settling the week at 61.27, exhibiting a fall of 20 paise or 0.33 per cent.
In last two week, it had flared up by 144 paise or 2.31 per cent.
The BSE benchmark Sensex closed the week higher by over 354 points, or 1.73 per cent, while FIIs injected USD 442.38 crore last week on first three trading days.
Weak inflation and industrial output data also weighed on the rupee, a forex dealer said.
The government said wholesale price inflation was at a seven-month high of 6.46 per cent in September, compared with 6.1 per cent in August.
The index of industrial production grew 0.6 per cent in August compared with 2.8 per cent in July, the government said.
The Indian rupee shifted between gains and losses after a news report that the Reserve Bank of India is considering closing the forex swap window for oil companies, which the RBI later clarified was still open, Goenka said.
The RBI said in a release that the oil marketing companies swap window remains operational and that any tapering of the facility will be done in a calibrated manner.
Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari Financial Services (India) said, "Indian rupee traded weak but eventually recovered and closed slightly lower with help of local equities which closed positively for the third consecutive week.
"US dollar came under pressure this week, along with European shares, as US budget deal gave way to worries over the economic impact of the government shutdown and prospects of a re-run early next year. Also, Chinese credit agency Dagong downgraded the US. The trading range for the USD/INR pair for the week is expected to be within 60.00 to 63.00."
The Indian rupee premium for the forward dollar ended mixed on alternate bouts of buying and selling.
The benchmark six-month forward dollar premium payable in March finished slightly lower at 224-228 paise from last weekend's close of 225-1/2-229-1/2


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FF Elegie™ supports 50 different languages such as Spanish, English, Portuguese, German and French in Latin and Other scripts. (Please note that not all languages are available for all formats.)
An Élégie is tender and solemn poetry, but it could also refer to vocal music by the French composer Alfred Leslie Satie, a. k. a. Erik Satie. To create FF Elegie, Albert Boton looked at the handwriting of famous painters from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, such as Auriol, Benjamin Rabié, Mucha, and Lautrec. During that time, Japanese art was being discovered in the West. Many of these painters wrote with brushes. Albert Boton made his first drawings for FF Elegie in 1993, with a Brause ink pen. The result is a lively handwritten family with Roman, Italic, Swash, and Ornaments.


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Commission Only Sales Agent
Hi, This is my first visit to this forum. I have recently set up a business acting as a sales agent with experience in IT sales to both professionals and corporates. Sectors include • Financials, Tax and Enterprise software( sales to ACA's and SME's) • Content Management and Infrastructure (sales to Blue Chips and Government) • Workflow and Speech Recognition. The opportunities I have been involved in within both sales and sales management have been lucrative through over-achievement and I am looking to offer my services to businesses that require an immediate sales impact. I wonder if this is a useful place to be?Posted by DennisChang on November 6, 2008 at 1:39 pm #55506
Hi would you be interested in reselling business software? You can check out my website in my signature for our product.
Founder of : Lexel Technologies Pte Ltd, MoCo SMS Suite Pet Directory and Forum: Furrytale.netPosted by G8webdesign on November 7, 2008 at 1:25 pm #55516
Welcome to the forum, I am sure that you will be swamped with offers it is a pity that you are not selling in my sector.
Kind regards – JB
Hi there, My names Tim Hamer I'm head of web development at 118-228 the directory enquiries company, where looking for a sales agent on commision only, to sell websitescommission as high as 40% if you interested email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me on 07504972108 Monday-Saturday 9am – 7pm.
Hopefully Speak Soon.Posted by virtumedia on November 8, 2008 at 11:04 pm #55524
You do not provide a name or site, but anyway…
…We provide small busineses with simple, effective content managed SEO websites and mobile websites from £335 + VAT, set up in two quick and easy steps.
Contact me via the website if you are interested
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Hi Dennis,
I've looked at your site & will email you through it.
Regards, Andrew.
