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To make the royal frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, egg white powder, and 10 tablespoons of the water in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed. Add an additional 2 tablespoons of water and beat until just smooth and thick.
Tint half of the royal frosting pale yellow with the food coloring; cover until ready to use. Spoon the remaining royal frosting into a freezer-weight plastic resealable bag and seal the bag.
With a serrated knife, cut the milk cartons crosswise 3 inches up from the base to make the house. Discard the base pieces. Remove the top lip from the milk cartons with the knife. Tape or staple the pieces together with the roof line end to end to make the house shape.
Cut and trim the graham crackers with the knife into pieces to cover the cartons. Use some of the white royal frosting to adhere the graham crackers to the milk cartons. Allow the roof pieces to over hang slightly. Let dry at least 2 hours.
Press six of the orange spice drops together and roll out on a sugared surface to a 3- by 1 -inch rectangle. To make the door, cut a short end to make rounded and trim the sides to make straight. Repeat with the remaining spice drops.
Place the containers on a cardboard surface or serving platter. Spread a thin even layer of the yellow royal frosting on one side of the house. Attach the candies before the frosting sets. Then work your way around the house to cover the four sides using the photo or your imagination to decorate the house with the candies. If the frosting becomes set, use a dot of royal frosting to secure the candies.
Snip a 1-inch corner from the bag with the white royal frosting. Pipe a few lines on the roof, starting at the bottom edge and add the red licorice pieces as the roof tiles. Continue with rows of licorice, overlapping slightly, to completely cover the roof. Add a row of starlight mints as the top.
Pipe icicles with the white royal frosting along the roof line. Add the coconut as snow around the house. Use as a centerpiece for holiday table.
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Mr. McLellan is such a flame bore when it comes to talking about war, Obama, abortion, LGBT rights, prostitution, and just about everything else that's affected by politics!
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Administrators at Belington Middle School have announced the names of students who made the Honor Roll for the first nine-week grading period.
Those earning the distinction for the Principal's Honor Roll are:
Sixth grade - Mckenzie K. Carpenter, Jyra A. Clark Casto, Shelby M. Collins, Austin R. Davis, Tanner B. George, Anna M. Ruf, Kierston N. Shomo, Trent N. Tallman, Abrianna M. White, Haleigh R. White and Kaitlyn R. Fowler.
Seventh grade Maddi Carpenter, Molly Clark, Gena S. Kelley and Skylar R. Ketchem.
Eighth grade Lindsay N. Blake, Alexis B. Foy, Tristen Furby, Alicia N. Goff, Kayla J. Harris, Hayley N. Mancino, Madelyn E. Mitchell, Liam C. Sanders, Alexis M. Serback and Kelsey R. Thorne.
Those earning the distinction for the A Honor Roll are:
Sixth grade Gabriel A. Arevalo, Trenton L. Chevalier, Destiny Donegia, Kyle R. Hannah, Brandon M. Kyle, Tequila M. McCoy, Jessica L. Mongold, Zoe Payne, Jenna L. Poling, Hannah M. Swecker and Dustin T. Ware.
Seventh grade Allison J. Cox, Katie M. Cox, Lucas P. Herron, Sandra F. Johnson, Ryan C. Kittle, Cadie B. McNaboe, Kasey L. Neville, Amber N. Simmons, Seth M. Trent, Mycala V. Wagoner and Johnny P. Williams.
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Those receiving distinction of B-Honor Roll are:
Sixth grade - Kaleb J. Akers, Harley C. Arbogast, Christopher Brady, Amanda R. Brown, Ethan R. Edmond, McKenzie R. England, Hunter S. Haymond, Eden C. Heatherly, Elizabeth L Hurst, Ricky W. McCumbers, Haydon J. Poe, Baylee S. Queen, Emily D. Ray, Chase V. Schoonover, Jesse H. Skidmore, Skylar R. Trail, Gage Weese and Jasmine N. Wyatt.
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The Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia has opened its new exhibition titled "An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia."
It is free to the public and will run through December 30, 2011 since 2011 is the beginning of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Featuring people and their stories from the home front as well as the battlefront, the exhibition explores thirteen specific themes including medicine and medical practices during the Civil War presented from a personal view of those who fought in the 36 battles that took place in Virginia and those ordinary people who survived at home during that multifaceted extraordinary human event.
For a sneak peek at the more than 200 objects and 17 state-of-the-art audiovisual programs, check out Jeremy Slayton's article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch to meet a few of the people and their stories, including Sally Tompkins, awarded a captain's commission so she could keep her hospital open, and James Hangar, reputedly the first amputee of the war and founder of a company that became Hangar Prosthetics and Orthotics, the country's largest provider of artificial limbs.
The historical society openly deals with the issue of slavery through a simulation that enables visitors to play the role of an individual attempting to escape slavery and make it to the union lines, overcoming obstacles and making decisions that impact the final outcome. The exhibition also features the story of Siah Carter, a 22-year-old slave from Shirley Plantation, who rowed a boat out to the USS Monitor seeking freedom. He eventually was assigned as first assistant to the ship's cook, survived the Monitor's sinking, and was discharged from the Union Navy in 1865.
In addition, the Virginia Historical Society will reopen on Mondays beginning Monday February 7, 2011 beginning a seven-day-a-week schedule. In January 2009, the historical society closed on Mondays as a cost-cutting measure. The Virginia Historical Society is located at 428 N Boulevard, along Richmond's Museum Mile, adjacent to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Plan a few days in Richmond to explore the history, culture, arts, museums, architecture, dining, and shopping of Virginia's capitol city! And, we invite you to consider a stay at Richmond's premier bed and breakfast inn located in the middle of it all.


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GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans� partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration�s handling of the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya last year, arguing that the Party should focus more on substantive issues, such as lessons learned and how to recalibrate diplomatic security.
Roll Call reports that Republican aides are saying staffers are getting bogged down chasing bogus accusations.
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quote: the shockwave is what does the damage.
quote: With no matter getting in the way of this intense thermal wave, it would seem the light show would be far grander in space.
quote: Ground Zero of a nuclear blast instantly heats the surrounding area to 300,000,000 degrees C at the speed of light. No matter on earth or space would/can withstand that much thermal radiation and would be instantly vaporized.
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Cambria Heights High School football coach Jarrod Lewis was a sophomore lineman at the school back in 1998, when the Highlanders last qualified for the District 6-AA playoffs.
"I got very limited playing time that year,'' Lewis chuckled. "We had a pretty good team that year. But I started the next two years.''
The Highlanders' return to the playoffs this year is much more special for Lewis. Cambria Heights visits Tyrone for a district quarterfinal game tonight. Both the fifth-seeded Highlanders and fourth-seeded Golden Eagles carry 7-3 records into the 7 p.m. kickoff at Gray Field.
"It's extra special for me because I think this group of kids deserves it, I really do,'' Lewis said of the Highlanders' playoff berth. "They've worked so hard for this, and it's a great opportunity. Our goal before the season started was to make the playoffs, and this team has really worked hard together and the players have all encouraged each other. Making the playoffs is a big deal for our school.''
Tyrone has been a success story of its own in its first season with Steve Guthoff as its head coach. Guthoff had huge shoes to fill in replacing John Franco, who led the Golden Eagles to three PIAA Class AA state-championship game appearances and one title before moving on to his second coaching tenure at Altoona this season.
Tyrone has won seven of its last eight games after an 0-2 start.
"We played two good teams [Bellwood-Antis and Central] the first two weeks of the season, and we had a tough start,'' Guthoff said. "We weren't really playing very good football for the first two weeks of the season, but our kids deserve a lot of credit. It's so easy to make excuses rather than look in the mirror and say that we all needed to do a better job, including the coaches. Everybody stepped up.''
Heights' running game is led by senior back Tyler Crawford, who has rushed for 1,028 yards on 199 carries and 17 touchdowns. Two other senior running backs, Donnie Contorchick and Ben Myers, are expected to play this week after sustaining injuries. Myers has been out since early October with a broken thumb, and Contorchick suffered a leg injury in the Highlanders' Coal Bowl loss at Northern Cambria last week.
