text:
5 Visions of the Future From Experts (Who Should Be Fired)
I'm a sucker for technology. I love watching videos about gadgets that are coming up in the near future, even if I know I can't afford them or really even use them. But every once in a while, I'll catch one that makes me question whether the makers really thought it through.
I mean, you can tell they put in thousands of hours of thought into the actual technology, but when they portray how it's meant to be used, you wonder if they've ever actually spoken to another human being.
#5. In the Future, Every Surface Is a Touchscreen!
The people at Corning, who make glass for touchscreens (and everything else) made this video portraying a future where absolutely everything in the world is a goddamned touchscreen:
It takes exactly 39 seconds before you realize that the people working at Corning have never met another person outside of their offices. It's the moment the woman in this video turns on the water to brush her teeth, looks up into the mirror and responds to an instant message.
In her fucking bathroom. The place where she could very well have been taking her morning shit, just glad to be in a quiet room where people couldn't bother her until she was fully awake and prepared to cope with the world.
While she's dealing with her work's bullshit in what used to be the most serene, sacred room in the house, the dad is in the kitchen, preparing breakfast. Their spoiled little shithead daughters walk in and plop their cleats down onto a counter top that has the ability to display full video ... making it worth more than my car. The dad continues to cook without pausing to beat them with their own shoes until they're the consistency of his raw eggs.
Mom leaves for work and drives by a sheltered bus stop ... which is also a display/computer. Because in the future, every possible surface of anything that exists is a computer.
Note the distinct lack of dicks and gang signs spray painted on the glass. Notice the absence of bricks embedded in that map. Surely this company is based in a city, right? I mean they've had to have come across some filth and vandalism on the way to work? Actually, it's becoming more apparent to me that the reason they've never met another human is because they were born into those offices and they've never dared venture outside of them.
In their world, everything is a computer. Every floor, every ceiling, every wall, every pane of glass on the entire planet. It's all a giant connected display, impervious to people like me who would devote nothing less than his entire life to be able to replace this model with goatse.
But there's something else that this video does that's a little better illustrated in this one from Microsoft:
It's a trend that's been going on for a few years on all of these "future" videos where they show the display as a table or a counter top ... some common household surface. And when you lay your camera or phone on it, all of the pictures and videos come spilling out so you can view them, edit, transfer to other devices and whatever.
Some of you see where I'm going with this already, but let me spell it out for those who don't: In my experience, the ratio of people who have porn on their phones or cameras versus those who don't are roughly every last fucking one of them to none of them at all. Maybe I just know too many perverts, but I can absolutely picture a scenario where a dude comes home from work, drops his car keys and phone onto the table two feet from his kids, and porn shoots out like a geyser made of tits and fucking.
Now imagine you have that same phone in your pocket while at work. You're talking to a coworker or your boss as you casually lean against the desk. Just like when you accidentally dial someone because your keys (same pocket as the phone) touched the wrong button, this time they've hit the "spray porn all over this desk" button. Best case scenario, you've kept it in your back pocket so that when it does happen (and it will), it will look like you just spontaneously shot porn right out of your asshole.
#4. The House of the Future!
At some point a long time ago, somebody decided absolutely everything in the future that wasn't Blade Runner would be white and spotless (so many sci-fi movies do this that TVTropes has a page on it). So we have this video from the Living Tomorrow project, a concept home where 70 different companies have combined to show you what your place will look like in 2015 or so.
The narrator tells us, "Living Tomorrow is what we'll all be doing, and this house shows you what to expect." That's important, but I'm going to come back to it in just a few minutes. For right now, I just want that to be fresh in your mind.
In the meantime, let's take a look at the kitchen, which on top of being bigger than any three rooms in my house combined, is adorned with furniture and appliances so white, it'll make your retinas sweat.
Let's skip right past the fact that it looks like everything there was designed by a toilet manufacturer, and get right to the part where we try to imagine cleaning that bastard. See, this is the problem of the "white future" we see in all these movies. Have kids? Then your future is constantly following them with a Windex bottle and a bucket for your exhaustion-induced vomit. Just changed the oil in your car? Don't even walk past that room.
Case in point, you see those dildo-shaped, faucet-looking things on top of the long ... I'm assuming that's an autopsy table? They zoom in on those things at one point, and you get a quick glimpse showing that they're already becoming scratched and stained ... in a demonstration house where nothing is being used.
That aside, it also comes with, guess what, a touchscreen interface built right into the wall ...
What she's doing there is hitting a preset switch that automatically dims the lights and puts on your favorite music for a nice romantic evening in. You know, in case you plan on fucking the family from Beetlejuice.
Or let's say that you just flipped out and drank all of the booze in your house. You're too shitfaced to find a pen, so you stumble over to the several thousand dollar LED screen and drunkenly scrawl "red wine" with your finger like a blind five year old with Parkinson's Disease. You can then drag down the item you want, tell it how much you wish to purchase ... and then for whatever reason, watch a video of what you just ordered on your TV in the other room. Most likely because you were too fucked up to remember why you came into the kitchen in the first place.
Nowhere in the video does it say that you can order this stuff. It just says that it makes the actual grocery list.
But it gets better. This "house of tomorrow," which is basically just a giant house with all the shit hooked up to Windows, has a feature that lets you pay your bills by fingerprint.
If you don't see the problem with that, then you don't have kids. They could lock that fucker down with DNA testing that makes you submit a blood sample in order to open the menu, and kids will find a way to break into it. Even if they don't get into the bill-paying section, the video later claims that every single electronic device in the house is hooked up to a central "easy to use" system. Heat. Air conditioning. Showers. TV. Now let's flash forward to the first time your power gets knocked out.
Or, the first time a virus -- or, hell, a faulty software update -- bricks the system. So, what, does your heat shut off? And if you're paying your bills online, that means the system is going to have to have security updates. Which means one morning you'll wake up and find everything off in your dark, cold house, and all of your touchscreens blinking a "Could Not Start, XJKFDSUJ5715733571.ini is Missing or Corrupt, Please Reboot" message. You restart the system, at which point it displays the same message.
Oh, and that sentence I asked you to keep in mind? How this is what "we'll all be doing"? This house costs 22 million euros -- $31.6 million U.S. Holy shit, the future is awesome! Fuck this house, just give me that in cash.
Wait, it has a tanning bed? This IS the future!
#3. In the Future, We'll Wear Our Computers!
Maybe to get an idea of just how badly these demonstrations misunderstand human nature, we need to go back in time. Here's a video from 1992 that shows how in the near future of a few years ago, we'll all be wearing bulky computers everywhere we go:
So here is the body-mounted "office of the future":
... and here she is holding the cock and balls of a futuristic giant robot she had to fight:
Ah, the '90s. But make no mistake, the industry is still shooting for wearable computers. To the engineers working on this sort of thing, I need to remind you of a minor detail: lots of people are self-conscious about what they wear.
Think of these expensive gadgets as jewelry. There are two types of people in this world where jewelry is concerned: 1) people who hate it because they don't like worrying about expensive, pointless accessories on their bodies and 2) people who like it, in which case they're going to be pretty goddamn picky about what it looks like and on what part of the body it goes. If you don't believe me, go out and buy your significant other a random necklace with some throwaway pendant on the end. Most people will appreciate the thought ... right before they put it in a drawer and tell you, "Oh, I'm just not wearing it because ... I, uh ... don't want to damage it!"
"Awww, for me? Fuck you."
People want to look cool. And sure, you say, but some day we'll have smaller devices that won't make it look like you smeared glue on your torso and rolled around the appliance shelf at Bed Bath & Beyond. Fine, here's a video of a guy trying to look suave while sporting a more modern wearable computer system:
Here you go, ladies:
They're also claiming to make the keyboard obsolete -- more on that claim in a bit. Again, by making you look like this:
Yep, that's exactly how I want to look when I'm out in public. Giant mechanical arm/screen hanging off the side of my head. Fingers curled in black wires. Miniature computer attached to my belt like a fanny pack. Completely shut off from the world around me.
Note the caption. Yes, I barely noticed the sociopath eating alone, constantly tapping his fingers like an OCD case. Now, about those keyboards ...


