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Take 3: Marriage on the Rocks Review
On January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 By 18cinemalane
When Maddy, from Maddy Loves Her Classic Films, announced her 2nd Deborah Kerr Blogathon, I was eager to participate! I had reviewed Edward, My Son last February, so I was familiar with who Deborah is as an actress. Originally, I was going to review Black Narcissus. But due to technical difficulties with my DVR, I chose to write about Marriage on the Rocks instead. The idea of a struggling couple working through their problems in Mexico sounded like an interesting concept for a comedy. I was curious to see what effect this particular location would have on the aforementioned couple and how they would be transformed along the way. Also, I haven't reviewed a comedy in a little while, so I thought it would be a good idea to expand the cinematic horizons of 18 Cinema Lane. Since this is my first blogathon in 2020, let the review for Marriage on the Rocks begin!
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Things I liked about the film:
The acting: This is the second acting performance of Deborah Kerr's I have seen (the first was from the movie, Edward, My Son). What I've noticed about both performances is how much effort she puts into her roles. Even if the movie itself doesn't hold up, Deborah still puts every piece of acting talent she has into each of her characters. In her role as Valerie Edwards, she was very expressive with her facial expressions and actions. This added to the memorability of her performance! Marriage on the Rocks is the first movie of Frank Sinatra's I've ever seen. While I am familiar with Frank as a singer, I had never seen any of his acting performances before. The most notable aspect of Frank's portrayal of Dan Edwards was how at ease he was in this role. His performing experiences related to stage presentations and programs like The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as prior movie experience, seemed to work in his favor when it came to his performance in Marriage on the Rocks! The aforementioned film is also the first time I have seen Caesar Romero act in a movie. I liked his performance because of how lively and energetic it was. It was also consistent throughout the movie, just like the performances from the rest of the cast!
Ernie Brewer's house: The house of Ernie Brewer, portrayed by Dean Martin, was featured in the film on several occasions. Despite the living room being the only shown part of the house, I really liked the architecture within this space! When characters enter the house, they and viewers are greeted by walls and columns of exposed stone. As characters walk into the living room, they will come face-to-face with the room's most prominent feature: the fire pit in the center of the room. Another fantastic element of this space is the wrap-around deck. While the deck itself is featured in only one scene, it serves the purpose of giving characters and viewers a perfect view of the ocean. Whether this location is a real-life home or a pre-constructed set, it definitely could make almost anyone want those elements as part of their own living space!
The opening credits: Sometimes, creative teams will come up with interesting ways to present their film's opening credits. Marriage on the Rocks is a perfect example of this. Throughout this segment of the movie, stick figure cartoons can be seen next to people's names and roles within the project. These stick figures were not only given to the cast, but also to the crew. When the director was introduced in the credits, he was given his own stick figure, which presented him sitting in a director's chair. I found this to be a cute and creative way to grab the audience's attention before the official start of the film!
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What I didn't like about the film:
Comedy that was barely funny: On IMDB, Marriage on the Rocks is classified as a comedy. However, as I was watching this film, I found myself laughing only four times. Like I've said before, comedy is subjective. But, for me, I don't find dysfunctionality to be hilarious. Also, the jokes themselves go on for too long. It feels like the screenwriter was having difficulty finding the punchline. There are also no breaks from the comedy, which made these jokes seem like run-on sentences. Personally, I found this aspect of the film to be an unenjoyable part to my movie-viewing experience.
The movie's view on marriage and divorce: I watch movies to be entertained. While I appreciate a good message/lesson within a cinematic story, that's not what compels me to watch any particular film. In Marriage on the Rocks, however, the overarching view on marriage and divorce made me feel uncomfortable. I personally feel that starting or ending a romantic relationship should not be taken lightly. This movie would say otherwise, portraying these two aforementioned concepts like they are effortless. Even the way most of the characters talk about marriage and divorce is concerning. One example is how David Edwards sees divorce as a way to manipulate his parents into giving him anything he wants. There were a few characters in this movie whose views were different from the overarching ones the film itself adopts. But, for most of the film, these characters are looked down upon. All the things I talked about made the views of the movie seem one-sided and skewed.
Problems that almost never get resolved: While watching Marriage on the Rocks, I could tell the screenwriter was trying to adopt a "comedy of errors" kind of story. But if any screenwriter is going to write a script with this kind of comedy, they need to remember that the errors have to reach a resolution. In this film, the majority of these errors don't achieve a satisfying solution. In the rare case when one does, other problems arise because of it. The Hallmark movie, Holiday Date, is a great example of how this type of story can be executed well. In the 2019 release, the male and female protagonist experience a series of mishaps while visiting her family for Christmas. Despite this, they always found a solution that made everyone happy. Unfortunately, this never happens in Marriage on the Rocks. If anything, it made the characters' situations even more complicated.
A drawn-out story: According to IMDB, Marriage on the Rocks is an hour and forty-nine minutes. To me, though, it felt like the movie was three hours. The problem here is how drawn-out the story is. This script takes a simple sounding concept and makes a bigger deal out of it than necessary. The narrative of this film could have been either a mini-series or a short film. This would have allowed the necessary plot points to be reached sooner and the script to be tighter. When I look back on it, there were things that happened in this movie just to satisfy the film's run-time. The ongoing "second honeymoon" joke is a good example of what I'm talking about.
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My overall impression:
When I chose to review Marriage on the Rocks, I thought this would be a comedic version of Expecting a Miracle. While I haven't seen the 2009 released Hallmark film, I'm aware of what the story is about. Unfortunately, Marriage on the Rocks was not even close to what I expected. Yes, there were things about it that I liked. Ernie Brewer's house is just one example. But, for me, this movie contained more negatives than positives. As I said in my review, the movie's view on marriage and divorce is one of the biggest missteps this project took. I didn't find it to be funny or entertaining, just one-sided and out of touch. Later this month, I'll be reviewing another Frank Sinatra picture called High Society. Hopefully that one will be more enjoyable than Marriage on the Rocks was. Despite the fact it's only the beginning of the year, I think I found a contender for worst film of 2020.
Overall score: 4.7 out of 10
Have you seen Marriage on the Rocks? Do you have a favorite film from Deborah Kerr's filmography? Let me know in the comment section!
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Hi Sally. Great piece. This is another of Deborah's that I haven't seen. Sounds like a VERY mixed bag. I agree with you about how much effort Deborah puts into her roles. That's one of the reasons I love her so much, she always brought her A game to every film.
If you want to see more of Deborah's films, then do check these out: Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, The Innocents, The Journey, The End Of The Affair, The King And I, From Here To Eternity, Black Narcissus, The Sundowners, The Chalk Garden, An Affair To Remember.
I see you're checking out High Society, so if you want more good films from Frank, do check these out: The Man With The Golden Arm, From Here To Eternity, Young At Heart, Suddenly.
