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51. What were the plans for the character of Prahvus, as introduced in "Out of the Past"? He struck me as an interesting character and I wonder if he would have played some greater role in the series had it continued.
IR: He would have come back with a vengeance to work for Hordak.
52. Is there any truth in the rumor that Queen Marlena was to have been revealed as half-Gar (the blue-skinned race, we were told)?
IR: This was an idea Gary and I cooked up. We never found a way in the first 39 to work it in, but may have explored it had we continued.
53. I loved the new show and thought it was excellent and so did my 8 year old, we'd really like to have the series on DVD - ANY CHANCE?
IR: Glad you liked it. A DVD release is in the works.
54. Also, the Mike Young Productions website has a section devoted to the He-Man cartoon, but it is missing a lot when you click on the links, any chance that will ever be updated now that the show is over?
IR: Im not sure what they have planned for their website.
55. First of all, thank you very much for answering questions from the fans. It's been a very long time since we have had any Mattel representatives communicate with the .org
IR: No problem.
56. Speaking of which, when can we expect answers for the latest What The Fans Want To Know? Or does this replace that?
IR: I think for now, this does somewhat replace that.
57. Now, I know Skeletor's origin was partly explained in the pilot episode, but we were told that the "second part" of his origin was to come at the end of season 1. Then we were told it would come in season 2. Was the second part of his origin in the episode "The Price of Deceit", or was there more (I'm sure there was more ). And if there was more, is it possible to divulge any info?
IR: Get ready for this: RANDOR AND SKELETOR ARE BROTHERS. This was always the plan. They have different mothers, but the same father! I was disappointed we never got to finally do this.
58. Secondly, what were the plans for She-Ra? There were rumours that she (Adora) was going to be Adam's cousin, and other rumours saying that she was going to be from the future. Also, the box from the SDCC exclusive figure said she was He-Man's sister, but it did not say TWIN sister. Can you explain what the plans for her were?
IR: The plan for She-Ra would have been the same as in the existing mythology.
59. I was wondering if there were ever plans to introduce some of Skeletor's warriors that still had not been seen at the time, namely Jitsu and Spikor.
IR: The Four Horsemen did some cool artwork for Spikor, but we did not have any immediate plans for either character in the series.
60. Also, with the series at an end on regular television is there enough justification to perhaps keep the MYP He-Man series going in some form of straight to DVD movies? (in the same vein as the Batman Animated Series' Mask of the Phantasm etc.)
This way we could see the introduction of the Horde (as im sure was intended for series) and She-Ra.
IR: Not right now.
61. My questions are pretty much the same as those preceeding mine, with the following exceptions: How much freedom were you allowed in creating origin-stories for the characters? Was it left to the writing team then submitted for Mattel's approval, or was it specifically dictated by Mattel? and How many of the MYP staff are MOTU fans? Thanks again!
IR: Hello. As I mentioned before, Dean and I broke the stories and then submitted them to the rest of the team and to the network for comments, concerns. Many of the MYP, Mattel and Cartoon Network staff are HUGE MOTU fans.
62. were any episodes completed that were not aired on Cartoon Network for Season Two? It seemed rather short-lived and not a lot of issues were resolved. The "final" episode felt anything but.
IR: No all episodes aired.
63. Mattel seems to be putting out a new Max Steele dvd- even though those toys are long gone in the USA. What are the chances of MOTU getting an all-new dvd movie released? If slim or none, how come?
IR: The Max Steel movies are for Latin America where the brand is huge.
64. Will there be a release of the cartoon on dvd (either several eps per dvd or full-season box sets)? If not, how come?
IR: Yes that is the plan.
65. Like the many other people here, I am currious to know, what else was planned. I also want to throw my support for a DVD release, of the series. I would like to see all 39 episodes, the begining in both episode and movie, format, and The World of He-Man, all in a box set.
I would also like to throw my support behind special DVD movie releases, like Batman: The Animated Series has had, in the past.
IR: Hello, thanks for the support. Yes I would like to see the DVD set with all of those components as well.
66. Also, where there any classic characters you really wish had appeared in the new series?
IR: It would have been fun to see She-Ra return.
67. Was season 2 planned to be 26 episodes originally then later cut down? Was there ever plans to have a proper Skeletor vs Hsss battle? That's what I wanted to see!
IR: The plan for season 2 was always 26, but we only made 13 of them. Yes we would have had a jaw-dropping fight between those two.
69. And if you had the opportunity to pit the Horde vs. the Masters and Skeletor's warriors as the third party (instead of the Snake Men), would you do so?
IR: Yes.
70. Why wasn't Megator one of the three giants seen in "Buzz-Off's Pride"? Were there any plans to bring him in later, or did you have no intentions of using him at all (and if so, why)?
IR: We decided to create new giants with their own identities. There were no plans to introduce him, but if we had done more episodes anything is possible.
71. Were there any plans on bringing back Snakeface? He got turned into a statue after his first appearance and hadn't shown up since. Were the Snakemen going to break into the Palace and reverse the spell or something?
IR: Yes youll see how in script 40.
72. Why was Tri-Klops the "mechanic" or "tech guy" in this series instead of Trap Jaw? It would seem more fitting if it were Trap Jaw, especially since I believe he was in the classic series. Any specific reason for the change?
IR: We decided to make Tri-Klops the smarter, tech savvy one when we heard Paul Dobsons great concept for the voice.
73. And was there going to be other planets such as Etheria or Infinita when Hordak was going to be introduced, or was everything happening on Eternia only?
IR: We didnt want to tread into New Adventures territory and have He-Man in space, so the action would have most likely stayed on Eternia.
74. Finally (I think ), do you regret not having Battle Cat speak? I felt that it made the character under-utilized in the cartoon because of this. I think it would be nice if He-Man would run battle-strategies across Battle Cat, or possibly ask his opinion on a matter etc. He could have been another 'person' that He-Man could talk to instead of just being a living vehicle. And I don't think it would be too far-fetched of an idea to have the power of Grayskull grant Battle-Cat the ability to speak. How about you?
IR: We decided not to have Battlecat speak because talking animals tend to skew a show young.
75. why was battlecat so scaled back? except for a few scenes he was basically a glorified vehicle and I am not asking why he didn't talk I am more so asking why he and he-man didn't interact as much. (he doesn't have to talk for that)
IR: I think we had some great He-Man and Battlecat moments. I was really happy with Battlecats lion ancestor in Power of Grayskull.
76. any truth to the rumour that She-ra was going to be He-Man's daughter from the future?
IR: Not that I know of.
77. Out of all the changes that where made from the original Filmation show, in hindsight, do you think any where harmful? Would you do everything the exact same if given the chance to do it all over again?
IR: I was happy with the updates we made and would do them again the same way.
78. Will we ever see behind the since production notes or the series bible available online now that everything is said and done? We really want to know what was planed but never happened. Eternia's history fleshed out, what would have happened with She-Ra and the Horde, How Clamp Champ a Snout Spout would have been introduced and so on.
IR: I hope to make much of that available on the new series DVD release.
79. loved the show and truly miss it now. but one question - Did Webstor die in the end of "Web of Evil"? and if not, were there any more plots which were going to include him more?
IR: Yes, but anything is possible.
80. Now I can understand why He-Man was wearing his Snake Armor in Season 2 when he had to fight the Snakemen, but why was he wearing the Snake Armor when there were no Snakemen around? A specific example I can think of is in the Power of Grayskull episode. At the end He-Man goes to stop Skeletor from releasing Hordak, but why is he wearing the Snake Armor? In my opinion he just looks ridiculous in that situation. There was no threat of a Snakemen attack so why didn't he just wear his regular armor? (As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of the Snake Armor ).
IR: We originally had him fighting Snake Men in that episode, but we had to cut it for time.
81. And lastly, were there plans to bring back ALL classic characters (the ones that had action figures), or were there some characters that weren't going to be incorporated because of how ridiculous they were, or for some other reason?
IR: We probably would have brought back all classic characters eventually.
82. To re-hash a couple of questions already asked:
Can you tell us how the Evil Horde was going to come back to Eternia?
How much restrictions did Mattel put on you on the storylines?
Can you answer what the deal is with the video game? Why not release it in the US?