text:
Welcome to Altitude Ski and Snowboard School in Verbier
We offer private and group lessons for skiers and snowboarders in more than 10 different languages
Private Lessons >
Altitude's experienced and internationally qualified instructors will design the lesson to your exact requirements and provide you with an exceptional level of service.
Lessons can be booked from 2 Hours to Full Days.
Group Lessons >
Adult Group Ski Lessons are a great way to improve, have fun and meet other skiers with a similar ability level.
Small group sizes to maximize learning potential.
Children's Lessons >
We're well known amongst families in Verbier as being the no.1 provider of high quality lessons to children from the age of 3 years.
Weekend Club for Verbier regulars
Off Piste >
Our specialist coaches will show you the techniques and tactics required to conquer the powder snow.
We run courses to help educate skiers and snowboarders about how to minimize the risks while skiing off piste.
Residential and Mountain Adventure Camps
Become Ski or Snowboard Instructor

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Jim Gray - Part II of talking about Database Design
- Posted: Mar 21, 2005 at 9:02PM
- 9 comments
Loading user information from Channel 9
Something went wrong getting user information from Channel 9
Loading user information from MSDN
Something went wrong getting user information from MSDN
Loading Visual Studio Achievements
Something went wrong getting the Visual Studio Achievements
Right click "Save as…"
Oops, something didn't work.
Alex Kazovic wrote:Regarding the 2 vs. 3 tiered model, if it was an enterprise solution where everything is behind the firewall would the security issues be lessened and therefore the 2 tier might work.
Although Don Box is my personable dude and savior, I'm going to have to with Jim Gray on this whole preference for sequential programming thing.
I would also agree. A lot of current examples and work goes on with async, but anyone that has done an async server beyond something really simple knows the pain involved with async/states and getting it *right. I would like to hear/read more on how he virtualizes async in a sync wrapper or what ever his pattern(s) are. I also agree on his xml/rpc notion. However, the one way that using xml documents instead of RPC/interface contracts is better is that the document can change or be added to. And if your consumer can understand the new fields in the document it can use them or just use the ones it understands. So more flex there. With RPC contracts and no xml, you would have to do a new interface(s). I love his thoughts on tiers. I have thought this for some time and was thinking I was crazy for not being a big three tier fan. Cool to see someone like Jim has been thinking this also. That said, one could argue that it is still 3-tier. It just that the middle tier is now in the SQL server web service instead of on another box. But this is great to have it much easier to reason about and work on. SQL 2005 should be off-the-hook for developers. Get ready to hear the wines from DBAs for some time however I posted a sample sync server in the Sandbox after reasoning about some of Jims thoughs. Maybe Jim and/or some of his folks could post some written works on these thoughts before they get lost with time and people. Cheers.
I just picked up a great article from /.:
A Call to Arms - Long anticipated, the arrival of radically restructured database architectures is now finally at hand.
Comments have been closed since this content was published more than 30 days ago, but if you'd like to continue the conversation, please create a new thread in our Forums, or Contact Us and let us know.


text:
Top Definition
A huge black cock being shoved into a girl's vagina while the balls are being inserted into the anal cavity. Referenced in the Alphaville song "Forever Young" while the singer is refferrenced the time he did this to his girlfriend
Dude he just dropped the bombernot
"are you gonna drop the bombernot?"
"are you gonna drop the bombernot?"
作者 -Jayzrulez009 2009年9月28日
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
Posts Tagged 'olumbia River Gorge'
Carson Ridge Luxury Cabins is Pet Friendly
Friday, October 29th, 2010
You love to travel. You love your dog. You love to travel with your dog. We'd love to welcome you to our Hood River cabins. That's a lot of love, to be sure, but the truth is, some folks really enjoy traveling with their dogs. We do, too! We understand that it is certainly easier… Read more »


text:
on November 4, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Early on Friday evening in the back room of Sp@ce 224, a small storefront gallery on Allen Street, the artist Francisco Amaya was demonstrating his homemade harmonograph to a small crowd of Allentown denizens.
The strange contraption, a kind of 19th century parlor trick consisting of three concrete-weighted pendulums attached to a wooden arm with a pen at the end of it, spit out a series of beautiful and complex drawings, which were arrayed on the wall behind him.
A block away, photographer and gallery owner Michael Mulley sat in the front window of his small College Street Gallery, ready to greet gallerygoers trickling in from the cold or stumbling in from nearby bars. Farther up the street at Buffalo Big Print, a guitar player set up in the corner while owner Dale Schwalenberg wondered aloud whether he had bought enough wine for the coming crowd.
Over at Studio Hart, where a show of photographs by David Mitchell had just opened, the door chime rang every few seconds as patrons poured into the tiny space. A cacophony of familiar voices from Buffalo's art world filled the gallery space as owner Barbara Hart looked out from behind her desk.
Across the street at Indigo gallery, things were also heating up, with artists and gallerygoers mingling on the gallery's two levels for the opening of the eclectic group show "Bounty." Crowds also trekked farther afield to see art shows at The Vault and Block Club on Main Street, the C.G. Jung Center and Mundo Images on Franklin, Starlight Studio on Delaware, the Benjaman Gallery farther up Elmwood Avenue and others.
It was all part of Allentown First Fridays, a monthly collaborative art event launched by a trio of gallery owners in 2009 that has gradually become indispensable both to the neighborhood and to Buffalo's visual arts community at large.
As these events go, Friday night's busy affair was a relatively mild one. Which should tell you something about the measured growth of the event, which only promises to become more popular as more Western New Yorkers learn about it.
Hart, who helped to launch the event with Indigo's Elisabeth Samuels and Buffalo Big Print's Schwalenberg, said the original idea was to model the event after established successful gallery walks in larger cities like Columbus, Ohio. "Buffalo is its own place, so it's not going to evolve any way that's pre-described," she said.
Whereas Columbus' Short North neighborhood or Denver's Santa Fe arts district boast healthy, contiguous strips of retail and gallery spaces, Allentown's sluggish retail atmosphere is more challenging. Even so, the gallery event seems to add a new participant every couple of months, and the crowds always come out.
"We've gotten a little more financially stable," Hart said. "Now things are more predictable, and we're learning to fund-raise a little more effectively. We're trying to get the business community to join us in participating."
Too often in Buffalo, enthusiasm for promising projects can dwindle as organizers confront entrenched political or economic challenges. But First Fridays doesn't appear to be headed in that direction. At this point, though some amped-up marketing efforts wouldn't hurt – from something as easy as a Twitter account to larger-scale efforts like street signs – its organizers are happy to let the event grow organically.
"I don't think it's hit a plateau," Samuels of Indigo gallery said. "In a city where it's challenging to have a brick-and-mortar gallery space, the more visibility you can get for the artwork that's around, the quality of the work that's here, the better."
email: email@example.com