Hi Andrew
It is something we have thought about a little, as we've not yet started any sales or marketing.
If you have contact details I can pass on it would be great, otherwise you could get in touch with one of our directors – email@example.com.
Kind regards
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Hi J1urf – please contact me on email@example.com as I would like to talk to you about IT sales.
You are more than welcome to resell our 24/7 call handling service or range of telecom solutions. Feel free to email me direct if these would appeal.
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Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/yooceoPosted by Progresslearn on January 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm #56278
If you are still looking at this post then checkout progresslearning.co.uk. We have a great new model that pays a great commission for people just introducing a piece of free training software to businesses.
Contact me Paul on pbennett[at]progresslearning.co.uk for more details.
If you're still looking, we'd be interested.
We develop a CMS and are looking to add SME clients who could use it for website/portal/wiki/intranet/etc.
Find (and contact) us at http://fireflysolutions.co.uk.Posted by chris neal on May 18, 2009 at 12:16 pm #57998
I am looking for a commission only sales agent for a product with recurring commissions, there's barely any competition either and literally 10000's of potential customers in the uk alone. I believe this would be an easy sale for an experienced sales person. If you know you can sell, get in touch,I will send you details of the website, you can even try out the product on-line.
would you be willing to take on someone who's not local?
Hi my name is Alex Faleye director of Insignia Marketing based in London. Small businesses around the whole of the uk would benefit from the products I have to offer. I am looking for an experienced commission only Telesales agent to work from home cold calling.
The products are highly desirable and would assist most small to medium businesses generate more customers and revenue. My commission can be as high as 45% of every sale and the earning potential is excellent. For more information please email me also visit my website to get the run down on what I offer.
This is an excellent chance to work for yourself in a business that has alot of potential for growth and build yourself a large customer base, so customer service skills is an absolute must. I look forward to any responses from hungry individuals with a passion for the internet and helping people.
Kind Regards
Alex Faleye
http://www.insigniamarketing.co.ukPosted by Anthony2009 on September 25, 2009 at 5:35 pm #60270
Hi J1urf
I was wondering if you were still offering commision based sales,I am part of a web company that offers high-end web design and would be willing to pay between £400-£1,500 per lead even more for a very big website.
Regards Anthony Carolan
Creative Web DesignRevised on 29/09/2009 05:41Hi J1urf I was wondering if you were still offering commision based sales,this could lead onto basic+and commision,I am part of a web company that offers high-end web design and would be willing to pay between £400-£3,500 per lead even more for a very big website. Regards Anthony Carolan Creative Web Design Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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On May 9, we honored the many accomplishments of our outstanding teachers, principals and public high schools, as well as the businesses that support their success, at the sixth annual Academies of Nashville Awards.
More than 330 educators and business partners attended the awards dinner at Rocketown to celebrate the progress of Metro's 12 zoned high schools and MNPS Virtual School.
MNPS launched the Academies of Nashville in 2006 as a push toward preparing students for college and careers through a more rigorous, relevant curriculum. High school students choose a thematic course of study, such as information technology, health care or engineering, then complete coursework in classes such as math, science, English and social studies in the context of their academy theme. The program has been instrumental in improving attendance and graduation rates, and is now recognized as a national model for high school reform.
A committee composed of school district, Nashville Area Chamber and PENCIL Foundation leadership selected nominees for each of the 15 award categories, and more than 300 educators and business partners voted online. Special thanks to our sponsors: Altria, Deloitte, Fifth Third Bank, Dollar General, Nissan, Saint Thomas Health and the Memorial Foundation.
Congratulations to these ...
The Chamber's Education Committee reconvened at the offices of ChanceLight Behavioral Health and Education for their third meeting of the 2015-2016 school year in February. ChanceLight President and CEO Mark Claypool welcomed committee members and explained his company's work as the nation's leading provider of behavioral therapy and alternative and special education programs for children and young adults.
