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HONOLULU (AP) - Army officials in Hawaii are worried about the prevalence of alcohol abuse within the ranks, a problem a national organization also reports is on the rise among members of the military.
The Army is discussing an "alarming increase" in drunken driving by soldiers returning from conflicts to Hawaii and life on base.
"Recently, there has been an abundance of (DUI) incidents by members of the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii," Col. Mark Jackson wrote in Hawaii Army Weekly, a base newspaper, last month.
There were 74 cases of impaired driving between July and October, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. That included 51 incidents off-post.
Army officials weren't immediately able to compile data from other time periods for comparison.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says illicit drug use is lower among military personnel than civilians. Zero tolerance for drugs likely is a reason, it said. But heavy use of tobacco and alcohol, as well as abuse of prescription drugs, is more common and is increasing, according to the institute.
"Those with multiple deployments and combat exposure are at greatest risk of developing substance use problems," the institute said. "They are more apt to engage in new-onset heavy weekly drinking and binge drinking, to suffer alcohol- and other drug-related problems, and to have greater prescribed use of behavioral health medications."


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When she was about 4 years old, Elizabeth "Eli" Hess told her pastor that all pastors should have a donkey to celebrate Easter and Christmas.
"I have always wanted a donkey,'' said Hess, who grew up in Washington, D.C.
When she became an adult, she became a pastor herself. She now serves Trinity Lutheran Church in Juniata and previously served Geeseytown and Yellow Springs Lutheran parishes.
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(Mirror photo by Gary M. Baranec) Pastor Eli Hess of the Hollidaysburg area spends time with her donkey, Hodie. To the right is a horse carrier that the congregation at Trinity Lutheran purchased for Hess so she can transport the animal to churches for various holidays and events.
Hess, who lives on a farm in the area, got a call several years ago on Palm Sunday informing her that a truck driver from Texas was hauling livestock through the area, and he had a donkey who was headed to the slaughterhouse.
It was before they enacted no-slaughterhouse rules, she said. The driver was in Martinsburg for a mandatory rest stop and was using the livestock auction barns there to house the animals overnight.
The auction barn owners had called Hess, because they knew she wanted a donkey, she said. She lost no time in getting to the auction barns and rescued the 6-month old donkey.
Hess already had a horse so she housed the animals together. The two got along well, she said.
Soon she was fitting the donkey she named Hodie into her ministry in various ways, whether it was in her church or in other locations.
She intentionally named him "Hodie'' to go with "Donkey'' so that the two words together would sound like the name of the character made famous by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote.
"I always knew a donkey would be useful in ministry at various times,'' she said.
Hodie gets his biggest workout during the Christmas season. He is in the stable for live nativity scenes and participates in the Altoona holiday parade as part of a walking display sponsored by Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School.
A student portraying Mary rides on his back with Joseph walking alongside.
Simpson-Temple United Parish borrows Hodie for its live nativity and every two years, Martinsburg Lutheran Church stages a live nativity scene featuring Hodie, Hess said.
"Luckily, they all schedule different weekends so that he can go,'' she said.
Hodie makes appearances all year long.
In the spring, he is part of a procession on Palm Sunday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Altoona, where he goes around the block and then gives rides to the children.
In the summer, he makes appearances at several vacation Bible schools.
He is also a hit at the annual Spring Fling festival, held at Trinity Lutheran. The event is May 11 this year and is an outreach to the Juniata community with games and food. Hodie is part of a petting zoo.
During these outings, people get to see the black cross on his back, which marks him as a purebred donkey, Hess said. It runs down his back and across his shoulders.
"Legend has it that God marked them because they had a special purpose,'' said Hess referring to the biblical account of Jesus riding a donkey on Palm Sunday.
Although Hodie is Pastor Hess' animal, his "ministry" obviously extends beyond Trinity Lutheran.
Recognizing that, the congregation got an idea to express how much they appreciate her by doing something special to celebrate her 15th year of ordination several years ago.
"We think she's pretty great,'' said Judy Hale, Trinity's council president.
They gave her a gift they knew she needed - a horse carrier to transport Hodie.
"For years, she had been using other people's carriers to transport Hodie, and we knew that was a large inconvenience for her,'' Hale said.
The congregation collected $3,500, and after searching online and at other places they found a retailer in Indiana, Pa. who transported the horse carrier there from Ohio.
Hale and another council member went to Indiana to pick up the carrier and stored it on a property in Juniata until the celebration.
Hess almost blew the surprise when she eyed the carrier and asked if she could buy it. Luckily, the property owner was in on the surprise and told Hess it was already sold.
On the Sunday the congregation gave it to Hess, they waited until she finished the service then asked her to step outside. When she saw it, she was overcome with emotion.
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Mark Cuban says the Nokia Lumia "crushes" the Apple iPhone 5
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Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban is a bit of a maverick himself and is also a member of ABC-TV's Shark Tank along with being a spokesman for Skechers sneakers; the high profile NBA team owner had a thread on Reddit where he promised to answer any question and when the topic came to smartphones, Cuban said that the Nokia Lumia crushes the Apple iPhone 5...
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1. papss (unregistered)
That's about right
27. christianqwerty (Posts: 467; Member since: 05 May 2011)
The only reason the lumina crushes the iphone is because it's a 100lb brick lol
36. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Why do people insist on calling it a lumina?!? I hear it everyday at work! Stop it!!!!
61. christianqwerty (Posts: 467; Member since: 05 May 2011)
It was auto correct oops
100. dan86 (Posts: 298; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
I can crush iPhone 5 under my foot too :)
101. vvelez5 (Posts: 623; Member since: 29 Jan 2011)
oh come on that's a funny joke
104. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
iPhone's too light because it's empty. :(
112. disneydad (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
The Chevrolet Lumina is no longer in production but would definitely crush an iPhone. One ton vehicles are known to do that. /s
3. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Guys got a good head on his shoulders I'd say.
4. kaliil10 (Posts: 145; Member since: 16 May 2012)
Lumia 920 is the king of innovation
8. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I would say Nokia is king of innovation, and the Lumia 920 the pinnacle of produced mobile devices for now in terms of innovation (and most other categories as well)
76. iDroidWin (Posts: 117; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
For me Nokia did innovate the most in hardware, in software they didn't have a free hand. In software, it was samsung. Some brilliant new features.
89. Just_a_boy (Posts: 183; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Nokia always innovated in hardware, but now they're investing in cool software stuff like cinemagraph, Nokia City Lens and the always outstanding Nokia maps and Nokia Drive
78. Androids (Posts: 2; Member since: 25 Dec 2012)
Especially its unique design, right? --'
6. zuckerboy (banned) (Posts: 898; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
I am going to buy new phone 3 days later and it will be probably lumia 920 :D
7. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Best of both worlds, Nokia for WP and Samsung for Android.
18. sithvenger (banned) (Posts: 371; Member since: 25 Aug 2012)
There's 3 worlds. The third is called the real world where iOS, wp8, android, Symbian, and BB all exist.
50. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Well said dude
66. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
This guy uses a Windows Phone and an Android. Ergo, two worlds. The Note2 is arguably the best of Androids, despite the Nexus4, and the 929 is unquestionably the best Windows Phone. Yes, there are other realms, but that isn't the focus of the article
74. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
920, pardon my typo^
929 is a neat car though, last RWD sedan Mazda made in the U.S., I believe.
82. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Very nice car
9. ckoch125 (Posts: 192; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
If only it was on Verizon...
12. Omar-BHR95 (Posts: 184; Member since: 23 Dec 2012)
theres a device code named hero coming to verizon and it will have a pureview camera
29. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
I got my wife the Lumia 822. Its actually really sweet! It crushes my Android device.
90. Just_a_boy (Posts: 183; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