Mattel said that ratings dropped off after awhile. Could you guess why? (I think its due to Cartoon Network constantly moving it around the schedule and not promoting it enough.)
IR: Evil Lyn and Skeletor would take over Eternia; banish Randor to Despondos and Evil Lyn would take the opportunity to release Hordak and his entire Horde army. No restrictions on story. Video game, not sure. Ratings dropped off for a variety of reasons, but I think the primary reason for the end of the show was that the brand was not re-launched in a way that was relevant enough to kids of today. I think by the time we got to season 2 we were there, but it was too late.
83. This was brought up in another thread and I thought you might have the answer for us. Who's tombstone was placed in front of Castle Grayskull? Was there a story behind it or was it just some random detail that was added to the castle? Can you elaborate on it?
IR: It was Loo-Kees tombstone (joke).
84. Oh, and since King Grayskull vaporized his physical form, how would you have explained how Hordak got a new body?
IR: Hes a wizard and master of black magic. Dont underestimate Hordak.
85. Was Modulok planned for the series, and if so what were his origins and personality planned to be like?
IR: We didnt have any immediate plans, but we would have brought him in, in a cool, updated, much more threatening fashion.
86. They say that the original 80's cartoon was very expesnive to make at the time. How would that compare now? How does the new compare to other currant shows production cost wise?
Oh, and who was the most difficult character to animate?
IR: The cost to produce He-Man today is on par with other shows like Teen Titans, Justice League, TMNT, etc Im not sure how it compares to budgets in the early 80s, but I suspect they cost less to produce then based on the amount of reused animation.
87. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions Mr. Richter.
I guess my sole question is, will it be possible to continue the series via another way besides Cartoon Network, like DVD? I don't think I was interested in any cartoon series like I was with Masters of the Universe. I would have liked to explore more of the origins of a few characters. If not a continuation of the series, at least a finale to somehow tie up loose ends...?
IR: Youre welcome. I would like to do this, but we would need it to make financial sense. It is very expensive to produce each episode. Keep supporting the great work the Four Horsemen are doing and the various DVD releases. That is the best way to make the case for more entertainment.
88. My question is, and I'm dead serious: "Can I have a job?"
IR: Yes. Your job is to become an avid He-Man fan.
89. Who was the next classic character scheduled to be unveiled in the new toon?
IR: I think it was Clamp Champ.
90. 1 why did the cartoon have to be so damned good 2 why did mattel have to kill it ?
IR: The brand did not catch on as wed hoped.
91. Has there been any outside sources, that you know of that might be interested in purchasing the He-Man & The Masters of the Universe line to re-start the series again to continue where it left off ?
IR: Im not sure Mattel would part with one of their core brands.
92. I've heard John Woo will be making a new He-Man Live action movie. Now I gotta ask what would be the purpose of this with no action figure line, and no cartoon series. What could they possible hope to accomplish with this new movie? If they other two failed.
IR: There is a huge fanbase for He-Man. If done right, it would be a great way to re-launch the brand.
93. A lot of the episodes featured an individual character, e.g. Buzz-Off's Pride featured Buzz-Off, Mekaneck's Lament's featured Mek, so I would like to know which character was scheduled next after ep 39 to be the star of an episode? (this can be a good and/or bad character).
IR: We were planning more Snakemen episodes followed by the return of Hordak. No specific character focus.
94. I have another question. That Prahvus guy, was he a member of the Horde? Always seemed logical too me.
IR: No, but the plan was that Hordak would recruit him.
95. Is there any chance that you can let us know what your plans were for the future epsiodes of the series. We have been told that the script for ep. 40 was done, and we would all appreciate some insight to where the show way going. What kinds of ideas can you reveal to us?
IR: Please see my earlier answers above.
96. Teela's father. There were impilcations that both Fisto, and Man-At-Arms may be her true father. Could you please tell us who, if either were going to be her father.
IR: Fisto.
97. If there was a season 3, was The Horde going to become the new focus?
IR: Absolutely.
98. Vehicles and Characters that were on the show, and not made into toys, how far along were they in the toy stage that the cartoon had designed them (Webstor, The Horde, Wind Raider, Sky Sled, etc.) or vice-versa?
IR: They were not developed into toys. Idea sketches may exist, but that's all.
99. I was a big fan of He-Man's new Snake Armor, if the show had continued, would there be a new design for He-Man each season to fight the new threat?
IR: Yes. We had a concept for Horde armor that we did not have time to see in the flashback in Power of Grayskull, but would have seen in season 3.
100. Clawful. Why was he scripted as being so dumb?
IR: We needed some bumbling villains and decided Clawful fit the bill. We were planning a story later in season 2 where Clawful would gain intelligence via some brain tampering from Tri-Klops and almost overthrow Skeletor.
101. Was Man-At-Arms the leader of the Masters, or was He-Man? The show kind of projected Man-At-Arms as the leader, but then he would fall back when He-man appeared.
IR: Correct. They both took the lead from time to time, but He-Man is the key heroic leader.
102. Was there going to be any kind of love relations/or tensions between Teela and He-Man or Teela and another Master?
IR: No.
103. I loved your Historic episodes like the stories of King Grayskull and how Keldor became Skeletor. Was there ever to be any more origin stories of characters like Man-E-Faces, or Mekaneck, or other characters that were on the 1st episodes and how they came to be?
IR: I was planning to write the Mekanek origin comic and came up with a great story with Dean for this. I didnt end up having time, but we will see this outline on the DVD release.
104. It was hinted that Faker was going to eventually show up on the new show. What were your plans for his story if any?
IR: He was going to play an important role in the season 2 cliffhanger. We actually introduced him early on in the series. Look carefully at The Courage of Adam I deliberately had the He-Man cyborg flicker the Faker colors when he shut down. The plan was that Tri-Klops and Skeletor would come across this robot and use him to turn Eternia against He-Man.
105. Was King Hsss dead at the end of episode 39, or were there plans to bring back him and the Snake Men?
IR: Youll see in the Ep 40 script.
106. What was the reasons for choosing MYP as your animation studio?
IR: Please see earlier answers.
Thank you, everyone. We had a blast producing the show and always love to hear from the fans.
Best Regards,
Ian Richter
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A few days ago, the judge of a juvenile dependency court in the State of Missouri decided to terminate the parental rights of an undocumented woman over her son, who is now 5 years old. The judge declared that Encarnación Romero, a Guatemalan immigrant, committed "abandonment, and neglect" and determined that she was an "unfit parent," even though the Supreme Court of Missouri had earlier found that her rights had been violated/
Romero was arrested on May 22, 2007 in an immigration raid at the poultry processing plant where she was working. At the time, her son was less than a year old. Romero was still in custody when the first judge in Jasper County found that she had "abandoned" her son due to failure to visit or maintain contact with him.
This is not the first such case in the turbulent history of mass deportations of recent years in the United States. Studies by specialists have revealed that there is no consistency or coordination between the various federal, state and local agencies to ensure that parents arrested for not having papers can make decisions or even stay in contact with the children left behind. One estimate indicates that some 5000 children have been placed in foster care for this reason.
This is an issue that needs to be urgently addressed. In the United States 5 million children, most of whom are citizens, have at least one undocumented parent. Continued family separations have an impact that goes beyond the obvious and affect society as a whole. Another outcome, in practice, is that of penalizing undocumented status with the loss of a child, and penalizing the child, who is innocent, with the loss of a father or mother. Such a penalty is excessive and illegal.
Certain bills have already been introduced in the United States Congress to solve the problem, but the process is still incipient. One bill in particular, introduced by Congresswomen Lucille Roybal Allard of Los Angeles, offers concrete, positive solutions. Under her bill, the respective authorities would be directly obligated to make every possible effort to contact the parents in order to have the child's custody temporarily transferred to guardians or relatives, regardless of their legal status.