The February meeting focused on an in-depth discussion of legislative issues. Committee members were excited to have a Q&A with Rep. Mark White, chair of the Tennessee House of Representatives' Education Administration and Planning Committee. The meeting also provided status updates on the Chamber's state and Metro legislative priorities, which include the following bills:
The Nashville Area Chamber, Nashville Metro Public Schools and Greater Nashville Association of Realtors hosted this school year's third and final Middle Prep VIP Tour to Moses McKissack Middle in February.
More than 60 attendees, including Vice Mayor David Briley; Metro Council members DeCosta Hastings, Scott Davis, Bob Mendes, Dave Rosenberg, Ed Kindall, Erica Gilmore, Jacobia Dowell, Jim Shulman, Mina Johnson and Sharon Hurt; and school board member Mary Pierce, were greeted by student ambassadors as they entered the school auditorium. The program began with an inspirational selection by the school band called "I Am So Glad I Go to McKissack Middle."
VIP guests reported enthusiastic feedback about the student ambassadors who led the tour groups, as well as the leadership of Executive Principal Darren Kennedy and his team, and the school's business and community partners. "The building is so clean, and I love the college wall. I'm sure your students appreciate the way their school looks," one VIP told Kennedy after the tour.
"The academic culture of McKissack is clearly changing. I was so fascinated with the catapults I saw in the STEM classroom," said another attendee.
Medicine and music were the prominent themes in a pair of essays submitted by freshmen from John Overton High School and Antioch High School following the seventh annual "My Future, My Way" Career Exploration Fair at the Music City Center.
The students, Lindsey Dao of Overton and Nolan Carasquillo of Antioch, were recognized by the Metro Nashville Board of Education at this week's meeting for their outstanding essays detailing their experiences at last November's career fair. The "My Future, My Way" Career Exploration Fair is held annually by the Academies of Nashville and the Chamber so Metro freshmen can learn more about what it takes to create a career they're passionate about. More than 7,000 students toured the 2015 career fair, and each had the assignment to take notes about the potential employers they met and to write about what impressed them most.
Dao wrote that the career fair helped her explore possible careers in health care; a conversation with a Vanderbilt University Medical Center physician helped her understand what she would need to pursue a career in pediatrics, her area of interest. Carrasquillo was impressed by the live performances of the Nashville Musicians Association, and his discussions with the ...
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce is involved in education policy work on many fronts, as part of our mission of facilitating community leadership to create economic prosperity. Public education is the Chamber's No. 1 priority, with our annual Education Report Card serving more specifically as a catalog of the overall performance of Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), which serves nearly 86,000 students.
This independent viewpoint of the successes and challenges of MNPS is important because it creates a sense of urgency in Nashville's public education strategies to ensure that all students have access to the highest-quality education and are graduating from high school college- and career-ready.
The 2015 Report Card, released Dec. 15, 2015, reflects more than 750 hours of research, interviews, meetings, school visits and data review by 23 volunteers, including 10 Metro Schools parents.
Chamber President and CEO Ralph Schulz described the Report Card project as one of the most time-consuming and difficult tasks the Chamber asks volunteers to undertake. "It takes extraordinary leadership to be able to pull this off, and final recommendations serve as a planning resource to the school district and business community," Schulz said during his remarks at the December event.
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Last month, the more than 40 mayors that make up the Middle Tennessee Mayors' Caucus gathered to discuss the life and health of the region during the release of the third annual Nashville Region's Vital Signs report. This year's Vital Signs report shows that there are many things to celebrate in the region. Job growth is high, unemployment is low, our cost of living remains low compared to peer regions, and our residents feel like the region is a lively and vibrant place to live.
However, the report also underscores the importance of leaders coming together to ensure the prosperity being generated by our economy is being spread equally, that our residents can live their lives the way they want, and that our growth doesn't create a strain on our infrastructure.
The release of the report is only the beginning of the Vital Signs process. As Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ralph Schulz said, "[Today is] the first important step in bringing together all of the people ...