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Thanks for reading my review, Maddy! I also appreciate your list of recommended films. I will definitely have to check these out as soon as I can!
A warning sign for me is a movie billed as a comedy, but I don't see actors who I would normally consider to be good at comedy. But even very gifted comedic actors can't do much with a script that doesn't deliver opportunities for laughs.
Thanks for checking out my review, J-Dub! You bring up an excellent point about non-comedic actors starring in comedic films. While I'm all for people trying new things and going out of their comfort zone, it doesn't seem like 'Marriage on the Rocks' payed off for anyone involved in the project.
Eric Binford
Ah! I haven't seen this one yet. I own it (it was part of a Sinatra DVD set). It doesn't sound like something I need to watch right away… 😉
Thanks for reading my review! 'Marriage on the Rocks' is not a film I would recommend. But, if you do decide to watch this movie, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on it! 😃
Neil "The Musical Man" Powell
Certainly sounds like a movie I am in no rush to see (although I'd like to get around to it one if these days if only to see Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in it). I certainly hope you enjoy High Society better (I know I like it a lot, for what my opinion is worth)!
Thanks for the well wishes, Neil! When it comes to 'Marriage on the Rocks', the performances of Frank and Dean were one of the film's highlights. If you do end up watching it, I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on it! Since 'High Society' is a musical, it seems like that movie presents more opportunities for Frank to showcase his singing abilities than in the aforementioned 1965 picture.
Hi Sally, I also love when the effort is put in for creative credits, but from the sounds of it I don't think even that could save this movie! It certainly had potential with the casting though. I'm glad you are seeing High Society soon. That should give you a chance to see Frank in his musical surroundings. I also love seeing him paired up with Gene Kelly in his earlier movies. ANCHORS AWEIGH is a particular favorite! Cheers 🙂
Thanks for reading my review, Classic Movie Muse! I haven't seen 'Anchors Aweigh', but I'll check it out as soon as I can! I'm looking forward to watching and reviewing 'High Society', as that review is coming very soon!
Jujuno.
Sorry to disagree, but this movie is a great favourite with genuine Deborah Kerr fans, her personal friends, and with my own family. It started out as a satire on American marriage, but Frank messed around with the script and it ended up just being lightweight entertainment. The storyline is actually quite funny and Deborah gets one of her rare chances at comedy. We all (in Deborah-land) think she's never been more relaxed…or beautiful. Frank particularly asked for Deborah to star in it as his wife and for years after it was made, he sent flowers to her on Mother's Day. Deborah said she never stopped laughing while making it, because Deano was so entertaining. It isn't supposed to be taken seriously…and it isn't a belly-laugh comedy. It is an amusing and very well-photographed film, with Deborah having some of the most flattering dresses and outfits ever. A commentary on how easy it is to get married and divorced. Definitely worth a watch on a lazy Sunday.
Thanks for visiting my blog, Jujuno! You shared some interesting insights about the film that I was not aware of, such as the original nature of the project. I'm glad you enjoyed this movie, but it just wasn't for me.
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Plant Scientist Dr. Philip Wigge, working in a laboratory at the University of Cambridge, will soon leave Britain and return to his native Germany for a university job there.
Latest Brexit Risk: Cambridge's World-Class Status
Academics worry that Britain's departure from the EU will render the city less attractive to the companies that have fueled an economic boom
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CAMBRIDGE, England—Just months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, plant scientist Philip Wigge started looking for jobs abroad.
"This resurgence of nationalism was totally surprising for me," he said, adding that he was no longer happy for his young children to grow up here.
Within weeks, the 45-year-old German national will complete his move to the University of Potsdam in Germany, ending his seven-year association with the prestigious University of Cambridge.
Dr. Wigge's departure embodies a big concern for academics in this historic university town: that Brexit will spark an exodus of talented researchers. That, they fear, could take the shine off Cambridge's world-renowned status and render the city less attractive to the bioscience and tech companies that have fueled an economic boom in the city.
Many people in Cambridge worry that Brexit will make the city less attractive to bioscience and tech companies.
British lawmakers plan to vote Tuesday on Prime Minister Theresa May's proposal to leave the EU. A rejection of Mrs. May's divorce deal likely means a delay in the U.K.'s exit from the EU, now scheduled for March 29, which could throw the academic community into further disarray.
Cambridge has grown rapidly in recent years, driven by an influx of high-tech and bioscience businesses like AstraZeneca PLC, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc., eager to capitalize on links with the cutting-edge science taking place here.
A study by consulting firm Development Economics, commissioned by AstraZeneca, estimated that Brexit could constrain the cluster's growth by around 15% by 2032. That drag would come from lower availability of research funding, a diminished ability to attract the world's best researchers, and lowered access to finance for startups.
For now, companies are betting that Brexit won't seriously reduce the city's attractiveness. "Cambridge is unique in terms of the quality of science it has," said Mene Pangalos, a research and development chief at AstraZeneca. "That makes it a little more resilient to some of the risks that a hard Brexit might bring."
While the 2016 referendum vote on Brexit has increased nervousness among some researchers from elsewhere in Europe, many are staying put for now.
Matthias Landgraf, a German-born neuroscientist, also started looking for a job outside Britain after the referendum. He was offered a post at University College Dublin in Ireland, but eventually decided against moving as it would mean living separately from his wife and children.
For now, he will remain in Cambridge, where he has worked for more than 25 years. "When I arrived, this was the most liberal place in Europe, and I do not recognize it anymore," he said.
The number of EU nationals applying for research posts at Cambridge has fallen since 2016, according to data obtained by The Wall Street Journal through a Freedom of Information request. EU applicants to research posts at Cambridge have fallen to 22% last year from 23% in 2017 and 28% from 2014 to 2016. A university spokesman said the data didn't show a clear trend.
With Britain inside the EU, academics from all over the bloc can freely take up jobs at British universities without requiring visas or residence permits. The agreement Mrs. May reached with the EU would keep things that way until at least the end of 2020.
But the British Parliament rejected the deal and may well do so again on Tuesday, leaving open the risk that the U.K. leaves the bloc without a deal on March 29 and creating uncertainty for EU nationals already in Britain and others contemplating coming. Mrs. May's eventual aim is for EU nationals to be treated like immigrants from anywhere else in the world.
Some academics say they have already experienced a falloff in interest from EU researchers. Eilís Ferran, a senior academic at Cambridge, told British lawmakers last year that Brexit had stymied some of the university's high-profile recruitment efforts.
Cahir O'Kane, a genetics researcher, said that before the referendum he would receive a few serious applications every year from EU students looking to get research experience in his laboratory. Since then, he's had just one.
"Cambridge still has a lot going for it," he said. But "Brexit will make it that bit less attractive."
