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TIME Magazine called 2011 the "year of the protester". Nothing quite captured the world's attention like the revolution in Egypt—the story of oppressed citizens claiming their right to live free in the 21st century.
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The stories we collect will be featured on our 18 Days in Egypt website. 18 Days in Egypt is a pioneering interactive website that will tell the story of the ongoing uprising using the personal media created by Egyptians in the throes of the revolution. We want Egyptians to tell this story themselves, with their footage, their photos, their e-mails, their texts, even their Tweets and Facebook status updates, all created during the revolution and its aftermath. The result will be an interactive documentary where you will be able to experience these moments, these stories, and the characters of the revolution in a thoroughly new way.
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So now that you've found your way to NursingLink, what exactly is there do? There are many ways to be interactive and if you need some ideas, this guide will show you exactly what there is to do in each section.
You can search our job listings to see who is hiring nurses. We've partnered with Monster.com to bring you the most healthcare job listings on the web. Find out how to use NursingLink to find a job. You can also add your resume to the career network, and employers will come to you. There are also some great articles about building resumes and interviewing techniques.
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Cut to the good stuff. From humor to major government broadcasts, our videos section is informative and entertaining. In fact, you can upload your own videos to our collection, and give input into which videos should be featured on our home page. Our Nursing Trivia Game and Quizzes are designed to challenge you, and to help you become more career-savvy.
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You can also leave a comment after any article that you read on NusingLink. Leaving a comment is a good way to start a conversation about the article.
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Do you have a product that you want to tell the NursingLink community about? Maybe a brand of scrubs that you love, or a medical device that you use on the job and find it to be an essential tool? You can also add your own products for review. Just click on "write a review" in the blue navigational bar and follow the steps.
This is where much of the action on NursingLink occurs! You can start a discussion on any topic that you can think of. For instance, if you are a student, maybe you have questions about how other students are coping with their clinicals. Perhaps you are a nurse with an advanced degree and would like to find similar nurses to network with. Just start a discussion thread and people will be able to respond to your topic or question.
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(Reuters) - The United States scored twice in three minutes to secure a 2-0 win over Jamaica on Friday and ensured they finished top of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for next year's World Cup finals in Brazil.
The Americans, who had already booked their place in Brazil, scored through substitute Graham Zusi and striker Jozy Altidore, to end Jamaica's slim hopes of qualifying.
Although they had not won a match in the six-nation, final phase qualifying tournament, Jamaica still had a slim chance of securing a playoff spot but that evaporated with their loss to the Americans.
After a scoreless first half, U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann replaced Landon Donovan, his country's all-time leading scorer, with Zusi and the move paid off.
The first goal came in the 77th minute when Alejandro Bedoya broke free then fired in a low cross to Zusi who angled it past the outstretched arms of Jamaica goalkeeper DuWayne Kerr before Altidore completed a simple tap-in three minutes later at Sporting Park in Kansas City.
The win maintained the U.S. team's unbeaten record at home in the qualifiers and took the Americans to 19 points in the standings, four points clear of their nearest rivals with only one round of matches remaining on Tuesday.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Time to get some answers about Alabama's quarterback competition.
Florida State transfer Jake Coker and fifth-year senior Blake Sims have been vying for the top job throughout preseason practice and coach Nick Saban says they have been running neck-and-neck. The second-ranked Crimson Tide's opener against West Virginia at the Georgia Dome on Saturday is likely another audition for both.
Saban says both have performed well, but given no hints about who will start. Or finish. Or play at all for that matter.
Where exactly this leaves Alabama at the most important position on the field is anybody's guess.
Sims' career numbers: 23 of 39 for 244 yards and two touchdowns. Coker's line: 21 for 41, 295, one TD, one interception. Sims is more mobile at 6-foot and 208 pounds. Coker is bigger at 6-5, 230.
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Why Multimillion Dollar Condos Sell Sight Unseen
Presales of luxury condos all but disappeared after the housing market went bust, but now many luxury developments are selling out just months after putting a spade in the ground. To persuade people to buy a home sight unseen, developers are getting creative. Photo: Williams New York.
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Eight years after marrying Britney Spears for 55 hours in Vegas, Jason Alexander is in the best shape of his life.
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I like the idea, I really do, but there's no way in hell I'm putting a fucking cat head on my website. That might be fine for goofy sites like Cheezeburger but it isn't something that makes it seem like this is a serious issue and instead makes it look about as important as stupid pictures of cats with misspelled text.
People won't switch to Sprint, they'll go where their iPhones tell them to. Part of the pride in owning Apple products is showing that you can afford such items, and that includes not caring what the plan costs. They're milking people because they know they won't switch because that would make them seem less rich/cool to their peers.
Yeah I guess this makes some sense, but I think it would take a site like Google or Facebook to really make people notice. Still, I get what they're going for now, thanks!
I mean I get that, I just don't see why they are doing exactly what they don't want have to happen. It seems there should be a more productive way to get the message across than cutting off one's nose to spite their face.
I get that SOPA sucks, but what I don't understand is why sites like Wikipedia and Reddit are protesting a censorship bill by censoring their own sites. Even hacktivism makes more sense to me.
MTV2 still shows music videos, they even have Headbanger's Ball which you'd think a good amount of the B&B videos would be on as well. Also, you'd think there is PLENTY of non-major label music they could use. Beavis & Butthead used weird, old and obscure videos all the time on their show before. Just cut the RIAA out of the equation, shouldn't be a problem after that.
I was thinking that too. Also, what if they saved whatever data to the machine's own hard drive, turned off the machine, unplugged the hard drive from inside the machine and connected it to a hard drive dock (say to just copy it all to another HDD, like a back up or recovery) then just plugged the original hard drive back in, reboot the machine and nobody would know there was a copy made.
I think this will certainly encourage people to share these text books online with each other. I mean they're ebooks, can't everyone just copy them from each other once one person buys the book?
What a bunch of dicks. I remember when MySpace did something similar to a band named Bones when a new TV show came out on Fox with the same name. For companies based in social media, you'd think they'd care a bit more about the people using their services instead of just rolling over at the whim of any union that comes along.
