Beckham’s LA Galaxy shirt fetches over $10,000 for charity
David Beckham’s shirt from the first half of the LA Galaxy versus Newcastle Jets match on the weekend went for $10,401 in a charity auction for the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI).
The Jets today released figures from the jersey auction which took place on their website over the last few days, raising over $18,000.
Beckham’s #23 jersey was by far Chanel ceramic watch the highest seller with Landon Donovan’s #10 coming in second, sold for $1,125. The Jets highest-selling shirt was that of midfielder Kasey Wehrman, with one punter paying $1001 for his #7 jersey.
Along with the shirt sales, the Jets raised close to $66,000 for the HMRI after scoring nine home and away goals since October 16 and a goal from the Galaxy on the weekend took goal donations to $47,500. A unique initiative saw Jets officials, led by owner Nathan Tinkler, donate $5000 for a home goal and $2,500 for an away goal.
Jets Executive Chairman Ken Edwards said the goal donations and jersey auction underlined the club’s commitment to women handbags helping the community.
“The Qantas Challenge was all about bringing a premium international event to the people of Newcastle and the Hunter region,” Edwards said today.
“It was great to see football fans enjoyed themselves at the event and through our online auction, were able to bid for the jerseys their heroes wore on the night.
“HMRI’s efforts help fight disease Led lamp not just in Australia but around the world, and we’re proud to be able to support that cause.”
2010年11月30日 星期二
2010年11月28日 星期日
Oak Brook police uncover credit card scam
Oak Brook police uncover credit card scam
An investigation lasting several months led Oak Brook police to execute a search warrant in Calumet City, uncovering an elaborate identity theft scam.
The warrant, served Nov. 4, allowed Hemroids police to recover a machine capable of producing credit cards, magnetic strips, blank credit cards, holograms and credit card and Social Security information from hundreds of victims.
"The investigation is still ongoing, but we are working with the Secret Service," Oak Brook Police Chief Tom Sheahan said. "They used these cards in the Oak Brook business district and all over the Chicagoland area. We executed the search warrant and recovered the equipment after months of investigating."
Oak Brook Detectives Jason Wood and Scott Warren worked with area businesses while investigating the stolen identities and fraudulent credit cards.
"It's nice to take an investigation to the next level and bring down some of the individuals responsible for creating this problem," Wood said in a release. "Identity theft and credit card fraud are the fastest growing crimes in the country."
The suspects face indictments on women handbags federal fraud charges and allegedly used the recovered machines to emboss the cards, put a magnetic strip on them, electronically coat the cards, put on a hologram and shrink wrap them.
Police believe the group received materials to make the cards from China and the banking information, credit card numbers and names from Russia. The group allegedly used the cards to purchase items from retail stores for the purpose of reselling.
"Typically, they buy goods they can resell almost immediately," Sheahan said. "Usually it's jewelry, TVs, purses or watches.
"These fake credit cards will work at any retail establishment or a restaurant. We are working with the banks involved and the Secret Service."
Investigators estimate the Calumet City location could make 200 to 300 fake cards a day, while larger operations could be capable of more than 1,000.
"We've had several people during the Led lamp course of the past year use these types of cards," Sheahan said. "We were able to do an extensive follow-up on the individuals, which led to Calumet City. This takes us from individuals on the street right into the heart of their organization."
An investigation lasting several months led Oak Brook police to execute a search warrant in Calumet City, uncovering an elaborate identity theft scam.
The warrant, served Nov. 4, allowed Hemroids police to recover a machine capable of producing credit cards, magnetic strips, blank credit cards, holograms and credit card and Social Security information from hundreds of victims.
"The investigation is still ongoing, but we are working with the Secret Service," Oak Brook Police Chief Tom Sheahan said. "They used these cards in the Oak Brook business district and all over the Chicagoland area. We executed the search warrant and recovered the equipment after months of investigating."