Professor O'Kane, a British and Irish citizen, would like to stay in Cambridge until he retires in about a decade, but will move if necessary.
"If it becomes impossible to recruit good people and pursue research in an international environment, I would not want to stay and twiddle my thumbs," he said. "Eight hundred years of history isn't why people come to my lab."
Also at risk after Brexit is losing access to the EU's Horizon 2020 fund, which provides roughly €1 billion ($1.1 billion) a year in funding for British universities. At least as important as the money, the fund encourages collaboration with researchers in the rest of the EU.
Cambridge is an outsize beneficiary: it receives more grant money from Brussels—around £60 million ($78.1 million) a year, on average—than any other university in Europe except its historic rival Oxford. EU grants account for around an eighth of the university's total research income.
Mrs. May's troubled deal would preserve that access until at least until the end of 2020 but beyond that, or in the event of a no-deal Brexit, is unclear.
Like the university, life-science businesses that have grown up around it are most concerned about recruiting EU nationals post-Brexit.
Niall Martin, CEO of cancer specialist Artios, said universities in the Netherlands, Spain and France are particularly strong in the area that his company focuses on.
"We need to be able to get scientists from the good European universities and academic groups and bring them to the U.K.," he said.
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American kids consume an insane amount of sugar — often double or triple the federal recommended dietary guidelines — and these empty calories are often blamed for everything from obesity to hyperactivity in the schools. What happens when we take it away?
Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco and Touro University decided to find out by recruiting 43 volunteers, ages 9 to 18, and putting them on low-sugar diets and measuring all kinds of things about how their bodies changed as a result. All of the study participants — 27 of whom identified as Latino and 16 as African American — were obese and had at least one other metabolic health issue, such as high blood pressure or a marker of fatty liver.
The study participants underwent extensive testing that included everything from basic blood pressure measures and cholesterol counts to oral glucose tolerance tests and sophisticated bone density scans.
The children (or their parents) filled out a food questionnaire and were interviewed by a dietitian to come up with a baseline diet. The scientists then designed a new diet that included a similar amount of protein, fat and carbohydrates as their normal diet but cut out 10 percent to 28 percent of the sugar and replaced it with starch calorie-for-calorie.
The transformation in the kids was almost immediate.
"All of the surrogate measures of metabolic health got better, just by substituting starch for sugar in their processed food — all without changing calories or weight or exercise," study author Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, said in a statement.
After 10 days, the researchers saw a reduction in diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides and LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. Glucose tolerance and the amount of excess insulin circulating in the blood improved.
Even though they were still eating roughly the same amount of calories, the participants lost weight — an average of nearly two pounds in that short period of time. Several of the children lost so much weight so quickly that the researchers had to increase the number of calories they were feeding them.
Previous epidemiological studies had linked sugar consumption with metabolic syndrome, but it had been impossible to prove causation from that research. While this study, published in the journal Obesity on Monday, also does not prove causation, it provides a revealing look at the details of what changes in the body and what appears to remain stable with less sugar.
The average participant's blood pressure went down by 5 mmHg. The researchers noted that this would "normally trigger a compensatory increase in [heart rate to maintain cardiac output], but it did not." They also found that uric acid, which is created with the breakdown of certain foods like anchovies, increased unexpectedly, and they weren't able to explain why this happened.
One of the key questions the researchers were interested in answering was whether restricting dietary sugars in children with metabolic syndrome would lead to the metabolic dysfunction resolving. The study seems to have answered yes to a certain extent.
While the study is very preliminary because of its small size, it has important implications for how we think about the ills of sugars. The researchers argue that instead of thinking about sugar as empty calories that cause weight gain they should be seen as having a more threatening effect on the body's whole metabolic system.
The study "demonstrates that a calorie is not a calorie," Lustig explained.
"Where those calories come from determines where in the body they go. Sugar calories are the worst, because they turn to fat in the liver, driving insulin resistance, and driving risk for diabetes, heart and liver disease," he added. "This has enormous implications for the food industry, chronic disease and health care costs."
The researchers noted that further study is needed to figure out whether these short-term gains in health with low-sugar diets will hold out in the longer term.
Calling the study "flawed," the Sugar Industry Association said that the fact that so many of the participants lost weight during the study "makes it impossible to separate the effects of weight loss from dietary changes on the health variables measured." The group, which represents major sugar companies, such as Domino Sugar and C&H Sugar, also questioned the study's short duration and the fact that the baseline diet data was self-reported which can make it unreliable.
In addition, the industry group said the lack of information that the authors provided about what the children actually ate "raises serious concerns about the legitimacy of the study's hypothesis."
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Korea Week: Jeong Lok Lee by Joanne Junga YangJanuary 20, 2016
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Jeong Lok Lee is a photographer born in Gwanju, South Korea in 1971. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Gwangju University and a master's degree in Photo Design from Hongik University. He also has a master's degree in Fine Art Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. He has exhibited internationally including solo and group exhibitions and has received various awards and residencies.
With light, I have been painting something that exists despite its invisible nature; places that correspond to the visible world, places beyond our sensual cognition, profoundly mysterious places that nevertheless cannot be separated from our world of cognition. Painting with light is the body, mind, and the soul harmoniously following the rhythm; it was an act of delivering positive energy felt by the body, rather than creating something from nothing.
There is a space in which reason dissipates. That is a special place which is outside of the fence of concepts. The place is outside and inside of myself at the same time; when I reach that place, I do not merely depend on my sight, but I exploit all of my senses. When all senses are unlocked, a new world is opened. While creating this peace, I summarized lights in various symbolic forms into nabi, the butterfly. The butterfly, symbolizing a being moving from this world to the other, a spirit, was used to signify a gate and a messenger linking the two worlds. Nabi, the title of my work, also means prophet in Hebrew. The sphere that sometimes appears stems from the original form and order of the universe. I expressed the spirit inside the form, not the form itself, in the form of nabi, the butterfly.
The Tree of Life series began in the winter of 2006. It was a freezing winter with bitter winds. I saw a glimpse of green at the tip of a bare branch. "Did I really see it then?" Whatever it might have been that I saw, a seed of life must have been embedded inside that dry branch devoid of vitality, like all the trees that have to endure the long, barren winter. Although not clearly visible, it is without doubt that this vitality exists. This is not the only invisible thing that exists in this world! This was a kind of awakening. Awareness of something that exists in spite of its invisibility.
Invisible yet they exist, interacting with the visible world. They correspond to each other. I wanted to express this in my work. I struggled to find a way to express the vitality dormant in a dry branch. Going through a series of experiments, I began to use light. Light was the most appropriate medium to express the vitality that I discerned. Moreover, the sublimity of light is a universal archetype of mankind like the numinousness of trees. My work began from here.
