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'A Wrinkle in Time' Trailer: An Unexpected Hero Starts Her Journey
Posted on Monday, January 22nd, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
If Oprah tells you to "have faith in who you are," you darn well better.
13-year-old Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a bit of an unconventional hero to set off on a quest spanning time and space, but aided by her gifted little brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), her best friend Calvin (Levi Miller), and a trio of strange celestial beings (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling), she has no choice to rise to the occasion. The new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time charts Meg's cautious hero's journey from school troublemaker to galaxy-gallivanting savior of her missing father. And it's all set to an empowering — and kind of cheesy — pop song.
Ben Affleck and More Star in a J.J. Abrams-Directed Trailer for a Superhero Comic Written By 10-Year-Old Jimmy Kimmel
Posted on Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 by Hoai-Tran Bui
There's nothing like having super friends to make you a special superhero movie trailer based on a comic book you wrote when you were a 10-year-old nerd.
That's what a flushed Jimmy Kimmel received on his 50th birthday, courtesy of Ben Affleck (his on-and-off boyfriend and actual superhero actor in the upcoming Justice League) and J.J. Abrams. They teamed up with a slew of familiar actors and comedians to create the ultimate superhero team: the Terrific Ten. The Terrific Ten are an invention of 10-year-old Kimmel's mind, only existing on the worn-out pages of a comic book drawn by the prepubescent talk show host. Until last night.
'Tulip Fever' Trailer: The Delayed Weinstein Company Drama is Finally Coming Out
Posted on Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 by Jack Giroux
It was almost a year ago the first trailer came out for Tulip Fever. Director Justin Chadwick's (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) period drama was originally scheduled to come out last July, but The Weinstein Company pushed the release date back twice. Days before it was set to open in February, the distributor again postponed its release.
About three years after the drama, which stars Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, and Dane DeHaan, was shot, it's finally coming out in August. Below, watch the Tulip Fever trailer.
'The Lego Batman Movie' Featurette Goes "Behind the Bricks" With the Bat Family
Posted on Friday, January 27th, 2017 by Angie Han
Batman may fancy himself a lone wolf type, but he has a recurring habit of getting roped into teams. Like the Justice League, in this fall's Justice League, or the Bat family, in next month's The Lego Batman Movie. A new "behind the bricks" featurette gets up close and personal with Lego Batman and his teammates, including Robin (Michael Cera), Batgirl (Rosario Dawson), and Alfred (Ralph Fiennes). Meanwhile, Lego Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and Harley Quinn (Jenny Slate) just seem to be lounging around their lair, waiting for Batman to notice them. Read More »
'The LEGO Batman Movie' TV Spots: Bruce Wayne Has Aged Phenomenally
Posted on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 by Jack Giroux
LEGO Batman may have a mansion, plenty of wonderful toys, and a loyal butter, but he has zero friends. The caped crusader keeps busy saving Gotham and doesn't have the best social skills, so he's a bit of a loner in desperate need of a pal. The LEGO Batman Movie — which director Chris McKay describes as a cross between Michael Mann and About a Boy — follows Batman on his quest for happiness.
Below, watch The Lego Batman Movie TV spots.
'The LEGO Batman Movie' TV Spot: The Brick Knight Doesn't Do Hugs
Posted on Saturday, January 7th, 2017 by Ethan Anderton
We're just a little over a month away from the release of The LEGO Batman Movie, giving us the building block version of The Dark Knight, who stole more than a few scenes in The LEGO Movie a few years back. Will Arnett is back in the lead voice role, and quite the assembly of talent surrounds him, playing various characters from Batman's mythology, some of which we've never seen on the big screen before. But a new TV spot focuses on one of Batman's staple characters, his loyal sidekick Robin.
Michael Cera voices The Boy Wonder, but this version of Batman is just as resistant to working with a partner (or anyone really), simply because he's afraid of losing anyone who gets close to him again. It's actually kind of sweet, even if LEGO Batman isn't a fan of hugs. You'll see what I mean in a new The LEGO Batman Movie TV spot after the jump. Read More »
Charlie Cox Wants Bullseye For Daredevil Season 3, But His Co-Stars Don't
Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2016 by Peter Sciretta
We've now had two seasons of Netflix's Daredevil tv series which has introduced a lot of classic antagonists: The Kingpin, Elektra, The Hand and Punisher. But the biggest omission so far has to be Bullseye, a merciless assassin that never misses his mark, able to turn anything into a lethal weapon. Daredevil star Charlie Cox is fighting to bring in Bullseye for Daredevil Season 3, but some of his co-stars don't want it to happen.
'The Lego Batman Movie' Trailer: Move Over, Batfleck, There's a New Dark Knight in Town
Posted on Friday, November 4th, 2016 by Angie Han
Ben Affleck's Batman will be back onscreen next year for Justice League, but before we get there we'll see a completely different version of the Dark Knight, in the form of a tiny plastic minifig voiced by Will Arnett. Yup, we're just a few months away from the release of The Lego Batman Movie, which picks back up with the endearingly obnoxious take on the character first introduced in 2014's The Lego Movie.
We've seen little teases of The Lego Batman Movie here and there over the past several months, and now a brand-new Lego Batman Movie trailer offers our best look yet. Watch it below. Read More »
Zach Galifianakis And New Cast Join Ava DuVernay's 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Posted on Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 by Jack Giroux
The cast for director Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time adaptation keeps getting better and better. The film is already set to star Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and in the lead role, Storm Reid. A few more additions to the cast have been announced, including Zach Galifianakis, who we most recently saw in Keeping Up with the Joneses. Below, learn more about the Zach Galifianakis A Wrinkle in Time casting.
LOL: Hillary Clinton Really Regrets Doing 'Between Two Ferns' with Zach Galifianakis
Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 by Ethan Anderton
Since we're right in the middle of election season, we're undoubtedly going to be seeing presidential candidates popping up everywhere leading up to November. Most appearances will be very serious in nature on various news programs, talks shows and more, but every now and then we'll get to have some laughs at their expense too.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared on a new episode of Funny or Die's ongoing web series Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, and though it's not quite as charming or funny as Barack Obama's appearance back in 2014, there are still some really good laughs to be had here.
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A country can never be too rich, too beautiful or too full of people
Trump isn't the first to think a country can be full. Arthimedes/Shutterstock.com
"Our Country is FULL!" U.S. President Donald Trump recently tweeted.
He was referring to immigrants, but the rhetorical tweet begs the question: Can a country ever be full?
Economists like me have been arguing for centuries about the question but also a closely related one: Is a growing population good or bad?
A country's 'carrying capacity'
The first economist to suggest there were limits to how many inhabitants a country could support was Thomas Malthus, who wrote his most famous work, "An Essay on the Principle of Population," in 1798.
Malthus believed that each country had a "carrying capacity," a maximum number of people it can support. When the population is above its carrying capacity, it is full.
