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Ja Rule And Irv Gotti, "Let 'Em Burn" (Originally Published June 2003)
XXL: Let's talk about all the hate in the air. Why do you think it seems like everyone has turned against Murder Inc.?
Irv: I think that we've been going for four years strong, and the people wanna see someone else do it now. That's hip-hop. Everyone talks about Ja singing, but yet it's still [sings Snoop's hook] "Beautifuuul"—shooting a video in Rio where Ja did. Jay with [singing Jigga's hook] "Excuse me miss, what's your name?" And I love the Snoop record, I love Jay's record. But why is everybody coming down just on Murder Inc. and Ja when the whole game is doing it? Kay Slay, this nigga is the street nigga, right? He drops the album and he got Amerie singing. And I'm not mad at that. I want that very clear, and please in this interview try… You see how I'm coming across? Put it like that, because I'm not mad at any of these niggas.
What's the message you're trying to get across with the video for "Murder Reigns?"
That was our last cry for peace. When you look at that video—I kill Ja, all of the shit with the Feds—it's like we're a time bomb ticking, and it was our last try to maybe shock people and try to get people to go, "Whoa, we need to stop. Maybe we need to stop before something happens." It was my last cry for everybody—radio stations, publications, everybody—to try and fall back and put a different spin. Like, "Maybe you guys need to come together." But it's almost like they want us to kill each other. It's almost like they want some violence. It'll be entertaining to them to see Irv Gotti dead, or Ja Rule or 50 Cent or Eminem. It's gonna be entertaining to them to watch one of us die.
You can't blame the media for creating the beef between 50 and Ja.
I think the media helped fuel it. And I think 50 fueled it. Like, I don't like talking about the 50 shit no more, because it's like no one's hearing me. It's falling on deaf ears, because they want the beef to win so much. They want this problem, so I feel like it's falling on deaf ears. I hate this drama shit. But you know what? If it is what it is, I'll deal with it. You understand? But if you ask me if I like it, I hate it. Who the fuck wants to go through this shit? He openly looked at Murder Inc. and said, "They're doing it, I'm going after them." In the beginning of this whole 50 and Ja thing, 50 was managed by a good dude, Chaz [a.k.a. Slim], who was a good friend of mine, and a good friend to 'Preme, and a good friend of Ja. This is when 50 began running off at the mouth. We don't know who this guy is. Slim reaches to dude, "I wanna squash all this shit. I'm with the guy [50], and I'm trying to do things with him." And I respect Slim, and Slim gets respect in my crew. So Slim tries to put together a meeting with me, Ja, 50 and a whole bunch of dudes—just to squash the beef early on. We met at Slim's studio right off of Jamaica Ave. Everyone came to the meeting: me, Ja, 'Preme and everyone is at the meeting. And 50 never showed. But you understand, it was a movement towards peace. Now, I wasn't in Atlanta, but shortly after that meeting didn't take place, Ja had a show in Atlanta and I think that's when he seen 50.
You've had two altercations with 50. Let's start from the beginning.
Ja: A promoter put us on the same bill in Atlanta. He didn't know. I didn't know either. I'm outside in Atlanta, I had one of them little Louisville slugger bats—like the little ones—around my neck. So they pull up. We have a mutual friend involved. He says, "Yo, Ja, you know he's sorry about the record ['Your Life's On the Line']. Will you talk to the nigga?" Aight, I'll talk to the nigga, fuck it. He's like, "You know the record's already out there, I can't pull the record back." And being who I am, I'm like, You know what, I don't give a fuck. I don't like you, 'cause you think you that nigga. You making "How to Rob," then you make a record about me. I'm like, I don't like you, nigga. And I don't think you're talented. And I'll fuckin' crush you. And however you want to do it is whatever. So he fuckin' snuffed me—boom. So as soon as he snuffed me, I went back, boom.
I pulled the shirt over his head, dropped the bat and started catchin' him. My man O picked up the bat and started crackin' him. He had people with him. Not my fault they didn't jump in. Our mutual friend breaks it up. 50's chain popped, my chain popped. Our mutual friends was picking up our jewelry. They going inside, so I pick up the little garbage can—with the little sand top that be in front of the hotels—picked up one of those and chased him inside the hotel and threw the shit as the niggas was going inside the elevator. So now the police don't know nobody but Ja Rule. 'Cause 50's nobody now. So when the hotel calls the police, of course they callin' the police on Ja Rule. So I'm like, alright we need to get the fuck outta here.
So we leave the hotel and we go to another hotel before the police can come. We had the show that night, 50 didn't come. I went and did the show, he never showed up. We leave, go back the next day to New York. Awhile later, I get a call like, "Yo, he's in the Hit Factory." I happened to be in the Hit Factory, recording myself. He's upstairs. My man was on crutches at the time, you know I took one of his crutches. And I said, I'm gonna go up and see the nigga. Open the door. The room was mad small. I got the crutch in my hand, he's right there. I said, Yeah nigga. I heard you was talking shit about me, right? So then the nigga—word to mother—look like he seen a fuckin' ghost. The nigga was like, "Yo, let's talk." I was like, Talk? I heard you was talking already… Whap! And kept hitting the nigga with the shit. This is real shit. Like, nigga I ain't hitting you with no phantom stories. So, boom, I cracks him with the shit. We all into the room, we all start getting busy. He really couldn't get as hurt as much as we wanted to hurt him, you understand, because he was curled up in the corner by the speakers. So we was throwing speakers on him. I'm in there trying to hit him with the crutch. I'm going wild with the crutch. I'm even hitting some of the niggas I'm with with the muthafuckin' crutch. So he runs down the block bleeding, leaking, to Made Men and Benzino. They're right up the block at Sony. He goes and takes refuge with them in there. Now, Benzino's my man. The nigga Benzino said he put 50 in the car and sent him on his way, sent him to the hospital.
You and 50 haven't crossed paths since?
We've been in the same city, same spot, supposed to be in the same places—have not seen him. Grammy Awards, no 50. Number-one album in the country, hottest album, hottest rapper right now in the country, and you're not at the Grammy awards? Your man's performing, takes an award, and you're not there? You don't come and take your seat, Em? You never sat down at the awards. You stay in the back the whole fuckin' time. I wasn't supposed to do nothing but slap you nigga, you should've took your seat. It wasn't gonna be nothing. You can take a slap. If you would've went any further, than I would've whooped your ass, nigga. But a slap? You can take a slap. I was waiting. Confrontation, nigga—show your face. Talk about it, be about it. And when I get my fuckin' hands on 50 again, I'ma wear his ass out. Him, Em, Dre, any one of these niggas, I'm gonna wear they ass out on top of the raps.
But you didn't have a problem with Eminem until he signed 50 Cent. Weren't you guys cool?
