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There are very few restrictions placed on persistent classes. Still, it never hurts to familiarize yourself with exactly what JDO does and does not support.
The JDO specification requires that all persistence-capable classes must have a no-arg constructor. This constructor may be private. Because the compiler automatically creates a default no-arg constructor when no other constructor is defined, only classes that define constructors must also include a no-arg constructor.
Kodo's enhancer will automatically add a protected no-arg constructor to your class when required. Therefore, this restriction does not apply under Kodo.
JDO fully supports inheritance in persistent classes. It allows persistent classes to inherit from non-persistent classes, persistent classes to inherit from other persistent classes, and non-persistent classes to inherit from persistent classes. It is even possible to form inheritance hierarchies in which persistence skips generations. There are, however, a few important limitations:
Persistent classes cannot inherit from certain
natively-implemented system classes such as
java.net.Socket and
If a persistent class inherits from a non-persistent class, the fields of the non-persistent superclass cannot be persisted.
All classes in an inheritance tree must use the same JDO identity type. If they use application identity, they must either use the same identity class, or else they must each declare that they use separate identity classes whose inheritance hierarchy exactly mirrors the inheritance hierarchy of the persistent class hierarchy. We cover JDO identity in Section 4.5, "JDO Identity".
JDO manages the state of all persistent fields. Before you access a field, the JDO runtime makes sure that it has been loaded from the datastore. When you set a field, the runtime records that it has changed so that the new value will be persisted. This allows you to treat the field in exactly the same way you treat any other field - another aspect of JDO's transparent persistence.
JDO does not support static or final fields. It does, however, include built-in support for most common field types. These types can be roughly divided into three categories: immutable types, mutable types, and relations.
Immutable types, once created, cannot be changed. The only way to alter a persistent field of an immutable type is to assign a new value to the field. JDO supports the following immutable types:
All primitives (
int, float, byte,
All primitive wrappers (
java.lang.Float, java.lang.Byte, etc)
Persistent fields of mutable types can be altered without assigning the field a new value. Mutable types can be modified directly through their own methods. The JDO specification requires that implementations support the following mutable field types:
Collection and map types may be parameterized.
Most implementations do not allow you to persist nested mutable
types, such as
Collections of
Kodo supports all JDK 1.2
Most JDO implementations support mutable fields by transparently
replacing the field value with an instance of a special
subclass of the field's declared type. For example, if
your persistent object has a field containing a
java.util.Date, the JDO implementation
will transparently replace the value of that field at runtime
with some vendor-specific
Date subclass
-- call it
JDODate. The job of this
subclass is to track modifications to the field. Thus the
JDODate class will override all
mutator methods of
Date to notify the JDO
implementation that the field's value has been changed. The
JDO implementation then knows to write the field's new value
to the datastore at the next opportunity.
Of course, when you develop and use persistent classes,
this is all transparent. You continue
to use the standard methods of mutable fields as you
normally would. It is important to know how support
for mutable fields is implemented, however, in order to
understand why JDO has such trouble with arrays. JDO
allows you to use persistent array fields, and it automatically
detects when these fields are assigned a new array value or set
null. Because arrays cannot be
subclassed, however, JDO cannot detect when new values are
written to array indexes. If you set an index of a persistent
array, you must either reset the array field, or explicitly tell
the JDO implementation you have changed it; this is
referred to as dirtying the field. Dirtying
is accomplished through the
makeDirty method.
Example 4.2. Accessing Mutable Persistent Fields
/** * Example demonstrating the use of mutable persistent fields in JDO. * Assume Person is a persistent class. */ public void addChild (Person parent, Person child) { // can modify most mutable types directly; JDO tracks // the modifications for you Date lastUp = parent.getLastUpdated (); lastUp.setTime (System.currentTimeMillis ()); Collection children = parent.getChildren (); children.add (child); child.setParent (parent); // arrays need explicit dirtying if they are modified, // but not if the field is reset parent.setObjectArray (new Object[0]); child.getObjectArray ()[0] = parent; JDOHelper.makeDirty (child, "objectArray"); // or: child.setObjectArray (child.getObjectArray ()); }
As the parent-child example above illustrates, JDO supports relations between persistent objects in addition to the standard Java types covered so far. All JDO implementations should allow user-defined persistent classes as well as collections and maps of user-defined persistent classes as persistent field types. The exact collection and map types you can use to hold persistent relations will depend on which mutable field types the implementation supports.
Most JDO implementations also have some support for fields
whose concrete class is not known. Fields declared as type
java.lang.Object or as a user-defined
interface type fall into this category. Because these fields are
so general, though, there may be limitations
placed on them. For example, they may be impossible to query,
and loading and/or storing them may be inefficient.
Kodo supports user-defined persistent objects as elements of any of the supported collection types. It also supports user-defined persistent objects as keys, values, or both in any supported map type.
Kodo supports persistent
This section detailed all of the restrictions JDO places on persistent classes. While it may seem like we presented a lot of information, you will seldom find yourself hindered by these restrictions in practice. Additionally, there are often ways of using JDO's other features to circumvent any limitations you run into. The next section explores a powerful JDO feature that is particularly useful for this purpose.


text: Sakleshpur is a hill station town and headquarters of Sakleshpur Taluk in Hassan district in the South Indian state of Karnataka. The town lies in the Malnad region on the magnificent hills of the biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats. It has an average elevation of 949 metres (3113 feet). Hemavathi river flows in Sakleshpur town. The southern range, which includes Bisle reserve forest and the region around Sakleshpur is listed as one of the 18 most diverse spots in the world in terms of flora and fauna.

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text: Take advantage of this special offer of getting a free HAUNTING MAKE-UP DVD for signing up by May 25th for MHC acting seminar "REAL WORLD HAUNT ACTING"! The class is on Friday, June 7th, 2013 from 12:00PM to 4:30PM. This acting seminar brings the haunted house environment to the class allowing for a very interactive learning experience for the attendees. The instructor will use an actual set (mini-haunt with several rooms) to demonstrate acting skills such as dialogue, body movement, and approach using volunteers from the class acting as customers. Using this �real-world� setting, there will be many acting exercises, with the overall goal of making a more entertaining experience for patrons by having characters that are more interactive and memorable. Included in the cost of the class will be lunch (pizza). Go to the direct class web page (http://www.midwesthauntersconvention...-haunt-acting/) or to www.midwesthauntersconvention.com and click on Education, Sessions & Speakers, and the class description under Pre-Convention Friday Workshops for more info. Free DVD will be given out the day of the class on June 7th.


