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Hello, and Goodbye!
I've left the editorial world to work on the production side of games, but I'll try to keep checking in here to add friends and stuff. Maybe now that I don't work at 1UP I'll actually catch up on friend requests. Right? RIGHT??? (As a singer in a smoky room once said, "Don't stop believin!'")
And anyway, I at least have to come back now and then to update pictures of the little Padawan learner.
Don't forget you can keep in touch on my personal blog too! I'll miss the 1UP community very much (^.^)
Girl TalkPosted: 2008-10-31 10:43:47.343
Today ends my career at Ziff Davis Media, where I spent six of the
richest years of my life as managing editor for EGM and then the 1UP
Network. I'm leaving game journalism and heading over to the
production side, where I'll be working at Sega as Associate Creative
Director for Family/Casual games. This is a big deal for me. I started
at Ziff in 2002 when EGM closed its Illinois office and moved to San
Francisco with half a staff. Its managing editor at the time, Dean
Hager, decided not to make the big move. I happened to need a job,
having been at Next Generation magazine when it closed in December
2001, and I jumped at the opportunity to join EGM.
Six years later, I'm pretty shellshocked it's all over. The end hasn't been sudden -- obviously, my old print team has mostly dispersed, EGM has a bold new look and direction, and I've been working online at 1UP for almost a year. But having spent the better part of a week going through old work files and emails trying to decide what to save and what to toss, I've come to the bittersweet realization that I'm saying goodbye not just to a job, but to an era.
For one thing, being a girl writing about games is no longer as big a deal as it was the first several years I was in the business. Back in 2000, there were very few women editors, and those who were in the biz didn't generally attend demos, meetings, and events. There was an easy explanation for this: women tended to occupy roles like managing editor, copy editor, art director, etc. -- jobs that didn't require knowledge of games. I remember really looking up to Francesca Reyes (then with Official Dreamcast Magazine, now Editor in Chief of Official Xbox Magazine) back then. Fran was a truly rare bird -- she had her own expertise and wrote about the same games the guys did. But aside from Fran and perhaps a handful of others, it just wasn't safe to assume the girls at the mags were gamers. Often, quite the opposite assumption was made: I remember showing up at events and having PR people think I was some girlfriend on the arm of the nearest male editor. Once, one even denied me a press kit: "Editors only!" she chirped annoyingly. Clearly she meant "Boys only," and I've never forgotten the sting of her mischaracterization.
I knew I'd arrived somewhere unusual when, on my second day at EGM, fellow editors Greg Sewart and Chris Johnston invited me along to the Sony gamers' day happening down the street. They'd even RSVPd in advance for me, figuring I would want or need to go. (I doubt they knew what a shock it was for me to be included by default.) It was the first glimpse I'd have into the inclusive culture of EGM, where everyone who played games and could write was expected to play games and write for EGM, whether they were a hardcore fanboy weaned on NES or, like me, simply a gaming fan who'd happened to spend way too much time playing SSX Tricky during her unemployment. The Review Crew suffered no idle hands.
Nowadays, girl gamers are everywhere, and it's no longer safe to assume that a girl in the office can't kick your ass at Call of Duty. It's really difficult to believe what those early days were like and to see clearly just how much things have changed, but I'm really happy to have been a part of the transformation. It may have been a natural evolution, but I also feel like being at EGM helped me force things along just a bit. If I wanted to write a story, all I had to do was ask. Wanna review Tony Hawk 4? Sure thing. Think you're the best person to do a Knights of the Old Republic cover story? Go for it. Got an interesting angle for the GTA Hot Coffee scandal? Write it up. These weren't required parts of my job as ME, and often I didn't necessarily have time to take on the extra work. But I knew that by digging in everywhere I could, I was slowly infiltrating the "Boys only" society. It helped that I worked with a tremendous group of people who valued initiative and good old-fashioned elbow grease. Then again, it wasn't always easy; arguing about why "slut" isn't a fair term to use to describe women and why jokes relying on the "girlfriend" punchline were lazy, and constantly insisting we could do better wasn't exactly fun and didn't always make me popular among my coworkers. But even if there were times I would lose the fight, I'm glad I was there to fight at all. And when I look at the make-up of the gaming press now, I am utterly happy to see so many women playing integral roles.
Still, the changes in journalism aren't the only major difference. If it were just that, I'd be thrilled to stick around. The truth is that the era of the hardcore gamer is coming to an end. I used to dream of the day when women would be viewed as equally important to the creative gaming market as the traditional male demographic. But I genuinely never expected I'd see the day when I could get hired to work in game production, focusing specifically on appealing to new types of gamers. When Brain Age and Wii Fit would be system sellers. When a scenario like this would be not just possible, but normal:
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Yes, the era of the hardcore gamer is coming to an end, and while
I've loved my years at EGM, I've also been waiting eagerly for this
time to come. For so long, finding a way to reach women gamers was
this magical holy grail -- something people could only fantasize
about. Nobody had any clue how to do it, and a lot of people didn't
believe it could be done. Casual games on the web, World of
Warcraft, and Nintendo Wii and DS have proven that it's not only
possible, it's happening NOW -- and I simply can't resist the call
to join the cause. This has long been an interest of mine (way, way,
way before it was cool or profitable :), and it makes sense
that now is the time to jump.
But before I did that, I wanted to take this chance to tell you what it was like for one girl during a different era, and to thank you for reading and supporting me through the years. I'm really going to miss you all, and I hope you'll keep in touch on my personal blog.
Elvis Sighting!Posted: 2008-09-30 15:25:44.88
Warning: This post is all about a celebrity sighting and has nothing
to do with gaming.
We had an Elvis Costello sighting at lunch! Seeing as this isn't New York or London or some other truly cosmopolitan city, it was very exciting. We're figuring he's here for the annual bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park. While we did say hi to him, we tried to keep it short and didn't have a chance to ask... But it was pretty cool and livens up an otherwise ordinary day in 1UP Land, and it confirms something I've long suspected: Eating lunch anywhere but the office pretty much rocks.
See, lately Mike Cruz and I have been venturing out to eat lunch in local restaurants, rather than just grabbing food to take back to the office. Nothing against the ol' 1UP lunch room, but sometimes you just want a change of scenery. And so far, it's been a smashing success. The first time, we sat at a communal table at New Ming's, and the people across the table started talking to Mike about his Gatchaman T-shirt. It was a fun conversation and beat eating in front of a monitor reading blogs and spilling food on my nice white Mac keyboard any day.
Today we decided to eat at a local dim sum restaurant, Yank Sing, which I actually kinda don't like because it's super overpriced and their waiters serve food predatorily (expensive dishes are pushed aggressively, taking advantage of people on business lunches and the fact that dim sum restaurants don't have menus with prices listed on them). And they don't have a changing table for babies and have refused to install one despite promises from their PR director that they would (not that I'm still bitter or anything ;)
But today, we just said what the heck and headed over. As soon as
we sat down, I saw someone I thought was Elvis Costello sitting alone
a few tables over. The glasses didn't look quite right, and since this
is a city with its fair share of bohemian-rocker-scruffedup-hipsters,
from two tables away and in profile, it wasn't entirely clear that
this was The Man. And despite my being totally obvious about having
possibly spotted him and doing double, triple and quadruple takes
(sorry Mr. Costello), he seemed to have the outside world tuned out,
immersed as he was in Backbeat:
Earl Palmer's Story. (Also, I'm sure that, like all longtime
celebrities, he's completely inured to the ruckus caused by his very
presence among mere mortals.) We continued to eat lunch, fending off
the hovering waiters pushily hawking $15 dumplings.