I needed to handle three different lights – natural light, flashlight and searchlight – for this series of work. In addition to trees, other props were required and many different kinds of films were needed for changing light and atmosphere of each day. It was impossible to control random outdoor situations that I had to face daily. It was not uncommon that outdoor sets that were built for several months would be destroyed by worsening weather conditions.
The second Tree of Life series was made in an indoor studio. After having gone through a tiresome three-month test period inside the studio, valid data began to be accumulated. It took more than four years to learn how to control the light in Tree of Life.
A tree of life's light does not illuminate the world or the outside of the tree. Instead, it reveals the interior space, the aura of existence. For this reason, I wanted that light to be subtle, not so spectacular. As experiments continued, the work process for the Tree of Life series has become stabilized. As the background was transferred from a natural setting to a stage, it became more dramatic with the aura of the tree of life further intensified.
As I learned to manipulate variations of light to some degree, I wanted to see what kind of effects would be created when a tree of life meets nature full of vitality. Searching for a site that cherishes the deep echoes of nature, I arrived at Jeju Island. I was awestruck standing in front of Jeju's unique and alien nature that is extremely vibrant, almost fearsome. It took two months before I was able to set up my camera in front of this primordial nature that exceeds any interpretation. I found a tree that resembles Jeju Island and worked at seashores, farms, or forests imbued with special inspirations. Although my long indoor experience enabled me to handle flashlight skillfully, outdoor photography was still a huge challenge. At least a week's work was required just to obtain basic data from a site. Jeju's windy and capricious weather was never predictable and films needed to be sent back by air for development.
A tree of life that has emerged in the world again is a gate that connects the visible and invisible worlds or the chasm between them. Light stands for the communion between the visible and invisible worlds. The tree of life symbolizes the interaction between these two different worlds as it is. Our industrialized contemporary society is laden with various stimulations that make us oblivious of life's fundamental source. I wanted to create a site where the vitality of nature and the substantial world embedded in us meet. Beyond a mere communication with nature, I hope we will be reminded of the waves from the invisible world that have been always influencing our life and history.
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Godfather, the new malware for Android that steals your bank accounts
as it weighs on us, Malware attacks on the riseWith Android as the main objective. The reason attackers are targeting Google's operating system is very simple: It's the most widely used system, so there are more targets to steal from.
And now, as reported by Bleeping Computer, a new banking malware called The Godfather in English has been detected and is targeting users in 16 countries, including Spain.
As reported by Bleeping Computer, about half of the applications attacked by The Godfather, a total of 215, are banking applications, and Most of them are in the United States (49), Turkey (31), Spain (30), Canada (22), France (20), Germany (19) and the United Kingdom (17).
The Godfather Attacks 400 Different Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges
This malware has been detected by Group-IB analysts, which they consider to be the successor to Anubis, a dangerous banking trojan that fell out of use because it was no longer able to dodge Android's security.
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but I do Some of the characteristics of Anubis are, Although improvements have been made to evade Android security systems. Once it manages to infect a device, it starts generating overlapping login screens when you open a banking app, tricking the user into entering their credentials and knowing that They are on phishing websites, because of its perfect design they are able to steal. ,
The godfather attacks 110 cryptocurrency exchanges and 94 cryptocurrency wallet apps. So we are dealing with a very dangerous and active malware…
In addition, Cyble released a report yesterday highlighting an increase in activity from Godfather, which powers an app mimicking a popular music tool (Mimix MYT Muzik) in Turkey, which is available via Google Play. has been downloaded over 10 million times.
Yes, At least one app available on Google Play has been found to be infected with the Godfather malware. How do they bypass security checks? Well, very simple: they upload a malware-free app to Google Play so it can pass control, and then they add malware in an update.
There is currently no record of other infected apps in Google Play, but we cannot verify this information. Therefore, until there is more information, We recommend that you be very careful when opening the banking app on your mobile: The Godfather is hiding…
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Some Nigerians are Silly Clowns anywhere, anytime..
Your President has been Sleeping and enjoying in London for months and wasting Tax payers monies on Medical Tourism after he budgetted billion for ASO rock clinic and people are carrying placard to celebrate him as "Simply the Best".
Even the Devil will be asking God why God shouldn't allow Him to punish these degenerates.
Better take it easy before those arewas come and finish you.
Anyway, I agree with everything you said.
Mugabe of Nigeria... If boko haram and Osama could get supporters who will not? It doesn't matter how bad you are. As a country we should know right and wrong because it the only true way to help Nigeria.
It's a bit weird that this lot held their pro rally the very next day after the resume/resign night vigil. Looks like somfin PMBs handlers staged. Just my opinion though.
Remember, the life expectancy of Nigerians at the moment is 45, with this kind of chronic hatred in your heart, ain't you afraid it will affect you?
If you gat no job to keep you busy, try YOuWIN or Nppower!
Hahahahahshhaa. Haba! You destroyed midol.
The guy's a jobless miscreant who blames Buhari for the poverty he inherited from his ancestors.
I am not a fan of Buhari at all, but learning how to make a living no matter who's the President is key. A lot of Americans dislike Trump but they don't blame him for everything under the sun.
HOW MUCH WERE THESE GOONS PAID ?
Biafra sure pass.. There's no hope for naija.
PDP will soon run out of funds they are using to launch attack on our amiable president and his capable team.
from Fulani herdsmen or from boko boys or from skull miners?
My yoruba muslim brother, why you dey calling my name? What I do?
They are even more than the anti Buhari protesters. Real patriotism on display, great!
Patriotism to Buhari or to Nigerians? I'm very sure most PMB supporters do not know the difference.
action and reaction were equal and opposite!
igbo hate Buhari before he came to power!
igbo hate Buhari more when he is in power!
igbo show the whole world that their hatred of Buhari is eternity when Buhari get sick!
what do you expect the patriotic Nigerian to do?
some people will be like WHAT��!!!
Stupìd Jónàdaft brought this upon us.
God!!! How old are you??
mere display of your ignorance.


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Serenity to fly again?
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http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=34083
Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there's hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD. Director Joss Whedon""who also created the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, on which the movie is based""expected that the movie might draw the low numbers it did in its theatrical release, Peristere said in an interview. But he added that the movie's sales on DVD, which came out on Dec. 20, are running neck-and-neck with the hit comedy Wedding Crashers, which bodes well for a possible Serenity sequel.
"We kind of expected this from our audience," Peristere said. "We did so well on [Amazon.com] with the Firefly box set and the performance of that helped us get the movie made. We wish the audience would get up and go to the theater, but it shows that they like to keep coming back and revisiting the world Joss created." Serenity made $25 million at the domestic box office after it was released Sept. 30.