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Dr Chuan WU is currently professor at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), where he has been responsible for new energy materials, as well as developing green batteries based on multi-electron materials. He is experienced in electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems (Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, alkaline batteries, PEM fuel cells, metal-air batteries), and currently a member of International Society for Solid State Ionics, a member of International Society of Electrochemistry, a member of the National Standardization Technical Committees, and a member of the Chinese Ceramic Society. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the fuel cell center of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, focusing on the catalysts for PEMFC, DAFC, as well as the catalysts for in situ hydrogen generation. From 1997 to 2002, he had a collaboration research in Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, focusing on key materials for power lithium ion batteries, and received his Ph.D. degree (2002) in Applied Chemistry from BIT. In 2012, he served as the chair of the organizing committee of the 7th Beijing International Forum on Li-ion Battery Technology & Industrial Development In the 60th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (2009), he was appointed as a Co-chair of symposium 5. Dr. Chuan WU is now a formal candidate for the 2013 Edition of the Eni Award.
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It didn't take long for the Missouri Department of Corrections to switch to a new execution drug.
The department says it's swapping propofol for pentobarbital for lethal injections. Governor Jay Nixon halted use of the first drug less than two weeks ago, after concerns the European Union might limit propofol exports if Missouri used it to kill an inmate. The drug is normally used as an anesthetic.
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Final, Pistons 103-88: The Celtics had just about convinced everybody that they were past this. A six-game win streak had erased most of the memories from the first two months of the season, and even finishing their five-game homestand with two losses was somewhat understandable. One of those was the emotional reunion between Doc Rivers and his son, Hornets guard Austin Rivers, while the other was a tough matchup with the Bulls.
This one was not as easy to dismiss, though. This was the Pistons.
For the second time this season, the Pistons (15-25) defeated the Celtics (20-20), who fell to .500 and lost some more ground in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Kevin Garnett and Courtney Lee tied for the team lead with 16 points each, and Jeff Green had 15 points off the bench, but the Celtics' offense as a whole looked flat. Rajon Rondo actually came close to notching an ignominious quadruple-double with eight points, 15 assists, nine rebounds and nine turnovers.
Six Detroit players scored at least 14 points each, led by rookie Andre Drummond, who scored 16 points. Drummond's production included four alley-oop finishes, and he threw in seven rebounds for good measure. Greg Monroe, who is always a handful down low, chipped in 15 points and 11 rebounds, but the Celtics did not really get pushed around in the paint. The were beaten on the boards but not embarrassed, 50-42, and barely were outscored in the paint 44-40.
This just came down to a Celtics team that did not seem committed to running its offense, and a Pistons team that appears to have figured out how to beat the Celtics at home.
Fourth quarter, 3:14, Pistons 94-80: Log onto your Rondo Triple-Double Watch Machine. The Celtics' point guard has 15 assists, nine rebounds and nine turnovers.
Fourth quarter, 3:46, Pistons 91-76: There is still some time left, but the Celtics will have to turn it on quickly if they want to avoid leaving the Motor City with a three-game losing streak.
The Celtics are holding tight on the glass and at the foul line now, but their offense — what little there is of it — continues to hold them back. They have been particularly dreadful from beyond the arc, where they are 4-for-14. The Pistons are 8-for-18.
Fourth quarter, 5:37, Pistons 89-77: Barbosa can help push the pace, but The Brazilian Blur is no miracle worker. Rivers inserted Barbosa to try to give some sort of boost to the offense, and Barbosa came through with two quick buckets by sprinting out ahead of the defense. The rest of the Celtics have a lot of work to do to catch up.
Fourth quarter, 8:00, Pistons 89-73: There might be a lot of long faces when people show up for work in the Boston area on Monday morning. As though things are not going badly enough in Foxboro, in Detroit the Celtics have watched their deficit balloon to 16 points thanks to some totally stagnant offensive possessions. Boston's defense has been no piece of art, either, but the Celtics' .360 field goal percentage sums it up.
End of third quarter, Pistons 81-71: Somebody has abducted Andre Drummond and replaced him with Calvin Murphy.
Drummond, the rookie big man who normally shots 39 percent from the charity stripe, is 6-for-8 from the line in this one. Rivers has employed the hack-a-Drummond strategy, and it has failed big time.
Conversely, the Pistons do not appear to be fouling the Celtics intentionally, but maybe they should be. The Celtics are a respectable 17-for-23 from the line, but they went just 6-for-10 in the third quarter. Those misses hampered the Celtics' chances of working their way back into this game.
Third quarter, 3:17, Pistons 70-63: Knight and the Pistons are throwing away the ball left and right, but like Friday's game against the Bulls, the Celtics have struggled to get much offense out of the miscues. Despite 18 turnovers by Detroit, the Celtics have had trouble pushing the ball or playing with motion on offense.
The Celtics have managed to pull within seven, though, mostly because the Pistons are still the Pistons, and thanks to a smaller lineup that has kept Detroit's big bodies off the court.
Third quarter, 5:59, Pistons 67-58: If you clicked over to this game to get away from the Pats, sorry. This game is no consolation.
The Celtics are getting outworked at both ends, and Rondo has taken to tossing careless passes all over the floor, helping the Pistons move toward a double-digit lead again.
Third quarter, 8:24, Pistons 61-54: The Celtics are clear that the first four minutes of each half count, right?
Once again, the Celtics have begun a half of basketball looking less than engaged. Apart from a baseline jump shot by Bradley and a run-out layup by Bradley off a baseball pass by Rondo, the Celtics have been off the mark offensively. At the same time, they have managed to allow two 3-pointers and an old-fashioned three-point play to see their lead extend to seven.
Halftime, Pistons 52-48: Haters of the dreaded two-for-one strategy, unite.
The Celtics climbed all the way back to knot the score at 48-48, but after Knight dropped home a floater for Detroit to retake the lead with 38.5 seconds left in the half, Rivers may have gotten a little too cute. The Celtics took a timeout to draw up a blueprint to get two shots in the allotted time, and the result was a shoddy possession leading to a fast-break layup by Knight and a scoreless trip to end the half.
Still, the Celtics' work in the second quarter was not all for naught. They did manage to pull back from an 18-point deficit, and they continued to get strong play from their second unit. Lee scored all 12 of his points in the second quarter, and Garnett had all 11 of his points as well. The Celtics shot close to 50 percent in the quarter after clanging everything in the opening quarter, but their defense could still use work. The Pistons actually shot better as a team in the second quarter, which is why they were able to generate just enough offense to stay ahead.
Second quarter, 3:09, Pistons 45-40: The Pistons still lead, but the tide is clearly turning. Despite some highlights for the Pistons, such as a crazy fadeaway by Charlie Villanueva and a two-handed slam by Kyle Singler, the Celtics have chipped away at this lead thanks to Garnett's shooting and some more aggressive play by Green and Lee.
Second quarter, 8:09, Pistons 36-28: Some things are just too predictable. Pierce and Rondo entered the game with the Celtics reeling. In a snap, the Pistons did not look like such Bad Boys anyway, and more like just a bad team.
The Celtics scored 10 unanswered points, helped along by three Detroit turnovers and two corner 3-pointers by Courtney Lee from approximately the same spot. Suddenly an 18-point deficit is down to single digits for the Celtics.
Second quarter, 9:46, Pistons 36-18: Andre Drummond was passed over by a lot of teams in the last draft due to questions about his dedication to the game. The ninth pick still has not answered all those questions, but one thing that was never in doubt was his skill.
Drummond showed off his raw abilities by catching and dunking alley-oop passes on consecutive Pistons possessions. The Pistons have opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run.
End of first quarter, Pistons 27-18: Jeff Green is on his game. That should be good news for the Celtics, but they will need somebody else in their lineup to contribute for it to matter.
Green ended the first quarter with a fallaway 20-footer to give him a game-high nine points — or half of Boston's entire scoring output. Meanwhile, the Pistons have gotten seven points each from Knight and Prince, and they have hit nearly half their shots. The Celtics shot just 27 percent in that first quarter.
First quarter, 2:31, Pistons 21-10: Rivers made a smart move with his second unit by pairing Jason Collins and Jared Sullinger up front. Neither big man is the most athletic player, but both compete their butts off. That showed in the early rebounding returns, with Sullinger grabbing four boards in his first six minutes.
The Celtics still trail, but by merely bringing some intensity down low, Collins and Sullinger provided something worthwhile for Boston.
First quarter, 7:57, Pistons 11-2: Don't worry, folks. You are not the only ones who seem to have your attention divided here.