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Priority response to verified alarms marches on...
I got a call and an email from alarm verification's de facto spokesman, Keith Jentoft, president of RSI Video Technologies yesterday. He wanted to let me know that his priority response crusade is going well. He'd just finished up in Boston and was on his way to Idaho. He'd also spent some time in California. Looks like they're falling with what Keith and other proponents like Sonitrol have said is the priority response value proposition.
The big news appears to be that a lot of the southern part of the state is making official announcements of its backing of the priority response model, in which police grant higher response priority to alarms that are proactively verified by some kind of video or audio.
Here's what Keith had to say about Californina:
Boston has already moved forward on this and I just completed making presentations to the PSAPs in the 4 largest counties in southern California:
- Los Angeles County
- Orange County
- Riverside County
- San Bernardino County
All of them are moving forward with the Priority Response program. We go to every meeting with the larger security companies in the area. For the Southern California meetings we had:
- Stanley
- USA (George Gunning, the owner, is the past president of the ESA)
I've been writing about verified alarms and the priority response movement for a while. Keith wanted let me know he'll be conducting a priority response seminar at ISC West next month on Tuesday April 5 in the morning... Not sure if I can make it since I may be in transit at the time, but I'm certainly going to try.
Here's a little of what Keith sent me on his seminar:
I have been very busy on working with the PSAPs (public safety answering points) also known as the 911 dispatch centers. Here are the details on the seminar that I will be making at ISC West on the topic ...
Tuesday, 04/05/2011: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Priority Response: More Arrests, Efficiency, Safety
Priority Response is being embraced by law enforcement as a painless alternative to non-response that delivers more arrests and greater life safety. Using Priority Response, new generic video alarm systems send video clips of what caused alarm for immediate review. This enables dispatchers to assess priority, using confirmation of the alarm. However, in order to be effective in the dispatch center (PSAPs), a policy upgrade is necessary. This presentation will provide case studies of 3 different alarm technologies that are already working. Attendees will learn the new code used in the dispatch center for video alarms, the email address that Central Stations should use to send video clips to PSAP, and how to make a formal policy announcement to the community.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand that Priority Response is vendor neutral
2. Showcase the ability of Priority Response to improve life safety, increase arrests and provide greater crime deterrence.
3. Learn how to implement Priority Response in the 911 dispatch center with a simple policy change.
Speaker: Keith Jentoft, President, Videofied - RSI Video Technologies
Instead of the cumbersome and difficult process of implementing alarm ordinances, the PSAP manager can simply make a policy decision to grant higher priority response to video intrusion alarms.
Priority response appears to be really moving forward. I've written before, when I did a story on AD Group's Dedicated Micros, that in the UK, priority response is already the standard... What's your opinion? Do you offer some sort of verified solution?
I also just found out from Keith that he'd been invited to speak at an upcoming APCO event. Security folks don't get invited to these things often--let alone asked to speak. I covered some recognition Vector's Pam Petrow got last year for her extensive work on a computer-aided dispatch system—the External Alarm Interface Exchange Standard—for PSAP to central station data exchange.
Here's what Keith had to say to me in an email last night:
"This just happened yesterday. I was just invited to speak at the national convention of APCO. This is the association of all of the PSAPs (911 centers) around the country who actually receive the calls from the central stations and dispatch law enforcement to the alarms. I don't think that the alarm industry has ever been invited to speak at an APCO event."
Let me know what your thoughts are on priority response.
Careful what we ask for....
A state Association of Police Chiefs is evaluating options for managing unnecessary alarm response for their membership (consumes 12% of patrol and communication resources). They are trying to understand the short and long term value of the video verification technologies, including the popular RSI "Videofied" products, when applied by local alarm suppliers.
I was asked if these technologies will have real impact on the real problem. My reply had to be NO......because these technologies, like Videofied products, are applied to a few new installations, not the imbedded problem, the mass of existing installed systems (20 million nationwide).
Police associations are pleased that major alarm suppliers like RSI, and some alarm associations, are now promoting Verified Response all across the country (see articles about "priority response crusade"). It will make it easier for municipalities to accept and start-up VR by policy and ordinance.
source: Lee Jones, Support Services Group, 949-361-3300

Videofied is NOT promoting any policy limiting response to traditional alarm systems all across the country as you claim - this is not true. In fact, we oppose ordinances where law enforcement ONLY responds to verified alarms and stops responding to traditional blind alarm systems. Videofied IS promoting the concept of giving higher priority response to alarms that have been confirmed as suspicious activity through a video clip of what caused the alarm - an HOV lane for video alarm response. We do not advocate that law enforcement degrade or penalize their response to traditional alarms because this impacts the safety of the consumer and the community. Priority Response's goal is to make more arrests - and it does. Priority Response avoids the bloody and damaging political battles of non-response ordinances while encouraging consumers and the industry to upgrade alarm infrastructure for more arrests. Priority Response is a policy implemented in the dispatch center, not an ordinance pushed through city council. Priority Response preserves the value of the installed base of alarm systems. Priority Response is a positive message of arrests strengthening relationships between law enforcement/security industry instead of non-response ordinances that weakens life safety in a community. Also, you are also mistaken that Videofied (or similar systems) cannot economically address the millions of systems already installed. Videofied and other suppliers provide "upgrade kits" that can upgrade existing blind systems to video AND cell communications to the central station (providing an upgrade path to cell for systems using traditional telephone lines). Priority Response is a positive message and a win for all the stakeholders: consumers, law enforcement, and the industry. Ordinances limiting response to traditional systems are a net loss to all of these same stakeholders; the focus of needless and bloody political battles that harm both law enforcement and the industry at the expense of life safety for the community.


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When you are operating in a free market system (or, the Major League Baseball equivalent), knowledge is power. In order to consistently best your competition, you need the competitive advantage that only information can provide. The better the organization's information, the greater the probability that subsequent decisions will be sound.
The obvious example of gaining a competitive advantage through increased knowledge is statistical analysis, which was used to great effect by the early adopters, who gained a distinct competitive advantage over their less innovative competitors. The information generated by statistical analysis provided new and different insight into the "true" value of players. However, organizations lean heavily on information from other sources as well. A large part of a GM's job is to (1) build an organizational structure that generates valuable information, (2) establish proper distribution channels for that information, and (3) ensure that this information is both available and actionable for the relevant decision-makers.