We kept investigating, however, looking for conclusive evidence. This man was using chopsticks with his left hand -- is Elvis Costello left-handed? Nobody else was gawking at him -- but maybe that's just because they're clueless or better-behaved! He was definitely reading a music-related book, and his watch and fancily stitched shirt had that rich, rockstars-only look.... We were becoming more convinced, but we couldn't be sure.
Then I spotted the glasses. On the table sat a telltale pair of his signature horn-rimmed, 60s style, tortoise-shell, whatever-you-want-to-call-them-but-basically-the-kind-Elvis-Costello-wears glasses. Of course! It all became so clear! He was wearing reading glasses and that's why he looked a little different. Such a wily disguise! The man was hiding in plain sight!
We were immediately impressed with ourselves and really wanted to share our discovery with Mr. Costello himself, but luckily we recognized that would have been a bit embarrassing and probably annoying for him. So we waited until we were walking out the door, and then went over to say hello. He held his hand out to shake mine almost reflexively; this must happen to him ALL. THE. TIME. (Again, sorry Mr. Costello.) I asked him a few embarrassing questions ("what are you doing here by yourself? where's your entourage?" to which he replied, "oh, I'm just enjoyin' me lunch and readin' me book" -- so gracious a response to my stupid questions) and made my music-related statement ("I know most people like 'Allison' but personally i prefer 'Veronica,'" which I couldn't help but squeeze in there because I do love that song). And then, satisfied that I had made a complete ass out of myself, we left the man in peace.
All in all, a pretty decent off-campus lunch experience.
When Hardcore Gamers Attack!Posted: 2008-09-19 16:26:49.563
I'm not gonna write a long tribute to
Shawn Elliott or Jeff
Green...or Sean Molloy...or Crispin Boyer or Dan Hsu or Bryan
Intihar...or Kathleen Sanders or Mark MacDonald or John Davison...or
Carrie Shepherd or Gary Steinman or Greg Orlando or Chris
Johnston... I've read a lot of great tributes the past few weeks and I
feel like lots has already been said. All I can say is yes, good
people are leaving or have left, and life goes on even though I miss
'em all terribly.
Instead, I'm here to write about a little game called Word Challenge. It's one of those casual Flash games that uses almost no graphics and entirely unoriginal concepts yet has somehow gotten all my friends playing it on Facebook. What I find interesting is how the dynamic of the game changed as soon as a bunch of my competitive, hardcore gaming friends started playing it -- motivated as they were primarily by the game's leaderboard, which tells you where you stand among your friends.
Naturally, this started with Shoe. Shoe, who in the old days, when I worked with him day to day, was the most competitive guy on EGM's staff (which you 1UPers know is saying a lot). Shoe spends hours and hours of his life achievement-whoring. He engages in tense battles of Advance Wars that span not just hours but days. Shoe is the hardest of the hardcore, betting money on Soul Calibur games and turning Mario Party into a harrowing battle for one's soul. So I knew something was up when he said he had been spending the last few evenings trying to beat my high score in Word Challenge.
My initial, genuine reaction when I heard him say this was…"Huh? What's Word Challenge?" Then a pause. Then, "Oooooh, you mean that Flash game on Facebook?" Then another pause. Then, "Wait, I have a high score?"
I'd played Word Challenge as I play most casual games -- in a big burst for the first couple days, then (often) never again, or revisiting it once in a while for occasional bursts. Word Challenge, as fun as it might be, wasn't a game that called me back to it from the deep recesses of my mind.
Until Shoe started this thing with high scores. Next thing I know, Mike Cruz is saying that my high score is in danger. Soon, Nelson Laut is asking if I've seen his "new" high score. Then he asks me again the next day. The next day, he's somehow doubled his score (in a matter of days, it grew from the low 10,000s to something insane like 43,000). I snidely ask him how his work is going. He insists this is just a "lunch hour" sort of thing. Shoe has mysteriously been offline. I'm sure when I get back in touch he's going to make some wild excuses involving Disneyland. I'm going to advise him not to look at Nelson's score on the leaderboard.
And suddenly, as I find myself loading up the game more than I ever had before, playing under pressure that I'd never felt, I realize I'm kinda pissed. My safe little realm of relaxing word games has been infiltrated by competitive high-scorers. My easily achieved record has been obliterated in moments by a few obsessive dudes who have memorized all the obscure 3-letter words and figured out that half the time, when it asks you to spell your friend's name, it's (hot tip!) DAN. It's annoying. These are the guys who already ruined Planet Puzzle League, Halo, Splinter Cell, and every fighting game for me; do they have to beat me at Word Challenge too? Congratulations, Nelson. Thanks for destroying my one realm of gaming that wasn't already a competitive nightmare. THANKS.
I'm not sure what comes next. Do I enter the fray and fight to reclaim what I know should be mine? Or do I let them have Word Challenge and move on to something they can never beat me at. Something like, I dunno, crosswords? Are crosswords even safe? Is nothing sacred?
And if you haven't checked out Word Challenge on Facebook, and you like word jumbles and/or crushing your friends' spirits in a few swift blows, give it a try. It's perfect for both.
My Contributions
- Title
- Date
- Girl Talk
- 2008-10-31 10:43:47.343
- Elvis Sighting!
- 2008-09-30 15:25:44.88
- When Hardcore Gamers Attack!
- 2008-09-19 16:26:49.563
- The Sentinel Daily Special: Shane Gets Served!
- 2008-08-18 16:09:37.297
- The Gaming View!
- 2008-04-01 20:58:44.27
- A Journalism Lesson Re-learned at GDC
- 2008-02-22 16:40:22.037
- My first experience with Filefront
- 2008-01-14 16:48:27.17
- Must-Listen Anomaly
- 2007-12-11 15:52:26.093
- Cheap shot: Mass Effect
- 2007-11-26 14:36:47.107
- Master Chief meets Warhol
- 2007-10-01 22:20:22.587
- It's been too long...
- 2007-09-04 15:47:54.107
- Circle of confusion
- 2007-06-21 10:53:51.613
- DS Multiplayer in the Park
- 2007-05-15 10:58:53.383
- Wii Glow
- 2007-04-25 10:51:53.477
- Penny Arcade does Dyack
- 2007-03-14 10:44:52.633
- Denis Dyack on EGM Live*
- 2007-03-12 15:13:04.853
- The Pouch (aka "Fanny Pack" as heard on EGM Live*)
- 2007-02-21 12:09:58.18
- The morning after the 1UP Awards
- 2007-02-01 13:08:30.993
- Goodbye, GameCube Zelda, we hardly knew ye...
- 2007-01-29 16:33:26.743
- Ole! Thoughts on Viva Pinata
- 2007-01-22 12:15:10.84
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---- — JAMES E. BOWEN SR., 77, of Elk Rapids, passed away at Munson Medical Center Jan. 27, 2013.
A celebration of life ceremony will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m., with visitation one hour prior, at The First Presbyterian Church, Elk Rapids, with the Rev. Dr. Andrew Martinez officiating.
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GRACE V. CRANDALL, 76, of Manistee, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the Manistee County Medical Care Facility.
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WILLIAM F. MICK, 95, of Frankfort, died Jan. 27, 2013, in Benzonia.
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---- — The holiday season gets under way this weekend when the big elf himself, Santa Claus, makes several short visits to Cape Ann to check on who has been naughty or nice.
The rotund holiday icon always travels by boat when visiting the towns on Cape Ann, and last night was no different went he stopped in Essex.
Today, from 8 to 11 a.m., Santa will visit Essex Elementary School for a breakfast fundraiser. Proceeds will go toward the school's Parent Teacher Organization.
Santa's next stop today will be in Manchester, where he will arrive by tugboat at 1 p.m. at Mascomo Park. Instead of being accompanied by his reindeer, employees of Surfari, a surf shop in Manchester, will be escorting Jolly Saint Nicholas on stand-up paddle boards into shore.
