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The spirits of Mitchell, Clark Gable's Rhett Butler, Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara, and a host of other Hollywood characters color the exhibits that include such treasures as Margaret Mitchell's china; detailed and accurate reproductions of the costumes worn by Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara), Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), Ona Munson (Belle Watling), Ann Rutherford (Careen O'Hara), and Cammie King Conlon (Bonnie Blue Butler); numerous foreign translations of the book; and many items from the personal collection of Herb Bridges, the largest private collector of Gone With The Wind memorabilia.
The antebellum years and the Civil War make their presence felt through such exhibits as an authentic "Sherman's necktie" (a section of rail twisted into a loop so as to be useless to a railroad company); and the depot's original Fairbank Scale, used to weigh cargo, specifically cotton.Through sound stations located throughout the museum, the voice of Fred Crane, the actor who played the role of Brent Tarleton in the movie version of Gone With The Wind, will recount his memories of the movie set, the grand premiere, the writing of the book and the making of the movie.
A highlight of the museum is a 16' x 8' original oil mural depicting near life-sized renderings of Rhett and Scarlett as portrayed by Gable and Leigh. Surrounding them are five separate oil paintings depicting movie scenes in the story's progression—truly a sight to behold!
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Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series examining drug smuggling, human smuggling and human trafficking in the San Diego and Orange County area, and how federal and local law enforcement agencies are grappling with the problems. Part 1: Part 3:
Drugs flow from Mexico into Southern California in massive quantities -- especially methamphetamine in recent years -- but more than 1,000 new border agents in San Diego County make them scarcer and more expensive, federal officials say.
At the I-5 checkpoint south of San Clemente -- and at five other permanent highway checkpoints -- the Border Patrol stops some cars at random and others that look suspicious, such as vehicles with low carriages indicating extra weight, said Border Patrol spokesman Jerry Conlin.
If a stopped driver exhibits specific physical cues or answers questions inconsistently, agents funnel the car to a secondary area. Typically, drug dogs are then brought in to sniff around the vehicle. Canines are one of law enforcement's most powerful weapons against drug smuggling. When a dog signals the presence of drugs—either by sitting up straight and pointing or by pawing at the source of the odor—it constitutes a legally ironclad probable cause to search a vehicle, person or building.
"You teach them the odor recognition, and then you teach them the response," said Dave Reaver of Adlerhorst K-9 Academy in Riverside County. "Then you vary the location—whether it's a vehicle or a house."
Reaver doesn't train the Border Patrol's dogs,
With an olfactory capability more than 1 million times stronger than humans, dogs are a near-perfect way of detecting contraband.
Smugglers have been known to seal their stash in plastic and float it inside a vehicle gas tank just to foil the K-9 units. But an experienced dog can detect the scent even when drugs are sealed in plastic and submerged in gasoline.
"The dogs aren't infallible, but it's difficult to hide the odor," Reaver said.
More Agents Mean More Drugs Snagged
Border Patrol drug seizure statistics represent only a fraction of what is captured crossing the border into San Diego County. The agency's numbers don't include drugs seized as part of Drug Enforcement Administration investigations or multi-agency task forces, like the one that uncovered two elaborate smuggling tunnels under the Tijuana border in November, netting almost 20 tons of marijuana.
But Border Patrol drug hauls have skyrocketed in recent years, which Conlin attributed to a huge increase in the agency's San Diego resources. The number of agents in the San Diego Sector has increased from 1,500 in 2005 to 2,700 now. And, in December 2011, the agency opened a brand new field office at the I-5 checkpoint, he said.
In fiscal year 2010 -- which runs from October 2009 through September 2010 -- the Border Patrol in San Diego County seized 21,576 pounds of weed, 1,342 pounds of cocaine, 306 pounds of methamphetamine and 501 ounces of heroin.
In fiscal 2011, marijuana seizures in the region more than tripled, to 68,825 pounds.
Meanwhile, cocaine seizures nearly doubled (to 2,504 pounds), meth jumped almost 80 percent (to 548 pounds) and heroin climbed 75 percent (to 878 ounces).
In the first five months of fiscal 2012, fake dashboards, speaker boxes, trunk compartments and other hiding places have yielded similar results. Although pot and cocaine seizures appear to be drifting down (16,716 pounds and 717 pounds, respectively, in the first five months of the fiscal year), meth and heroin are way up.
If the current seizure rates hold, the amount of intercepted methamphetamine will nearly double over last year (to 1,084 pounds), and heroin will rise by about 260 percent (to 2,278 ounces).
The Rise of Mexican Methamphetamine
Gary Hill, DEA assistant special agent-in-charge in the San Diego Sector, said the agency has seen a particular increase in Mexican-made methamphetamine over the past several years because of developments in the manufacturing process and tighter restrictions on meth ingredients in the U.S.
The 2005 Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act clamped down on pseudophedrine, a common cold medicine used to make meth. The act required retailers to lock up over-the-counter medicines containing pseudophedrine and maintain a log of each transaction.
Before that, Caucasian outlaw motorcycle gangs, white power groups and domestic Hispanic gangs manufactured and sold much of the meth consumed in Southern California, according to a study by criminologist Curtis Robinson and other academic literature.
Mexico didn't really enter the picture because phosphorous, another component in the meth manufacturing process, was tightly restricted in that nation because of its potential use in explosives and incendiary devices, Hill said.
Now, because of U.S. restrictions on pseudophedrine and a new meth-making process that leaves out phosphorous, it's more economical to manufacture the drug in Mexico, Hill said. So Mexican drug cartels have added meth to their portfolios.
Check Patch.com tomorrow for the final installment of our border crime series. Part 3 investigates human smuggling and trafficking across the border in Southern California, and law enforcement's efforts to foil it.

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Montgomery County's proposed curfew drew more bile than praise Tuesday afternoon at the controversial measure's public hearing in Rockville, including pointed criticism from members of the County Council that will ultimately decide its fate.
The curfew found unwavering support from police brass and Silver Spring civic leaders, who argued that the curfew would give officers a much-needed tool for preventing juvenile crime. But 18 of the 27 people who testified to the Council rebuked curfews on several fronts, from their questionable effectiveness to the difficulty of enforcing them fairly to their long-term impacts on teens' trust of police.
"It would criminalize any teenager out at night and without any discernible benefit," said Abigail Burman, 17, of Silver Spring, who co-founded the Facebook page Stand Up to the MoCo Youth Curfew, which has rallied more than 6,400 supporters. "This is suppressive without being preventative."