The Reds, after years of operating with a dismantled and diminished scouting department (which struggled with both quality and volume of information), have become one of the very best organizations at drafting and developing talent. Part of their success comes from building a proper scouting network, which generates more and better information. This network, and the information it gathers, led directly to the decision to draft Nick Travieso.
The Reds selected Travieso out of Archbishop McCarthy High School in Florida with the 14th overall pick in the first round of the 2012 draft.
Travieso was a teammate of Nicholas Arias, who happens to be the son of Tony Arias, the Reds director of Latin America scouting. Travieso was also friends with Tony Fossas, who serves as the pitching coach with the Reds' Billings Mustangs affiliate. As Chris Buckley, senior director of amateur scouting, stated about the selection of Travieso: "Sometimes, you feel you have a little advantage. When you have that information, we were hoping we had some information the other scouts didn't. Travieso is a very impressive young guy. We've been following him for a couple years. He's been in everything. We saw him pitch at the end of the fall on the USA Team." Obviously, the organization had a very good, long look at him.
The Reds drafts in recent years have had a decidedly Floridian-flavor to them, having used first round selections on Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal, both out of the University of Miami, and now Nick Travieso. They also selected Jesse Winker in the supplemental round out of Olympia High School in Florida. The likely reason for these selections is the impressive scouting coverage the organization has in the state, which is the home of Buckley, Arias, and assistant director of Latin America scouting Miguel Machado. Obviously, coverage is only as good as the quality of the information it generates, so time will tell whether the Reds had a better valuation of Travieso than the competition. Still, the recent track record is encouraging and the Reds clearly have high hopes for Travieso. In fact, Buckley tossed out Matt Cain as a comparison for Travieso (though, Travieso himself references Rogers Clemens), so if the Reds' valuation is correct, then it could pay big dividends for the organization.
The Matt Cain comparison is interesting, because while the parallels are obvious (high school righthanders, good fastballs, stocky builds), Cain has always been, at least for me, a pitcher who is somehow greater than the sum of his individual parts. Every time I look at Cain's individual parts, they never seem to add up to his MLB performance level. I can't quite put my finger on what makes him THAT good. Regardless, the comparison is likely used in reference to Cain's overall performance level, not whatever mystical quality enables Cain to be more than the sum of his parts. The comparison also imposes a set of expectations on Travieso, begging the question of whether he has the ability to meet or exceed them.
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Travieso signed with the Reds, less than two weeks after being drafted, for $2M, forgoing his commitment to the University of Miami. This enabled him to get in a limited amount of work at the professional level. He tossed 21.0 innings in the rookie Arizona League, which included a 4.71 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, .250 BAA, 0.77 GB/FB ratio, and a 14/3 K/BB ratio. Those 21.0 innings constitute 8 appearances, all of them starts. Obviously, that's far too limited of a sample size to draw any conclusions of value, but at least he got his feet wet at the professional level and will know what to expect heading into the 2013 season.
Travieso stands tall on the rubber, glove high in front of his face, legs shoulder-width apart, at the start of his delivery. He starts the delivery with a small step, rotating the left foot to parallel with the rubber. Once he weight shifts to his left foot, he rotates his right foot down onto the rubber before bringing his leg left up into the leg kick.
He utilizes a good leg kick, bring his knee up past parallel and incorporating body coil to create tension, and potential energy, in his spine. When his leg kick reaches apex, the foot doesn't point down towards the ground, which some believe can increase the rate of fatigue over the course of the game.
From apex, he unpacks his leg kick to begin his drive to the plate. He utilizes a long stride, which permits full and complete hip rotation. He also delays his upper body rotation long enough to create good separation between his hip rotation and shoulder rotation. The differential between the rotation of those two components operates to create substantial force, reducing the need to generate force with the arm. This differential also aids in the efficient transfer of the force generated in the windup to the baseball.
Travieso uses a high three-quarter, rather close to straight over-the-top arm slot. While his elbow does get slightly higher than his shoulder at one point in the delivery, by-and-large his elbow maintains good position relative to his shoulder. He also gets his arm up into proper throwing position in time, maintaining good sync between his lower and upper body.
Overall, Travieso does a nice job in both phases (creating and unleashing force) of the delivery, which explains how he manages to touch the upper 90s with his fastball. There is, however, some effort to his delivery that could increase the stress on his arm. He also might already be maxed out in terms of the force that his delivery can generate and impart to the baseball, which may leave less room for improvement on his current arsenal than would normally be expected. As for his delivery, the one unusual aspect pertains to his stride and the plant foot of his stride.
Travieso's delivery has a cross-fire action. Not that unusual in and of itself, but notable because it is not driven by the typical causes. The usual cause of a cross-fire delivery is a combination of a closed off landing position of the stride and a lower arm slot. Travieso's delivery, however, contains neither. His arm slot is very close to over the top, while his stride foot doesn't land in a closed off position. In Travieso's case, the cross-fire action seems to be caused by the length of his stride.
I'm a big advocate of a long stride, as it ensures strong lower body drive and effective hip rotation. However, there are limits on the length of stride that can be effectively used. Ideally, the stride isn't so long that the pitcher is unable to get out over the stride leg, which appears to be the case with Travieso.
After Travieso strides and delivers the pitch, his momentum doesn't consistently finish out over his stride leg. Instead of getting his upper body out over his long stride, the body frequently comes up short and the extension of the stride leg checks the momentum, causing his body to recoil. After he releases the pitch, Travieso's left knee flexes/shudders slightly, appearing slightly unstable, as it pushes back against the momentum generated by the delivery. The stride is so long that his body can't get out over the knee, which causes the knee to check the momentum. As a result, the momentum of the delivery works around the knee, finishing towards first base and causing his body to fall in that direction on the follow-through.
A pitcher like Tim Lincecum uses a very long stride, but Lincecum is also highly athletic (even having the unusual ability of walking on his hands) and flexible which enables him to finish out over his very long stride. To date, Travieso has been effective with this stride, but it'll be interesting to see if it poses any problem going forward. If it impacts his consistency or durability, then, unless Travieso can find the athleticism to finish out over the stride leg, he may have to shorten up his stride. As it stands, both his body type and athleticism may work against his ability to effectively utilize and maintain his current mechanics. So, that is of slight concern, as shortening the stride could lead to a reduction in the force generated and imparted to the baseball.
Here's a look at Travieso's draft video courtesy of MLB.com:
Here's a good look at Travieso courtesy DiamondScapeBaseball on YouTube:
At this point, it's too early in Travieso's development to draw any real conclusions, especially since any potential red flags are of the correctable variety. Still, all the fundamentals you want to see are present, which is impressive considering how little he experience he has pitching from the windup. At the same time, there is some effort to his delivery and I do wonder if there is actually less projection to his game than we might expect, especially given his body type and already maxed out delivery. There may just not be that much more ceiling left to his projection. While more experience and professional coaching could lead to further refinement and polish, he already has a solid foundation for his mechanics.