According to some rumors the phone headed to Verizon will be thinner and lighter compared to 920, more RAM and 64GB of internal storage, and an all-new pureview camera, I hope that the rumors are true.
10. Omar-BHR95 (Posts: 184; Member since: 23 Dec 2012)
Totally :D
11. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
if he said SGS3 or SG NOTE 2 I will believe but lumia 920 NO
13. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
give reasons why then
17. sithvenger (banned) (Posts: 371; Member since: 25 Aug 2012)
Yes give the reasons
51. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I doubt he has any valid ones.
79. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
first and the main reason is the details in the camera isn't good enough
second the windows phone os doesn't have many apps like android
84. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Android which I also use had been around a lot longer. Give wp the time to mature...look what maturation did for android, ios
113. disneydad (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
I hear what you're saying for the second reason but being a WP7.5 user myself I find that reason to be a weak one.
Does it have the same variety or sheer number of apps as Android and iOS? No. To counter that I would say nearly 90% of the apps I need are in the Marketplace (sadly no Hulu Plus yet).
You have to give WP Marketplace time to mature and grow.
15. PointMaza (Posts: 60; Member since: 14 Dec 2012)
so what?
if he owns lumia 920 it doesn't means that i owned a lumia..!!!
30. rudlie (Posts: 205; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
I have three of those, note2, lumia920, and iphone, plus blackberry 9900. still iphone is my primary one and lumia 920 is the second. get a littebit disappointed with lumia because of the lack of wp8 apps/games compared to ios/android.
45. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1236; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
Seriously, Microsoft can tell me that they have a billion apps in there market but it doesn't matter if they aren't the top name ones. Apps are the only thing that makes me think about switching back to Android.
56. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
The apps they have seem so much more in depth than that of Android. For example Ringtones. I have to use stupid Zedge. It maybe has 1 out of 4 songs I want. Meanwhile the very first ringtone app on my wifes Lumia 822, which I never heard of has every one Ive tried.
The more I use her Lumia the more I dislike Android with all of its faults.
57. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
You can make a ringtone from any song you put on on your phone with the right app on Android. I use a music player called PowerAmp. And I can make a ring tone from any song in my library. Just long press on a song, select more and select make ringrone.
Unless there is some specifc reason you have to use Zedge...
63. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Yes I know you can "make it" but why have to? So Android is the OS that makes you have to take extra steps to do what Windows simplifies?
Not to mention most of the time the ringtone might be a song I don't care to own, just use as a ringer. I don't want to download it, then cut it into a ringer.
Hence the reason why I use Zedge and envy Windows advanced ringtone apps.
64. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
In this instance...its not so much the OS but the app or app ratings in the Google Store. I just did a different search and found what could be considered better than Zedge. Does basically the same thing. But its not under ringtones. And might not be as popular.
I mentioned songs on the phone because you said songs in your post. But hey, glad you found what works for you.
73. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
What's the name of the app? Id replace Zedge in a heartbeat.
By the way props on the screen name. Trailer Park Boys are insane!!
107. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Its called MP3 Music Download...lol. Its not as diverse as Zedge...but for just ringtones...it seems better.
34. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Now this guy is smart rather Nokia than iPhone
37. barondebxl (Posts: 131; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
I just received my lumia 920 2 hours ago and i was very happy when i read this article. It is indeed an amazing phone. Its so freaking fast. Im an android guy and will stay an android guy for a very long time, but i like to try different phones and this 920 is really really impressive.
41. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
I've had the lumia 920 for at least a month now so I'll tell you the niggles that annoy me. 1. Neither nokia music or xbox music has a manual refresh. 2. No select all in music. 3. No universal search. 4. Windows xp is dead (not missed) 5. High brightness eats through battery(on high standby is about a day, on low it is more than 4 days) 6. Impossible to sideload xap files. No file manager. 7. No usb on the go. 8. Unable to download videos inside internet explorer (UC browser can though) 9. Album art is not always accurate. 10. Nfc isn't as easy as it should be. Android has many hidden features that I dont even use. Both cater to different people. I use my lumia more often though. I used to be a flashaholic but not anymore
everything else is awesome. These are what is stopping me from giving the phone a 10/10. All software related. These to me are deal breakers.
48. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Appreciate the unbiased opinions. Its refreshing.
70. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
The album art issue isn't exclusive to one OS, it depends on where they get their info from. On the HTC Sensation I had for a while it changed them around and even after manually loading all the right album art from my computer it still wouldn't match, and would often default to a picture in my Gallery.
There are file managers in developer editions and with the right software, but in my 8 months if WP ownership I have not yet found a need for it.
What do you mean about the manual refresh? Different group of music to play?
42. Edmund (Posts: 656; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
I cannot offer enough praise to Nokia for the Lumia 920. It really is the best phone (in terms of usability and features) currently on the market. And yes, that includes the galaxy note 2. Unless you've used the 920, don't talk crap, because it really is "THAT" good.
Oh, and a Merry Christmas to all you Christians.
49. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This is some major advertising for WP. MS better take it and run with it.
53. tedkord (Posts: 11629; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Nah. This guy can't be a billionaire. Only people who can't afford iPhones buy Android. Right?
81. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
In fact not owning an outdated device is becoming a "Status Symbol" these days :D
97. JohnnyBravo (Posts: 105; Member since: 02 Dec 2012)
dang!!! How did this comment sneak in here...it is so insulting in so many ways. Just like people who use Blackberrys are 60 year old accountants right? For your own sake I hope you dont walk around saying s&^ like this my dude.
102. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Based on his history...I am thinking it was sarcasm...
109. tedkord (Posts: 11629; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Guess I was too subtle? Or, I sound exactly like the iFanboys here.
54. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
He likes the Lumia. That's all that matters. Don't need to make a big issue out of it.
55. YouGotTrolledSon (banned) (Posts: 41; Member since: 25 Nov 2012)
ppl over rate lumia920 so much just because of its camera technology .. its just over weight phone with crappy os.. sure .. it may be better than iPhone but not even close to any android high end devices. btw I've used lumia920
59. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
If you had billions, would you own more than two phones as this author suggest you would? Just think, maybe that's why he's a billionaire and continues to be so unlike some sports celebrities and lottery winners. He owns only TWO!
60. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I agree and I don't like Windows Phone.
80. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Great so he doesn't consider iPhone to be a "STATUS Symbol" -a myth that's slowly biting dust.
83. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
You dont need more than two phones?
You dont.
I own several because I'm an avid product tester.
I prefer to OWN and USE products BEFORE commenting.
I've always been a Nokia/Symbian fan. Then a fan of maemo. Then an avid fan of meego. I'm really looking forward to sailfish and bb10 is shaping up to be real nice. I've been following android since the froyo update and didnt jump in until samsung gs3.
Based on my experience with several devices, in my humblest of opinions Android is oversold. I had ice cream sandwich on my n9 while others were still stuck on gingerbread. I wasn't sold.
Then I laughed a little when my n9 got jelly bean before my gs3.
Android doesn't and cannot compare to meego. That is not opinion. Its fact.
I bought the nexus 4 ($720...no play store plus customs and VAT). Haven't bought the gnote2. It looks just like a more capable gs3.
I've found most people that defend android dont know much about android and dont have hands on experience with other platforms. It's just blind devotion.
I love the onex+ but I'm looking forward to buying an oppo find 5. I even bought an iphone5 ($1200 customs plus VAT). Android isn't all that. It isn't the be all and end all of mobile phone os's. Those who class it that way are just deluded.
In order to have a buttery smooth performance on android you have to do daily dalvik cache clears and regular factory resets.
That's just stupid.
Even CEO'S of the companies you defend use other phone's.
Android is buggy, laggy, not optimised, eats ram, etc. Popular does not mean best.


