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May 12, 1912 – May 5, 1995
Marshall Royal was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years.
Royal was born in Oklahoma, the elder brother of trumpeter Ernie Royal, and learned to play violin, guitar, as well as clarinet and sax while still a child. He first performed in public at the age of thirteen, starting his professional career with an eight-year stint with Les Hite's band (1931–1939), during which time he also recorded with Art Tatum. He spent 1940 to 1942 with Lionel Hampton, until the war interrupted his career. After his military service (during which he played in a Navy band), Royal played with Eddie Heywood, then went on to work in studios in Los Angeles, California.
In 1951 Royal replaced Buddy DeFranco as clarinettist with Count Basie's septet, which Basie had formed after circumstances forced him to dissolve his big band. When the Basie band was reformed the following year, Royal stayed on as lead alto saxophonist and as music director — not to leave until 1970. Though he was admired as an occasional soloist, his main rôle was as an important part of the reeds section, and as a leader who helped to give Basie's sound its distinctively precise yet swinging character.
When he left Basie in 1970, Royal settled permanently in Los Angeles, continuing to play and record, working with Bill Berry's big band, Frank Capp and Nat Pierce, Earl Hines, and Duke Ellington. Royal recorded as a soloist with Dave Frishberg in 1977, and with Warren Vache in 1978. He co-led a band with Snooky Young in the 1970s and 1980s, recording with it in 1978, and with Ella Fitzgerald and Gene Harris, among others. In 1989 he took the lead alto chair with Frank Wess's big band.
- 1960: Gordon Jenkins Presents (Everest)
- 1978: First Chair (Concord Jazz)
- 1978: Snooky and Marshall's Album with Snooky Young
- 1980: Royal Blue (Concord Jazz)

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My name is Thomas Mason. I am a hip-hop engineer based in Portland, Oregon. I specialize in working with small hip hop artists. Starting as an engineer two years ago, I can give you guys killer mixes at an affordable price for small artists. Being an artist myself, I understand what a Hip Hop artist looks for in a mix and can deliver it.
Martin Roženek is a mixer, record producer and head of GM Recording studio, which is situated at Czech - Slovak - Polish border in central europe. He worked with a wide range of bands and interprets, mostly from these countries, for last 20 years.
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A vet has been swamped with calls from people wanting to give homes to two kittens found abandoned.
The five-week-old kittens were discovered in the grounds of Reinwood Junior School and are now with Vets4Pets on New Hey Road in Oakes and needing a new home.
After we highlighted their plight and the importance for owners to have their cats neutered at around four months at the end of last week, 15 people have already contacted Vets4Pets wanting to give the kittens a new chance in life.
Veterinary care assistant Holly Stead said: “We have asked them to provide information about their homes such as if they have any other pets and then we will make a decision as to where they will go within the next two weeks. They are a little too young to let go just yet.”
The kittens are named Albert and Isaac after Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.
The cost to neuter a cat, including pain relief, is around £75 but help is out there in the form of charities such as Cat Protection, the RSPCA and Blue Cross.

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Revealed: Risqué Facebook picture of Muslim waitress who won £3,000 compensation for wearing 'indecent' dress
A Muslim cocktail waitress who won £3,000 for sexual harassment after refusing to wear an 'indecent' dress for work has posted pictures of herself wearing a low-cut top on the internet.
Fata Lemes, 33, told a tribunal that she was 'not used to wearing sexually attractive clothes' and that the bright red dress made her feel 'she might as well be naked.'
But today she appeared to contradict herself by posting pictures of herself on the social networking website Facebook, in which she is wearing a revealing top.
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Are you looking for a family activity with a high level of fun? Then come and hit a ball on the 18 deep blue minigolf courses in Kattevennen, right in the middle of the Hoge Kempen National Park. Show what you are worth and overcome the treacherous obstacles. Who knows, you might score a hole in one!
Do you have energy to spare? Head off into the woods of Kattevennen. You can go on a lovely walk, bike ride, mountain bike ride or horse ride.
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Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf sector entered a heady interval of political restructuring, awash with oil cash that helped fund nationwide aspirations. Infrastructure funding grew to become a relevant a part of the region's nation-building tasks and fueled powerful pageant.
Without its neighbours' oil fields, infrastructure and territorial improvement grew to become really very important to Dubai. This ebook offers a distinct and specific realizing of Dubai urbanism via demonstrating that cumulative programmatic intensification and scalar amplification of its large-scale infrastructural elements guided its metropolitan progress and generated a territorial association good judgment that outstripped the predictive capability of conventional Western grasp making plans.
Dubai’s quick sequence of infrastructural tasks culminated within the Jebel Ali Port, commercial region, and loose sector, which marked a definitive "before and after" aspect. The ebook exhibits how Jebel Ali additionally grew to become the template for next advancements, Dubai global Holdings Company's overseas aspirations, and the firms that deal with and control Dubai's large-scale infrastructural tasks today.
Dubai Amplified highlights the cycle of typological borrowing, prototypical replication, and scalar amplification, in particular in Dubai's infrastructure initiatives, to top describe its common territorial improvement. whereas infrastructure is often understood because the elemental "hardware" that undergirds city improvement, the e-book concludes via arguing that the definition can be extended thus as extra of a collection of gadgets, networks, and prone that towns can selectively borrow, reflect, and amplify.
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The unfold of newly 'invented' locations, resembling topic parks, buying department stores and remodeled ancient parts, necessitates a redefinition of the concept that of 'place' from an architectural viewpoint. during this interdisciplinary paintings, those invented locations are classified in accordance with different phenomenological stories they can supply.
In keeping with the paintings of Poly5, or the Mediterranean hall, mega-transport infrastructure undertaking, this ground-breaking reference explains how and why conventional top-down government-defined delivery making plans regulations are failing, as a result of their tendency to eschew acknowledgement of profoundly multifarious neighborhood and neighborhood matters.
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Falling Feathers collection by Jovian Mandagie for Zalora is a whole new ethnic wear evolution. The traditional cut has been infused with modern elements like the peplum and waterfall draped detail. Not to mention, every single piece is crafted and sewn with beaded embellishment detail. These pieces are bringing sophistication and style to the next level.
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The ESC test cycle (also known as OICA/ACEA cycle) has been introduced, together with the ETC (European Transient Cycle) and the ELR (European Load Response) tests, for emission certification of heavy-duty diesel engines in Europe starting from the year 2000 (Directive 1999/96/EC of December 13, 1999). The ESC is a 13-mode, steady-state procedure that replaces the R-49 test.
he engine is tested on an engine dynamometer over a sequence of steady-state modes that are listed below:
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|1||Low idle||0||15||4 minutes|
The engine must be operated for the prescribed time in each mode, completing engine speed and load changes in the first 20 seconds. The specified speed shall be held to within ±50 rpm and the specified torque shall be held to within ±2% of the maximum torque at the test speed. Emissions are measured during each mode and averaged over the cycle using a set of weighting factors. Particulate matter emissions are sampled on one filter over the 13 modes. The final emission results are expressed in g/kWh.
The engine speeds are defined as follows:
- The high speed nhi is determined by calculating 70% of the declared maximum net power. The highest engine speed where this power value occurs (i.e. above the rated speed) on the power curve is defined as nhi.
- The low speed nlo is determined by calculating 50% of the declared maximum net power. The lowest engine speed where this power value occurs (i.e. below the rated speed) on the power curve is defined as nlo.
- The engine speeds A, B, and C to be used during the test are then calculated from the following formulas:
A = nlo + 0.25(nhi – nlo)
B = nlo + 0.50(nhi – nlo)
C = nlo + 0.75(nhi – nlo)
During emission certification testing, the certification personnel may request additional random testing modes within the cycle control area. Maximum emission at these extra modes are determined by interpolation between results from the neighboring regular test modes.
The ESC test is characterized by high average load factors and very high exhaust gas temperatures.