"Obviously, they're both important to us, and we're optimistic that they will play,'' Lewis said.
Since losing, 28-0 at Central in the second week of the season, Tyrone's defense has surrendered a total of only 81 points in the Eagles' last eight games. That occurred in spite of the fact that several players on the defensive unit are first-year starters.
"Defensively, the players really started to get a feel for what they were doing at their positions after the first two or three games,'' Guthoff said.
Tyrone's offense is led by junior running back James Oliver, who has rushed for 1,674 yards on 203 carries and 25 touchdowns this season.
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The Durango High School wrestling team rebounded Saturday at the annual Delta Invitational.
�We wrestled better (Saturday),� DHS head coach Doug Cuddie said.
�Much better than (Thursday),� he said of a tough dual loss to visiting Bloomfield (N.M.) on its home mats.
�All in all, we had a decent day. It�s nice in a (individual bracket) tournament like this, where our good kids can get out there and do their thing.
�Right now, this format is better for us,� he said.
Durango finished fourth in the 12-team Delta tournament that was won by Class 2A powerhouse and defending state champion Paonia.
The Demons crowned three individual champions Saturday at the Delta Invitational.
Another Demon, 220-pounder Daniel Gustavson finished second.
Two Durango High School wrestlers extended their unbeaten records in the 2012-13 season: Clay Dillon, 126 pounds, won the Delta Invitational title with a 3-0 record Saturday; Nick Tarpley, 152 pounds, went 3-0 at Delta with two pins and one decision.
Both wrestlers are 9-0 this season.
�(Dillon is) wrestling outstanding right now,� Cuddie said.
Just as he was in a dual win Thursday over Bloomfield, Tarpley dominated on his feet, scoring multiple takedowns.
Durango sophomore Matthew Lavengood won the 113-pound bracket at the Delta Invitational, beating two state placers from last year in the semifinals and finals.
�He had a great day,� Cuddie said. �And that (113 pounds) was the toughest weight class by far.�
Lavengood beat Olathe�s Austin Shank in the semifinals. Shank was fourth in the CHSAA Class 3A Wrestling State Championships last year.
�Then, he avenged his loss earlier (in the season) to the Paonia kid (Jesse Reed),� Cuddie said.
Reed won the 113-pound Class 2A state championship last year as a freshman with a 35-8 overall record. Reed�s only loss this season came at the hands of Lavengood in Saturday�s Delta Invitational championship match.
Lavengood is 8-1 this year.
Durango�s Dillon Anthony placed fourth in the 132-pound bracket.
�He looked a lot better (Saturday),� Cuddie said. �He�s getting there.�
Anthony, a sophomore, qualified for state last year along with Lavengood and Tarpley. Dillon qualified for state two years ago.
�Our other guys ... are getting matches,� Cuddie said.
�Three firsts, a second and a fourth ... in this format, we can let our studs shine,� Cuddie said.
The Demons will head north again next week for the annual Warrior Invitational in Grand Junction, a big multiclass, multistate tournament � the biggest tournament of the season for the DHS wrestlers.


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Steve Ballmer - Quick chat with Microsoft's CEO
- Posted: Jul 07, 2005 at 4:24PM
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He is not only the head of a $300 billion organization, but is personally worth >$10 billion. Yet he really looks very passionate about what he's doing and the company. Maybe it's just his personality, but I'm astounded. He sits down and talks to the video camera just like any other guy.
hes pretty funny ill say that
you always read about the banging of fists and clapping of hands etc - but you never really see it (except for the famous dance routine)
good work steve - thanks for talking to scoble and channel 9
get a blog - or maybe Vloging would be better for you - so people can feel slightly uncomfortable wondering if your a brilliant ceo - or a raving lunatic haha
I love the "Who are You?" you ask in the beginning Scoble
Great work.
Lol, what happend when you asked him about blogs. He gets this energy kick and then starts talking normal agian?
Anyway, great interview. But who is this guy? =)
Best video yet. I haven't seen much of Steve and after seeing him on the video I can see why he is CEO.
On the subject of video length, recently I have been snoozing through the videos. I used to like the wondering nature of the content and I still love the human factor that brings, but a lot of the time now I wish some of the guys had prepared a little better before you arrived with the camera. And that questions had more direct answers. I know you guys have a no editing policy, but maybe it is time to review that.
P.s I bet Bill feels leftout now that you have interviewed Steve. You don't want him to feel leftout do you!?
I think Steve Ballmer should do Microsoft keynotes at CES and other events instead of Bill. He has great enthusiasm which surpasses that of Steve Jobs and would help give Microsoft a much hipper look.
Keep up the good work Robert.
Steve411 wrote:I LOVE THIS GUY! He has a bunch of enthusiasm and energy, he's freaking hilarious too! Dude, YOU GUYS ROCKS! YEAHH!!
Steve Ballmer! Steve Ballmer! Steve Ballmer!
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Orbit86 wrote:Monad is copying Unix\Linux.
Beer28 wrote:Wow, I only have 3 words after watching.
executives, Executives, EXECUTIVES!!!
LarryOsterman wrote:
Orbit86 wrote: Monad is copying Unix\Linux.
Umm You haven't been paying attention to Adam's blog, have you...
Monad's a totally different paradigm for a shell than anyone's ever seen - yeah, it's vaguely like the various *nix shells but its ability to composite complex structures is totally new.
If someone built a shell out of mock-lisp, it might be similar...
scobleizer wrote:m00n1: It was supposed to be longer but his schedule got cut so we only had 10 minutes. But, I'm getting feedback to make our videos shorter and tighter, so we'll work on that.
I thought Longhorn was the future...scobleizer wrote:DownUnderGeek: it only looks the same if you ignore the Tablet PC and the Media Center (not to mention XPSP1).
We have to get Longhorn out first. Then we'll talk about what we'll do in the future.
Tyler Brown wrote:I thought Longhorn was the future...
scobleizer wrote: DownUnderGeek: it only looks the same if you ignore the Tablet PC and the Media Center (not to mention XPSP1).
We have to get Longhorn out first. Then we'll talk about what we'll do in the future.
scobleizer wrote:Transcript:
j0217995 wrote:I will have to disagree, so much of open source work is done to make it work/look like something MS does. Everyone wants the GUI to look enough like Windows to reach the masses. Everyone tries to makeit as easy as Windows, etc.
A lof of copying, and improving. Improving security and stability of things that MS and other non-OS companies do.
Orbit86 wrote:
the reason they switched to the NT kernel from the 9x because people were using linux because it stop crashing on them every few hours,
Orbit86, the NT kernel exists since 1989. Nice try spreading FUD.
Orbit86 wrote:the reason they switched to the NT kernel from the 9x because people were using linux because it stop crashing on them every few hours,
Loadsgood wrote:Steve Ballmer is the biggest freak I have ever seen. What the hell is up with that guy? His energy is shocking. He's like a kid trapped in a fat guy's body.
I wish he would go fully bold though, that Mr Burns hair cut isn't doing him any good. "Halo 3" eh? Pretty sweet. Too bad you couldn't show us the view out the Windows, maybe a Buzzcast would be better next time You should've acted as if you turned off the camera but left it recording and asked him what he truely thinks of Bill Gates...
"Who's Bill Gates?" - Steve Ballmer.
10 minutes of Steves time is worth a lot of money.
What you should have asked him was "What will Longhorn be called?" because I bet Steve, Bill and a very small few others know exactly what it will be named.
I'm sure they have a handfull of names to choose from, from Windows 2007 to eXPedition but I bet theyre already set on one of them.
How far between the beta or Release candidates and the RTM of XP was there for the code name change of Whistler to XP title? Will we first hear of it during PDC? or early next year during the RC stages? As the marketing team and graphic designers all need time to start designing logos and branding to be ready for this time next year. Let alone the guy who needs to run a name check through the code to change any longhorn references to the new title. Does the M in Project M give something away? I'm sure longhorn server will be called Windows Server 2007. Im sure Internet explorer in Longhorn will be called Internet Explorer 7 Enhanced, but what about Windows?