The whole time I couldn't help but think about how their sports reporter Mike Wise posted fake information to intentionally mislead other reporters on his Twitter page. I think that was about a month ago. Anyways, seems the Washington Post loves buzz words like "Social Media" and "Engaging" with their audience, but it seems they don't really like doing those things but feel they have to just to stay up to date and current.
According to Wikipedia's page on the Redskins...
According to Forbes Magazine, the Redskins are the second most valuable franchise in the NFL, behind the Dallas Cowboys, and were valued at approximately $1.55 billion as of 2009. Being the second most valuable franchise, the Redskins remain the highest grossing team in the NFL with $345 million in revenue during the 2009 season. They have also broken the NFL's mark for single-season attendance eight years in a row.
And also in the records section of the same page:
The redskins have sold out every home game since 1958
These statistics might show you why the Redskins don't care about the media. The sports writers in DC need the Redskins more than the Skins need them.
I'm a big heavy metal fan and I take his statement that I'm going to hell as a compliment. Seriously, all the best bands will be there anyways.
One time when I saw them live, 2003 in this case, the lead singer, Bruce Dickenson, said to the audience between songs that unlike some other metal bands, they didn't care if their fans pirated their music on the internet. He also said he was fine with people recording or even posting live streams of the concert, just as long as people spread the word about Iron Maiden. This was obviously a direct jab at Metallica who had not long before been in that lawsuit with Napster. I don't know if they still feel that way or not though.
While this is cool for some fans, this will really piss off completist collectors.
I think everyone is missing the real point of the extra fees. The contracts are set up with various people, the bands, promoters, etc... to take a certain percentage of the price of the ticket. That way if for some reason an event undersells, they don't end up having to pay pre-set money to each person, they still only give them a percentage of the ticket sales, thus keeping the loss down for Ticketmaster if a band gets a poor draw. The extra fees added on are not included in the total that gets split with the other people. Ticketmaster keeps all that themselves. So not only are they screwing the customer over with extra fees, they're screwing the artists and everyone else over using fees as a way to do fancy accounting to prevent paying everyone else as much.
I can't wait until they figure out people are using proxy sites to access them and the Pakistani government has to start a daily update of which proxy sites are banned.
The funny thing is, Todd McFarlane created spawn as basically a rip off of Spider-Man and Ghost Rider. McFarlane became famous in the world of comics for drawing Spider-Man, and dark, demonic characters like Ghost Rider, the Punisher, etc... were all the rage in the early 90s when Image formed. If you look at Spawn's costume, his mask looks almost exactly like Spider-Mans, and instead of having webs always flying around him (a trademark of McFarlane drawn Spider-Man) he had chains flying all around in the same manner. It should be noted that Image comics is the 3rd largest comics publisher, behind Marvel and DC. Also of note, Todd McFarlane is the guy who paid a million dollars for that Mark McGwire homerun baseball, maybe he needs to money to recoup on that bad investment.
Um, you do realize that Jack Kirby died in 1994 right? I suppose you mean the estate of Jack Kirby when you mention him up there? Also, the article that his name links to up there says he was one of the co-creators of Spider-Man, (the other being Stan Lee) but that's not true, Jack Kirby wasn't the original artist for Spider-Man, that was Steve Ditko. I think you got his credits mixed up with Stan Lee's. Kirby was the original artist for the Fantastic Four though, which you didn't list. Yes I'm a comics nerd, welcome to the internet.
You do realize that you could actually buy your own cable modem right? Then you wouldn't pay 2/3 the price of one every month.
As long as it's not those annoying ads that come up at the bottom of the screen during the show. I hate that!


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Good morning, readers. Today is Sunday, November 11. Pierce College will continue an event today to raise money for the school's Equestrian Science program.
It costs about $26,000 a year to care for the horses in the program, reports the Daily News.
The November election may be over, but the Los Angeles Board of Education race is just taking shape. The results of the March election could spark a lot of change in the system, reports the L.A. Times.
What's going on today?
It's the final day of the Valley Film Fest, reports Patch.
The San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade begins at 11:11 a.m., reports KPCC.
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Korean War Veteran's Parade February 1st
Korean War era veterans are invited to take part in the We Remember parade Feb. 1st in downtown Victoria. The parade is for all veterans of the Korean War era, said Ron Kocian, president of Warrrior's Weekend, sponsor of the event. "It's the right thing to do," Kocian told the Victoria Advocate. "These veterans are getting older, and there's not that many of them left."
The Parade That Never Was was held in 2012 honoring Vietnam War era veterans, and Kocian thinks it's appropriate that Korean War veterans have their day, too. "It's called the 'Forgotten War,' but we haven't forgotten. We need to reach out to veterans of all eras. We need to honor them, too," he said. Korean War veteran Charles Petersen, of El Campo, is glad to see the event coming together. "It sounds good," he said. "I am glad someone is finally doing it."
In addition to inviting Korean War era veterans to take part, other parade entrants are welcome, including floats, clubs and organizations, churches, marching bands, drill teams, individual cars, trucks and motorcycles and car or motorcycle clubs. After the parade, the veterans and their spouses and the widows of Korean War era veterans will be feted with a luncheon at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 2001 Lova Lane.
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McKesson Corp. /quotes/zigman/247413 /quotes/nls/mck MCK shares got a lift in meager after-hours action Tuesday even though the drug distributor posted fourth-quarter earnings that were less than half of last year's income.
Reporting after the close, the San Francisco-based drug distribution giant said net income was $259 million, or $1.10 a share, compared with $521 million, or $2.09 a share, for the same period a year ago. Sales for the company were $30.6 billion against last year's $31.7 billion.
But the company said much of its profit cut was due to strategic moves that took a bite out of earnings. McKesson sold its 49% stake in a private pharmaceutical distributor in Mexico and realigned its technology solutions unit. It also completed the acquisition of PSS World Medical Inc. and repurchased $800 million in common shares.