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Replogle Vintage World Globe, Pine Stand
Item sold on 2015-06-10 - Shipped on 2015-06-12
Shipper: PLYCON (708-339-8805)
Item# P-17254 WEBO
Signed by famous map maker, "Replogle," about 40 years ago, this world globe is 12" diameter and spins in a movable brass ring.
The pine pedestal stand has a very fine original finish. The globe has relief showing mountains. Overall size of this American made vintage globe is 16" diameter and 39" tall.
See 24 photos on Harp Gallery website that enlarge to full screen size.
Shipping may be as much as the piece, store pick up is recommended.
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Ensure safety and support during patient transfers and movements with our Washable Gait Belt. Designed to provide secure assistance, this belt aids in preventing falls and reducing the risk of back injuries for caregivers.
- Safety First: Ideal for assisting in movements such as transitioning from a bed to a chair.
- Durable Design: Crafted from washable cotton, ensuring longevity and hygiene.
- Secure Fastening: Features a sturdy metal buckle for a snug fit around the patient's waist.
- Versatile Use: Perfect for aiding patients during walks or transfers, especially those unstable due to illness or injury.
Choose Medilab India's Gait Belt for reliable falls management and safe patient handling.


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51229 Small Ringtail
The 51229 Small Ringtail From Bonka Bird Toys is an awesome bridge toy for that small to medium-sized feathered friend in your family. A string of different shaped, natural wooden blocks, a length of over 20 plus inches make up this chewable bridge of fun that can be hung in multiple ways. A great toy for those active birds that love to chew, it measures approximately 24 inches long by 2 3/4 inches wide and comes with two quick links for different hanging options.
The 51229 Small Ringtail From Bonka Bird Toys is 100% bird safe and weighs and measures approximately:
Height: (24) inches
Width: (2.75) inches
Weight: (13) ounces
- Durable and long lasting.
- Will keep those beaks busy.
- All natural bird safe materials.
- Two quick links for multiple hanging options.
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Crouched inside his official vehicle, trembling in fear, the 33-year-old journalist dared not peer out of the window.
Surrounded by tanks fitted with anti-aircraft machine guns and grim faced soldiers with fingers on the trigger, Lee Njiru thought he would be shot any moment.
This is how Mr Njiru, who was on August 1, 1982 the deputy head of Presidential Press Unit, remembers how President Moi’s entourage cruised along Nairobi-Nakuru highway on their way to State House.
“My world had been shattered at 6am when I learnt that the Kenya Air Force servicemen had taken over the government. As I rushed to Kabarak to find out what was happening to Mzee, I was terrified,” he recalls.
But the man who would later replace Cornelius Nyamboki as the head of Presidential Service Unit, dismisses suggestions that he cried uncontrollably when he arrived at Kabarak and confirmed that indeed there had been a coup attempt.
“There has been misleading reports that we ran away to the bushes to hide and that I cried.. That is a lie! I did not cry I was emboldened by the President’s courage. We all felt strong. I remember seeing the Presidential Escort Commander, Elijah Sumbeiywo and his brother, Lazarus Sumbeiywo who was a military officer come to Kabarak and consult Mzee,” Njiru says.
He recalls that when a decision was made to evacuate the President from Kabarak to Nakuru State House and later to Nairobi, Moi refused to ride in an armoured car declaring that he was not a coward.
At one point the President demanded to know what they were doing in Nakuru instead of proceeding to Nairobi where he had a lot to attend to.
Throughout the journey to Nairobi, Njiru could not stop thinking what his family in Nairobi was going through because he knew as a senior government officer close to State House, he was a marked man.
“By the time we arrived in Nairobi, Brig Mahmoud Mohamed had recaptured Voice of Kenya, while Brig James Lenges had liberated Nayuki Airbase. There was a sense of normalcy although life was never the same again,” he says.
Njiru recalls how everybody panicked when President Moi decided to go and inspect what had happened in the city centre.
Although the rebels had been driven off the streets, there were remnants still lurking in some sections and there were fears that snipers could target the Head of State. “The devastation and madness I saw in Ngara and Mathare was indescribable. Shops had been looted after doors were yanked off.”
After witnessing the events, life drastically changed for Njiru and he had to be escorted home every day. Up to the time he left office as Head of Presidential Press Unit in 2002, his house in Kileleshswa, Nairobi, was under 24 hour police protection.
The coup taught him that government takeover can be devastating.