text:
SHEPHERDSTOWN - From his perspective as director of the program planning and administration division of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Rob Pennington likes the new federal transportation funding bill - MAP-21.
"The bill has the same funding levels as the previous bill and it is state-centric," he said Tuesday at the WVDOT's annual Transportation Planning and Programming Conference being held this week in Shepherdstown.
"States will develop asset management plans and strategic goals," Pennington said. "It gives opportunities to states to run programs, deliver programs quicker to the street."
MAP-21 is short for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, which was passed by Congress this summer and signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 6. The two-year legislation was the first long-term transportation funding bill Congress has passed in about six years.
The previous bill expired Sept. 30, 2009. Ten continuing resolutions were passed to maintain funding for U.S. Department of Transportation construction, maintenance and other programs.
Henry "Ed" Compton, director of engineering and operations for the Federal Highways Administration's West Virginia Division, said Tuesday that states have much more flexibility under MAP-21.
"More flexibility makes decisions more difficult," he added. "With flexibility comes complexity."
However, states will not be totally on their own. On the national level, Compton said strategic guidance will be developed, but goal decisions will be made on the local level. Standard measurements for the proper management of federal funds will be developed, he said, as well as for construction and maintenance programs.
"It is not a top-down driven process," he said. "State targets will be driven locally with the MPOs."
MPOs, or Metropolitan Planning Organizations, are federally designated regional transportation and transit planning organizations. There are seven regional MPOs serving West Virginia, including the Hagerstown Eastern Panhandle MPO. HEP MPO includes Berkeley and Jefferson counties and Washington County, Md.
MPOs are directed by a board of locally elected officials and locally appointed members. Any highway construction project in its territory that is funded with federal dollars must be approved by the local MPO.
The HEP MPO also assists local counties and municipalities with technical expertise on special projects that local jurisdictions would not be able to afford on their own.
In early versions of MAP-21, HEP MPO was threatened with extinction. An increase in the population density threshold of regions' urbanized areas was proposed, which would have eliminated HEP MPO because it would not have met the increased population threshold.
"The MPO threshold was not changed, nothing changed," Bob Gordon, director of HEP MPO, said Tuesday.
HEP MPO co-hosted the Transportation Planning and Programming Conference, which is being held in the Eastern Panhandle for the first time. It continues through today.
- Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128, or email@example.com.


text:
New Riegel pitchers Brandyn Reinhart and Brady Hall combined to no-hit Mohawk, overcoming wildness to deliver a 7-1 win over the Warriors.
Reinhart pitched the first five innings, striking out three and allowing a run.
It could have been worse; he walked 10, including walking in the run in the fourth inning when Grant Gucker got a free pass with the bases loaded.
Hall pitched the final two innings, and Mohawk didn't make much contact. He walked two but struck out five.
Reinhart improved to 4-0, while the Blue Jackets improved to 8-5, 4-0 in the MAL.
Andrew Hohman and Jake Dryfuse each doubled and drove in a run for New Riegel, while Josh Nye had two singles and scored twice.
"A league game is always big to win," New Riegel coach Jarron Reesman said. "Too many walks, we've got to eliminate those."
John Riedel took the loss on the mound for Mohawk, throwing five innings and allowing seven runs, five earned on 10 hits.
Van Buren gets past Calvert in 8
Calvert and Van Buren took turns knocking the ball around the park Friday, to the point where seven innings didn't determine a winner.
Van Buren kept up its offensive assault in the top of the eighth, plating three runs, and Calvert was unable to answer and the Black Knights scored a 12-9 victory.
Calvert was paced on offense by Brendan Deats and Eric Elchert, each with three hits. Elchert drove in two runs and Deats one. Deats scored four runs.
Jacob Zimmerman, Jesse Gase, Jacob Vera and Mike Bennett each had two hits for the Senecas. Zimmerman had two RBIs, as did Sam Palm. Vera and Gruss each had one RBI.
Ryan Brauneller had a home run to highlight Van Buren's day.
Willard shuts down Chieftains
BASCOM - Willard flashed ahead with a run in the top of the first inning, but then couldn't get much else working against Hopewell-Loudon starter Bryan Scherger. The Chieftains, though, couldn't get any offense of its own going. The score remained 1-0 into the sixth when Willard was able to get some insurance runs.
Hopewell-Loudon finally found its offense in the bottom of the seventh, but by then it was too late and Willard (2-8) claimed a 5-2 victory.
Scherger took the tough-luck loss, allowing three hits over six innings, and three runs, none of which were earned.
Jordan Stewart and Ryan Depinet scored runs for the Chieftains (5-11).
Comets blast off against Redmen
GENOA - A five-run first inning was just the beginning of a rough day for Dustin Smith and his Fostoria baseball team. The Comets tallied runs is each of the game's five innings and four Redmen errors played a role in a 15-5 Genoa win.
"Errors killed us this game," Smith said. "They hit the ball, we just didn't make the plays when we had them."
It wasn't all bad for Fostoria. Hunter Abell homered and Casey Kitchen laced two doubles. Kaleb Bemis and Alex Jackson added base hits.
Rams roll over Presidents
MARION - Upper Sandusky was sitting comfortably with a 5-1 lead when the sixth inning dawned against Marion Harding. But the Rams were not satisfied and didn't really feel like playing a seventh inning. They tacked on six runs in the sixth to end the game with an 11-1 victory.
Ross Dible and Sam Plott each picked up three hits with Plott adding a double. Josh Lear doubled and tripled while Alex Kenner, Daniel Newell and Alec Oney all had two-hit days.
Plott picked up the win on the mound striking out six while allowing five this.