Travieso features a 3-pitch mix, headlined by a fastball that sits 92-95 mph and has, on several occasions, touched 99 mph. As Travieso said, "I've hit it a few times, not just once. I've been blessed by God with the ability to throw that hard. I'm usually sitting in the 93-95 mph range." In addition to the good fastball, he throws a two-plane, low 80s slider with good late break that he utilizes effectively down in the zone. He also has a changeup that shows promise, but needs to be more consistently located. Finally, Travieso has experimented with a cutter that may become a more integral part of his arsenal at the professional level.
As it stands, Travieso's power fastball/slider combination would serve him well out of the bullpen, but he'll be developed as a starter and work on any additional offerings needed to be effective in that role.
The Reds selected Nick Travieso higher than he was projected to go in most mock drafts (and, higher than I would have taken him, as there were other pitchers I preferred), another indication that they value him higher than the market. If Travieso pans out, then it becomes increasingly likely that the Reds have successfully built a competitive scouting advantage in Florida.
Travieso is an interesting combination of inexperience and a high current baseline of performance. It's so early in his professional career that it's difficult to say whether his limited pitching workload in high school will be a benefit or a hindrance. It might be the former in that it reduces wear and tear on the arm. It might be the latter if his inexperience drags down his performance level and significantly lengthens his development path.
As it stands, I'm somewhat skeptical about his ceiling due to questions about his body type and potentially maxed out pitching mechanics, but he has a lot of career ahead of him to alleviate those concerns. Of course, if he can't improve or sustain his repertoire as a starter, then a shift to a high-leverage reliever role is a legitimate fallback plan.
For now, Travieso's blend of attributes and risks lands him at #6 on the list. His first full professional season will reveal much more about his likely career trajectory.


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M oseying after the larger-than-life pathfinders and frontiersmen of the Old West, along the vein of John C. Fremont, Kit Carson and Tom Tate Tobin, criss-crossing through Colorado, were even more colorful characters than the likes of Whiskers, Whiskey Jones and Uncle Dick Wooten.
Along their way, they sharpened their legends as trappers and trailblazers before the resolute ranchers finally galloped into the tame wild west.
Before D.P. Van Buskirk was voted in as sheriff of Fremont County, he was a dyed-in-the-wool cowboy. Clawing leather and chewing gravel since he was knee high, Van Buskirk was long handy with the catgut when he bought the Paul Huntley Ranch, about eight miles north of Cañon City on the western edge of the Hogbacks in 1917.
Van Buskirk's ranching experience began even earlier in the 1900s, when he was a cowhand on the IM ranch, along Badger Creek about eight miles as the crow flies, west of Black Mountain outside of South Park. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, thousands of cattle were run from the IM ranch. Springtime on the ranch was the busiest of the year, when the chuckwagon with cook, horse wrangler and cowboys brought in the cattle that had drifted to the lower country.
Van Burkirk also had a ranch at the head of Currant Creek, 23 miles outside of Cañon City. He was in cahoots with fellow rancher and friend Huntley, when the two shook on a partnership that included about 500 head of cattle in 1922. At the time, Huntley said, "We both owed more money on our cattle than they were worth. Dud had about 400 head, and I had 100."
The two dissolved the partnership with nary a hard feeling between them in 1943, and Van Burkirk ran the ranch for another two years before selling to Nate and Dave Patton.
In 1945, an angry thunderstorm fetched a deluge through the area and Wilson Creek overran the farmhouse and land.
In the late 1930s, a small group of the wranglers formed the "Rinky Dinks," a group that enjoyed tasty vittles at a cabin northwest of Cañon City on the Nate Patton Ranch, a part of Shaw Park.
As Rinky Dinks, Warden Roy Best, along with Sheriff Van Buskirk, were active supporters of the Fremont County Game and Fish Association, the Rodeo Association and the cattle industry. They devoted their organization to good living and often invited friends and neighbors to their get-togethers. The Rinky Dinks continued to meet through the 1940s but discontinued later that decade.
Van Buskirk also was credited with initiating the Old Timers' parade and was a founder of the Royal Gorge Roundup in the late 1930s.
A June 23, 1939, Cañon City Daily Record article stated, "He persuaded nearby ranchers to bring in their cowboy outfits. He was one of the prime movers in starting the rodeo as an addition to the celebration."
The heyday of the abundant and sprawling ranches of the early west may have ridden off into the sunset, but the independent spirit and legacy of Cañon City ranchers abounds.


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Just another day at the orifice on Embarrassing Bodies
The Embarrassing Bodies doctors: James Russell, Priya Manickavasagar, Christian Jessen and Pixie McKenna. At the Embarrassing Bodies clinic, Amy seeks advice about an extensive scar.
Would you flash your fractured penis or your prolapsed vagina on international television?
Well, thousands of Britons do, and Australians are enjoying it in their hundreds of thousands. Welcome to the world of Embarrassing Bodies.
It's an oddly addictive hour of television, featuring all manner of strangely-accented Brits confessing and showing all manner of odd maladies that can afflict the common person.
It's hard to say what exactly is the most gripping element of this car-crash television, which is often best viewed with hands up to the face and fingers spread. As each episode concludes, the thought comes: "Surely it can't get any worse."
But it does. The bloody operations, the skin conditions, the genitalia viewed in close-up and the mangled bodies pile up.
At first glance, many of the complaints appear trivial.
"My labia's too large," complained one 23-year-old. Why do we care? Because "it affects me every single day, and every day I feel more bad about myself".
The complaint is not for aesthetic reasons but for comfort; the labia has swollen so far that it rubs her underwear and she dreams about cutting it off.
Another woman who appears only to have the mild problem of persistent acne is instead diagnosed with the rarer cystic acne, which affects her to the point where there is not a day where she does not feel pain.
It's the human side to the stories, and the triumph over the adversity, that has plagued many of the patients, often for years at a time, which endears the show to viewers.
One can't ignore the gross-out attraction to the show, and, indeed, there are many cases or examples when the viewer doesn't feel so bad for giggling.
Sometimes the giggles are triggered simply by the straightforward way in which the aggrieved explains their problem.
"Every time I poo, my bottom bleeds," said one woman boldly.