Can anyone guess What words begin with M that would fit the bill?
And no more softball questions. Go straight for the Barbara Walter ones.scobleizer wrote:Good questions! I'll definitely come back to this thread next time we get some time with Steve.
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Not to belittle LH, it is like the middle film in a trilogy
scobleizer wrote:>When is Billgs interview coming Robert?
He wants to do one but getting on his schedule is harder than getting on Ballmer's. Hopefully soon.
Orbit86 wrote:I don't know whats wrong with people who want 9 minute videos, he Didn't even say anything in very detail..
Hi guys how are you? My name is Vincenzo and I am Italian. I write from Sheffield (UK) where I study marketing. I was watching Steve Ballmer interview. He positively impressed me. He didn't look like a CEO, it was like I knew him since a long time.
Actually, at first Steve Ballmer looked like my uncle Nicola in Italy and I said "UNCLE NICOLA IS MICROSOFT CEO AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?! He can probably help me with my dissertation!" But then I realised that it wasn't my uncle. I will have to cope with this sorrow for the rest of my life, eh eh eh J
Joking aside I enjoyed the interview. As marketing student I have to appreciate Ballmer natural communication skills to promote his company. Also, I think it is great when a CEO finds the time to listen to his employees especially in a big company like Microsoft. I
would like to add something to what Ballmer said about innovation. I think that innovation is not only interactive television, messenger, live communicator and the real-time stuff. Don't get me wrong guys, these things are important. But they cannot be the
only form of innovation we value. I make an example. During the master in marketing that I am currently attending I have participated to a project with IBM UK. We have studied the technology that IBM has developed to help people with disabilities (blind, hearing
impaired, with a low vision and so on) use IT applications that we can all use today. I think that this technology doesn't have a great impact on IBM revenue but still is "technology that matters"…to society. It is still great innovation. Ballmer said about
IBM "I don't think they've done much interesting at all". Mr Ballmer let me disagree with you. I think that technology that helps people with disabilities is very interesting. I don't work for IBM and, believe or not, I have no interest to promote this company;
yes I am studying this company for my dissertation but I consider myself a free thinker like you guys.
By the way, I like your blog. Keep it up guys and hope to participate more to the discussions on channel 9 eh eh eh eh eh J
Vincenzo Graziano
I am a Mac OS X user and was once a Windows user (up to 98, although I've fiddled with XP). It's not that I dislike Windows. I simply like Mac OS X better. This is just to state that I am not particularly pro-MS (and neither I consider myself anti-MS). In any case, those two apps were already far in development before MS acquired them. In relation to Virtual PC, neither Connectix, VMWare Inc or MS invented hardware virtualization, so giving more credit to VMWare than to VPC is, IMHO, unfair (VPC is here since 1997, no idea about VMWare). In relation to Acrylic (formerly Expression), if you consider it to be competition to Photoshop, you simply have used neither professionally. Both serve different ends and might even complement each other. I do grant you, though, that acquiring Expression seemed to lead to killing any further development for the Mac OS version (read Apple & Logic or Shake…). I still have hopes, since Acrylic is in beta stage. And I do agree with you that MS had and still has in many areas that strategy. It's just that I do not think those two products are representative for that. PS:Excuse me for the lack of formatting. No idea why it is happening…Orbit86 wrote:what I hate from MS is that they create to kill other competitors.. Acrylic - Photoshop Virtual PC - VMware
Orbit86 wrote:they don't lose because they have a monopoly...
Nata1 wrote:Hey guys - we got SlashDotted
>what tough questions would you be asking the CEO of Microsoft?
Apart from that question, nice interview.
IMHO, tough questions are:
- How can I make sustainable business on your platform over the next 3 - 5 years?
- What are models for me to collaborate and compete with your 50,000+ workforce?
Maybe in the future, could you post some of those hilarious BillG and SteveB videos they show at the company meetings?
DigitalDud wrote:
Nata1 wrote:Hey guys - we got SlashDotted
Slashdot has a lot of nerve linking to a video stream. It seems like the only purpose of Slashdot is to conduct distributed DoS attacks and then belittle the content.
scobleizer wrote:Transcript:
Q: On the blogs there are those who say that Microsoft doesn't innovate anymore. Can you give us some examples of where you see innovation?
A: I think we're doing a ton of innovative work. If you take a look at the stuff we're doing with interactive television I think it is super innovative. I think the Tablet stuff has been a little slower to take off than we had hoped, but I think it's super innovative stuff.
Orbit86 wrote:I hope the Borland guys are seeing their .NET technology succeed
Rory wrote:Mr. Ballmer -
That was a very pleasant interview. I rather enjoyed it. I work for your company, and I'm very proud to do so.
Also, if you could make me the boss of the entire Windows divison, I'd appreciate it.
Otherwise, it was very cool of you to spend a few minutes chatting on video.
- Rory
- http://www.neopoleon.com
Look, ICQ was innovative. I used to use it, it was great, but it turned into a steaming pile of confusing, messy cow-dung. For a long time I resisted MSN Messenger until it simply evolved into the superior IM client. It's just a fact. Steve was talking about the innovation they are doing with Messenger now regarding presence and integration across the whole range of Microsoft solutions. Not just simply IM.Visual Studio happens to be a fantastic development environment, there's nothing that can touch it.Why do people always draw these spurious analogies? You don't invest in the construction of your car, or learn its design to help you drive it better. You don't need to consult the developer documentation at carmarker.com to help you build better tires. A car is a car. Software is totally different.And *shock*...a car is closed development, how dare they! (I need to watch my language)'s! I'm going to watch the War of the World anyway.Orbit86 wrote:you actually think MS creates everything? LoL...the MS PR staff brainwashes everyone...what did MS actually create? ..Msn Messenager..innovation? it does the same thing as AIM,Yahoo does...the only reason that you use office,visual studio,IE is because microsoft has a direct connection with the customer..unlike other companies that don't...you ever notice why there are numerous major car companies but one dominant OS?..don't tell me its by choice....
Orbit86 wrote:Visual Studio is not the best development platform out there, thats why some MS devs use Eclispe. thats why Microsoft didn't write longhorn on .Net, the only reason people choose Windows(or forced) is because thats the only OS they know..I can assure you the entire windows Development community doesn't use Visual Studio.
"you don't invest in construction of your car"..
hmm thats why they sell aftermarket parts..?
ICQ..I used ICQ..just because it went downhill ..and I don't think it did doesn't make it crap..heck Win9x was crap but the user was uneducated to alternative oppurtunities..the only reason Windows is still around because the Customer isn't educated into what other OS's they are..
eventually Open Source will win, it is impossible for it to loose..it only takes one major desktop manufacture to set the market free..Dell looks liberal..heck he could wake up one day and say "#$@# MSFT!!, im selling linux,apple OS on my website" ..then HP,Gateway says "look dell is doing it, we have to stay competitive"...
"the resistence always wins"
Orbit86 wrote:..Avalon huh? I hope Toyota sues them for using the name...
scobleizer wrote:>I hate from MS is that they create to kill other competitors..
I don't look at it that way.
Microsoft works like an anthill. We go toward food sources (money). Or, look at it as customers asking for more features. If we add features to our products that customers want they'll buy more.
I see it as chasing the money. It's good business.
Look at the auto industry. General Motors had an awesome month due to a "buy your car at employee pricing" promotion. Now everyone else is doing it.
It happens the other way too. Why do many distributions of Linux look just like Windows? Why is Apple working on an Office Suite?
Orbit86 wrote:Microsoft recognizes Java? but with .NET isn't every application able to do that already?
Microsot unofficially answered this question months ago but I forget where I read it, but it was straight from the MS OS teams. MS has already said they WILL release Longhorn in late 2006 and they will remove (more) features if neccesary in order to make this timeframe. Balmer does not have some magic date just sittng on his desk that the public doesn't know about. If you have ever worked (or watched) developement on a large project you will see how difficlt it can be to forecast a magic date. MS is hoping on sooner than later, and if they can finish Longhorn in August 2006, then they will be wasting everybody's time if they told everybody Nov 30th. It's better to just answer the question in quarters and let the project decide when it will be done.Minh wrote:How long will Longhorn take to go mainstream?