The Celtics are playing like they have one eye on the Patriots' score, too. They have missed seven of their first eight shots and have more personal fouls (three) than rebounds (two). Everybody in Detroit's starting lineup has scored already, so at least the Celtics are letting the Pistons spread the wealth.
7:40 p.m.: Sike! Bradley's starting after all. Rivers said it was Bradley's call, and it looks like Bradley's call was the play.
7:09 p.m.: Already a man down in the backcourt (probably), the last thing the Celtics needed was another guard battling through an injury this game. But it appears Leandro Barbosa, who started in Bradley's place Friday, has a back issue he is dealing with. Barbosa can still play, but he may not be at 100 percent.
We'll give you the projected starters listed below, with the understanding that it is very, very tentative at this point.
Kevin Garnett
Brandon Bass
Paul Pierce
Leandro Barbosa
Rajon Rondo
Greg Monroe
Jason Maxiell
Tayshaun Prince
Kyle Singler
Brandon Knight
6:25 p.m.: If you were hoping Celtics coach Doc Rivers would shed some light on Bradley's status, guess again. Rivers told reporters before the game that Bradley "probably" would not play, so we will all find out about Bradley's status whenever he does (or does not) check into the game.
6:04 p.m.: Personally, I think it was foolish of the NFL to schedule the Pats-Ravens AFC Championship Game to go up against this HUGE Celtics-Pistons matchup. Roger Goodell is going to feel so bad when he sees the TV ratings numbers and finds out nobody in New England bothered to check out that other game down in Foxboro.
After all, the Ravens have already told us who is going to win that game, anyway. So what's the point of watching?
OK, that is enough sarcasm for the evening. Hopefully, you have decided to watch the Patriots game while keep one eye locked here for Celtics updates (when you're not checking out our AFC Championship live blog, of course). We are still not sure whether Avery Bradley will play in Detroit. Bradley injured his ribs in the Celtics' loss to New Orleans and did not play Friday against the Bulls, but he was seen on the floor at The Palace of Auburn Hills getting up some shots this afternoon.
The Pistons, who have lost three out of four, would obviously welcome Bradley's absence. But the backcourt is not where Detroit does the most damage. Chris Wilcox, who has been available for the last three games but has not played with a sprained right thumb, may need to finally return to the court for the Celtics to keep up with a young Pistons front line.
8 a.m. ET: Two straight losses have given the Celtics reason to worry, so it may help to get away for a while. A two-game road trip against teams mired near the bottom of the standings therefore could be the perfect antidote.
Of course, an opponent that was overmatched on paper managed to halt the Celtics' six-game winning streak, so the Pistons (14-25) should not be taken lightly. The Celtics (20-19) have the misfortune of facing a Detroit squad that discovered how to win in the last few weeks. The Pistons had won seven of nine before dropping their last two games, including Thursday's defeat in London at the hands of the Knicks.
After holding their own against a tough Chicago front line on Friday, the Celtics will be challenged again up front by Greg Monroe, Jason Maxiell and Andre Drummond. All three of those big men are capable of putting together a double-double if Boston is not careful.
The Celtics received some good news when X-rays on Avery Bradley's ribs came back negative. He will travel with the Celtics to Detroit before the team heads to Cleveland, but there is no assurance he will play in either game.
Join us for updates and analysis during the game, which tips off at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Lan Core is software that lets you build a thin client network on a Windows operating system. It was originally designed to work in a server or workstation with Windows XP Professional and using the native remote desktop protocol or RDP. To this end, the Lan Core package includes: (1) the Preboot Execution Environment or PXE service, a server application used to boot the thin clients (also referred as terminals or clients) in a local area network; (2) the thin client operating system (Thin OS), an embedded system based on Linux; and (3) an interface application used to manage the PXE service and thin clients. The thin clients' boot is done through a local area network (LAN), and it is based on the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol. In order to do it, Lan Core also provides two additional services: a DHCP server and a Trivial FTP server for Windows, used to assign IP addresses and transfer boot files, respectively.
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


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Hi Motortech: Over the
Hi Motortech:
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to discuss these things hundreds of times and each time it amounted to dealing with dis-information and bias. So please excuse me if I do not reply in the fullest- it simply gets tiresome covering the basics over and over again.
Yes, I know exactly how much the stator motor on the Civic Hybrid II weighs and as many here already know I can discuss almost any element of the technology confidently and accurately with the implied and binding limitations I am afforded at a professional level.
Also I own two HCH (2006 & 2007) and three Prius (all 2007 models).
Anyhow. The point of hybrid technology is not to create energy but rather minimize the energy losses contained in the fossil fuel when consuming it. That is all in a simple nutshell nothing more, nothing less.
Regenerative braking is not the only means of capturing energy. Excess engine load is the other. As a matter of fact, a hybrid provides better fuel economy if you brake less and regenerate less. The same applies to eletric assist, the less you use the higher your fuel economy. For people who neither own a hybrid nor understand enough about hybrids this can be a very puzzling thing but it is the simple and unvarnished truth that can only accepted when the basic knowledge of this technology is known.
However, compared to most non-hybrids the regenerative braking is still a positive asset especially when you really need to come to a stop. This allows them to recover the energy that other cars would normally waste in the form of heat.
Yes, the electric part of the power plant weighs a fair amount but that weight is offset by the use of smaller and a lighter gas engine. A gas engine that simply CANNOT be used in any other Civic because it is too small and underpoweredl. I hope you understand what this means?
Also for your information, the Civic hybrid does NOT use more aluminum than the regular Civic at all and... the electric motor is not rated at 10 HP but 20 HP (15 KWH).
This 1.3 Liter gas engine also uses technologies and manufacturing techniques and materials that another non-hybrid car would not be able to justify. This is because the gas engine was designed to accommodate the presence and help of an electric motor which is beneficial to not only help power the wheels but also to smoothen and cancel the vibrations produced by the gas engine when it switches ignition, cam modes and cylinder de-activation modes.
Lastly, I paid a small (if any) premium for the hybrid technology mostly because I not only got the government tax rebates which placed the hybrid at the same cost level as that of a similarly equipped Civic but also because I can no longer justify the purchase of car technology that is inferior in fuel consumption potential and also with poor environmental performance for myself, my kids and the society I live in.
We all have a moral responsibility to consume less fuel and pollute less... and doing the best each of us can is no longer an optional choice left anyone who chooses to purchase a new vehicle.
It is a duty for the environment and our future generations to do the right thing and while hybrid cars are just an intermediate solution (as are the upcoming clean diesels) it is up to us to make a difference.
That is why, there will never be another gas-only car on my driveway. My conscience will not allow it, and I support anyone who does the right thing whether they understand the personal and social benefits of hybrid technology or simply because they want to save on fuel as their financial bottom line.
Hybrid cars are not a scam... and whether the statements of mediocrity and ignorance agree with it or not, almost every car manufacturer will begin producing hybrids because Toyota and Honda hybrids work... and there are over 1.4 million of us (and growing) on the roads to prove it.
You are free to believe whatever you want. But if you truly want to make a difference I suggest you don't just "talk the talk" but also try to "walk the walk". Once you learn a bit more about these hybrid matters you'll understand that there is more science and engineering behind these Honda and Toyota hybrids than what most old time gear heads can even dream of.
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Kudos to MSantos for
Kudos to MSantos for replying with balanced and informed posts.
I don't doubt that an occasional hybrid will have drivetrain or mechanical problems that show up as poor MPG -- just like a non-hybrid. Ranting that one car's problems says something about the total fleet is unreasonable, and certainly does not fix the car in question. First things first though, the driver has to be taken out of the equation. A total 30 mile easy jaunt back and forth on the highway without braking at 60 mpg should do the trick. Results less than 50 mpg (US) should be investigated further unless a windy day explains the results. Start with tyre pressures and the emergency hand brake.
My family owns a Prius since 2004, and I am very satisfied. It fits our mostly (sub)urban use to a tee. Wondering about MPG ? My wife and I are both non-aggresive drivers, but she has more short trips, does not take advantage of 'gliding' (coasting below 41 mph), and anticipates less well than I do. Her MPG is low 40's in the cold of winter, low 50's in temperate weather. My MPG is low 50's in the winter, and high 60's in warmer weather. All in all mid 50's MPG. I use the car these days for one 200 mile round-trip three times a month, and average 59 mpg averaging about 63 mph. It will certainly drop in the winter. The highway numbers are bumped by about 6 mpg by living at high altitude.