Another young woman sheepishly admitted that her toe had been infected "for about a year". The cause? An ingrown toenail.
Behind the show's voyeurism, there is a message – that the doctor isn't scary.
Its narrator and its doctors, the stars Christian Jessen, Pixie McKenna and Dawn Harper, each have a distinct way about them, but the overall tone is educational. The science and facts behind each condition is explained – how it's caused and how common, or uncommon, it is.
As the number of series stacks up, a new doctor has been added to examine gungy and mangy British teeth – Dr James Russell. (Admittedly, this is even too much for your scribe to bear!)
The name of the program partly explains why participants have hitherto failed to have their conditions checked. But one does wonder why some on the show would expose their problems on TV. (The show is believed to pay for surgical treatment for those featured on the program.)
Yet despite its confronting nature, Embarrassing Bodies and its spin-offs – Embarrassing Fat Bodies, Embarrassing Kids' Bodies and Embarrassing Teenage Bodies – maintain their appeal, and, in fact, are particularly attractive to the desired TV-viewer demographics for advertisers.
The show rates particularly well in Melbourne, which suggests that Melburnians are either seeing a lot of themselves in the patients or are just voyeurs.
Nine says last Wednesday's edition, with 974,000 viewers across the five capital markets, won its timeslot for all viewers, and in the advertiser-friendly demographics of people aged 25 to 54, 18 to 49 and 16 to 39 (although the program started 30 minutes late because the Big Brother final ran overtime).
In the fortnight prior, there were just 485,000 viewers, down on the 587,000 the previous week. Just under half (230,000) were in Melbourne, where it performed better than lead-in program Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (208,000 in Melbourne, but 611,000 nationally).
On Monday, the GEM screening reached 201,000 viewers, ranking eighth across the day's multichannel ratings, beating Family Guy (7mate), Criminal Minds (7TWO) and action flick The Expendables (GO!).
But it was down on the previous Monday, when it was the top rating multichannel program with 288,000 viewers – 102,000 of which were in Melbourne.
Nine and its digital channel Gem show three episodes each week and there are countless replays on Foxtel.
Here's to more!
This story Administrator ready to work first appeared on Nanjing Night Net.


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Even with the console now out, there's a lot of mystery surrounding the design and capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) on the new Wii U. Nintendo hasn't provided any detailed specs on the thing, and to date users haven't been able to glean much by simply cracking the hardware open and taking a look.
A collaborative effort between tech site/store Chipworks and the users at NeoGAF is hoping to fix that. After finding out that GAF users had been chipping in cash to purchase hi-res "die photos" of the Wii U, which would let them pick over it and hopefully provide more info than Nintendo has been willing to disclose, Chipworks donated just such an image—which they normally sell, as they're difficult to obtain—worth around $2500.
Findings are so far preliminary and, let's be honest, of limited value to the average gamer, but for the technically-minded—or those who simply enjoy a good ol' mob investigation—it's great reading.
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On the Interstate Shipment of Green Beer
Today being St. Patrick's Day, it seems appropriate to revisit the unlikely juxtaposition of two of my favorite legal policy topics: alcohol and the Commerce Clause. (Listen to my podcast on the subject or read its transcript.) The point of all this is that alcohol is no different from any other commodity in that states cannot erect arbitrary regulations that privilege in‐state interests (be they retailers, wholesalers, or producers) ahead of their out‐of‐state counterparts.
But St. Paddy's Day is not the only reason the issue is topical. Last week, the Supreme Court declined to review the Fifth Circuit's indefensible decision in Wine Country Gift Baskets.com v. Steen. It did so despite the Fifth Circuit's upholding of a Texas law designed to protect Texas's in‐state liquor retailers from out‐of‐state competition, a holding that disregarded recent high‐court precedent.
In Granholm v. Heald (2005), decided together with the Institute for Justice's Swedenberg v. Kelly, the Supreme Court struck down a similar protectionist law. Both cases challenged laws that permitted in‐state wine producers to sell directly to consumers while prohibiting similar sales from out‐of‐state producers. The Court held that, notwithstanding a provision in the 21st Amendment (which repealed prohibition) that allows states to regulate their own liquor industries, the Commerce Clause prohibits states from disrupting free trade by discriminating against out‐of‐state businesses in favor of in‐state businesses. This interpretation of the Commerce Clause grew out of the common‐sense understanding that, if left unchecked, state governments have strong incentives to protect in‐state businesses (who are voters) at the expense of their (non‐voting) out‐of‐state competitors. Without constitutional checks, such laws could eviscerate Congress's constitutionally enumerated power to "regulate [make regular] commerce … among the several States."
Nevertheless, the Fifth Circuit decided to limit Granholm to wine producers. As is evident by the name, however, the Wine Country Gift Baskets.com case concerns a wine retailer. Yet Granholm explicitly said that states "may not enact laws that burden out‐of‐state producers or shippers simply to give a competitive advantage to in‐state businesses." It is dismaying that the Supreme Court didn't care about the Fifth Circuit's neglect of this language.
Granholm was an important blow against the heavily protectionist and cartelized liquor industry. As was documented in a pre‐Granholm article in Cato's Regulation magazine, the prohibition on direct shipment has been used to strangle small wineries as they struggle to access larger markets without having to go through the state‐controlled distribution networks. Despite an explosion of wine‐drinking and -making in this country in the last 30 years — with consumption increasing by nearly 50% between 1991–2001 and wineries quadrupling between 1974–2002 — the small winery still fights against an old‐boy network of producers and distributors. In 2003, the top 30 wine companies still provided 90% of U.S. wine although they were less than 1% of the producers.
This is, of course, exactly how the top 30 wine companies want it.
Granholm dismantled some of this network. Unfortunately, Wine Country Gift Baskets.com will allow this unconstitutional infringement of the right to earn an honest living (see Timothy Sandefur's excellent book of the same name) to persist in some states.
But Americans, like most of the world, appreciate their booze. During prohibition, Americans endured Tommy‐guns, corruption, gangsters, and speakeasies just for a drink. If the government made it illegal to drink responsibly, many Americans were willing to thwart the law and drink irresponsibly.
The negative effects of prohibition were too visible to deny and, after 13 years of waging war on a non‐compliant population, prohibition ended. In its wake, however, prohibition left another war, an 80‐year "on‐going, low‐level trade war" (in the words of Granholm) between states and their three‐tiered monopolies over the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol. And so, 21st Amendment or not, prohibition lives on — though the colorful characters in spats carrying Tommy‐guns have been replaced by iPad‐wielding lobbyists and politicians who do their bidding.