As far as your "platform that wins" question, I think you are looking at Windows Server frm a very narrow view. The only reason 2003 Server is a "platform that co-exists" now more so than previous OSs is because MS finally has the time to add more bells and whistles to their NT5 kernel, becuase MS spent all their time developing NT4 and 2000 Server just to do everything it needed to do, and not enough time to add "what would be nice". I'd also like to point out that NT4 had support for Unix compatibility (something with printing) and 2000 added even more support with better integraton with a Novell network (which 2000 has quickly replaced anyways).Minh wrote:MS seems to be moving towards stadards more these days, has MS given up on the "platform that wins" (obviously on the server side) and going with platform that co-exists?
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New Longhorn Features not known to public :
what part of "don't touch my computer" don't you understand?
Orbit86 wrote:I would ask him what real innovative software did Microsoft ever create..
Msn Explorer was funny.."Windows Messenager" another attempt to monopolize the market..
scobleizer wrote:The Slashdotters gave me some heck about that, though. So next time I'll have to ask some go-for-the-throat type of questions just to show I can ask those. But, I bet the answers would turn out the same.
Orbit86 wrote:he is CEO because he met Bill Gates in Harvard...
scobleizer wrote:m00n1: It was supposed to be longer but his schedule got cut so we only had 10 minutes. But, I'm getting feedback to make our videos shorter and tighter, so we'll work on that.
scobleizer wrote:Unfortunately in today's world there are security
The "take home" message of the Steve Ballmer video is that the next 10 years, for developers, will be as good as or better than the last 10 years. It is left to the viewer to decide what "better" means. Perhaps it means more interesting work. Perhaps
it means higher volume of work in general. Perhaps it means increased gross receipts for developers. What Mr. Ballmer thinks when he thinks "developer" remains a mystery. What aids to developers Microsoft plans to offer over the next 10 years is unspecified.
I come away from his brief comments with the same confused, "what was THAT all about?" that I used to experience at half-time when coach would give us a pep talk.
Nevertheless, it is extremely good to have the big cheeses honor us with a few comments. I don't think this qualifies as a contribution to the still missing dialogue between Microsoft management and developers, but it is a start. (I know, management believes there is an ongoing, long-term, in-depth dialogue that makes the world safe for innovation. In my neck of the woods, the means to advise Microsoft management is non-existent.) Good show!
Orbit86 wrote:the market share
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Orbit86 wrote:correct ..I'll laugh at microsoft when they release office for linux or visual studio for linux and remember the time when they shunned the OS and its devs...
they are probably taking source code from linux and putting it into longhorn right now...!!!!!!
If MS does change their mind one day that's a good thing, not a bad thing nor a sign that they don't know what they're doing. It would just prove they realize they need to adopt to meet the market's demands (which they have done MANY times in the past).
If you're going to take the time to post, at least make it intellectually stimulating. Call me a stickler but posts like these are borderline flaming imho, nothing productive comes out of them.
I agree, It's nice to see top-level management in-tune with what's really going on as well as actively interested in it. I met with a couple of PGs a few months ago out in Redmond and I was amazed at how willing everyone was to sit down with you and ask "what do you think of this", or "how can we improve..." It was very interesting.
Does this clause apply to the SFU/SUA teams as well?
scobleizer wrote:>they are probably taking source code from linux and putting it into longhorn right now...!!!!!!
Did you know it's a fireable offense for anyone working on Windows at Microsoft to look at GPL code? So, I doubt it.
Orbit86 wrote:I don't know why Linux code is cancerous if Windows got the reputation of having BSOD and crashed all the time..disk defragmentation..Apple has like 1 anti virus program..
Orbit86 wrote:what..you got the smart devs but can't develop your own stuff..
Orbit86 wrote:I don't know why Linux code is cancerous if Windows got the reputation of having BSOD and crashed all the time..disk defragmentation..
Orbit86 wrote:
Apple has like 1 anti virus program..
Orbit86 wrote:
I don't think you would have to buy new hardware..it can run on regular Intel machines....
Orbit86 wrote:the development systems were able to run Windows XP on it...
Nata1 wrote:Orbit your the most annoying guy around, even over that beer guy. But I like having the whiners without a cause around for some reason, even though I only read about 1 out of every 100 of your words.
The whole "this is the internet, it's ok to be an arse" is a weak point at best. But I dislike the oversensitive types just as much as you do.Orbit86 wrote:unlike you I don't come here to make friends, I don't care what you think about because this is the internet and I come here for the videos not the idiots that post
Orbit86 wrote:btw beer28 is a smart guy, it's that people on here just use personal attacks if they don't agree with you..(IE:zealots)
Microsoft didn't buy Python. And it's up to OTHER people to add their language to .Net. Lately there are 40+ languages available for .Net and the majority of them weren't implimented by MS.Orbit86 wrote:will we ever see Python.Net in VS? doubt it because its not MSFTish, thought they bought it from the guy who made it..
Well this post has had a more than normal amount of users because it's actually been one of the best video's we've seen for a long time and people were hoping for some decent stimulating conversation on the topic. Obviously people can't help but read your posts. The worst part is that it appears your posts have thread capped this discussion. Perhaps you should add a disclaimer on the top of your post that says...Orbit86 wrote:who ever said you had to read my posts.. I said numerous times that I don't like Microsoft Business tactics..
DISCLAIMER: I'm about to poke fun of MS just for the sake of it, if you don't want to engage in flames and pointless abuse, please skip this message.
You can't expect everybody to know what what they're getting into by reading some of the garbage you typed. Heck if you had that disclamer on your posts, I would spend more time defending you against the other posters than attacking you myself because at least they knew what they were getting into and you were man enough to admit your biaseness against MS.
The fact you use their products don't mean you're not biased, I mean I am biased against ASP.Net 1.1 because I feel 1.1 wasn't ready for mainstream use until 2.0, but that's a whole different subject. I don't sit here and randomly interject something like
"What innovation, ASP.Net 1.1 sux!!!"
I shouldn't comment on this thread any further, I think we've all flushed it down the toilet pretty far by now.
He mentions the subject at:Nata1 wrote:Did anyone hear him say something about Business Intelligence?
You'd be surprised how many companies (including companies that need innovation in order to survive) don't want employees being creative because it wastes their money. The best example is Xerox (I work with an ex-Xerox employee) where they literally invented today's PC in the late 70s (mouse, networking, gui) and Xerox axed everything about the project except for the laser printer. The whole story is a good read as some people say that Xerox had the chance to become what Microsoft is now (and take their place) but as the story proves, their inability to see the future and acknolowdge that markets change crushed any hopes of Xerox becoming a big contender in the computer industry.Nata1 wrote:At IBM, you could have had the greatest idea in the world, but you had to keep it to yourself.
Actually both Google and MSN have already incorporated this type of AI already into their search engine. You can ask it most any factual question and it will return an answer. The first example that came to my head was asking both Google and MSN "How many people live in Texas?" or my second example "When was Benjamin Franklin born?" in Google and MSN. Please note this type of information is NOT hardcoded in the search engines, it's extrapulated from parsing websites.Nata1 wrote:I remember at the 2001 PDC in LA, the Research guy ... typed in "where is Osama Bin Laden" and the result he got back was "in a cave in afghanastan".
Now that was pretty frickin cool, combine a search engine with AI like that, god knows what they're working on now, but it sucks that thing never made it into the product groups (yet)
Another neat feature most people don't know about is Google's book search trick (this is different from
Google Print, a project I'm also really hyped about).
When in Google type "books about keyword" and you will get a special list (top 3) of books on that item and the keyword does not have to be in the title or category of the book. If you search for "books about textbox" you will get .Net books (and some java).
Sorry MSN, you're still falling short here.
Nata1 wrote:I'd love to shake that guys hand - like the guy who invented the paperclip - in my lifetime if I came up with a 'paperclip' ...
mVPstar wrote:
Nata1 wrote: I'd love to shake that guys hand - like the guy who invented the paperclip - in my lifetime if I came up with a 'paperclip' ...