Carrying capacity is based on environmental factors, such as the amount of food resources that can be grown on land or harvested from the sea. If Malthus were alive today, he would point out there is a fixed amount of oil in the Earth and a fixed amount of farmland to grow crops. Sooner or later the oil will run out, and if population grows without bound, there will not be enough food to feed everyone.
Thomas Malthus. John Linnell/Welcome Collection, CC BY
Malthus' predictions about what happens after a country rises above its carrying capacity were dire: Disease, famine and wars break out to bring the population back down to a sustainable level. In simple terms, Malthus' theory was that the population in a country cannot grow indefinitely. Death will constrain it.
This harsh conclusion is one of the reasons people began calling economics the "dismal science."
Another doomsayer, though not an economist, is author Jared Diamond, whose popular book "Collapse" showed numerous times in history when population growth led to environmental damage that destroyed a society. The damage occurred because ever-increasing population forced people to move onto marginal or unsafe lands.
Supporters of Diamond's ideas point out the problems that occur as an ever-growing population builds homes, businesses and farms in flood zones and seeks shelter in places like the sides of active volcanoes.
The more, the wealthier
Many other economists hold the opposite view and argue population growth fosters economic progress, which means an ever-growing amount of goods and services.
Some of the early work was done in the 1990s by the late Julian Simon. He stressed the idea that a growing population is advantageous because it means more researchers, inventors, thinkers, writers and creative people contributing to economic growth.
These kinds of ideas were expanded by people like Harvard development economist Michael Kremer, who suggested it takes a critical mass of people for advanced societies to develop. Societies with high population densities are the most dynamic and most productive, while societies with low densities are not.
The reason why large populations are good is straightforward. Few ideas come from people who are isolated. Numerous people who are together in close proximity produce more ideas because they learn from each other and compete.
Proponents of population growth point out most of the new ideas and products come from cities like New York City, London and Paris. The places brimming with ideas are dense, crowded major urban centers teeming with people. These major cities act as a magnet for people with talent who are then able to thrive.
As Black Friday shows, more people means more spending and more economic growth. Reuters/Stephanie Keith
Far from full
When Malthus kicked off the debate over population, the U.S. had about 4 million people. Today the U.S. has almost 330 million.
This dramatic growth has caused neither collapse nor devastation in the U.S.
Nevertheless, economists, politicians and others will continue to worry that sooner or later that population growth will outstrip the ability of humans to invent ways to sustain it.
My personal belief, after traveling to exceptionally dense cities and many rural areas of America, is that the U.S. is not close to full and that barring immigrants will only stymie economic growth.
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The Elvis Presley I Knew
August 12, 2013 | Book
'The Elvis Presley I knew: Beyond the headlines and scandal to the heart of the superstar" is a new book written by Denver police officer Robert C. Cantwell.
"The Elvis I knew was a superstar, authentic country gentleman and 'unprejudiced' that cherished being around those that regarded him as an ordinary person" says author Robert C. Cantwell who was a Golden Glove competitor and would then accomplish his life goal of being a police officer. He would climb through every rank in the Denver Police Dept, to become the Director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. After 48 years he would retire from Law Enforcement. This is his first written account of the time he was with Elvis from 1970-1977.
Cantwell states that, "The Elvis I knew was more than the world's superstar; he was a true country gentleman. He cherished those that treated him as a normal person rather than a meal ticket. Elvis' life and tragic ending has been extensively covered in all forms of media. I wanted to share my memories of the man few people had the good fortune to witness firsthand. He was more than an amazing singer and entertainer. He was a generous, caring man who craved true friendship and loyalty. Elvis has "left the building," but he never has left my heart.
174 pages, published August 3, 2013.
Jerome wrote on August 12, 2013
This must be a careful written book, considering all the years that it took for him to write it....
A good book to read and gives good details on Elvis's Colorado visits.... NOT that their were too many of them!~
TBG wrote on August 21, 2013
The picture is from 1976, and one of the least flattering pics I've ever seen of Elvis. However, the guy is genuine, and I'm sure there are some great stories in there.


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The Tooth Fairy Game Review
Posted by Eric Watson | Reviews | No Comments
Publisher: Larva Games
Game Length: 15-30 minutes
Even hardcore "gamer's game" tabletop publishers like Petersen Games see the value in exploring the lucrative market of kid-friendly games. The Tooth Fairy Game is their first release under their new Larva Games imprint. It packs four different kid-focused games into one box, along with over 100 colorful plastic teeth.
The teeth and bag components are delightful, and the four games increase in complexity to allow for a wider range of age and skill, though we found them all underwhelming.
The Tooth Hurts
The first game, That's My Tooth, simply asks each player to pull teeth from their bag in the hopes of getting five of their color first. There's zero strategy (like the card game War) but easy to play with much younger kids. Pulling Teeth is almost the same game but with multiple bags to choose from, and a die roll for the number. These games provide the barest of introductions to set collection, but younger kids will get a kick out of collecting small plastic teeth.
Lie Through Your Teeth is when things get a bit more interesting. It's basically Liar's Dice but using numbers and colors of teeth. Players start with a random assortment of teeth in their bag, then bluff on how many and what kind of teeth everyone has collectively.
Unlike Liar's Dice, winners gain teeth when they win (rather than losers losing dice), giving the winners of each round more and more information. This makes it harder for other players to catch up and can quickly become frustrating. Bluffing is a hard enough concept for children to grasp without piling on the challenge of a runaway leader.
Finally there's Treasure Teeth, which is a secret bidding game using teeth as currency. A roll of a dice determines the max bid, up to double the roll. Everyone divides their teeth into two hands in the hope of getting their biggest bid randomly selected in a winner-take-all. There's a bit of strategy with how much to bid, and the risk and reward in dividing the teeth.
Treasure Teeth is a noble attempt to simplify poker-style treasure pots and antes into a game for younger kids, but, like the Liar's Dice-inspired Treasure Teeth, is also not a genre that lends itself to being kid-friendly in the first place.
The Rating
The Tooth Fairy Game has an age recommendation of 6+. The four included games gradually scale in complexity, allowing for even younger kids to play the easier games, which amount to little more than pulling colorful teeth from bags.
While I love the the huge amount of colorful teeth and cloth bags, none of the four games do anything meaningful with the theme. The teeth could just as easily be anything else, like buttons, cubes, or coins.
Including four games of increasing complexity is a brilliant method of producing a kids game, allowing one game box to grow along with the kids. But introducing two very kid-unfriendly genres, bluffing and betting, results in dissatisfying half-measures.
Find The Tooth Fairy Game at Petersen Games Website.
The Blockbuster Party Game Review
Publisher: Big Potato Games
Game Length: 20 mins
The category was "movies with superheroes." My wife and I locked eyes from across the table, hands poised over the buzzer. What followed was a hilariously heated exchange as we realized the incredible amount of superhero films we've seen together.
The Blockbuster Party Game combines multiple social party game modes within a delightfully nostalgic package, hearkening back to those 90s days of Friday night runs to the VHS tape emporium, Blockbuster Video.