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WINK CREATIVE is a newly-launched boutique ad agency based in NYC. We create (edit and produce) trailers, spot ads and video content for film, television, theater and new media. We're leaping into a competitive market in uncertain economic times, ready to compete with the big boys. The logo needs to reflect certain characteristics of our business which we encounter in our work everyday: speed, dynamism, professionalism and experience. Yes, it can be 'cool.'
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Naturally our name ["WINK"] will trigger designers to use an eye, lashes, a wink of an eye, etc. We've explored some of these options already but have not seen anything that isn't shy of a cliche. We continue to encourage exploring this direction but it's not an absolute must. Also, at one point we thought of a melted wax seal/stamp logo but never saw anything. A bit of dimension will go a long way rather than being just 2D. The 'substance' of the logo can be something hard or metallic. A little glint, reflection or texture will help.
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I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, in recognition of Vietnam Veterans Day, direct that appropriate steps be taken to fly all American flags and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2012, to honor the many sacrifices made by the men and women of Oklahoma and the United States during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Veterans Day is a day to honor all the veterans who served in Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos during the Vietnam War for their service to their country. The flying of these flags at half-staff is a symbol from Oklahomans that we remember all those who fought in the Vietnam War, especially those who were killed, and demonstrates our sympathy for their families.
Well, madame governor, while I suppose I appreciate this token of respect, as late as it is in coming (42 years after I left Vietnam), but ... I have a very different suggestion about how to honor the sacrifices made by American men and women in that awful, unjust, and pointless war. Bring home our warfighters!! Get them out of Afghanistan and Iraq and all of the many countries where they now do their duty in foreign lands, at risk and causing hardship to them and their families and costing the nation a vast fortune in sorely-needed resources.
There are several important lessons from the Vietnam war but evidently, the current crop of chicken hawk politicians have not learned any of them. We should not ever be involved in any conflict where our direct national interests are not threatened. That means that proxy wars on foreign soil for ideological reasons are unacceptable! We should never engage in a war where there is no clearly defined goal, and no obvious outcome to define the accomplishment of that goal. The first Gulf War was ended by Bush Sr. when the objective of freeing Kuwait was convincingly achieved. I had hoped that American politicians had finally understood the Vietnam experience and we would no longer engage in these pointless, endless struggles against "insurgents". The second Gulf War initiated by Bush Jr. is a classic example of the kind of morass that Vietnam became. If one Gulf War worked, why not another? Because unilateral actions to remove regimes we don't like are not consistent with a sane foreign policy.
In its long and bloody history, Afghanistan has fought foreign invaders with bloody ferocity because - they don't want invaders!! Imagine that! We smirked when the Soviets got mired in a Vietnam war of their own in Afghanistan, ultimately running away in a fashion quite similar to the American "escape" from Vietnam, with their asses smarting from the ass-kicking they absorbed. And then we go and do the very same thing by invading Afghanistan!?!?!? Say what!?!?!? What are we doing in Afghanistan? What are these politicians thinking? American men and women are dying there on a daily basis, to say nothing of the Afghans themselves (including truly innocent civilians). Our Oklahoma flags fly at half-staff several days per year to "honor" the warfighters from Oklahoma dying in Afghanistan. To say nothing of the terrible injuries they suffer and the awful impact on their friends and families. The psychological trauma of multiple combat deployments in these asymmetric wars is also causing a huge toll. When you put young soldiers in harm's way, you can't expect them to escape without at least some psychological impact, even if they manage to avoid personal injury! I certainly learned that in Vietnam!
If you want to honor the Vietnam veterans that I represent, you would do well to forgo the token exercise of lowering the flag to half-staff on Vietnam Veterans Day, madame governoer. Instead, I beseech you use your political influence to keep American men and women out of foreign wars that clearly are not in our direct national interest. We've invested vast and yet precious resources to be the world's policeman, but no one is so suicidal they would take us on in a "set piece" conflict. No, we will be bled of our valiant warfighters in wars where we are the invaders - our troops die because they're not wanted in those nations, and there's no real compelling reason to sacrifice their lives and their bodies for mere ideology. We aren't winning the war on terror by sacrificing our troops in Afghanistan. The terrorists are succeeding because we seem to have only one strategy to oppose them: to bomb and shoot people. This does me no honor at all as a Vietnam veteran.


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It's said that good things come to those who wait, and that certainly seems to be the case for Louise White. The 81-year-old from Rhode Island just won a $336.5 million Powerball jackpot, the third-largest jackpot in the game's history. White, whom her lawyers describe as a "vivacious octogenarian," bought the $3 ticket at a Stop & Shop supermarket. She'll now take home the $210 million lump sump payment, which she smartly chose over the 30 payments over 29 years option. White said of the win, "I want to say that I'm very happy and I'm very proud. This will make my family very happy." She's quite the lucky lady, but I hope she's ready for lots of people to start subtly slipping questions about who exactly is in her will into casual conversation.
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- Van Jones: Social Security is fully funded for the next two decades
- Jones: President Obama should present the facts about Social Security and Medicare
- He says the mindset that America is broke is sadly pervasive in Washington
- Jones: Election Day presents two stark choices for our future
On the heels of the rollicking debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan last week, Americans are rightly expecting President Obama to play the role of fact checker in chief Tuesday night.
Even Biden -- who didn't miss many opportunities to put fact-checkers out of work -- failed to push back on this doozy of a question from moderator Martha Raddatz on Social Security and Medicare:
"Let's talk about Medicare and entitlements. Both Medicare and Social Security are going broke and taking a larger share of the budget in the process. Will benefits for Americans under these programs have to change for the programs to survive?"
Obama's answer on Social Security two weeks ago left something to be desired. If he gets a similar question Tuesday night, I hope he one-ups his vice president and pushes back on this dangerous mindset.
The fact is: Social Security is not going broke.
The program is fully funded for the next two decades, and could pay out 75% of benefits after that. Medicare's death has also been greatly exaggerated -- the program will still be able to meet 88% of its obligations until 2085.
Now, I don't want to pick on Raddatz. She was firm but fair and kept the heat on the candidates without assuming center stage. It's not just her. This mindset -- that America is broke, that we can't afford to take care of our own -- is sadly pervasive throughout Washington and could have grave consequences, no matter who wins in November.
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First, we need to stop talking about "entitlements." The folks getting health care and cashing Social Security checks contributed to those programs their entire lives. They aren't "entitled"; they earned it. Medicare and Social Security are a sacred trust, a partnership between generations to sustain an America where one can retire with dignity, not into poverty.