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The Princes Highway is undergoing night-time improvements to create smoother and safer trips for drivers.
This is the first time a project of this kind and size has been done on the road in a decade.
The upgrade aims to provide a safer and more efficient journey between Melbourne, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, which sees 20,000 motorists travelling the route each day.
VicRoads has already completed resurfacing works between Broderick Road to Cox Road, Corio. Other major sections to be resurfaced are:
- Cowies Creek Bridge to Separation Street, North Geelong
- Ballarat Road to James Harrison Bridge, Geelong
- Surf Coast Highway to Ghazeepore Road, Belmont/Waurn Ponds
The Victorian Government has invested $10 million into the upgrade, and is expected to be completed by the end of May 2018.


These aren’t my typical colors but because I am posting a bit out of order, I’ve done quite a few of these circles already so I’m branching out. One way to do this is to have others choose the colors for me. They choose 4 colors then I decide what gets cut at what size. Here I gave myself a very large bit of white that I regretted as soon as I saw it pieced together. So,I made up a stitch to try to fill it in a bit – I like the result and it is certainly bold but it does have a Halloween look about it with its dark purple colors and the spiderweb style stitches.
Row 1: Star stitch – the stitches holding the wooden bead have french knots at the end of every other of them.
Row 2: Running stitch.
Row 3: Lazy daisy single stitches and a small “V” shaped stitch between each of them.
Row 4: I just sewed long straight stitches radiating out from the center – I found this easier to do if I held the thread where it should go to test the rotation before sewing it. Then I sewed long stitches the other way, stitching around the radiating stitches to hold them down every second one. Finally I added cross stitches in a second color over the overlapping stitches where they hadn’t been already sewn down. I like the result and it’s one of the most freeform sewing I’ve done yet.


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Myth no 3: an american man is an asian woman's ticket to a better life some asian women do believe this myth to be true, but similar to myth no 1, have never had relationships with western men. ‘women have a biological clock that they need to live by if they want to have kids and stuff,’ he told metrocouk ‘and more often than not by the time a girl is 30 she is thinking about. 22 things to know before dating an asian girl get ready to eat all the food. Black women and asian men seem to be aware that they haven't made it to the top of america's desirability scale, and that they need each other their questions to ask mikeoutnumber the others.
“asian women feel the need to fulfill a role essay “asian women feel the need to fulfill a role - “asian women feel the need to fulfill a role essay introduction modern stereotypes are promoted and re-enforced from childhood and we can easily be pigeon-holed into the way others think of us. Meston and buss have interviewed 1,006 women from all over the world about their sexual motivation, and in doing so they have identified 237 different reasons why women have sex not 235 not 236. Asian americans feel held back at work by stereotypes they say that asian americans need to learn the leadership skills that corporate america values, such as adapting public speaking skills.
Boybands, meanwhile, cynically tap into the anxiety young women feel by claiming that they love you just as you are, a trend expertly satirised in the amy schumer sketch “girl you don’t need. Still, the fact that many asian women don’t want to date asian men does propel asian girls into the white dating sphere of course, some men have a negative view of asian women and asian culture generally. A woman of asian descent who believes in all stereotypes of asians, secretly despising her own identity as an asian and desperately seeks out foreign men (usually white) to make herself feel more white and desired. Almost every woman, no matter her ethnicity, has sparse brows that need to be filled in, but asian women, in particular, may find they need some brow help to help balance out a full head of lush hair. Okay, so now you might be thinking like, gosh anne, why you gotta be all racist, they’re strong, independent yellow women, choosing their own partners in life.
Bone health and osteoporosis: a guide for asian women aged 50 and older you need calcium to help maintain healthy, strong bones throughout your life adults up to age 50 need 1,000 mg (milligrams) of calcium every day women over age 50 and men over age 70 should increase their intake to 1,200 mg daily. Women in the philippines, on the other hand, attach great importance to the establishment as a wife and mother filipina can work outside the home, but they will always put his family first filipinas seeking for american and western men. But for those women who “need” to feel smaller, daintier, less powerful than their men, i say leave that to the fantasy of the bedroom and use your imagination and at the risk of waving my feminist flag too vigorously and obnoxiously, remember that a lot of us fought long & hard to not be powerless and to not let men dominate us, and to. If you feel like your touch isn't turning her on, you probably just haven't found the right place to touch yet for some women, above all, to have good sex, you need to be able to have.
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The asian fetish asiaphilia yellow fever you've probably heard of these terms before — maybe you can even think of that one caucasian friend of yours that only ever dates asian women. It is no secret that there is a fair amount of fornicating between white america men and asian women and there are no signs of this trend slowing down it’s hard to go out in a large american city nowadays and not see a white guy holding hands with an asian girl it’s even getting to the point. The need to succeed is a natural human desire, yet for b lack women, our success is beyond simple bragging rights or a pat on the back our success represents something bigger than our own. 21 questions asian people are sick of answering what kind of asian are you specific to east asians.
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Take your time – sorry guys, most asian women won’t give it up on the first night, so you need to work for it over a few weeks take them for a coffee, get to know them, build deep levels of rapport and then begin sexually escalating heavily on the 3rd meetup. Brisben concurs: “i think there are many women who need to be vocal to help themselves achieve orgasm - it helps move them and their orgasm along there are certainly phases like if you are mounted on your lover and you get the perfect sensation it brings you to feel like moaning and it intensifies the already good sensation. The bamboo glass ceiling asian american women face particular challenges in the workplace and they’re not getting the attention they need.