Be Kind, Please Rewind
In the Blockbuster Party Game, players divide into two teams. Gameplay is divided into two halves, with the first half featuring a head-to-head match between two players on opposing teams. A card is drawn from a deck of 60 category cards, such as "movies set during Christmas," or "movies by Steven Spielberg." Both players call out answers while hitting the buzzer to impose a 15-second timer on their opponent, until one of them is stumped.
In the second half of the game, the winner of the head-to-head match draws six cards from a different deck of 200 movie cards, selects three, and gives the other three to the losing player. Both players choose which of their three cards to put in each of the three spots on the board for their team to guess. Depending on the spot that was chosen, the players then take turns using a single word, a single quote, or attempting to act out a scene in the hopes their team guesses each film.
The 200-card movie deck contains a rich assortment of popular films, spread among eight different genres, from Horror and Animation to All-Time Classics. Even if you're not a cinephile, there's a solid chance you've at least heard of movies like Groundhog Day, Rambo, and Forest Gump. The game ends when one team acquires at least one of each genre movie card by correctly guessing the movie.
For a light party game, there remains a decent level of strategy as players decide which movies and which categories they want to assign them. For Home Alone I could shout "KEVIN!" as my one word clue, or use the classic quote, "Keep the change, ya filthy animal." The Act It category often becomes the throw-away section, however, as we found it challenging to pantomime any scene of a film within a 30-second window for all three categories. We quickly realized how many action films are just Dude Shooting Gun.
The Blockbuster Party Game has a 12+ age rating. The gameplay isn't tactically complex nor does it contain any objectionable material (unless you count R-rated movie titles). The age rating is due to the decades of movie knowledge that's recommended, at least on a surface level, to fully enjoy the game.
The party game goes all-in with the Blockbuster theme, featuring a foldable parking lot board with attachable Blockbuster sign, and VHS tapes as movie cards. The entire package is contained within a rectangular plastic shell, exactly like a VHS box that I'd rent stacks of throughout the 90s. The Blockbuster Party Game effectively balances head-to-head movie trivia with the social enjoyment of remembering, quoting, acting, and referencing popular movies, the perfect party game for nostalgic 80s and 90s kids of a bygone era.
Find The Blockbuster Party Game at Target.
Disney Villainous: Evil Comes Prepared Review
Publisher: Ravensburger
Players: 2-3 (the full game supports up to 6)
The second stand-alone expansion to excellent asymmetrical card game Disney Villainous, Evil Comes Prepared, finally adds Scar as a playable villain, along with dark-horse picks Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove and Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. Scar is mildly disappointing but the others make up for it with unique and interesting play styles, proving that Villainous continues to host an impressive pantheon of Disney favorites.
By now you should already be familiar with how Disney Villainous plays. Each player selects a Disney villain, which comes with their own deck of villain cards, a fate deck of meddling heroes, a player board with four locations, and a stylized 3D token. Each turn players move their token to a location, performing the limited actions at that location, such as playing cards, gaining power, and vanquishing heroes. Villains can also draw from their opponents' fate decks to place heroes on their board, partially covering up their actions and thwarting their plans.
Part of the genius of Villainous is its asynchronous gameplay. Each villain has a unique victory condition, as well as their own unique card decks and player boards. No two villains play alike, though with the second expansion Evil Comes Prepared adding the 10th, 11th, and 12th villains to the game, we're beginning to see some overlaps.
Surprisingly Scar is the weakest of the new additions in Evil Comes Prepared. Scar's goal is to defeat 15 strength worth of heroes. Eliminating heroes is something most villains do anyway, though Scar has to defeat Mufasa before any defeated heroes count toward his goal. Defeating heroes doesn't make for an interesting nor engaging goal, and most of Scar's strength comes from playing a bunch of nameless hyena cards. I also question the theme, as Scar's goal in The Lion King was to usurp Mufasa and take over the pride lands, not hunt down and kill all the heroes.
Professor Ratigan is much more interesting, featuring a two-in-one goal that changes if his initial plans are thwarted. As in the film, Ratigan's goal is to replace the queen with a robotic version. The card costs a ton of power, however, which means Ratigan needs to play items and allies that reduce its cost. Once the card is played it needs to be carefully moved from one side of the board to the other. If Basil comes into play, the card is discarded, and Ratigan goes into a rage, physically flipping his goal over to defeating Basil. It's a brilliant callback to the climax of the film, and often reflects the same playful frustration the Ratigan player is feeling.
Of the three new villains Yzma is the most radically different. Her setup involves separating the fate deck into four different stacks, with each stack at a single location. Yzma needs to spend her time locating Kuzco, then defeating him with Kronk. I'm less familiar with The Emperor's New Groove than other Disney animated films, but Yzma has to make sure Kronk stays under her control, creating an interesting dynamic while trying to defeat Kuzco. Fating the Yzma player can be a bit of a pain, however, as you have to look through the full stack of cards at a location, and don't want to give away Kuzco if you find him.
Disney Villainous: Evil Comes Prepared has a recommended age of 10+. The gameplay is complex enough to make it more suitable for older kids, teens, and adult Disneyphiles.
Scar, clearly the marquee new addition, is unfortunately one of the weaker villains of them all, though Ratigan and Yzma provide interesting new ideas and gameplay opportunities. Evil Comes Prepared can coast on how good Villainous plays and the still-excellent production quality of the cards, boards, and tokens (Evil Comes Prepared definitely has the best tokens), but at this point we probably have all the villains we need.
Find Disney Villainous: Evil Comes Prepared at Target.
Jaws Board Game Review
Game Length: 60 minutes
Brody: I used to hate the water…
Hooper: I can't imagine why.
Building upon the success of last year's Jurassic Park Danger board game, Ravensburger returns with another movie license in the Jaws board game (available exclusively at Target). Released in 1975, Jaws is often considered the original summer blockbuster, as a trio of men on the vacation destination of Amity Island try to keep a man-eating shark from, well, man-eating, first by trying to close the beaches, then by getting on a boat and hunting the shark themselves.
The Jaws game brilliantly captures both halves of the film in a unique two act structure, culminating in an exciting finale where the shark player rips apart a sinking boat while other players desperately try to fend it off.
A Bigger Boat
As in Jurassic Park Danger, players are divided up into two teams, the humans and the shark. The three human characters of Brody, Hooper, and Quint are always present, making the 2 and 3-player game a little more challenging for the human player but also maintaining a proper balance when playing with fewer than four.
In act one the human team controls the three characters on Amity Island. Each turn they have a set number of actions with which to rescue swimmers (spawned from event cards drawn each round), gather motion sensing barrels, close beaches, and try to locate the shark. The shark player, meanwhile uses a hidden notepad to track their movement and eating habits.
Act one results in an excellent game of cat and mouse as the humans try to locate the shark player using their various abilities, like Brody's binoculars and Hooper's fish finder, while minimizing losses.
The first act ends when the shark has eaten nine swimmers, or if Quint manages to tag the shark with two of his barrels. Depending on how many swimmers the shark ate, act two swings in favor of either the shark (more ability cards) or the humans (more gear cards). The board is flipped and boat tiles are added to represent Quint's boat from the film, the Orca.