I've met him before. It was always like, "What's up?" I mean, we played pool together one time. It was a while ago, when his first album was out or whatever. Some social shit, never nothing special. But it's incredible that this kid wants to involve himself. Let me tell you something, I like Eminem. But fuck him, because he's riding with this dude over here. And you don't have to, Em. You're not a tough dude. You're not from the hood, you're not from the streets. So now you think you're a street dude? You think you can fuckin' talk street shit 'cause of this clown? This dude 50 is not a street dude. He's peddled drugs on the streets, but he's not a street dude. You can tell by his fuckin' code of ethics. He gets in magazines and screams out gangsters' names. I blame Eminem for really sparking this whole shit up. The whole divide-and-conquer thing. Why not? Why not let these two fuckin' niggas kill each other? Why not?
Now you sound like Benzino. Why can't shit just get squashed? All the shit talking…
Where else does it go? This is what I'm saying. When I first made a statement, before I made a statement. Yo, if you don't have real serious beef with a person, like you want to physically harm me, then leave it alone. Leave it alone, because this is what it's gonna lead to. I'm reading the other day in the papers: Jay-Z and Nas are two of the most hated New Yorkers. And do you know why it said they were two of the most hated people in New York? Because they beef didn't lead to anything. At the end of the article it said, "If it was a publicity stunt, lame. If it was real, even lamer." So even to the common eye, even to an idiot, the war of words leads to something. What happens when you get into a room together? You don't think there's gonna be some type of confrontation?


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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Consortia Make My Brain Hurt
IHE had an absolutely brilliant piece (not being sarcastic) yesterday about including the registrar's office in many academic policy and program decisions. The administrator in me says "Oh God, Yes!" Failing to look to the very real legal and bureaucratic parameters of possibility can only lead to tears.
My cc currently participates in a few 'consortial' agreements with other cc's, and is now working on a few with a nearby four-year college. Consortia appeal to colleges when enrollments in a given area are relatively small and the costs of a program relatively high; if the costs can be spread between institutions, the thinking goes, then students at both will have access to a program that otherwise wouldn't exist, since neither college would be willing to foot the entire bill itself. As the technologies for distance learning have developed and become more sophisticated, it has become easier, logistically, to assemble one viable section of a course over multiple campuses. (I even saw one large public k-12 district do this with its two high schools. Pooling students from each, it was able to run a single section of Latin.)
So goes the theory, and there's some truth to it.
Behind the scenes, though, consortia are unholy messes. And I say that as somebody actively involved in building a new one.
Some of the hurdles are relatively obvious, and to be expected: transportation costs for faculty, transportation arrangements for students, lab or specialized facilities, and the ever-present attempts at cost-shifting. ("Weren't you going to pay for that?")
Some of them are less obvious from the outside, but very real in practice. Say that colleges A and B have a consortial arrangement for a program in Obvious Studies. (It's the dumbed-down version of Profgrrrrl's 'complexification studies.') For certain courses, students from college A trundle over to college B, where they're taught by a professor from college B, among students from both. A student from A is accused of cheating on an exam. Whose judicial process do you use? Which Dean of Students keeps the record on file? Where is the penalty assessed? Or a student from A has a seizure in class. Whose health services office has the student records? Who is liable?
It gets harder when you put together arrangements between schools with different degree levels. Right now I'm working on an agreement with a nearby four-year college through which our graduates will take a mix of our gen ed courses and Neighbor's upper-level discipline-specific courses, almost all taught here. It's great for my cc, since it offers our students a way to finish most of a four-year degree without leaving the geographic area, and the gen ed courses count towards our numbers (so we get the tuition, the weighted state aid, etc.). It's great for Neighbor College, since it needs enrollment in those upper-level classes, and it won't incur the facilities cost. If all goes well, everybody wins.
There are several catches, though. The registrar's area is already having nightmares. Our internal ERP system is based on the assumption that we track students until they graduate. Students are coded by curriculum, so we can run 'degree audits' (that is, see which courses they still need to graduate, which obviously depends on which degree they're seeking) based on the assumption that graduation is the end point. Once a student has graduated, the transcript is closed. What do we do with a student who graduated, but is still taking gen eds with us pursuant to the consortium? How do we transcript that? Nothing in our current ERP system allows us to do this, except by manual override. Manual overrides are fine if you're talking about three or four people. If the program takes off like we want it to, though, this system would rapidly become unsustainable.
The financial aid offices are also running into issues. Depending on the mix of courses a student takes in a given semester (two with us and three with them, or vice versa), the tuition will vary. Aid awards are typically determined far in advance of the semester of enrollment. Decisions on which classes to cancel are typically made very late, when it becomes clear which sections have reached the magic number and which haven't. So if a student plans tentatively to do, say, three with us and two with them, then has to switch the proportion for whatever reason, the financial aid will either fall short (wreaking havoc with the student) or come in too high (wreaking havoc with reporting agencies).
One of the benefits of having worked at Proprietary U when I did was that I was immersed in nuts-and-bolts issues like this for several years. Having been through that wringer, I knew enough to anticipate some of these questions when the idea of the latest consortium came up. Before heading over to Neighbor College to put ink to paper, I gave a 'heads up' to the student services area, and actually convened a meeting that included financial aid, registrar, health services, and the like. (I dragged along my long-suffering department chair for the relevant area, who spent the entire meeting looking vaguely nauseous.) The meeting went for about an hour and a half, almost entirely spent talking about dummy curriculum codes for the ERP system, disciplinary jurisdiction, transcripting, parking, and the like. The academic part was the easy part – the logistics were the hard part. I'm sure we'll discover wrinkles nobody thought of yet, but at least we have some idea of the implications of what we're going to sign.
Most of the behind-the-scenes support systems at colleges have been built on the assumption – mostly true, historically – that individual colleges are essentially self-contained. Transfer students are nothing new, but they've usually involved clean breaks – leave college A, go on to college B. As part of the effort to provide access to a broad array of programs while still keeping costs in line, though, we've had to move increasingly to shared delivery, which we were never really built to do. The technology is there, but the policies largely aren't. And that's why consortia make my brain hurt.
We have run into all sorts of snags as the program has progressed. As a result of our little program, our R1 financial aid office has seen quadruple their regular paperwork for consortium agreements every semester, and the CC has had to change its policies for awarding funds.
We met with financial aid, registrar, and departments early on to work out bugs--we knew those would be problem areas--but we didn't really think about student services. As the CC students tend to need writing and tutoring supports, we struggle with how to get those supports, offered on our R1 campus, to students on the CC campus. The CC folks are understandably protective about their resources and want to reserve supports for students who are "enrolled" and working towards the associates degrees they offer.