It appeared McKesson beat estimates from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters of $2.30 in adjusted earnings per share. The company said its own adjusted earnings ended up at $1.45, but that included 87 cents a share in strategic charges. Without them, McKesson would have reported earnings of $2.32 a share. McKesson shares were up marginally to $108.63 at the close, but added another $1.67 to $110.30 in after-hours trading.
McKesson said it expects fiscal 2014 earnings of $7.90 to $8.20 a share. The Thomson Reuters estimate calls for $8.06 a share.
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The Nobel Prize committee has journeyed to the ends of the chromosome in order to recognize researchers for their contributions to Physiology or Medicine. Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak were honored for characterizing the telomeres, specialized structures at the ends of the DNA that make up our chromosomes, as well as the mechanism by which they're maintained. The tips of the chromosomes in our cells might seem like an obscure subject of study, but protecting the loose ends of our DNA is necessary if cells are to continue to divide, so the work of these researchers has implications for everything from aging to cancer.
The DNA of bacteria is kept in a circular chromosome, and thus has no real end. But every organism that stores its DNA in a nucleus—a group termed eukaryotes, which includes every animal—maintains its DNA in a series of linear chromosomes. As a result, every eukaryotic cell contains a few loose DNA ends floating within its nucleus.
This creates two significant problems. For one, cells contain many enzymes that chew up the ends of DNA. In fact, Jack Szostak became involved in the discovery of telomeres because he was trying to create artificial chromosomes in yeast, and found that inserting linear DNA into cells resulted in its rapid destruction. The other issue is that, as we saw in our guide to DNA sequencing, the enzymes that copy DNA can only work by moving down the DNA strand in a single direction. That makes it easy to copy down to the end of one of the two strands of the double helix using a start site located towards the middle of the chromosome. But copying the opposite strand would have to start at the very end of the DNA, and there is no known way of doing that.
Blackburn tackled the problem of looking at telomeres by making a very intelligent experimental choice: start with an organism that's easy to grow and has lots of telomeres. That led her to a single-celled organism called Tetrahymena, which has more than 250 small chromosomes, and keeps 50 copies of each in its nucleus. The massive amount of starting material allowed her to identify a short DNA sequence, CCCCAA, that is repeated at the telomeres.
According to the Nobel citation, Blackburn presented these results at a meeting that Szostak happened to be attending, and he immediately became interested in testing this sequence with his artificial chromosome constructs. Yeast and Tetrahymena are very distantly related, but by the time Blackburn and Szostak were considering the experiment, it was already clear that the basic biology of the cell has very deep evolutionary roots. In the end, the experiments worked. It was clear that, given the appropriate DNA sequence, the enzymes inside the cell will use it to maintain a telomere.
Greider gets credit for being the first to isolate the enzymes that maintain telomeres when she was a grad student in Blackburn's lab, purifying it from Tetrahymena cells. According to the Nobel announcement, she first detected signs of enzymatic activity on Christmas day in 1984 (biology takes no holidays, and a biologist's schedule often has to conform to when their organisms and samples are ready). The characterization of telomerase showed that it was a small complex that contained both proteins and RNA, a close relative of DNA. The RNA contained the CCCCAA sequence, indicating how the copying of the chromosome ends might take place.
Telomeres and medicine
Although the work on telomerase is both elegant and exciting, its medical implications are what led to this honor. Without telomerase, the ends of a cell's chromosomes get shorter with each passing division. Once they shorten past the actual telomere structure, further cell divisions may result in the loss of genes or more general instability in the genome. Thus, cells that will continue to divide need to express telomerase in order to remain healthy.
That has implications for a variety of fields. Researchers have found that many cells inactivate telomerase when they reach maturity and stop cell divisions. Accordingly, reactivating the telomerase gene is thought to be a necessary part of the process of reprogramming adult cells to a stem cell fate. Cancer is frequently caused by mature cells that begin to divide uncontrollably, and researchers have found that many cancer cell lines express high levels of telomerase. There are apparently a number of drugs that target telomerase that are currently in the clinical trial stage. It's also though that some of the symptoms of aging are a result of the body's inability to mobilize cells to repair damaged tissue, a problem that may result in part from the loss of telomerase dependent cell division.
All of these problems are complex, and involve far more than telomerase—for example, not all tumor cells reactivate the enzyme, and aging appears to involve basic metabolic control, as well. Still, telomerase is likely to be a partial contributor, and its relatively early discovery provided researchers with an entry into areas of study that might otherwise have been intractable.
Blackburn and Greider have continued to make telomerase the focus of their work; Blackburn has some videos of talks on her lab website, for those interested in learning more.
The enzyme itself was somewhat peripheral to Szostak's work at the time, but it appears to have contributed to his current research focus. Telomerase was one of a number of discoveries where RNA performed a critical biological function, sometime performing the sort of enzymatic activity we once thought was limited to proteins. These discoveries, collectively, helped foster the RNA World hypothesis about the origin of life, in which catalytic RNAs were both the genetic materials and the enzymes that powered the very first life. Since Szostak now focuses his research on exploring the origin of life, it's probably safe to say that the influence of his work on telomerase has remained with him.


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Truitt Parker, 78 of Statesville, TN. passed away from this life Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Dekalb Community Hospital in Smithville, TN. Truitt was born September 8, 1935 to the late Berle & Mallie B. Herman Parker. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 17 at Prosperity Baptist Church at 2 pm with Bro. Leonard Herman officiating. Burial will follow at Prosperity Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1 pm – 9 pm on Monday, June 16 and Tuesday, June 17, 2014 from 9 am until 12 noon at Woodbury Funeral Home. Visitation will continue at Prosperity Baptist Church from 1 pm until time of service.
Truitt was a farmer and retired employee of the Tennessee Farmer's Co-Op in LaVergne, Tn. He was a member of the Prosperity Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Truitt was preceded in death by his precious wife of 58 years, Betty Ann Gannon Parker; daughter, Teresa Gail Parker; Sister, Freda Rose Parker; brother, Billy Parker; Brothers-in-law, Houston Thomas, Jackie Gannon and James Watlington.