Whedon and his crew are waiting to see how well the DVD numbers go before proceeding with a Serenity sequel, Peristere said. "We really hope to return to this work," he said. "We love the characters. It's fun storytelling, and we all love using our talents. … It all depends on Joss. He's not giving up on the characters. He had incredible writers who had a million stories to tell, and we're all just hanging out and seeing what the world has to give us, and given the opportunity we'll make more."
In the meantime, fans of both show and movie can enjoy the DVD's various extras, which include an Easter egg: a featurette about the making of the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial that appears in the film. "In the main menu, if you play around with the buttons you'll find a featurette of the Fruity Oaty Bar," Peristere revealed. (From the main menu highlight "play," then press left, which will highlight a marker on the right side of the menu; press enter to see the featurette.) "It's all a lot of fun," he said.
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>Alien Ants Are Devouring Everything In Texas. Ants so Devastating Who Needs al Quaeda and the Taliband?
Destructive ants marching on San Antonio
01:31 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Deborah Knapp, KENS 5
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The crazy rasberry ant is named after exterminator Tom Rasberry, who first discovered it in 2002.
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A destructive menace is heading west on Interstate 10 toward San Antonio.
It's the crazy Rasberry ant that was first spotted in Houston in 2002. No one knows where it came from or how to control it, but it reproduces faster than any insect experts have ever seen.
"This is an alien species," says Sam Houston State University Entomologist Dr. Jerry Cook. "This is in higher densities than any other insects I've ever seen. They number in the billions and cover everything around them."
"Where you'll have 200,000 ants in a big fire ant mound, you'll have billions of crazy ants in one area, in that one group. They form a carpet of ants over acres that is several inches thick."
"It's a potential ecological disaster, displacing everything in front of it, other insects. Some people think getting rid of insects is good but it's not good for the environment. Insects play a vital role. When you destroy insects, you destroy the food for birds and other animals that depend on these insect populations. It could affect our food supply, reducing the crop yield by 30 to 40 percent."
The crazy ants even kill fire ants, which many may think is good news, but they are more destructive to homes and businesses than fire ants. They pack into electrical equipment in such dense numbers that they short out computers, air conditioning units and car computers.
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ACLU, buying foreclosed homes, car computers, dense numbers, destructive ants, kill fire ants, pack into electrical equipment, short out computers
>What's Wrong With America Is The ACLU
>Proposition 209 was a 1996 California ballot proposition which amended the state constitution to prohibit public institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity. That same year Michigan passed a similar proposition.
What's wrong with that? Nothing, but shortly thereafter, On 27 November 1996, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson blocked enforcement of the proposition. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently overturned that ruling. Proposition 209 has been the subject of many lawsuits in state courts since its passage.
Since the passage of Proposition 209, higher graduation rates have been posted at University of California schools,which led opponents of affirmative action to suggest a causal link between Proposition 209 and a better-prepared student body. The African American graduation rate at the University of California, Berkeley increased by 6.5 percent,and rose even more dramatically, from 26 percent to 52 percent, at the University of California, San Diego.
While African American graduation rates at UC Berkeley increased by 6.5 percent,the enrollment rates dropped significantly[1]. Criticism was made of the fact that of the 4,422 students in UCLA's freshman class of 2006, only 100 (2.26%) were African American. In fact, opponents of Proposition 209 note that there are greater disparities in elite education in the post-Proposition 209 era due to decreased African American and Latino enrollment. Proponents, on the other hand, note that Asian American enrollment rates dramatically increased at a majority of UC campuses. Still, this observation fails to take into consideration that though Asian Americans are a racial minority in the United States, they are generally an overrepresented group in college admissions and significantly less likely to be from a family living in poverty.
Who was this Judge Thelton Henderson and why did he rule against the will of the people? He was a Jimmy Carter appointee, and that should tell you enough. Furthermore, he was both a board member of the ACLU and Equal Rights Advocates. Enough said.
Consider the State of Washington where voters overwhelmingly approved a state-wide referendum, which validated the state's statute banning assisted suicide. Five years later, in Compassion in Dying Versus Washington, Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cited public opinion polls as a basis for overturning the will of the people. In a closing statement, the judge blasted religious people, saying "they are not free…to enforce their views, their religious convictions, or their philosophies on all the other members of a democratic society. In his book, The Enemy Within, Michael Savage observed: "Why am I not surprised to learn Reinhardt's wife, Ramona Ripston, is the executive director of the Southern California chapter of the ACLU?"
Here's another example of the ACLU trying to dominate the thinking and actions of the majority of the people. Do you recall–in the fall of 2003 California had a governor named Gray Davis? As governor, he was a failure. The state's finances were a mess and he showed absoluteley no positive leadership. But he wasn't going to go down without a fight. He tried to block the democratic process of a recall by the people. In the eleventh hour of the recall campaign, he granted driver's licenses to illegal aliens primarily from Mexico in order to get votes.
He knew immigration is the provence of the federal government, not the state of California. To wit: Davis' own office has said that numerous times. For example, the radicals in California once fought a ballot initiative, Prop. 187, which would have denied funding for illegal aliens for education and medication. California voters overwhelmingly approved the measure at the ballot box.
The radicals "shopped" the outcome to a federal judge, arguing immigration is a federal affair and must be decided by a federal court. U.S. District Court Judge Mariana Pfaelzer overturned the votes of 6 million Californians, forcing them to pay valuable tax dollars to support medication and education for illegal immigrants.
Here's where Savage believes our federal government is failing us. He thought George Bush had the power to overturn Davis's decision either either under immigration laws or under Homeland Security. It's complicated, but I think the Federal Government could have sued the state for redress of this problem of state's rights verses federal rights and that would have overturned the governor's order.
ACLU, Judge Mariana Pfaelzer, Judge Thelton Henderson, Mexican immigrants, Prop 209
>Can We Defeat The ACLU?
The ACLU Must Be Destroyed
Joseph Farah wrote a resounding blog in November 2004 calling for freedom loving Americans to fight the ACLS. It was reprinted again in WorldNetDaily.com in 2008 and I'm foursquare behind his words.
Farah reminds us that because we American conservatives took a passive stance in 2004, the Pentagon succumbed to pressure from the ACLU, beating up a fine, patriotic organization called the Boy Scouts, calling it a "subversive organization."
In reality, it is the ACLU that needs to be destroyed because it is a "subversive organization" contrary to the faith and purpose of our fathers in every respect.
Farah said "Most Americans just laughed and shook our heads in disbelief years ago when a handful of extremists began systematically targeting the Boy Scouts as a "subversive organization."
But over time, because most Americans didn't fight back, didn't marginalize the extremists, didn't speak up proudly and stand behind the Boy Scouts, it is this outstanding civic organization that has taken a beating."
The decision by the Defense Department under President George Bush's watch—shame on you Mr. President and Defense Secretary Don Rumsfield–to accommodate the American Civil Liberties Union at the expense of the Boy Scouts "illustrates the way our country is being reshaped by the worldview of the extremists."
Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves today.
If you take the ACLU and other extremists supporting its agenda at their word, you have to believe this fight is about "tolerance."
They maintain they oppose the Boy Scouts because of their "intolerance" for people who don't embrace their values. And, in the name of "tolerance," the ACLU and those who consider the Boy Scouts "subversive," have no tolerance for the Boy Scouts – or anyone else who disagrees with them.
The Pentagon agreed to warn its bases not to sponsor Boy Scout troops in appeasement of the ACLU and end a 5-year-old lawsuit that had charged the government with improperly supporting a group promoting belief in God.
Listen to Farah: "The ACLU is never going to change. It is an anti-American organization. It is a group that seeks to destroy all that makes America a unique experiment in freedom. It is an organization in league with all of America's enemies. It is an organization that hates God, hates what is right, decent and morally upright. It is an organization in league with the Devil, as far as I am concerned."
And the ACLU is an organization that needs to be isolated, exposed for what it is, recognized for what it is and destroyed if necessary.
Instead, because most Americans have a live-and-let-live attitude, we "tolerate" the ACLU. We wink at it. Maybe we laugh at it. But the ACLU and its allies continue to push our society, to transform it, to remake it in its own twisted image.
The Boy Scouts have been targeted by the ACLU and the homosexual activists because the Boy Scouts have been uncompromising in their views and standards. The subversives hate that. They hate when people stand up for what's right.
When it becomes dangerous to stand up for what's right in America, you know we're in trouble as a nation.
Farah asked a good question: "Let me ask you a question: Would you rather live next door to a family that hosts a Boy Scout troop or a family of homosexual activists? Would you rather live next door to a family of people who attend church or synagogue every week, or would you prefer to live next door to the local head of the ACLU? "
What's so scary about the Boy Scouts?
A Boy Scout pledges to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
A Boy Scout vows to keep himself physically strong, morally straight and mentally alert.
And because of these characteristics and goals, the Boy Scouts today are under siege – the latest target in the Culture War.
When you see an institution like this under attack, it should set off an internal warning that our very way of life – not just the Boy Scouts – is threatened by an organized, well-funded conspiracy.
I'm with Joseph Farah and the Boy Scouts, how about you?
ACLU, Culture War
>ACLU IS SUBVERSIVE
Any Idea How Subversive The ACLU Is?
They've Made Americans Second-Class Citizens
It's interesting–whenever there's a controversy that will make the front pages you can bet the American Civil Liberties Union is all over it. Naturally, they are the darlings of both America's liberal court system and its left wing "Fourth Estate."
Many years ago when I went to law school there was no such thing as the "cultural defense." Yet, today the ACLU has this defense up its sleeves every time there is a foreigner in the news or on the verge of getting kicked out of the country for violation of our laws. But because of the "cultural" defense, the ACLU has had uncanny success with judges in getting a matter dismissed that would land an ordinary American in jail for several years–and which used to warrant deportation of an alien.
Example: The ACLU invented the new "Cultural Defense" so that their foreign clients with plenty of money could slither around the law. In his book, The Enemy Within, radio show host and author Michael Savage paints an exasperating picture. "The cultural defense goes something like this: 'Your Honor, I know my client killed his wife here in America, but she cheated on him. In the village in China where my client was born, it's actually okay to kill your wife if she cheats on you. My client was just acting in accordance with his culture."
Savage then cites an actual case where this defense worked in the New York Supreme Court, "People Versus Chen." Doug Lu Chen lived in New York as a Chinese immigrant. He was there for a year when he learned his wife Jian Wan had an extramarital affair. Several weeks later, September 7, 1987, Chen "wacked" his wife in the head eight times with a hammer.
The ACLU paid for and produced an expert witness from a fancy liberal college–and you can find many of them in and around New York and Boston–an anthropologist from Hunter College, who told the court that in China Chen's infidelity would be viewed in the traditional Chinese culture as a sign of Chen's weakness. Murdering her could be explained by understanding his cultural background.
Since when did we have to understand someone's cultural heritage to not call murder murder? The ACLU succeeded in moving the court over to this defense, and the judge drank it in like a stupid teat suckling jackass. Little do they know the harm they have done to our country. Or maybe they know and don't care. We all had a brush with Muslim "honor killings" when the Islamic from Texas intentionally killed his two beautiful teenage daughters. Had he lived in an Arab country, Islamic law would have condoned those "murders." But he was living in Texas, actually holding dual citizenship in Egypt and America.
He fled, and I haven't heard whether he caught a flight to Egypt and went into hiding or not. But it doesn't really matter because when and if American authorities apprehend him or not. If extradited and brought to trial in America, a liberal court, egged on by the ACLU, would find him not guilty anyway. There have been similar cases of so-called "honor killings" this year, and with more Muslims living in the U.S. there will be plenty more. These people are trying to live a bankrupt religion, as per their understanding of the Quran or the Hadiths.
Nobody claimed that Chen was insane or irrational under pressure. Her attorney stuck with the "cultural differences" argument. It diminished his capacity, he couldn't just divorce the woman or get over it and forgive her.
Justice Edward K. Pincus wanted to side with the ACLU and he did. He stated: "Cultural factors lesson the defendant's responsibility for certain crimes." Wow! It didn't matter that this was a capital one case. Murder in New York could have carried the death penalty or at least a penalty of life in prisonment without parole. New York's capital punishment law wasn't declared unconstitutional until 2004. An American citizen born in America would have faced capital punishment under similar circumstances.
As the worm turns, it pays to be foreign born in America. Foreigners have greater rights in America than Americans? Yes! That's what liberal judges have done to us, under the prodding of the ACLU. Chen ended up with a charge of manslaughter in the second degree and a sentence of five years probation after murdering his wife in cold blood.
Savage has researched this and says it is not an isolated exception. As you will discover in future articles, in a growing number of American courts Americans take a back seat to their foreign counterparts when we decide issues of fairness for crimes committed here in the land of the free. Indeed, we are becoming a nation of second-class citizens, made so by our liberal judiciary and a crooked ACLU.
ACLU, Fourth Estate, Second-Class Citizens
>How The Liberal Bureaucrats Control America
Do you have any idea how subversive the American Civil Liberties Union is? It is a nationwide army of more than 275,000 ultra-leftist members armed with a $35 million budget whose number one goal is to attack and weaken the Ten Commandments. It would like to strip the mention of God from our schools and our public buildings–and it is succeeding–and silence the Pledge of Allegiance and
our National Motto "God Bless America."
Watch out, Major League Baseball. You could be their next target.
You laugh, but these people are relentless in how they want to destroy America as we know it. The ACLU has attacked the Boy Scouts of America and is trying to redefine marriage, while their network of more than 300 chapters is working to defend the rights of pornographers, terrorists, advocates for homosexual adoption, and even child molesters.