For comparison, my lifetime MPG in a '94 manual Honda Civic was 38 mpg in the same locale, but with more highway driving.
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I think the auto stop
I think the auto stop feature is something all cars should have as well as be lighter with a smaller engine.
The hybrids technology has some good spin offs that could make all cars fuel efficient.
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"I think the auto stop
"I think the auto stop feature is something all cars should have"
It would be good, except the repeated restarts require the beefier starting mechanism of the electric motor. Today's starters on conventional engines would be overtaxed.
One thing that *is* migrating into conventional cars is the mileage monitoring devices.
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Hi All. I'm new to this
Hi All. I'm new to this forum, but I've owned an '03 HCH since I bought it new in '03. I also own an '05 Escape Hybrid, so I have different hybrid experiences.
My wife has done most of the driving of the HCH. At first, I thought that the hybrids were a scam as well, since we were getting only around 40mpg. However, I have since learned that a)one's driving style needs to change to maximize fuel economy (and this doesn't mean driving like an old lady) and b)my wife has a lead foot. I drove the HCH for a week and averaged 58mpg(US) for the week. After showing my wife some of my techniques, she's managed to maintain about a 46mpg average for about the last 3 years.
MY_MPG_55, I wanted to reply to a couple of your points:
I, too, noticed an extremely obnoxious rattle coming from under the passenger side dash. After much hunting, mostly while my wife was driving, I found that it is actually coming from the bottom edge of the covering on the passenger side front windshield post. This might be your problem as well. If you still have your HCH, try having a passenger hold the bottom of the post very tightly and see if that's your issue too.
Second, I also found I was having transmission issues about 3 years after buying the car. It finally got to the point where the RPMs were racing to keep the car in the 40mph range before my wife notified me of the problem. When I took it to one dealer, they wanted to replace the transmission for about $4000-5000. Having done no research, but not trusting this, I took it to another dealer and they suggested burnishing the clutch for under $300. This has 95% resolved the problem. The RPMs no longer race and the transmission is almost back to factory standards, but as a bit of a perfectionist, I can still feel a tiny bit of the old laggy-ness in there that shouldn't be. The bad news for me is that I had to pay for this issue out of pocket. The good news for you, if you still have the car, is that Honda has finally instituted a program to reimburse HCH owners for this fix. If you have had this done, you can fill out some form(s) and Honda will reimburse you. If not, have it done by a dealer you can trust and Honda should pay for it.
Regarding your battery issue, MSantos posted in a different thread how to do a power reset. This just might help your car recalibrate a bit. At the very least, following his suggestions, you should be able to tell if the battery is charging or not. Skim down about 3/4ths for MSantos replying to Rikfre where he explains how to do a power reset here: http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/col...d-battery.html
I've been reading some other threads here, particularly with Honda Canada and the poor training of several dealerships there. While it's entirely possible that you got a lemon, I think some of your issues might be more dealer-related. If you still have your HCH and haven't tried a different dealer, I think this might really be worth your time.
I hope these suggestions help.
Hi, I have had a persistent
I have had a persistent intermittent problem with shuddering/bucking when I accelerate. Twice it was very dramatic. When I take my foot off the gas it stops, but sometimes resumes as soon as I begin to accelerate. I have not been able to duplicate the 'symptoms' on demand. I bought the 08 HCV as used. It had less than 1,500 hundred miles when I bought it. When I drove it off the lot it registered 41 mpg. That is the highest so far. Driving around town the mpg's drop significantly. It now has about 7,500 miles and has been taken in for its first service. I explained all of this to the service manager and they found nothing, yet it has continued.
Am I alone in this? I have read about the earlier models have some difficulty but not the recent models. Does anyone have a suggestion or a similar concern?
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Hi Lann; There have been
Hi Lann;
There have been reports such as yours and although their numbers are relatively low compared to larger population of HCH-II owners... they do come up now and then.
I would suggest you visit another dealership and see how far they are willing to go in at least validating your claims. If this does not materialize any progress for you please write to Corporate Honda and explain in as much detail as possible the symptoms and measures you took. Please CC the letter to the service manager at your dealership. More often than not, this alone provides very good results, since unless the service department can experience the shuddering they will be reluctant to expend time on their billable cycle.
You can also choose to change the CVT fluid earlier and see what that nets you. In some cases this alone was found to resolve the shuddering.
By the way, frequent Jack rabbit starts in traffic have a way to worsen this symptom. Smooth accelerations and decelerations are ideal for your CVT.
Hi MSantos, I'm a friend of
Hi MSantos,
I'm a friend of Lann, thanks for your kind advice.
I've experience the shuddering effect, once without her in the car at low speed making a corner while accelerating, and it reminds me of the effect of a harmonic imbalance and/or something related to trouble with motor mounts. I'm not sure, however, that it's what she has experienced as I haven't been in the car when she's experienced it.
Lann is not one to jack rabbit start, so it's not that.
Thanks again, Barry
Thank you for responding so
Thank you for responding so quickly. I will follow through on your advice.
Fingers crossed it will be resolved quickly. On another question I hope someone can help with has to do with the auto stop...sometimes it comes on other times it doesn't...is there a method to encourage its frequency?
Thanks again,
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Hi Lann and Barry: Regarding
Hi Lann and Barry:
Regarding the Autostop: If your engine is warmed up, you can encourage the autostop to return provided that you reach 7MPH after your second stop. If in a Stop-n-Go scenario you cannot reach or exceed 7 MPH the autostop will be suppressed.
This behavior is by design, but you can override it by switching the transmission to "N" and then turning the engine off by hand. When ready to move forward, you turn the engine back ON and then you switch the transmission back to D to move forward. This is normally called a "forced Autostop".


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BRANDON — Twenty technology-savvy students at Brandon High School's Academy of Information Technology have take-home laptop computers for the school year. The laptop program, which started in January, could be an indication of what's to come in the future.
On a normal day at the information technology academy, Joshua Haley pops open his laptop and maybe types a few notes during class. He puts the Omega calculator that's on his computer to use graphing or computing a calculus or physics problem. After lunch, he might shoot an e-mail to one of his teachers to confirm the due date of a project.
Other tech students use their laptops to research a question during class, allowing them to have a deeper discussion with their teacher. Assignments for almost all of their subjects can be done on their laptops and uploaded on the school's server for access at school or home.
"Each student has his own space from the domain server," said Haley. "My laptop makes me efficient in all of my classes. I can do three-dimensional graphs, something my calculator just can't do."
Brandon's idea for take-home laptops was launched in 2006, when technology instructor Jean Gordon and other school officials visited Crooms Academy of Information Technology in Orlando. Crooms now has 600 laptops for their students. Students can access the Internet at many wireless hot spots in school and the laptops are integrated into every subject.
"By going to Crooms, we found out things that were helpful to get our program going, like the kind of computer cases we should order for our students and what kind of insurance we would need to cover them," Gordon said. "Results are the key — things that worked for them and things that didn't.
One upside of giving kids take-home laptops: the ability to bridge the gap for students who don't have a computer or Internet access at home. It also eliminates a time-honored excuse. There's no more forgetting a book at home or at school because many textbooks are available online.
So far, Brandon's technology academy is the only high school information technology academy in Hillsborough County and the only school in the county offering take-home laptops.
Terry Senhauser, a fourth-grade teacher at Nelson Elementary School in Dover, expects every student to eventually have a laptop to use in every class.
The school district's technology plan allocates $2.8-million a year for equipment replacement until 2010. The objective is to systematically replace old computers after six or seven years.
Whether the replacement computers are desktops or laptops is still up for discussion. The technology plan is updated every year, but there are no immediate plans for large-scale laptop purchases.
"Presently, it's not cost effective," district spokeswoman Linda Cobb said.
Recent efforts to switch to laptops are done with grants that the Brandon technology academy received or through partnerships like Crooms has with Dell.
"We're still independently exploring technology on our own. We need to work on formalizing technology into education," Gordon said.


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AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap Method (String, String, Boolean, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo, Object[], Evidence)
Note: This API is now obsolete. The non-obsolete alternative is CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(String, String, Boolean, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo, Object[]).