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The technological sector is surely giving us the best things in life. If there is something wrong with our computer, we do not need to change it. All we have to do is to change the software and things will be completely new and different. Thus, even with the old and existing hardware, we can get the best performance just with the help of software.
And the use of the software is not just in computers and mobile phones but also in cars. We have an electronic control unit in our vehicles. You must have heard it as ECU, which is the onboard computer of our cars. This electronic control unit controls the fuel consumption, emission discharge and reliability of our cars. To gain reliability and control emissions and fuel consumption, it will limit the performance of the engine.
So even if you are getting a sports car, its engine won’t be at its maximum capacity. Therefore, it will need some alterations if you want to use it to its maximum. And how will you do so? Through the ECU. Some changes in the onboard computer and you will get the maximum potential of the engine of your car.
What is remapping?
Remapping is changing the software of the ECU and is a method of tuning a vehicle. It unlocks the beast of your car and gives a boost to the engine. You can get this service from ecuflash.co. They are specialists in ECU remapping and cover almost 99 percent of the vehicles. These vehicles include cars, vans, trucks and even tractors.
How does it work?
Remapping works by writing a new software program in the ECU. The program writer will plug a laptop with the OBD port of the car and write a new program. The new program will change the engine performance and you get instant results.
If there is something wrong with your car, this same software is used to diagnose the problem.
You might think that it is as simple as downloading software and installing it. However, things are not always this easy and simple. Therefore, you will need professionals to do so. You can get your garage to deal with it or if you want to do it yourself, you can ask for a DIY service.
Benefits of remapping your engine
1. A low-cost method
Instead of changing the engine parts, all you need to do is to update the software. Thus, you will get better performance with just a software update. However, you should also know that there is not a single price for remapping. The price varies from company to company but it is still the best way to get a better performance in such a short time.
2. No physical upgrades
You do not have to change the hardware at all. So there won’t be any physical upgrades in your car even if you do remapping. It will only deal with the software program and not the hardware. So you will get better performance with no change. In addition to this, remapping is often done on aftermarket parts. This tells the mechanic about the condition of the engine parts.
3. A reversible change
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In addition to the engine performance, the overall power delivery of the engine will also improve through tuning. This will eventually improve the driving experience.
6. Improve in-gear acceleration of your car
With better power delivery, the output power will also get a boost. This improves the overall performance of your car and also in-gear acceleration. This improvement comes in handy during quick overtakes. So if you love driving on the highways, you will love this change.
7. No weak spots
Remapping changes the whole performance of the engine and gives power to it. Thus, in the entire operating range of your car engine, there won’t be any weak or flat spots.
But is remapping all good? If so then why don’t the car manufacturers do it?
There is some drawback to remapping.
1. It voids the warranty
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2. High fuel consumption
Car manufacturers set the engine power to ensure fuel efficiency. Too much fuel consumption will create financial problems for you. Therefore, if you are planning to get your ECU remapped, you should also prepare yourself mentally for more fuel consumption.
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In addition to this, your vehicle won’t be reliable anymore. so you will be compromising on the health of your vehicle.


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New Delhi / Team Digital. One of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, Anil Kapoor is celebrating his 66th birthday today. Anil was born on 24 December 1954 in Chembur, Maharashtra. The actor has given many great films in his career. He has done more than one role in each of his films. Today, on his special occasion, it is said that Anil had to face 17 slaps to get a perfect shot.
Anil Kapoor slapped 17 times in one scene
There are many such stars in Bollywood whose friendship is given as an example. One of their names is also of Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff. Both have done many films together. These include hit films like ‘Ram-Lakhan’, ‘Trimurti, War’, ‘Andaz Apna’, ‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’. Their pair has been in the industry for many years. In such a situation, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra had opened his 30-year-old secret.
Filmmaker Vinod Chopra had opened the secret
Vinod Chopra had told through a post that Anil Kapoor had received 17 slaps from Jackie Shroff for the film Parinda. Sharing the post on social media, Vinod Chopra wrote – Anil Kapoor is always loyal to his work when it comes to the best shot. Anil Kapoor took 17 wickets to get a perfect shot.
Perfect shot was given for the film Parind
There was a scene in the film Parinda in which Jackie had to slap Anil Kapoor. In the scene, an argument is taking place between Jackie and Anil. During this, angry Jackie had to slap Anil hard. Because of which Anil was slapped not once but 17 times for the perfect shot.
Jackie Shroff told the reason
Regarding the scene, Jackie had told that- ‘Anil wanted to show that pass in the scene that his elder brother slapped him. The first shot itself was perfect and the facial expressions were also perfectly matched. Anil said no one more. In this way 17 slaps were done for one scene. The special thing is that he used to slap properly because its reaction does not come in the air.