More than 100 people—many of them wearing nametags that read "Hanging out is not a crime"—attended the hearing on Bill 25-11, which was introduced at the request of County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) on July 12. The curfew would run from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and midnight to 5 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Exceptions include minors who are working or are accompanied by a parent.
Similar laws have been in effect in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County for more than a decade. Montgomery's version was spurred in large part by a sprawling gang fight in downtown Silver Spring over the July 4th weekend, during which a 17-year-old girl was stabbed. The teens involved in the fight told police they had come to Montgomery County because of curfews in surrounding jurisdictions.
"These recent events and hundreds others call for immediate action," said Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger. "A curfew law may not be a panacea, but it would be a valuable law enforcement tool. … Nobody's claiming that this will reduce crime rates. … This will continue to allow us to prevent crime from happening."
Detractors pointed to curfews attempted across the country, many of which were thrown out in court or debunked by research.
"The vast majority of studies on curfews, including D.C. and Prince George's, have not found that they reduce crime," said Michael Mage, co-chairman of the county chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Police can already detain kids at any time if they suspect criminal activity."
Manger dismissed that argument—"You can find reports that support whatever position you want to take," he said—and was stalwart in defending the curfew's value as a deterrent. But he acknowledged that some of the particulars are up for debate and that it remains unclear how the curfew would be enforced.
That uncertainty troubles the county's police union. Torrie Cooke, corporation vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35, deemed the curfew a drastic and overly broad endeavor that will drain the department's resources and force officers to act as parents.
The County Council met the curfew with ambivalence—finding dismay over its details and frustration with the process, but acknowledging the urgency of the issues that compelled it.
"The experiment that is downtown Silver Spring is on the precipice now of failing," said Council President Valerie Ervin, who represents the Silver Spring district.
Calling the curfew a narrow response to a complex problem, Councilwoman Nancy Navarro stressed the need for a "serious and very frank discourse" on the broader state of the county's youth.
Several council members complained that the curfew has been hastily proposed. Phil Andrews, chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee, said the bill seems written "at warp speed," while Council Vice President Roger Berliner called it "unfathomable" that the problems in Silver Spring could have grown so dire without the Council having any indication.
"The issue is whether or not this is the most appropriate tool. What this feels like to me is that Montgomery County youths are paying the price for youths from other jurisdictions," said Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Potomac. "I'm proud that we're not the District of Columbia or Prince George's County when it comes to violence in the community. The statistics are going the right way and we really need to work through what the other options are."
The curfew proposal now heads to a Sept. 15 session of the Public Safety Committee.
"It clearly needs a lot of work," Ervin said. "… We're far from a perfect bill. We don't even know where it's going yet."
Sebastian Montes contributed to this report.


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|BASS Elite Series #4 - Toldeo Bend, LA
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|Concluding the Table Rock event I stopped by Lake Dardanelle to look the place over. We were going there for stop #5 on the Elite Series. It's funny, often we don't fish much during some pre-practice periods when we visit a lake we've never been too. I drove the whole lake in about 2 days and then did a little fishing on day 3. It reminded me a lot of where I grew up in Northern Virginia on the Potomac River. The Potomac is a shallow water fishery and Dardanelle is just the same. Arriving home to Del Rio later that week I was on Lake Amistad guiding almost every day until I wa...... Read More
|Im Not Allowed to Drive The Big Red Tow Boat
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|Not only was I not … not … voted the 2013 Tower of the Year, heck, I'm not even allowed to drive this giant red TowBoatUS boat.
But at BASSFest on Lake Chickamauga last week, I met the people who are, and they rock louder than Nikki Sixx.
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|In The Blink Of An Eye
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|My 40th birthday was Saturday, April 12th. Although most weekends I fish a tournament, my wife and I were having friends over to celebrate my transition into old age. So, I decided to forgo the bass tournament scene and take my eleven year old crappie fishing that Saturday morning. Since I am a terrible crappie fisherman, I opted to spend a few hours on the lake Friday afternoon in hopes of finding some places to keep my son's interest. I wandered around the lake caught a few crappie and was generally enjoying a beautiful spring afternoon when my phone rang. It was my friend, Brent Sain. ...... Read More
|A Classic On Top
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| Several years ago, at a fishing expo, I passed a booth where a video showed a topwater plug I had used as a kid, but hadn't seen in decades. I talked to the owner who was very enthusiastic about his single lure lineup! He handed me a couple and I packed them away, forgetting about the lure and where I had stashed them.
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|BASS Elite Series #3 - Table Rock Lake, MO
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|I spent the week off between St. Johns River and Table Rock at a great friend's house on Toledo Bend. I was able to do a little practicing and get some things in the office accomplished and most importantly, relax and have a great time with friends. The bass at Toledo were just coming to the beds strong and I figured the fish at Table Rock were going to be in pre-spawn pattern. The cold weather conditions most of the country was experiencing were hanging on into these early spring months. I was excited to fish a highland reservoir that has some similarities to my home Lake Amistad. Table...... Read More
|Say No To 3 In A Boat!
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|A lot of people ask a lot of questions about my guide service when they are booking a trip. They want to know what kind of boat I have, what we will be using and how the fishing has been. Parents wanting to expose their kids to the outdoors inquire about my willingness to take kids on my boat.
Of course I love taking kids out. In one day I can teach them skills that will put them light years ahead of other kids in the sport! I focus on teaching while building self-esteem, enabling them to learn the basic skills to achieve success. It is here that kids, if not already, become hooked on fishi...... Read More
|Youre Never Too Old
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|Fathers with sons or daughters, mothers with sons or daughters, husbands and wives...fishing is a family affair! I have to admit when I was asked to take a son with his 85-year-old mother, I was skeptical. It's tough to fish all day. Bass fishing requires a lot of casting. At 85, man or woman, it could be a long day! I anticipated having to do a lot of extra work, helping her to the back deck, making casts and other extra work. I agreed to book a full day, 8-hour trip.
Miriam was a bit shaky coming aboard, but settled in like a pro. She bundled up and buckled her Mustang auto-inflatable ...... Read More
|BASS Elite Series #2 - St. Johns River, FL
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|Off to a great start… I enter the third event of 2014 cashing 2 checks in the first 2 events! It had been 10 years since I fished the St. Johns River in Forida. and I was going to keep to my game plan of fishing a smaller specific area of a tournament venue to keep my practice simple. I was ready to make it 3 checks in a row! It is worth noting that Florida fishing in the spring time has been a major nemesis of mine throughout my entire career. I have cashed a few checks and had good events in Florida during the fall season… but this year I was determined to do the same in the spr...... Read More
|Sorry, We Can't Go Fishing!