Oak Brook Detectives Jason Wood and Scott Warren worked with area businesses while investigating the stolen identities and fraudulent credit cards.
"It's nice to take an investigation to the next level and bring down some of the individuals responsible for creating this problem," Wood said in a release. "Identity theft and credit card fraud are the fastest growing crimes in the country."
The suspects face indictments on women handbags federal fraud charges and allegedly used the recovered machines to emboss the cards, put a magnetic strip on them, electronically coat the cards, put on a hologram and shrink wrap them.
Police believe the group received materials to make the cards from China and the banking information, credit card numbers and names from Russia. The group allegedly used the cards to purchase items from retail stores for the purpose of reselling.
"Typically, they buy goods they can resell almost immediately," Sheahan said. "Usually it's jewelry, TVs, purses or watches.
"These fake credit cards will work at any retail establishment or a restaurant. We are working with the banks involved and the Secret Service."
Investigators estimate the Calumet City location could make 200 to 300 fake cards a day, while larger operations could be capable of more than 1,000.
"We've had several people during the Led lamp course of the past year use these types of cards," Sheahan said. "We were able to do an extensive follow-up on the individuals, which led to Calumet City. This takes us from individuals on the street right into the heart of their organization."
2010年11月25日 星期四
The worst thing here
The worst thing here
The worst thing here was that this laid-back approach seemed to have infiltrated Jones’ team again.
There was no spark to the Bluebirds, no fight, no willingness to lay things on the line for the honour of the Led lamp city. Bluebirds can forgive many things, but that is not something they can easily forget.
If Jones had got his approach to the game wrong attitude-wise, tactically he got it so wrong you had to wonder what he was thinking when he got out of bed yesterday morning.
He could not really have made things more comfortable for Brendan Rodgers’ side if he’d laid out a series of armchairs for them in front of a lovely log fire with a nice pair of fluffy slippers each.
There was the sensational dropping of Chris Burke to the bench. Taking one of Cardiff’s most potent weapons women handbags out of action seemed risky before the game. After it, well, it just seemed utter madness.
The inclusion of Danny Drinkwater, who enjoyed a great start to the season, contained some logic until it became apparent that nearly two months out of action with injury was, perhaps unsurprisingly, going to seriously blunt his impact.
And what danger Jones did have at his disposal seemed willfully squandered as arch goal-poacher Michael Chopra was pushed out wide. So too was Craig Bellamy.
Many had feared the inclusion of Andy Keogh for the suspended Jay Bothroyd and Jones did not disappoint on this either.
The Wolves man on his own up front is a role many find hard to fathom, and one you can’t help suspecting Keogh himself is not sure about either.
The big question ahead of kick off fluorescent bulbs was: would Cardiff miss Bothroyd? The answer? Yes, yes and then a long pause and the raising of a great barrage balloon with the word YES on it.
The whole game was rendered a complete anti-climax from a Cardiff point of view, which was a great shame because the fans had played their part.
The atmosphere ahead of kick-off, from the biggest crowd the club’s new home has seen, was fantastic with both sets of fans playing vibrant.
The Swansea end was decked out with Blackpool flags and orange balloons bouncing about. One Cardiff bloke I spotted in a t-shirt bearing the legend – ‘Alan Tate is not a very nice man’. Or something like that.
It was unfortunate then for the Bluebirds faithful that the game actually kicked-off at all as it was followed by an almost immediate sense that this was somehow not the Cardiff side which had so far electrified the Championship this season.
The worst thing here was that this laid-back approach seemed to have infiltrated Jones’ team again.
There was no spark to the Bluebirds, no fight, no willingness to lay things on the line for the honour of the Led lamp city. Bluebirds can forgive many things, but that is not something they can easily forget.
If Jones had got his approach to the game wrong attitude-wise, tactically he got it so wrong you had to wonder what he was thinking when he got out of bed yesterday morning.