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Missouri State Public Defender Commission
The governing body of the Missouri State Public Defender System is a Commission appointed by the Governor. The term of office of each commissioner is six years or until a successor is selected. Commissioners may succeed themselves.
The Public Defender Commission is responsible for the hiring of the State Public Defender Director. They also, with the assistance of the Director, determine the philosophy of the State Public Defender System. They review the budget request prepared by the Director and provide support of the request before the legislature. They make any rules needed for the administration of the State Public Defender System.
|H. Riley Bock, Chair||New Madrid||1/7/14 to 1/6/20||Democrat|
|Charles R. Jackson, Vice Chair||Jefferson City||7/17/14 to 7/16/20||Democrat|
|Craig Chval, Secretary||Columbia||7/17/14 to 7/16/20||Independent|
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|Michael Barrett||Columbia||Ex-Officio Member|
H. Riley Bock, Chair
A fifth-generation attorney, Riley Bock is a life‐long resident of New Madrid, MO, a graduate of the University of Missouri, and a former Captain in the Missouri National Guard. He served as the New Madrid County elected Prosecuting Attorney for four terms while also maintaining a small civil practice representing a number of county and regional public entities. Post‐retirement from private practice and prosecution, he served as the New Madrid County Public Administrator for five years and taught American History, English Composition, and Literature at the New Madrid County Central High School. He has also served on a number of boards and commissions, including The State Historical Society of Missouri, the Trail of Tears National Advisory Board, the Board of Directors for Camp Marymount, The Optimist Club, and the New Madrid Historical Museum. He is currently the president of the Three Rivers College Foundation Trust and serves as both volunteer and chair of the Higgerson School Historical Site, a one‐room school that once served the Higgerson Landing community along the Mississippi River. Mr. Bock was appointed to the Public Defender Commission in January, 2014, and is in his first term as Chair.
Charles R. Jackson, Vice Chair
One of Missouri’s first African‐American highway patrolmen, Charles Jackson spent 30 years in law enforcement. During that time, he rose to serve as the Captain and Commanding Officer of Troop F, the Patrol’s Director of Public Information, and Director of the State Traffic Division before topping off his career with a gubernatorial appointment to serve as Missouri’s Director of the Department of Public Safety. In that role, he oversaw 15,000 employees and administered a $600 million budget spanning Missouri’s Highway Patrol, Water Patrol, Capitol Police, State Fire Marshall, Alcohol and Tobacco Control Division, Veteran’s Commission, Gaming Commission, the State Emergency Management Agency, and the Missouri National Guard. He also developed Missouri’s statewide “Amber Alert” system and was granted national security secret clearance from the Department of Homeland Security. A graduate of the FBI National Academy and the U.S. Army War College as well as Lincoln University, Mr. Jackson is a past President of the Association of Retired Missouri State Employees and served on Advisory Boards to both Fulton State Hospital and the University of MO School of Social Work. He currently resides in Jefferson City, MO and is the founder and current pastor of The Guiding Light Missionary Baptist Church of Christ in Fulton, MO. Mr. Jackson was appointed to the Public Defender Commission in July, 2014, and is in his first term as Vice Chair.
Craig Chval, Secretary
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago‐Kent College of Law, Craig Chval is Associate General Counsel for Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, MO. He began his practice of law as a civil trial associate in Chicago, before joining the prosecuting attorney’s office in Illinois’ second‐largest county of DuPage, where he became chief of the gang crimes prosecution unit. He went on to serve as Special Counsel and Criminal Justice Policy Advisor to the Illinois Attorney General, and staffed the Governor’s Commission on Street Gangs, ultimately becoming the first executive director of the Illinois Gang Prevention Center, which developed and implemented pilot gang‐prevention programs across Illinois. In 2002, he accepted a position with the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C., where he reviewed and developed legislative proposals for Congress and assisted in the development of cybercrime training for prosecuting attorneys. When his wife accepted a faculty position at the University of Missouri, he joined the Office of the Missouri Attorney General. There he led a unit specializing in the investigation and prosecution of computer‐related crimes. A founding member of the National Steering Committee for the FBI’s Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory program, he became a well‐known author and presenter on topics pertaining to cybercrime, electronic discovery, and data management and security. Upon leaving the Attorney General’s Office, he co-founded the Chval Law Group in Columbia, MO specializing in legal issues pertaining to computer security. In 2011, he made the move to Veterans United. Mr. Chval was appointed to the Public Defender Commission in July, 2014, and is in his first term as Secretary.
A. Crista Hogan
Named one of Springfield’s 20 Most Influential Women by the Springfield Business Journal, Crista Hogan is the Executive Director of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association. Prior to accepting that appointment in 2001, Crista served as Vice President of Hogan Land Title Company and as Corporate Counsel for O’Reilly Automotive. She also owned and operated RCT Realty as well as maintaining a solo legal practice for three years, where she specialized in real estate, estate planning, and probate. She taught Managerial Economics and Personal Effectiveness as an adjunct professor in Webster University’s MBA program and served on Webster University’s Advisory Board. She is a past President of the Springfield Junior League, PAGE (Parents and Advocates of Gifted Education), and the Kitchen Foundation, as well as former Chair of the Greene County Young Republicans. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Ozarks Literacy Council, Habitat for Humanity, TARGET, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and was appointed by Governor Blunt to the Hispanic Business Trade and Culture Commission. She is the recipient of a Luminary Award from the National Association of Bar Executives and a Community Leader Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ms. Hogan holds degrees from George Washington University and Tulsa University and is a graduate of the Greater Ozarks Leadership Development Program. She was appointed to the Public Defender Commission in July, 2014.