If act one is a subtle detective game with some light strategy, act two is a full-on tactical strategy warfare with hit points and dice rolls. The shark resurfaces by choosing from several different Resurface cards, and the humans have to predict where it'll appear, targeting the space with spears, flares, and pistols. The shark player rips apart chunks of the boat, flipping tiles or eliminating them entirely, and possibly dumping humans into the water where it can start whittling down their hit points.
I've played both extremes of act one, with the shark player eating the maximum number of swimmers (and thus gaining the biggest hand advantage going into act two) and the humans tagging the shark almost immediately, with the opposite swing in momentum. However, the card advantage from act one doesn't grant an automatic win. In both instances the final turn of act two came down to a nail-biting thriller, with a 1 hit point shark nimbly trying to avoid becoming sushi while the surviving humans cling to the last shreds of a sinking boat.
We ran into a few rules questions when it came to act two's constantly changing battlefield and adjacency conundrums. And it's a bummer that the movie license doesn't appear to include the actors' likenesses, but that doesn't take away from the fantastic gameplay.
The Jaws Board Game has an age recommendation of 12+. Both acts require tactical planning and strategy, and in the case of the human players, coordination of their actions and attacks. The shark player needs to keep careful, honest track of what they do each round throughout act one.
The subject matter is another factor, as the shark player is eating people in act one, and both sides are trying to kill one another in act two. Humorously the original film is rated PG, but would garner at least a strong PG-13 rating (which wasn't invented until 1984) if not an R rating today.
I was very impressed to find the solution to whether or not to adapt a Jaws game from the ship or the island was "Why not both?" The two act gameplay structure creates a memorable mini campaign as both sides earn their powers from how well they handle act one. Alternatively you can play each act as a separate game mode if you're short on time. Both sides play completely differently and the action is fun and tense throughout both acts. Even more than Jurassic Park Danger, the Jaws board game is a triumphant of great game design and an excellent use of the source material.
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Tactical strategy games have seen a resurgence in recent years, with excellent reboots and sequels for series like XCOM and Fire Emblem. But it's pixel-perfect indie studio Chucklefish that has taken up the mantle of re-imagining the Advance War series (which had inspired Fire Emblem's initial localization outside Japan).
Indie games have long filled the void of classic genres and gameplay styles left behind by bigger studios. Wargroove is the perfect example of an indie studio rebooting a beloved series while infusing their own story, with several modern improvements and an astonishing amount of content.
Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Review
Posted by Eric Watson | Reviews, Switch | No Comments
Available On: Switch
Pokémon GO's incredible popularity on mobile phones introduced a whole new audience to the already stalwart Pokémon franchise. The Pokémon Company has leveraged that popularity for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
On the surface the Let's Go games are glossy, 3D remakes of the first generation of Pokémon (Red/Blue/Yellow) with the much simpler Pokéball throwing mechanics borrowed from Pokémon GO. Despite its relative simplicity compared to recent mainline games like Sun and Moon, Let's Go includes several brilliant new features that make journeying through Kanto again rewarding and memorable.


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US flight diverted to Chicago after passenger attacks flight attendant
Both will be held in custody while police investigate whether security breach caused incident A US flight heading from San Francisco to New York was diverted to the Chicago airport after a passenger attacked…
Both will be held in custody while police investigate whether security breach caused incident
A US flight heading from San Francisco to New York was diverted to the Chicago airport after a passenger attacked a flight attendant, authorities said.
The American Airlines flight was making its way to LaGuardia airport in New York on Sunday afternoon when the altercation occurred. Police said they arrested the passenger at Midway airport, the facility in Chicago where planes touch down after their transatlantic flights.
FBI agent Kyle Loven said it was unclear if the security breach caused the violent encounter between the passenger and the flight attendant.
"It appears at this point to be just an unfortunate incident between two individuals," Loven said.
A second passenger asked a flight attendant to throw something at the passenger seated next to him, according to an FBI agent in Chicago. A woman seated next to the man opened her seat belt, the agent said. The plane returned to San Francisco and landed in Chicago about two hours after leaving the airport.
FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde said both passengers would be held in custody while police investigate the security breach that caused the violent confrontation.
"It was a very minor security breach," Hyde said. "[The passenger] was extremely irate. The flight attendant was trying to restrain him at one point. … People got upset as a result of that."
Authorities said the man and the flight attendant suffered minor injuries.
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It's Official: Publix Says Yes to Greensboro
Posted by Scott D. Yost | Aug 30, 2018 | Archives, Guilford, News
Proving that August can provide good news, Publix made it official Wednesday, August 29 that it would be building a $400 million refrigerated distribution center in Greensboro and creating 1,000 jobs averaging $45,000 a year.
In March, the Greensboro City Council voted to offer Publix between $14 million and $17 million in economic incentives, and in April the Guilford County Board of Commissioners followed with an offer that is estimated to result in $17 million in economic incentives.
At the time, the only problem was that Publix said it wouldn't make the final announcement until August, and Publix made that deadline with a couple of days to spare.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan said, "It was a great collaboration between the city, the county and the state. Publix will offer the types of jobs we're looking for with starting salaries at $42,000 plus benefits. They usually promote from within so there's room for growth and it's employee owned."
The Publix distribution center will be built on 350 acres on Birch Creek Road near US 70 in east Greensboro, owned or controlled by Roy Carroll, the CEO of the Carroll Companies and publisher of this newspaper. Carroll – who of late has been known for his commitment to downtown Greensboro with Center Pointe and the soon to come on line Carroll at Bellemeade, which includes a Hyatt Place Hotel and about 300 apartments – has now extended his reach to what will be after annexation the very eastern edge of Greensboro.
Gov. Roy Cooper, who made the announcement at the annual State of Our Community Luncheon on Wednesday, August 29, held by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce at the Koury Convention Center, said that it took a great deal of cooperation to land Publix. President of the Chamber Brent Christensen thanked Carroll in particular for putting the land together for the project.
At 1.8 million square feet it will be the largest distribution center in the area and is projected to open in 2022.
Cooper and Vaughan were right about cooperation; along with the city and county incentives, the state put together a $16 million incentive package. Greensboro, in addition to the incentives, agreed to run a $3 million sewer line to the site.
And it was a good time for some good news. Earlier this month VF announced that it was moving its corporate headquarters to Denver. The loss in jobs isn't great, an estimated 85, but the loss in prestige is considerable. In January of this year it was announced that the Toyota-Mazda plant, which people who claimed to be in the know were certain was coming to the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, announced it would be building that facility in Alabama. So Greensboro has had some disappointments. And despite the fact that everyone said Publix was coming, some folks were holding their breath this time until the official announcement was made.
On the upside, VF is spinning its denim division off, moving Lee to Greensboro to combine with Wrangler in a new corporation. FedEx has announced that it is doubling its workforce at the airport by adding 400 new jobs, and Amazon hasn't announced it yet, but is reportedly building a distribution center in Kernersville that is also in Guilford County.