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I think I will try and find a system today. So far five Wal-Marts, five Gamestops, a Target and a BestBuy... all sold out of all units. Games are plentiful though.
I'm assuming you are talking about the deluxe? Nintendo clearly didn't understand demand properly and whoever in sales was responsible for making so many white units will probably lose his job.
When things start to sell out in stores they are sold out online even sooner. It always happens that way, scarce products are sold out online then you need to look in b&m's for it. That's what's happened with the deluxe. The fact that the basic unit can be purchased online shows that there is plenty of them out there.
It's also possible no one wants the basic unit bundles which is what can be purchased online from Walmart but if things were really bad with supply then those bundles would be sold out too.


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The first class of my first day in college was a poli-sci class. I was nervous as hell. I was underage, and it seemed a lot more serious than high school. The professor walked in and stopped in front of an attractive young woman.
"Would you sleep with me for a dollar?"
Taken aback, she delivered an emphatic "No!" There was shock mixed with some nervous laughter among my classmates.
"I'm sorry," said the prof. "Would you sleep with me for $20?"
Again there were gasps. "No!"
"How about $50?" "A hundred?"
"No! No!" she responded.
You'd like to think we would have objected more to the proceedings, but many students learn early that disagreeing with some instructors can cost you your grade and perhaps your livelihood.
"How about 500?" "A thousand?"
By this time most of us figured he was doing this as some kind of object lesson. At $2,000, he noted that for $1,995 she could buy a then brand new 1972 Ford Maverick. She wavered a bit, but still said no.
"Five thousand? Ten thousand would pay your tuition, pay off your student loans."
The answer was still the same.
"50,000?" "100,000?"
"You mean you would give me $100,000 to sleep with you? On a professor's salary?"
Some laughed. He shrugged, "I married rich. I can afford it."
"I'd only have to sleep with you once? For $100,000?"
Responding to what she believed was a hypothetical situation, she replied in the affirmative.
He walked away and said, "Well, we knew what you were. We just had to establish the price."
Again, shock registered throughout the class. Some bravely yelled out that he shouldn't have done that.
"Look, all I wanted to do was teach you that $1 to one person is like $100,000 to another. Try not to be so judgmental about people in political systems or the poor around the world who sell out because they are starving or need to feed and clothe their kids or pay for tuition. People who don't have to sell out do it all the time for a lot less."
He'd made his point, but I still think he could have done it without humiliating our classmate. Years later, I learned the professor's "lesson" was based on an old joke.
In Mark Twain's "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," the town folk learn "virtue untested is no virtue at all." The story was inspired by the time Clemens lived in a small burg in Western New York.
Lately I've been reflecting on my first day of college, the Clemens story and the time I spent learning and working in small town and large city schools and colleges or universities from here to Alaska.
I've seen educators roll over and play dead supporting policies they know to be harmful or otherwise wrong. I've seen good students, teachers and professors harshly punished by administrators in order to create climates of fear. I've seen cheating on tests and lying on state and federal reports to maintain a school's funding or accreditation.
How many teachers and professors, given the opportunity, would sell out their colleagues or students for some teaching materials or a handful of grant money? How many others remain silent when they know about discrimination and bullying? How many remain silent about sexual, drug or alcohol abuse? Too often, too many of us sell out too easily without even considering the consequences or receiving much, if anything, in return.