Truitt was known by his family and friends for his sweet reserve, sense of humor and enduring love for his family. He will be sorely missed by those left behind who called him Daddy, Pa, Brother and friend. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law: Bobby & Paulette Parker of Gassaway, Kerry & JeriAnn Parker of Liberty and Ronnie & Alice Parker of Statesville; 7 grandchildren: Rachel (Jay) Steinhauer, Kayla (Jon) Addis, Jessica, Allen and Victoria Parker, Justin & Billy Parker; 3 Great Grandchildren: Kayleisha and Ke'shawn Parker and Baylee Addis; Siblings: Jerry (Susan) Parker, Phyllis (Bobby) Young and Betty Watlington; Sisters-in-law & Brothers-in-law: Faye Thomas, Floyd (Fannie) Gannon, Lloyd (Barbara) Gannon, Lonnie (Pat) Gannon, Wade (Judy) Gannon; Also survived by several nieces and nephews.
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"Hang on a minute," laughs Mr Mark Strong from behind a rack of luxury menswear, " I'll just get my clothes off and I'll be right with you." The actor is in a hurry, has been styled and primped for the camera, waylaid on the street by the iPhone paparazzi (who are often not quite sure where they know him from), but his good humour never misses a beat. Tall and slim, his bald head as smooth and tawny as a prize conker, Mr Strong has the gift of instant intimacy, talking to a stranger as if they were an old friend, putting all around him at ease.
Unravaged by the sags and creases so mercilessly exposed by HD on those of his vintage (he turned 50 in August), he has the perfect looks for a versatile character actor, a canvas to be imprinted with whatever role is required. After work he can go home to Queen's Park, unnoticed, and take his sons to the swings - quite unlike his great friend Mr Daniel Craig (godfather to Mr Strong's eldest). "It is very hard to keep a private life when you are famous on his level," he says sympathetically of his Our Friends in the North co-star. "I live a normal life. I travel on the tube. I keep my head below the parapet... it's the way I like it." An Arsenal FC season ticket holder, when his club won the double in 2002 he was jumping up and down outside the players' window (while Mr Ian Wright jettisoned bits of kit) when someone tapped him on the shoulder and intoned respectfully, "I loved you in The Iceman Cometh". He shakes his head in disbelief. "I mean really, there's a time and a place."
His latest quiet triumph is playing Detroit detective Frank Agnew in Low Winter Sun, AMC's 10-part thriller based on the 2006 Edinburgh-set Channel 4 drama of the same name, in which he played the same character. This time the mood is darkened by the hardcore edginess of a city on the brink, as Agnew and his partner, played by British actor Mr Lennie James, conspire to murder a corrupt colleague, unleashing a Greek tragedy of betrayal and reprisals. He was away from home for four and a half months, the latest in a stream of British exports (Mr Dominic West, Mr Damian Lewis, Mr Idris Elba) to play Americans for US TV. "I don't really understand it myself but I was told that American actors become too familiar for the small screen, which likes new faces."
When I last met Mr Strong more than a decade ago he was appearing in a Chekhov-Shakespeare double-bill in Mr Sam Mendes' final season at the Donmar Warehouse, drinking in the applause, utterly at home. He was single, driving a beaten-up old Renault, earning £350 a week. "I don't have a family to support," he told me, "I can afford to." Not long after that, he married the producer Ms Liza Marshall, and acquired not just two sons, now aged five and eight, but a new focus on earning a living: theatre wasn't going to pay the school fees. There followed eight years of solid name-building television performances (Harry Starks in The Long Firm, the Duke of Norfolk in Henry VIII, Prime Suspect and many more) before he finally stopped work for six months to wait for film offers. Using what he calls the "time-honoured entry ticket" of British actors into major studio pictures, acting nasty would become his forte.
I'd like it if my boys could see more of what I do but as morality tales dictate the good guy has to win, I have pretty much been horribly murdered in every film I've done
In Mr Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009) he played the Satanist Lord Blackwood, in Sir Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010) the traitorous Sir Godfrey and in Kick-Ass the brutal crime lord Frank D'Amico, whose death is avenged by his character's son in the new and no less grisly sequel Kick-Ass 2, which Mr Jim Carrey has refused to publicise in light of the Sandy Hook shooting. "I have to examine my own conscience and decide whether a film's violence is acceptable or not. If it is integral to the story and not violence for its own sake, I will do it." In Syriana his character's battering and torture of Mr George Clooney (think fingernails and pliers) left him wracked with guilt when he heard that the star had needed surgery for an agonising back injury afterwards. "He absolved me when I saw him at the last BAFTAs and reassured me he had fallen off a chair the wrong way." Might it be time to play a nice guy? "No, the villains are too interesting to turn down... I wondered if I would be typecast but then I realised that I didn't care. I'd like it if my boys could see more of what I do but as morality tales dictate that the good guy has to win, I have pretty much been horribly murdered in every film I've done."
Though Mr Strong's toned physique works wonders for tailoring, he admits to little personal vanity: in mufti it's jeans, T-shirt, sweater... though with a penchant for handmade brogues. For a decade his only suit was an Alexander McQueen number he was given after a Vogue shoot with Ms Charlotte Rampling in which he reprised Harry Starks' gangster style. Latterly he relied on two suits donated by Mr Ozwald Boateng (they are the same size), but his professional wardrobe is quite another matter, one of obsessive interest. Frank Agnew sends mixed messages in a meticulous jacket and tie under a battered leather "man of the people" jacket; Hani in Sir Ridley Scott's Body of Lies, (2008) a Jordanian head of national security, was immaculate in Hackett's nifty jackets and elegant ties. "It defined him perfectly, to be so impeccably turned out in the middle of that dusty, murky world."
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Low Winter Sun
Mr Strong as Detroit detective Frank Agnew in the 2013 US television drama, adapted from the British two-part series in which Mr Strong also starred.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mr Strong as agent Jim Prideaux in the acclaimed 2011 espionage film.
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Welcome to the Punch
Mr Strong as criminal Jacob Sternwood, who comes out of hiding to save his son following a heist gone wrong, in the 2013 British thriller.
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Zero Dark Thirty
Mr Strong as "George", a senior CIA official tasked with locating Osama bin Laden, in the hit 2012 film.