Afterward, he will make his way down to Singing Beach by hayride and end his Manchester celebration at the town's Community Center to welcome the children of Manchester.
Santa's last Saturday stop on Cape Ann will be in Rockport, where he will be ocean bound again, arriving at Bradley Wharf at 3:35 p.m.
The tree-lighting ceremony will be shortly after, at 4 p.m., kicking off the monthlong Christmas in Rockport celebration.
The tree lighting in Manchester will take place Sunday, at 4:30 p.m. on the Town Common.
Santa Claus already has made one visit to Gloucester, but he'll make another appearance Tuesday. He'll stop in at Cape Ann TV's annual Santa party, from 3 to 7 p.m., at the station's studio at 38 Blackburn Center. Children are invited to meet the big elf. Meetings with Santa will be videotaped and shown on CATV's Channel 12 on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This event is open to the public. CATV is also Project Uplift children's toy and teen present collection site. For more information call 978-281-2443 or visit www.capeanntv.wordpress.com.


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WASHINGTON — The latest snapshot of economic growth shows the U.S. recovery remains tepid.
Growth in the July-September quarter climbed slightly but was still too weak to stir significantly more hiring. The pace of expansion rose to a 2 percent annual rate from 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, led by more consumer and government spending.
Voters who are still undecided about the presidential election aren't likely to be swayed by Friday's mixed report from the Commerce Department.
"For the average American, I don't think changes in quarterly GDP" make a big difference in their perception of the economy, said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center. "It's certainly good for the president that the number is not bad because that would resonate."
With 11 days until the election, the economy is being kept afloat by a revitalized consumer and the early stages of a housing recovery. But more than three years after the Great Recession ended, the nation continues to struggle because businesses are reluctant to invest, and slower global growth has cut demand for American exports.
Republican nominee Mitt Romney is telling voters that President Barack Obama's policies have kept the economy from accelerating and have even slowed growth in the past two years. The 1.7 percent annual growth rate for the first nine months of 2012 remains slightly behind last year's 1.8 percent growth. And both are below 2010's growth of 2.4 percent.
The economy contracted at a 5.3 percent annual rate in the first three months of 2009, just as Obama took office during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Obama says his policies stabilized the economy later that year and argues that the stimulus package and auto bailout helped it grow in 2010.
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2008-11-13 [All_Most PUNK]: No, no, I think it's only one.
2008-11-13 [All_Most PUNK]: *shrugs* Everybody says the same. And yet...
2008-11-13 [Chimes]: They meet their untimely demise... *sigh* It's a sad tale..
2008-11-13 [SilverFire]: Troofax, Pubky killed me!
2009-03-13 [Nocturnaliss]: Oh my, I hadn't noticed Artistic Enquiries has been featured! Thank you so much <3!
2010-07-29 [dancingSHEEP]: I'd be happy to help with this, if help is needed. :D
2010-10-16 [pixish]: I was just wondering if maybe the image at the top should actually be the Featured Wiki badge, instead of the Featured Wiki Boss badge?
2010-10-16 [pixish]: (even though the bunny is way cuter ;) )
2011-04-27 [iippo]: Hall of the Badge reward system? XP
2011-06-11 [Captain Rachel Black]: "everyone's favorite Captain of course" awwww ^_^
2011-06-11 [Rice]: Did I butter you up good? :D
2011-06-13 [Captain Rachel Black]: like a muffin! (considers the innuendo of that statement)
2011-08-18 [Rice]: Oh yes..oh yes.
2012-02-02 [Aeolynn]: So... the last featured wiki was from November? Isn't there a new wiki to be awarded?
2012-02-02 [Rice]: People have been busy with University and what not so sadly it meant that the featured wiki got left unattended for a while, however, with the first semester's exams closing, it'll be back on board soon. :)
2012-02-04 [Aeolynn]: Nice! I look forward to it
2012-06-25 [Mortified Penguin]: Bob's Diner would make a pretty great featured wiki!
2013-05-01 [Mortified Penguin]: Bob's Diner would still make a pretty great featured wiki!
Also, it's... getting close to a year since the last update.
2013-06-19 [Stephen]: A few of the people listed above to ask for help from, are not listed as being bosses any longer. :P
2013-06-19 [Mortified Penguin]: Yup. And it's been over a year now...
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Q: What's better than free parking in downtown Annapolis?
A: Free parking that comes with prizes.
If rising parking rates have kept you from visiting downtown Annapolis lately, then Friday is your chance to shop, dine and let Patch pay for the parking.
We have paid for ALL the parking meters on Main Street from City Dock to Church Circle starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday and lasting until the meters turn off at 8:30 p.m.
I'm not kidding.
Normal two-hour parking limits still apply.
Patch partnered with Mainstreets Annapolis Partnership for this event, and we're hoping the afternoon will encourage you to shop locally, give us a chance to tell you about our mission and, most importantly, hear your input: comments, criticisms and suggestions.
In addition to free parking, Patch will have a table with prizes and giveaways set up at the Pocket Park at 122 Main St. All you'll need to do is sign up for our free, daily newsletter (if you haven't already) and we'll send you on your way with plenty of swag and maybe even some discounts to area businesses.
I am personally going to be jealous of the person that walks away with the Patagonia backpack prize.
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A woman says she got kicked out of a Montgomery County mall for wearing a cancer-awareness hat.
But it's the language, not the message, that got her into trouble.
The shopper posted a photo on Instagram with a caption that said she and her sisters were removed from the King of Prussia Mall for wearing hats with this message on it.
She says they lost their mom to cancer last week.
In a statement to FOX 29, the mall manager expressed his condolences to the women and went on to say: "King of Prussia Mall is a proud supporter of breast cancer awareness and other important causes however, the mall is first and foremost a family destination."
It goes on to say, "In keeping with the mall's code of conduct, security approached the women who were first asked respectfully to remove their caps and when they refused, were asked to leave."
Our FOX 29 Facebook fans are sounding off.
Jodie wrote, "As a cancer survivor, I do not see a word... I see hope and thank them for wearing it."
But Norma disagrees, "As a cancer survivor-- almost four years so far-- I support the thought but not the words. And as a cancer survivor I find it almost disrespectful. Come on girls, you can come up with something more appropriate."
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45. Re: how to register with iMessage?blueeos Jul 29, 2012 11:17 AM in response to dr mishadog
dr mishadog wrote:
I need messaging that allows me to talk to anyone through all systems and platforms. So we have yet another limited use Apple app to languished unused on our laptops.
That's called "email". And there are other avenues such as AOL Messenger, etc, besides regular texting and actually making a phone call.
iMessage as far as I understand it is to txt WITHOUT incurring txt fees by using Apple servers. It requires an Apple device running IOS5 or Mountain Lion.
I'm guessing ATT, Verizon, et al would be VERY unhappy if an Apple user could txt anyone on another system without incurring a txt fee.
So, consider iMessage a freebie to use in the Apple world only. Even there, it requires the recipient to have iMessage turned on.
AFYI, it's not lanquishing on my devices.
46. Re: how to register with iMessage?FineWine Aug 14, 2012 7:19 AM in response to brittnaaay7
My partner and I have and iPhone each plus we have one iPad plus one iMac all runing the latest OS's and all are logged in with the same apple ID. (different iPhone phone numbers of course) We have exactly the same iPhone setups as far as iMessage and iCloud and apple ID go, but I can send an iMessage to my iPhone from the iPad (home WiFi) but not to his iPhone. This also includes from the iMac ( home WiFi).