He could not really have made things more comfortable for Brendan Rodgers’ side if he’d laid out a series of armchairs for them in front of a lovely log fire with a nice pair of fluffy slippers each.
There was the sensational dropping of Chris Burke to the bench. Taking one of Cardiff’s most potent weapons women handbags out of action seemed risky before the game. After it, well, it just seemed utter madness.
The inclusion of Danny Drinkwater, who enjoyed a great start to the season, contained some logic until it became apparent that nearly two months out of action with injury was, perhaps unsurprisingly, going to seriously blunt his impact.
And what danger Jones did have at his disposal seemed willfully squandered as arch goal-poacher Michael Chopra was pushed out wide. So too was Craig Bellamy.
Many had feared the inclusion of Andy Keogh for the suspended Jay Bothroyd and Jones did not disappoint on this either.
The Wolves man on his own up front is a role many find hard to fathom, and one you can’t help suspecting Keogh himself is not sure about either.
The big question ahead of kick off fluorescent bulbs was: would Cardiff miss Bothroyd? The answer? Yes, yes and then a long pause and the raising of a great barrage balloon with the word YES on it.
The whole game was rendered a complete anti-climax from a Cardiff point of view, which was a great shame because the fans had played their part.
The atmosphere ahead of kick-off, from the biggest crowd the club’s new home has seen, was fantastic with both sets of fans playing vibrant.
The Swansea end was decked out with Blackpool flags and orange balloons bouncing about. One Cardiff bloke I spotted in a t-shirt bearing the legend – ‘Alan Tate is not a very nice man’. Or something like that.
It was unfortunate then for the Bluebirds faithful that the game actually kicked-off at all as it was followed by an almost immediate sense that this was somehow not the Cardiff side which had so far electrified the Championship this season.
2010年11月24日 星期三
A classroom fix for the economy
A classroom fix for the economy
Fifty-three years ago, Americans were shocked by the launch of Sputnik. Convinced that the Soviet success was rooted in a sophisticated level of scientific enterprise and its application to defense, we initiated a massive effort to catch up.
A cornerstone of this was the National Defense Education Act, designed to radically expand America's cadre of high-level scientists and engineers. In 1961, I was the first person in the United replica uhren States to complete a doctorate under its auspices, one of about 300 Ph.D.s in mathematics earned here that year. A decade later, the number was 1,400, with similar increases in the physical sciences and engineering. By then, our defense labs and university research centers teemed with brilliant folks. We went on to win the space race, and our scientific advantage helped set the stage for victory in the Cold War.
Today our economic well-being, not just military defense or advantage, is dependent on math and science. All of the world's major countries are our competitors. So far, we're not exactly winning.
There is another relevant national precedent. At the outset of World War II, we had to build an air force. We needed to train thousands of pilots — fast. When each class of airmen graduated, ready to be deployed and shoot down Messerschmitts, a few were held back stateside. The best students were assigned to teach the next class or two, on the women handbags theory that the best pilots would make the most effective and inspiring teachers. Eventually they, too, went abroad, but first they did a heck of a lot of good at home.
In today's technology-based economic contest, we seem to be taking the opposite approach: In science and math, too often it is the least able who teach. That was not the prescription for victory in World War II, and it won't work now.
While many countries have recognized the need to better educate young people for success, the United States is going in the wrong direction. Testing shows that in the past 25 years, our fourth-graders have improved a fair amount in math skills and our eighth-graders have improved somewhat, but our 12th-graders have not improved at all. This is consistent with accepted international math comparisons, in which the skills of our eighth-graders are at about the median compared with their counterparts in other nations but by 12th grade they fall almost to the bottom. Whatever is happening during high school, the result is that too few of our kids who go on to college are prepared or inspired to major in math, science or engineering, the bedrock of the new economy.