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|For the first time in my career, an injury has sidelined me for an extended period of time. In my former work lives I prided myself in never missing a single day of work or even school. It doesn't matter what it was that forced me to cancel 3 weeks of guiding...so far.
It's the worst thing that a guide has to do. I hate canceling trips. In the past 15 years I have only cancelled due to weather or fishing conditions. Never due to my personal issues. It's bad enough calling off a trip due to high winds or storms, completely understandable due to safety, but for any other reason it's
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|BASS Elite Series #1 - Lake Seminole, Bainbridge GA
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The second tournament of my season, but first Elite Event, has a lot of meaning for me as this is the lake I fished my first 'big' event on, a BFL Regional back in 1999. It had been since then that I had visited Lake Seminole, but honestly not a whole lot had changed. I feel at home fishing grass lakes since I grew up fishing grass on the Potomac River and grass is typically present at Lake Amistad where I guide. I was pumped to get the Elite season underway!
March 13-16, Lake Seminole, Bainbridge, GA – BASS Elite Series #1
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Education of Diverse Populations and Exceptional Children in the Middle and High School
3 credits
Students will learn about and apply concepts directly relating to the educational needs of all learners presented in the classroom. Assessment instruments used to identify eligibility for specialized instruction and/or related services and the use of evaluation data appropriate to the design and implementation of individualized educational programs (IEPs) will also be studied and applied to the professional and ethical responsibilities required of general education teachers in multi-cultural settings. Interventions for specific disabilities, as generated by evaluation data, will be created. Federal, state, and local legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures will be reviewed and analyzed as appropriate to the delivery of services to students with special needs. The social, emotional, and intellectual characteristics of gifted students will be examined, including an analysis of identification procedures and service delivery models. Pedagogy and resources that support IEP goals and objectives for gifted students will be presented.
School in a Multicultural Society
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Students will examine schooling and the local, regional, and national demographics of cultures in American society. Concepts and strategies for infusing cultural understanding into the classroom will be presented, and standards for critiquing textbooks, videos, and library materials for cultural bias will be reviewed and applied. A research paper reviewing current efforts of school districts in this regard is required.
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Technology for Instruction
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Contemporary technology and its applications to individual and group learning are reviewed. Interactive media, the computer, and the video camera are studied as instruments for learning, diagnosis, and evaluation. The student is required to design a project or unit integrating technology in the learning and/or evaluation processes.
Adolescent Growth and Development
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Reading in Content Areas
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Theories about the reading process and reading to learn are explored. Emphasis is on practical strategies for acquiring knowledge through reading in a variety of subject areas. The relationship of listening, speaking, reading and writing, plus implications for instruction are included. Clinical observation and study of the reading behavior of a secondary student is an optional requirement.
Classroom Culture and Student Behavior
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This course is an in-depth study of practical techniques applied by teachers to deal effectively with student behavior problems when such problems arise in classrooms and schools. Different students misbehave in different ways and for different reasons. As a result, not all misbehavior can be resolved by teachers in the same way. In this course, teacher candidates will learn about reasons for misbehavior and about several discipline models or options that can be applied by teachers when students misbehave
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Practicum/Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching in the Middle and High School
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Prerequisite(s): MAS 7601, 7602, 7603, 7604, 7651, 7652, 7701, and 7998. Students must pass (using Delaware minimum score requirements) all sections of PRAXIS I: Reading, Mathematics and Writing (or relevant exemption test) and the appropriate PRAXIS II test(s) - the secondary Content Area test(s) - prior to registration for this methods course; completion of a 30-hour concentration as determined through transcript analysis by a specific Wilmington University advisor, and all required course work. Students should designate Wilmington University as a PRAXIS score recipient at the time the PRAXIS tests are taken, and also provide a paper copy of the ETS PRAXIS score report that includes all scores and sub-scores. COMPLETE PRAXIS score reports must be received in the College of Education main office (Peoples Building, New Castle) prior to registering for this methods course. The clinical component of this course requires three full days in a secondary school placement.
Practicum I
1 credits
This course introduces the beginning teacher preparation student to essential content and pedagogical knowledge related to components of professional practice. Practicum I provides the teacher preparation student with opportunities to observe, describe, interpret, and understand the classroom environment and to reflect on the personal and professional attributes required for success in teaching. The course requires a minimum of 35 contact hours of supervised clinical experience in an approved setting, 21 hours of supporting seminars, and professional journal. The three Practicum and student teaching placements must be in different school settings. A reflective set of learning activities, focusing on the Delaware Professional Teaching Standards is completed for Practicum II
Prerequisite(s): valid T.B. clearance. Students who started their program Fall 2013 or later also require passing scores on all sections of PRAXIS I.
Practicum II
1 credits
This course helps the teacher preparation student analyze and reflect on the classroom environment in relation to components of professional practice and the Delaware Professional Teaching Standards. The Practicum II student learns to apply the concepts introduced in Practicum I and in MAT program course work. The course requires a minimum of 35 contact hours of supervised clinical experience in an approved setting and 21 hours of supporting seminars. The three Practicum and student teaching placements must be in different school settings. A reflective set of learning activities, focusing on the Delaware Professional Teaching Standards is completed for Practicum II
Prerequisite(s): Valid T.B. clearance and MAS 7996.
Practicum III
1 credits
This course emphasizes synthesis and evaluation but narrows the focus to the area of reading. Practicum III expects the more advanced teacher preparation student to administer a diagnostic reading inventory to one student and then devise and carry out a remediation plan for that student under the close supervision of the Practicum advisor, classroom teacher mentor, and site-based reading teacher or reading specialist. The course requires a minimum of 35 contact hours of supervised clinical experience in an approved setting, 21 hours of supporting seminars. The three Practicum and student teaching placements must be in different school settings. A reflective set of learning activities, focusing on the theory and practice of reading is completed for Practicum III
Prerequisite(s): Valid T.B. clearance, MAS 7997, and MAS 7652
Applied Assessment and Research in the Classroom
3 credits
This course gives the candidate the necessary skills to understand assessment techniques and information, to effectively assess student learning, and to analyze assessment data to evaluate and reflect upon student learning and his/her teaching in the classroom. Candidates will learn approaches used to evaluate learning and will learn how to develop classroom assessments that align with instruction. Candidates will also learn how to use assessment data to make informed decisions about teaching and learning in the classroom. In addition, candidates will develop skills for conducting action research in school and classroom settings and will learn how to use such research for solving problems in those settings.
