People United Means Action or PUMA is a United States Political Action Committee formed by Hillary Clinton supporters who were upset at the procedural choices of the Democratic Party.
The acronym PUMA originated from - "party unity, my ass" - used on many pro-Hillary weblogs after Barack Obama was declared the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the general election. Will Bower will through his support over to Presidential Candidate John Mc Cain due to his frustration with the Democratic Party. A more family-friendly version emerged when PUMA PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission in June 2008.
The stated goals of PUMA PAC are as follows:
1. To support the candidacy of Hillary Clinton
2. To lobby and organize for changes in leadership in the DNC
3. To critique and oppose misogyny, discrimination, and disinformation they believe to be present in the mainstream media, including mainstream blogs and other outlets of new media.
4. To support the efforts of those political figures who have allied themselves with Hillary Clinton and who have demonstrated commitment to their first three goals
The acronym PUMA originated from - "party unity, my ass" - used on many pro-Hillary weblogs after Barack Obama was declared the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the general election. Will Bower will through his support over to Presidential Candidate John Mc Cain due to his frustration with the Democratic Party. A more family-friendly version emerged when PUMA PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission in June 2008.
The stated goals of PUMA PAC are as follows:
1. To support the candidacy of Hillary Clinton
2. To lobby and organize for changes in leadership in the DNC
3. To critique and oppose misogyny, discrimination, and disinformation they believe to be present in the mainstream media, including mainstream blogs and other outlets of new media.
4. To support the efforts of those political figures who have allied themselves with Hillary Clinton and who have demonstrated commitment to their first three goals
GotGame is a social gaming platform in development by the San Francisco-based company, Genesis Interactive, Inc. As of May 2008, GotGame began accepting registration for its closed beta period, which is set to begin in Summer '08.
GotGame Live
GotGame Live is a downloadable, PC application that will combine voice and text chat across multiple games. The first five games the GotGame will offer compatibility for are: World of Warcraft, Counter Strike: Source, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4, and Battlefield 2. Users will be able to share in-game video recorded through the application, while utilizing a number of other currently undisclosed media capabilities and widgets.
GotGame News
GotGame News is a media outlet Genesis Interactive provides secondary to GotGame Live. GotGame News features articles concerning the video game industry including, but not limited too, the five PC games it will initially support.
GotGameU
In addition to and in support of its software platform, GotGame has a growing player community active on its website and a number of social networking sites, such as Facebook. Primary maintenance and contributions to these communities is managed by students enrolled in GotGameU, an internship program developed by GotGame's founders and focused on Marketing, Writing, Graphic Design, and Computer Science duties with hands-on experience. GotGameU runs for ten weeks each session and has graduated three classes of interns thus far.
GotGame Live
GotGame Live is a downloadable, PC application that will combine voice and text chat across multiple games. The first five games the GotGame will offer compatibility for are: World of Warcraft, Counter Strike: Source, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4, and Battlefield 2. Users will be able to share in-game video recorded through the application, while utilizing a number of other currently undisclosed media capabilities and widgets.
GotGame News
GotGame News is a media outlet Genesis Interactive provides secondary to GotGame Live. GotGame News features articles concerning the video game industry including, but not limited too, the five PC games it will initially support.
GotGameU
In addition to and in support of its software platform, GotGame has a growing player community active on its website and a number of social networking sites, such as Facebook. Primary maintenance and contributions to these communities is managed by students enrolled in GotGameU, an internship program developed by GotGame's founders and focused on Marketing, Writing, Graphic Design, and Computer Science duties with hands-on experience. GotGameU runs for ten weeks each session and has graduated three classes of interns thus far.
The Eastern Massachusetts Roller Hockey League (EMRHL), is the premier recreation roller hockey league in Massachusetts. Based out of Hockey Town in Saugus, Massachusetts, there are two different leagues, a Saturday morning league and a Tuesday night league. The EMRHL uses a ball, instead of a puck, which allows increased scoring and faster play.
Rules
All standard hockey rules apply with the exception or addition of specific league rules below.
Game setup
* Saturday games consist of three 18 minute running periods.
* Tuesday games are 17 minute running periods.
* Game clock stops in last two minutes of game if the lead is two goals or less.
* Regulation play is 4 on 4 skaters and 1 goalie per team.
* One point for regulation tie. One more point for OT or shootout win.
* Each team has one timeout per game.
* Minor penalties are served at the player bench, 2 minute penalties, to start when the ball drops at the ensuing faceoff.
* 17 goals scored by one team ends the game. The game may continue until the clock runs out, but the game is awarded to the team with 17 goals and no more stats are kept for that game.
* The clock will run after a whistle in a 2 goal game if there are under 10 seconds remaining.
Game play
* Kicking the ball in with your skate is LEGAL and a goal.
* Lifting your stick over your shoulder to play the ball will result in a delayed whistle, in which a faceoff in the offending players own zone will take place once the ball is touched by any member of the offending team. (Note: you do not have to make contact with the ball for the high stick violation to take place.)
* Passing directly to a teammate over the center ice line is an offside pass.
* You cannot put yourself offside on a play.
* There is no need to clear the offensive zone, only the direct pass from teammate to teammate over the center line is whistled for an offside pass.
* Icing is from behind the defending zone (white) line across the opposing goal line.
* Icing must be touched up.
* Icing will be waived off if the goalie comes out of his crease to play the ball.
* The goalie is given one warning for shooting the ball out of play. All subsequent infractions will constitute a minor penalty for delay of game.
(The penalty boxes and player benches are not considered out of play for this rule.)
* You can legally grab the ball if you put it right down.
* Hand passes are legal if they start and end in your defensive zone.
* The Scorekeeper is an official, and may discuss a play with the on ice officials.