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That is why you should have held your ground to keep that together for the GOP. You let us down. Are you thinking about midterm elections in 2014 next year? This fundamental flaw will hurt you in the long run. We should have overturned ObamaCare for the good of the United States of America. I am a national committee member also.
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Pirates will once again be seen in Mount Pleasant when Moultrie Middle School presents Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance," Tuesday March 26 and Wednesday March 27 at 7 p.m.
The show is a rollicking bit of musical fun with maidens, pirates and police all bound by a comedic sense of duty. The story follows Frederick, who having been mistakenly indentured to a band of incompetent pirates, tries to return to the civilian world of responsibility — and maidens. This production includes versions of the classic songs: "Modern Major General" and "I Am A Pirate King." Tickets are $5 and will be available to purchase at the door.
The cast includes Evan Haithcock as Frederick, Will Basco as the Pirate King, Anna Shirley as Ruth, Claire Marosok as Mabel, Spencer Margosian as the Major General, MacKenzie Fowler as Samuel and Will Kerr as the Sergeant of Police.
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The Pirate Crew is played by: Thomas Avant, Hayden Bogan, Briana Fabian, Max Fortier, Madison Frank, Josh Kramer, Caylee McConnell, Alliyah Nesbitt, Olivia Ollis, Lilly Verbsky and Grace Wilder.
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The production is directed by Angelia Grech and Terri Goss with sets designed and built by Claire Teuber and painted by Melanie Frank.
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You can come to Ocizla from the direction of (Ljubljana) Kozina or Koper. From the direction of Kozina - if you take the highway and take the exit VideZ Kozina go straight for 1,5 kilometers and take the road to the right for Klanec/Ocizla. (If you arrive from direction Trieste or Rijeka -after you reach Kozina - use regional road towards Koper/Capodistria. on the regional road in Koper's direction you turn right for Klanec and Ocizla. Than you continue to the Y crossing in Ocizla, where you turn towards Beka (right). The hostel is the second house on the left.
From the direction of Koper you leave the highway taking the exit Kastelec and you continue on the regional road towards Kozina. After the village Petrinje there is a left turn for Ocizla. When you arrive in the village, which is not marked on this side, you turn left on the Y crossing and than right towards Beka, the hostel is the second house on the left.
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Ted Black knew the answer could get him in trouble. The goal of the Buffalo Sabres, after all, is to win the Stanley Cup. With fans on the verge of crumpling useless playoff invoices, the Cup doesn't seem to be in the immediate future.
But Black, the team president, is more of a big-picture guy. He analyzed the organization now compared to when Terry Pegula assumed ownership in February 2011, and he plowed ahead with his answer despite anticipated cries to the contrary.
"Do I think we're better off now than we were when Terry bought the team?" Black said Wednesday. "I think we're closer to building that roster that is going to win the Stanley Cup, so I'll have to say yes."
Sabres management and ownership still believe they are on a path to a championship, although it's a different path than they originally mapped. They're disappointed the goal likely won't be achieved during their initial time frame of three years – the Sabres enter tonight's home game against Montreal in 23rd place overall – but they see positives on a macro level that outweigh the obvious issues along the micro plane.
"The good news is our owner is going to be patient with doing everything he can to build a championship team and not at the expense of building a team that's just good enough to make the playoffs," Black said during a nearly two-hour lunch meeting. "Everything else needs to fall in place from there. I think what we need to do is just let the fans know how we're going about trying to do this."
The plan involves rebuilding from within through the draft, and Black says it's already well under way.
The Sabres had two first-round picks last year and one second-round selection. They have a pair in each round this June. Through the recent trades of Jason Pominville, Robyn Regehr and Jordan Leopold, they have a total of two first- and five second-round picks in 2014 and '15.
That's a collection of six first-rounders and eight second-rounders in a four-year span. By comparison, it took them 10 years (2002 to 2011) to draft the same number of second-rounders and six years ('06 to '11) to select an equal number of first-round prospects.
"That's a total of 14 top-60 picks," Black said of the current stockpile. "We need to be right more often than we're wrong. In that case, we'll have eight players that will be impact players. That's better than a third of your roster."
Even the right selections will take time to develop.
"I want to win the Stanley Cup," Black said. "If it takes a little longer and we have a more certain opportunity to win, I'll take that."
The most pressing question throughout Sabreland is whether the team has the right general manager in place to continue the rebuild. Darcy Regier has been GM since 1997. If, as expected, the Sabres miss the playoffs, they will have done so for the second straight year, fourth time in six seasons and seventh in 11.
"My opinion of Darcy is based on my work history with him, which is two years," Black said. "That's how I judge him. I think the opportunities that he's had, whether it be through free agency to the trade deadlines and the draft, I think he has done well in each of those instances.
"That doesn't mean that I think Darcy has built a championship team right now since we've bought the team. I think he has used those opportunities to improve us."
It hasn't shown up in the standings, however. That's why the Sabres are changing paths and embracing a full-scale rebuild.
When Pegula purchased the team, Buffalo had eight players who participated during the Eastern Conference final run of 2007. Only four (Thomas Vanek, Ryan Miller, Jochen Hecht and Drew Stafford) remain from that foundation.
"What we tried to do – and it didn't work – was add some pieces to that the year Terry bought the team, bring in some free agents, make some trades and hopefully get that team back to where it was," Black said. "It didn't work.
"You make a plan. If it doesn't work, you've got to be prepared to pivot and move in another direction. … We do know where we are with building a team. In the new CBA, it's even more important than years past that you have to do it through the draft and the accumulation of young talent."
Among the other topics discussed by Black:
• Pegula's absence from the public eye after being visible early in his tenure. The Sabres cautioned the media during the owner's opening few months that he would step back from the spotlight.
"If there was more availability then, and there probably was, it was just by virtue of 'we want to know who this new guy is,' " Black said. "It doesn't have to all be negative, either. He's not going to come out and talk after a 10-game winning streak."
• The increasing number of empty seats in First Niagara Center for games that are sold out.
"No-shows have always been give or take 1,000," he said. "I don't think that's an indictment. I think it's just Junior got sick and I can't go to the game tonight. I don't think I'm alarmed by anything that I've seen so far with empty seats. People are buying seats and they're coming to the games, and God bless them because we haven't delivered what we promised we're going to do."
• Booing and an apparent disconnect between the fans and organization.
"Fans were booing a 2½-minute shift where we couldn't get the puck out of our zone. Those same fans all stood and cheered when we won that same game in a shootout," Black said. "I think we've analyzed the boo phenomenon way too much. My guess is it was more visceral with the frustration of not being able to clear the puck for what seemed like an eternity. If it's deeper than that, we'll find out.
"Fans here deserve a winner more than any city I have ever driven through, read about in a book, than I can possibly imagine. Fans here are among the best and most passionate in any sport. They deserve a winner. We're going to do everything in our power to give them a winner. The disconnect, if there is one, is because we're not delivering that winner. I'd be more concerned if fans stopped caring."
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Kerry Washington on Emmy and New Marriage: 'I'm Blessed'
After secretly tying the knot with San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, 32, last month in Idaho, Washington scored her first Emmy nomination on Thursday, for Scandal.
"I'm the luckiest broad in showbiz," Washington, 36, who plays crisis manager Olivia Pope in ABC's political thriller, tells PEOPLE. "I just feel really blessed and humbled and grateful for this nomination."
The actress, who was at an airport in Northern California when she received the good news, had no time to celebrate.
"I had my dog with me and I was trying to get water for the plane in that hurried, crazy airport mode. I'm going to celebrate with my Scandal family after we have our table read today."
When asked about being a new bride, Washington remains coy.
"I don't talk about my personal life in the press, but I will say I'm really happy," she says. "I'm blessed in all areas of my life."
As for her date to the Sept. 22 ceremony in Los Angeles, will it be her new husband or her parents?
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WASHINGTON–Lawmakers hope to finalize an agreement between House and Senate negotiators on a new five-year farm bill by early next week, aides from both parties said Friday.
Now in the final stretch of a two-year-long effort to craft a new farm bill, the top four lawmakers, who have been working for months to merge legislation passed by the House and Senate, expect to present their efforts Monday to the broader group of lawmakers who must sign off on the compromise.
House lawmakers have said they hope the chamber could vote on the farm bill as soon as next week.
Negotiators' staff have alerted the 37 other lawmakers who comprise the farm bill conference committee to be in Washington on Monday morning. Their precise job on Monday will depend on whether the four negotiators can resolve all of the remaining issues, according to a House Agriculture Committee aide.
If the four negotiators can't reach complete agreement, the broader group of lawmakers — which includes an additional 10 senators and 27 House lawmakers — would settle the remaining disputes by voting in a public meeting. But if the top four negotiators iron everything out, they would likely announce the agreement and ask other lawmakers to sign off on the deal.
For each chamber to consider the compromise, it must be supported by a majority of the House lawmakers in the group and a majority of the senators.
The wrenching, two-year effort to pass a new farm bill has been led by the chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, respectively Frank Lucas (R., Okla.) and Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), as well as the top Democrat on the House panel, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota and the top Republican on the Senate panel, Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
The farm bill had a tumultuous path through the House last year, failing once on the floor before Republicans opted to split apart farm programs and funding for food stamps. Some lawmakers on both the right and left have already criticized the proposed changes to the nutrition programs and the bill is expected to need the support of some Democrats to pass the House.


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All-round artist Jean Dulieu is the creator of the famous little goblin 'Paulus de Boskabouter'. He was born as Jan van Oort in Amsterdam, as the son of singer Hendrik van Oort. Before his days as a comic artist, he played the violin in the Amsterdam Opera Orchestra, and then the second violin in the Concertgebouworkest, Holland's most famous orchestra. But he left the orchestra during the Hunger winter of 1944 to become a draughtsman, inspired by his grandfather Johan Braakensiek who was an illustrator for De Groene Amsterdammer.
He developed a couple of goblins, and shortly afterwards 'Paulus de Boskabouter' was born. The first of about 8,000 episodes of the 'Paulus' strip appeared in newspaper Het Vrije Volk in 1946. This first series ran until 1957, and was followed by a second series from 1963 until 1967. After another hiatus, Dulieu made 23 new stories for local papers like Zeeuwse Courant, Gelderse Courant, Apeldoornse Courant and Arnhemse Courant between 1973 and 1984. All stories were characterized by the artist's large imagination and love for nature. Over the years, many classic side characters were introduced, such as Oehoeroeboeroe the owl, Pieter de Veldkabouter, Salomo the raven, Gregorius the badger and the evil witch Eucalypta. Book collections were published by De Arbeiderspers, and later by C. P. J. van der Peet, Ploegsma, Leopold and De Meulder.
Being a versatile artist allowed Jean Dulieu to use his Paulus character in various projects: illustrated stories, puppet shows, radio plays, puppet movies, animated movies and of course, in his comics. All of those projects (except the puppet movies) he made (almost) completely on his own. Besides as a newspaper comic, Paulus appeared in full-color in magazines like Kris-Kras, De Varagids, Eva, Fix en Fox, Margriet, Avrobode, Bobo and Striprofiel. The many stories with 'Paulus de Boskabouter' have been translated to German, English, Swedish and Japanese.
In addition to Paulus, Dulieu has made the comic story 'Boffie en Buikie In de Knoop' for supermarket Albert Heijn in 1953. In 1956, he published a book about the life of St. Francis of Asisi. Two other novels by Dulieu, 'Maledictus' (1954) and the autobiographical 'Verspeelde muziek' (1967), remained unpublished. He also appeared as ventroliquist 'Koning Noppie' in the TV series 'De Mallemolen' in 1956-1957.
Jean Dulieu's work has been awarded many times: he got the Literature Prize of the Youth Friends Association of New York, an Edison (a Dutch television award) for a vinyl record adaptation of one of his stories, and a prize for the best children's book in Holland. He lived in reclusion after his wife's death in the late 1980s, and passed away in Arnhem at the age of 85 in November 2006.
In 2012, Dorinde van Oort published a biography of her father, called 'Paulus de Boskabouter, of Het dubbelleven van Jean Dulieu'. It dealt with Dulieu's life, his careers as both a musician and artist, his religion and the often troubled relationships he held with his family and friends.
Lambiek will always be grateful to Dulieu for illustrating the letter "P" in our encylopedia book, 'Wordt Vervolgd - Stripleksikon der Lage Landen', published in 1979.
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Woman found strangled to death in a bondage scenario gone wrong: Looks like that one got GRANDCOURTED!
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The act of a group of men pooping on a woman's face. Like a bukake, but much more aggressive.
Ethan, Bob, Jose, and Arnold all gave Michelle a huge poopkake as she begged for more shit to be lain on her face.
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ATLANTA, Ga. – The Stetson men's tennis team opened up the 2014 season on Saturday. The Hatters fell to Georgia Tech on the road by a score of 4-0.
"The overall match score does not reflect the level of play from our players, since we were up in the last three matches that went unfinished," Associate Head Coach Christophe Noblet said.
The Yellowjackets picked up the first point of the match after winning two of the three doubles matches. Sophomore Laurynas Antropikas and Cahit Kapukiran won the lone doubles matchup for the Hatters, topping Cole Fiegel and Anish Sharma, 6-3.
Georgia Tech won the first three singles contests to clinch the match 4-0. Eduardo Segura defeated Kapukiran 6-2, 6-2 at number two singles, Carlos Benito topped Antropikas 6-2, 6-4 at number three, and Fiegel won 6-3, 6-1 against junior Chester Espie at the number five position.
Junior Nathan Debut, sophomore Simon Julin, and senior Hans Adrian Riseng won their first sets at number one, four, and six singles positions before their matches were haulted.
"With only a few days of practice under our belt so far, we like the level of competition the players brought today against an ACC team," Noblet said. "With school beginning on Monday, the players are looking forward to going back to the regular training regimen."
Stetson continues 2014 action Saturday, Jan. 18 hosting the Second Annual Stetson Men's Tennis Alumni match. The action begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.