Surely you're not talking about clippy, right?
leighsword wrote:"Not did the rest of the world copy Chinese inventions, they claimed that they were the first to invent it. "
--- Temple Robert<The Genius of China 3000 years of Science, discovery, and invention>
Greater Monster wrote:
leighsword wrote:"Not did the rest of the world copy Chinese inventions, they claimed that they were the first to invent it. "
--- Temple Robert<The Genius of China 3000 years of Science, discovery, and invention>
I'd say. Although you might want to widen it somewhat to include the rest of Asia, espicially when it comes to philosophy.
Anyway, we (Europe/the Western world) did it to ourselves. Not wanting to start a social-theological debate, let me put it this way:
the lid was closed on science, philosophy, spirituality and art, the achievements of the Greeks denounced
and it took some time until renaissance freed Europe from the chains the clergy put it.
They showed the Greeks were way ahead of us, even after 1500 years because of stagnation in the 4 fields I mentioned.
Had that not happened, flying to Alpha Centauri would be considered a daily commuters routine.
To a degree I have say that the concept behind clippy was innovative, but the implimentation absolutely was not.Nata1 wrote:whoever made clippy, that was Not innovation !
leighsword wrote:yes,absolutely you(Europe/the Western world) did it to yourselves,but we(China/the East world) affect what you did.(search "who invented the paper and printing").the communication is a way to affect the Western world,the Silk Road.
Today,you(Europe/the Western world) affect us(China/the East world) in many fields include you meationed.
balmer_the_young_and_foolish wrote:I all I gotta say is humble beginnings:
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balmer_the_young_and_foolish wrote: I all I gotta say is humble beginnings:
An all-time classic! Who can resist the temptations of the Cardfile and Reversi?
There have almost always been people amongst developers that have considered Microsoft to be secret about their development. (Like the preMicrosoft time, IBM where to developers)
I think that Steve have realized that openness is the best proven practice to stick with.
To belong to a group fulfills a very basic human need.
That is vital for any successful longtime biz.
All major companies have enthusiasm and innovation drive in the beginning, and as the company gets bigger the communications get more and more restricted. Historically that will always lead to a downturn and in the end… The End.
When I look at a successful company I almost always see a CEO that recognize the end customer, and understand that communication, both internally and externally should be as open as possible.
When the leaders of a company stop communicate because of focusing on the top tier customers, the company won't hear the day to day facts presented from the lower tier customers. And when that happens the days are numbered for that company.
It seams that Steve have understand that and acknowledges both his own developers and the external community developers.
The way Microsoft does this is historically unique.
Historically it was impossible to communicate with lower tiers customers as the company grew.
Now Microsoft uses blogging, Web seminars, Video presentation, FAQ, Third party vendors and Cannel9 etc.
I really believe that Microsoft can continue to be THE major Software Company for a very long time to come.
I'm usually not that pro Microsoft but I can't help acknowledge their passion and striving in the right directions.
Go Steve!!
Wowza, I've never seen or heard Steve Ballmer in real life, and was taken a bit back by his energy.
Talk about contrast to Bill Gates eh!
DouglasH wrote:
Sometimes I wonder what would LH would Look like from an OS point of view if it could fully innovate. If it could truely come out and say that from an OS point of view. Legacy support is not guarenteed. Dos 1.0 to 6.22 will not run in the platform except in a virtual machine.
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LEWISTOWN - Lewistown Hospital and Geisinger Health System have come forward with the final merger agreement, committing to the goals Kay Hamilton, hospital president and CEO, first referred to as her merger "Christmas Wish List."
The Comprehensive Integration and Merger Agreement acts as the definitive contract between the two entities, Hamilton said. The document guarantees that Geisinger will keep Lewistown Hospital open, keep the school of nursing open, provide employee and physician security, accept popular insurance and develop capital gain.
"It's been months of good negotiations on both sides, but we're working with people that clearly want to do something good for the community," Hamilton said. "Unless the Attorney General wants us to make some changes to the document, these are the agreed upon terms."
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Visitors depart via Lewistown Hospital's Fourth Street entrance. Kay Hamilton, the hospital's CEO, on Friday revealed the final terms of the facility's agreement to merge with Geisinger.
Specifically, the CIMA maps out ways in which the goals will be reached and how the hospital will be improved over time, said Frank Trembulak, Geisinger executive vice president.
"All elements of the letter of intent are here, but they're expanded," Trembulak said. "Because of the due diligence process we were able to clarify our plans. The process is fairly cumbersome, but we're very comfortable that we didn't misstep."
Such developments include a schedule for physician and specialist recruitment as well as a plan to keep employee benefits and compensation comparable, Hamilton said. There will also be renovations to the Emergency Department and Imaging Department, she said.
"A lot of what we're doing going forward has to do with the master facility plan and clinical program plan," Hamilton said. "Clearly, with these changes, there will be a big impact. Our footprint might look entirely different by the time we get there."
The hospital is also opening an urgent care center this October in the Greater Lewistown Shopping Plaza, Trembulak said. The center will work in conjunction with the ER to limit the amount of non-emergency volume, he said.
"As we were going through this process and evaluation, we found that the emergency room is inundated with volume," Trembulak said. "There's a good amount that doesn't require the intensity or cost of an emergency room. An urgent care center will help to decompress this issue."
The hospital will also complete a Big Valley hospital-like care facility in Belleville to further expand service access, Hamilton said.
The Geisinger Health System Board will vote on the merger next week as will the Lewistown Hospital Corporate Members. The CIMA document will then be submitted to the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission.
"We look to legally sign all documents and close on Sept. 30," Trembulak said. "If we stay on that path, Lewistown becomes part of the Geisinger system effective Oct. 1. In that period, from June to Sept 30, we may take the risk to make investments, so as we get closer to Oct. 1, we are already working on things rather than waiting another three months to get started."
Further information regarding the merger between Lewistown Hospital and Geisinger Health System is available at www.lewistownhospital.org. Questions about the merger are being accepted online at www.lewistownhospital.org/merger.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Mark Twain put forth the following remarks about firearms while speaking in Hartford in 1875. "Gentlemen, - I am glad, indeed, to assist in welcoming the distinguished guest of this occasion to a city whose fame as an insurance centre has extended to all lands, and given us the name of being a band of brothers working sweetly hand in hand - the Colt's arms company making the destruction of our race easy and convenient, our life-insurance citizens paying for the victims when they pass away."
Seven years later Twain would pen this epic scenario...
"Never handle firearms carelessly. The sorrow and suffering that have been caused through the innocent but heedless handling of firearms by the young! Only four days ago, right in the next farmhouse to the one where I am spending the summer, a grandmother, old and gray and sweet, one of the loveliest spirits in the land, was sitting at her work, when her young grandson crept in and got down an old, battered, rusty gun which had not been touched for many years and was supposed not to be loaded, and pointed it at her, laughing and threatening to shoot. In her fright she ran screaming and pleading toward the door on the other side of the room; but as she passed him he placed the gun almost against her very breast and pulled the trigger! He had supposed it was not loaded. And he was right - it wasn't. So there wasn't any harm done. It is the only case of that kind I ever heard of."
So where might Mark Twain stand today were he here to counsel us? My guess is he would first take a hard look at the statistics, though he might caution us, "Most people use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamppost, more for support than for illumination."
Where we have some of the loosest gun laws in the world, Japan has the strictest. In 2008, while we suffered 12,000 gun-related homicides, Japan suffered a total of eleven.
In defense of the NRA, it comforts me to know with undying confidence that no country in the world, nor any assemblage of countries, would dare attempt a ground attack on America, for they understand to the last man, that no sooner would they commandeer a home for lodging than they would be blown unceremoniously back to their homeland. I would venture a guess that were Hezbollah to challenge the Silver City Militia to a firefight, Hezbollah would limp away with its tail down.
Having served in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, I have seen what damage M-16s and AK-47s can do in a short period of time. Let us hope to hear "no" votes in congress to selling military style weapons to civilians, and "yes" votes to background checks for all gun purchases. Wouldn't it be a sardonic turn of events, if midterm elections turned out all members of congress with "A" NRA ratings. It could happen.