Student Teaching/Internship
9 credits
Students participate in a clinical immersion, which includes 60 full days of student teaching in a secondary school. (NOTE: Students entering the program in Fall 2012 and forward, will be required to complete 80 full days of student teaching in a secondary school.) A supervisor of student teaching from Wilmington University and a cooperating teacher in the school are identified to mentor and monitor each student teacher. Attention is given to placing students in schools/classrooms that reflect a diverse student population. A minimum of 15 clock hours is scheduled by the Wilmington University supervisors to address professional issues related to the clinical semester and to provide support and assistance with the completion of the required portfolio
Prerequisite(s): Approved application from the Office of Clinical Studies, passing scores for PRAXIS I in all areas: Mathematics, Reading, and Writing (or relevant exemption test), PRAXIS II 9-12 high school content test in the appropriate area, GPA of 3.0, MAS 7801, MAS 7998, MAS 8800 and completion of all content courses. Applications must be submitted by October 1 for spring placements or March 1 for fall placements. Practicum and teacher intern placements are in different school settings. A criminal background check and Child Protection Registry check are required.


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Education is the key to continually improving high quality, evidence-based integrative care. The Ohio State University provides a rich variety of educational opportunities in integrative health and wellness for students at all levels.Integrative health and wellness educational opportunities include:
We plan to provide online interprofessional health education about herbs and dietary supplements for continuing education credit. We also are developing the first integrative pediatric post-doctoral fellowship training program in the US.


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Indianapolis Colts
Samson Satele - #64 - C
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|Kailua, HI
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|2007, 2nd round, 28th pick by Dolphins
Missing targets not fazing Manning, Colts' passing attack
Colts QB Peyton Manning is further proving this season that he can post ridiculous numbers regardless of who his targets are.
Scobee's 59-yarder gives Jags win over Colbs
Josh Scobee's 59-yard field goal on the final play gave the Jacksonville Jaguars a 31-28 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Colts newcomer Tryon making presence felt
Justin Tryon, whom the Colts acquired in a deal last month, has been more than holding his own in spot duty at nickel back and particularly on special teams.
Colts rule out RB Brown, WR Garcon
The Colts ruled out RB Donald Brown and WR Pierre Garcon for Sunday's game against the Jaguars. Both players were listed as questionable on Friday but did not travel with the team on Saturday.
Colts' McAfee a weapon in the kicking game
With all the star power on both sides of the ball in Indy, it's no surprise that P Pat McAfee doesn't receive many accolades, but his early-season success handling kickoff duties for the Colts is deserving of praise.
Colts rule out Sanders, Gonzalez, Conner for Week Four
The Colts have ruled out S Bob Sanders (biceps), WR Anthony Gonzalez (ankle) and LB Kavell Conner (foot) for their Week Four game against the Jaguars.
Collie's big day, stout red-zone 'D' spark Colts
A career day by WR Austin Collie and a defense that bent but didn't break propelled the Colts past the Broncos 27-13 in Week Three.
Collie has career game in Colts win
Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns even without Anthony Gonzalez and Pierre Garcon and the Indianapolis Colts beat the crestfallen Denver Broncos 27-13 Sunday.
Colts' Garcon, Session will miss Denver game
Two starters, WR Pierre Garcon and WLB Clint Session, did not accompany the Colts to Denver, creating manpower shortages at both positions for Sunday's game.
Brown becoming bigger factor in Colts' ground game
Although his pass blocking needs more work, Colts RB Donald Brown is becoming more involved in Indianapolis' running attack, according to AFC South Whispers.
Colts rookies contribute in win over Giants
Two Colts rookies, TE Brody Eldridge and LB Kavell Conner, made a big impact in their first significant regular-season action in a Week Two victory over the Giants.
Four Colts starters miss practice with injuries
Four Colts starters were out of practice on Wednesday because of injuries. RB Joseph Addai (knee), LB Gary Brackett (back), LB Clint Session (hamstring) and OLT Charlie Johnson (right foot) were among the Colts missing practice.
Colts play like defending AFC champs
The Colts' ground game and "D" stole the spotlight from the Manning brothers in a 38-14 shellacking of the Giants on Sunday night.
Peyton, Colts cruise to 'Manning Bowl' victory
Four-time league MVP Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns, leading the Indianapolis Colts to a surprisingly easy 38-14 victory over his kid brother and the New York Giants.
Colts' run 'D' must play with better gap integrity
The Colts' inability to stop Texans RB Arian Foster in Week One was in large part due to poor gap integrity.
Satele started Sunday's playoff game at Baltimore.||||||| Satele had been bothered by an ankle injury.
The Indianapolis Colts have signed free agent center Samson Satele, perhaps paving the way for Jeff Saturday's exit.||||||| A person with knowledge of the deal says it's a three-year contract worth $10.8 million, with $5 million guaranteed. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the team did not announce the terms.
The Oakland Raiders have re-signed free agent center Samson Satele.||||||| Satele started 27 games the past two years for the Raiders. But he is likely returning as a backup after Oakland drafted Stefen Wisniewski in the second round to start at center.
The Miami Dolphins have traded Satele to the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick.||||||| The move announced Monday clears the way for Jake Grove to move into the starting center spot. The Dolphins signed Grove to a multiyear deal earlier this month, after he spent five seasons with the Raiders. Satele had been Miami's starting center since 2007, the beginning of his rookie season.
Satele signed a four-year, $2.89 million contract with the Miami Dolphins.||||||| The deal signed by Satele, a 311-pound center from Hawaii, included a guaranteed $1.225 million. He was taken with the second of Miami's two second-round picks in April.


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Demy Monde: Donkey Skin
Monarch Jean Marais (Cocteau's star and muse) grants his dying queen Catherine Deneuve's last request: to remarry a princess more beautiful than herself. But when the only one who fits the bill is daughter (Deneuve again), it's ultra-chic fairy godmother Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad) to the rescue, disguising her as malodorous scullion "Donkey Skin." Demy's adaptation of a 17th-century fable by Perrault was his third Michel Legrand-scored musical and his most over-the-top in stylization. It's a charmingly perverse fairytale that will likely amuse parents at least as much as their off-spring.