The CC has been lovely to work with, but the consortium continues to be a challenge. Someday, maybe we will have a written memo of understanding. Until then, we will just go along to get along and struggle where we have to do so. That said, I am very happy with the collaboration and the ways it has enabled us to reach out to different populations of students.
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Who Gave Justin Bieber A Black Eye
Don't worry – no one gave our favorite little Canadian a black eye.
He is on an episode of CSI in February. Justin started filming for this February 17th episode this week.
Justin made his acting debut last year on CSI as character "Jason McCann". He will be resuming the role of this troubled teen
Are you going to go set your dvr now? Any scene with Justin in it is sure to be worth a couple of viewings! Can you say B-I-E-B-E-R fever?


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The Liebert and Brown study exposed one group of children to a violent program and another group to a sports program, and then had the children play together. The study "found that children who watched the violent TV segment hurt other children more in their 'game' and played more aggressively than did children who watched the sports segment" (Lippa, 1990, 31, 33).
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
reports that children in the United States watch from 3-4 hours of television a day, and concludes that "Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior." Used well and wisely, television could obviously be a positive influence on a child (Lippa, 1990, 490-491). However, violence is a dominant factor even in programming for children. The AACAP reports that
Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may: become "immune" to the horror of violence; gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems; imitate the violence they observe on television; and identify with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers ("Children," 2000).
The same study shows that "watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness." In addition, the more realistic the violence, the greater the frequency, and the degree to which it goes unpunished, are all factors increasing the likelihood that the child viewer will "imitate what they see" ("Children," 2000).
The National Television Violence Study of the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication "finds TV violence continues to pose a serious risk of harm to children." Particularly alarming is the fact that there is a "rise in the level of visual violence in the late afternoon" (National, 1998, 2), a time when child viewing is high.
The UCLA Television Violence Report, 1997, provides a wealth of evidence for increased TV violence and its negative effect on c...


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Man shot during armed robbery
New Orleans — Police are searching for a robber who shot a man during an armed robbery in eastern New Orleans on Thursday morning.
The incident happened in the 4600 block of Papania Street shortly before 3:45 a.m. The victim told police he was walking down the street when an unknown man in black approached him from behind with a gun in his hand.
The man told the victim to lie on the ground and give up his property. While the victim was on the ground, the robber shot him once in the leg.
The robber then fled on foot while the victim was taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle.
Police are also investigating two other unrelated armed robberies from Wednesday night. One incident happened in the 3000 block of Lowerline Street at 9:34 p.m., and the victim reported having his wallet, money and vehicle stolen.
The other incident occurred in the 1200 block of Clouet Street at 11:19 p.m. That victim said he was robbed at gunpoint while riding his bicycle, and the robbers took his trumpet, recorder and money.
Anyone with information on the incidents can contact Crime Stoppers at (504) 822-1111
Suspect caught after flagging down police
New Orleans — A New Orleans man was arrested Wednesday after he flagged down an officer shortly after he tried to burglarize a business, according to police, and directed officers to a stolen car.
Michael Reed, 21, was booked with two counts of attempted burglary, resisting arrest, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen automobile. He remains in custody.
According to magistrate court records, the incident began in the 8400 block of the South Interstate 10 Service Road on Wednesday morning when police were called out to a business where burglars had broken a cinderblock wall to gain access. Police connected that incident to several other burglars in the Seventh District and decided to drive around to other local businesses to check on them.
Court records say that officers noticed a red truck parked on the sidewalk in front of a business in the 13000 block of Haynes Boulevard and decided to investigate. As they approached the business, several people fled on foot. Police would later recover a sledgehammer and shovel at the scene.
However, the records say that police set up a perimeter to try to capture the fleeing suspects. While they were conducting that search, an officer said that Reed flagged him down and said he wanted to report an armed robbery. Reed told police that three men in dark clothing with dreadlocks had just robbed him at gunpoint then fled on foot.
Reed, who lives in Algiers, also told the officer that he was on his way to his red truck parked on Haynes Boulevard and produced a set of keys to prove his claim.
But the officer noticed that Reed was unusually calm and that he had scratches on his legs. Under additional questioning, Reed admitted he concocted the robbery story after he fled from police at the convenience store. He also admitted the red truck he was driving was a stolen vehicle. He was arrested without incident.
Man accused of beating ex-girlfriend
New Orleans — A New Orleans man is in jail after police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, beat her, threatened to kill her and stole her car.
Peter Thomas, 31, was booked with aggravated burglary and theft of a motor vehicle Wednesday. According to court records, Thomas broke into his girlfriend's home in eastern New Orleans on Nov. 11 after she refused to let him inside.
The 31-year-old woman told police that Thomas first knocked at her front door about 7 p.m. then broke in through a kitchen window. He began punching and kicking her before pulling a gun and threatening to kill her. Thomas eventually left the home in the victim's white Dodge Magnum and was pulled over Wednesday by police. The couple has a 6-year-old son and previously lived together for five years.
Sobriety checkpoint planned for Saturday
Harvey — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office will be checking for drunken drivers on the West Bank on Saturday night.
The Sheriff's Office is setting up a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Anyone found to be driving while intoxicated will be arrested.
Harvey bridge closed this weekend
Harvey —The Harvey bridge will be closed from 6 p.m. Friday evening until 6 p.m. Sunday evening for mechanical repairs.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will be replacing valves and other parts of the bridge. Vehicular traffic will not be allowed.
Compiled by the New Orleans bureau


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The Atlanta Braves are among seven teams showing interest in signing Cuban defector pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, mlb.com reports. The 26-year-old right-hander is has garnered serious interest from the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. The Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays have also jumped into...


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SUMMER Fete: Star Nursery Summer Fete is to be held this Saturday, at the nursery, at the Chiltern Junior and Infant schools complex, in Chiltern Way, from 11am to 3pm.
There will be lots to do including getting your photo taken with Peppa Pig, a raffle, car boot sale; face-painting; BBQ; bouncy castle, beat-the-goalie, splat the rat, and lots more.
Entry is free. Please come along and support your local nursery. To book a car boot costs £5. For more information, call the nursery on 01256 473345.
LET's rock 'n' roll: The Royal Oak pub is having another rock 'n' roll/rockabilly night with Reading's leading DJ Sharky on Saturday, July 11, from 8pm until late. It's free to get in. Food available with Jim's home-made burgers.
VOLUNTEERS needed: Ridgeway Community Centre and Buckskin and Worting Community Association are looking for more members and volunteers. Drop in and have a chat, mornings at Blackdown Close. Hall for hire, rooms to hire. Great for parties, weddings and gigs. Contact the centre on 01256 470665 for details.


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One bad period of hockey won't undo everything the hard-working Bobwhites accomplished this season. But BFA-St. Albans chose the worst time to have an almost unthinkable collapse.