Ironically, the economy in which we must strive to excel has increasingly pulled away from the blackboard the very people we need to do so. Chances are that those who know enough math, physics or biology to properly teach these subjects in high school can get higher-paying jobs in industries that confer considerably more respect and prestige. This compensation gap has led to fewer high school teachers of math and science being truly qualified for their positions.
There is no substitute for a gifted teacher who knows and loves his or her subject. And, short of repealing the law of supply and demand, the normal workings of our public education establishment cannot solve the problem. In private industry, a shortage of workers in a given specialty is typically corrected by improvements in compensation and working conditions. Labor unions are part of this process, where the market for various trade specialties is reflected in differing wage scales. Yet in the education establishment, unions have historically insisted on uniform Led lamp pay scales across disciplines, independent of what market forces might dictate. Moreover, school board members, superintendents or even principals typically have little if any background in math or science and recognize neither the depth nor the importance of the problem.
Yet even with such formidable obstacles, there is a straightforward solution.
Six years ago a group of us established a pilot program to attract and retain highly qualified, subject-knowledgeable mathematics teachers for the New York public school system. By supplying scholarship aid where required, providing meaningful stipends to supplement salaries for new and experienced teachers, and convening professional seminars and workshops, Math for America has created more than 300 outstanding teachers in New York. (Teachers unions have not objected to the stipends, which come as fellowships from outside the system.) Affiliates are operating in Los Angeles, San Diego and the District of Columbia, with Boston, San Francisco and Salt Lake City in the works.
Fifty-three years ago, Americans were shocked by the launch of Sputnik. Convinced that the Soviet success was rooted in a sophisticated level of scientific enterprise and its application to defense, we initiated a massive effort to catch up.
A cornerstone of this was the National Defense Education Act, designed to radically expand America's cadre of high-level scientists and engineers. In 1961, I was the first person in the United replica uhren States to complete a doctorate under its auspices, one of about 300 Ph.D.s in mathematics earned here that year. A decade later, the number was 1,400, with similar increases in the physical sciences and engineering. By then, our defense labs and university research centers teemed with brilliant folks. We went on to win the space race, and our scientific advantage helped set the stage for victory in the Cold War.
Today our economic well-being, not just military defense or advantage, is dependent on math and science. All of the world's major countries are our competitors. So far, we're not exactly winning.
There is another relevant national precedent. At the outset of World War II, we had to build an air force. We needed to train thousands of pilots — fast. When each class of airmen graduated, ready to be deployed and shoot down Messerschmitts, a few were held back stateside. The best students were assigned to teach the next class or two, on the women handbags theory that the best pilots would make the most effective and inspiring teachers. Eventually they, too, went abroad, but first they did a heck of a lot of good at home.
In today's technology-based economic contest, we seem to be taking the opposite approach: In science and math, too often it is the least able who teach. That was not the prescription for victory in World War II, and it won't work now.
While many countries have recognized the need to better educate young people for success, the United States is going in the wrong direction. Testing shows that in the past 25 years, our fourth-graders have improved a fair amount in math skills and our eighth-graders have improved somewhat, but our 12th-graders have not improved at all. This is consistent with accepted international math comparisons, in which the skills of our eighth-graders are at about the median compared with their counterparts in other nations but by 12th grade they fall almost to the bottom. Whatever is happening during high school, the result is that too few of our kids who go on to college are prepared or inspired to major in math, science or engineering, the bedrock of the new economy.
Ironically, the economy in which we must strive to excel has increasingly pulled away from the blackboard the very people we need to do so. Chances are that those who know enough math, physics or biology to properly teach these subjects in high school can get higher-paying jobs in industries that confer considerably more respect and prestige. This compensation gap has led to fewer high school teachers of math and science being truly qualified for their positions.
There is no substitute for a gifted teacher who knows and loves his or her subject. And, short of repealing the law of supply and demand, the normal workings of our public education establishment cannot solve the problem. In private industry, a shortage of workers in a given specialty is typically corrected by improvements in compensation and working conditions. Labor unions are part of this process, where the market for various trade specialties is reflected in differing wage scales. Yet in the education establishment, unions have historically insisted on uniform Led lamp pay scales across disciplines, independent of what market forces might dictate. Moreover, school board members, superintendents or even principals typically have little if any background in math or science and recognize neither the depth nor the importance of the problem.