text:
Ranked among the nation's most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana's leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions, workplaces, schools and homes.
Programs for medical students, pharmacists, and medical professionals
Graduate residencies >>
Community Health Network is offering an exciting health care training opportunity to medical assistant students. Community was awarded a federal grant to fund an advanced clinical training fellowship for local medical assistant students who are actively enrolled and preparing for externship.
Community understands the need to recruit highly-qualified, professional and patient-focused individuals to work with the physicians and patients in our physician offices and ambulatory clinics. Community wants to be proactive in providing clinical training experiences that help develop successful medical assistants.
Watch the video below to learn more about the medical assistant experience!
The Medical Assistant Fellowship Program is an advanced externship program for selected applicants. It will provide 250 hours of extensive training during a period of eight to 10 weeks. This specialized program is designed to strengthen clinical and educational preparation as well as open the door to employment opportunities.
The program includes the support of a program manager, clinical coordinator and experienced preceptors at our physician practices and outpatient settings. These partners will oversee the development and demonstration of required skills.
Program participants rotate through two clinical settings, including physician offices, urgent care and other ambulatory care settings, to develop valuable, practical experiences that will give them an academic and clinical edge in the marketplace.
Upon successful completion of the fellowship program, all students will be considered for open positions at Community Health Network, taking into consideration preferences for location, specialty and hours. To learn more about careers at Community, visit eCommunity.com/employment.
Students will be interviewed and selected periodically throughout the year. We will evaluate applicants based upon the following criteria and requirements. Fellowship candidates must:
To apply, candidates must submit all of the following materials by the designated deadline for the fellowship session they wish to attend. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Community Health Network – MA Fellowship Program
7240 Shadeland Station, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46256
The online fellowship application and all required paperwork must be received by Community by 5 p.m. on the deadline date listed for the fellowship session in which you wish to participate. Please ensure all required documents are submitted. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Below are the upcoming orientation dates and their deadlines for application submission. Future dates will be posted closer to their start dates.
January 24, 2017
Applications will be reviewed and top qualifying students will advance to a personal interview. Students must attend the interview to be considered for selection. Student preferences for location, specialty and hours will be considered as we attempt to match selected students with their preferences.
Those invited to participate in the fellowship program will be asked to provide documentation of the following prior to orientation:
Program participants will attend a comprehensive, interactive, four-day orientation prior to clinical assignments. Students will receive EMR training as well as a review of procedures and clinical skills.
For questions about the fellowship program, please call or e-mail Stacey Young, R.N., program supervisor, at 317-621-7524 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
See more of our awards
More about shops