It looks like the area is going to make a transition from being a manufacturing center to a distribution center.
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As Associate/Assistant Director: People, Places & Things (National Theatre / West End), Stuff Happens (National Theatre - rehearsed reading), The Cane (National Theatre Studio - R&D), The Shoemaker's Holiday (RSC), Hotel (National Theatre), The Pass (Royal Court), The Birthday Party, A Doll's House, Rats Tales, The Country Wife (Royal Exchange), Three Birds (Bush Theatre/Royal Exchange), Adult Supervision (Park Theatre).


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Don't be stunned if that new entry-level co-worker with a camera crew in tow and a pained look whenever you talk about how corporate management doesn't care looks suspiciously like your company's chief executive.
CBS has picked up a second cycle of "Undercover Boss," its Sunday-night success story, for the 2010-11 TV season.
The program that takes chief executives out of their cushy suites and sticks them in low-level positions at their own companies under a false identity has been anything but a critical darling. Yet it seems to be the right show for the times and has been this season's No. 1 new show. It received a huge sendoff in the coveted post-Super Bowl slot, but then fared well against the Olympics.
"We are thrilled with the overwhelming response to the series and how audiences seem to connect to it on several levels," Jennifer Bresnan, CBS' senior vice president of alternative programming, said in the announcement. "The wish fulfillment of seeing the top boss perform jobs of the rank and file is universal, and the employees' stories discovered at each company are often relatable and inspirational."


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Man United begins investigation on alleged racist incident during Liverpool at Old trafford
A spectator among Manchester United's home support is alleged to have been involved in a racist incident during the 1-1 draw against Liverpool.
Ryan Benson
21 October, 2019 22:59 IST
The club confirmed a person was removed from the Old Trafford stadium and that it is looking into the situation with urgency. - Getty Images
Manchester United is investigating after a fan in the home section at Old Trafford was alleged to have engaged in racial abuse during Sunday's 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League.
The club confirmed a person was removed from the stadium and that it is looking into the situation with urgency.
A United spokesperson said: "We are aware of an incident at yesterday's [Sunday] game where an individual in the home section has allegedly engaged in racial abuse.
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"The individual was identified and ejected from the stadium. We are currently investigating the matter as a priority.
"Racism and all forms of discrimination are completely unacceptable and do not reflect the values of our club."
United did not comment on a potential punishment, though Liverpool will be in favour of "the strongest possible action" should someone be found guilty.
The Reds also praised United's immediacy in beginning an investigation.
As part of our commitment to equality under the club's #allredallequal campaign, we are supporting the @PremierLeague's 'No Room for Racism' initiative, using the power of football to challenge racism and discrimination within the game.#MUFC pic.twitter.com/LCfuMJ75F5
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 20, 2019
A spokesperson from the Anfield club said: "Liverpool Football Club takes all allegations of this manner extremely seriously and will support the strongest possible action being taken against anyone found to be responsible.
"At this stage it would be inappropriate to comment further on the alleged incident itself other than to welcome the swiftness with which Manchester United have launched an investigation and support their stance that racism and discrimination must be treated with zero tolerance."
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Gerald Douglas Simmons, Sr., 66, of Middleburg, FL passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Gerald was born in Murfreesboro, TN and moved to Florida as a teenager. He spent his working career on dairy farms, with over 20 years at Wisteria Farms Dairy in Green Cove Springs. Gerald enjoyed spending his free time fishing and going to NASCAR races. He was a jokester, always cutting up and making people laugh. He was a strong, kind and gentle man.
At all times, Gerald's family came first. He was always encouraging and building up his family, especially his children. He was hard-working and took pride in providing for his beloved family. Gerald was continuously there for them; he was their rock and their hero. He was full of wisdom, and his children would always "Ask Dad" and he always had the answer. Gerald's grandchildren were very dear to him. He loved no one more than his wife, Donna. She was his true love. He was very protective of her and they enjoyed doing everything together. Gerald's goal everyday was to make Donna smile, laugh, and feel loved. He was lovingly known as Hun, Dad, and Papa.
Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Lucille Simmons; four brothers, James Simmons, Jerry Simmons, Russell Simmons, and Robert Simmons; and one sister, Bessie McElroy. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 46 years, Donna Simmons; one daughter, Cindy Oakley (Bobby); one son, Gerald Simmons, Jr. (Taylor); two brothers, Donnie Simmons and Randy Simmons; four sisters, Mary Jane Smith, Marie Brandon, Sheila McCumbers, and Evie Black; and seven grandchildren, Kalee Brenner, Carter Oakley, Regan Oakley, Clayton Simmons, Cameron Simmons, Landon Simmons, and Cayson Simmons and extended family, Rusty Brenner.
Memorial Services will be held 11:00am Friday, September 14, 2018 in the Chapel at Russell Haven of Rest with Kenil Edmond officiating. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to services at 10:00am.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Gerald's honor to Haven Hospice, http://beyourhaven.org/donate, or the American Cancer Society, https://donate3.cancer.org/?lang=en&_ga=2.40733412.718959107.1536801082-1656786251.1536801082&_gac=1.174383766.1536801091.EAIaIQobChMIvqPS0OW23QIVi6GzCh1XugFTEAAYASAAEgIBEfD_BwE.


Find out why water softeners are double the toil and trouble for your home. These haunting facts will make you say RIP to your water softener.
Water Softeners do NOT Filter Your Water!
Your water may feel "soft," but don't let that trick you. It's still full of dirt, chlorine and chloramines. Water softeners do not filter your water. In a process called ion exchange, water softeners strip water of naturally occurring minerals and replace them with sodium (or SALT).
More trick than treat, right?
Water Softeners have Hidden Costs!
Salt-based water softeners have hidden costs. Traditional water softeners require that you constantly add more salt - costing the average household $500-$700 in annual maintenance. But don't forget, your water is still dirty. So, if you want clean drinking water, you'll need a reverse osmosis system to filter out the salt, chlorine and organic contaminants. A reverse osmosis (R.O.) system can cost $300-$500 and only filters water at a single location in your home. Replacing the filter cartridges and membranes of an R.O. system adds an average of $200 annually. Plus they waste 3-5 gallons of water for every filtered gallon.
As you can see, the cost adds up. Not to mention, the time and energy spent manually adding salt to your tank. I told you this article was scary.
Water softeners not only drain your wallet, they also put a strain on our city water systems. Hundreds of gallons of sodium end up in our wastewater streams each year as a result of water softeners. The average household will end up dumping 1,920 pounds of salt each year.
Water treatment plants aren't capable of removing that much salt, which means the water can't be recycled or reused. Many areas depend on recycled water for agriculture and industrial utilization. This is causing an increasing number of cities to ban the use of water softeners.
Okay, we've gone over all the reasons NOT to buy a water softener. But I know from personal experience that hard water scale build-up can be problematic. So, what's the solution?