Creates a new instance of the specified type. Parameters specify the name of the type, and how it is found and created.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ObsoleteAttribute("Methods which use evidence to sandbox are obsolete and will be removed in a future release of the .NET Framework. Please use an overload of CreateInstanceAndUnwrap which does not take an Evidence parameter. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=155570 for more information.")] public Object CreateInstanceAndUnwrap( string assemblyName, string typeName, bool ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityAttributes )
- assemblyName
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The display name of the assembly. See Assembly.FullName.
- typeName
- Type: System.String
The fully qualified name of the requested type, including the namespace but not the assembly, as returned by the Type.FullName property.
- ignoreCase
- Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value specifying whether to perform a case-sensitive search or not.
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A combination of zero or more bit flags that affect the search for the typeName constructor. If bindingAttr is zero, a case-sensitive search for public constructors is conducted.
- binder
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An object that enables the binding, coercion of argument types, invocation of members, and retrieval of MemberInfo objects using reflection. If binder is null, the default binder is used.
- args
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The arguments to pass to the constructor. This array of arguments must match in number, order, and type the parameters of the constructor to invoke. If the default constructor is preferred, args must be an empty array or null.
- culture
- Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
A culture-specific object used to govern the coercion of types. If culture is null, the CultureInfo for the current thread is used.
- activationAttributes
- Type: System.Object[]
An array of one or more attributes that can participate in activation. Typically, an array that contains a single UrlAttribute object. The UrlAttribute specifies the URL that is required to activate a remote object.
- securityAttributes
- Type: System.Security.Policy.Evidence
Information used to authorize creation of typeName.
Return ValueType: System.Object
An instance of the object specified by typeName.
assemblyName or typeName is null.
No matching constructor was found.
typename was not found in assemblyName.
assemblyName was not found.
The caller does not have permission to call this constructor.
The caller cannot provide activation attributes for an object that does not inherit from MarshalByRefObject.
The operation is attempted on an unloaded application domain.
assemblyName is not a valid assembly.
Version 2.0 or later of the common language runtime is currently loaded and assemblyName was compiled with a later version.
An assembly or module was loaded twice with two different evidences.
This is a convenience method that combines CreateInstance and ObjectHandle.Unwrap.
See AssemblyName for the format of assemblyName. See the Type.FullName property for the format of typeName.
The activationAttributes parameter is related to client-activated objects; see Client Activation.
If you make an early-bound call to a method M of an object of type T1 that was returned by CreateInstanceAndUnwrap, and that method makes an early-bound call to a method of an object of type T2 in an assembly C other than the current assembly or the assembly containing T1, assembly C is loaded into the current application domain. This loading occurs even if the early-bound call to T1.M() was made in the body of a DynamicMethod, or in other dynamically generated code. If the current domain is the default domain, assembly C cannot be unloaded until the process ends. If the current domain later attempts to load assembly C, the load might fail.
The following sample demonstrates the use of the ignoreCase parameter.
using System; using System.Reflection; class Test { static void Main() { InstantiateINT32(false); // Failed! InstantiateINT32(true); // OK! } static void InstantiateINT32(bool ignoreCase) { try { AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain; object instance = currentDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap( "mscorlib, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089", "SYSTEM.INT32", ignoreCase, BindingFlags.Default, null, null, null, null, null ); Console.WriteLine(instance.GetType()); } catch (TypeLoadException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } } }
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for the ability to access the location of the assembly. Associated enumeration: FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery
- FileIOPermissionAccess
for the ability to read the file containing the assembly manifest. Associated enumeration: FileIOPermissionAccess.Read
- WebPermission
for the ability to access the location of the assembly if the assembly is not local.
- SecurityPermission
for the ability to call unmanaged code when creating an instance of a delegate. Associated enumeration: SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode
- SecurityPermission
to load an assembly with evidence. Associated enumeration: SecurityPermissionFlag.ControlEvidence.
- ReflectionPermission
for the ability to invoke operations on all type members. Associated enumeration: ReflectionPermissionFlag.MemberAccess
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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That is right folks, the 20th century. The 20th century was the moment where everything were different than before (as in books and painting styles were different than the 19th century, so they call it the modern century). Books and paintings were not the only thing that were different from before, though, as kitchen styles changed too. With the arrival of the 20th century, people decided that their kitchen is 'lame', so they decided to make a new style of kitchen. That style of kitchen is the 20th century kitchen, and this is what I am going to talk about at this very time.
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Such a sweet family! Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were spotted with their adorable 1 1/2-year-old daughter Sunday arriving in Sydney, Australia on Sunday (March 7). The family were all smiles as they touched down in their native Aussie.
Although Nicole's film Nine is nominated for four Academy Awards tonight, the 42-year-old mother of three opted for a trip Down Under.
Nicole is also mom to teenagers Isabella, 17, and Connor, 15, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.


text: So what's the solution? How can we compete with the US? For me, it's simple enough: UK universities have to put IP education at the top of their enterprise agenda. One way to do this potentially, is to establish a network of IP advice/information centres at each university delivering a nationwide service with uniform standards across the UK.


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Concierge Agent (Preferably Russian, Arabic, German and French languages)
Abu Dhabi (AE)
Full job details
Kempinski - Emirates Palace
Abu Dhabi (AE)
Job Type
Front Office, Concierge
Job Level
Job Description
The job of Concierge is executed satisfactorily when:
- LQA (Leading Quality Assurance) audit results are 85% and above.
- Concierges handle all duties with zeal.
- Can direct guests to any location, to any product, at any time of day or night.
- The Concierge is motivated by a genuine desire to serve.
- CSS (Customer Satisfaction Survey) results are rated on an average with "5" and above.
- Answer guest questions and handle guest requests in a polite and efficient manner such as giving information, making a reservation for a tour, a restaurant or transportation, providing directions, confirming flight, etc.If needed, refer requests to relevant staff to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Keep updated of all information concerning the hotel services, local places of interest, restaurants, transportation, sport facilities, churches, shopping areas and all relevant information likely to be of guests' interest in order to be able to answer guest requests and questions.
- Keep records, deliver and distribute all incoming and outgoing mails, faxes, messages and parcel addressed to current or future guests and hotel staff according to hotel procedures.
- Upon requests, store guest luggage into the luggage storage room. Handle all luggage with care.
- Sell stamps for postcards and letters.
- Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of desk area and replenish counters with brochures, magazines, city maps for guest availability.
- During Business Center's closing time, send fax for guests.
- Any other duties, which may be assigned to them from time to time as directed by their Supervisor or Manager.
Additional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time according to the needs of the business and of the hotel.
- High School Graduate or equivalent, preferably with a specialization in Hotel.
- 1 to 2 years experience as a bell boy or as a receptionist for an international 5 star hotel preferable.
- Flexibility in the scheduling
- Initiative
- Customer service orientation
- Teamwork / Cooperation
- Interpersonal skills
- Oral and listening skills
- Basic writing skills
- Friendly and caring attitude
- Strength to lift luggage frequently weighing up to 20 kilos.


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Guest Opinion: How to Win Over Dual-Screen Consumers1 Mar, 2013 By: Peter Koeppel Response
Herbert Krugman first formalized the notion that television advertising is a medium that requires frequency in 1965. According to Krugman, the first exposure answered the most fundamental question, "What is it?"
After the second exposure, a viewer decided whether the ad had personal relevancy. The third exposure was the proverbial charm that sealed the deal. This concept of television advertising as a frequency medium was most often applied to image-based advertising that relied on short, aspirational or funny commercials for major brands in the form of 15 and 30 seconds.
As DRTV gained broader adoption — including 60 and 120 second spots and half-hour infomercials — it served as a counterpoint to this idea of frequency. Why? Because the luxury of extra time allowed a marketer to make a fully-realized proposition and compel a purchase decision on the spot, even after a single exposure. This was a truism that worked effectively though much of the 1980s and 1990s.
However, with both the media landscape and consumers' attention spans acutely fragmented, Krugman's original premise has now come full circle. With Nielsen reporting the lion's share of consumers who own mobile phones and tablets are now using them while they watch TV, the importance of frequency has never been more crucial, but with one important distinction: it is no longer only the television that an advertiser must be concerned with, but all of the screens consumers are engaged with. Each must be optimized to ensure impressions are occurring at the right time and place — and with the right audience.