47. Re: how to register with iMessage?xaddict Sep 26, 2012 11:15 AM in response to dr mishadog
You can add google talk and facebook chat to iMessage... it's just the new iChat!
48. Re: how to register with iMessage?loyanek Oct 9, 2012 11:51 PM in response to brittnaaay7
I'm having what may be the same difficulty. I have multiple verified apple ID's, two of them have confirmation email for iCloud activation from Apple. Of the two confirmed email, iCloud, Apple ID's .... one works and the other does not. The one which does not work will not enable the "send" button in iMessage and iMessage returns a warning that "...the email address is not registered with iMessage."
If I try to insert a second email address into the "receive at" field in iMessage it returns an error "This email address is already in use." This happens to each address in turn, if I enter one as primary in "receive at" it is accepted and the other is rejected as a second address.
49. Re: how to register with iMessage?bisheeASH Oct 23, 2012 10:14 AM in response to dr mishadog
If that is the case, then sendd your messages an SMS through your normal provider - then you will be able to send messages to everyone on any platform.
50. Re: how to register with iMessage?Connor M. Jan 6, 2013 2:05 PM in response to bertina fromhuntersville
also if you cant get the messaging app to work just download text plus its much esier to use
51. Re: how to register with iMessage?Drew Eastmead Apr 17, 2013 8:28 AM in response to brittnaaay7
For what it's worth, you can text ANY cell phone number (regardless of if they have iMessage, iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) using AIM.
Edit the person's contact card in the "Contacts" application on your Mac. Next to "AIM" in the "user name" field, add the person's cell phone number. **You must add a +1 before the person's 10-digit cell phone number. So the AIM user name, for example, is:
Now go back to iMessages, type that person's name in the "To" field and select the new +1 AIM number. Voila. Free texting to any cell number!
52. Re: how to register with iMessage?rob_d_w Apr 29, 2013 3:21 PM in response to Drew Eastmead
Sounds good, but I've followed your instructions from April 17 and now the message text entry field says in light grey text "AIM offline". I don't use AIM (not sure what it means TO use it), perhaps that is the problem?
53. Re: how to register with iMessage?Shokoofa May 3, 2013 10:54 PM in response to brittnaaay7
When I try to register with IMessage it all works but the last bit it says verification not completed
54. Re: how to register with iMessage?Kizer100 May 18, 2013 6:07 AM in response to brittnaaay7
Ok I've sorted it got it sorted on iPhone /iPad/iPod,
Had tio reset the phone and iPod but its working now.
You can only use it with the people that have activated the Imessage on the device.
Only works with people that have I devices
55. Re: how to register with iMessage?NinjaCool75 Jun 2, 2013 1:39 PM in response to xaddict
ichat is different than imessage
56. Re: how to register with iMessage?jeffers1750 Jun 11, 2013 5:57 PM in response to Bailey.123
Did you ever get a response to your question about how to register a number in your contacts with imessage? If so, could you let me know?
57. Re: how to register with iMessage?got2bjoe Aug 27, 2013 7:16 PM in response to western electric
no duh. it the same responce you get everywhere. serriously though; how do you register a phone number with imessage. when you try to message a phone/ipad with it's linked number, how does that user register their device so you're number is in iMessage. It has the option to add Emails... and I have no problem with the emails... so I don't need advice conserning the emails. All I am asking is if there is a way to actually register a number; or is that a serious problem on Apple's behalf?
58. Re: how to register with iMessage?Jake Schoolfield Sep 26, 2013 10:12 PM in response to western electric
I've done that and every time it says "sorry an error occurred during activation please try again. I have a deactivated iPhone 4S and I have been able to imessage other iPhones until I recently updated my software to ios 7 and now my imessage simply won't cut on. Someone help me out please.
59. Re: how to register with iMessage?real gonzoid Nov 12, 2013 8:22 AM in response to brittnaaay7
This Messages app is, to quote Steve Jobs, 'a piece of kaka'. On the system that has my Contacts, I can't use Messages to save my life. On the other system with NO CONTACTS at all, I can message EVERYONE!
The inconsistency is HORRID!!! It's stupid! It's brain dead, it's stillborn... It's ridiculous!
How do I register contacts that are already on the computer? Why do I have to 'register' anything? Why doesn't it just work? Do I have to 'register' an e-mail address before sending it e-mail? NO!
This is Messages on Mavericks... Brain dead... Sorry if I broke a rule with this post, but this is ridiculous...


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Apple Cake Recipes
Sweet Apple Cake With Raisins
This delicious apple cake is made with chopped fresh apples, applesauce, and raisins, along with optional walnuts or pecans. Top this cake with a cream cheese frosting or dust with powdered sugar.
Upside-Down Apple Coffee Cake With Streusel Topping
This delicious upside-down apple cake can be served as a coffee cake or dessert. The buttery brown sugar streusel topping creates a crumbly crust.
Apple Cranberry Cake
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Apple butter cake with spices, sugar, and apple butter, along with pecans, eggs, and your favorite frosting. This apple cake is made with 3 layers.
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Tennessee Apple Stack Cake
Spiced dried apples are used to make a delicious filling for this stack cake.
Marbled Apple Spice Cake
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Apple Walnut Cake
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Apple Pecan Squares with Sour Cream
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Sour Cream Apple Cake
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Fresh Apple Cake with Caramel Frosting
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Gooey Caramel Apple Cake with Caramel Topping
This apple cake is topped with an easy cooked caramel topping, poured over the hot cake. This is a 9-inch square cake, just the right size for most families.
Applesauce Spice Loaf Cake
Enjoy this applesauce spice cake for a family dessert or take it to a potluck. It's made with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, raisins or dates, walnuts, or pecans, and applesauce. Bake this cake in a Bundt pan or two loaf pans.
Apple Upside Down Cake
Apple upside down cake with cinnamon and apples and brown sugar and butter. An easy apple dessert cake is an upside down cake.
Applesauce Cake Recipe - Recipe for Applesauce Cake
Applesauce cake recipe with spices, raisins, applesauce, and walnuts. This applesauce cake is a tasty snack cake.
Applesauce Bars
Applesauce bars are baked in a jelly roll pan with raisins and nuts. Sift powdered sugar over these applesauce bars or top with a frosting or glaze.
Apple Bundt Cake with Nuts
This apple cake is from Monajean, baked in a bundt pan. Drizzle your favorite glaze over this delicious apple cake.
Apple Cake Recipe
This apple cake is from Mare, shared on our forum. An apple cake recipe with walnuts and cinnamon, with an easy optional glaze. Try this delicious cake with coffee or serve as a dessert!
Fresh Apple Cake With Brown Sugar Topping
This is a fresh apple cake with walnuts and buttery brown sugar topping. This mouthwatering fresh apple cake is baked in a tube pan.
Apple Cake with Oatmeal and Spices
This apple cake contains brown sugar, raisins, chopped pecans, apples, cinnamon, and oatmeal. It's a delicious apple bread cake from Joe Harris.
Carol's Wooden Spoon Cake
This is an old fashioned apple cake from Carol, mixed with a wooden spoon.
Apple Walnut Cake and Vanilla Glaze
This old-fashioned apple cake is made with whole wheat flour and all purpose flour, and walnuts, with a vanilla glaze. Apple cake recipe with walnuts and vanilla glaze.
Easy Apple Cake
This is an easy apple cake baked in a rectangular pan. The easy apple cake recipe is a simple cake baked with a layer of apple pie filling.
Apple Walnut Cake with Lemon Sauce
This apple cake is made with cinnamon and walnuts and other spices, and it is served with a lemon sauce. This apple cake is baked in an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan, then it's served with the tasty lemon sauce.
Apple Stack Cake
This old-fashioned dried apple stack cake with cinnamon and ginger and molasses and dried apples. Apple stack cake recipe.