text:
Samsung now holds 46% of the Android ecosystem
0. phoneArena 19 Dec 2012, 14:41 posted on
We've known for a while that Samsung is a huge company, and we've seen a few times that between it and Apple, those two companies cover the vast majority of smartphone revenue. But, now we're seeing what kind of growth Samsung has within the Android ecosystem itself, and it shows that as other manufacturers are flagging, Samsung now holds 46% market share of Android devices...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Samsung really needs to be taken down a notch.
4. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13068; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
They push out a device nearly everyday. More isnt better.
8. gameday78 (Posts: 48; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
true but that also means they have a device for almost everyone and anyone on any budget...
14. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
Exactly, one of Apple's flaws is the a severe lack of variety, with 3 phones currently being sold at a time (not sure if the 3GS still sells). Samsung literally has dozens, if not hundreds of phones in all shapes and sizes, while still maintaining excellent quality on their best phones (Note II and SIII). It is true they make the worst phones ever, but they also make, marginally and arguably, the best phones to date.
23. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
but it also means they are greedy as hell and desperate as well.........theres a difference between being dedicated and being desparate.....sorry and when samsung feels the heat of competition coming along, you see it in their actions.........THEY COPY in order to place themselves above the competition.......they too need to be "taken down a notch" as captain doug said..
32. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
COME ON, Samsung!!
Ur so close to 50%!!!!!!
11. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
... I said taken down a notch. Nothing about how many devices they release.
18. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I have no idea why I'm being hated on.
24. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
cause you're telling the truth bro.......and you''ll find that when you do so......people get angry and begin to "thumb you down" or even yell at u in their post lol its all good tho cuz its the only way to stop lies and see some real change :)
37. tedkord (Posts: 11706; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
That usually happens. Look what happened to the Westburo Baptists when they started speaking the truth..
I love the "it's everybody else who's wrong, not me..." attitude.
46. Reluctant_Human (Posts: 886; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
The Westboro Baptist Church. You will never find a bigger hive of scum and villainy.
57. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
welp that attitude is formed and derived from the "truth" and if you are telling it......then any and everybody that doesnt agree with it IS WRONG lol sorry....
you ever heard the saying...the truth hurts? well there you go lol
and if im not telling it i will be convicted of doing so immediately.....just who i am
62. SleepingOz (unregistered)
I remember he even stated something like every tech reviewer who gives the GSIII/GNOTEII excellent score is biased. And he'll do a much better job than them.
68. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Who said that?
65. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
What did I say that was wrong? That Samsung is too big? It's true. Right now, there isn't much competition. That's bad for technology and for consumers. I just think that there needs to be balance. HTC, Motorola, LG, etc need to step up.
71. metalpoet (unregistered)
"bad for competition"???? Heres a thought, have Moto, LG, and HTC come out with something that can compete against the iPhone and Samsung then they will do better. Yes the Google Nexus 4 is a good device(sold unlocked or at&t and had plenty of qaunitity issues). Yes the DROID DNA is a good device(no expadable memory or removable battery oh and its only sold on one carrier). Where as the Note 2 and the GS3 is sold on every major carrier out there :)
And Im sorry but I feel that Moto lost their drive and their passion after the succes of the DROID OG and now they simply cant shake the cobwebs of crappy tech and virtually no up to date updates for older devices, they showed their true face in the last year and a half with subpar specs on these so called "amazing" devices.
66. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
You're comparing me to the WBC? Wow. Classy.
58. meloth1991 (Posts: 37; Member since: 26 Aug 2012)
Guess consumers dnt mind sammy copying...hw elz do u explain the rise frm 23% to 46%....i mean jst look at the rest evry othrz hav shown a reduction excpt sammy!
72. metalpoet (unregistered)
meloth1991: WHAT?!?!? hw elz do u ezplan hw mch n idot u is?????
27. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Why do you think they need to be taken down a notch?
70. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
They're just too big. Anther way of saying it is that, other OEMs are too small. There isn't enough competition which is bad for technology and consumers. (I'm quoting myself from an eariler comment).
73. metalpoet (unregistered)
LG and Motorola are HUGE companies that are involved in multiple industries(well moto used to be huge) but they invest too little in their cell phones.
49. MeoCao (unregistered)
I think it not SS has to be taken down a notch, it's other OEMs have to move up a notch or two.
69. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Tomato tomato. ;D
64. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
I agree, the other manufacturers should try their hardest to lower Samsung's slice of the android pie. I don't mean to seem like I think that Samsung should be crippled. I think that the other Android manufacturers should do what they have to to make their devices more competitive so all Android devices have a chance to dominate through vigorous competition.
35. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Yea everyone should only release ONE device a year that looks exactly the same so that why nobody has choices.
42. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Anyway Samsung is better than The Rotten Apple
50. iDroidWin (Posts: 117; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
For me it is. More choices. I really like the big screen on Note 2 and functionality that comes along with it to exploit it. I wanted Sense and HTC's design, it looks beautiful, but I had to choose between looks and functionality. Being what I am, Note 2 did what I wanted my phone to do. Choice is always good.
63. anshul0000 (unregistered)
fanboy wars...lol
10. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
I disagree. Samsung has seen Apple's success and they are now aware of the formula. The other android makers need to get with the program. Custom Over lays with useful features, custom made fast exclusive chipsets and an ad campaign. Forget Samsung, what differentiates the other android phone makes?
16. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
-Apple doesn't have as many ad campaigns as samsung, the SIII (and currently the Note II and the GALAXY Camera) are advertised everywhere. Thankfully, Apple doesn't exactly bash companies in their ads, though they sort of do indirectly.
-Samsung has extremely successful ad campaigns that don't (always) bash on other companies
-I absolutely hate Microsofts ads, smoked by windows pissed me off. Anyone remember bingiton.com? And perfect match, that's just dumb, I'm taking the 88% preferred windows with a grain of salt. They bash Apple and Google, which is retarded.
21. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
The only thing missing from other phone makers is the ad campaign. Exclusive chipsets aren't that important as long as good SOC's are used. We shouldn't want phone makes to be like Apple. There needs to be a balance or the consumer and technology in general suffers.
44. MeoCao (unregistered)
I absolutely agree, the market needs robust competition and not dominance of a single player.
But you can hardly blame SS: they are more creative than others, look at what SS has done with Android and so far their contribution is second only to Google, no other OEM comes close.
So now it depends mostly on Sony and LG to challenge SS as they have the resources to do it.
51. mrochester (unregistered)
We do want other manufacturers to be like Apple. Apple make the best consumer products (look at customer satisfaction rates). We need/want more companies like that.
22. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
indeed.......and they will that is entirely too much control
2. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
2013 is going to be crazy. I am a HTC and Sony fan.
Currently rocking a HTC one x US version.
Thinking of a nexus 4, droid DNA, or high end rumoured Sony device.
9. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Heard of the M7?
15. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
Yes, but I can't commit to just simply a spec sheet. I haven't seen a photo or an expected launch date.
17. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Is the spec sheet even confirmed? or is it still rumored?
20. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Rumors have said it should show up at CES or MWC. It has also had just as much exposure as a rumored high end sony device. No reason to count it out yet. Very dependent on when you're planning on upgrading I guess.
38. tedkord (Posts: 11706; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
It sounds monster. But it's HTC, so while it will have a great build quality, it will have limited storage with no expansion slot, an undersized battery that can't be changed, and almost zero chance of Key Lime Pie.
67. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
But we won't know til it's announced/comes out. The One X+ has a great amount of storage, the Butterfly has an SD slot, and who makes phones with removable batteries nowadays? As far as KLP, It's not even out yet. Personally I root and rom so I don't care if it gets the update as long as it gets CM support. Basically, just wait before you condemn it.
3. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Probably because Samsung has one flagship phone (GS3) that is the same across all the carriers. It isn't spread out with different phones on different carriers.
This simplifies advertising and customer recomendations. Now, someone on Sprint can recommend a GS3 to a Verizon customer. Not possible with many other phones.
5. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Congratulations to Samsung, altho I would like them to share a little more with rest of the Android manufacturers.
43. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
if this continues other OEM's will just get fed up , might lead to a civil war :D
6. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13068; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
The profit margins are probably thinner though.
7. gameday78 (Posts: 48; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
i still think the Note II is the best phone out there and still is a Beast! show me a smart phone with more power, battery or speed!!!! yes one will have more of this or that but none have them all in one package!
31. redmd (Posts: 1269; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
I will add to that : more storage, more functionality bigger screen size for a smartphone.
13. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Samsung does push out a great many phones, and the Galaxy S3 goes on sale all the goddamn time now. Kudos to Samsung playing the game nearly as well as Apple. Here's hoping the other manufacturers can grow again.
26. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13068; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
That's more I can say for Motorola and how they treat they customers.
41. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And how does Motorola treat its customers?
53. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13068; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I think you already know the answer.
54. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I know I know!!!
With love and respect!!!
55. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Yep. The answer is that I have four Motorola phones that still work.
Oh, and three Motorola models got Jelly Bean on Verizon already, one of them before even the goddamn Nexus got it.
It's obvious, though, that you're not actually interested in the evidence. You just want to work me up with bulls**t because you know I like a certain company.
Whatevs, dude. Have fun with that.
61. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13068; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I remember there being more than three Moto phones on Verizon. I wouldn't have a problem with them if they didn't pull the stunt they did recently while only compensating customers with only $100 for their phone.
I don't wont to work you with anything. You're working yourself.
28. redmd (Posts: 1269; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
truly the S3 is a Best seller everywhere and I can vouch the same for note 2. Samsung strategy is to push out all the segments while maintaining the high end really high. they have achieved an apple like status. iI can't wait for the S4 to come.
33. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Mxyzptlk Don't even bring up Motorola haha. I hate my Photon and we have more problems with Motorola models than any other Android! And we probably sell 5-1 Samsung-Motorola and HTC 2-1. Im not sure why Google thought buying Motorola would help.
34. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
They bought them for the patents...do not be surprised if moto stop making smartphones some day
19. xtremesv (Posts: 297; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
This happens when you only focus in one market and release devices lacking basic features like reasonable storage options and battery capacity, HTC are you reading this? Samsung in the other hand may not have the most impressive phones (design wise) but they have smartly invested in good marketing and global market positioning leading them to the top.
30. redmd (Posts: 1269; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
sorry bro we have been complaining this about htc devices way back the one series. but it seems htc don't read pa lol


text:
Find free personals at Date.com's Athol dating service. Tired of speed dating? Try speed dating online with Date.com's matchmaking service. Whether you are looking for serious relationships, friendship, girlfriend, boyfriend, lover or even pen pals, Date.com has it all. Create a FREE singles ad and start Athol dating online, its easy!
AtholJoin Now Free!
Athol Girls | Athol Men | Athol Gay | Athol Lesbians
More Athol Links:
Singles | Personals | Chat | Speed Dating | Love
Athol Catholic Dating | Athol Christian Dating | Athol Muslim Dating
Athol Black Dating | Athol Asian Dating
Date.com is a FREE online Athol dating service for singles. We have the hottest attractive and available Athol women/men on the Internet from hot blondes to cute brunettes to sexy redheads. If you are looking for a wife or husband for a happy marriage, mature ladies, older men create a free profile today. Browse our personal ads, chat online and start Athol dating today.