Then again, we should let Mark Twain have the last word in this matter, as we are wont to do, "Anybody can hit a relative, but a Gatling gun won't get a burglar."
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"Boy I could feel John sideballing me all night while I was talking to Bill, he's got to get over it!"
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FREDERICK, Md. - The Potter's Guild of Frederick Gallery will relocate to 14 S. Market St. in downtown Frederick in January.
The new, lower level space offers the approximately 20 clay artists a unique location to display and sell their craft. The gallery will continue to be open Thursday through Sunday.
"The move came about because the Frederick Cultural Arts Center is selling the building where the gallery has been located," said Jerry Dathe, outgoing guild president. "Although we're sad to leave, we are also really excited about the display possibilities of our new space."
The Potter's Guild of Frederick sells a variety of clay items including platters, bowls, home decor, vases and sculpture created by local artists.
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In the fall of 2011, CGTF presents Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris, the further adventures of the eldest daughter of Agamamnon. Set in an exotic land at the edges of the civilized world, we discover that Iphigenia was not sacrificed at Aulis, but transported far away to serve the goddess Artemis in a bloody and barbaric cult. Still stained with his mother's blood, her brother Orestes is also sent here by Apollo to find purification by bringing a cult statue of Artemis back to Greece. The story tells of a near-sacrifice of brother by sister, their moving reunion, and a thrilling escape plan almost foiled by the barbarian king. Though a tragedy by Greek standards, Euiripides' play in many respects looks like the Shakespearean romances with scenes of melodrama and even comedy.
Anne Stewart Mark will direct a new production of Iphigenia in Tauris, rarely seen in performance, with original music by Ricklen Nobis, choreography by William Richardson and design by Spencer Brown. The Salt Lake City performances feature the premiere production of a new translation by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton. Iphigenia at Tauris will open with a performance at Westminster on September 16 at 5:00pm in the Richer Commons, and then will go on to tour to the Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, with performances on September 17-18 and 24-25 at 9:00 am, Brigham Young University on September 19th at 5:00 pm, and at Weber State University on September 29th at 7:30 pm.


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People looking to convert to vegetarianism or who just want to eat healthier can take the gradual road to vegetarianism.
"You can make a gradual transition by choosing to go meatless one or two days a week," said Michelle Eckhart, a dietitian and employee wellness manager for KentuckyOne Health.
She suggests starting with familiar recipes "such as pasta marinara and beans and rice," to make the switch less daunting. "It doesn't have to be anything crazy like 'Oh, I'm going to start eating tofu five nights a week,' right off the bat," she says.
Eckhart, a vegetarian for almost two decades, emphasizes the economic advantages of converting to vegetarianism. "I can feed my family on a can of beans, a bunch of vegetables and some rice and save however much four chicken breasts cost," she said.
Justin Maas, a Yumi Media representative, said a drastic switch, going completely meatless all at once, "can seem impossible" to most people. He noted the advantages of foods such as Quorn, a soy-free meat substitute, that allow you "to convert almost any meat-heavy recipe into a vegetarian dish."
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quote: Also you can have many cool apps when you have an open system that insecure Apple wouldn't dare allow. Like Flash, tethering apps and so on. It's MY choice what I want to install.
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"damb nigga.. look at that scraper thats peanut butter n jelly. thats a dope ride".
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"I dare you to mix these 8 and drink 'em."
"Woah, dude, lemme dilute that with some Dr. Pepper."
"Yeah, BASKIN ROBBINS!"
"Woah, dude, lemme dilute that with some Dr. Pepper."
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To hook up constantly but never get into a real relationship with the person. To just "sample" different girls/guys.
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Braunwald holiday attractions include delightful themed trails, climbing, rose gardens and a family skiing area. The holiday resort can be reached by funicular railway from the valley town of Linthal.
The ascent to the Klausen Pass, which links the Glarus with central Switzerland, begins in the valley town of Linthal. After the first couple of sharp bends, the road reaches a broad plain, the Urnerboden. Although the Pass is still a long way up, you are already on the biggest Alp in Switzerland and on the soil of the central Swiss canton of Uri amidst 1200 grazing cows. According to legend, the people of Urn took the alp from the Glarus folk by trickery. A mountain path with a splendid view of the Tödi and Clariden mountains links the high plateau of Braunwald with the Urnerboden.
Mountain bikers will find plenty of challenging routes in Braunwald: the half-day tour from Braunwald up to the local gaol gives a good impression of the character of the terrain. For climbers, too, the Braunwald climbing terrain is a hot favourite with 40 different climbing routes and paths; and, for anglers, you can be sure of a good catch in the Oberblegisee, which is absolutely teeming with fish.
If you every arrive in Braunwald when it is deep in snow on a bright and beautiful winter's day, you'll know why it is often described as a 'fairytale world'. Eight lifts are available to carry winter sports enthusiasts up to the Gumen mountain inn or the Seblen Ridge (both at 1900 m). 32 km of prepared pistes, ranging from easy to challenging, descend to the village.
Winter hikers can choose from a 20 km-long footpath network and there is also a 4-km long cross-country ski trail. Naturally, the family-friendly resort of Braunwald has a sleigh trail and toboggan run, too.
This unique traffic-free resort in eastern Switzerland, situated at an altitude of 1300 metres has been awarded the official'Families Welcome' seal of quality. Particularly popular among the themed trails around Braunwald is the 'Zwerg Bartli' dwarf trail, which takes you to the original settings described in the fairy story book of the same name. In the fairytale hotel, the Bellevue, the hotelier has been telling fairy stories to spellbound children every day since 1976.
- Alpine rose gardens – Braunwald boasts the highest alpine rose gardens (up to 1900 m) with 500 different kinds of roses.
- Via Ferrata – the climbing routes from Braunwald across four peaks are reputed to be the most attractive climbing paths in the eastern Alps.
- Zwerg Bartli Adventure Trail – walks to sites featured in the 'Zwerg Bartli' story. Play worlds for our little guests in the dwarf caves, the jewel mine and dwarf's castle.
- Llamas and alpacas at a fairytale hotel – in summer, the hotel organises public llama and alpaca treks; children can lead the animals themselves.
- Freulerpalast Näfels – Freuler Palace has housed the Glarus Regional Museum since 1946. The museum boasts numerous fascinating exhibitions and interesting museums.
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- Horn toboggan racing – different categories of toboggan ('Flitzer', 'Buurä' and 'Sujet') compete against one another. Excitement, fun and a party atmosphere guaranteed (February).
- Rivella Family Contest – a fun, relaxing ski day for the whole family. Three to five family members start together (March).
- Braunwald music weeks – this music festival for young artistes has been held since 1935, with a different theme each year. Although the emphasis is on classical music, modern compositions are also performed (July).
- International Mountain Race – memorial revival of the earlier classic car mountain race. Between 1922 and 1934 drivers competed here for the 'Great Mountain Prize of Switzerland' (every two years in September).


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Announcing The Arrival Of The Gayest Baby Ever
To all of the "slippery slope" folks who claim that allowing gay marriage will instantly result in guys marrying their own children in multiples and then fucking a dog, may I say firstly that your idiotic claim is tantamount to claiming that by licensing people to drive cars, we are dangerously close to a world full of jet pilots and train conductors, and, secondly, would it really be all bad (re: the dog part)?
To everyone else, thanks for the comments, the reads, and the many many links to that essay about why Ender's Game is actually about how we should feel sorry for Hitler. I still don't buy it, but whatever; conspiracy theories are fun. That's why I still maintain John Kennedy was killed by the Bush Administration in order to galvanize the nation against Iraq.
But enough hilarious riffing. Reading the comments on my Monday post made me realize that perhaps I was unfair. Perhaps I was a bit extreme, and presented one side of an argument without providing the opportunity for an opposing viewpoint to be heard.
And so, that no one may ever claim that I am opinionated or "human" in any way, I decided to make fun of something gay today. That way, all the people who thought I was progressive and open-minded can be politely corrected, and the mystery we call Michael Swaim will grow yet another layer deeper.