Up 4-1 with just over a period to play in their Metro hockey quarterfinal matchup against No. 6 North Country, the third-seed Bobwhites gave up four goals in 18 minutes, including two in the final minute as the Falcons handed BFA a stunning 5-4 defeat at Collins-Perley on Tuesday night.


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Despite her increasingly intimate relationship with French Montana, the reality star posted a mysterious quote fueling speculation that she was trying to reach out for her ex-husband.
Khloe Kardashian has posted a quote in the form of a photo on Instagram, July 15. The quote read, "I would surrender my being to see you whole once more." Judging by the timing of the post, many have speculated that she was trying to reach out for her ex, Lamar Odom, from whom she filed for divorce in September after multiple rumors of infidelity and drug addiction.
Lamar had been dropped from his former club the New York Knicks. Knicks president, Phil Jackson, released a statement on July 11, which read, "Unfortunately, Lamar was unable to uphold the standards to return as an NBA player. We found it necessary to free up the roster spot." Although Khloe has moved on and has been dating Morocco-born rapper French Montana, the post suggested that she seemingly still cared for Lamar.
On the latest episode of "Keeping up with the Kardashians", Khloe confessed that she knew Lamar was cheating on her. She even admitted that she lied to everybody in the past to cover up his infidelity.
Khloe received a lot of support from her fans and followers on her Instagram post. One fan wrote, "you go girl you inspire me stay strong." Many fans openly showed their interpretation that the cryptic quote was aimed at Lamar. An Instagram follower wrote, "He needs you...," while another wrote, "I'd rather see you back with Lamar then the moron your dating now! Yuck!" Khloe's step-father, Bruce Jenner, also commented on the post, writing a simple, "Koko it's Bruce."
Meanwhile, Khloe's relationship with French is getting serious. The rapper is reportedly set to propose to the youngest of the Kardashian sisters very soon. A source told Life & Style Weekly magazine, ''[French] has started to look at rings. French knows she's the one for him. They've discussed their future and she's said she would marry him."
The source continued, ''If he got his way, French would propose soon, and they would marry by the end of the year. So Khloe is going to try to push her divorce through as soon as possible.''


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Two new Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena characters revealed
The official Persona 4 website has been updated by Atlus, and two new characters have been revealed for fighter spin-off The Ultimate in Mayokano Arena. Naoto Shirogane and Teddie (Kuma) have been added to the roster, and both of them should be familiar to anyone who's played Persona 4. You can check out the screens and artwork below.
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Years ago a young American, celebrating his recent graduation from an Ivy League University with an MBA, visited a small village in south America. With its pristine beaches and warm weather, the location was the vision of Paradise for every American Corporate cube dweller.
He took time to walk the beach each day and watched the small boats return from fishing. He approached one of them and complimented the fisherman on his fine catch, but noted that it was such a small bounty.
Eager to put his newfound education to work, he asked the man how long it took to catch the fish. "Not long" replied the fisherman.
The young man then asked what the fisherman did with the rest of his day, to which he replied, "I sleep in late, go fishing, return to play with my children, eat a nice lunch, take a siesta, meet with family and friends, play guitar and then go to bed. I have a full and busy life."
The young many quickly replied, "I just received my MBA, I could help you. If you fished longer, you could bring in more money, buy a larger boat, and eventually have your own business. Some day you could then sell the business and make a lot of money."
"How long would this take?" asked the fisherman. To which the young man replied 10-20 years.
"What would I do then?" asked the fisherman. "Anything you want! You'd be rich," replied the young man.
To which the wise fisherman replied, "I currently have everything I want, what more could I want for?"
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Thanks Peter, I love this story. Having lived in the Philippines for a couple years, I really saw that life was defined by who you have, not what you have.
Just last week I ran into a lady at the grocery store with whom I worked 10 years ago. She has a son who is a very successful CEO of a major corporation. She has another son who is a stay at home dad. She told me that the CEO son told his brother, "you are the luckiest guy in the world because you get to spend so much time with your family; I work 14 hours a day."
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Marlon Wayans' spoof of all things "Paranormal" opened last weekend without being screened for critics. Here's how they (and audiences) reacted when they finally caught up with it:
Tomatometer score 8, based on 26 reviews (2 Fresh, 24 Rotten)
Audience score 87 at RottenTomatoes.com, B-minus at CinemaScore
One critic's take "Marlon Wayans wrings every last down-and-dirty giggle out of a single joke in his return to 'Scary Movie' territory, in truth, if not by contract," wrote Weekender contributor Roger Moore (McClatchy-Tribune News Service) in his one-star review.
Box office Its $18.1 million opening-weekend take was labeled "solid" by industry tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com. It actually made more money per screen than "Zero Dark Thirty."


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- Tumors have progressed after primary treatment with radiation or chemoradiation and have failed to respond to at least one course of standard platinum-based chemotherapy.
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- Carcinomas of the post-nasal space, thyroid, sinus or salivary gland tumors.
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ANAHEIM – Hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive furloughed its remaining 200-plus staffers this week to save money while the struggling Anaheim company seeks financial partners.
The maker of the $100,000 Karma luxury car notified employees earlier this month that it would be instituting temporary furloughs for the final week of March, company spokesman Roger Ormisher said.
"I am on furlough too – all of us are," Ormisher said Wednesday night. "It was five days to this Friday."
The furloughs are the latest in a string of bad news for the automaker, which stopped making its electric-gas hybrids last July and has faced recalls, car fires and problems with lithium-ion batteries. The company faces an April 22 deadline to make a payment on a loan from the U.S. government, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal also reported the company hired restructuring lawyers Kirkland & Ellis to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing. (Ormisher said he could not confirm that.) On Thursday, Chinese automaker Dongfeng told Bloomberg that it was no longer in discussions for a possible acquisition of Fisker. Dongfeng was said to have offered $350 million for a majority stake.
Henrik Fisker, the company's founder and visionary, resigned two weeks ago, citing conflicts with other top company officials.
In January, Fisker Automotive hired Huron Consulting Group, a turnaround firm, to run day-to-day operations while CEO Tony Posawatz focused on raising funds and negotiating partnerships. Posawatz did not immediately return a call Thursday from the Register.
"In parallel with the process of identifying a strategic partner, Fisker is of course continuing to manage its day-to-day operations and has recently instituted temporary furloughs for its U.S. workforce covering the final week of March," the company said in a statement released Wednesday evening. "This is a common practice, particularly in the automotive industry, to manage costs and operations based on current activity levels and commercial requirements."
Fisker had 600 employees a year ago, but started cutting staff after halting production of the Karma last summer. A123 Systems, the sole supplier of batteries in the car, stopped production of the batteries and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October.