Shirl's Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Shirl's apple cake is made with fresh apples, walnuts, and a cream cheese frosting. Enjoy this fresh apple cake as a family dessert or take it to a fall gathering or potluck.
Applesauce Spice Cake with Walnuts
Make this great tasting applesauce spice cake recipe with walnuts or pecans.
Apple Pie Coffee Cake
This cake is made with apple pie filling.
Apple Dapple Cake
Apple cake with butterscotch chips, chopped walnuts, apples, and a brown sugar-butter topping.
Apple Streusel Coffee Cake
Coffee cake with a spiced apple-pecan topping.
Apple Stack Cake Recipe
An old-fashioned apple stack cake originating in Appalachian Mountain communities. The apple filling is made with dried apples and spices.
Apple Upside-Down Cake
Ingredients in this loaf cake include brown sugar, cream cinnamon, and fresh sliced apples.
Apple Walnut Cake
Made with chopped apple, walnuts, and cinnamon and brown sugar.
Apple Streusel Coffee Cake, Bundt
Apple streusel coffee cake with cinnamon and chopped pecans, along with butter and apples and other ingredients. An apple streusel coffee cake recipe baked in a bundt pan or tube cake pan.
Carrot Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Blue Raiders ink pair in spring signing period
Johnson, Porter join women's basketball program for 2012-13May 17, 2012 · Athletic Communications
Head women's basketball coach Rick Insell has inked two players (Jeneice Johnson and TiAnna Porter) in the late signing period to join the Blue Raiders beginning in 2012-13. (Bradley Lambert)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's basketball team, coming off its 15th NCAA Tournament appearance, and head coach Rick Insell have announced the addition of two student-athletes to its program starting with the 2012-13 campaign. Both players, Jeniece Johnson (Washington, D.C.) and TiAnna Porter (Paris, Tenn.) provide depth to the front court positions as the Blue Raiders graduate just one player from a year ago, senior Molly McFadden.
Johnson will enter the program as the tallest player in school history at 6-6 and have two years of eligibility remaining after playing at Chipola College (Marianna, Fla.) for head coach David Lane. She is coming off a season in which she averaged 10 points and nine rebounds, while connecting on 57 percent of her field goals. As a freshman for the Lady Indians in 2010-11, she earned All-Panhandle Conference Second Team honors.
Originally from Washington, D.C., and Howard D. Woodson High School, Johnson signed with NC State and Kentucky out of high school before attending Chipola. She was rated as the No. 46 player nationally by Hoopgurlz.com after her prep career and led Woodson to three D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championships. She also was tabbed MVP of the 2008 City Title game after a 14-point, 12-rebound and four-block performance.
"Jeneice gives us some size at the post, along with Stephanie Myers," Insell noted. "By signing Jeneice, it will help Stephanie become a lot better player in her last three years. It gives us two players at the post position with a lot of size and strength.
"Jeneice comes in with great touch and vision. Those are some of the things she can help Stephanie with. Some of that stuff you are born with and in this situation, she'll be able to help teach Stephanie that. We are excited about having her, not only for games, but also for practices."
Porter joins Middle Tennessee after a one-year stint at Pittsburgh, out of the Big East. A Paris, Tenn., native and Henry County High School product, the 6-2 sophomore forward will have three years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2012-13 campaign due to NCAA transfer rules and regulations.
She garnered three starts among the 21 games in which she played for the Panthers, averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 rebounds in 11.4 minutes. Two of her three starts came in conference action against at Villanova and Syracuse, while netting a career-best eight points versus Michigan State and six rebounds at Villanova.
In high school, she was a McDonald's All-American nominee and ranked as the 18th best position player by Dan Olson's Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. As a senior, she served as the team captain and earned MVP accolades, while joining the school's 1,000-point club. A two-time District 10 3A Girls Team honoree, she participated in the East-West All-Star game.
"I see a lot of (former MT standout) Brandi Brown in Porter. She catches the ball, can turn and score, shoot the three, run the floor and is real aggressive on the post. I'm looking to play her more at the 3 and 4 positions."
Insell and the Blue Raiders return all five starters and 11 letterwinners from last year's squad that posted a 26-7 record, captured the Sun Belt East Division title outright for the fourth-straight season and competed in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years.
Johnson and Porter join Caya Williams (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.), who signed during the initial eligibility period in November, as incoming players to the roster for next season. In addition, last year's signee MacKenzie Sells (Livingston, Tenn.), will return to the squad and have all four years of eligibility remaining.
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More Women's Basketball NewsJul 11, 2014: Shalon Pillow joins Blue Raider coaching staff
Jun 30, 2014: Rowe Named C-USA's Female Athlete of the Year
Jun 30, 2014: Assistant Coach Mariska Harris resigns from post
Jun 27, 2014: Brinkley named recipient of NCAA Career in Sports Scholarship
Jun 17, 2014: Leonard earns Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship
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Sample Press Release for NLSC Competitors and participants
A sample press release has been added to SkillsUSA's advocacy site. It's a template to be used by state association directors, instructors, parents and others to help get the word out to the media about the students who competed or participated in some other way (e.g., as a delegate, Courtesy Corps member, etc.) during the National Leadership and Skills Conference. The press release can be sent to five media outlets at a time. The site can be reached by going to: http://capwiz.com/skillsusa/home/.
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The Singing Santas will present an encore performance at 7 p.m. Saturday at Three Rivers Museum, 220 Elgin St.
"The Singing Santas" will tell the story of Kris Kringle through songs, stories and multi-media. The two-act show, featuring familiar favorites and original songs, brings the jolly old elf to life, starting with his early days as St. Nicholas and journeying through the transformation to our modern Santa Claus.
From shopping woes to holiday burnout, children's letters to the true meaning of Christmas, audiences will be entertained by Michael Dunn, Billy Gardner, Jeremy Jones, and pianist Forest Collins.
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By Jean Cole
Nearly 1,600 Limestone County registered voters have already cast absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 election.
They came to the Limestone County Courthouse in droves Monday, waiting in line 30 to 40 minutes to cast their ballots, said Limestone County Circuit Clerk Charles Page Jr., the absentee elections manager.
By 3:30 p.m. Monday, a total of 1,590 registered voters had already cast absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 election. Page also received another 50 to 75 absentee ballot applications in the mail, he said.
"I have never seen it this busy in my 24 years," Page said.
The last day to apply for an absentee ballot is Nov. 1.
Why so many absentees?
Just what caused the influx of absentee voters this election is unclear. The sheer volume suggests some may simply be voting early rather than voting because they will be unable to do so on Election Day. If they voted early to avoid lines, they may have had better luck waiting until Nov. 6.
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• The voter will be absent from the county on Election Day;
• The voter is ill or has a physical disability that prevents a trip to the polling place;
• The voter is a registered Alabama voter living outside the county, such as a member of the armed forces, a voter employed outside the United States, a college student or a spouse or child of such a person;
• The voter is an appointed election officer or poll watcher at a polling place other than his or her regular polling place;
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Sara's Surfaces: Pinwheels & Peek-a-Boos
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Your webisodes are really great and very helpful ..Keep them coming ! I made a pinwheel card for my sister's birthday and it turned out beautiful. she looked at the back to see if I had bought it ... (smile)
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Rudy Gay From the Department of Wonderful Coincidences: Rudy Gay of the Toronto Raptors hit a jump shot with less than five seconds...
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The Grizz are a different team now and Rudy doesn't fit in anymore....neither does his contract.
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Rudy Gay makes his plea for your all-star vote, and its an all-timer.
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NORMAN — The men at Harvest Church in Norman have decided to ditch their razors during November for a national movement and a good cause.