Photo: Columbia Pictures/Jonathan Olley
In Robin Hood he wore seven layers, every one crucial for authenticity, and Lord Blackwood's leather frock coat, with a stand-up Persian lamb collar for full malevolent impact, was a camp-Gothic masterpiece. Does it go down well in Queen's Park residents' association meetings? He laughs. "If I wore it in real life I'd get kicked to death on the street." Nor does he mind sitting in make-up for hours while prosthetics are perfected for his ever-widening repertoire of sci-fi, superhero and comic-book creations.
He was so keen to play the evil Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), with his massive forehead, pointy ears and bright red colour because in the original comics the character was based on Mr Strong's personal hero Mr David Niven, with a funny little pencil moustache. "It's not my job to make sure I look good on screen. I am trying to create a believable person." Though sometimes the preparation leaves him in good shape: for Frank Agnew, he was taught to jab at Detroit's Bad Boy Gym by the five-time world champion Mr Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns, a huge fitness boost.
It's not my job to make sure I look good on screen. I am trying to create a believable person
Even between filming, few of his days are free. There are voice-overs, publicity for forthcoming movies (next up: Before I Go to Sleep, co-starring Ms Nicole Kidman). He has handed over the narration of the family-tree show Who Do You Think You Are? to Ms Cherie Lunghi, though its producers have invited him to be a subject and research is underway on his family. "My wife is keen for me to do it because it would be lovely for our boys to know about my side of the family... but I'm in two minds."
The son of an Austrian mother and an Italian father he has never known, both his parents were young immigrants in London and he feels no resentment for what was a sometimes difficult childhood. In some ways, it gave him a useful edge: an outsider's perspective, the freedom to be his own man ("I probably wouldn't have switched from law to a drama degree if a father had been advising me"), not to mention the olive-skinned Mediterranean appearance that has made almond-eyed Arabs a speciality.
He is "desperate" to do theatre again but takes nothing for granted and, sweetly, seems taken aback by his own success. "I do my thing and it seems to appeal to people but this business is not a meritocracy. Why have I been successful? I have no idea. Luck plus talent gets you so far, but there is another element, more mysterious, that sustains it." Quite possibly it is just his plain niceness, the professional advantage of the rank villain who is really good fun to have around.


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UW ROTC Teams Fare Well in Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon
University of Wyoming Army ROTC members placed highly as a team and individually in the recent Bataan Memorial Death March marathon in White Sands, N.M.
Each year, the UW Cowboy Battalion sends a select group of cadets to participate in the challenging 26.2-mile marathon through the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range. The race is conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II, while sacrificing their freedom, health and, in many cases, their lives, says Lt. Col. Mitch Day, a UW professor of military science and Army ROTC department chair.
"The day before the race, the UW cadets had an opportunity to meet the survivors from the Bataan Death March, providing them with a sense of gratitude toward these brave soldiers, as well as motivation for the demanding race," he adds.
The grueling event attracts thousands of participants from around the world.
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The heavy and light participants ran the same course, but the heavy participant wore a 35-pound rucksack.
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The UW civilian light team -- running in athletic gear -- won its division in a time of 4:44.59. Team members were cadets Leslie Ary from Casper; Maggie Edmiston of Valencia, Calif.; Maddy Hamblen, Richmond, Va.; Holly Reiner, Cheyenne; and Molly Varney from Worland.
Cadet Ben Rusk from Cheyenne finished in seventh place in the male ROTC heavy category with a time of 6:19.42.
Placing third in the male ROTC light (running in an Army-issued PT uniform) category was Cadet Zac Goldman from Durango, Colo., in 4:41.02. In the same division, Cadet Chaun Ary from Eaton, Colo., finished in sixth place with a time of 4:46.29.
Staff Sgt. Glenn Worley from Cheyenne -- a member of the cadre with UW ROTC -- finished 15th in his age group in the male military light category (running in full military uniform, but with no rucksack) with a time of 6:23.15.
"The members trained hard and, as a result, represented the University of Wyoming in a very positive light," Day says. "This team did better than any other team over the last decade."


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GREENSBURG - Helen Charlene Martin, 81, died January 26, 2013, at the Carriage House of Greensburg. She was born October 10, 1931, in Greensburg, the daughter of George and Pearl (Lawson) Parkin. A lifetime resident of Kiowa County, Helen graduated from Greensburg High School in 1949. In 1952, she married Bobby J. Martin at her parents' home. He preceded her in death February 27, 2009. Helen was a ranch wife and helped train cutting horses. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary where she organized many soup suppers, and was the secretary of the Kiowa County Gun Club for many years.
Helen is survived by: a cousin, Cleon and wife Jackie Parkin, Coldwater, Kansas; sisters-in-law, Peggy Colborn and husband Don, Salina, Kansas, Helen Melton and husband Bob, Lake Lotawana, Missouri, and Cora Martin, Pratt, Kansas; many great-nieces and nephews; and loyal friends, Gerald and Lois Morehead, Greensburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Henry Parkin, twin brother John Parkin, nephews Kenneth Parkin and Craig Melton, niece Marquita Williams and brother-in-law R.E. "Shorty" Martin and his wife Patty.
Graveside service and celebration of Helen's life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg, with the Rev. John Paul officiating. Memorials are suggested to South Wind Hospice, and the Carriage House of Greensburg, both in care of Fleener Funeral Home, 514 S. Main St., Greensburg, Kansas, 67054.


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Play faster, louder, and with better tone by learning the rest-stroke picking technique used by Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Bireli Lagrene, and Fapy Lafertin.
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This book will be beneficial for guitarists at any skill level. The basic techniques and picking patterns explained in this book will help beginning students develop a solid foundation on which to build their technique. More advanced students, of whom many have never been exposed to Gypsy technique, will find the picking techniques and Gypsy musical phrases in this book a welcome addition to their improvisational vocabulary. Additionally, the basic picking technique described in this book can be applied to many styles of plectrum guitar playing other than Gypsy jazz. Rock, bebop, bluegrass, and blues guitarists can all improve their technique and musical vocabulary through the material in this book.