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A portfolio piece made as a University assignment. I’ve made a roller coaster model before and quite enjoyed the process, so I decided to make another based on one of my favourite rides: Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya at PortAventura.


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An entertainment company revealed the new trailer of 'Alpha', and it is a stunning story that shines a light on the relationship between a young man and an injured wolf.
The movie, which is set 20,000 years ago in the Ice Age, revolves around a man named Zeta (Kodi Smit-McPhee
) and injured wolf.
Zeta, who gets separated from his clan and tries to find his way back home, comes across the injured wolf.
The two then learn to work together as they have only each other to rely on for survival.
Apart from McPhee, Alpha also features Lenor Varela
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Directed by Albert Hughes and written by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, the historical adventure has been produced by well established production houses.
'Alpha' will be released in India on August 24.

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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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Citigroup Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VB – Free Report) by 1.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 307,860 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,548 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. owned approximately 0.14% of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF worth $61,230,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 10,619 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,112,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 2.3% in the second quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 2,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $466,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 5,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,020,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Lee Danner & Bass Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Lee Danner & Bass Inc. now owns 3,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $770,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, WealthShield Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Small-Cap ETF by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. WealthShield Partners LLC now owns 1,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $364,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter.
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.5 %
NYSEARCA VB opened at $192.29 on Thursday. Vanguard Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $174.84 and a 1-year high of $210.00. The company has a market capitalization of $43.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.80 and a beta of 1.14. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $186.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $192.69.
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF Company Profile
The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CRSP US Small Cap index. The fund tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index. The market-cap-weighted index includes the bottom 2-15% of the investable universe. VB was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is managed by Vanguard.
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Sinitus Tempo is one of my favorite producers–and a musical inspiration for where I go on my projects. His mastery of the boards and his knowledge is one of the reasons why I always go hard on samples and with my beats. The man is a legend in his own right. But, this isn’t a piece to lop a bunch of praise onto the man. If you have ever heard his beats, you know he’s amazing.
This morning around 1:00AM, he dropped a project entitled Sky’s Limit.
The five-track instrumental EP has something to it besides dope beats. Sinitus Tempo is also using his beats to enact some good in the world; this project also doubles as a fundraising effort for a friend of his who fell on hard times. I purchased a copy because I believe in paying it forward. Plus Sinitus Tempo beats never miss their mark. Check out the project below and remember to support dope music in all its forms.


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We’re two days away from WrestleMania XXX, and NZPWI is counting down the 10 best matches from the last 10 years of the showcase of the immortals.
We’re covering 10 different matches featuring 13 different superstars held at seven different WrestleManias over the past decade. Will your favourite make the list?
This triple threat and its post-match celebration has since been marred by controversy, but there’s no denying that, at the time, it was a match for the ages.
Our second best WrestleMania match of the past decade is Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania XX.
NZPWI’s 10 BEST WRESTLEMANIA MATCHES OF THE LAST 10 YEARS
#2: CHRIS BENOIT VS. SHAWN MICHAELS VS. TRIPLE H (WRESTLEMANIA XX)
It was to be the dawning of a new era. Where it all began again.
Benoit wins the Royal Rumble, with the longest in-ring time of any competitor in the Rumble match, besting Ric Flair’s record from the 1991 Rumble. (Benoit’s 62 minute time would be eclipsed by Rey Mysterio in a later year.) It was Benoit’s year – Benoit’s time.
Shawn Michaels has unfinished business with the world’s champion Triple H though, after their title match at the Royal Rumble event ended in a draw. HBK claimed he didn’t want rain on Benoit’s parade but he signed his name to the WrestleMania title match contract after superkicking the Rumble winner in the face.
Wrestling contracts are tricky business, it would seem. Eric Bischoff, the general manager of the time, made the call. The world title would be up for grabs for the first time in a triple threat match.
Tempers flared between all three men as headed towards Madison Square Garden and the 20th WrestleMania main event.
This was Shawn Michaels’ 11th WrestleMania, but Chris Benoit was a different story. This was his first WrestleMania main event and his first real shot at immortality.
Triple H walked into this, his 9th consecutive WrestleMania appearance, with his last two having him leave as a champion. The title meant everything to him and he began this match without the champion’s advantage.
The early stages of the match played out like many a triple threat before it, with one person finding themselves outside the ring, separated from the action, as the other two grapplers fought it out for supremacy. But it wasn’t long before the action amped up with HBK delivering a moonsault to outside the ring, wiping out both competitors.
The match was a hard-hitting affair, worthy of this special anniversary. Blood was spilled and signature moves executed on all. Michaels found himself in the Crossface at one stage and was only saved from tapping when Triple H physically held HBK’s hand off the mat.
The announce tables got some love, as all three men climbed on the American table – and then HBK and Triple H grabbed hold of Benoit and suplexed him through the Spanish announce table. Benoit seemed to have lost his chance at the title, as Michaels – extremely bloody face and all – squared off against his long term rival. A Pedigree demolished Michaels but Benoit made it back just in time to save the match.
A Sharpshooter from Benoit sent the crowd into a frenzy, as Triple H looked ready to submit – all until HBK hit Sweet Chin Music on Benoit. All three men were leaving it all in the ring.
In the end, another superkick attempt allowed Benoit to lift Michaels out of the ring. Triple H then attempted the Pedigree on Benoit, only to find himself in the Crossface. Within the next minute, Chris Benoit was the World Heavyweight Champion, culminating his 18-year journey.
Chris Benoit, a man who many said was too small to be champion, was now that very thing. He’d ascended to the top of the business, along with his best friend Eddie Guerrero, who had retained his championship earlier that night. The enduring image, which now fills many fans with sadness, is WrestleMania ending with confetti falling and Chris Benoit with Eddie Guerrero embracing, tears in their eyes. Best friends now on top of the world.
What a shame it didn’t last for either man. What a shame that, as for many people, once you’re on the top, the only way is down.
Two men whose careers mimicked each others. They fought through adversity and climbed the mountain at the same time, reaching the zenith that everybody said they couldn’t. And now, one man is forever beloved, the other eternally vilified. Their parallels only exceeded by the opposition in how they will be remembered.
#10: MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH (WRESTLEMANIA 21)
#9: EDGE VS. UNDERTAKER (WRESTLEMANIA XXIV)
#8: TRIPLE H VS. UNDERTAKER (WRESTLEMANIA XXVIII)
#7: RIC FLAIR VS. SHAWN MICHAELS (WRESTLEMANIA XXIV)
#6: CHRIS JERICHO VS. CM PUNK (WRESTLEMANIA XXVI)
#5: KURT ANGLE VS. SHAWN MICHAELS (WRESTLEMANIA 21)
#4: SHAWN MICHAELS VS. UNDERTAKER (WRESTLEMANIA XXVI)
#3: EDGE VS. MICK FOLEY (WRESTLEMANIA 22)