Elder Greg Madden said about a dozen men of the church have already signed up for Movember.
"During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of mustaches on thousands of men's faces in the U.S. and around the world. With their Mo's, these men raise vital awareness and funds for men's health issues, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives. These men start Nov. 1 clean shaven, then for the rest of the month they let it grow," Madden said.
The Movember Foundation was co-founded by Luke Slattery, Travis Garone, Adam Garone and Justin Coghlan in 2004, Madden said.
"The foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to having an everlasting impact on the face of men's health. Movember started in Australia and has since grown to a global movement, running official campaigns in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America, New Zealand, Spain, the Netherlands, South Africa and Finland," Madden said.
Unlike breast cancer awareness month, Movember focuses more on awareness than raising money.
"Almost everyone knows that people wear pink in October for breast cancer awareness, and that's a great thing. But most people don't know that November is men's health issues awareness month, specifically prostate and testicular cancer," Madden said.
Calling themselves the Mo Brothers, members of Harvest Church also will wear "Bob Movember" T-shirts.
"Mo Brothers effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November. Through their actions and words, they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men's health," Madden said.
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Books, puzzles, DVDs, VHS, software, sheet music, comics … all at great prices. Downstairs at the Library, 10 Court St. Summer sales are Mondays through Aug. 11.
Books, puzzles, DVDs, VHS, software, sheet music, comics … all at great prices. Downstairs at the Library, 10 Court St. Summer sales are Mondays through Aug. 11.
Come and play with kids birth through preschool in the air conditioned Fox Room. There's plenty of room for loads of fun with friends. Fridays through August. 10-11 am. Free and open to all.
Again this year, the library is happy to offer passes for a variety of attractions as well as the state parks. State park passes are day passes that allow entrance for up to eight people in one vehicle. Other passes we have available include Billings Farm & Museum, ECHO, Hildene, Vermont Historic Sites, Shelburne Farms, […]
From our friends at Rutland Historical Society: MSJ yearbooks (1939-1993 except 1943 which was not published) is online at the Historical Society website.
OneClick!digital has now added a selection of classic books to its offerings. There are no checkout limits, holds or waits … perfect for class reading lists.
Check out an audiobook from OneClick Digital with your library card … no limits or wait times. iPhone app now available, and find a wide assortment of audio classes as well.
Click on the Kids Space tab to access TumbleBooks! Find animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, and Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration.)
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My old plan was $376 a month with a $3,500 deductible, and I pay the first $5,000 of a hospital visit. Starting Jan. 1, I pay $268 a month with a $1,250 deductible, and I pay the first $1,000 of a hospital visit. Thanks, Obama!
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The Chicago Wolves announced Monday that they have signed defenseman Zach Miskovic.
The 27-year-old blueliner appeared in 35 games with the American Hockey Leagues Hershey Bears last season, registering three assists and 26 penalty minutes. He also dished out two helpers in three Calder Cup Playoff games with the Bears last year.


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Aaron Sampere provided the power while Jared Ramoin brought the glove and a duo of Nederland pitchers kept Dayton in check for a thrilling 4-3 victory in Game 3 of a three-game Class 4A bidistrict playoff series on Saturday at Metreyeon Delahoussaye Field.
Sampere hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first to give his Bulldogs a 4-1 lead. That was also the last run Nederland would score in the game as the Bulldogs switched to pitching and defense to make sure they advanced past the Broncos.
Nederland (24-5) will play Hutto, who beat Magnolia in a three-game series, in the area round next week at a site and time to be determined.
"I can't be more proud of our kids," Nederland head coach Cody Robbins said. "No matter what me and Coach (Brian) Spell do, the kids have to perform. I felt like they did their jobs. Hats off to Dayton, though. They're a scrappy team. What more can you ask from a three game series? That was some great baseball and I thought it was a good series. We're fortunate to come out on top."
Credit starting pitcher Gabe Nevala for keeping his team in position to win. The senior right-hander threw five innings, striking out six while allowing five hits, three runs and three walks.
Nevala had thrown about 20 pitches the night before to pick up a save in Nederland's 6-4 win over Dayton.
"Gabe did a great job today," Robbins said. "He usually throws a bullpen the day before his start, so he just threw those pitches in the game instead of in the bullpen. If he would have been up to 40-50 pitches (Friday), he would have been on a pitch count. But, he told me he could have gone six or seven. He gave us what we needed him to do. That was a great job of him stepping up."
Nevala left in the top of the sixth with runners on first and second. Thursday's starter Mitchell Sanderson came in from center field at that point. After a wild pitch moved the runners up to second and third, Dayton tried to get a squeeze bunt down. However, Sanderson was able to pitch around Dayton right fielder Casey Hicks and quickly got a strikeout.
That's when Nederland gambled on its defense to carry the day again. Robbins made the call to intentionally walk Dayton leadoff man Bryce Armstrong, setting up a bases loaded situation with no outs.
Sanderson responded by striking out Bronco second baseman Brad Sowell before getting a high chopper to Ramoin at third for the inning's third out.
Sanderson again worked his magic in the seventh after a leadoff walk and an error put runners on first and second with one out. Sanderson struck out Dayton designated hitter Jordan Trahan before getting a ground out to Ramoin at third again to end the game.
"We've been in tight situations before," Robbins said. "I vividly remember back in the Port Neches game, we loaded the bases twice and got out of it. Looking back on it, there was no choice on what to do. We've been there, so I felt comfortable with it. Our kids felt comfortable. I think this team has been in tight ballgames before and they've overcome."
Ramoin ended the last four Dayton at-bats with great defensive plays. He ended the top of the fifth by grabbing a grounder right at him with one out and the bases loaded.
The third baseman then fired home for the second out before catcher Brian Feltman threw to first for the inning ending double play.
His best, though, came with no outs in the top of the fourth. After a leadoff single by Dayton's Blake Schmidt, Ramoin made a diving stop on a ball hit to his left, popped to his knees and threw Schmidt out at second.
"Jared has played well for us all year at third," Robbins said. "He's made plays like that all year. But, he made some great plays today. Typically, high school third baseman don't make those kinds of plays. He's in a third base rotation over there with Jordan Wood, and we're fortunate to have two good players over there."
Sampere was the big offensive hero of the game. The senior first baseman had three RBIs and reached base five straight times against the Broncos reaching back to Friday night. Sampere finished Saturday 1 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs.
Sophomore Colton Broussard started and batted leadoff for the injured Seth Barrow. Barrow left Friday's game with an apparent hand injury. The senior was in the dugout with the team Saturday with his hand in a cast. Broussard was 2 for 3 in his absence, scoring a run in the bottom of the first.
Designated hitter Carson Raines was also 1 for 3 with an RBI while Sanderson was 2 for 3 with a double.
Nederland 4, Dayton 3
Dayton 101 010 0 — 3 6 4
Nederland 400 000 X — 4 7 2
Tim Wehmeyer and Kevin Roe; Gabe Nevala, Mitchell Sanderson (6) and Brian Feltman. W — Nevala. L — Wehmeyer. S — Sanderson.
Leading hitters: NEDERLAND — Colton Broussard 2-3, run scored; Aaron Sampere 1-3, HR, 3 RBIs; Mitchell Sanderson 2-3, 2B. DAYTON — Brad Sowell 2-3, HBP, two runs scored; Wehmeyer 1-3, BB, RBI; Bryce Armstrong 1-2, BB, IBB, run scored.
Records: Nederland (24-5); Dayton (20-11).


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Peter J. Sikora, age 43, of North Tonawanda, passed away, unexpectedly, October 19, 2012. Peter was born in North Tonawanda on September 26, 1969 to Jacob and Connie (nee Hook) Sikora.