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Fisker a $529 million loan. The government halted further funding in 2011 after the first $193 million because the automaker failed to meet required milestones for progress. Fisker also has raised more than $1.2 billion from private investors, including Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
"$1 billion does not do much in the car business," said Michelle Krebs, a senior analyst at car site Edmunds.com. "I would've guessed if somebody were interested they would've stepped up by now. You wouldn't want a company to get so far down there's nothing left."
If Fisker does file for bankruptcy, it would likely be used as a way to conduct a sale of assets that would be free and clear of liens and claims, according to Newport Beach bankruptcy attorney Marc Winthrop.
On Thursday morning, Fisker's Anaheim headquarters were nearly empty. The doors were locked and a security guard managed access as a few people made their way in. In the parking lot in front of the building, a pair of Karmas were plugged into charging stations.
About 220 workers will return to the job Monday, Ormisher said.
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A West Alexander resident believes Winnipeggers are ready to join the online grocery movement.
On July 3, Nathan Steele unveiled the aisles on his online grocery delivery store, MyFarmersMarket.com, stocked with local meats, breads, fruits and vegetables produced mostly in Winnipeg and Manitoba.
"This is about bringing people wholesome, healthy foods efficiently and conveniently," Steele said last week outside his Sargent Avenue warehouse near the airport with his brother and business partner Josiah Koppanyi and delivery driver Mitch Toews.
"It's a storefront in their home 24 hours a day."
The store runs the Canadian Food Guide gamut, including elk and bison from northern Manitoba, Halal-certified and Manitoba-raised chicken, zucchini, cucumbers, strawberries, lettuce and more farmed just outside of Winnipeg. There's also organic grain and nuts, bread from North End institution Gunn's Bakery, along with coffee and rice that are roasted and grown in the province.
The store offers same-day delivery to St. James, parts of Charleswood, Tuxedo, the West End, Weston, Wolesely, River Heights, Fort Rouge, Osborne Village and downtown.
Though a number of his products — some fruits and veggies, beef, and spreads — are sourced from outside the province's borders, Steele is trying to encourage people to eat more fresh local food. Today's society is perpetuating a farm and food system that necessitates the mass production of crops, many of which are genetically modified, he said.
"When you support local producers, you're putting money back in (our) own economy. And in the end, if you look at the big picture, (you're) making an impact on your carbon footprint," he said.
"Right now, if we bring in tomatoes from Australia, which happens, we are shipping that weight and it has to cross the ocean by plane or boat.
"Every time there are large amounts we can source locally rather than import, we are making an impact."
For Steele, the store is a high school idea turned reality, one that follows a career in the food business, from the kitchens of five-star hotels to a locally-sourced breakfast and lunch café he started and ran for two years on the west coast.
"I'm at a place in my life where I've run my own business for a time and want to do something with something I'm familiar with and passionate about, which is food," said Steele.
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Though there are some existing online grocers in Winnipeg , such as Fresh Option Organic Delivery, the local market is fairly small. The concept migrated following a popularity boom in Europe and businesses have been slowly popping up in North America. Even Google has tested the market and Amazon is reported to be launching a service sometime this year.
In Canada, online grocers have set up shop from Vancouver and Victoria to Toronto and Ottawa, Calgary and a number of rural communities in between.
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GUANGZHOU, China (January 30, 2007) – The U.S. Women's National Team got a thunderous strike from midfielder Lori Chalupny in stoppage time of the first half, and an opportunistic 56th minute goal from Natasha Kai to defeat host China 2-0 and win the 2007 Four Nations Tournament.
With Germany and England tying 0-0 in the first match of the afternoon, the USA knew a victory by any margin would give them the tournament title, and the young U.S. team went after China from the opening whistle.
Chalupny's goal came at the end of a dominating first half by the Americans in which they out-shot China 9-1 and put intense pressure on the opposing goal. The goal came to fruition after forward Lindsay Tarpley worked hard to keep a fifty-fifty ball alive in the U.S. offensive third. Her pressure forced a Chinese defender to toe-poked the ball right into the path of Chalupny, who was running toward goal. She took a touch to her right to elude a defender and ripped a 26-yard thunderbolt into the upper right corner past flying Chinese 'keeper Han Wenxia.
It was the fifth time in six trips to the Four Nations Tournament that the U.S. women have come away with the title, but the triumph was made even more impressive by the fact that U.S. head coach Greg Ryan came to the competition without five key veteran players.
"Today, we felt we could really come out and just go after China, pressure them in their half, go forward and create chances," said Ryan. "It's great for us to end the tournament on this note. They take a lot of confidence away from this, but even in the games that don't go your way this is a very important process."
It was the third international goal Chalupny, who played right midfield as Ryan put the team out in a 3-4-3 formation for the first time in his tenure. Except for two dangerous Chinese counter attacks and brief offensive surge about 20 minutes into the game, the USA team pinned the hosts into their half for the first 45 minutes.
The second goal came in the 56th minute right after Han had made a spectacular leaping save on Carli Lloyd's screamer from 25 yards, just tipping the ball over the crossbar.
Heather O'Reilly took the ensuing corner kick from the left and drove it past the far post. Lloyd confidently brought the ball down with her chest, and then out of the air, lifted it away from two charging defenders to the inside. She tried a half-volley with her left from 14 yards, but the ball was blocked off the chest of a Chinese defender. Kai was on the spot to quickly poke the rebound into the right side of the net from eight yards out. It was Kai's seventh international goal in just 20 career caps.
Lloyd, who played in the center midfield with Leslie Osborne, created danger all game for the USA with her outside shooting as well as several driven free kicks that caused the Chinese to scramble in the box.
China took five shots after the break, but all were from distance and most after the game was well in hand.
Defender Tina Frimpong, who started the game at marking back with Heather Mitts in front of sweeper Kate Markgraf, was forced to leave the game in the 38th minute. She got a knock on the head during one of China's few good chances as Solo powered through a pack of players to punch a cross away from danger. Frimpong had been draped all over Chinese star Han Duan, allowing her nary a positive touch, and her teammates continued to shadow the speedy striker for the rest of the match.
Both Chalupny and Kai had cracks at the net in the early going after Lloyd had spun dangerous free kicks into the penalty area, but Chalupny's fired high and Kai's was blocked. It was Kai who produced one of the best chances of the first half as O'Reilly was the fulcrum of a counter attack and played the Hawaiian through into the right side of the penalty box. She beat a player with a burst of speed to her right and smacked her shot from 15 yards past Han, but inches wide of the left post.