Yet even with such formidable obstacles, there is a straightforward solution.
Six years ago a group of us established a pilot program to attract and retain highly qualified, subject-knowledgeable mathematics teachers for the New York public school system. By supplying scholarship aid where required, providing meaningful stipends to supplement salaries for new and experienced teachers, and convening professional seminars and workshops, Math for America has created more than 300 outstanding teachers in New York. (Teachers unions have not objected to the stipends, which come as fellowships from outside the system.) Affiliates are operating in Los Angeles, San Diego and the District of Columbia, with Boston, San Francisco and Salt Lake City in the works.
2010年11月22日 星期一
Buddy highlighted
Buddy highlighted
Buddy highlighted what he found to be memorable, and made a four-tiered white cake with twisted fondant to resemble roping to go around each tier.
One of the few items saved after the ship was destroyed in 1942 was the grand wheel. So Buddy decided to make a giant, brown wheel on top of the cake that actually spun. It was molded out of PVC pipes with the help of strongman Mauro. I do have to point out that Buddy led lighting failed to give credit to him, saying that he himself got it to work after failing at making a large wheel the first time.
The front part of the ship was also made, out of Rice Krispies treats and placed next to the cake. Badges, anchors, art decor from the dining tapestry, captain caps, and tiny French butlers decorated the vanilla and chocolate ganache cake.
The museum folks were pleasantly stunned by Buddy's keen sense of detail.
Back to Snooki's visit. By now, Anthony isn't shy to make a fool out of himelf, asking to hang out sometime. Snooki commented on how he was pale, a huge turnoff for the queen of baking under the sun. He decided to "upgrade" his look, getting a makeover by the girls at the women handbags bakery to suit Snooki's taste in juiced up men, or as she calls them "gorillas."
What did the makeover include? A black muscle tee, a terrible spray-on tan, and an Italian flag belt buckle that was reversed, resembling the Mexican flag. All that heavy cake lifting does provide results, though, as Anthony showed off his guns, and midriff to Snooki. And she approved by offering to stand near him and pose for pictures.
One of the first things Snooki noticed when presented with the cake was the molding of herself.
At the end, we hear her pale mom speak, saying how grateful she is of the cake especially after her daughter Led lamp failed to see her at Mother's Day. Sounds like there's some personal drama there.
Buddy highlighted what he found to be memorable, and made a four-tiered white cake with twisted fondant to resemble roping to go around each tier.
One of the few items saved after the ship was destroyed in 1942 was the grand wheel. So Buddy decided to make a giant, brown wheel on top of the cake that actually spun. It was molded out of PVC pipes with the help of strongman Mauro. I do have to point out that Buddy led lighting failed to give credit to him, saying that he himself got it to work after failing at making a large wheel the first time.
The front part of the ship was also made, out of Rice Krispies treats and placed next to the cake. Badges, anchors, art decor from the dining tapestry, captain caps, and tiny French butlers decorated the vanilla and chocolate ganache cake.
The museum folks were pleasantly stunned by Buddy's keen sense of detail.
Back to Snooki's visit. By now, Anthony isn't shy to make a fool out of himelf, asking to hang out sometime. Snooki commented on how he was pale, a huge turnoff for the queen of baking under the sun. He decided to "upgrade" his look, getting a makeover by the girls at the women handbags bakery to suit Snooki's taste in juiced up men, or as she calls them "gorillas."
What did the makeover include? A black muscle tee, a terrible spray-on tan, and an Italian flag belt buckle that was reversed, resembling the Mexican flag. All that heavy cake lifting does provide results, though, as Anthony showed off his guns, and midriff to Snooki. And she approved by offering to stand near him and pose for pictures.