* A player CAN be in the crease when a goal is scored, as long as in the opinion of the officials, the player did not interfere with the goaltender trying to make the save.
* The game will continue if the goal is slightly displaced. If the goal has been displaced by more than a few inches, the ref can either stop play, or fix the net if play continues away from the displaced goal.
* The official can drop the ball if a player is deliberately stalling to enter the face off.
* If you trip a player, even if you touch the ball first, it is still a minor penalty.
* Shooting the ball down the court after a goal will result in a warning, with a minor penalty handed out for all subsequent actions.
Overtime
*Overtime penalties, maximum one minute for minor penalties.
*Overtime in the regular season is played 3 on 3. Three minute run time.
*NO STOPPING THE CLOCK IN OT.
*If one team deliberately delays the game during the running time in the Overtime, and this deliberate act causes the clock to run out, or nearly run out, thus giving said team an unfair advantage, the ref can award a penalty shot to the other team.
*Overtime in the playoffs is played 3 on 3 for a standard time running period, sudden death.
Teams
Teams consist of 8 players plus a goalie, and are drafted before the season starts. Trades are done throughout the season in order to try and keep league parity. In the event that one or more players of a team does not show up, a sub may be added onto the team as decided by both captains. Having a sub is not mandatory, and some teams like to play with only 6 people.
Rules
All standard hockey rules apply with the exception or addition of specific league rules below.
Game setup
* Saturday games consist of three 18 minute running periods.
* Tuesday games are 17 minute running periods.
* Game clock stops in last two minutes of game if the lead is two goals or less.
* Regulation play is 4 on 4 skaters and 1 goalie per team.
* One point for regulation tie. One more point for OT or shootout win.
* Each team has one timeout per game.
* Minor penalties are served at the player bench, 2 minute penalties, to start when the ball drops at the ensuing faceoff.
* 17 goals scored by one team ends the game. The game may continue until the clock runs out, but the game is awarded to the team with 17 goals and no more stats are kept for that game.
* The clock will run after a whistle in a 2 goal game if there are under 10 seconds remaining.
Game play
* Kicking the ball in with your skate is LEGAL and a goal.
* Lifting your stick over your shoulder to play the ball will result in a delayed whistle, in which a faceoff in the offending players own zone will take place once the ball is touched by any member of the offending team. (Note: you do not have to make contact with the ball for the high stick violation to take place.)
* Passing directly to a teammate over the center ice line is an offside pass.
* You cannot put yourself offside on a play.
* There is no need to clear the offensive zone, only the direct pass from teammate to teammate over the center line is whistled for an offside pass.
* Icing is from behind the defending zone (white) line across the opposing goal line.
* Icing must be touched up.
* Icing will be waived off if the goalie comes out of his crease to play the ball.
* The goalie is given one warning for shooting the ball out of play. All subsequent infractions will constitute a minor penalty for delay of game.
(The penalty boxes and player benches are not considered out of play for this rule.)
* You can legally grab the ball if you put it right down.
* Hand passes are legal if they start and end in your defensive zone.
* The Scorekeeper is an official, and may discuss a play with the on ice officials.
* A player CAN be in the crease when a goal is scored, as long as in the opinion of the officials, the player did not interfere with the goaltender trying to make the save.
* The game will continue if the goal is slightly displaced. If the goal has been displaced by more than a few inches, the ref can either stop play, or fix the net if play continues away from the displaced goal.
* The official can drop the ball if a player is deliberately stalling to enter the face off.
* If you trip a player, even if you touch the ball first, it is still a minor penalty.
* Shooting the ball down the court after a goal will result in a warning, with a minor penalty handed out for all subsequent actions.
Overtime
*Overtime penalties, maximum one minute for minor penalties.
*Overtime in the regular season is played 3 on 3. Three minute run time.
*NO STOPPING THE CLOCK IN OT.
*If one team deliberately delays the game during the running time in the Overtime, and this deliberate act causes the clock to run out, or nearly run out, thus giving said team an unfair advantage, the ref can award a penalty shot to the other team.
*Overtime in the playoffs is played 3 on 3 for a standard time running period, sudden death.
Teams
Teams consist of 8 players plus a goalie, and are drafted before the season starts. Trades are done throughout the season in order to try and keep league parity. In the event that one or more players of a team does not show up, a sub may be added onto the team as decided by both captains. Having a sub is not mandatory, and some teams like to play with only 6 people.
Randal (Randy) David Simmons ( - ) was a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. Simmons was the first member of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT Team to be killed in the line of fire, although another officer died in a training accident in 1998.. Simmons was shot and killed by a barricaded suspect, Edwin Rivera, in the city of Winnetka, California, located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County in a standoff that injured another officer, and claimed the lives of five, including the suspect. His badge number was 22885, and he had been with the LAPD for twenty-seven years.
Simmons attended Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles and Washington State University, where he played football. He committed much of his time to helping, praying for and comforting people in urban communities like Watts, Hacienda Village, Compton, and Carson. He was an ordained minister at Glory Christian Fellowship International (GCFI) in Carson, California. He was intstrumental with developing programs and Christian events that attracted many youth in these communities.
His funeral was attended by police officers from around the world. His funeral was attended by nearly 10,000 mourners, the largest police officer funeral in Los Angeles and United States history.
His body was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
Simmons attended Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles and Washington State University, where he played football. He committed much of his time to helping, praying for and comforting people in urban communities like Watts, Hacienda Village, Compton, and Carson. He was an ordained minister at Glory Christian Fellowship International (GCFI) in Carson, California. He was intstrumental with developing programs and Christian events that attracted many youth in these communities.
His funeral was attended by police officers from around the world. His funeral was attended by nearly 10,000 mourners, the largest police officer funeral in Los Angeles and United States history.
His body was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.