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That girl is so beautiful. Her name must be McKyla!
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what do you think is scouting is working for others today??
we have the topic for community service in scouting and we have gone through many hikes, services TraduireLire la suite
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we have the topic for community service in scouting and we have gone through many hikes, services TraduireLire la suite
In my opinion there are some goals for all scouts in the world, based on the wel known thoughts. Like peace, respect, nature etc. But how to get to those goals differ per country and probably per region or group. The problems in India are totaly different then in the Netherlands of South Africa. So you have to create another scouting for that.
That there are similarities is proven on the World Jamborees, but it has also learned me the big differences.
I believe Scouting is already a big succes as beeing the biggest organisation and fullfilling (most) needs in the different countries.
In the Netherlands we have a very traditional image that we want to change to something more modern. But im sure i would me ashamed if I would introduse that scouting to You in India, becouse that modern scouting dous not fit in Your needs. So This is totaly no answer in your question, but it points out that we cannot reach the goal in general (if you want to reach it). In my country we are recognised to be a great youth organisation on some specific fields and that is where we do get our 'rights to exist' from. Traduire


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3Oh!3 are a duo from Boulder, Colorado (i.e., area code 303), whose style of music includes jokey raps, indie electronica beats, and lots of tomfoolery. Founded in 2004, the duo is comprised of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte, who met while attending the University of Colorado. 3OH!3 made their recording debut in 2007 with a self-titled, independently released album. Their second album, Want (2008), was produced by Matt Squire and released by Photo Finish Records. In addition to their album releases, 3Oh!3 are known for their live performances, including a national series of shows on the 2008 Warped Tour. The duo went back into the studio with producer Matt Squire, and in 2010 they released their third album, Streets of Gold. In 2013, 3Oh!3 returned with their fourth studio album Omens.


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Literally 'sure'. Usually follows fo', which is a bastardisation of the english preposition "for". Can be used in conjunction with 'heazy'.
Fo' sheazy! ... You know, off the heazy?
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Modification of the ebonic word "sho" based on English word "sure." All phrases containing two consecutive words ending in an "O" sound should be modified so that the second "O" becomes "eazy."
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Young-adult fiction, based on war and rebellion.
Young-adult fiction, based on war and rebellion.
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One of the oldest and (formerly) most respected computer hardware websites on the Internet. Tom became a slave to the marketting dollar however, and the site's reviews became less and less reliable as he started publishing less reviews and more marketing spiels backed by advertisers. These days, almost everything published there is taken with a LARGE grain of salt.
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A city experiencing a spate in gun crimes and searching for a suspect in a deadly shooting last week believes it has an answer to tracking criminals and plotting occurrences.
A records-management system, a computer software costing an estimated $350,000, may help by giving patrol and investigators on the scene a database of information at their fingertips.
"Most police investigations begin with bits and pieces of information," said Lt. Brett Williams, who is acting commander of the patrol division, Tuesday after City Council's public safety committee meeting.
"Everything we do is data driven," Williams said. "Once we have a system to collect the data, identify hot spots and allocate the resources to those areas without trying to guess when things are happening, it will help improve the public safety," he said.
Mayor Gabriel J. Campana said the system by Spillman Technologies will track where drug houses are throughout the city.
Williams said whenever an officer gets a last or first name, or a street-name at scenes, he or she has no way to put that information into records.
"Our system is inefficient and ineffective," Williams said, often "lagging four to six weeks."
"We don't have a database when our patrol or officers gather information or get partial information at crime scenes," Williams said.
The software also may assist investigators by narrowing down potential searches for suspects, victims of crime or witnesses.
For example, should a report of a suspect be released that he or she is 6 foot, 2 inches tall, that information will be put collected and shared with other officers. "Police can then develop parameters," Williams said.
Today, police may get a street name or nickname or alias of a witness, suspect or victim of crime and the information is brought back by "word of mouth."
Capt. Timothy Miller, commander of the criminal investigative division, said the system also should "increase the speed of investigations."
"I am excited to be able to use this system, knowing the different things it can do, knowing the efficiency of this system," Miller said. "It's nice to evolve."
Councilman Randall J. Allison said the computer system package was not riddled with technical jargon but was easy to understand.
"It provides real-time data," said Councilman N. Clifford "Skip" Smith, chairman of the committee.
It can map, log, put graphs on maps and help police know where crime trends are occurring, he said.
Councilman Don Noviello said he was surprised the city hadn't bought some form of the technology long ago.
"I think it will bring the city from the 20th century into the 21st century," he said.
Financing has been budgeted in the capital projects budget, said William E. Nichols Jr., city finance director.
The system will be paid for through a series of installments. "We also have a $3 million line of credit available to us," Nichols said.
The records-management system is to be discussed at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by the city finance committee.