The U.S. team never let the large Chinese crowd get into the match, although the hosts did put on some pressure in the late going. Solo was forced to catch two crosses and substitute Bi Yan gave the Americans a scare when she picked off an errant pass in the USA defensive third and fired a shot from 25 yards out. As she did with all of China's five shots on goal, Solo was there to gobble it up. Solo also smothered a well-struck free kick from Li Jie in the 70th minute that had snuck past the U.S. defensive wall.
Defender India Trotter earned her second career cap, coming on for Markgraf in the 62nd minute. Trotter played just one minute of a match last year at the Four Nations Tournament, so the 29 minutes against China was effectively her first career action with the Women's National Team. After the 21-year old defender came on, the USA moved to a 4-5-1 formation for the rest of the match, as Mitts and Cat
Cat Whitehill held down the middle, Stephanie Lopez moved from left midfield to left back and Trotter held down the right back spot.
China best chance of game in 79th minute when Ma Xiaoxu got behind U.S. defense on the left side, but with an open volley from 16 yards, she sailed her chance over the top.
While the USA won the tournament, England also came away with positive feelings from the competition despite not winning a game and finishing last. The English pulled off scoreless draws against the world's top two teams in Germany and the USA and will take that momentum into this fall's Women's World Cup, their first since 1995.
England played even with the Germans in the day's first match, and perhaps even had a bit more of the game, but like in their match against China two days ago, the Germans should have bagged a few goals. Fatmire Bajramaj missed a sitter in the first half and Anja Mittag cracked a 20-yard free kick off the crossbar in the 42nd minute. England had several close scoring chances in the last few minutes as dangerous crosses flashed through the goal area, but no one could get their head on the ball.
Germany's tournament was summed up on the last kick of the game as Mittag hit a 19-yard free kick right into England goalkeeper Rachel Brown's hands. The final whistle blew seconds later.
England's draw against the Germans was the first tie after 15 consecutive losses to the reigning Women's World Cup champions. The Germans, who left six highly experienced players back home, including all-time leading scorer Birgit Prinz, could not manage a goal over the three matches.
The USA and China were the only teams to win games in the tournament that featured four ties.
Ryan, who remains undefeated as head coach of the USA at 27-0-7, was named Best Coach of the tournament and Solo picked up the Best Goalkeeper award. England captain Kelly Smith was named Best Player and China earned the Fair Play Award. As six different players scored one goal each, there was no Top Scorer award for the competition.
The USA will return home for a two-weak break before coming together in mid-February for a training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. In late February, the USA will leave for the annual Algarve Cup in southern Portugal, this year being staged from March 7-14.
Match-up: USA vs. China
Competition: 2007 Four Nations Tournament
Venue: Guangdong Olympic Stadium; Guangzhou, China
Date: January 30, 2007; Kickoff – 4:00 p.m. local / 3:00 a.m. ET
Attendance: 8,000
Weather: Hazy, cool – 58 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA – Lori Chalupny (unassisted) 46+.
USA – Natasha Kai (unassisted) 56.
USA - 18-Hope Solo; 15-Kate Markgraf – Capt. (27-India Trotter, 62), 2-Heather Mitts, 8-Tina Frimpong (4-Cat Whitehill, 38); 17-Lori Chalupny, 12-Leslie Osborne, 11-Carli Lloyd (20-Yael Averbuch, 71), 14-Stephanie Lopez; 5-Lindsay Tarpley (23-Joanna Lohman, 77), 6-Natasha Kai, 9-Heather O'Reilly (16-Angela Hucles, 81).
Subs not used: 1-Briana Scurry, 7-Marci Miller, 25-Lauren Cheney, 26-Casey Nogueira.
Head Coach: Greg Ryan
CHN – 1-Han Wenxia; 3-Li Ji, 4-Weng Xinzhi, 5-Pu Wei, 6-Zhang Ying (13-Li DongLing, 78), 15-Zhou Gaoping (2-Liu Huana, 46); 8-Yue Min (7-Bi Yan, 58), 12-Zhang Tong, 21-Lou Xiaoxu (10-Ma Xiaoxu, 62); 20-Liu Sa, 9-Han Duan.
Subs not used: 14-Wang Kun, 18-Zhang Yanru, 19-Qu Feifei, 23-Li Dongna, 24-Chen Xiaoxia.
Head Coach: Wang Haiming
Statistical Summary: USA / CHN
Shots: 13 / 7
Shots on Goal: 6 / 5
Saves: 5 / 4
Corner Kicks: 5 / 1
Fouls: 9 / 13
Offside: 3 / 1
Misconduct Summary:
CHN – Zhang Tong (caution) 51st minute.
CHN – Liu Sa (caution) 67.
Referee: Amy Rayner (ENG)
Asst. Referee: Liu Hongjuan (CHN)
Asst. Referee: Hu An Qi (CHN)
4th Official: Qu Xiaoguang (CHN)
Sierra Mist Woman of the Match: Natasha Kai
2007 Four Nations Tournament Final Standings
Team W L T Pts. GF GA GD
2007 Four Nations Tournament Final Goal Scorers
Player, Country Goals
Zhang Ying, China 1
Han Duan, China 1
Alex Scott, England 1
Heather O'Reilly, USA 1
Lori Chalupny, USA 1
Natasha Kai, USA 1
2007 Four Nations Tournament Awards
Best Player: Kelly Smith, England
Best Coach: Greg Ryan, USA
Best Goalkeeper: Hope Solo, USA
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According to John Stamos, Ryan Murphy approached him in an eatery and stunned him by offering the hooker role.
Although John Stamos is booked to play dentist in the upcoming "Glee" season 2, creator Ryan Murphy originally had other idea regarding the perfect role for the actor. "Ryan [Murphy] wanted me to play a male hooker," Stamos told Ryan Seacrest in his radio show.
He further revealed his meeting with Murphy, "I'll never forget, I was sitting in The Ivy [restaurant]." He continued, "[And he said], 'I've got a show for you! Male hooker. You have sex with the guys and the girls and you fix their marriages!' "
In the season 1 finale airing June 8, the hygiene freak Emma told Will that she can no longer be with him because she's dating her dentist. Stamos will be that man who, derived from his profession, will have a concern about cleanliness as well.


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Every weekday around 9:30, we pull one out of the attic. In case you are new, the Attic is a mythical place where, in the 70's, we were "enlightened" by great music…and other stuff.
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Ali Landry has posted a photo of her son Valentin via WhoSay. The actress is seen sitting with family members in the snapshot published on Thursday (November 21). She wrote: "Fun family time at travel town yesterday with the kiddos!"
On Tuesday she and Estela, 6, attended the premiere of Frozen at the El Capitan Theatre. Ali told fans: "Family headed in, real snow !!!! Love #disney, #frozen so grateful to sharethis night w/ my family"
Ali and her husband Alejandro Monteverde also have another son named Marcelo, 2.