One of the unique features of this book is the meticulous attention given to right-hand pick strokes and left hand fingerings. The picking patterns and fingerings notated in this book are based on research among Gypsy musicians and the study of video footage of Django Reinhardt. This book is unlike many other Gypsy jazz guitar instructional books in which the fingering and picking suggestions are unidiomatic to the Gypsy jazz genre or, at worst, merely an afterthought full of errors. To spare you this frustration, the examples in this book demonstrate proven ways of executing Gypsy musical phrases.
The accompanying CD has audio examples of the fifteen picking patterns, thirty musical examples, and the minor blues solo.
Gypsy Picking unlocks the secrets of the right hand in Gypsy jazz guitar playing. It is incredibly helpful to the novice or the more advanced player in this style and will help the player develop power, speed and most importantly the right tone and attitude for this music. I wish this book had been around when I first started learning this style in the early '80s!
John Jorgenson, world renown session guitarist, former Desert Rose Band, Hellecasters, and Elton John Band is currently touring and recording with the John Jorgenson Band and has been a leading proponent of Gypsy jazz in the US for 20 years.
How many times have you tried to execute that new hot guitar lick you just learned only to find that your picking hand was too slow to keep up with your fretting hand? I think most guitarists will agree that obtaining an efficient picking technique is undoubtedly one of the most difficult hurdles for guitar students of any style. Michael Horowitzs new book Gypsy Picking is unique in that it offers a systematic approach to deal with this under discussed topic of guitar technique. In this 64 page book, Horowitz, a member of Seattle-based Gypsy jazz group Pearl Django, explains the very efficient and loud rest-stroke picking technique he learned from the Sinti Gypsies of Holland as part of his dissertation research. The rest-stroke technique (which was used by Django Reinhardt) is explained clearly through a series of 45 examples in both standard notation and tablature. The examples were transcribed from recordings or learned directly from the playing of Gypsy guitar masters such as Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, and Fapy Lafertin. Detailed fingerings, picking suggestions, and photos show you how to play all those fancy Django licks just like the Gypsies do. Additionally, the included CD has recorded versions of all the examples. Horowitz also includes inspirational quotes and photos from his Gypsy teachers, giving the reader a sense of their wonderful musical culture. Gypsy Picking is a must for anyone interested in Gypsy jazz but is also highly recommended for guitarists of any style who wish to improve their picking technique.
Erling Rockwell, The Quarter Note Dusty Strings
A wonderfully thorough study of the right hand in Gypsy jazz guitar, this book is a fabulous resource - a 'must' for the serious student of Gypsy jazz, whether a beginner or advanced player. Bravo, Michael Horowitz!
Neil Andersson, Pearl Django
While many books have taught the arrangements and chord changes of Reinhardt oriented tunes, none have attacked the correct manner in which the style is traditionally played.Gypsy Picking is the first such method and is required study by those who take their Jazz Manouche seriously and wish to obtain a correct, legitimate sound. The photographic examples depicting correct posture, the way to hold the instrument, hand and plectrum placement introduce the student to the fundamentals of obtaining a correct tone and the picking exercises are the keys which unlock the door to the unique sound and style of this genre of jazz. The picking exercises focuses on the correct methods for picking upstrokes, sweep strokes, alternate picking patterns, triplets, horizontal and chromatic arpeggios and double bass triplet runs as played by the Gypsies are just a few of the studies contained herein. Horowitz method of teaching, aimed at players of all skill levels, exhibits the quality one would expect from a musician with a BA from Berkley while his lessons reflect his hands-on study with some of Hollands finest young Gypsy talent. The best thing is that the lessons in this book are easily transferable to other methods out there. Highly Recommended.
Ted Gottsegen, Just Jazz Guitar
After sitting at the feet of some of the top Gypsy jazz players in Europe and analyzing every component of the music associated with Django Reinhardt, Michael Horowitz has come up with Gypsy Picking, a landmark achievement that unravels the complexities and inner secrets of this fascinating style. In the first instruction book to explore the intricate right-hand picking patterns of Gypsy jazz in such detail, Horowitz takes the reader/student through downstrokes, sweep picking, horizontal arpeggios, syncopations, rest strokes, triplets, and other pivotal techniques. The 64-page text includes a series of helpful musical examples that demonstrate how a guitarist can use each pattern melodically, and Horowitz plays each example on an accompanying CD.
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Doesn't look like Sienna Miller is bringing her baby bump to the Met Gala tonight. I loved it so much two years ago when she was there, hand in hand, with Jude Law. Click here for a refresher.
Sienna and Tom Sturridge spent the weekend in Portofino, Italy. God they are cute together, aren't they? As he's looking adoringly at the mother of his child still styling in bright yellow oxfords. I don't know what that kung fu bun on the top of his head is supposed to be about though.
Am finding it hard to believe that Sienna Miller, who can't resist putting herself in the spotlight at every opportunity, is keep it so low during her pregnancy. She's almost become the exception, especially in comparison to all the Jessica Simpsons and the Hilary Duffs who've had their full terms documented by the paparazzi.


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This is a youth-powered social network that was started in 2003 by a group of teachers from local sites of the National Writing Project.
We merged several earlier blogging projects. We have found that there are many advantages to bringing students together in one site that lives beyond any particular class. It's easier for individual students to read and write about their own passions, to connect with other students, comment on each other's work, and create multimedia posts for each other. Further, it's been exciting for us to pool our knowledge about curriculum, connected learning, and digital literacies.
If being part of such a community makes sense to you, we invite you to join us. We welcome all youth and any teacher interested in having students publish online and participate in the give and take of a social network like Youth Voices.
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It's a typical Tuesday for Judy Butterfield: Ballet class in the morning. A subway ride down to 14th Street for three hours of cabaret rehearsal with her accompanist. Then back to Barnard for an afternoon psychology class.
Butterfield happily, if sometimes frenetically, leads two lives. In one, she's a first-year in jeans learning her way around campus. In the other, she's a cabaret singer in a shimmering strapless gown wowing audiences around the country.