"Like Demy's other movies it's one of a kind, at once monstrously Oedipal and charmingly infantile; Deneuve manages to be both hilarious and touching in her donkey drag." J Hoberman


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The search for your dream mountain style home often begins with trying to find the right floor plan. As you start your search you might find websites that show or sell log home plans. You might purchase magazines that showcase floor plans, and of course most manufacturers will have plans listed on their websites. While you are doing your research and going from site to site, it is important to realize that some plans are presented as available models, while others are shown as examples. This article discusses the difference between a stock floor plan and a floor plan design concept.
Stock Plans
For most people the idea of a stock floor plan is familiar. These plans exist in traditional stick-frame construction as well as the log and timber home industry. As the client, you look through a book or catalog of available plans and choose the one that works best for you. Depending on the manufacturer or builder, you might be able to make minor changes like adding a basement or moving some of the interior walls around to get more space in one room instead of another. The point of a company offering a stock set of plans is so that their process is more streamlined and easier to manage. They don't have to invest in architects to modify their designs and they are able to repeat the same manufacturing processes over and over because the amount of customization available for these stock homes is minimal. A client receives a quicker build cycle, but has far less control over what the final home will look like.
Design Concepts
Where the stock plan is intended as a "ready-to-go" set of plans, the creation of a floor plan concept is meant as a starting place or inspiration for what your custom plan will be. The idea of the "custom plan" can be confusing when so many stock plans offer some form of customization. What is important to understand is that a modification to a stock plan is always limited by the affect that modification has to the structure, while customization of a conceptual plan is only limited by engineering regulations and your budget.
When the concept is developed, the major goal is to create a timber or log home design that can inspire your custom plan. The design is conceived for its architectural look and feel as well as its unique layout. These designs enable clients to envision the type of home that the architects can create and point out accents and details that they want the architects to incorporate into their home. Even if homes have already been built using the conceptual idea, the concept itself is still in the early stages of the design process. Although the concept was computer generated, it is during the architectural design of your home that the plan develops from concept into fully-engineered construction documents.
The greatest difference between a stock plan and a custom plan is that instead of the plan dictating how you can change the design, you and your architect decide what the home should look like, then modify the plan to fit. For instance, if you were to ask what the ceiling height is for a stock plan, the answer would be a specific number or range. If you asked the height of the ceiling in a conceptual plan, the answer would be "how ever high you want it."
The Difference in Choosing Stock vs. Custom
Prior to finding plans, you probably already have a list of musts and maybes for your home. Now that you understand what the difference is between stock and custom, here are some quick tips for how to handle either situation:
- When dealing with a stock plan it is more important to get details of room sizes and layout configurations before you decide it is the right home plan for you. After all, you won't be able to make as many changes later on.
- When you find a conceptual plan you like, don't get hung up in the details of room sizes or window widths. Those are details that can be decided later on. Instead, use the conceptual designs to help formulate what you like architecturally and how you envision your layout. Let the architect pull everything together, and then you can start to refine the details of the plan.


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July 31, 2014
The NCAA put Georgia Tech on four years of probation, fined the school $100,000 and stripped its ACC title game win from the 2009 football season on Thursday for violations that also included problems in the men's basketball program.
Georgia Tech did not lose scholarships and was not ruled ineligible for postseason games in either sport, but the basketball team had the number of recruiting days and official visits reduced for the next two seasons.
The NCAA vacated the final three games of the football team's 2009 season - a loss to rival Georgia, the Atlantic Coast Conference title game victory over Clemson and the Orange Bowl loss to Iowa. It was the Yellow Jackets' first season under coach Paul Johnson.
The NCAA said Georgia Tech should have declared an unidentified football player ineligible after he allegedly accepted $312 worth of clothing from a friend of a sports agency employee. The NCAA said the school failed to cooperate with its investigation, and said it was hindered by a school staff member who alerted the player about potential eligibility concerns before his interview with NCAA investigators.
There was no immediate comment from Georgia Tech, where president Bud Peterson and athletic director Dan Radakovich were planning a late afternoon news conference.
The basketball violations involved a youth basketball tournament held on campus in 2009 and again in 2010. A graduate coaching assistant helped administer both tournaments, violating NCAA prohibitions on scouting, and in 2010 an academic adviser for the
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UPDATED! OMG Appz Store Leaked?!1
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) is running some screen shots of what may well be our first glimpse of the iPhone's App Store.
Pretty much what you'd expect if you combined the Wi-Fi Music Store with apps, the shots came TUAW's way via a tipster. Seems said tipster claims that, after repeatedly stabbing away at the App Store button (does that mean he was running the SDK beta??) and failing to connect, lo and behold he got through.
UPDATE: iPhone l33t hax0r Erica Sadun went poking around the storeBag.xml from Apple's public iTunes server and found the following:
There appears to be a new service, labeled "p2-panda" [note: p2 might stand for "purple", the iPhone code name] that offers access to the same functionality that Cory reported on last night. Specifically, the panda calls include StoreFront listings, Genres, Top Fifty listings, and Updates. If nothing else, this independently confirms functionality seen from those screen shots.
Be sure to check out her complete post for more geeky goodness!
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So what does this mean?
Not a lot of new info there. There IS an "updates" section. I (and others) have been wondering how developers handle updates. Presumably this means we can arrange free minor updates.
Curious how they'll handle demos, or if as others have said, you'll have to offer a free crippled version as the "demo".
Probably. However, given that many of us intend to charge very small amounts of money (I'm thinking free to 2.99 for my stuff), I probably will not have demos.
I think the current iPod games don't have demos but have video previews to give a better sense of them. That may be the model they use for the iPhone?
I wouldn't have any problem buying an < $5 app with a video preview. > $25 I'm not sure.
(Though often I've downloaded demos, tried them once, forgotten about them, then run out of time and had to make a decision right there :) )
great post thanks very much


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That campaign was credited with a subsequent 10% drop in Milwaukees teen pregnancy rate, according to the nonprofit ad agency that created the images.
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A list of regularly offered courses follows. The indication of when a course will be offered is based on the best projection of the department and can be subject to change.
Please note the key for the following abbreviations: (A) Arts; (H) Humanities; (S) Social Sciences; (N) Natural Sciences with Laboratory; (LS) Language Studies requirement; (NSP) Natural Science in Perspective; (NW) Non-Western Cultures requirement.