text:
Head of Private Markets at TRS leaving after four years
A high-ranking executive at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas is on his way out after four years.
Steve LeBlanc – a senior managing director who oversaw the real assets, private equity, and principal investments portfolio at the $110 billion public pension fund – is leaving to "return to private life and the creation of new companies," TRS said in a written statement.
Tim Lee, executive director of the Texas Retired Teachers Association, said he spoke with TRS Executive Director Brian Guthrie on Tuesday. Guthrie, who was attending a pension conference in San Francisco, confirmed that LeBlanc was departing but would remain in his position through early June, Lee said.
LeBlanc, Guthrie, and Britt Harris, the pension fund's chief investment officer, did not return messages seeking comment.
LeBlanc, who was hired at TRS in 2008 after serving as president and chief executive officer of REIT Summit Properties in Austin, was the public face of TRS' strategy to invest more in alternative investments such as real estate and private equity.
He was a regular on CNBC. The Wall Street Journal in February published his op-ed that discussed how presidential politics had aimed a spotlight on a "financial sector that was previously unknown to many Americans."
"It's called private equity and, from my perspective, it has provided a very public good," LeBlanc wrote.
When TRS hired private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Apollo Global Management to each manage $3 billion of the pension fund's assets, LeBlanc described it as the "culmination of a multi-year effort to create a private market partnership platform that will support the needs of TRS and its beneficiaries."
More than 1.3 million public education employees, higher education staffers, and retirees participate in the TRS system.


text:
The annual Relay for Life at Fort Lewis College, a fundraiser for cancer research and treatment, will have an added facet this year.
Participants may enroll in a 30-year study of how environment, lifestyle and diet influence cancer.
�This is a historic opportunity for our community to play a role in helping to prevent cancer,� Dr. Nicole Pinkerton, a Durango gynecologist, said.
�It�s a national study, which means people from across the United States can participate in their community,� she said.
The American Cancer Society, which is sponsoring the study, hopes to enroll at least 300,000 from all ethnic groups.
Enrollment is free, but it must be in person because a waist measurement and a blood sample is taken. Detailed questionnaires will be sent to participants every two to three years.
The time to enroll in the study is limited � from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the field. Participants must be 30 to 65 years and have no history of cancer.
�Enrollment is the only time you have to show up in person,� said Pinkerton, who is coordinating enrollment in the Four Corners.
There are no enrollment sites in New Mexico.
Cheryl Schou, community relationships manager for the American Red Cross in Durango, said all qualified people are encouraged to participate in the long-range study.
�It�s about diet, it�s about environment, it�s about all of us,� Schou said. �The information can help generations to come.�
Information about the long-range study is being passed by word of mouth, Pinkerton said. There is no money to buy ads.
�We�re talking it up as much as possible,� Pinkerton said. �We�re interested in the number of enrollments, but we�re more interested in long-term commitment.�
The survey is designated CPS-3 because it is the cancer society�s third national cancer study.
The first looked-at prospective mortality among about 1 million adults enrolled between Oct. 1, 1959, and Feb. 15, 1960. Participants were monitored through September 1972.
A second study gathered data on 1.2 million adults from all states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico who were enrolled in 1982. The focus was on the effect of lifestyle, including smoking, and environment.
The cause of 488,000 deaths among the participants from 1982 to 2006 has been documented.
Individuals and teams take part in Relay for Life, the cancer society�s major fundraiser.
It is conducted at Ray Dennison Memorial Field at Fort Lewis College, where people walk from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday for donations pledged to the cancer society.
Some of the money remains in the community to help cancer patients with expenses.


text:
COLUMBIANA - A recent jump in electric rates in January was in part the result of the city's payout to former manager Keith Chamberlin and service director Jay Groner in January.
Finance Director Mike Harold told council on Tuesday the city paid roughly a combined $40,000 to the former employees for their accumulated sick and vacation pay.
The men decided to retire after more than two decades of service on Dec. 31, before changes to the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System took effect.
That the payout affected electric rates for city customers was pointed out by Councilman Bryan Blakeman, who posed the question to Harold during the meeting.
Harold explained the payout was split between the water, sewer and electric funds.
"Jay's salary always came out of those three. Most of Keith's salary came out of electric, and water and sewer and some other funds," he said.
The city's electric rates are set by the city manager on a monthly basis and fluctuate based on the city's monthly cost for power and other expenses.
The payout caused some strain on the funds considering it was nearly half of Chamberlin's annual salary, he noted after the meeting.
Chamberlin was making $86,000 a year when he retired.
Blakeman said, as he has before, that paying the salaries out of the funds is "taxation without representation."
He made the same statement in late February of 2012 during a council discussion regarding the transfer of electric fund money to the general fund to cover expenses.
Council had approved an ordinance that allowed for the transfer, although any money taken would be paid back with interest.
At that time Blakeman argued paying salaries out of the electric fund and not the general fund was taxation without representation since electric rates are a source of revenue for the fund.
Mayor Dave Spatholt and then-planning commission chairman Richard McBane explained at that time Chamberlin's salary was paid out of the fund because he spends time working in that department.
"Why did we have to pay them such a large sum of money?" Councilman James King asked on Tuesday.
Harold said it was likely that because they knew they would be retiring they didn't take vacations earlier in the year. While there is no maximum cap on accumulated vacation, eligible employees can only carryover so much each year.
"You have to use that carryover by the end of June," he said.
Sick time is capped at 240 hours.
Harold said the electric fund has been decreasing over time and was at $1.4 million at the end of 2012.
The fund was expected to remain at or just above $1.8 million all that year, according to the 2012 budget. The fund is used for maintenance and upgrading of the electrical system and was at $2.9 million in September of 2010.
Since then the city has spent about $900,000 on upgrading the north substation.
Harold said the increase in rates for customers this January was also the result of the contract ending with American Municipal Power in December.
"That was a pretty good contract as far as price-wise. That will have to be made up by either paying electricity on the market or some other projects we are in," he said.


text:
I am working on an emailer in a letter format to be sent to different promotional industry clients.
I have two options to format the letter in.
1) Highlight certain salient points within the letter. These are many and the letter looks like its a mistake and it gets confusing to understand if the letter is in bold or in regular font.
2) Without highlighting the important points in the letter. This one reads as a simple letter without formatted text.