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It doesn't seem to matter that even the International Monetary Fund says major cuts will tank the economy. Our leaders are stuck on cutting home-front investments and trashing Medicare like a bad habit.
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We face a stark choice. What happens on November 6 will determine if our nation continues moving forward or falls behind. And the months that follow will determine whether we stay true to the principles that made our economy the envy of the world, or slash and cut until we're another forgotten superpower.


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From: Jere Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration
Subject: Class V UIC Wells – Draft Final Rule Comments
As this involves the review of a rule that underwent the SBREFA panel process, my office has a particularly heightened interest in this rule. EPA's own analysis of its draft rule has triggered a full regulatory flexibility analysis because it estimates annual economic impacts of over 3% costs/sales for approximately one thousand small business owners of motor vehicle maintenance facilities. This is among the very highest small business impacts that we ever have observed in the review of an EPA regulation. Thus, we need to take a second look to be sure that this level of protection cannot be obtained at less cost.
Initially, we should restate what we observed in the 1998 panel report. The agency is still unable to establish that the automotive wells are truly "high risk" and warrant additional regulation. Despite substantial research performed about the fate and transport indicating significant dilution and attentuation of motor vehicle wastes as it leaves the well, EPA fails to perform any work modeling the actual levels of contamination that would reach ground water sources. Despite the agency's extensive efforts to uncover recent cases of ground water contamination from these sources, it is unable to cite more than a handful of cases, although there have been tens of thousands of motor vehicle wells nationwide operating over decades. As DOE points out, there is no information presented that indicates that states are unable to protect their own ground water through their own requirements.
We have two primary solutions to addressing this issue: (1) regulate only facilities within the narrower source water protection areas, instead of the broader "sensitive areas," which could default to the entire state (see DOE's comments), and (2) allow states to issue general permits, not merely individual permits for motor vehicle wells. This would reduce the number of covered facilities and allow states to streamline the availability of permits to facilities that can show that their discharges will not endanger the ground water.
A general permit is critically needed to reduce these overwhelming small business costs and provide an environmentally sound solution. The agency's own regulatory analysis estimates that virtually every facility could produce injectate meeting even the very conservative Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) requirements simply though compliance with best management practices (BMPs). Under those circumstances, it is entirely appropriate for a general permit, specifying those BMPs, and a monitoring regime to ensure compliance with those BMPs address the situation. The general permit is less costly than the individual site-specific permits for both the states and the affected small firms. States would maintain the option of requiring an individual permit application.
Many states have significant ground water protection programs and continue to regulate these wells to protect the environment; many states have restated their interest in maintaining their programs. EPA has not explained why it must substitute its judgment for the states which have the responsibility to protect their own ground water and are closest in proximity to the regulated facilities. Without the ability to issue general permits, states such as Mississippi would not have adequate resources to issue individual permits, and may force them into banning such wells altogether. With the minimum requirements of BMPs, monitoring and some environmental benchmark (MCL, or a multiple of an MCL-based on a site-specific showing), EPA would have added a very significant level of environmental protection, possibly more than can be justified by the facts in the record, and at a lower cost.
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The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program
SALINAS, Calif. — Police in Salinas, California are under fire after the department acquired a heavily armored military vehicle for SWAT team operations.
The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program, which redistributes used equipment to other agencies. According to KSBW, the truck was used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to numerous outlets, police stated their SWAT team was in desperate need of a new vehicle. KSBW added that the new truck, built to withstand rifle fire and minefield explosions, has already aided officers looking to arrest a dangerous suspect. The individual was apparently spotted via the vehicle's high observation deck.
While Police Chief Kelly McMillin believes the vehicle "provides a high capability of protection for our officers and the community," other members of the community have been outspoken in their disagreement.
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dotcomcowgirl had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit37 ontwerpen ingezonden door11 freelance designers.
The House of Hair with Dee Snider needs a new logo! It's our 10 year anniversary, and we need a fresh look for our HOH logo AND we need a brand new matching logo for our newest syndicated daily radio show, the Daily House of HairCut. This contest is for TWO logos in the same style - the main House of Hair, and then a similar one for the Daily House of HairCut.
The House of Hair
with Dee Snider
Desired Color Scheme:
Black, red, white, silver, lime green
Desired Style:
Style we're looking for:
Metal (as in nuts and bolts) industrial style, Loud, vibrant, 80s, glam with an edge, rock and roll with an edge, cool skulls, tattoo like art, flames, skulls (cool skulls not bleeding/scary skulls), grunge style text and back
Accepted File Formats:
Original Photoshop PSD
Current logo can be viewed at our beta website: http://www.houseofhaironline.com
The House of Hair is a nationally syndicated 2 hour weekly radio show in the US, hosted by former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider. It is a music show featuring heavy metal, glam metal, and hard rock music from the 1980s and early 1990s (and some from the 1970s as well.) First airing in 1997, as of 2007 it is aired on over 200 FM radio stations across the US. Celebrating it's tenth year on the air, a new daily short form music program, the Daily House of HairCut, will be added beginning in February, 2007.
We need TWO logos - but of the SAME LOOK/STYLE - these are the same BRAND:
Logo #1: The House of Hair [the word "The" smaller than rest]
Logo #2: the Daily House of HairCut [HairCut = one word, capped as shown, the word "the" smaller than rest]
You should be REFRESHING or UPDATING this logo - NOT creating one from out of left field -- please design something cool that retains the "look and feel" so our long term fans won't freak out! Our HOH program hasn't changed, we just need you to design us a more Kick A. logo!
Logo Design to be used in:
1. Company Digital Communications: Website and HTML Email
2. Printed Materials: Business cards, letterhead, envelopes, stickers, etc.
We are looking for a 2, 3 or 4 color design that looks great on the Web and on full color printed materials, BUT that we can reduce or simplify as needed to 1 color for printing and still have it be very recognizable/readable.
Bekijk hoe een ontwerpwedstrijd werkt of leer meer over logo ontwerpdiensten.