Introduces basic concepts in computer science and computational problem solving through the design of algorithms and computational processes, modularization, and abstraction. Also introduces the processes of programming and software development as a means to put solutions into practice. Has a required lab, but does not satisfy the "Natural Science with Laboratory" requirement. Weaver
A second course in computer science and computational thinking, focusing on data structures and advanced programming. Topics include implementation and applications of data structures such as stacks, queues, linked lists, trees and graphs. Also introduces performance analysis of algorithms. Has a required lab, but does not satisfy the "Natural Science with Laboratory" requirement. Prerequisite: CPS 111 (formerly CPS 170 or 150) or permission of the instructor.
This course will prepare students for advanced computer science courses. Using a production-level programming language as a tool, students will implement advanced data structures and algorithms. Students will also study advanced programming concepts and strategies for algorithm development and analysis. Through programming projects, students will explore complex tree structures, graph algorithms, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, divide-and-conquer algorithms, and parallelism/concurrency. Prerequisite: CPS 112 and MAT 109.
Basic set theory, basic proof techniques, combinatorics (the theory of counting), and graph theory with related algorithms. Prerequisite: MAT 109. Same as MAT 237. Feldman
Trees, graphs and networks; further analysis of algorithms and their efficiency. Prerequisite: CPS 112 (formerly CPS 270 or 260), CPS/MAT 237. A. Weaver
Intermediate level courses.
Reading directed by the Computer Science staff. Permission of chairperson.
An introduction to the theoretical models used to understand the capabilities and fundamental limitations of computational devices. Topics include formal languages, automata, grammars, computability, reductions, and complexity. Prerequisites: CPS 112, CPS/MAT 237. Talvitie
Numerical analysis as implemented on computers. Polynomial and rational approximations, numerical differentiation and integration, systems of linear equations, matrix inversion, eigenvalues, first and second order differential equations. Prerequisites: CPS 111, MAT 229. Same as MAT 338. C. Weaver
An introduction to the field of bioinformatics, addressing some of the important biology and computer science concepts related to it, with a focus on the computational aspects. Topics include a molecular biology primer, biological sequence alignments and analysis, gene mutation patterns, phylogenic tree and construction algorithms, protein structures and functions, proteomics, application of basic machine learning algorithms, and other commonly used bioinformatics tools and resources. Prerequisites: Advanced Data Structures or CPS 261. Hu
Study of specialized areas of Computer Science.
Independent study directed by Computer Science staff. Permission of chairperson.
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The Lightning opens training camp Wednesday, and again will be without defenseman Mattias Ohlund. The big Swede hasn't played a minute for Tampa Bay since the 2011 playoffs, his career finished by bad knees worn down during a rugged and notable 13 seasons on the ice.
That Ohlund has three years left on his contract has shifted the focus of his legacy with the Lightning to what his situation is costing the team financially rather than the huge contribution he made in the run to the 2011 Eastern Conference final.


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Availability: Americas Best Value Inn Clute/Lake Jackson
Clute hotel with a seasonal outdoor pool
Situated in Clute, this hotel is close to Sea Center Texas, Brazosport Museum of Natural Science, and Lake Jackson Historical Museum. Local attractions also include Freeport Municipal Golf Course.
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Americas Best Value Inn Clute/Lake Jackson offers a complimentary continental breakfast. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, complimentary wireless Internet access, and free self parking.
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Chrysler is issuing a recall for the 2009 and 2010 Ram 1500 and Dodge Dakota pickup trucks due to improper installation of the rear axle pinion nut. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a total of 44,300 trucks are affected by the recall, and there have been 12 confirmed incidents including one crash.
The issue on both trucks is that the pinion nut is loosening on some trucks due to a lack of thread adhesive, and it is causing the rear axle to lock up resulting in loss of vehicle control. NHTSA's recall notice says that eight incidents occurred at speeds over 35 miles per hour and most also exhibited driveshaft failures as well since the loss of the pinion nut would cause the gear to separate from the driveshaft. In one complaint, the driveshaft separated from the rear axle and punctured the gas tank.
Chrysler will begin sending out recall notices to affected owners in November, but scroll down to see the official NHTSA notice.
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Manufacturer: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
Report Receipt Date: SEP 28, 2012
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 12V474000
NHTSA Action Number: PE12021
Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
Potential Number of Units Affected: 44,300
Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2009-2010, Ram 1500 and Dodge Dakota trucks, manufactured from July 1, 2009, through November 30, 2009, because a rear axle pinion nut may loosen due to a lack of adhesive.
If the rear axle pinion nut loosens, the axle can lock up and cause a loss of vehicle control and/or a vehicle crash with little warning.
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install a pinion nut retainer, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in November 2012. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753.
Chrysler's recall campaign number is M34. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.


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After a couple of trips around the Randy Russell redesign of the Robert Trent Jones and Jay Rivere nines at Rayburn Country in the spring of 2012, I was convinced I'd just played one of the best kept secrets in Texas golf. It was an opinion reinforced by my long-time golf buddy Ron Ashworth, who belongs to Medinah Country Club in Chicago and Bellerive CC in St. Louis, and by Michael Arnaud, who successfully lobbied for the Adams Pro Golf Tour to hold one of its tournaments there.
I was so enamored with Rayburn Country, in fact, I took the bold step of recommending to the Texas Golf Writers Association that we hold our annual summer meeting and championship there. An eclectic group spoiled at being hosted by cream of the crop in Texas golf resorts — The Four Seasons at Las Colinas, Horseshoe Bay, The Woodlands TPC, Barton Creek and La Cantera, among others — I knew dealing with our group would be the ultimate critical test.
A sampling of TGWA membership includes Curt Sampson, who has authored books on Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, The Masters and The Ryder Cup; Mike Bailey, a senior staff writer for World Golf.com who does reviews on courses in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America; Denne Freeman, the long-time Southwest sports editor for the Associated Press who covered numerous major championships for the AP, and assorted others with strong golf credentials.
Understand, then, that when the TGWA shows up, expectations for the hosting entity are going to be sky high. Not only is a top notch golf course expected, but so is exceptional dining and quality accommodations. It didn't start out that way when a handful of writers formed the TGWA many years ago in Waco, but that's where it's evolved from year after year of being pampered.
Indeed, there were a few members who headed to Rayburn Country somewhat skeptical of why we were taking our gathering to an out-of-the-way place they didn't even know existed. Had the golf course and dining experience come up short, a certain Port Arthur News golf writer's reputation would have taken a beating among his peers.