Peter attended local schools and in the early 90s started his own company, S & S Tree Service. Peter was able to grow the company into one of the leading tree services in WNY. He was a Buffalo Bills and Sabres fan. He enjoyed playing hockey and was an avid boater. Peter was a loving caring father, a devoted son and brother, the type of person who never said no to anyone.
Father of Kaylee and Antinina Sikora; son of Jacob and Connie Sikora; maternal grandson of Norman (Betty) Rainer and the late Freda (James) Hook; paternal grandson of the late John (Rose) Sikora; brother of Ronald (Melissa) Dinino and Renee (Gary) Gibson; uncle of Zachary, Connor, Leah, Jake, Brooke, Brandi and Adam; also survived by aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Comment posted Waitrose has £325k on table for Tuesday planning hearing – and opposition rolls in by Crazy She-Bat.
Same source again – URTV:
The Council Planning Department and Waitrose have both spoken. The Planning Department say that the effects on the town centre could have been grossly underestimated by Waitrose's retail impact survey and that they are maintaining that they recommend refusal of the application.
Waitrose still believe that the effects on the town centre will be negligible and they can mitigate them. Waitrose spokesperson, Martin Gorman, received a big round of applause for saying Helensburgh is crying out for a good quality food store.
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30 pro Waitrose representatives have spoken, including Councillor Vivien Dance and Community Councilman Nigel Harman. Now it's over to the objectors.
- Copied from URTV's Facebook page:
Final count is 693 letters of support to the council for Waitrose and 137 letters against, including a petition. There were also 7 miscellaneous letters.
- Apparently, Victoria Halls is currently packed to capacity with many people waiting outside as well to hear the verdict.
- I'd like to know PBP if this is your attitude towards For Argyll? or to Argyll itself?
Recent comments by Crazy She-Bat
- No nationalist politicisation of the Games?
I do agree with you in one respect Sceptic. Why have a Proclaimers song performed without the Proclaimers? Surely, we could have afforded the real thing!
- No nationalist politicisation of the Games?
I stand corrected, however, I did watch it live and don't remember seeing half of those shots. I can admit this is perhaps my error as it wasn't until the following day, a video taken from within the crowd went out on social media that looks as if there is a great deal more flags. If I can find the video again, I will post a link.
I did forget to say in my original post, maybe Newsie could investigate the reports that the MOD were asked to provide a helicopter to fly over Parkhead so Salmond could jump out James Bond style with a big saltire parachute with "Yes" on it?
- No nationalist politicisation of the Games?
Wow! Been so busy hiding in the hills from the tartan overdose I missed this article!
Maybe because I am probably one of the commenters who lives a bit nearer to Glasgow than most, I have a completely different take on this?
1. Opening ceremony – Cringetastic! Highlights were the games being opened by 2 openly gay people and a male/male kiss seen by billions around the world. Although Karen "Shotgun Nostrils" Dunbar does my head in, it was a good idea to have them open the games considering its illegal to be gay in 42 of the 53 Commonwealth Countries. I also hear Eck has the rainbow flag flying instead of the saltire for the duration of the games.
2. Red, white and blue over the Girodome. Most Weegies see a totally different symbolism in this.
3. Wheel out the oldest, wrinkliest, auld duffer you can find to prove Scots are not genetically wired to die before they are 50. No I don't mean Sir Chris Hoy's uncle, I'm talking Rod Stewart. Sounds no bad for a guy that gargles with razor blades.
If you really want a story – ask yourselves why the Scottish crowd's reaction to our team entering the stadium was not shown on the BBC? I've seen video on the dreaded Social Media of that moment and there is a sea of Saltires and Lion Rampants being waved all over the stadium. Why wasn't that shown?
- National newspaper lambasts SNP mess in Argyll
And so the spotlight of the National media shines again on Argyll…
and as usual, not for a good reason.
Lets just say it like it is – Local Government is not and has not been working here for some time. The upper echelons of the council needs completely gutted, Councillors and Officers alike and in their place, something that actually works for the people of Argyll in the best interests of the populous and not for their own selfish benefit.
- Am dram wardrobe for Scottish team's Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony costumes
Its taken me a couple of days to feel brave enough to venture near the internet or the tv and come forward. I am a victim of ocular assault.
After washing my eyeballs with bleach (from Lidl) I am dismayed to see that my first impressions of the Commonwealth Costumes are correct. Who knew there was a tartan named "Puke"?
I would love to know what that wee woman was smoking when she designed that. It certainly wasn't kippers.
It truly is awful. Supporting Scotland in any sport is embarrassing enough, but this takes the Tunnock's teacake.
Is it not too late to change it to tracksuits and baseball caps? The unofficial uniform of Greater Glasgow anyway? And it would be the first time a tracksuit would have been worn in the city by someone actually taking part in sport.
I think I shall spent the 23rd of July hiding up in the hills with a paper bag over my head pretending to be a wild haggis.
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Linux IPv6: Which One to Deploy?
IPv6, short for Internet Protocol Version 6, is the next-generation protocol designed by the IETF to replace the current version of Internet Protocol, Version 4 (IPv4). Most of today's Internet uses IPv4, which is now nearly 20 years old. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient in spite of its age, but it is beginning to have problems. Most importantly, there is a growing shortage of IPv4 addresses, which are needed by all new machines and devices connecting to the Internet.
IPv6 comes along to fix a number of problems in IPv4 and to add many improvements to cater to the future Internet. The improvements come in areas such as routing and network autoconfiguration, security and mobility. IPv6 represents a big package of capabilities, of which addressing is the most visible component. The addressing issue gets a lot of attention, but it is only one of many important issues that IPv6 designers have tackled. Other capabilities also have been developed in direct response to critical business requirements for scalable network architectures, improved security and data integrity, integrated quality of service, automatic configuration, mobile computing, data multicasting and more efficient network route aggregation at the global backbone level.
This article exposes part of the IPv6 work conducted within the ARIES Project (Advanced Research on Internet E-Servers) in the Open Systems Lab at Ericsson Research in Montréal, Canada. The ARIES Project started in January 2000 and aimed at finding and prototyping the necessary technology to prove the feasibility of a clustered internet server that demonstrates telecom-grade characteristics using Linux and open-source software as the base technology.
IPv6 is an essential technology to be supported on such telecom-grade systems and clusters. Ericsson's vision is that all mobile users in the near future will be "always connected, always on-line". This new service paradigm, together with the use of IP technology, opens up tremendous opportunities for service providers and network operators to create new and diverse services. However, the rapid increase in the number of internet users combined with the expected growth in the number of wireless internet devices requires a scalable and flexible IP technology to accommodate such fast growth. Therefore, it is essential to recognize that IPv6 is a key technology to realize the vision of a large number of users being always connected, always on-line. New services, such as IP multimedia, assume globally unique addressing for reachability. IPv6, with its very large address space, will guarantee a globally unique IP address for each device.
This article explores the different open-source projects working on IPv6. The goal is to experiment with the Linux IPv6 implementations currently available and present recommendations to favor an implementation for our Linux processors on our near telecom-grade Linux clusters. The recommendations must be based on several criteria such as the implementation development speed, its compliance to the standards and its performance vs. other implementations.
The first step was to survey the Open Source community and report on the IPv6 projects that aim at providing IPv6 implementations, enhancing an existing implementation or providing testing and verification for other implementations.
The WIDE IPv6 Working Group (IPv6 WG), part of the WIDE Project, was started in 1995 in Japan for the purpose of experimenting with and deploying IPv6. In late 1995, IPv6 WG had several independent implementations and held interoperability test events. As the specification was verified and interoperability became common, it appeared that it was ineffective for IPv6 WG to implement IPv6 stacks independently. For this reason, the WIDE Project started the KAME Project as a subproject for combining the power of implementations.