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Morris Hoo See Heen-Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant #28023
At Design Interviews
Interview with Morris Hoo See Heen : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : The program taken 3 months from audition, semifinal and grand finale, concept of the program is to search a talented pageant queen from all states in Malaysia. The inspiration I had, when I was walking through at a busy street in Kuala Lumpur and surrounding through skyscraper and traffics. There are millions of people walking in the same street same place. The funny thing is in my idea is about the different height of platform idea, I was having my ' kuih lapis ' ( layer cake in Malaysian style ) that's the idea was 'POP' from mine mind! Beauty pageant program always need a lot of staircase to show the contestant to present their best and elegant when step on the stage and this reason I have an idea ' BUSY CITY ' to make everyone remember this special night and unforgettable memories for winner thru the few months in the competition. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Morris Hoo See Heen : This live broadcast show is producer in high definition ( HD ) most focus in this designing is part of the set are used fine pixel LED screen to build the ' LED building ' in different measurement and height, I have sit down with LED expert ,producer and director to discuss over all program rundown with very limited time given just only two weeks time. Mapping on LED is an achievement for me in this design, I have done a lot of graphic design survey, research and discussion with the team for each segments in the program. During the full-dress rehearsal and live show, the final out come are out of my expectation. It was awesome! .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : I have never take part in any of competition before, local ( Malaysia ) or international. This Bronze A' Design award is so meaningful for me. After this award, more confident to me to do the best and challenge set design in future ,also hope to share my many years experience as production designer to the new designer ( set ) in Malaysia through by local media / press. Upgrading myself in set design study and others related course in set design. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Morris Hoo See Heen : From audition, semifinal till grand finale. Production has different of concept in every round. I have only one month time given to do the idea, sketching, draft drawing, visual and mock up set. Within the limited timeline given by production documentation work also prep by designer. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Normally most of the beauty queen competition always designing in ' play safe ' idea for the contestant and over all floor plan, more you care the more to obstruct you get. For year 2012 Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2012 I did pursuit my self to have an extraordinary and unique set designs. safety and health rules always needed bare in mind too. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Yes, it had been produced and is a live broadcasting show in Malaysia on the 3 November 2012, the production right are automatically raised after the live broadcasting on air. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Simple word – persevere unremittingly Although, I have been in this industry almost 9 years and I have told to myself, on this design and program it should let everyone know until international level, and of cause my bear hardships and work hard spirit those years to prove that I can make it one day. My family always the big ' fans ' of mine. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Yes, Our in house production team : producer-Evonne Loh ,Director–Jessica Chong, set designer-Kiky lee ,production manager- Aaren tay was involved in most of the design to given me an idea ,suggestion and the budgets. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : To who likely producer TV production for beauty program or any musical concert program. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Morris Hoo See Heen : The one and the only ! .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Morris Hoo See Heen : The production have come up with the challenging concept for year 2012 beauty queen competition " BEAUTY WITH ATTITUDE "-Being beautiful is about having with the right attitude, beauty won't stay with those who don't believe they attractive, discover the right attitude ,believe ,have faith and be beautiful and for the final is themed " DAY AND NIGHT "which combine prime ( a state or time of greatest strength, vigor or success in a person's life ) in the day and flamboyant ( tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence and stylishness ) in the night. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Morris Hoo See Heen : As a production designer, draft idea and sketching are the basic knowledge. For technical drawing I am using ( iMAC ) vector work, illustrator s5 and Photoshop s5. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Platform's staircase and runway built without any of base to support. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Morris Hoo See Heen : Although I had discussions with my set contractor, LED supplier and in house technician crew. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : It's look simple but a complicated set to build. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Morris Hoo See Heen : No .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Morris Hoo See Heen : The challenge faced mainly when to come up with an idea, is look simple and easy but during the set up time ' LED BUILDING ' has been tested few times in rehearsal and the LED expert had make sure no issues in LIVE show. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Morris Hoo See Heen : First, this competition was shared from one of the designer. After being known about this great news, is pending to myself over a one month to make a decision, without any of confidents and detail info about the event. I have decided to submit this design because of my perseverance mindset and support from company's upper management, friends and family. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Morris Hoo See Heen : This was the time I worked on my design with limited time, detail discussion with all difference department expert ( not feel to ashamed to ask and learn from one's )and finally compiled it for final presentation. It was a good learning experience in terms of time management and balancing all the tasks all together. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Morris Hoo See Heen : No. thanks you for asked above questions. .
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Though it was before his time, La Jolla Country Day tennis player Jack Murphy knows that Qualcomm Stadium once bore his name.
Actually, the stadium was named in honor of the late San Diego Union sports editor with the same name until Qualcomm purchased naming rights. Still, it's a fun topic for the younger Murphy, no relation.
"I definitely get that (mentioned) a good amount," the Torreys senior said, "and I'm definitely holding a tiny grudge against Qualcomm."
In his own way, Murphy has been making a name for himself on the tennis court.
As a freshman, Murphy earned notice with doubles partner and classmate Amir Ferry when they won the final set to clinch the San Diego Section Division III team title for LJCD in a 10-8 victory over Cathedral Catholic. Up against two seniors, they went ahead 5-2 but slipped into a 5-5 tie before taking the final two games.
"That was probably my greatest high school experience of all time," said Murphy, who lives in Coronado. "There were a ton of people out there by tennis standards. That's one thing about high school that you can't get in national (tourneys), that kind of energy. I really loved that."
Murphy embraced the team concept of the prep game from the start, and over this last year he has focused on the high school season rather than junior events while otherwise gearing up academically to attend Georgetown next fall and play for the Hoyas.
"Jack came out with a big personality right away," Torreys coach Joslynn Burkett said. "He definitely wants to make an impact, and he can be loud. All that confidence that he had as a youngster has helped him become the player that he is now. He's always been a leader on the team."
Murphy helped LJCD claim a repeat title as a sophomore and then reach the finals again a year ago. On the individual side, he advanced to last season's singles semifinals before enduring a 6-1, 6-0 loss to the eventual two-time champion Tyler Pham of Rancho Bernardo.
"That just told me that I still have a long way to go," Murphy said. "I hate getting beat into the ground like that, so it pushed me harder to start training and get back into the state of wanting to win."
The 6-foot, 170-pounder also played football his first years at LJCD as a running back and linebacker with some time on the varsity. But then he decided to concentrate on tennis.
"I took away from football that the team is the most important thing," Murphy said. "Second, I couldn't really be intimidated after playing football. I'd been with crazy people and their helmets. The tennis court felt more relaxed after football."
Murphy represents the fourth generation in his family to attend Georgetown. He was even born in Georgetown Hospital and lived in Washington, D.C., before moving at a young age.
To close his prep career, he's looking to spearhead the Torreys aside Ferry and Alex Khorsandian, each in their fourth varsity season.
"I hope to lead Georgetown's team one day, so I'm just trying to practice being a good leader," Murphy said. "We just want one main thing, to compete."
It's how Murphy has made a name for himself.