The Chamber's Education Committee recently reconvened for their second meeting of the 2015-2016 school year. Laura Moore, Chamber VP of policy, shared information from the education portion of the 2015 Nashville Region's Vital Signs Report, released in October. Highlights included:
Alan Coverstone, MNPS executive officer of charter schools, shared the authorization process for charter schools, which are public schools that operate under a contract, or charter, with the school board to operate within Nashville's school district. Charter schools in Nashville are subject to annual review by the school board, and are required to provide detailed academic performance records demonstrating improvement on student test scores, among other metrics. They also must provide their financial performance ...
For companies and organizations across the city, the annual "My Future, My Way" Freshman Career Exploration Fair provides an opportunity to connect with MNPS students and schools. Through fun and engaging booths and activities, businesses are able to touch young lives, stir student curiosity about all that is available for them over the next four years, and, in many cases, to ignite passion for a career pathway. As we actively participate in influencing their future, we take positive steps in building the future of Nashville.
As an iconic symbol of Nashville, the Parthenon is committed to playing a significant role in the education of every child – from pre-K through high school and beyond. We are delighted to have been involved in the career fair for several years, recognizing that it is a potential "tipping point" in the education of so many of our students. With that in mind, we want to do everything possible to make their fair experience positive and successful.
Guest post by Corey Davis, director of business growth initiatives, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Small and midsized businesses are the majority of our Chamber membership and a cornerstone of our regional economy. In September, we launched Business Studio, a new suite of programming specifically designed to help these businesses succeed.
The annual NEXT Awards celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in Music City, recognizing businesses and individuals that are leading innovation in Middle Tennessee.
Many of this year's finalists gathered for the NEXT Awards Finalists Celebration at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, where I interviewed them for a podcast about the biggest trends and challenges in Nashville's entrepreneurial growth.
The NEXT Awards ceremony is one of the largest events of the year for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, which partners with the Entrepreneur Center (EC) in making the event come to life. Corey Davis, the Chamber's director of business growth initiatives, says it is also one of its most meaningful. "The Chamber wants to help the Nashville business community any way we can. We want Nashville to grow, and partnering with the EC to highlight companies that are the future of Nashville is a great way to help encourage that," he said.
NEXT Awards are presented to companies in five industries across three categories based on their stage of growth: startup (small companies), growth (mid-sized companies) and market mover (large companies). Davis is excited about the natural progression of the awards, noting that several former NEXT Award winners are finalists yet again, but in higher growth categories.
Jared Marquette, the EC's director of business partnerships, agrees that the NEXT Awards are "representative of the growth and change" that's marked Nashville's tech scene for some time. The awards don't reveal "where we're at now," but rather highlight "what's new and what's happening."
For Marquette, the word "collision" signifies the event as well as Nashville's technology industry: "There's so much movement and so many different particles and pieces constantly bumping into each other that things start to stick. You start to not just have these tiny individual pieces, ideas, businesses, entrepreneurs, or investors—but what you have is an actual whole system that's planned and organized that allows for any part of the system to come in and understand how to walk through it." The Friendliest Tech City?
Virsys12's Tammy Hawes has seen that camaraderie firsthand, and agrees that it's one of Nashville's defining characteristics: "Nashville is a very giving community. You run across people all the time in Nashville that truly want to help you along your path. And pretty much everybody I meet, they have some kind of golden nugget of advice or experience in the past that I can relate to .... There's always something that they say that makes me think differently about the way the world's changing. I think that's what's drawing people to Nashville -- that sense of people helping each other. I hope that we can keep that. I think we can."
The Push to Retain Tech Talent
For a number of reasons, tech workers keep flocking to Nashville. Of course, it's incredibly important for the city to retain the tech workers it is developing, too. Countless local companies and organizations are working together to increase development and improve retention. Many efforts have been directed at the middle and high school levels, including:
Additionally, InternNashville is an initiative from the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce that offers internship resources and opportunities to connect students and employers in Middle Tennessee.