Find a salt-free whole house water system that filters and conditions your water! Enjoy clean, delicious water from every tap in your home. You wouldn't want to drink dirty water and so don't cook, bathe or clean with dirty water either. With filtered water, keep your family healthy and your home happy.


Cameron came out of his room today during naptime.
"Mom...there is a fly buzzing around in our room. An icky one."
I thought maybe it had kept him from napping (with all the *extra-loud-buzzing* that that fly was doing, you know), so I voiced my thoughts to him.
"Oh, no, Mommy. The fly wasn't bothering me. It's just that..."
"What Cameron? What's bothering you so badly?"
"Well, we need to go in there and get that fly out. Ethan is sleeping with his mouth open....and I don't want that fly to get in there!"
hahahahahahaha. as hilarious as this is, its also extremely cute!!!! he was so upset to think that ethan would eat that fly. that or it grossed him out like it just did me. :)GAG! ;) so cute! Love that kid!
Is there ever a dull moment at your house???
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A photo of Etude Studio before its decorative paint job shows the facade attached to an addition.-Photo provided, Homer Council on the Arts
In Our Backyard
Etude: More than a music studio
by Michael Armstrong
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:40pm
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On June 6 for Mary Epperson Day, artists Judy Wynn and Laura and Jennifer Norton once again transformed Epperson's Etude Studio. A swirling keyboard and other designs decorate it.
Etude hasn't always been a music studio, and since its start as a small trailer in the 1950s, has been a house and store, with additions over the years.
Used as a music studio by Epperson from 1982 until 2012, when she quit teaching, the building will be demolished in the near future. Epperson transferred ownership of Etude to the Homer Council on the Arts, which has its office next door.
"It's just not a viable building anymore and it needs to come down," said HCOA executive director Gail Edgerly.
Next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., HCOA plans an informal public meeting to discuss plans for its property, its buildings and the organization's structure. One proposal is to "daylight" Woodard Creek, uncover the creek where it goes under HCOA's back lot.
The origins of the Etude building are unclear. Mike Pate, who owned the HCOA building when it was run as Pate Insurance, lived with his family in a cabin behind HCOA when he was a boy in the 1950s. He remembered a family, the Roehls, lived in a trailer, the first structure on the Etude Studio lot. Pate doesn't remember when that trailer went in, though.
At some point, a log building was added to the front of the trailer. That was the state of the building when, in 1974, Maynard and Mari-Ann Gross bought a business, Kenai Communications, known as K-Comm, from Charles Williams. K-Comm sold mainly marine electronics, Gross said.
The Gross family had fallen in love with Homer and were trying to figure out how to move up from Santa Barbara, Calif., and make a living. The deal included the store and the trailer behind it. The family stayed in the trailer and put in another addition on front and built the current façade. Gross sold the business in December 1977 after he got a job with Homer Electric Association and the family moved to a bigger house. Don Scherck bought the business, but Gross didn't know how long he had it. At some point the owners defaulted on a loan and a bank took over the building. The bank put it up for auction.
Jack and Mary Epperson moved to Homer in 1954, first living in Ninilchik. In 1982, Mary had been the city of Homer treasurer. She had been teaching piano and wanted a studio.
"I knew I had to go high," she said of bidding at the auction. "My husband and I mortgaged our homestead in Anchor Point."
"Etude" is a musical term for a composition written to learn a specific technique.
"I named it 'Etude' because that was the purpose of the building, to study," Epperson said.
With another piano teacher, Karen Maloney, Epperson taught in the studio. Other musicians would join her over the years, including guitar teachers Matt Yaki and Eric Fenger and piano teacher Carol Comfort. It became not just a studio, but a place for generations of music lovers to meet.
Gross said he was struck by how expanding K-Comm he created a facility Epperson later had to teach music.
"I feel like we're part of the history," he said.
"Parents came with their children," Epperson said. "Karen Maloney and I taught all these little kids. Currently, all those little kids are in their 40s."
Epperson helped found HCOA and volunteered for the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra and Pier One Theatre, selling tickets at Etude.
Young student musicians coming through town on their way to commercial fishing sometimes stayed at Etude.
"One fellow, Steve Pradell, he lived in my trailer," Epperson said. "I took a call once for a wedding. I took him to the church. He played the wedding march backwards and then I sat there waiting for the bride to hurry up so I could take him (Pradell) to the plane because his boat was waiting for fishing."
The big flood of October 2002 almost wiped out Etude when Woodard Creek turned into a roaring little river. Janet Bowen, then the HCOA director, remembered that.
"In minutes, people were arriving to help. It was really scary. 'Your building was going to pass over,'" she told Epperson at Mary Epperson Day, "And now it's time to pass over. We saved it once."
The building could be saved again — at least part of it. The latest enhancement was intended to be a transition to tearing down the building, Edgerly said. After people saw the art, some floated the idea of maybe saving the front façade and using it as a backdrop for outdoor concerts. That's an idea Epperson said she'd like.
That would take a community effort and fundraising, Edgerly said.
"It really is pretty cool what's on that wall right now," Edgerly said."Anything's possible if there's enough money behind it. … If there was willingness and community and community help, willingness to take leadership, we'd be willing to deal with it."
Michael Armstrong can be reached at michael.armstrong@homernews.com.
Homer Council on the Arts informal meeting
5:30 p.m. June 24
Homer Council on the Arts, 344 W. Pioneer Ave.
To discuss plans for the HCOA building, the property and Woodard Creek that flows behind it.
Etude Studio
Formerly Kenai Communications
315 W. Pioneer Ave.
Built (trailer): 1950s
Built (log cabin addition): unknown
Kenai Communications (K-Comm) started: unknown.
Owned by Charles Williams until 1974
Owned by Maynard and Mari-Anne Gross 1974-1977
Addition added 1974
Sold to Don Scherck, 1977
Purchased by Mary Epperson 1982, name changed to Etude Studio
Etude Studio closed June 2012
Visitors draw on Etude Studio on June 6 for Mary Epperson Day. -Photo provided, Homer Council on the Arts
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Co-processing is the simultaneous use of composite regrind as raw material and as a source of energy in cement manufacturing, replacing natural mineral resources (material recycling) and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and gas (energy recovery). In this process, the composite regrind used for co-processing is both an alternative fuel and a raw material.
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Aliancys says two companies in Europe already actively use the process of converting glass reinforced composite components into regrind at a large scale. Neowa is collecting parts from Northern Germany and Denmark in its operation near Bremen, Germany, and combining the composite regrind with plastic and paper waste stream. The company supplies the resulting mix to the nearby Holcim plant in Lägersdorf, Germany. In 2016, Moerdijk, Netherlands-based Demacq Recycling International started operations, collecting composite components from a wide variety of sources in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company is planning to scale up in 2017 and will use the cement manufacturing route as a primary outlet.
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Il distretto di Mbulu fa parte della regione del Manyara, in Tanzania. Confina a nord con la regione di Arusha ed il lago Eyasi, a est con il distretto di Babati, a sud con il distretto di Hanang e ad ovest con la regione di Singida.