But what to mock? What's timely and involves something gay that I hate? No, not cock rings. Cock rings are awesome. They make great gifts, and if you're looking for a temporary plumbing solution and are all out of 1-3/4" washers, they'll do in a pinch.
The clear answer is Clay Aiken, the American Idol runner-up we all always knew was gay but felt weird making assumptions about.
Well, he is gay, or at least loathes the female body enough to have his son born through a host mother rather than taking the opportunity to leave a lady's clay achin', if you catch my nearly unintelligible pun.
Not that this fact alone makes him definitely gay. There are plenty of reasons someone might want to have a baby without having sex:
But as far as Clay is concerned, I'm going to narrow it down to one of the last two. And to keep from waking up shrieking every night, I'm going to further narrow it down to the one that has him anally probing for pleasure rather than to extract information about "the fleshopoids."
So welcome to the world, Parker Foster Aiken, son of Clay and "dear friend" Jaymes Foster. Your father sings like a woman, is roughly the width of yarn, styles his hair to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and loves the hell out of some musical theatre.
If you're not gay by age fourteen, the Nature vs. Nurture debate has officially been settled.
ADDENDUM: Better journalists than myself have apparently spent a lot more time examining the minutiae of Clay Aiken's sex life, and uncovered compelling evidence pointing towards Clay's "dear friend" being 50, and maybe even Clay not being the father. Also they coined the term "Clayby," which puts me right back on top of the journalistic integrity pile.
When not blogging for Cracked, Michael is a walking contradiction, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in Those Aren't Muskets!


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Thanks, Agent Kontz
June 19, 2013
I am appalled at the outcome of the Raymond Kontz III case. First and foremost this should have never went to trial. Raymond Kontz III acted in good faith and did his job when it came to the pins....
the right of the citzen were violated and you disagree with it casey our rights our protected and this went the right way
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Max4ever, I agree with you about conducting a survey the current and ex wives about policemen's fooling around while on duty. I can't say anything about Mr. Kontz, but I do remember reading in the Sun Gazette about the current Chief of Police being caught fooling around back in the early 1990's while on duty, with a woman (not the woman he was married to at the time)in the back seat of his patrol car. I believe was disciplined for it. No one is perfect, but it just shows you what some officers do while on the clock.
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I for one disagree with Casey and I have good reason to disagree. There were crimes being perpetrated against myself. I went to city hall and the police chief himself brought me to Ray Kontz saying this was the man to see. I explained my problem, he said he'd take care of it. The harassment and threats continued. Two Weeks later I went back to the station and asked to speak with him. He was angry and stated: "I have important things going on here!!!" My life was being threatened. Is it just me or would think your life being threatened is an important thing? This was NOT some moment of panic, these thugs and meant what they were saying. One had even been arrested with a gun just the week before I spoke to Kontz. Thankfully, another officer and friend of ours alerted me to the real threat these people were. Kontz had better things to do. I believe the jury did their job.
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Maybe some of these people who defend the "integrity" and "moral values" of police officers accused/convicted of wrong doing should survey the offenders wife/ex wife. I can assure you many extra marital affairs take place while these men are officially "on duty". There are good & bad in every line of work, just because someone is in law enforcement doesn't mean they are a good, honest citizen who does their job correctly! That's just the way life if....good/bad!
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I agree Tedeaux. It is apparent that the civil trial jury saw something amiss with Kontz's side of the argument. From what I know of the incident, in my eyes the guy is guilty as sin and should be dismissed and brought up on criminal charges. He acted outside the scope of any law I can find.
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Well Casey, apparently the jury in the case found merit in the accusations lodged against the officer. This is America and you are entitled to your opinion in the matter.....for now,anyway!
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Amid a flurry of questions facing the Buffalo Bills' offensive linemen this offseason, one thing seems certain: They're going to be in shape.
The Bills' offensive linemen have been on the move during spring practices more than in recent years because the offense frequently has been running an up-tempo attack.
"You're putting a lot more yards under your feet and just getting ready for an offense that's not gonna stop," said tackle Chris Hairston. "We're going to try to put pressure on all the teams and dictate the tempo and pace. We've done that since we've gotten back here. You're just really pushing yourself to go as fast as possible."
"I think the thing that really stands out is you don't have the break in the huddle to catch your breath," said guard Colin Brown. "You need to be in the best shape of your life, more than likely. Just so you can keep doing it play after play after play. We're getting them off faster than we ever have in the past. You have to get your second wind in a hurry."
Just how much the Bills end up using a no-huddle offense remains uncertain. Will they be efficient enough on third downs to stay on the field? Will their defense be good enough to pick up the slack when the offense hurries up off the field? Will they really want to get into a race-horse game against high-powered opponents, such as division rival New England?
Those all are questions for late-summer and early fall. For now, they need to build up their conditioning, particularly among the big men on the line, to make running the no-huddle a viable option.
"Conditioning will be a key, and we've stepped it up already," said center Eric Wood. "Since April 1 our strength training and conditioning has been completely different than it had been in the past. A lot more up-tempo, less about functional movements and stuff and more about just kind of getting after it. More sprints and more agility work."
"I was joking around with them," Wood said of the team's conditioning coaches. "I said, 'What is this, a cross-fit competition?' But it's good and it's stuff we're gonna need, and I think it'll pay dividends."
The Bills' linemen are lifting mostly the same cycle of weightlifting exercise they have done in the past. A couple of them said they did more running in preparation for the spring's voluntary, organized team activity workouts.
"I feel like in the weight room, they've cut down on the rest too," Brown said. "So we try to get through the set quicker, give yourself even less rest time between the sets. You're still doing the same reps. You're still doing the same weight – or trying to. But you don't have five minutes between each set to try to recover."
"Running is running," Brown said. "It's just making sure you're in as good a shape as you can be."
When a no-huddle offense is running at a high efficiency, it helps the linemen neutralize speedy pass rushers. The defense doesn't have time to substitute, and the pass rushers are not fresh enough to attack the quarterback to the best of their ability.
New England, with quarterback Tom Brady running the show, made good use of the no-huddle last season. The Patriots' offense averaged a league-high 74.44 plays a game. Buffalo averaged 61.4 plays a game, 27th most in the league.
The Bills still have to sort out who is starting at left guard in place of Andy Levitre, who left via free agency. The backup jobs still are wide open.
Nevertheless, the linemen hope they can put some of that up-tempo heat on opposing pass rushers.
"We're gonna put the defense in some compromising situations with our tempo and the different schemes we have," Wood said. "It'll be a little bit of an adjustment. The no-huddle brings a level of toughness for us. We have to be in better shape, we have to communicate quicker. It's going to create its problems for us but that's why we're out here practicing."
The Bills signed receiver DeMarco Sampson and waived cornerback Vernon Kearney. Sampson was a seventh-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2011. He played in 12 games as a rookie and was out of the NFL last season. He played collegiately at San Diego State.
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Evan discusses injuries, etc.,...
I am not sure it really answered a lot at all. I'd like to know just how injured is he - truly and when can he get back to training and what jumps can he do now four months away from sochi?
Not sure whether this Hersh story from yesterday is news.
US Figure Skating is imposing an earlier deadline -- before Nationals -- on Lysacek than what the ISU would require.
Clock ticking on Lysacek comeback
Reigning Olympic champion needs qualifying score for Sochi
By Philip Hersh, Tribune reporter
2:45 p.m. CST, November 13, 2013
Evan Lysacek is running out of time to get the minimum qualifying scores he needs to be eligible for the 2014 Olympics.
U.S. Figure Skating spokeswoman Renee Felton said Wednesday the reigning mens figure skating champion must get those marks before the U.S. Championships, at which the senior events begin Jan. 9 in Boston.
Felton added that Lysacek is eligible to compete in Boston but cannot be considered for the Olympic team without having achieved the qualifying scores. USFS will announce the Olympic team Jan. 12 and forward the names Jan. 14 to the U.S. Olympic Committee for its signoff. ....