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The more the news filters through from America as to the extent of the alleged Madoff swindle, the louder the sighs of unashamed relief from this side of the pond.
Phew, goes the thinking; thank heavens we're not affected. Thank goodness we haven’t entrusted our family foundation funds to the wily Mr Madoff, a man of such moral rectitude that even his own sons, poor dupes, refused to counter-sign his conditions of bail.
It puts one in mind of the late and largely unlamented Robert Maxwell, another personable arm-twister who robbed his newspaper pension funds blind, juggled his finances near to collapse and, yes, kept his own two sons in the dark.
But the scale and reach of the alleged Madoff fraud puts Maxwell in the shade. The anger with Madoff, and the impact of the already disastrous economic situation in the United States, has, say commentators, panicked people who have been reliable donors in the past.
At least one Jewish organisation — not, itself, directly affected by investments with Madoff — is said to have been told by regular donors that the cupboard is bare.
Marginal Jewish organisations are being warned to watch out: they will inevitably go to the wall. Only tightly run and focused
organisations will survive.
And lumbering, elephantine bodies such as the Jewish Agency, riddled by years of mismanagement and corruption, may well collapse because the local Jewish federations in America — many of which have been directly affected by Madoff — will have no spare cash and will devote what little money they have to domestic charities.
If the choice is between feeding people who can’t afford to eat and propping up the Agency...that is the sound of rats, deserting the sinking Agency before it finally flounders.
One thing is clear. It will be at least a year before the extent of Madoff's Ponzi scheme is fully disentangled, and in the meantime the only real beneficiaries will be the lawyers, many of whom, even now, are considering the previously unthinkable — taking legal action against the Securities and Exchange Commission for gross negligence.
In the meantime, anyone on this side of the pond still heaving sighs of relief is deluding himself. The Madoff scandal represents a seismic shift in the Jewish world. Whole funding avenues have been wiped out overnight and if the debt-ridden and poverty-stricken Jewish communities of the eastern bloc can no longer call on wealthy American Jews, their attention, and their begging bowls, will naturally turn to Europe.
This is a challenge which will not go away.


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Sometimes it’s served on a Mickey Mouse Plate…
The Mickey Mouse plate belongs to my daughter and, you cannot imagine how many “plain” grilled cheese sandwiches I’ve served on it. From the age of 4 until the age of 10, the only things that I could get her to eat were grilled cheese sandwiches or chicken strips, always served on this plate.
With Alyson at school, this sandwich was for me and it was as far away from “plain” as it gets. This one is made with blue cheese, crispy bacon, apple slices, avocado, and tomatoes. Served with Cheetos, this was complete grilled cheese happiness!
|Warm bread slices and spread with sweet hot mustard, softened cream cheese & blue cheese crumbles|
|Top with apple and bacon…|
|Finish with sliced tomatoes, avocado, and more sweet hot mustard on toasted bread…Don’t forget the Cheetos!|
Blue & Bacon Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
4 slices of bread, I used sprouted wheat
4 sliced of bacon, cooked crispy
1 small apple, cored and thinly sliced
1/2 avocado, sliced
4 tomato slices
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons hot sweet mustard
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
Place 2 slices of bread in a large skillet on medium/high heat. Allow to heat on one side for 2 minutes until warm. Remove bread from skillet and spread half of mustard on the warmed side of the bread. Next, spread the warmed pieces with a tablespoon each, with the softened cream cheese and then evenly sprinkle with the blue cheese crumbles.
Place half of the softened butter in the skillet and allow to melt on medium heat. Place the 2 prepared bread slices, topped side up in the skillet and allow to toast for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and top with apple, bacon, tomatoes, and avocado. Use the remaining softened butter to spread on the remaining 2 slices of bread. Place them in the skillet, butter side down, allow to toast for 3 minutes, Remove from skillet and spread plain side with remaining hot sweet mustard, place mustard side down atop other sandwich half.