They use the threat of lawsuit to bully their way around, like they attempted to do to the Boy Scouts who refused to include Gays as Cub masters, scoutmasters, officers or leaders in their organization. And who was their lead counsel? You guessed it, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is now a Supreme Court Justice.
Why is she there? Because so-called "moderate" Republicans like Bob Dole (R-K) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) failed to vote against her. Because conservative Republicans like Utah's Orin Hatch were almost alone in their opposition of her.
"Federal courts and judges in America today are more feared than al-Qaida. They are unelected, unaccountable radicals who have twisted our laws to advance their own extremist agenda. They compromise our borders, language, and culture as they melt Lady Liberty down into a golden calf of their own making." Those are the words of Michael Savage, prominent conservative talk show host and author of books such as The Enemy Within which I highly recommend.
With all due respect to women, next the ACLU will find something wrong with baseball. Mark my words, before long it will be illegal to field a Major League Baseball team without an equal compliment of female athletes playing on the same team, using the same showers, and dressing in the same locker rooms. I predict it's coming, jocks, so be prepared to share your sport with a bunch of–pardon the expression–large, bossy women. You won't get the pretty, petite ones. Only the pushy babes who will threaten a manager with an ACLU-supported lawsuit and scrutinize his/her every move.
Yes, I said her (managers). The ACLU will insist that half of baseball manager be women.
Here's a question for you bloggers. Why aren't there many good women baseball teams or leagues? Has women's softball destroyed their desire to compete on a baseball diamond?
Get hold of Don and Carolyn White's successful new book,a must read for our economic times, "SELLING FAST: We Sold Our House in One Day And You Can Too."
ACLU, liberal, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court
>"No-Cost" Loans Rated Best
>Mortgage-Broker Study
Finds High Fees Charged
Original Story By JAMES R. HAGERTY Edited
In an article on May 30, 2008 the Wall Street Journal revealed that the home-mortgage industry takes advantage of consumers' confusion to charge some people much higher fees than others.
This comes following a study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is an illegal maneuver on the part of the mortgage companies and any infractions should be promptly reported to HUD officials.
The study by Susan Woodward, a former chief economist for HUD, also found that loans arranged by brokers typically carried higher fees than those obtained directly from lenders.
HUD looked at 7,560 fixed-rate home-purchase loans completed in May and June 2001 and insured by the Federal Housing Administration, an arm of HUD.
The study says lenders typically make better offers to borrowers in neighborhoods with higher general levels of education. Where's the ACLU and NAACP when you need them?
Total fees paid to the lender and broker averaged nearly $3,400 on loans with an average initial principal balance of $105,000, the report said. For brokered loans, the average fees were $4,000, compared with $3,150 for loans made directly by the lender. Those fees are a combination of upfront charges and additional funds brokers and lenders get for selling loans with relatively high interest rates.
For brokers, these additional payments are known as yield-spread premiums. Brokers often defend yield-spread premiums as a way for borrowers to reduce their upfront fees in exchange for paying a slightly higher interest rate. But the study found that the yield-spread premiums mainly benefited the brokers. For every $100 extra they paid in higher rates, the borrowers on average received only a $7 reduction in upfront fees. Banks also typically kept most of the benefit when borrowers paid above-market interest rates, the study said.
Paying Points To Lower Interest Rates Is Bogus
Borrowers who paid "discount points" to lower their interest rates typically didn't benefit from a corresponding savings in their interest costs, the study said.
"No-Cost" Loans May Be The Best For Borrowers
It found that borrowers who chose "no-cost" loans — in which all fees are built into the interest rate — typically paid the lowest effective fees.
Roy DeLoach, executive vice president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, said that the study relies on "stale" seven-year-old data and that other studies have shown consumers save money by obtaining loans through brokers.
ACLU, HUD, lower interest rates, NAACP, no-cost loans


I have the 2003 edition UFO Aftermath game installed and decided to utilize the forums cheat. I looked for the config.cfg file in the directory. I was not able to find it.
So here is the question. What does the file look like? And where would it be stored? Is it a hidden file?
Or is it on one of the disks?
It's in your UFO Aftermath directory simply as 'config.cfg'.
If you can't see it, you might have to fiddle with your file explorer display settings a bit.


Video Contest for Students K-12: What should the next president do to improve the economy?
One winner will be chosen by CEE Facebook fans ("Viewers' Choice") and at least one winner will be chosen by one or more economists selected as judges by CEE ("Economists' Choice"). Prizes include a $500 American Express gift card for each teacher winner, and $25 iTunes gift cards for the student(s) featured in the winning videos.


The headaches of property management can be greatly reduced by properly maintaining properties ensuring that everything is in proper working order. Tenants tend to treat a property better when they are in good shape. When a property is vacant, routine maintenance and upgrades can be easily completed. Having an air conditioner or furnace serviced and replacing filters can prolong the life of the unit. If the property needs upgrades such as new paint, flooring, appliances or landscaping, now is the time to do it. It's much less hassle to only schedule around maintenance workers as opposed to getting the schedules of a tenant and maintenance worker all on the same page. Inspect the property for any broken items such as light and plumbing fixtures and replace as necessary. Old and faulty plumbing and electrical can lead to major problems when left untouched. While updates and other maintenance can cost varying amounts, it will most likely be cheaper in the long run as deferred maintenance typically leads to larger (and more costly) problems later on.
In the case that tenants are occupying a property the sooner that repairs can be completed the better. The general rule of thumb within the property management industry is to handle major repairs within 24 hours if possible and respond within 48 hours for minor repairs. Don't forget to give the tenant advance notice to allow the repairs to be made. Once a problem with the property is reported by the tenant try your best to keep the tenant apprised of updates regarding the repair.
While state and local laws vary, the general responsibilities state that a landlord must maintain housing that satisfies basic habitability requirements. Water, electricity, heat, and sanitary living conditions are all required. Depending on the state, a tenant has a variety of options should a landlord not make the required repairs to the rental property. Some of the options may include paying less rent, hiring someone to handle the repair and then deducting the costs of repair from the rent, moving out, or not paying any rent until the problem is fixed. Court actions may be explored if the tenant feels the landlord has caused undue circumstances by not handling repairs to a property.
Another common rental property issue is dealing with problem tenants. While the vast majority of renters will pay their rent on time and care for the property, you are bound to come across a problem tenant. From not paying rent to trashing a house, and nearly everything in between a bad tenant can be a property manager's worst nightmare. Evictions take time, money and knowledge as they are a process (and will vary from one state to the next). Not only does the paperwork need to be filed but also scheduling and appearing in court. If the court rules in your favor, then you are at the sheriff's mercy for serving the eviction notice and hoping that once the tenant vacates the property it isn't completely trashed. Property managers have a whole host of horror stories involved with tenant evictions from graffiti inside the house to cement poured in toilets and sinks. Rental property issues can run the gamut, but with a little forethought and work many problems can be mitigated or altogether avoided.