So what are these dual-screen users up to? Nielsen reports that nearly one in five search for more information about products and services advertised on TV. Therefore, it is critical that marketers make it easy for prospects surfing online to find them.
That translates first into leveraging search engine optimization for product name and relevant keywords using both organic and paid search. Marketers who do not manage this properly run the risk of having their leads derailed by competitors. It is also imperative that the marketer maintains a positive reputation, and not let others hijack its brand voice. These online interlopers include competitors masquerading behind "objective" category review sites and detractors of DRTV who condemn the genre like autocratic culture police.
One of the ways to combat the negativity slung at DRTV is to maintain a consistent brand look and feel worthy of any category-leading advertiser. Messaging that is succinct, compelling and consistent with the TV advertising is also crucial. The best way to accomplish this is to think about how to leverage scarcity mentality and the universal desire to get a good deal.
Therefore messages that are offer-based, inspire curiosity to learn more, or are true calls-to-action are great ways to lure prospective customers. These messages act as shortcuts and should be organized to take advantage of the unique real estate each platform affords.
Placing online ads on sites and in dayparts that are compatible with their TV counterparts is a tactic that can also make it easy for consumers to find you. Since short-form DRTV is sold on a run-of-schedule basis, one might wonder how it is possible to find such media.
Nearly one-third of dual-screen users look up info related to TV programming according to Nielsen. So although a DRTV advertiser may not know in advance what specific program they are airing in, they can buy ad presence on a network or station affiliate's website that their TV campaign is running on. Similarly, Nielsen reports that more than one-third of these same viewers visit social networking sites while watching TV, so, there are opportunities to advertise on the pages of Facebook users who have "liked" a compatible network or programming.
When Krugman put forth his thesis, he suggested that anything after three TV ad impressions was redundant and wasteful. But we have entered a new era. Smart marketers know that a combination of aligned offline and online impressions is necessary to succeed in today's hyper-competitive world. ■
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In the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin, we find ourselves still heartbroken, but hardly surprised. Shame on a country that leaves no one accountable for the murder of an unarmed 17-year-old kid who was doing nothing more than buying snacks.
Beyond the fact that I, too, hug my 13-year-old son a bit tighter these days, I'm not sure there's much I can add that hasn't already been eloquently said. Given that, one of the best things I thought Bold As Love Magazine could do is to give you quick survey of some of the superb writing and thinking that's occured post verdict. Let's get started:
As usual The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates brilliantly breaks things down:
It is painful to say this: Trayvon Martin is not a miscarriage of American justice, but American justice itself. This is not our system malfunctioning. It is our system working as intended. To expect our juries, our schools, our police to single-handedly correct for this, is to look at the final play in the final minute of the final quarter and wonder why we couldn't come back from twenty-four down.
Charles Blow of The New York Times wonders what, given the systemic failure, should he tell his own teenage boys:
The idea of universal suspicion without individual evidence is what Americans find abhorrent and what black men in America must constantly fight. It is pervasive in policing policies — like stop-and-frisk, and in this case neighborhood watch — regardless of the collateral damage done to the majority of innocents. It's like burning down a house to rid it of mice.
As a parent, particularly a parent of black teenage boys, I am left with the question, "Now, what do I tell my boys?"
We used to say not to run in public because that might be seen as suspicious, like they'd stolen something. But according to Zimmerman, Martin drew his suspicion at least in part because he was walking too slowly.
So what do I tell my boys now? At what precise pace should a black man walk to avoid suspicion?
And can they ever stop walking away, or running away, and simply stand their ground? Can they become righteously indignant without being fatally wounded?
Is there anyplace safe enough, or any cargo innocent enough, for a black man in this country? Martin was where he was supposed to be — in a gated community — carrying candy and a canned drink.
The whole system failed Martin. What prevents it from failing my children, or yours?
As if anticipating the conversation that's only been ramped up upon Zimmerman's acquittal, over a year ago, MSNBC's Toure wrote shared what he was subtitled, "Eight talking points about the potentially fatal condition of being black."
Penn professor of Africana and Religious Studies Anthea Butler, in the wake of Zimmerman's assertion that everything happened according to "God's plan", offered this thought-provoking piece: "The Zimmerman Acquittal: America's Racist God". Spot on.
One of the more heartbreaking posts after the acquittal was Amy Davidson's New Yorker post, "What Should Trayvon Martin Have Done?":
There is an echo, in what people say Martin should and shouldn't have done, of what people say to women when bad things happen to them in dark places. Why did you walk that way, why were you out in the rain? Why did you walk in the direction of the man instead of running? Why did you think you had the privilege to go out and get candy for a child? You didn't; you should have known. It shouldn't be that way. A woman should be able to walk on a dark street in Florida, or anywhere. That she might not be able to doesn't make a similar restraint on Martin any more reasonable—one injustice doesn't vindicate another—and, in a way, only adds to the pain. One of the answers, among the most mortifying, and rightly underlying the rage at the verdict, is that Trayvon Martin wasn't supposed to act like a man.
He wasn't quite one, yet. He was a child, who had just turned seventeen. He was learning how to be a man—and he had some reasonable guides in his parents, as we have learned through watching their utter dignity throughout the trial. That night, though, Martin was just guessing.
Guns and violence are a part of America's cultural identity, writes The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik:
. . .it's part of the cultural foundation of the country. Stand Your Ground, as it's called now, or "no duty to retreat," as it was called back in the day, is irrational, because it's meant to be. Attorney General Eric Holder's blasting of Stand Your Ground strikes something deep seated, no matter how twisted. Those of us who are haunted by the sight of violence struggle to understand why, in the face of so much evidence, irrationality is allowed to rule. Lincoln's answer was that it's because the symbolic identity that guns provide matters more than the rational calculation of the harm that they do.
What we know now is that race matters a lot in "Stand Your Ground" cases. Check out this detailed article by urban studies theorist Richard Florida, where he writes:
Race also plays a role in Roman's analysis, suggesting that the Zimmerman verdict is hardly unique. The data give credence to claims that such laws introduce bias against black victims and in favor of white shooters, as many have contended. In cases where the shooter was black and the victim white, there was hardly any difference between "Stand Your Ground" and other states: Only 1.4 percent of these homicides were deemed justified in "Stand Your Ground" states, in comparison to 1.1 percent in states without a statute. But, the situation is substantially different when the roles, and races, of shooter and victim are reversed. For murders with a white shooter and a black victim, 16.9 percent were ruled justified in "Stand Your Ground" states. Only 9.5 percent were in states that have no "Stand Your Ground" law on the books.
And for all the talk of black riots, there were none. After all, writes Salon's Edward Wyckoff Williams, our real problem is white rage. Specifically:
The paradox of being implicitly excluded from the guarantee of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness has been reiterated and reinforced by public policy and social malaise for centuries. President Barack Obama is not immune — as he's become the target of incessant "white rage": race-baiting attacks, prejudice and bias even prior to his election. The Republican Party and its neo-Confederate Tea Party wing has been committed to invalidating his political and legislative legacy as much as the Zimmerman jury invalidated the civil rights of Trayvon. The disparate precedent set, therefore, becomes all the more insulting when we're told to simply shut up and bear it.
Williams then goes onto write: "Yet white rage is never articulated by America's law enforcement as a reason to fear or strategically organize against. White males aren't stopped by police in disproportionate numbers nor frisked before entering movie theaters and first-grade classrooms. But there are many angry white people out there."
As radio host Jay Smooth tweeted:
The fundamental danger of an acquittal is not more riots, it is more George ZImmermans.
— jay smooth (@jsmooth995) July 13, 2013
So the struggle for equality and justice continues. Thanks to this verdict, America, I'm a little less sure we'll ever get there.


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Park Rapids mayor Nancy Carroll, Akeley Mayor Jennifer Mitchell and longtime Hubbard County Commissioner Lyle Robinson were all defeated Tuesday night in their bids for re-election.
Matt Dotta won the District 2 seat for County Commission, edging Jason Bucky Johnson 937 to 785.