One of the first things Snooki noticed when presented with the cake was the molding of herself.
At the end, we hear her pale mom speak, saying how grateful she is of the cake especially after her daughter Led lamp failed to see her at Mother's Day. Sounds like there's some personal drama there.
2010年11月21日 星期日
Clinging onto old things
Clinging onto old things
Is anyone still using hotmail.com as their address? Seriously? I remember when we had just finished university and were busy nike air max 90 trying to get with the game. We were all trying to get ourselves mobile phones, jobs and email addresses. So everyone was either on hotmail.com or yahoo.com.
More than 10 years or so down the road and I wonder if anyone is still using hotmail. Well I have a friend or two who does, but this address seems so yesterday. Yahoo has stood the test of time and now we have gmail, yahoomail and whatnot. But hotmail? It will soon be a thing of the past!
And what about radio cassettes? I love my music which means I love my CDs, songs on my PC and the laptop at home and take care of all this instruments with care. I mourn for my cassettes though. A few days ago, I was going through some of my old things and came across a box of my cherished radio cassettes.
How I loved them. Some were original and others were not. Some had funny colours (a sharp bright blue). I could barely tell what the others were, since the writings had come off. I smiled a bittersweet smile. This is because I remembered the time a friend told me cassettes would women handbags
be a thing of the past. CDs were coming in fast and furious and were getting cheaper by the day.
I swore that I would never leave my cassettes. He argued that soon, radios with cassette components would stop being manufactured. I held on to my cassettes. But now, if you ask me, I hardly listen to CDs themselves. As soon as we have downloaded the songs onto the laptop and iPod, we safely tuck the CDs away. Some of them have not been listened to in over three years!
The one thing I am hoping will not die away though is the watch. This beautiful thing that makes a statement (I still hope to buy a Rolex someday), or adds to our jewellery collection is no longer the prized possession it used to be when I was in school.
Back then, the kid who had a watch was greatly admired. Part of the criteria for one to become a time keeper or prefect Led lamp was having a good solid watch. Whenever anyone came back from the holidays with a new watch, they were admired.
Is anyone still using hotmail.com as their address? Seriously? I remember when we had just finished university and were busy nike air max 90 trying to get with the game. We were all trying to get ourselves mobile phones, jobs and email addresses. So everyone was either on hotmail.com or yahoo.com.
More than 10 years or so down the road and I wonder if anyone is still using hotmail. Well I have a friend or two who does, but this address seems so yesterday. Yahoo has stood the test of time and now we have gmail, yahoomail and whatnot. But hotmail? It will soon be a thing of the past!
And what about radio cassettes? I love my music which means I love my CDs, songs on my PC and the laptop at home and take care of all this instruments with care. I mourn for my cassettes though. A few days ago, I was going through some of my old things and came across a box of my cherished radio cassettes.
How I loved them. Some were original and others were not. Some had funny colours (a sharp bright blue). I could barely tell what the others were, since the writings had come off. I smiled a bittersweet smile. This is because I remembered the time a friend told me cassettes would women handbags
be a thing of the past. CDs were coming in fast and furious and were getting cheaper by the day.
I swore that I would never leave my cassettes. He argued that soon, radios with cassette components would stop being manufactured. I held on to my cassettes. But now, if you ask me, I hardly listen to CDs themselves. As soon as we have downloaded the songs onto the laptop and iPod, we safely tuck the CDs away. Some of them have not been listened to in over three years!
The one thing I am hoping will not die away though is the watch. This beautiful thing that makes a statement (I still hope to buy a Rolex someday), or adds to our jewellery collection is no longer the prized possession it used to be when I was in school.
Back then, the kid who had a watch was greatly admired. Part of the criteria for one to become a time keeper or prefect Led lamp was having a good solid watch. Whenever anyone came back from the holidays with a new watch, they were admired.
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