Landry told Life & Style magazine that Valentin is an "easy baby."
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"What we need are consistent job gains, not just a month or two," said Richard DeKaser, chief economist at Woodley Park Research in Washington, whose confidence forecast was the lowest of those surveyed. "Until we get that, I don't think we're going to see any gains in consumer confidence." — BusinessWeek
Confidence among U.S. consumers sank in June more than forecast as Americans became distressed over the outlook for jobs and incomes.
Stocks plunged as the confidence data, combined with Conference Board figures showing China's economic outlook improved less than previously estimated, added to concern the global economy is slowing. Unemployment and the turmoil in financial markets precipitated by the European debt crisis raise the risk that household spending will falter.
Some will say that Communist China is the problem. If they let their currency acquire value for their citizens to purchase our manufactured product and create their own domestic consumer society then the world would balance out financially.
There exist more Chinese (1.2 billion or 700 million worker drones) than the 300 million population in the US and they can't be dependent on keeping 1.5 billion of them servicing the US' small market. Dumping occurs with slews of cheap product which translates into North American shop-a-holics financing the spending with credit card debt. The end result will be bankruptcy "Made in Communist China" style.
China needs to create social safety nets to encourage its own to go out and spend and create a consumer market that sustains itself and participates 'fully' in the world's economic health by buying from the world. Enough of this B.S. that is destroying us..they don't need to leech off of our markets when their population is so huge as to sustain its own growth.
Others still will argue that it is not because of China. The American government debt is well over $50,000 per American citizen (unofficially it's in the 100,000's per person). Western governments seem to think that it's acceptable to go into deep debt today, cause inflation tomorrow, then repay the debt in the next decade with inflated dollars. China is using intelligent economic practices and refusing to participate in the western government culture of accumulating massive debt then causing inflation to diminish the debt.
Also, if China rapidly increased the value of its currency it would wipe-out all the savings of its citizens and devalue all the American Treasury bills/bonds that China bought. Instead of the West trying to force China to adopt western monetary practices, it's time for Westerners to adopt the intelligent eastern practices of less debt and more intelligent governments.
On the same token, the Chinese fixed currency policy is one of the major causes of the current economic dislocation affecting the global economy. The Chinese have to decide if they are part of the world economy or if they are going to shrink back behind the wall. They can't have it both ways.
In the last growth cycle, the Chinese made more durable goods and sold it to more people around the world. If they were fully integrated in the world economy, that would have lead to an increase in the value of their currency and, subsequently, a decrease in the relative competitiveness of their products; thus shifting some of the production back to where they stole the business from. By artificially keeping their currency low, they are effectively conspiring to wipe out industrial production in other countries.
It may, in the short term, benefit them by creating employment (they have 700 million working age people) and growth domestically, but if they harm the economies of other countries too much they will find themselves without customers for their "stuff" and how will that work?
Oil Spill adds to worries
The biggest declines in confidence were in regions that include Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, the Gulf Coast states that are suffering through the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The April 20 well blowout that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and killed 11 of its crew has polluted beaches and caused job losses along the Gulf Coast. BusinessWeek
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- China further tightens US debt noose "Foreign-exchange reserves have exceeded the reasonable levels that we actually need," Zhou said. "The rapid increase in reserves may have led to excessive liquidity and has exerted significant sterilization pressure....
- BP Oil spill covered up; will Florida evacuate? "Shane Granier, a wildlife biologist, was dispatched by the state's wildlife and fisheries department to Venice nine days ago. "The mood is apprehension," Granier said as we sheltered with oil...
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Thursday, 21 November, 2002, 22:37 GMT
Ice hockey set for revamp
A major restructuring of ice hockey in Britain could take shape on Friday, BBC Scotland believes.
Representatives of both the the Superleague and the British National League will meet in Newcastle to discuss some form of possible merger.
Both Manchester Storm and Scottish Eagles have pulled out of the Superleague this month, leaving Britain's main professional league with only five clubs.
Many believe that their demise due to financial problems makes the Superleague unsustainable in its present form.
Some sources believe that there is hope of as many as five Scottish teams taking part in the new structure - Dundee Tex Allstars, Fife Flyers, a club based at the Eagles' former base in Ayr, plus representatives from Edinburgh and Paisley.
Dundee also travel to Newcastle to take part in the Findus Challenge Cup final.
And, as Scotland's only remaining full-time professional club, they believe that they are in pole position to become part of any revamped structure.
Coach and former British international Tony Hand said: "We were top of the league and qualified top of our section."
Hand believes that the Tayside outfit have a chance of winning the cup too.
"I think it's going to be a very tough weekend," he said.
"But the players have played really well all season.
"We are not over-confident. But, if we play to our full potential, we have a good chance of winning the Findus Cup."
Ken Priestley, formerly of Pitsburgh Pirates, believes that the British National League is of a high standard and booming.
"Over the last five, six or seven years over here, the development of British players and the quality of imports, the league is fantastic," he said.
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Toronto: BlackBerry, the struggling smartphone maker, will unveil the new BlackBerry 10 lineup in India on 25 February, following its debut in the UK, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
New BlackBerry phones will be introduced at an event in Mumbai, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company said in an invitation sent to media.
The move would bring BlackBerry 10 phones to one of the company's most important markets, helping shore up its comeback plan. Still, investors are more focused on the rollout of the new models in the US, which remains BlackBerry's biggest source of revenue. The flagship Z10 model isn't due in that country until March.
Apple Inc.'s iOS and Google Inc.'s Android have robbed BlackBerry of most of its market share in recent years. Apple and Android together accounted for 91% of global smartphone sales in the fourth quarter, while BlackBerry dropped to 3.2%, according to IDC.
BlackBerry's sales in developing markets have held up better than in North America and Europe, though revenue is down globally. Sales from Canada, the US and the UK fell 53% last quarter from a year earlier. Revenue from the rest of the world, including India, dropped 44%.
BlackBerry fell 3% to $13.92 at 9:39am in New York. The stock had gained 21% this year through Tuesday.


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The U.S. Energy Department faces pressing personnel issues within private security forces that guard nuclear weapons material at six locations, including Savannah River Site, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
The problems involve policies, salaries and equipment -- including weapons -- that can vary widely from site to site, in addition to concerns that increasingly rigorous training requirements could make it harder for employees of private companies to work until retirement age.
One option involves "federalization," or replacing the private firms with U.S. military. It was most recently explored in a 2009 study but subsequently rejected.
"Although DOE rejected federalization as an option in 2009 because it believed that the transition would be costly and would yield little, if any, increase in security effectiveness, the department recognized that the current contracting approach could be improved by greater standardization and by addressing personnel system issues," the GAO concluded.