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5 Signs the Tech Industry Finally Ran Out of Ideas in 2013
Like many of you, a love of gadgets is what I have instead of a soul. Within a few strides of this spot I can put my hands on an iPad, an iPhone, an Android phone, a Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook, a Kindle, two desktop PCs, and four video game consoles. And while there isn't a single game I want to play for any of the new game systems, I'll wind up buying one or both of them just because I can't stop buying things.
So when I say that 2013 was the year consumer tech completely ran out of ideas, I'm not coming at this like a Luddite or cheapskate, grumping about how nobody needs this plastic Chinese crap because in my day we wrote comedy with nothing more than a frightened squid taped to a sharp stick. I'm saying I want the Next Big Thing, and I want it now, to fill this emptiness inside me.
But 2013 was bad news for people like me, because ...
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#5. Apple Appears to Have Stopped Innovating
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Here's the ad for Apple's newest product, the iPad Air, showing off its one selling point:
Yep, it's thinner than the old iPad -- thin enough to hide behind a pencil, in fact! And thank God for that, because the sheer thickness of the previous iPad models made me want to shit myself with rage. It was a whopping 8.8 millimeters thick, while the iPad Air is only 7.5 millimeters. Several members of our team own the old iPad models, and time and time again we sent out assignments and time and time again got the reply, "I'm sorry, David, my iPad is simply too thick for that task."
In case you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic! If this 1.3 millimeter decrease in thickness motivates you to buy an iPad that you previously had no use for, you almost certainly have some kind of mental illness! My point is that the first iPad hit the market in 2010, and as far as I can tell, that was Apple's last game-changer. And we're overdue for one -- it showed up three years after the iPhone appeared in 2007. Was Siri supposed to be their Next Big Thing? Because I've literally never seen someone use Siri in public -- my wife stopped using it the moment she realized that telling it to "Call me Rock God" would result only in the phone telling you that there is no "Merock Godd" in your contact list for it to call:
"But I use Siri all the time!" some of you are already saying in an email that will never reach me because you're trying to send it using Siri. Whatever -- the point is that Apple's sales are flattening out, as they've started relying on releasing their devices in more markets rather than inventing the next wondrous gadget that the world didn't know it desperately wanted until they unveiled it. You'd better have something in the works for 2014. Trust me, you won't like it if we stop buying gadgets and start to appreciate the simple things in life. Not unless you figure out how to charge 800 bucks for the simple joy of a child's smile.
#4. 3D TV Failed, and Television Makers Are Lost as to What's Next
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I admit: I pooh-poohed the idea of high-def TV back when it was new, but the day we had one delivered to Wong Manor seven years or so ago was a big deal -- the widescreen aspect ratio alone made us feel like we'd moved up in the world. Then a few years later when we replaced that LCD TV with a brand new Sony LED, it was ... not such a big deal. The jump from 720p to 1080p (I don't know what those numbers mean!) was not visible to my old man eyes, beyond the fact that it looked a little ... cleaner, I guess? Maybe? Like somebody had just given my old TV a good scrubbing? Oh, and it made some movies look like soap operas. The point is, it wasn't the "HOLY SHIT I CAN SEE THE PORES ON LAURENCE FISHBURNE'S FACE!" revelation that HD was. It wasn't the Next Big Thing.
No, that was supposed to be 3D TV. But by 2013, it had come and gone -- they've all but abandoned the technology after realizing that they violated Rule #1 of consumer entertainment:
People Don't Want to Have to Wear a Dorky Thing on Their Head.
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"Oh, yeah, this is much better. I will have the most powerful neck in the universe!"
Sure, we'll wear 3D glasses for the duration of a movie in a theater (although even that is turning out to be a passing fad) -- there, we're all together in a dark room, where no one can see us. But nobody wants to wear this uncomfortable, dorky looking shit while sitting at home, or in a social setting. This is why virtual reality died in the 1990s and never came back -- we don't want to be immersed in a wondrous world of fantasy if it means having to wear a goddamned nerd helmet while members of the opposite sex might be watching. Or members of the same sex, or anyone. Remember this rule, by the way -- it's going to come up again.
So this year, TV makers started really pushing 4K televisions -- a kind of super high-def format that they hope will be the Next Big Thing instead of 3D. It has billions more pixels (probably?) and creates a scene so lifelike, you can't distinguish it from reality (note: This is also how they sold me HD a decade ago). Here's an ad showing how the technology will make stupid people think they're going to die:
So, three quick problems with that:
A) Not all of my channels are even in HD yet -- on AT&T U-verse, I'm still getting some channels (like IFC) in standard def only -- they're still not finished upgrading on the back end.
B) Most of my viewing is done via streaming, and none of that comes through in 1080p -- during high traffic periods, half the shows I watch on Netflix look like compressed YouTube videos shot with an iPhone. Again, the infrastructure on the back end isn't up to 1080p standards. But that leads us to the bigger problem ...
C) My home Internet connection comes with a 300GB bandwidth cap, and other ISPs have it set as low as 50GB. But streaming one 4K movie will cost you 40 motherporking GB of bandwidth -- and will take 10 hours to download for the average U.S. household.
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Which really reopens the window for physical disk porn rentals.
And that's all to get a picture quality that, from normal viewing distances, looks exactly the same. The limitation is our own biology -- adding a buttload more pixels just doesn't change what the human eye can perceive from the sofa. So your investment is worthless unless you intend to sit 3 feet away from an 85-inch screen.
Don't get me wrong -- within a few years, every TV will have 4K capability. Sure, the vast majority of content you can watch on it will still not be 4K, since broadcasters are still paying for the HD equipment they just bought and bandwidth caps aren't going anywhere -- but the upgrade will happen. It just won't be anything to get excited about, and it certainly isn't giving me reason to chuck my two-year-old LED TV into the trash, no matter how much I love the sensation of peeling that plastic static film off a new set (and I do love it). Once again, 2013 found us compulsive gadget buyers just shrugging and saying, "What else you got?"
To which gadget makers said, "Wait, did you say you did or didn't like wearing bulky electronic shit on your body? Because ..."
#3. Wearable Gadgets Arrived, and They're as Ridiculous as You Thought
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Literally every single person reading this can remember the day they went in to have laser eye surgery, only to have the lady behind the counter patiently explain that it would not actually involve implanting lasers in their eyes. This is when most of us realized that a future in which technology augments our fragile human bodies still lies far beyond the horizon.
In the real world of 2013, the closest thing we have is a series of wearable gadgets that are grossly impractical, but make up for it by also making us look like dorks. Years ago, the sight of a Bluetooth earpiece became cultural shorthand for "douchebag," and yet the tech companies all seem to think consumers will, any moment now, embrace putting gadgetry right on their face or some other visible part of their body.
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"All suited up. Are you ready to experience MP3s like never before?!"
Like Google Glass, the Next Big Thing in smartphone technology that tantalized nerds with the promise of augmented reality (aka Terminator vision) and threatened the rest of us with a future full of drooling Glass zombies shuffling around, deeply engrossed in apps only they can see. The reality is these smart glasses have only a few hours of battery life, can only display a tiny, grainy image, often don't work if you already wear glasses, don't fold up for easy storage, and oh, by the way, are much less capable than even a cheap smartphone -- in other words, you still need to keep a phone in your pocket. So Glass adds to the amount of shit you have to carry around, and charge, and upgrade. You may recognize this multiplication and complication of consumer tech as the exact opposite of what technology has been trying to accomplish for the last 50 years or so.
Less intrusive, but even less useful, is Samsung's Galaxy Gear smart watch -- a "phone built into a wristwatch" gadget that pop culture has been promising us since Dick Tracy.
Via YouTube
Hey, did you know that it doesn't let you just glance at it to check the time? Like any smartphone, the screen goes to sleep to save battery -- you have to hit a button to make it act like a watch. Otherwise it's an ugly, bulky $300 phone you wear on your wrist with a tiny little screen that, once again, can only be used if paired with an actual phone. So it does a series of jobs that your other gadgets already do, only much, much worse.
Meanwhile, any time you mention that video games seem to have run out of ideas, somebody invariably says "Just wait until Oculus Rift, dude!" referring to the high-def virtual reality goggles that have spawned thousands of YouTube videos of users losing their shit:
And I don't doubt that I'll have that exact same reaction ... for the first 10 minutes. But let me get this straight -- 3D TV failed because people didn't want to sit on their sofa wearing this:
Via Zdnet.com
But Oculus Rift is the future because those same people will want to sit for five or six hours wearing this:
Via YouTube
I hate to break it to you, guys, but the world didn't reject VR because the graphics weren't good enough -- they were awesome for the time. It just didn't matter because humans don't want to wear a big dorky thing on their head. We're very particular about what we put on our heads; this is why hair care is such a huge industry and 35 states are in the process of passing anti-fedora legislation. Plus, the moment you cover your eyes with that thing at a party, what's the first thing that will happen to you? That's right -- some dude will come up behind the sofa and lay his dick on your shoulder. And everyone will laugh and laugh.
Hey, speaking of which ...