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Totally Locally West Bridgford Pop up Shop is now open!
We are going Totally Locally - are you?
How much do you spend in local independent shops each week?
Many years ago when I had just arrived in Holland I received a note through the letter box that the local neighbourhood was organising an Eco Team. A group of 8 or so people, who would come together once a month for 8 months and find way to reduce waste, electricity, gas, water and transport and find better ways to shop.
To be honest, I was not interested in the Eco bit, but for the sake of making friends and getting to know people I went along and really enjoyed it. So much so that when I returned back to the UK, I set up the first Eco Team inspiring thousands of housholds up and down the country to become aware of their actions. I am no longer involved in Eco Teams (other than being keen to promote sustainable behaviour of any kind) but this has led to other initiatives.
The Shared Garden Project, The West Bridgford Skills Exchange and latterly Totally Locally.
What had all these initiative in common? They had a strong and simple message, were easy to do and without you even realising it, they have an enormous impact.
I wish I could contact that lady or gentleman (or even youngster) who popped the Eco Team leaflet through my letter box over 15 years ago to let them know how the dropping of the leaflet in Holland has led to a changed town in the UK.
The moral of the story: Whatever you do, do something!
Totally Locally is about opening your eyes to the great independent shops and businesses in your town. It's here to encourage you to turn into the door of that shop you walk past every day. Go on, give it a try – there's a good chance you'll want to go back. It's about supporting your local growers, producers and services: be it furniture makers, farmers, accountants or bakers.
Totally Locally is about people. Great people. People who care about what they do, what they grow, what they make. And people like you who care about what they buy and where they shop. It's about a collective responsibility to support our local businesses. Because when we do our towns thrive.
We are going Totally Locally – are you?
We have launched the Totally Locally Independent business directory. If you are a local independent business and want others to use you, make sure that you are registered. Registering is free and is straight forward.
That got your interest didn't it?
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Milwaukee is located in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53225 has a population of 600,155.
The median household income in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53225 is $35,489. The median household income for the surrounding county is $43,385 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in Milwaukee 53225 is 30.8 years.


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Odell Beckham Jr. wants Aaron Rodgers money
Star receiver eyes $20 million per year
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: NFL player Aaron Rodgers (R) accepts the Best Play award onstage from NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. and actor Dove Cameron at The 2017 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. wants at least $20 million per year in his next contract, according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.
If Beckham gets his desired raise, and the Packers don't follow through on Aaron Rodger's potential payday, the receiver could be making around the same or more than the two-time MVP in 2019.
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Rodgers is schedule to make $21.1 million in 2019.
"(Beckham) is in the 20s," Garafolo said. "From what he has told people close to him, he wants to be in the low 20s."
The first-round pick in 2014 is entering the last year of his rookie deal this season and is slated to make $8.5 million this year.
If the Giants were to give him a $12 million raise next offseason he would have the most expensive wide receiver contract in the league, surpassing Antonio Brown's $17 million per-year average.
But based on his eye-popping receiving numbers, Beckham would certainly be worth it.
He is one of only three receivers in NFL history to have at least 4400 receiving yards and 38 receiving touchdowns combined in his first four seasons. The other two on the list are Jerry Rice and Randy Moss.
Giants General manager certainly isn't ruling out giving Beckham his big day day.
"This is America," he said when asked if a wide receiver could hypothetically be the first non-quarterback to make $20 million per season. "It's a great place. Anything's possible."


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What Smart Home Gadgets Save the Most on Energy Bills?
From laundry folding machines to smart doorbells, the list of high-tech devices for smart homes at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was enlightening. While some of these devices could simply add hands-free convenience to your home, others could greatly lower your energy rates, providing you with huge savings on your Texas energy bills. Here are a few of the smart energy gadgets that stood out on stage at CES this year.
The Eve Energy Strip uses smart technology to power up to three everyday household devices, monitoring your energy use while providing protection from surges. Plugging devices into the outlets also allows you to control them with either Siri or other smart apps. That makes switching an appliance on and off as easy as switching electrical companies in Texas.
As smart technology goes deeper and deeper into our homes, it's not that all surprising that there is now a smart wall outlet. Current's Smart Outlet allows you to regulate the energy use of devices that are plugged into it.
Similar to the Eve Energy Strip, you can control whatever you plug in with voice commands on Google Assistant and Alexa. This allows you to effortlessly cut costs on electricity use by viewing the Smart Wall Outlet's energy report and adjust use accordingly. That's a real way to use your power to choose!
C by GE provides a range of LED lights you can integrate into its smart system so you can choose the right light for the right need. Using a network of smart sensors, plugs, switches, dimmers, and apps you can have total lighting control in your home. Imagine moving from room to room as lights turn on and off. And since the lights are all LED, you'll end up with some of the cheapest energy rates as well.
The C system also connects to Google Assistant and Alexa, so there's no more worrying about whether or not you left the lights on. With the out-of-home control, you easily make sure you're not wasting electricity.
The Honeywell Home T9 and T10 Pro allow you to have total climate control over your home. Instead of overly cooling or heating certain parts of your home, the smart technology records data from various sensors in different rooms. You can then adjust temperature settings to fit your preferences for each part of your home.
One added benefit for the smart technology is that you can also adjust the temperature settings even when you're not at home. This way, you're not wasting energy heating or cooling an empty home.
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How Secure-24 Keeps Employees in Michigan
News Analysis Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading 11/2/2015
How do you recruit and keep employees in a state where 60% of college grads leave right after graduation?
That's the predicament faced by Secure-24 Inc. , a cloud and hosting provider specializing in Oracle, SAP and QAD apps, in Southfield, Michigan. The company has a rich talent pool to draw from -- the state has seven Division 1 colleges, with 40 additional two- and four-year colleges. But graduates of those colleges don't stick around; 60% put Michigan in their rear-view mirrors within 60 days of graduation.
Professional development is key for Secure–24 recruiting and keeping employees, CEO Michael Jennings told Light Reading at in interview on the floor of the Oracle OpenWorld 2015 conference in San Francisco. Secure–24 uses an "academy model" for its straight-out-of-college engineering recruits, providing them with 18–24 months of on-the-job education focused on customer support.
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Secure-24 CEO Michael Jennings. The company gave away this motorcycle at its booth at Oracle OpenWorld recently. Jennings says he likes dirt bikes.
"We ingrain customer service into engineers from Day 1," Jennings said.
Jennings is a Silicon Valley native who previously worked at several companies in that region. Secure–24 brings Silicon Valley culture to the Great Lakes region; a local newspaper writes breathlessly that the company "treats employees like royalty," allowing them to show up in shorts and flip flops in the summer, and provides a foosball table, pinball machines, and complimentary drinks and snacks in break rooms -- all unremarkable perks for Silicon Valley companies.