In the Park Rapids mayoral race, Carroll was defeated by council member Pat Mikesh by a razor-thin margin, 837 to 826 votes.
In Akeley, Mitchell was defeated by former chief deputy Jerry Tatro, 116 to 70. Newcomer Dan Riggs won a seat on the council with Trygve Karl, ousting incumbent Terry Chalich.
Robinson lost to challenger Dan Stacey 1,027 to 981.
Nevis Mayor Paul Schroeder defeated challenger Rick Carson 146 to 52.
Park Rapids City Council member David W. Konshok was the top vote-getter in that contest with 990 votes. Rod Nordberg was second with 821 votes. Both were elected to the council.
State Rep. Dave Hancock (Dist. 2A) was defeated by DFL candidate Roger Erickson, 8,901 to 10,730. Republican Steve Green defeated DFL candidate Brita Sailer, who was seeking to regain the House seat she lost to Hancock in 2010. Those vote totals were 9,759 for Green and 9,376 for Sailer.
Dist. 2 Sen. Rod Skoe turned away a challenge from Dennis Moser. The vote totals there were 17,423 for Moser and 21,269 for Skoe. In Dist. 5, incumbent Sen. John Carlson was defeated by DFL challenger Tom Saxhaug. The vote totals were 20,415 for Saxhaug and 18,302 for Carlson. In Dist. 5A Rep. Larry Howes was defeated by DFL challenger John Persell. The vote totals were Persell with 10,454 votes and Howes with 8,054 votes.
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2016 Trip | The Program | Courses | Schedule | Cost | Contact
Ghana, West Africa, is a peaceful, harmonious nation, home to the famous Ashanti, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagomba, as well as other peoples. Ghana is a developing country, working to improve self-sufficiency in food, improve health and education, carry out urban redevelopment and historic preservation, stabilize their currency, and reform the legal code. This program will introduce you to how they are doing these things, and provide an opportunity for you to learn through hands-on involvement. Ghana is well-known for its traditional production of kente and other fabrics.
We also will trace the history of West Africa – homeland of many Africa Americans – its nations and cultures. The history of the slave trade will be discussed as well as Ghana's colonial past, the country's struggle for independence, and its great leaders, including Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and former UN Secretary Kofi Annan.
Apply Now for the 2016 Program!
Apply for the Interdisciplinary Ghana Study Abroad Program at the UGA Office of International Education: http://bit.ly/interdisciplinaryghana.
Application deadline for the Interdisciplinary Ghana Study Abroad is January 11, 2016. The trip is scheduled for May 16-June 6, 2016.
[The group of students and faculty participated in a previous Interdisciplinary Ghana Study Abroad Program. ]
1. Team in front of Nkrumah Statue | 2. Team fixes up playground | (mouse over photo to see more)
The 2016 Interdisciplinary Ghana Study Abroad Program in the School of Social work will depart May 12 for Accra, Ghana. Students will participate in an active program that involves seminar-style classes with Ghanaian lecturers as well as service and learning.
"Integrating native scholar's perspective through required course readings and lectures enriches students' learning experience", explained Tony Lowe, associate professor and program director. "The mix of non-traditional educational opportunities, culturally-immersive activities and historical tours enhance students' knowledge, enrich their appreciation of diversity and prepare them as global citizens and future leaders in their chosen field of study."
Community service remains a central objective. The University developed the Ghanaian School Uniform and Resource project in 2005 to help remove barriers to the education of needy children. The project annually solicits funds from students, faculty, and friends to purchase school uniforms and other school resources. To date, the project has raised over $10,000 and purchased over 1,300 uniforms and many school supplies. The West African AIDS Foundation, Inc. became the newest community partner in 2013. This foundation hosted the SSW faculty and students and provided an overview of its operation. In conjunction with Recovery Consultant of Atlanta, Inc, the program donated 25 new HIV/AIDS testing kits and completed a joint community outreach effort with their staff to encourage others to get tested to "know their status." Students may also engage with the Lifeline Project, a crime and poverty reduction program that rescues young girls off the dangerous streets of Accra and offers them shelter, guidance and vocational skill training.
Tentative Travel Dates: May 17 - June 6, 2016
Nature and Purpose of the Program This dynamic and exciting program offers classroom time provided along with travel to different regions and cultures. It includes interaction with Ghanaian University students,cultural immersion and, perhaps most importantly, direct involvement.
Description of the Academic Component Each student will enroll in two or three learning-intense programs which provide course material amounting to six (6) to nine(9) hours of credit. One of these will be the African Society and Culture Program. The programs will include guest lectures and instruction in classrooms and studios with students in their on-going courses at various schools, Universities and agencies.
Program Goals This program provides accredited course instruction in the areas of African Society and Culture, Children and Family Services Systems in Ghana, Retail Development in Ghana, Introduction to International Workforce Education, Painting in Ghana. It also:
West African Society, History and Culture SOWK 5908/6908
Instructor: Tony B. Lowe
This course provides a multi-disciplinary overview of cultural, social, political and economic development in Ghana, West Africa and research topics in these areas.
Children and Family Service Systems in Ghana SOWK 5777/7353
Instructor: David Okech
This course looks at the development of both formal and informal children and family service organizations in Ghana. Major behavioral health, child welfare, and social issues will be explored; students will be able to participate in practice based learning with service practitioners and survey cursrent social service agencies.
Painting in Ghana ARST 4180/7180
Instructor: Professor Diane Edison
This studio course provides the opportunity for painting with an emphasis on individual student exploration based on their impressions of the culture of Ghana. Traditional painting and drawing will be taught in the field exploring a variety of media and working with nonrepresentational imagery as well as painting from observation.
Foundations of International Education WFED 4990/6990
Instructor: Bettye P. Smith
This course focuses on educational models and issues in international education. Topics will include: educational policy, teaching methods, teaching practice and others in public and private settings.
Retail Development in Ghana: An Entrepreneurial Case Study TXMI 3010/9010
Instructor: Dr. Patricia Hunt-Hurst
This course will allow students to interact with entrepreneurs in the fashion and retail industries and learn how to market products in a less developed nation. Students will explore community trade options with Athens and research potential areas for economic development. Topics will include: Fashion & Fabric Design, Community Trade, Entrepreneurship and Retail Development.
(Tentative Schedule)
Regular stay: May 16 to June 6, 2016
WEEK 2: May 23- May 28
WEEK 3: May 29- June 6
2016 Program Fee: $3,080.00
APPLICATION PERIOD: December 1-January 11, 2016.
Participants carry out UGA registration for the courses and pay the program fee o f$3,080.00 and the international airline fee estimated at $1,800.00. HOPE funding may be used for tuition.
Airfare from the international departure city, and transportation, lodging, facilities, and two meals a day in Ghana are included.
The application deadline is January 11, 2016. Upon acceptance your deposit of $500.00 will be charged to your student account by the Bursar's office. Late applications will be considered on a case by case basis.
Applications may be downloaded from this website or picked up at 279 Williams St., University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, or 706-542-7490/Fax: 706-542-7667.
Application and deposit ($500) due by January 11, 2016.
1. Complete the Ghana Study Abroad program application form.
2. Please submit your application by January 11, 2016. The Bursar will attach a $500.00 charge for the application fee, usually within 4 days of receipt of your application. This fee is non-refundable after March 2, 2016.
3. Submit copy of passport. This may be done after acceptance to the program.
4. Give the completed application form to:
Kerri Lewis, 279 William St., Athens, GA, 30602, firstname.lastname@example.com, (706) 542-3364.
5. The balance of the fees ($2,580.00) is due by April 15, 2016.
The 2016 Program fee is $3,080.00 which includes the following:
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2530 Sever Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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321 Dawson Hall
305 Sanford Dr
Athens, GA 30602
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Applications may be downloaded from this site or obtained from the School of Social Work. Please contact Associate Professor Tony Lowe: 678-985-6790 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Looking for a place your kids can get creative and messy, without having to scrub paint off your furniture?
Beth Jeffrey, a newcomer to the Poway area, who moved here with her family from Australia three months ago, recently opened Paint the Walls, an arts and crafts activity center, located at 11385 Poway Road, Suite 108, Sabre Springs Plaza. "We chose Poway [to move to] because it's such a family-friendly community with great schools," said Jeffrey.
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