text:
Top Definition
Jimmy Page's sticky fingers. Occurs during times of particular sloppy playing, altered state of mind, or severe tendinitis resulting in a failure to fluidly perform guitar solos.
For an example of stuckato, please refer to the Heartbreaker Solo on 1988.05.14 Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary.
af shnflacwav 29. august 2009
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
(Thank you, Santa!)
Subscribe to my blog here
Twitter me- I'm babysteph
The look on Gray's face is HYSTERICAL!! What a sweet picture :)ReplyDelete
My boys saw Santa today. What a cute picture.ReplyDelete
Hmmm, the santa looks rather tired, lol!ReplyDelete
that is an AWESOME pic! They all look relatively happy! good job...ReplyDelete
Great photo! None of them cried unlike my little girl! Take a look at my post and you'll see what I mean!ReplyDelete
What fun! My son, at four, is still leary of Santa.ReplyDelete
How adorable!!!ReplyDelete
Oh, this turned out great! We did have a wonderful day today. I do love Gray's expression.ReplyDelete
Oh my heavenly days.. cute!ReplyDelete
Now that, my dear Steph, is a feat! All 4 kids with Santa and no one is crying or even appears to be unhappy! I'm impressed ;)
Great picture!!!
Steph, I always love the pics of all three boys with Ivy. She is such a lucky little girl to have these three big guys in her life. I hope to have the same little blessings in my life one day...except I always said before having children that I wanted four boys and a girl! Guess we'll see...
Hope you guys have a Merry Christmas!
I have to agree that Gray's expression OWNS that picture!
Your kids are just so darn cute, you'd better have 40 more.
That is a good lookin' Santa...and the kids aren't so bad either :-)ReplyDelete
OMG a picture of kids with Santa and no one is crying??? That is unheard of in this house! He must have been real!ReplyDelete
Wow! 4 of them and such a good picture! Mine could win a prize, but it wouldn't be for best. ;)ReplyDelete
Ha! That is great! I love it!ReplyDelete
I love Santa's with real beards! The one at the candy factory this year looks very real, too.
I love the look on Gray's face.:) Luke had a similar look, only I couldn't even get him to sit on Santa's lap!
that's awesome :-)ReplyDelete
I'll always be grateful to the Spider-Man at Islands of Adventure in Orlando for telling my kids to do the dishes and work together as a team! LOL!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, he DOES look like Santa - and your kids are SO cute.ReplyDelete
He always knows just what to say to make moms happy! Great picture of the 4 of them :)ReplyDelete
What an adorable photo of all your children - what a keepsake!
(It looks like the real Santa to me, too. :-)
awww. so cute! maybe we need to stop by and see santa after all. ;)ReplyDelete
Sometimes, though, I'd kind of like it the other way around. I'll take the clean room over the goodness.ReplyDelete
The two little ones look a little unsure. Cute picture!ReplyDelete
OH what a fabulous pic. And no one is crying!!! I'm impressed.ReplyDelete


text: Shrug off heavy winter layers lighten up for spring and summer in this chic collection of on-trend sweatshirts and knitwear. From classic summer sweaters and cardigans to fashion-forward knits, fresh pallets and graphic textures rule the season. Play with pattering in flattering ribbed knits, or keep it contemporary in crisp cottons and clean whites. Whatever you do, be sure to layer up and keep it cool.


text:
Top Definition
A blender is a black man that is also a bender!
This black man on the dancefloor is checking me out and I am a hetrosexual man! This man is a blender!
Towserによって 2009年06月12日(金)
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
A person who just blends in, or doesn't stand out.
"Was Laura at the party?"
"I don't remember, she's kind of a blender..."
"I don't remember, she's kind of a blender..."
Strawberrysaurusによって 2014年02月20日(木)
To blend in with people or be incognito whether in public or private. As apposed to bangers in which you are very visible and exposed. Used in and around Liverpool area
Proper blenders in this close, no chance of plod spotting us here.
Bagram Allsopによって 2015年10月05日(月)
A term used to describe an artist who combines several different genres, not just a couple. Usually, but not limited to, describing musicians.
Beck & Black Eyed Peas are blender musicians.
The Mean Deanによって 2006年08月27日(日)
A euphemism for sex, used a bit in a popular thread on the MegaTokyo messageboards by BozoCat, in the thread MT:tC of ph34r and b33r. Typically, BozoCat's character in the thread(which is a forum RPG), Nicholas, has used it a bit.
Sayt: "So, have you uh... Blender... With her yet?"
MS: "wait, WHAT?"
Sayt: "never mind."
MS: "wait, WHAT?"
Sayt: "never mind."
A Blender is the act of ramming one's fist up an asshole and twisting it around numerous times. Often creates a large amount of residue of various liquids and organ remains.
Me: "Dude, I just gave a chick a blender!"
Jeff: "Oh, that explains the smell and stains."
Jeff: "Oh, that explains the smell and stains."
N. One who practises the art of blending a suck up, a brown nose to management
Brent is such a Blender!, Ang, Liz and Balk, are crap at blending.
Pasteyによって 2003年01月29日(水)


text:
ROCKFORD — Comfort Keepers made the Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 200 list for 2014.
Comfort Keepers ranked 59th among the top 500 franchises in the U.S. and first in the senior care category.
The Rockford office, 4835 Manhattan Drive, provides services in the local area including Belvidere, Caledonia, Cherry Valley, Rochelle, Byron and Monroe Center.
For information: 815-229-9100, firstname.lastname@example.com, comfortkeepers.com.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
Bruce Jenner may be single, but he's not looking for a new relationship – at least for now.
"We talked about it," a source close to the former Olympic athlete – who earlier this month said in a joint announcement that he and Kris Jenner were separating – tells PEOPLE.
"And he said, 'I'm not even going to think about another relationship at this point. After being with [Kris] for so long, I can't imagine getting involved with someone else.' "
Saturday night, Jenner, 63, stepped out to the Troubadour in West Hollywood to catch a performance by Brandon and Leah, the pop duo formed by Jenner's son Brandon and his wife.
Watching from an upstairs area overlooking the stage, "he was in great spirits," says an onlooker. "It was definitely all about his family."
During the 45-minute performance of the opening act, Odd Us, Jenner and his daughters, Kylie and Kendall "were all smiles," says the onlooker. "They were having a chill night out."
Bruce Jenner Is Not on the Market for a New Girlfriend
Laura Cavanaugh/Getty
updated 10/21/2013 AT 09:15 AM EDT
•originally published 10/21/2013 AT 08:15 AM EDT


text:
Buy Item $5.99 Add To Cart
Add To Wishlist
Have questions about eBooks? Check out our eBook FAQs.
|Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: 2008
Availability: In Stock
Series: Life Principles Study
Dr. Charles Stanley is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of numerous books, including The Blessings of Brokenness and other titles in the popular A Touch of His . . . devotional series. His popular radio and TV program In Touch is heard and seen worldwide.