Although the members of IPv6 WG and KAME overlap, IPv6 WG mainly does technical and innovative research, while KAME is in charge of implementation.
The WIDE IPv6 WG goals can be summarized as providing IPv6 implementation and software, encouraging the deployment of IPv6 in production environments and developing a transition mechanism from IPv4 to IPv6. In addition, the project aims at establishing the technologies and expertise for the administration of IPv6 networks.
The expected output of the project is a free IPv6/IPSec code conforming to the RFCs.
The KAME Project is a joint effort of seven companies in Japan to create a free, solid software stack for BSD variants (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and BSD/OS), targeted especially at IPv6 and IPSec. The project was formed to avoid unnecessary duplicated development and to deliver a high-quality and advanced feature-full implementation.
The project started in April 1998 and is planned to run until March 2002. The core researchers are from the following companies: Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, Ltd., IIJ Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation, Toshiba Corporation and Yokogawa Electric Corporation. They have committed to work on the IPv6 stack on a full-time basis, making the project one of their primary tasks. Their goal is to implement the best networking code possible under BSD copyright and present their results as free software.
The expected project outcome is an excellent quality code (provided as free software) for IPv6 and IPSec (originally based on WIDE Hydrangea IPv6/IPSec stack), which will be the basis for advanced internetworking in the 21st century.
The TAHI Project started in October 1998 in Japan as a project between the University of Tokyo, YDC Corp. and Yokogawa Electric Co, with the objective of developing and providing the verification technology for IPv6 through research and development of conformance and interoperability tests. The group works in collaboration with the KAME Project on the quality side by offering the verification technology developed in the TAHI Project and improving the development efficiency. It's also important to note that the TAHI Project also receives great support from the WIDE Project.
The TAHI Project resulted in creating:
Conformance tests: the project releases its conformance test suites bimonthly. The release timing may be same as the KAME stable release.
Interoperability tests with simple network: these tests verify if your target node can work in some certain typical networks. Since this test will be conducted in limited environments, this is set as the first step of the interoperability tests.
Interoperability tests with a multi-implementation environment: these tests verify interoperability with the real world.
Test scenarios and test tools.
The results of the project are open to the public for free.
The USAGI (UniverSAl playGround for IPv6) Project works to deliver the production quality IPv6 protocol stack for Linux in collaborating with the WIDE Project, KAME Project, TAHI Project and the Linux IPv6 User's group. We will discuss the USAGI Project and its IPv6 implementation in a later section.
The IPv6-DRET Project is a public Linux implementation of IPv6, funded by the DGA/DRET (French Military Research Agency) and codeveloped by INRIA Sophia-Antipolis and LIP6 Paris. IPv6-DRET was based on the Linux kernel 2.1, and the goal of this implementation was to test certain algorithms relative to quality of service (QoS).
The objective was not to provide a full-fledged implementation, rather to build enough functionality to test certain algorithms relative to QoS. Since routing issues are among the most important research interests concerning IPv6, their network stack is intended to accommodate both host and router IPv6 machines. Besides implementing the router specification, a great deal of effort also was put into the development of RIPng into GateD.
The project is no longer in existence. The development has stopped and the code is outdated.
The Linux IPv6 RPM Project prepares RPM packages for the RPM-based Linux distributions (i.e., Red Hat Linux, Turbolinux and Caldera OpenLinux) that consist of the software and tools needed to connect to IPv6 networks. The aim of the project is to provide RPMs that make it easy to get IPv6 connectivity.
The Debian IPv6 Project is part of the Debian Project. It aims at converting some of the Debian packages to be IPv6-compliant.
As you may have noticed, among all the projects listed above, only two provided serious IPv6 implementations targeted for Linux: the Linux kernel implementation and the USAGI Project. In the following sections, we look in detail at these two projects and implementations and see which one complies more with the IPv6 specifications.
The USAGI Project aims at delivering a production-quality IPv6 stack for Linux and the experimental operation of an IPv6-compliant network using the developed software in tight collaboration with the KAME, WIDE and TAHI Projects.
The group is comprised of several organizations from private and academic sectors to promote the implementation and deployment of IPv6 for Linux. The group members are the WIDE Project, CRL, GLUON PARTNERS Co., Ltd., INTEC, Inc., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., NTT Software Corporation, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, the University of Tokyo and Keio University.
The project started in October 2000 and is scheduled to end on March 31, 2002. The existing Linux kernel has its own IPv6 protocol stack; however, based on the evaluation results done by the TAHI Project, the quality of the current implemented IPv6 stack is not as good as the IPv6 stacks provided in other operating systems such as FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows 2000.
The project collaborates with other research and development projects and organizations regarding the IPv6 system development and deployment. The USAGI Project collaborates with the KAME Project (an IPv6 for the BSD UNIX system) and with the TAHI Project (an IPv6 test and evaluation specification and tools).
The USAGI implementation relies heavily on the KAME code, which is the IPv6 stack on various BSD systems, and most of their efforts are in the direction of enhancing the stack and porting it to Linux. Currently the USAGI Project has an IPv6 implementation for the Linux kernel.
The output of the project is a free IPv6 stack for the Linux kernel and much improved IPv6 APIs in the glibc library. The project released its second stable release on February 5, 2001, and snapshots of updated code are available every two weeks.
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Add a feminine touch to your work-to-weekend wardrobe in this lace panel top by South.
In lightweight fabric with a subtle sheen this top will keep you cool while adding feminine chic to your workwear looks. With its eyelash lace panel to the yoke and back this top will work overtime into the weekends. In classic black or ivory this top will look chic and will work with the rest of your wardrobe, while the rose option adds a splash of colour for sweet summer style.
Wear this top with black trousers and a heeled court shoe for a workwear look with a feminine twist.
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- Top by South
- Eyelash lace panel to yoke
- Eyelash lace panel to back
- Cut-out detail to neckline
- Sleeveless cut
South Strappy Vests (3 Pack)
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South Three Pack Of Strappy Vests
This great value three pack of strappy vests by South brightens your summer look.
Choose from girly pink, subtle mink or beautiful green in this three pack of versatile vests. With a figure hugging shape and adjustable spaghetti straps these tops ensure a personalised fit. Perfect for layering you can use these to change up your style all season long.
Wear these vests with skinny jeans, a chunky knit cardigan and ballet pumps for a laid back daytime outfit.
Useful info:
- Strappy vests by South
- Great value three pack
- Pack includes green, mink, pink
- Stretch fit for comfort
- Adjustable spaghetti straps
Savoir Keyhole Tunic.Colours: Black Print, Navy Print, Red Print. Cotton. Machine washable.
Savoir Pleat Front T-shirt
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Savoir Pleat Front T-shirt.Colour: Navy Print, Pink Print. Polyester. Machine washable.
So Fabulous Mesh Back Asymmetric Hem Jersey Top
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So Fabulous! Mesh Back Asymmetric Hem Top
A mesh back and angular hem mean this jersey top perfects this season's hottest trend - sports luxe.
A bold asymmetric hem cuts across your hips with figure flattering effects, while the loose fit creates a super sleek silhouette. Mesh detailing to the back and neckline add sportswear appeal to this casual offering.
Wear this top with So Fabulous! shorts and Shoe Box sandals for a chic daytime outfit you'll love wearing.
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- Jersey top by So Fabulous!
- Mesh detail to back and neck
- Asymmetric hem shape
So Fabulous Stud Sleeve Jersey Top.
Jersey top with studded detail to the sleeves. Worn length 30 inch.Colour: Black, Nude Pink. 95% viscose, 5% elastane. Hand wash only.