Ben McIntyre, CEO of the startup Internpreneur, understands quite well the direct connection between rapid business growth and the need for talent acquisition and talent retention. He believes Nashville must work hard to keep the talent Nashville's universities have been incubating. He pointed to Nashville's relatively low cost of living as one benefit for new tech graduates, but suggested more can and should be done to ensure that Nashville's young tech talent stays around long enough to become Nashville's old tech talent.
Channing Moreland, CEO and co-founder of What's Hubbin', believes the first steps are already evident. "I have noticed such a strong desire for collaboration with these younger kids. I really think if [experienced professionals] could just remove the stereotypes from our minds and really look at these entrepreneurs, it would be amazing what they could do because they are so willing to work," she said.
Hawes believes the EC's focus on collaboration has helped encourage that growth and increase the number of ways people can connect with guidance from peers and mentors, especially when it comes to women.
As a successful woman in Nashville's technology industry, Hawes is active in the EC, the Nashville Chamber, the Nashville Technology Council and Women in Technology. She believes opportunities for professional development and networking are everywhere, but it's up to each individual to take that first step. "The main thing is that they just have to put themselves out there. It's not that scary, and if they put themselves out there, great things will happen," she said.
What's Next for Nashville Tech?
Although NEXT Award finalists are taking different paths in their businesses, the themes of their stories are similar: growth and community.
Kevin Kazlauskas, founder of Make It Pop Creations, says Nashville is beginning to rival L.A. and New York in many ways, especially on a creative and production level. Floyd DePalma, principal of DePalma Studio, praised the city's focus on young entrepreneurs, citing the efforts of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Jumpstart Foundry to support early-stage businesses and encourage their growth.
Tim Downey, CEO and co-founder of Picd.us, is a product of those efforts. The NEXT Award finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year says the people he's met in Nashville helped him realize he could be an entrepreneur. "I've fallen in love with starting businesses. It's what I've always wanted to do, but it was just a struggle to get there. It just took getting involved here and talking to all of these inspired people to understand that I could do it, too," he said.
A majority of the finalists said Nashville's core passion and authentic generosity will continue to foster more growth in the future. Moreland believes it's an incredibly unique place to live and do business, and the best is yet to come.
"It's been the greatest experience of my life getting to be a part of this [entrepreneurship and collaboration in Nashville] and having opportunities to be a part of the events with the Chamber and the EC. None of this was ever what I thought my life would be. I came here as a songwriting major. I came here as an artist. My life has totally changed, but all for the better, and it's because of opportunities like these. It's just so cool that this can happen in Nashville. I'll always come home to Nashville. I'm sure about that."
Clark Buckner is the online events manager for TechnologyAdvice, a Nashville NEXT Awards finalist that educates, advises, and connects buyers and sellers of business technology. He hosts the TechnologyAdvice Podcast, and also covers news and trends in the tech conference scene. TechnologyAdvice has been a Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce member since 2013.


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The Vetting: Cassandra Butts – Bell Devotee, Obama Advisor, Judicial Scout
by Charles C. Johnson:
The story of Cassandra Butts is an important example of how Critical Race Theory and its adherents continue to shape President Barack Obama's worldview and his administration.
At Harvard Law School from 1988-1991, Butts was one of the student advocates of Professor Derrick Bell's strike for "faculty diversity." She was also a fast friend of Obama's, whose career she has helped to promote from the halls of the Harvard Law Review to the White House.
Her role in the Obama White House is not a mystery. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. noted on MSNBC on January 22, 2009–shortly after Obama's inauguration–that Butts is "a dear, dear friend of the president" who "will watch his policy back," and "will be willing to sort of reach out into Washington and sort of delve deeper and try to find some serious public policy answers."
But just what sort of "policy answers" does Butts support? Her relationship with her mentor, Bell, yields some answers.
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