The juggling act comes easy to this San Francisco native, who's been performing since her first year of high school. She became hooked on cabaret in eighth grade, when she researched and sang a presentation about Jerome Kern. By age 15, the soprano was starring in "Judy Sings Judy: Songs of a Young Garland" at San Francisco's Empire Plush Room.
Butterfield, 19, savors her role as translator, interpreter, and storyteller of heartfelt lyrics. "What you want to be is a blank slate for everyone else's images, so when you sing a song about yearning for love, the audience remembers and plays out their own little movie in their head while you take them on a journey," she says. "Because it's so intimate, you kind of all come together. It's not just about a performer singing to you. We're all in the same boat."
In her current show, "How Long Has This Been Going On?", she features Great American Songbook standards like Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer's "Skylark" as well as a slow, almost pleading rendition of The Beatles' "If I Fell in Love With You" and Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe."
She's been refining her act with pianist Christopher Denney, accompanist for cabaret legend Julie Wilson. "He is very attentive to the truthfulness in a song," Butterfield says, "and that's what I'm all about too." Being able to hop the subway to his studio is one of the perks of living in New York.
Barnard was a logical choice for college, though Butterfield strongly considered Stanford, her parents' alma mater. Barnard won out "because I love the small intimate community within Columbia, and New York was the only place I could continue my career. That was the kicker."
Her location proved a plus when she landed a gig to sing Sunday brunch in January and February at the Algonquin Hotel. She was also honored last fall at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's annual Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center as an up-and-coming performer.
Despite her rising-star status and movie-star looks, Butterfield has no interest in recording a crossover pop hit or testing her talent on American Idol. "I don't want to sing music I don't love," she says. "I don't know what the point of that would be."
She's politely declined opportunities that would require her to leave school, notes her director, Clifford Bell (no relation to the writer). "She's always making the decision to have a real life, which I'm sure will serve her well," says Bell, a Los Angeles-based cabaret producer. "She's not desperate at all, which I see a lot of in show business." He explains, "A lot of people pursue show business for their ego. Judy doesn't. She pursues show business out of creativity. That's a good place to be."
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We Love Watching the South Korean Army Train — Hunks of the Day [PICTURES]
What's better than watching shirtless, hunky men break a sweat? Watching the South Korean army go shirtless for a winter training session and impromptu snowball fight.
Granted no one but them (and the photographer) really knows what the training is like, but it doesn't look like they do much besides jog, throw their hands up and cheer, throw snow around, and do the crab crawl. Frankly, it looks like fun, and there's a ton of hot guys everywhere.
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The NHL is investigating Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh for not sending all available camera angles to league headquarters in Toronto for Simon Gagne's apparent goal that was under review against the Penguins last Thursday, league spokesman Gary Meagher confirmed to the Daily News.
FSN Pittsburgh, who had the game's only video feed, sent all of the camera angles of the replay except the one that clearly showed the puck over the goal line.
Comcast SportsNet elected to not use their own video feed during the game, one CSN employee said on Monday. CSN would have been able to send their own replays to the NHL's War Room in Toronto if they had used their own feed.
"Hockey Operations did not have a definitive replay that showed the puck in the net - and weren't aware that one existed - until after they made their ruling," said John Dellapina, another NHL spokesman. "Once the puck dropped, their ruling became permanent."
Video of the angle in question is shown below.
It is not yet clear whether FSN Pittsburgh purposely excluded the angle or it was an unintentional oversight, though one Penguins announcer can be heard saying "we saved that one" on the broadcast.
A message left for FSN Pittsburgh after business hours on Monday has not yet been returned.
The play was ruled no-goal by officials for "inconclusive evidence."
The non-goal, which wound up not impacting the 7-4 final score, would have given the Flyers a 6-3 lead heading into the second intermission. Coincidentally, the game was the second most watched Penguins regular season telecast ever.
The NHL has given no indication as to length of the investigation or what penalties may come of it.
Said Meagher: "It's a matter between the League, the Penguins and FSN that will be handled internally."


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The wine has a clear peppery Shiraz nose and a long palate which shows new impressions all the way through to the lingering firm but not aggressive acid/ tannin finish.
A wine with considerable detail and a good many years ahead of it.
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OnePlace needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 113 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
OnePlace (http://www.oneplacehome.com)
OnePlace is a revolutionary online solution that takes the chaos of business information that comes at you everyday (email, file storage, tasks, project management, managing documents, collaborating with your team and prioritizing your work) and organizes and centralizes it all in one place (hence the solution's name: OnePlace).
Simply put, OnePlace is the solution that empowers the people in your business to be successful, so you business can be, too. It better connects your teams by improving communication, collaboration and transparency. And OnePlace is the trusted source that helps your people and your business get organized, so you can achieve your business goals.
OnePlace is the small business solution that provides powerful tools for online project management, team collaboration, task management, task scheduling, time tracking and much more. Find out more at http://www.oneplacehome.com.
Small business: 2 – 50 employees
Marketing agencies and virtual assistants/planners (service industry)
• Any company that has multiple projects and wants to improve their team collaboration
• Geographically spread out (virtual employees)
• Use lots of communication and collaboration to get the work done
• Oversight – manage people / projects
• Technically progressive – use the latest tools
• Need to manage digital assets – files, docs, etc.
• Full of knowledge workers (use computers to get the job done)
• Centralize and organize my info - all business information in one place
• Mobile solution – take the business everywhere
• Gage how the business is doing: Commitments; Things are not falling through the cracks; Pulse of the company
• Need to feel closer to my customers
• Connect with team members
• Solution for a distributed workforce
• Better communication (better than email)
• Complex Project Management: Need oversight: Time tracking and view projects
• To know - what should I be working on? (Task Management & Prioritization)
• Include the tag line with the logo design: Successful People. Successful Business.
• Keep the design simple and clean – contemporary
• We like the idea of having a symbol with the words OnePlace (like the Target bulls eye as an example) – but are open to any design concepts
• We want the feel of the logo to incorporate the key messaging of Successful People. Successful Business – that the two (people and business) are coming together for success (to achieve their goals)
• This is an online software that is taking the chaos of business information (email, file storage, tasks, project management, managing documents and files) and creating organization all in one place (hence the solution name: OnePlace)
• Must be able to have the design in its native file: Photoshop or Illustrator along with the standard files: .gif, .jpeg, etc.