"Evan is back training and talking to USFS about what event to enter," his agent, Shep Goldberg, said Wednesday. "The bigger question is whether he could be in the best possible shape to represent the U.S. at the Olympics."
Is there even an international event left in that time frame for which the official entry deadline hasn't passed yet? Winter Universiade as a last resort?
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There are some B events in Europe I see but i dont know which holds competition for singles men. There must be one at least, the Golden Spin?
I am wondering if this is becoming an "Oh dear, the USFSA were sooooo inflexible with me and I wasn't fit enough for them" type storyline...
Getting the minimum TES before US Nationals makes sense, though, I think. If only because I don't know if there would be any opportunities between Nationals and the Olympics. Are there any Senior B's schedulled between those two times? And even if there was, it would be very risky to pin all one's hopes on that - I mean, if some unforseen mishap were to prevent Evan from taking part, that would mean the end of his Olympic plans. It's better to try to do one earlier, and have a backup plan, in case something were to happen. Could be anything. Problems with planes, a temporary indisposition (like food poisoning, for instance), a broken blade... You can never know, so it is better to be prepared. Anyway. Best of luck to Evan.
I still reckon this is the ending: "Couldn't get to a qualifying competition in time". Although I quite agree with the USFSA's stance. No point competing for a spot if you haven't got the scores for it.


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Music From Another Dimension
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It has been 11 years since Aerosmith released an album of new material. During that time, maintaining faith in the band has been a challenge. Steven Tyler seemed to be flitting back and forth in terms of his commitment to the group; the singer became addicted to painkillers, disappeared for a while, and showed up as a judge on "American Idol." Guitarist Joe Perry came to Buffalo during this period, and I spent an afternoon with him, while he cranked some new solo material on a digital boombox, and waxed somewhere between baffled and heartbroken over the state of the band he clearly loved. The state of Aerosmith was not a healthy one.
So when the news filtered through that Tyler, Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer had patched up their differences, committed to some touring, and were working in the studio again, it seemed that hell had at least partially frozen over. That the group was working with the legendary Jack Douglas – who had produced its finest albums, among them the timeless "Toys In the Attic" and "Rocks" collections – the fan of pre-"cheesy power ballad" Aerosmith began to feel a glimmer of hope.
The result of that pairing is "Music From Another Dimension," equal parts a return to form and a wasted opportunity. Simple and smart editing – from the 15 songs collected here down to a much more manageable and largely ballad-free 10 – might have made "Music" a great record. As it is, we have a strong, mostly heavy and rather adventurous core of Douglas-produced, band-written tunes that boast at least some of the grit, grime and grace of classic Aerosmith, with a bunch of lame outside writer collaborations, a Diane Warren-penned ballad, and the overtly glossy production of Marti Frederiksen superimposed atop it.
The album starts with real promise, as the Beatle-esque harmonies (with Julian Lennon joining Tyler) and surly strut of "Love XXX" recall previous Aerosmith gems like "Major Barbara" and "Uncle Salty." The Perry-penned "Oh Yeah" burns along with the intensity of "Draw the Line's" "Bright Light Fright." "Beautiful," the first Frederiksen co-write, redeems itself with interesting vocal harmony layering, and bassist Hamilton's "Tell Me" is strong, despite cliché-ridden lyrics.
But soon, the whole thing goes belly-up with "What Could Have Been Love," another Frederiksen co-write, and the sort of unforgivable arena-ballad dreck that made loving Aerosmith an embarrassing character flaw in the 1980s and '90s.
"Street Jesus" and "Lover Alot" boast some of the lovely raunch of "Rats in the Cellar," but then we are burdened with the truly rancid "Can't Stop Lovin' You," which features an inexplicable duet between Tyler and Carrie Underwood.
Warren's "We All Fall Down," a pair of so-so Perry vocals in the form of "Freedom Fighter" and "Something," and a co-write with pop-metal man-for-hire Desmond Child fail to redeem the album. What you're left with is a schizophrenic collection that hedges its bets, balancing every sleazy classic Aerosmith characteristic against the overproduced pabulum that the group tended to produce during its "comeback" period of the late 1980s and '90s.
Man. What happened? Who got to these guys and convinced them to ruin what could have been a good thing? Who knows. We can say for sure, though, that anyone waiting for Aerosmith to make the one more brilliant album the band surely has left in the tank, will still be waiting. This ain't it.
– Jeff Miers
American Mavericks: Music of Cowell, Harrison and Varese
Performed by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
[SFS Media]
4 stars
All in all, the all-too-short regime of Michael Tilson Thomas as conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra may have been the finest combination of bold repertoire and arresting traditional performance in the BPO's history.
Even those of us who believe that though would have to admit that Thomas' longtime tenure with the San Francisco Symphony is, for a combination of reasons, the ideal for him in America – more so, in its way, than either conducting the New York or Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras would be.
Here, on one extraordinary disc, is an example of why San Francisco is the professional ideal for the conductor – brilliant performances of composers that have preoccupied Thomas for more than 40 years presented by his orchestra with adventure and pride not routinely duplicated anywhere else.
Thomas' affection for "American Mavericks" goes all the way back to his tenure with the Boston Symphony and may have reached its crowning moment with his two-record performance of the Complete Music of Carl Ruggles with the BPO (made available on CD last year).
Here are four of the thornier pieces from the Great American Maverick tradition. Both Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison were astonishingly prolific and composers, in their lifetimes, of some of the most likable, even irresistible music of the 20th century. (In Harrison's case, he conducted some of it in Buffalo, when one of Thomas' Los Angeles mentors, the great critic Peter Yates, was head of the music department of Buffalo State College.)
This, on the other hand, is not an attempt by Thomas to make easy friendships for listeners with Cowell and Harrison. This is dissonant, proto-experimental early work by both – in Cowell's case his ecstatic Ivesian 1930 "Syncrony" originally written for Martha Graham (who never completed the choreography) and piano concerto from the same year, with the composer's immensely influential tone clusters (which is, in fact, the name of its middle movement). The estimable Jeremy Denk is the pianist. Harrison's Concerto for Organ and Percussion Orchestra is a notably odd but typically Harrisonian combinatory solution to the problem of what to do with separate commissions for a new piece for organ and for a new piece for percussion orchestra of the sort that launched Harrison's earliest renown. The result is both fascinating and uniquely bristly.
The towering masterwork here is the 1927 version of Edgar Varese's "Ameriques," which calls for a gigantic orchestra (125 players) and gives us noble masses of sound devoted to the very experimental idea of America (i.e. exploration of freedom and the outermost frontiers.) It is wild, craggy, abstract music, more so even than that of Varese's difficult friend Carl Ruggles (whose spiritual kinship with the paintings of Clyfford Still can't help but be apparent to lifelong patrons of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery). Thomas is so determined to make logical sense of "Ameriques" that he almost misses the wild danger in it so prominent in the version conducted on disc by Pierre Boulez, which remains supreme.
A great disc of 20th century American music at its most bracingly individual.
– Jeff Simon
The New Mastersounds
On the Faultline
[One Note records]
4 stars
It's hard to believe that the New Mastersounds aren't from New Orleans. This four-piece plays funk with absolute mastery, a maturity belying relatively tender years, and a strut and swagger that would do the Funky Meters proud. And yet, the band hails from England, and only made it to the Crescent City after it had been a fully functioning unit for several years.
Guitarist Eddie Roberts, keyboardist Joe Tatton, drummer Simon Allen and bassist Pete Shand own the funk, as "On the Faultline," the band's eighth album since forming in the late '90s, makes more than plain.
Aspects of the Blue Note organ trio's of Jack McDuff and Jimmy Smith abound here, but NMS brings funk squarely into the present with its frantic tempos, ebullient interplay and crisp grooves. The band makes its modus operandi more than apparent during "Welcome to Nola," a killer groove with a spoken-word tribute to the birthplace of America's music slapped atop it. Elements of hip-hop meet and commingle during "Summercamp," while opener "You Mess Up" simply soars on a smoking, reverb-drenched Roberts guitar motif.
There is an all-pervading joyousness at the heart of the seriously funky NMS sound. Watch out – it's catchy.


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