- Classrooms are getting more and more violent these days. Teachers
and students need to be prepared in the event a madman with a gun attacks their
school, whether that school is an elementary school or a college. The University of
Maryland-Eastern Shore knows this and it’s why the school has partnered with a
Maryland company that makes bulletproof whiteboards for an order of 200 boards
that will to offer its professors greater protection in the event of a school
shooting. Hardware LLC, which builds the boards using technology designed to
protect U.S. troops, is based in Pocomoke City, Md. University officials cited the
need for a heightened sense of security in the wake of deadly mass shootings in
recent years in explaining their purchase. Hardware LLCS manufactures a variety
of protective systems for police and military use and also designs protective
systems for infrastructure such as bridges. Its most-extensive military project
took place between 2008-11, when , it produced more than 5,000 armor kits for
U.S. Mine Resistant Ambushed Protected (MRAP) vehicles. Its focus has shifted
to technologies for school security because there is a sh*t load of money to be
made there and the result is the lightweight, 18-by-20-inch bulletproof
whiteboards designed to protect the user's head and torso. University president
Juliette Bell admitted that the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn. last
December was a factor in the decision. UMES has never had a shooting incident,
but Bell said , preventive campus security is a critical consideration. "It's
the reality, as unfortunate as that is,” Bell said. "Anything that we can
do that could potentially save a life, we are going to explore.” UMES Campus
Police Chief Ernest Leatherbury praised the board’s ease of use. . "This
is so accessible," he said, "and it's not cumbersome." UMES gets
to make history by becoming the first U.S. institution of higher education to
make such a significant investment in the whiteboards and must now hope that
$60,000 it spent are never needed for an actual shooting………
- Wow…..shocking news from Kansas City, where City Royals infielder Miguel Tejada has
been suspended 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine in violation
of Major League Baseball's drug program. Tejada, who has been known to lie
about plenty of issues in his baseball past, is well-known for falsifying his
age and being found out, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he was pumping
a PED into his system. The 2002 American League MVP is suspended effective
immediately, the Office of the Commissioner announced Saturday. Just know that
he wasn’t trying to gain an edge of the field by using a drug that can give
athletes an edge on the field. "I admitted I made a mistake. But I want
people to understand one thing: I wasn't using a drug to take advantage on the
field, or be stronger or hit more home runs," Tejada said. "I've been
using it [Adderall] for the past five years and had medical permission from
MLB. But my last permit expired on April 15 and they didn't gave me another. I
knew that I was in risk of breaking the rules, but at the same time, I could
not stop using the medicine because I suffer from ADD [Attention Deficit
Disorder]. It's not a vice, it is a disease." Tejada had previously tested
positive under the league's amphetamine policy, setting up an 80-game
suspensions, and an 80-game suspension for a third test. Both came this season
and he resulting ban is the third-longest non-lifetime suspension handed down
by MLB, behind Alex Rodriguez's pending 211-game ban and Steve Howe's 119-game
sanction in 1992. Tejada joins an exclusive-but-growing club as the third
former MVP to be suspended this season under baseball's drug program, joining
Rodriguez and Ryan Braun (65 games) of the Milwaukee Brewers. Despite the ban,
Tejada said he does not plan to retire from baseball and will seek a contract
for next year once he becomes a free agent at the end of the season. Talking
any team into signing a soon-to-be-40 infielder who will miss more than
one-third of the season will be difficult……….
- Ukrainians need to be less sensitive. Just because a
German consumer goods company produced and sold withdrawn a brand of toilet freshener that
resembled the Ukrainian national flag is no reason to overreact. Yet here we
are after a company called Henkel ran an ad for the yellow-and-blue Bref Duo
Stick freshener. The ad drew outrage from Ukrainians after it was aired on
Russian television, which is watched by many in the neighboring ex-Soviet
Republic. In the ad, the freshener - a rectangular-shaped block - is put
under the toilet rim and its yellow-and-blue design bears a striking
resemblance to the flag, which is a simplistic design of one lateral blue
stripe and one lateral yellow stripe. Before getting upset, Ukrainians would
also do well to realize that with such a basic flag design, plenty of unappealing
products could resemble that banner. "A delirious idea from uncultured
people," one person commented on the YouTube clip. Henkel responded
by removing the ad and stopping sales of the product in eastern Europe. Tore
Birol, Henkel's general manager for laundry and home care products in Ukraine,
confirmed that his company pulled the product within three days of seeing the
complaints. "We are very sorry if people were offended by the design
of our new product," Birol said. "We stopped the production,
distribution and television advertising (of the product)." He added
that the product’s design used colored yellow to represent its lemon scent and
blue to symbolize water and hygiene. Ukraine has been very touchy of late
and earlier this month, authorities found that Jared Hasselhoff, a bassist for
American rock band Bloodhound Gang, had urinated on the Ukrainian flag during a
gig in Kiev and launched a criminal probe that led to Hasselhoff being banned from
visiting the country for five years………
- The chance of a lifetime is here, music fans. Assuming the
chance of a lifetime is to earn two here-and-gone rap his from 20 years ago and
121 crappy, inherently forgettable tracks by a man who has become a decent
actor with a dubious musical history. Yes, Coolio is back and he’s auctioning the
royalty rights to his back catalogue so he can use the money raised to help him
with his dream to become a world-famous chef. Yes, you read that correctly. His
123-song catalogue includes ‘90s hit “Gangsta’s Paradise” and quasi-hit
“Rollin’ With My Homies,” along with 121 other songs that no one knows,
remembers or ever heard. The auction’s prices seem a bit steep for that reason,
given that bidding starts at $140,000. Starting at $140,000 seems more
appropriate, not only because Coolio doesn’t have $140,000 worth of music, but
also because the auction takes place Aug. 28 and that doesn’t give those who
might be interested in bidding much time to rally up the necessary cash. Whatever
amount the auction brings in - assuming someone actually bids on the catalogue
- will be put toward follow-up books to 2009's Cookin' With Coolio. The
cookbook may or may not be a hit, but it will definitely do better if Coolio
sells it under his real name, Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. Foodies may not be hyped up
about cooking with Coolio, but don’t act for one second like cooking with Artis
Leon Ivey, Jr. isn't appealing as heck. Ivey already has an online cooking show
by the same name as his book and makes all sorts of interesting food items on the
show. He could say that selling his back catalogue is his way of retiring from
music, but seeing as he hasn’t released an album since 2009 and is now 50 years
old, that is already vividly clear………
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