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Town of Tonawanda
A family ice skating session Saturday at Mang Park will kick off "Get Fit Kenmore," a year-long wellness initiative sponsored by the Kenmore Village Improvement Society.
"The ... initiative will strive to help everyone become more aware of brain health, emotional well-being and physical vitality through wellness programs coordinated by KVIS or by referral to other existing programs," said Melissa Foster, president of the civic organization.
Other activities Saturday, to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Mang Cultural Center – on Mang Avenue between Wilber Avenue and Military Road – include health screenings, demonstrations, giveaways, health evaluations and special offers from local businesses.
Participants are invited to put a leaf, with their name and wellness goal, on the Kenmore Tree of Health, which will be displayed throughout the year at various village locations.
Also this week:
• Monday is the deadline to reserve a seat at Friday's Ken-Ton Chamber luncheon, which will feature Kenneth Swanekamp, Erie County's director of business assistance, tackling the topic: "The River Road Corridor – Re-imagining the Tonawandas." The luncheon begins at noon at Classics V Banquet Hall, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Tickets are $18; the lunch includes a salad, hot entree, dessert and coffee. Call the chamber at 874-1202 for a reservation.
• The Town Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in council chambers at the municipal building, 2919 Delaware Ave. A work session begins at 4 in the second-floor conference room.
• The monthly meeting of Kenmore Village Improvement Society begins at 7 p.m. Monday in the Kenmore Community Center, 135 Wilber Ave.
• The Ken-Ton School Board is holding a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the community room of the Philip Sheridan Building, 3200 Elmwood Ave.
• Friday is the deadline for nominations to Kenmore East High School's Hall of Distinction, which honors former students who have exhibited values, qualities and characteristics traditionally held, fostered and encouraged by the school. Nomination forms are available at www.kealumni.org or by calling the school at 874-8402. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for May 10.


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Company contributions to open source
Why your company should contribute to open source
After almost three decades of development, open source software has firmly crossed over into mainstream use. Companies understand the unique value derived from software developed through open communities and are welcoming its use in mission critical settings throughout the enterprise.
Companies that adopt open source are in a prime position to contribute back to the open source communities on which they depend. For example, most of the Linux kernel is developed and maintained by employees from companies like IBM and RedHat. However, corporate culture in many companies (and particularly in small businesses) tends to lean strictly toward consumption of open source and away from contribution. For example, in a recent survey of the Liferay community we discovered almost 75% of companies that responded do not reward or encourage open source contribution.
Anecdotal evidence from our community suggests there are two key reasons why companies do not actively engage in the open source communities on which they depend. First, companies believe time spent contributing to open source is time spent away from contributing to the company's goals. Secondly, there is a fear that open source participation means giving away competitive intellectual property.
These concerns quickly evaporate in the unique atmosphere created by collaborative open source software, and here's why:
Open source participation = free on-the-job training
After responding to the boss' complaint about the website being slow and implementing the grand supplier chain portal redesign, computing staff do not have a lot of spare time for what employers may consider "pet projects" that must be done "off the clock."
What these companies fail to realize is that open source participation is a form of free on-the-job training. Sure, it takes time to fix a bug or implement a new feature, test it, prepare a code commit, and work with the core development team to incorporate the change into the codebase. The good news is that in doing these tasks, employees are learning about sound software engineering practices, quality assurance, leadership, communication skills, and teamwork (often across geographic and cultural boundaries)—a classic win-win for the company and its staff.
In addition, each successful contribution is one less thing that the company has to support during future upgrades. Finally, as staff develop expertise through participation, they become much more efficient in using the software, and reduce the cost of incremental feature development and future maintenance. Companies can sell that expertise through value added services related to the project.
Nobody wants your intellectual property
News Flash: Your competitors would rather fail than acknowledge your expertise and follow in your footsteps using your intellectual property. They don't want your IP because it's worthless, and they are sure of it. So, contributing that new feature that is so important to your business is likely going to create zero buzz at your competitor's HQ, yet still give you the benefits discussed above.
In addition, the open source project as a whole will better understand your business, and is likely to find innovative improvements you've never considered.
Of course, a clear company policy about participating in and contributing to open source is a must, particularly if the company is related to the public sector. These should be developed with the core goals of the company in mind, but a little common sense and consideration of the indirect benefits of contribution can go a long way toward attracting and retaining passionate staff that are willing to take the extra step to give a little back.
Open source participation impresses potential customers and employees
Companies decide whether to enter into business with other companies based on more than just the bottom line. Forming a deep relationship with the open source communities on which you depend sends a strong signal to your current and potential customers that you are willing to invest in the mutual benefits of open source, and you'd be just as likely to do so with them. Highly skilled job seekers also participate heavily in open source projects and seek out companies with an active presence as potential employers, so it pays to become ingrained in core communities associated with your business.
So how can companies start making their marks in open source communities? Companies don't have to go all-in on open source contributions (though there's certainly nothing wrong with that!). Traditional means such as bug reports, forums, patches, features, documentation, and translations are great. But there are other significant ways in which companies can contribute:
- Blog about open source adoption and contribution (e.g. Netflix).
- Partner with an open source project for a case study.
- Speak at a technical conference.
- Offer to host meet-ups for the project.
- Donate to or participate in foundations associated with projects (e.g. OSI, OuterCurve, Eclipse Foundation, and others).
It doesn't take a lot of effort, but encouraging a culture of open source participation will have lasting positive effects on the company, its staff, and the open source communities to which it contributes.
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I totally agree on this article. More and more companies are beginning to look a open source to know what to do with their products. Also companies look if employee participates in Open Source projects to hire. In this way they will know if future employees are committed and self-empowered.
Nobody wants your intellectual property: This is the most correct point of all this article. Myself are the contributor of two projects GaiaEHR an (Electronic Medical Record) and Matcha an (bi-directional microORM for Sencha) this two projects are Open Sourced, and we don't even look at other proprietary products to tell us what to do with ours, most often we take ideas from the community (potential users). This is the obvious path to choose, some times we analyze those ideas and make a choice in what it will be implemented and what not. This path will always surpass the proprietary ones, and the reason is logical they have a vision and, often that vision is shortened by this centric vision by the one that give them.
Open source participation impresses potential customers and employees: And yes, it impress a lot and it's also a great PR (Public Relations).
Even so, this is NATURE! Humans are meant to be creative and create new things. Don't you think?
There are more ways to do one thing, right?
These are not very compelling arguments.
The idea that working on open source software is "free on the job training" is nonsense. First of all, it's far from free, since the employee is using company time and resources to do work not related to the company's needs. Second, much better "on the job training" would be to work on the company's own software, which is what the employee is presumably "training" to do, rather than on some unrelated software. This is not only "on the job training", it contributes directly to the company's benefit.
Here's an analogy: Say I work in an auto repair shop. There are a few other shops in the neighborhood. Sometimes I like to walk over and do some work in the other guys' shops during work hours. I don't understand why my boss objects; after all, it's "free on the job training". I learn about sound auto repair practices, learn communication skills, teamwork, etc.
"Nobody wants your intellectual property" -- it's true that most companies won't bother studying open source code released by a competitor. More important is that consumers themselves will then have access to the code, which allows hackers (who have no existing software and no vested interests) to build a _free_ competitive product.
I've worked in the computer industry for over 30 years, and I've never seen any evidence that open-source contribution impresses anyone, except maybe some new college grads who have little experience with the real world. I've probably interviewed over 100 candidates for engineering positions in my career, and not once has the topic of open source participation been raised. And the idea that company A is going to be more likely to work with company B because company A participates in open source is ludicrous. Companies work together when it is in their best interest, not because of ideologies.
Great article, I share the same sentiments as Gino Rivera on this subject.
I am part the development team at Clinovo behind ClinCapture®, the open-source Electronic Data Capture system, the system is forked from OpenClinica. Our system is positioned as an alternative to costly proprietary systems or inefficient error prone paper-based solutions for conducting clinical trials. We see the open-sourcing of ClinCapture® as one of the best ways to improve the overall quality of the code base due to the vast number of people reviewing and working on it.
Our community members all have the ability (and are encouraged) to submit code. The patches are reviewed by fellow developers, who then commit the code to the repository if they feel that it is of the required standard and does not break existing functionality. Anyone can request features, log tickets for bugs or suggest enhancements and all committed code is organized into a milestone, which is usually time-boxed to two week culminating into a bi-weekly release schedule. Our community is also geared towards users, as Gino states, we take our ideas from our community of users and potential users.
In the case of ClinCapture®, I would hesitate to call it 'free on the job training'. Moreover, we attract many developers who may wish to use the system for their current company and are suggesting changes, improving features or fixing bugs. In this sense, they save their employer money while still contributing to the greater good of the system.
On a side note, if anyone is interested in taking a look at our community, feel free to do so by visiting: http://www.clinovo.com/clincapture/community