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Some of the very best games coming out of the slot manufacturing sector these days are coming from the legendary Australian slot-maker Aristocrat Leisure Limited. The biggest reason? Jamie Odell.
Odell took over as CEO of Aristocrat in February 2009, and in two years has completely rejuvenated the company. Shortly after taking over, Odell vowed to concentrate on game design for the North American market. At the recent Global Gaming Expo, it was obvious this effort was a success, as Aristocrat showcased a remarkable collection of new product in its largest G2E display ever.
“We put a lot of work into our new products and innovations, and we wanted G2E to be our coming-out party,” says Odell, “and I’ve been told by people who have been in my company a lot longer than me that this was the best show we’ve ever had at G2E. The response from customers and the buzz on the stand were just phenomenal.”
The products generating that buzz were mind-boggling in their numbers, but according to Odell, the standouts were “Mission: Impossible,” based on the Tom Cruise films and borrowing concepts from the famous 1960s TV spy series; and “Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle,” themed along the lines of the Tarzan novel of the same name by Edgar Rice Burrows.
Both games are extremely feature-rich, but the Mission: Impossible game has one other feature that Odell says gained a lot of attention—Aristocrat’s new “Dynamic LCD Button Technology.”
The changeable images on the game buttons are “like a prism,” says Odell, “and underneath that prism you can project any image you like.” On the “Mission” game, clips from the Cruise films actually run on the buttons.
“The operator has 100 percent flexibility on what to project underneath the buttons,” Odell says. “It gives the game that extra bit of polish and finish.”
The main reason Aristocrat’s games are such a hit this year is a central part of Odell’s strategy—research. During the game development process, customers are brought into the process, “from web browsers to bringing them into our offices and asking them direct questions, to doing test banks of our games with operators,” Odell says. “We’ve tried to accelerate our knowledge so we can provide better game performance when we release the product.”
It’s all very close to research in more traditional consumer-product markets, says Odell, who headed up the Fosters beer company before coming to Aristocrat.
“I certainly drew on the experience in terms of getting close to customers,” he says. “We’re becoming better business partners in the area of customer service, and that means understanding what our customers are trying to achieve. The industry I came from does a far better job at that than the gaming industry has done in the past. You start by understanding your customer’s strategy, and add value to that.”
The other credo Odell brings from the consumer product industry is in “recognizing the player experience,” he says. “Consumer goods come much closer to that: Why do you drink this coffee? Why don’t you drink that coffee? Gaming has been far more of a production-led industry: Make a game and they’ll come. These days, we’re trying to ascertain the reason they’re going to come, based on factual knowledge.”
Clearly, Aristocrat’s designers are understanding why people come back to slot machines.


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The level editor - make ALL THE THINGS!
Map editors are the bread and butter of game development. Without a decent one you may drastically increase the amount of time that it’s going to take to build your levels. I’m not the most experienced in discussing what’s out there but I’m going to go ahead and re-iterate the lesson from the last post. If you can get away with it, don’t bother making your own level editor, use something that’s already out there. I didn’t listen to this advice at the time because I was a n00b, so I can at least share my creation with the internet.
As discussed in a previous post, I had just completed a bare-bones html5 game engine and was ready to start designing and populating my game world. Terrain data would be stored in a 2d array and entities would be stored [initially] in a 1d array. This was going to be a game that would move across both X and Y axises so there was no way I was going to hard-code every single level. I just needed a means of building the levels and outputting the JSON representation afterwards.
As I didn’t really plan for a level editor in my road map, I was reluctant to put much effor into it though; so here’s what it looked like -
Adding tiles and entities
The editor initially only displayed the tile sheet to add terrain to the game, but it soon occured to me that I’d need to add the ability to add entities too. The whole thing was just a second canvas element. I could pick individual tiles to add to a grid co-ordinate, or select a group of adjacent tiles to drop in the world in one chunk. I could move around in the game world (i.e. the first canvas element) either by using the mouse controls or by using the keyboard up, down, left, right controls. Once I was happy with my world I could print the output to the web console and copy the JSON into the map using the “Entity map” or “Tile map” buttons. In retrospect I should have added functionality to auto-save the whole game world without copying and pasting the JSON but like I said, it was a rush job.
Then I would have to configure boundaries for each individual tile and entity. I had a debug button to display where the boundaries were (the red squares in the screenshot above) and I would have to manually change each boundary co-ordinates and dimensions until I was happy with them. Apart from making the actual levels, this was one of the most painstaking and monotonous tasks I had to do. I wish I had improved the editor to do this drag-and-drop style.
Displaying the grid
Nothing much to say about this, I just needed a means of knowing how much space I had between land masses for judging the game reaction time and therefore the difficulty.
Expanding the game world
This wasn’t really built for the purpose of the balloon game, but more so for later on when the game evolved into Cosmic Badger. When I would playtest levels and realised that there wasn’t enough distance between obstacles/terrain. I wanted an easy way to split the game world by 32px by adding a new vertical row of tiles to 2d terrain array.
As much as I play down what’s there, the features actually came in really useful for debugging issues in the game. The editor and game logic was being run in real time with boundaries and normal controller input. I could effectively move to any part of the level (albeit slowly using the keyboard controls) and play test the area. I’m sure others have different opinions on this, so feel free to start a discussion in the comments section.
Now I had everything I needed to start building a game, time for the “fun” stuff.