That, however, was never a concern. If there's one thing I know and recognize, it's what makes up an exceptional golf course. Rayburn Country, for those who have never experienced it, just has the look. And it's there from start to finish, from an imaginative, never boring layout, to smooth, quick greens, to elevation changes that add to character, to the kind of conditioning that makes it easy to play the ball down.
As you will see from a sampling of the reaction to the TGWA's June 8-9 visit to Rayburn Country, the golf course, as I knew it would, drew rave reviews. So did the magnificent clubhouse and the efforts of head pro/GM Paul Calame and those in food services who provided two nights of exceptional dining.
"People overuse the term 'hidden gem,' but Rayburn Country really does fall into the category," said Bailey. "It's in the middle of nowhere, but well worth finding. This is a course where you play it once and you can remember all the holes, and there aren't too many of those.
"The green complexes are super interesting and the overall scenery is special. Conditioning is well above average and I haven't found a friendlier staff. The $4 million clubhouse, excellent food and bar are nice bonuses. Bottom line, it's well worth the effort you must make to get there. It's an awesome place for a buddy trip."
"Rayburn Country reminds that it's always easy to recognize good course design," said Sampson. "Even if you didn't know that Trent Jones Jr. and Jay Rivere were the original architects of this gem hidden deep in the East Texas piney woods, a golfer immediately knows he's in good hands.
"The varied look of the holes keeps your interest up throughout the round; you never feel you play the same hole twice. It's quite simply a high-quality golf experience. I'd say 36 holes a day there for two or three days would be just about right for the avid golfer. Provided, of course, that the bar and restaurant are open."
"I wasn't sure what my good friend from Port Arthur had gotten us into with Rayburn Country," said Freeman. "After experiencing it, I will never again question his judgment. This was not only an exceptional golf course, it was just so much fun to play. With the clubhouse and the ambiance, I thought it was one of the really special places I've been. And my complements to the chef."
"Playing Rayburn Country was like being transported to another part of the United States," said Burt Darden of the Houston Golf Association. "True elevation changes on a wide variety of holes is something we just don't experience at most Texas courses. The overall conditioning of the course, especially the green complexes, sets this course apart.
"It's worth making the trip, not only for an exceptional golf experience but because it over-delivers on hospitality."
"One of the most enjoyable things about golf is heading to a place you've never played, having no expectations and then when you're there not wanting to get off the course," said Rich Croome of the Bryan Eagle. "That is exactly what happened to me when I teed it up at Rayburn Country. I couldn't get enough. The day of the practice round, my group played until almost dark. That place is a real jewel."
For golfers in Southeast Texas, meanwhile, the TGWA message should be coming through loud and clear. If you haven't made the less than two-hour drive up to Rayburn Country, you should. There's nothing even remotely like it in the Golden Triangle and it stacks up favorably against just about anything in the Houston area.
Beyond that, the price, especially if you want to do a stay and play, is amazingly reasonable. You can check it out on www.lakerayburncountry.com.
Oh, and for those who mght be wondering about the TGWA championship, Curt Sampson, who used to be a pro, won for the 12th time with a one-over-par 72. Sampson, though, is still haunted by the one he didn't win, the time he lost to some guy from Port Arthur on the first hole of a sudden death playoff at The Woodlands.
Sports editor Bob West can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com.
West on golf: Rayburn Country draws raves from TGWA critics
After a couple of trips around the Randy Russell redesign of the Robert Trent Jones and Jay Rivere nines at Rayburn Country in the spring of 2012, I was convinced I'd just played one of the best kept secrets in Texas golf. It was an opinion reinforced by my long-time golf buddy Ron Ashworth, who belongs to Medinah Country Club in Chicago and Bellerive CC in St. Louis, and by Michael Arnaud, who successfully lobbied for the Adams Pro Golf Tour to hold one of its tournaments there.
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La Triennale 2012: Intense Proximity19/06/2012
From April through August, La Triennale 2012 brings a major exhibition of contemporary art to the newly renovated and expanded Palais de Tokyo and seven other institutions throughout greater Paris, under the banner "Intense Proximity".
Featuring over 130 contributors, Intense Proximity draws upon the fields of visual art, ethnography, anthropology, cinema, literature, music, and performance, and explores the connections between artistic practice and the writing of culture throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The exhibition takes as one of its points of departure the critical legacy of the first half of twentieth century ethnography and the continued fascination in contemporary art with exploring ethnographic poetics.
Notable figures include Marc Allégret, André Gide, Marcel Griaule, Wifredo Lam, Pierre Verger, Walker Evans, and Claude Lévi-Strauss, in a showcase that emphasizes synchronic points of convergence among these names and their work. La Triennale 2012 marks the reopening of all three floors of the Palais de Tokyo, which has been refurbished by architects Lacaton & Vassal. Significantly, Intense Proximity also reaches beyond the Palais de Tokyo through its collaborations with seven other institutions in Paris and the surrounding region, including Bétonsalon – Centre for art and research, Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry – le Crédac, Galliera – musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, Grand Palais, Instants Chavirés, Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, and the Musée du Louvre.
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The romanticized image Los Angeles Opera is promoting for "Cinderella" shows a pretty princess, a pumpkin-shaped carriage and ample fairy dust. Opera, perhaps, for preteens?
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A smartphone from Amazon is an intoxicating prospect for those of us who watch the mobile world. Apple brought a huge amount of disruption into the space with the launch of the iPhone (arguably changing the definition of what a smartphone should do), Steve Jobs and his Jesus phone never attacked the carriers.
For all the world-changing mythos that built up around it, the iPhone never challenged the dominance of the carriers either at the US launch or anywhere else around the world. No other hardware manufacturer had the power then to do so, and arguably none of the incumbents can at the moment.
Perhaps Amazon will in 2012.
Carriers have two main advantages, the first being access and the second being distribution. The proliferation of 'pay as you go' contractless deals on networks means that picking up a sim card for an unlocked 'Kindle phone' means gaining access to a network of some description should not be a problem for users – and a quick check on Amazon here in the UK shows that pre-pay sim cards for the major networks are all available through the website.
Of course Amazon has Whispernet which provides data connectivity for their 3G Kindle readers. They could negotiate more data and voice minutes in a similar way to virtual networks such as MaxRoam and run the whole service themselves. That might be an option for the European markets, but I feel Amazon will go for a sim-free approach for any handset they release.
Just like the Kindle Fire they will be able cross-subsidize the Kindle phone with digital content from Amazon and can leverage Amazon Prime.