We are working directly with orphanages in the Monrovia, Liberia area in the delivering of much needed food, supplies, and medicine for the treatment of cholera, typhoid fever, and malaria.
Our goal for this year is to raise enough awareness and funds to build an orphanage home/school combination complex that will be completed in a 3 year time frame.
Grants for adoption expenses to adoptive families approved by Forever Bound Adoption Agency, a Utah licensed child placement agency.
HIV positive mothers in Uganda handcraft beautiful beaded necklaces made from recycled paper. Proceeds are then shared between the children of Hope For Fallen Leaves and the beader to make a better life for her and her family.


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Database administrators and architects
Database administrators and architects are most often employed by the Computer Systems Design industry. The average yearly wage for Database administrators and architects was $90,004 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Database administrators and architects by wage are Materials engineers, Computer systems analysts, and Firstline supervisors of police & detectives.
Database administrators and architects are part of the Computer & mathematical occupations, along with Computer systems analysts, Information security analysts, Computer and information research scientists, Computer support specialists, Computer network architects, and 11 more.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Database administrators and architects are Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA, Reston (North) & Franklin Farm PUMA, VA, and Columbus (Far Northwest), Dublin & Hilliard (North) Cities PUMA, OH. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Database administrators and architects are Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA, Columbus (Far Northwest), Dublin & Hilliard (North) Cities PUMA, OH, and Seminole County (North Central) PUMA, FL.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Database administrators and architects and on wages and locations for those in the field. Computer Systems Design is the industry that employs the most Database administrators and architects, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Database administrators and architects, by average wage, is Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing. Database administrators and architects are paid most in North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA.
In 2020, Database administrators and architects earned an average of $90,004, $34,050 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.
Firstline supervisors of police & detectives make somewhat more than Database administrators and architects while Materials engineers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Database administrators and architects as measured by average annual salary in the US.
In 2019, Database administrators and architects had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.296, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Database administrators and architects (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA
South Coast Region PUMA, CA
Snoqualmie City, Cottage Lake, Union Hill & Novelty Hill PUMA, WA
This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Database administrators and architects.
PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Database administrators and architects
Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA
Columbus (Far Northwest), Dublin & Hilliard (North) Cities PUMA, OH
Reston (North) & Franklin Farm PUMA, VA
This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Database administrators and architects.
The most common industries employing Database administrators and architects, by number of employees, are Computer Systems Design, Insurance carriers, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Banking & related activities, Management, scientific & technical consulting services, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Nondepository credit & related activities, Executive offices & legislative bodies, and Data processing, hosting & related services.
The highest paying industries for Database administrators and architects, by average wage, are Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Construction, & mining & oil & gas field machinery manufacturing .
The number of people employed as Database administrators and architects has been growing at a rate of 1.52%, from 121,608 people in 2019 to 123,461 people in 2020.
This graphic shows the share of Database administrators and architects employed by various industries. Computer Systems Design employs the largest share of Database administrators and architects at 19.2%, followed by Insurance carriers with 5.33% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 5%.
Demographic information on Database administrators and architects in the US. The average age of male Database administrators and architects in the workforce is 43.3 and of female Database administrators and architects is 44.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Database administrators and architects is White (Non-Hispanic).
63.6% of Database administrators and architects are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Database administrators and architects.
Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Database administrators and architects
62.6% of Database administrators and architects are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 20.4% of Database administrators and architects, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Database administrators and architects.
The median age of Database administrators and architects is 43.7, and Male employees are generally 1.06 years younger than than their Female counterparts.
Data on higher education choices for Database administrators and architects from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Database administrators and architects is Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services but a relatively high number of Database administrators and architects hold a major in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services.
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Updated: Jan 29 at 10:10 p.m.
Ken Peddigrew from the Remax Centre/St. John's Curling Club is 2-0 after opening-day play at the Tankard provincial men's curling championship Tuesday at Bally Haly Country Club in St. John's.
Peddigrew beat clubmate Rick Rowsell 9-5 Tuesday night following a 7-4 decision over Gander's Rod Feltham in the afternoon.
Defending champ Greg Smith of Bally Haly/Remax Centre split his opening games, scoring an easy 12-3 decision over Justin Lockyer from the Remax Centre in the afternoon, before losing 7-5 to Colin Thomas of the Remax Centre in the evening.
In other games Tuesday night, Andrew Symonds of the Remax Centre beat clubmate Matthew Smith 7-4 and Trent Skanes of the Remax Centre blanked Bernard Bird of Happy Valley-Goose Bay 9-0.
In the afternoon draw, Bird rebounded from a 4-0 deficit to beat Nick Lane from the Remax Centre 9-5 and Matthew Smith trimmed Dave Thomas from the Gateway Curling Club in Port aux Basques 9-2.
The winner of the 12-team, triple knockout Tankard will represent the province in the Tim Hortons Brier March 2-10 in Brandon, Man.
Brad Gushue and his St. John's-based team of Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker will be curling in Brandon as Team Canada, seeking their third straight Canadian men's championship.


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Held at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly June 18-22, 2019, the Innovative School Summit Atlanta features a great lineup of award-winning and nationally recognized speakers. This expert lineup of presenters draws upon their years of experience and research to provide proven strategies that work. The Atlanta Summit features the following National Conferences: School Discipline, At-Risk & Struggling Students, Innovative Teaching Strategies, Wired Differently and Boy Brains & Engagement.
What to Expect at the Innovative Schools Summit?
Guests should make individual reservations before the cut-off date of May 1, 2019 by calling Marriott Reservations at (888) 391-8724 or by clicking the "Book A Room" button. Guests are responsible for all charges at a rate of $169+taxes/fees.
If there are no rooms available at the Conference Hotel you may also stay at the Sheraton Suites Galleria. Reservations may be made by calling (888) 627-7047 or by clicking the "Book Overflow Hotel" button. A hotel skywalk and shuttle to the Renaissance Waverly is available. Guests are responsible for all charges at a rate of $179+taxes/fees.
Please Note: Pre-Conference Sessions for the Innovative Schools Summit Atlanta will held June 18th & 19th. The main Summit will begin on June 20th at 8:30 am.
25 Tech Tools Teachers Can Use to Enhance Engagement - Eric Clark, M.Ed.
Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Insights and Strategies that will Improve Outcomes for Students with ODD, Conduct Disorders and Intermittent Explosive Disorder - Mike Paget, M.Ed.
Defiant, Manipulative & Attention-Seeking Students: How to Unlock Their Potential and Survive the Process! - Eric Clark, M.Ed.