The private work force includes 2,339 unionized officers and 376 supervisors who "are not uniformly managed, organized, staffed, trained, equipped, or compensated across the six DOE sites," the report said.
The SRS contractor, Florida-based Wackenhut Services Inc., has a local work force of 823 and is in the process of downsizing to 756.
Other sites that handle "special nuclear material" are Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M.; the Y-12 National Security Complex, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.; the Pantex Plant, near Amarillo, Texas; the Nevada Test Site; and Idaho National Laboratory, near Idaho Falls. Differences among the sites often result from separate contracts and collective-bargaining agreements between contractors and unions, the report said.
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You can often rely on AFM to dish out the goods, and the latest release from Argentina's Helker is a particularly tasty treat that will likely have the blood pumping throughout the coming winter. Whilst I can't really compare this with the band's earlier releases, Somewhere In The Circle speaks for itself with a collection of really enjoyable, catchy tracks of killing heavy/power metal.
This is definitely by the book, but sometimes innovation isn't all that necessary, especially when the music is played with as much heart and style as Helker manages to. The vocals are an immediate standout, coming across as a blend of Dio and Tim Owens (who also happens to drop in for a guest slot). Diego Valdez's pipes are impressive to say the least, and he totally owns the album.
On the instrumental side of things, this is powerful, riff-oriented material. Guaranteed head-banging for all, I assure you. The guitars are somewhat downtuned, and coupled with a crunchy tone, sound really appealing. There is certainly a good balance between thumping riffs and more restrained chord arrangements, which allows Diego to command all attention. Standout tracks would include the wonderfully catchy "Wake Up", which displays the aforementioned qualities well. "Inside Of Me" is an empowering metal anthem which begs for a fist raised to the sky, although my personal favorite would have to be the excellent "Begging For Forgiveness", featuring Tim Owens and one of the finest guest slots I've heard from Ralf Scheepers ,who completely nails his part (although I am a slight fan boy)!
On the whole I'd say this is a definite must-buy, and a highlight of the first quarter of 2013. Particularly recommended for fans of no nonsense, kick ass heavy metal. At times this plays like an eighties Dio album for the modern age, which is just fine in my book. Those who crave something hyperactive and over the top won't find that here, but anyone who can appreciate a good metal song should at the very least give this one a listen. Recommended!
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Richard More (1614c. 1694/1696) was born in Corvedale, Shropshire, England and was baptised at St. James parish church in Shipton, Shropshire on 13 November 1614. Richard and his three siblings were at the center of a mystery in early 17th century England that caused early genealogists to wonder why the More children's father, believing him to be Samuel More, would send his very young children away to the New World on the Mayflower in the care of others. It was in 1959, that the mystery was explained. Jasper More, a descendant of Samuel More prompted by his genealogist friend, Sir Anthony Wagner, searched and found in his attic a 1622 document, which detailed the legal disputes between Katherine More and Samuel More and what actually happened to the More children. It is clear from these events that Samuel did not believe the children to be his offspring. To rid himself of the children, he arranged for them to be sent to the Colony of Virginia. Due to bad weather, the Mayflower finally anchored in Cape Cod Harbor in November 1620 where one of the More children died soon after; another died in early December and yet another died later in the first winter. Only Richard survived, and even thrived, in the perilous environment of early colonial America, going on to lead a very full life.
Richard became a well known sea captain who helped deliver supplies to various colonies which were vital to their survival, travelled over Atlantic and West Indies trade routes and fought in various early naval sea battles. He and other Mayflower survivors were referred to in their time, as "First Comers", who lived in the perilous times of what was called "The Ancient Beginnings" of the New World adventure. Richard More lived through a significant part of early American history of which there is still very little known.


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Tesla---Connecting the dots
Dr. Simos' presentation on Tesla was eye-opening as well as mathematically and theoretically rigorous in showing that some of Tesla's ideas that were dismissed over a century ago are now seen in a different light. This due to looking back and showing that the ideas, far advanced for the time, are now shown to comply with Maxwell's equations and do not violate any classical laws of mathematics or physics as once thought.The presentation was based on what we understand as classical, mainstream physics to help us understand what Tesla was talking about with his brilliant theories. Dr. Simos showed that certain far-reaching assertions or experimental observations made by Tesla were within fundamental laws.
Tesla was a scientist of electromagnetic theory according to Maxwell's equations; fluid mechanics exemplified by his energy bladeless turbine concept in 1892; resonance, Tesla stated, as "Everything oscillates" in the earth-ultimately, a few years later, a complete set of resonance curves was calculated and the earth's two eigenvalues were determined (See the book Advances in Geophysics edited by Helmut Erich Landsberg). Resonance was Tesla's key to efficient transmission and reception of radio signals.
Dr. Simos also discussed the narrow areas of inconsistencies in Maxwell's equations which manage to describe most governing principles but is not the "Holy Grail" of electromagnetics. There exist discontinuous or singular solutions which are not allowed in Maxwell's mathematics—Absence of point-wise concentrated charges and avoidance of singular solutions do exist as we have found out in modern science.
We now accept wireless energy transmission as a capacitive effect. Tesla envisioned a capacitor on a grand scale. While in Colorado Springs he tested large discharges that returned un-diminished. He had created a singularity. In today's electromagnetics we know that there are transversal waves (Hertzian) and Longitudinal waves (Vortex rings). He was exciting modes, not waves. Applying a high voltage discharge here and across the globe there was an instant effect from it. Tesla used to say "ride" the modes; that is, pick up the "ride" with energy already there.
He had found that a resonant frequency of 8 Hz was made by the earth and the ionosphere spherical capacitor effect. In 1952 Schumann said that 8 Hz was the self-oscillation of the earth and ionosphere—–50 years later!
Tesla aimed to use the strata 80 km above which was the ionosphere to transmit an electrical energy across the globe from Shoreham, Long Island to Ireland. He was not sure how to send power to so high an altitude, but conceived a plasma-type conductor that might do it. We use that effect today at the National Laboratories around the world.
Electrostatic induction is a capacitive coupling effect. He would have an energy-sucking antenna in Ireland and send the plasma wave from Shoreham up his tower into the ionosphere and it would travel across the ionosphere as if it were a current traveling the easiest path to return to its source back down a tower in Ireland and into the earth closing the circuit back to the Shoreham tower!
MIT's "Witricity" is proving the Tesla theory! It is on a larger scale than anyone ever dreamed, but still not to the extent that Tesla envisioned it—-give science a little more time and another of Tesla's theories may be proved.
MIT's demonstration of wireless power transfer showed a 60 watt light bulb being illuminated from a power source over 2 meters away
More important than simply proving they could illuminate a light bulb, the experiment validated their theoretical models of how electric power is wirelessly transferred as a function of the geometry, distance, and electrical properties of the devices used.
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