They can also negate the carriers other advantage – distribution. If there's one thing that Amazon is good at, it's selling boxes of 'things' and getting them to their customers as soon as possible. Their front page is one of the biggest store-fronts in the world. They have an Android based store for applications. And they have an established brand name in Kindle.
Google did start to look at this route to market in 2010 with the Nexus One, but hardware support and service is not one of Google's strengths. For Amazon it's a core competency. Almost all the pieces are in place for Jeff Bezos' company to do an end-run around the carriers and successfully sell their smartphone direct to the public.
The one piece remaining would be the smartphone itself. Amazon has built up a huge amount of experience with the e-ink and Android powered Kindles, and my assumption would be that a Kindle phone would carry on using Amazon's fork of Android. Telephony features would need to be added and integrated into the OS, more robust cellular technology will likely be required for voice calls and increased data usage, and other expected smartphone features such as mapping (ahem) would need to be coded or licensed… but the opportunity for Amazon is there. Given the drive that Bezos displayed when he announced the Kindle Fire, it wouldn't surprise me to see a Kindle Phone at some point in the next twelve months.
All I want is a small pad like Nexus but with 4G Wiamx capabilities like Virigin's HTC Evo.
I don't need it to be a phone with real time two way voice…something that is used less and less.
I do need it to have data access everywhere.
Exactly right. Telcos will never recover the two years of iPhone profits they handed to Apple. Amazon and others will not permit the telcos to horn in on e-shopping. That's why shoptimized devices have NFC, WiFi and offline options.
Carriers/providers still control and develop the network. Unless Amazon can negotiate good deals with the providers, it won't be to sell profitably the network access. Yet, the timing has never been better for Amazon, now that Apple has failed to deliver an improved phone factor: dragging for over two years (which is eons in the mobile age) the same tiny and fragile 3.5″ screen phone, fueling the gradually spreading iPhone fatigue. It is clear that the future of mobiles is not about voice, and, thus, screen sizes > 4″ become pivotal. This, among other things, opens the door for Amazon to enter the field.
Totally agree. It will be about competing with the hardware, user and "shopping" experience – not the network. You haven't seen anyone with a lot of capital (Google, Apple, Microsoft) follow through on frequent rumors about getting into the network business. Why? Because it's ridiculously hard and tremendously expensive. There is no magic "free lunch" solution on the horizon to cause a "pricing on revolution" network side. Deploying, maintaining and upgrading 28,000 cell sites across the US for 3G or 4G coverage is wickedly expensive. That's reality.
You're not as intelligent as you're making out you are… people don't give a crap about "4 cores versus 2″ they care about the experience.
You think that the "timing has never been better"? Take a look at what Apple has as a whole… it's a lot more than just a handset with 4 cores and 2GB of ram.
Your post wreaks of "I think I'm a big business man… but I have no clue". I hope to heck Apple doesn't use a giant screen like the Android devices – and for that matter, I wish everyone else would cut it out. We may as well slap an iPad to the side of our faces.
I am not sure what 4 cores Cody refers to as no one mentioned them here. But I agree with Cody that a phone that takes the least effort to use can win the market. As andyin847 points out, it is about user & experience. And Apple due to its perpetual adherence to the unity of hardware & software still has a potential to deliver such a phone. But there is good chance that without Steve Jobs Apple will not max out its inherent potential. Both iOS and iPhone hardware are stagnating and the competitors are closing up.
Unfortunately, Android stinks and Amazon has no hope in creating a viable smartphone platform in the near future that can match Apple by just going down the same route as every other friggen Apple competitor…
The only way you're going to beat out Apple, is simple: operate as a new startup that wants to make the best smartphone available on the market. Period. You need hardware the matches the quality of software eco-system, and platform as a whole. It's going to take a lot of work and a lot of time to get anywhere near as good as Apple – and that's just fact.
Maybe if Apple makes a big mistake, someone will be able to capitalize… but the writing is on the wall. Don't make cheap sh*t. This is the typical 'American Way'. Knock it off, and focus on quality first. Android is not that…
If your using Chrome Browser with Android synched tablets and phones, your experience is different from mine. If not you're ignorant of Google products. Your comment on user experience will be turned around in Google's favor when Android 4.1 updates make for a butter user experience.
Indeed, while I'm still a huge fan of Apple products and write this on Macbook Pro, I use Chrome. The "just works" syncing of open Chrome tabs among computers, tablets, and phones is a harbinger Google's future excellence. And Google Drive now clearly beats iCloud. While I use iPad daily, the new Google Nexus 7 tablet is on its way to my home. I am curious to test its "butter" experience. A decade ago, Google beat all search engines by giving faster & more accurate results. Now, providing faster & more accurate "butter" experience for Android is a must for it to succeed.
This article doesn't consider the fact that Apple chose not to provide its own data provider. If you look at At&t's stock (which was the exclusive provider at the time) from 2007 when the original iphone was released, it definitely disrupted the dominance in carriers.
A kindle IPad with free amazons book access should do it.
Love this idea.
I guess this is good news. Here in the US we recently conducted customer interviews for a start up service we are launching. We asked if it was important for the service to be available on mobile devices. The response? A resounding YES! When we continued our questioning as to what devices should we develop for, the Kindle was not even on the list. Comments like "no one uses Kindle for accessing the web" were common. Do you think this new iteration could be the answer for Kindle?
Mobile access is like steel to an automaker or concrete to a builder, like electricity to you or I in that it shouldn't matter how it works. It should be a "black box" solution. Apple doesn't own it's place as a premier designer of handsets and software nor is Google bound to be an also ran. Things change.
Make your products primarily for the devices that sell the most but never sell your future to one or two types of devices, makers, etc in order to be agile when the time comes for the next big thing.
The number of times I heard that Amazon will fail, endless. It is usually the media and Wall Street experts. It bugs them so much because it keeps defying their rules and expectation. Amazon will continue to prosper because it is clients oriented and not Wall Street oriented, so WS will never "get" Amazon. Is the author Short AMZN ?


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The Buffalo News' annual on-line draft preview feature starts up Monday morning on the Billboard Blog. We will profile 50 draft prospects in 50 days leading up to the first round of the draft on April 26. We'll focus on a lot of the first-round prospects, positions of interest for the Buffalo Bills and some of the more interesting human-interest stories who will be picked at the NFL's annual selection meeting. Get ready for the draft, one quick hit a day, at the Billboard Blog.
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