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CLEVELAND -- Parents, before telling your little athlete to step away
from the game controller, you may want to know about changes in store
for one of the biggest selling video games of all time.
EA Sports, maker of Madden NFL football, is making some important
changes that ultimately could prevent injuries in young athletes.
When the latest version of the game debuts this fall, it will feature a safer way to tackle to help prevent concussions.
Head injuries are a huge concern in the sport of football, all the
way from peewee leagues to the NFL. So where did EA, a
multi-billion-dollar company, get the idea to make the change?
It came in the form of a suggestion from, of all places, Cleveland.
Pat Hopkins has played outside linebacker since fourth grade and is now part of the St. Ignatius Wildcats team.
"This past year I got hit pretty hard in the Glenville game, and I felt a little woozy," Hopkins recalls.
By the nature of his position, Hopkins is one of the players most at
risk for concussions, and one of Coach Chuck Kyle's biggest concerns.
"Kids want to play but, right now, parents in America are a little concerned," Kyle says.
Millions of kids suffer concussions every year, playing sports or
playing in the backyard. The spotlight, fair or not, is on football.
So the NFL decided to form "Heads Up Football," a committee made up of doctors, former NFL players and coaches.
Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle represents the high school level. Together,
they developed a five-step technique to protect the spine and head
while tackling.
But the question was, how do you get kids to learn it?
While talking with a graphic artist friend, Coach Kyle determined
animation was needed. And what better animation than the popular Madden
video game?
Kyle sent the idea to the Heads Up Football committee.
"A couple of weeks later, I'm in a meeting at NFL headquarters in New
York, and here's Commissioner Roger Goodell two seats away from me, and
I think I'm going to bring it up," Kyle says.
The NFL was quickly on-board and convinced EA Sports as well. And now
the soon-to-be released Madden 25 will feature the new tackling
So from a young age, kids will see their idols tackle in a way that protects their brain.
"Kids, as many video games as they're playing now, and for as graphic
as those can be and as kind of lifelike as those can be, I think it's a
good learning tool," says Dr. Rick Figler, of the Cleveland Clinic.
Figler has been working on House Bill 143, to help educate parents,
athletes and coaches on concussions and safer ways to play sports.
Figler's department saw over 1,000 concussions last year. He says 20 percent were football-related.
"We want to protect the brain. We only have one and there's no replacement," Figler says.
Pat Hopkins will be one of the first on the field to put the safer
tackling techniques into practice. But he says concussions will always
be on his brain.
"I'll be a little nervous, but it's part of the game," Hopkins says.
The new way of tackling will be featured in Madden 25's "skills
trainer" section. It's where players learn how to use the game and learn
deeper mechanics.
The goal of Heads Up Football is for every coach and players at all levels to use the same techniques and terminology.


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DeLand, Fla. - Freshman Luis Jacobo (Sanford, Fla.) scored a career-high 18 points and sophomore Ridge Graham (Stuart, Fla.) scored 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds to lead Stetson to a 79-72 win over Mercer Friday night in the Edmunds Center. It was the 5th double-double of the season and the 7th of his career for Graham. The victory raised the Hatters' record to 6-11 overall and 4-3 in Atlantic Sun Conference play, while the Bears fell to 4-13 and 1-5 on the season.
Victoria Australia natives Joel Naburgs and Graeme Radford also played exceptionally well for the home team. Naburgs tallied double-figures with 15 points including a 7-for-8 effort from the line, while Radford crashed the boards for a career-high 10 rebounds.
"I am really proud of the guys tonight", said Stetson head coach Derek Waugh. "I thought Graeme Radford, who hadn't played a lot recently was absolutely the difference in the game. He had some huge defensive looks and got some big offensive rebounds."
In addition to his rebounds Radford added five points and played a season-high 20 minutes for the Hatters. Six of his rebounds came at key moments coming down the stretch in the second half.
"It was a really good job by a senior on a team of freshmen and sophomores", he added.
As a team Stetson shot 26-of 49 (53.1 %) from the field, 5-for-13 (38.5%) from long range and 22-for-34 (64.7%) from the line. The Hatters outscored the Bears 28-12 in the paint, 25-15 off turnovers, 14-11 on 2nd chance points, 6-0 on fast break points, and finished with a 26-7 advantage in points scored by bench players.
The score was tied eight times in the first half until the Grahams combined for a momentum-changing layup. With Corey Walden on the bench with some minor early foul trouble, Aaron Graham (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) took the point for the Hatters. He hit a key 3-pointer early and then added a jumper before dishing the ball to Ridge Graham for the go-ahead-to-stay layup with 8:50 on the clock. Another Ridge layup sandwiched by a Mercer field goal and pair of Jacobo jumpers put Stetson up by six at 30-24.
The Hatters outscored the Bears 9-5 in the remaining four minutes and went into the locker room with a season-high 10-point halftime lead of 39-29. As a team the Hatters were 16-of-27 (59.3%) from the field including an impressive 5-for-6 (83.3%) effort from beyond the arc. Jacobo tallied 16 of Stetson's 39 points besting his career-high of 14 with an entire half yet to play.
"Yeah Lew was feeling it in that first half", said Waugh. "I think the key was that he was taking really good shots and staying within himself. All of our freshman now have 17 games under their belts and they are really getting the feel for playing college basketball."
Tonight's game was broadcast live on Comcast Sports South with Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith calling the action. Stetson will play on CSS once more this season, a home game against USC Upstate on February 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Next up the Hatters will host Kennesaw State on Sunday, January 16 at 2:00 p.m. Stetson fans can catch the game on Hatter Vision with 17-year veterans Murray Miller and Harry Arnold calling the action. Also be sure to follow the Hatters on Twitter at @StetsonSID, on Facebook at Stetson Athletics, and check out the Stetson Hatters channel onYouTube.


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quote: First off, I agree with Retrospooty. There is no reason to be upset over this. All it does is give you a choice. They aren't taking the option to buy it outright away. But no, this isn't some sort of price cut or cheaper way to pick up a 360... Just another option. This could be a way to get people to keep paying for an old system if the new Xbox is released within 2 years... BUT this could just be MS testing the waters to see if such a payment system could work for the 360's successor. If MS isn't able to sell the new hardware for the usual $200-400 and expects the cost to be higher, this could be their way of releasing a $600+ system without the backlash that the Playstation 3 suffered. Aren't rumors saying that the following Xbox will heavily rely on a Live! Gold membership? Seems like cell phone marketing for sure but without the internet/data coming from another provider.


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