And it's not just foosball and munchies. Secure–24 pays 100% healthcare, including medical, dental, life insurance, long- and short-term disability, with nothing coming from the employee's paycheck. Secure–24 also offers 100% 401(k) matching. Only 6% of US companies pay 100% employee healthcare, and only 3% offer 100% healthcare and matching 401(k), Jennings said.
Additionally, Secure–24 supports flexible work schedules. "If your child is sick and you need to work from home, we're very flexible. You can work from everywhere we have an Internet connection," Jennings said. "We track productivity not by looking at you in the office, but by looking at the work you perform."
Also, like Netflix and LinkedIn, Secure–24 has no vacation policy. "Our vacation policy is you take time off as you need it, when you need it," Jennings said.
New engineers start doing customer service, doing Level 1 support, answering calls from customers. If the Level 1 engineers can't fix a problem, they send an instant message to a Level 2 engineer, who joins the call, which provides a high rate of first-call resolution and trains the Level 1.
"As they graduate from Level 1 to Level 2 to Level 3 it's our way of building our talent," Jennings said. "We rarely hire senior engineers from the outside world; we like to build our engineers from the ground up." (Editor's note: Like this?)
The company has 520 employees, with 115 in the academy program in different stages.
Jennings compares the program to an accounting firm, which provides the same kind of career growth path.
Secure–24 has doubled in size, from 260 employees, when Jennings joined in 2012. As part of the transition -- and to retain employees -- Secure–24 reduced the requirements on US staff to work three shifts for tech support. The company accomplished that change by hiring employees in India. Unlike other companies that outsource to India to reduce cost, Secure–24 hired the Indian workers to reduce the time-shifting burden on its US employees. However, the company still has employees working around the clock in Michigan, hiring college students who want to work a swing shift to fill those seats.
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Another strategy for getting and keeping talent is to hire from people with local roots. Of those 60% of college students who leave Michigan after graduation, most came to Michigan from out-of-state to begin with. Michigan colleges also have a lot of students who grew up in the state and would just as soon stay if they can get the same professional benefits they'd get in Silicon Valley or elsewhere. For example, CTO Scott McIsaac is a Michigan native whose father was a VP at Ford; like McIsaac, many employees have parents and grandparents who worked at the Big Three auto firms. "Their families are where they grew up, in Michigan," Jennings said. "They want the entrepreneurial Silicon Valley experience, but they want it in Michigan."
Good working conditions and professional development opportunities contribute to a high retention rate. Last year's US attrition was 7%, and this year on track to 5.88% annualized -- very low for IT services, which typically sees greater than 20% annual attrition, Jennings said. In India, attrition was 3% last year and 6% this year, compared with a typical 30% rate.
"A lot of people look at us as a technology company. We're really a customer service company that leverages technology to deliver solutions to our clients," Jennings said. "What's in our employees' heads is our IP, so retaining those people is a key focus of my life as CEO."
— Mitch Wagner, , West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading. Got a tip about SDN or NFV? Send it to [email protected]
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MegLanning 5/20/2016 | 3:43:38 AM
Re: Michigan Yes, I agreed with you.
kq4ym 11/13/2015 | 9:41:53 AM
Re: Michigan Pretty amazing that "60% of college grads leave right after graduation" in Michigan. I would have never guessed that high numboer of quick deserters. Now, if I were quite a bit younger and looking for a midwest job to stay near family, I'd certainlhy strongly consider such an oppportunity to have valley like benefits but stay nearer family and friends.
Mitch Wagner 11/3/2015 | 10:24:49 AM
Re: Michigan danielcawrey - Makes sense. If there are now jobs there, then people have to leave.
I wonder if that's a problem for many college towns? I have friends who live in Gainesville, Fla.; they say that many grads of the college there would love to stay, but the only jobs for them are tending bar and waiting tables.
danielcawrey 11/2/2015 | 11:21:27 PM
Michigan A lot of people leave Michigan because of the lack of job opportunities. This was especially true a decade or so ago.
I can understand why things might be getting better now that there is a new generation of workers that companies in Michigan need to hire, but as someone who graduated from a university in Michigan in 2006 the opportunities just weren't very good at that time.
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Toward a European Islam
Lecture Series at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Addresses Islam as Part of European Identity / Lectures on June 3 and 24 at Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
№ 191/2014 from May 27, 2014
How has Europe been shaped by Islam? This issue is being addressed in a lecture series of the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, which is hosted by Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität. The lecture series is being held in cooperation with the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). The series aims to change patterns of thinking that consider the Muslim presence in Europe as a problem. Muslim life needs to be seen as an integral part of European history and identity. In the series, Muslim history in Europa is not examined solely as migration history, but in light of its own traditions, for example, in the Balkans. The lecture on June 3 will be given by the French historian Dr. Xavier Bougarel, a visiting researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch, and the one on June 24 will be given by the political philosopher Dr. Anya Topolski. The discussants will be Prof. Dr. Hannes Grandits, a professor of Southeast European history at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Dr. Yasemin Shooman, the director of the migration and diversity program at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Both lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung (ZfL). They are open to the public, and advance registration is not required. The lectures will be given in English.
The lectures portray how Muslims, with their religious practices and lifestyles, present a challenge to common perceptions of the secular state and the treatment of minorities in Europe. In addition, the series, which was organized by Schirin Amir-Moazami, a professor of Islam in Europe at the Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, aims to bring a broader perspective to the issue. By including the Balkans, it is clear that the perception of Muslims as migrants in Europe is as equally untenable as the idea that Europe was dominated exclusively by Christians.
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, operated jointly by Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität, and the ZMO, educates doctoral students who are doing research on the inner diversity, historical mutability, and global networking of Muslim cultures and societies. The doctoral dissertation projects are in fields ranging from Islamic studies and Arabic studies to political science, history, anthropology, Asian studies, and African studies. The diverse research projects are united by a view of Islam as a frame of reference for religious, cultural, and social phenomena. The faculty for the doctoral education is made up of 20 researchers from different research institutions in Berlin, as well as numerous visiting researchers from other parts of Germany and abroad.
June 3, 2014, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Dr. Xavier Bougarel (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris / Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin): What do Bosnian Muslims mean when they say that they are Europeans? Discussant: Prof. Dr. Hannes Grandits (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Principal Investigator at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies); Moderation: Dr. Dietrich Reetz (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Principal Investigator at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies).
June 24, 2014, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Dr. Anya Topolski (Universität Leuven): Good Jew, Bad Jew. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: Regulating European Subjects. Discussant: Dr. Yasemin Shooman (Akademie des Jüdischen Museums Berlin); Moderation: Prof. Dr. Schirin Amir-Moazami (Freie Universität Berlin, Principal Investigator at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies).
Both lectures will be held at the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung (ZfL), Schützenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin.
Links to the Homepage and Flyer
www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de
www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de/_media/MC_Vortragsreihe_4Seiten_Flyer_CMYK_version-versenden.pdf?1398332011 (Flyer)
Dr. Bettina Gräf, Managing Director, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin, Tel.: +49 30 838-53260, Email: md@bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de
Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
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