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Moonstone Software precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 567 designs enviados por 125 designers freelancers.
Moonstone Software
We are a new Australian software company, we've been busy over the past several years developing three exciting and innovative software products which we're about to unleash on the public.
As a new company entering the market, we need to portray our professionalism in our corporate identity.
Our current lineup of products are:
Commodity Trader
- aimed at commodity trading companies (grain, fruit & veg, sand & gravel, etc.)
Transport Manager
- aimed at the transport industry (primarily road transport)
Accounts Manager
- a general accounting / business management software package suitable for many business types.
Basically, our software packages are aimed at small to medium-sized businesses.
We are looking for a logo to represent our company - Moonstone Software.
We're after a simple, clean design. Must include the name "Moonstone Software".
Avoid overly dark designs, try to keep it light and fresh.
The logo will be used on our website, marketing material and assorted stationery.
We would also like to develop logos / identities for our three software packages which will maintain a similar look and feel between them and must also fit with our new company logo.
These will include splash screen (window displayed when the application is started), launch icon, product CD, user manual and packaging.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK) and .pdf (including vector fonts)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .png (RGB)
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


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Masters of the Universe® Classics
Club Eternia™ Figure, April 2012
Although his campaign to take over all of Eternia™ was brutally brilliant, Count Marzo® was ultimately proven to be no match for the heroic sons of King Miro™! Along with a removable cape, this magnificent figure receives an all-new hand sculpt so the accompanying magic amulet can be held outstretched in battle position, ready to assist the Count in casting his malicious spells. Like all Masters of the Universe® Classics figures, Count Marzo® was designed by The Four Horsemen and is fully articulated.
Real Name: Marzo Kalif™
A fifth degree wizard raised by evil mystics in the Dunes of Doom, Marzo spent most of his early life learning of the many advantages of magic over technology. Seeing the suffering of warriors in the Dark Hemisphere, Marzo become convinced that Eternia™ would be better off with him as its leader. He staged a series of strategic uprisings across the planet and challenged King Miro™ for his crown. Unable to defeat the King's army, Marzo used his magical amulet to banish Miro into another dimension. In their father's absence, Miro's royal sons heroically joined together and defeated the wizard, trapping him in the form of a powerless old man.
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Kumon: the organization that never stops learning
Kumon brings out children's full potential.
I learned just how amazing Kumon is from my students.
Instructor: Segametse Raguin (Botswana)
Botswana Francistown
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A student who was told that he had no hope at school became a completely different boy thanks to his Kumon study
I became a Kumon Instructor in 2011. To explain the reason why I firmly believe in the Kumon Method, let me tell you about a boy I met soon after opening my Center.
This was a boy who was thought to be a hopeless student by his teacher, a boy who had difficulties concentrating and who was in a permanent state of agitation and constantly disturbing the class. His teacher had even contacted his mother to ask that he be sent to a specialized institution.
When he started Kumon at the age of five, he had already lost his motivation to learn. When he began learning with the Kumon Method, however, we constantly communicated to him that he was clever and knowledgeable, no matter how small his initial achievements were.
As he progressed with his Kumon study he gained confidence in himself and in his ability to learn. He showed such a significant positive behavioral change that it was not only noticed by his teacher, but also by the principal of his school.
Praising children for their achievements makes learning a joyful experience that inspires them to live up to their full potential
With the Kumon Method his potential grew, and it continues to grow every day. He has developed in terms of his personality too, and now copes positively with any task he is given. He recently told me, "It's just a matter of sticking to it, Ms. Segametse. If you can do that, you will improve. At first it can be scary, but as you continue, it gets easier." He then added with a smile, "It's just like playing tennis."
Actually, he loves playing tennis and he is currently the best seven year old player in the country. I really believe that the work ethic and perseverance he developed through studying day after day with Kumon allowed him to also excel at tennis.
This student's case made me realize just how greatly a child's self-confidence can increase through experiencing the joy of learning in small steps while receiving continuous praise for his achievements. I hope that every child can have the opportunity to study with Kumon and excel; that is, to have the chance of developing to their full potential and becoming the person that they are truly capable of being.
Kumon has the power to change children's lives
I resigned from my job as a schoolteacher and chose instead to become a Kumon Instructor. This is because I feel I can make a greater impact instructing individual students with the Kumon Method than I can by teaching classes at school. The joy of learning that every Kumon student experiences through doing Kumon has the power to change any child's life. I am proud to be a part of that, and want to continue working as a Kumon Instructor in my city.
Toru Kumon, the founder of the Kumon Method,
left us with an abundance of valuable messages
that we continue to place great importance on.
In this section you can read some extracts from the inspiring messages that Toru Kumon delivered to Kumon Instructors and staff since the time of the company's foundation. Indeed, we continue to share the Mission and Values prescribed by Toru Kumon, and place great importance on them in our daily work. This has been vital to ensuring that Kumon has, for over half a century, continued to be the company that it is to this day.
- Give It a Try!
Or You Will Never Discover Your True Potential.
- It Is Not the Child Who Is at Fault
- Learning from Children
- Education should be individualized
- Fostering students who continue to read
even after graduating from university
Kumon's Aspirations
We at Kumon share a dream,
a dream of world peace brought about by education.
We will move toward the realization of that dream
by helping people to better themselves
through individualized education.
Brazil: Boa Vista Center
Instructor: Glaucia Lopes de Domenico
- "I became a Kumon Instructor to carry on the aspirations of my mother, and the key to my Center's success is what I learn from my fellow Instructors."
Macau: Kumon Champs Education Center
Instructor: To Yan
- "Difficult experiences have taught me to be aware that there is always more to learn. I never stop learning from students as well as from parents."
Botswana: Francistown Center
Instructor: Segametse Raguin
- "Kumon brings out children's full potential.
I learned just how amazing Kumon is from my students."
Math Learning Materials Developers
- "Kumon learning materials are constantly evolving. Together, we are always learning from children."