text:
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. -As she was preparing to move into her freshmen dorm at CSU Channel Islands, a local student heard a portion of her financial aid package had fallen through. I received her frantic call in late August and immediately went to work. Not surprisingly, the cost of a college education is one of the biggest challenges many high school students and their parents face. Tuition increases annually, and tuition is just one of many college expenses. Think books, supplies, room and board, and general living expenses. After more than five years of helping students apply to college and guiding them through the financial aid process, I've learned the hard part isn't getting into college, it's about affording to stay enrolled and succeeding.Back to our new CSU freshman. After I spoke with her, she contacted the financial aid office, figured out what was missing, completed the forms and promptly faxed them in. Within 48 hours of discovering the problem, her financial aid was approved. Taking an educated approach to college planning significantly reduces the cost of private and public colleges and debunks the frequently held myth that four-year college is too expensive. Many parents and students don't realize how advanced planning and a thorough understanding of the financial aid process can significantly reduce the cost. For example, last year a local family with a household income of more than $150,000 received approximately $7,500 in financial aid (including grants, scholarships, student loans and an on-campus job) to attend UC Berkeley. Her family contributes approximately $25,500 instead of $31,000. Learning Bridge also worked with a student from a family with a household income of $25,000 and five children. The North Tahoe High School student, the first in her family to go to college, wanted to attend CSU Chico but after looking online at the total cost of attending - more than $23,000 annually - was intimidated by the expense. With assistance, she put fear aside and applied. In March she received an attractive financial aid offer including $11,000 in grants, a guaranteed campus job with income more than $3,500 for the academic year and one $3,500 loan. The package significantly reduced the cost of college to a little more than $3,000 - a sum manageable with a summer job.All of our workshops and programs are geared toward providing a pathway to a better life through education. Learning Bridge's sliding scale offers higher income families services at a reasonable cost while youth from families with household incomes below $40,000 or who are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches, receive the same college prep services at no cost. No one should be left out. Our free "You CAN Afford College" workshop will help families get a start on understanding how much college will cost.Today's seniorsDid you know regardless of SAT scores, students with a 3.0 GPA who successfully complete the college prep courses known as "a through g" are guaranteed admission to a local college within the CSU system (for Tahoe Truckee students, this is Sacramento State)? And, even a student with a lower "a through g" high school GPA such as 2.3 who scores 1060 or higher on the SAT will be admitted. We believe as more people are supported, more students will commit to a four-year college education. Why care? Year after year, data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows higher earnings by people with college degrees over high school graduates with no additional training. Common sense tells us that more education and skills translates to employment opportunities and higher earnings. At Learning Bridge we are committed to improving the opportunities for all youth who show an interest and have the desire to succeed in college.College prep workshops and eventsHigh school seniors were invited to participate in Learning Bridge's free CSU application workshops that took place in Truckee and Tahoe City last week. In addition, all high school students, younger siblings and their parents are encouraged to attend the College Knowledge Expo at Learning Bridge of the Sierra in Truckee from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The College Knowledge Expo offers tips plus useable information for all current high school students. Participating organizations include Adventure Risk Challenge, Aim High, Sierra College, Tahoe-Truckee, Sierra Nevada College and Learning Bridge. Refreshments will be served. Come for the whole evening or drop in for the resources that most interest you. For a full agenda, visit learningbridgesierra.org. Learning Bridge receives support from the Truckee Tahoe Unified School District, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation and individual donors dedicated to expanding opportunities for teens and adults. Our Truckee office is located in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District building at 11603 Donner Pass Road in Truckee.- Emily Wexler, a former career technician at Truckee High School, engineer by training and college coach by passion is the director of the College Preparation Program for Learning Bridge of the Sierra. Emily can be reached at 530-426-3225 or email@example.com. For more information bisohttp://learningbridgeofthesierra.wordpress.com/
Back to: News
October 8, 2012
Follow News


text:
The cost of the F-35 JSF continues to soar and delays continue to
mount though the aircraft is now finally in production in some variants. As the
aircraft stat to roll of the production assembly line, the Senate is taking
steps to control the price of the fighter as the next low-rate initial
procurement (LRIP) is set to enter negotiations.
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has passed a bill on June 16
that required the LRIP-5 purchase set for 2012 to be at a fixed price. That means that any cost overruns
in the development or production of the F-35 purchase will be absorbed totally
by suppliers.
An emailed statement from the committee said, "The bill contains
a unique requirement that the low-rate initial procurement contract for the
FY11 lot of the Joint Strike Fighter (LRIP-5) program must be a fixed-price
contract and the contract must require the contractor to absorb 100 percent of
costs above the target cost."
The previous LRIP-4
purchase uses a cost-plus award fee plan.
If the full Senate passes the bill, it will be legally binding. Defense News reports that the bill fully
supports the Pentagon budget request for the F-35. The budget allots $3.2
billion to purchase Navy versions of the F-35 and $3.7 billion for the USAF
version of the fighter. In total, the Pentagon wants 32 F-35 fighters in 2012
with 19 going to the USAF, seven for the Navy and six for the Marine Corps.
Defense News adds that a Defense Acquisition Board review to establish a new cost
baseline for the F-35 has been postponed until this fall. The review has been
rescheduled for late May before being reset to mid-June and the rescheduled
effort to control the price of the F-35 program comes in part from the estimate
that the F-35 program could cost as much as $1 trillion in operating costs.
quote: That's a bit hyperbolic, but there is a very real truth behind it: it doesn't matter how high the turn-rate of your fighter jet is, because missiles will always be able to out-turn your best turn. A missile will always be faster and more agile than a fighter jet.
quote: A good rule of thumb is that a missile has to be 4 times more maneuverable than a non-cooperative* target it is trying to hit. *aware of and actively maneuvering to avoid.
quote: And in WVR fighting, don't Migs easily take everything aside from an F22?
quote: What about IR tracking? Isn't that why all the revamped Russian jets have a HUGE optical sensor mounted to their nose?
quote: Russian fighters have been sporting IRSTs since the days of the Soviet Union. And fighters like the F-22 and F-35 are designed so that it will be detected by any type of enemy sensor, whether IR, visual or radar, at about the same range.
quote: On this you are dead wrong, IR sensors are PASSIVE, you cannot tell if an aircraft is tracking you, as there are no emissions to detect.
quote: Worse still are big dogfights, sometimes called "furballs." These are bad because it's impossible to keep track of who is who with all the turning and zipping around fighter jets do; it gets impossible to keep track of everything, and the loss of situational awareness will probably result in everyone getting shot down.
quote: This is because a stealthy aircraft, no matter how unstealthy, will still be able to detect a completely unstealthy enemy first
quote: b) it's impossible for fighter aircraft to remain high and fast for any sustained amount of time, unless you are sitting in an F-22 specifically designed to supercruise at Mach 1.7 and 60 000ft.
quote: No matter which way you look at it, until someone else designs a fighter both stealthier and faster than the F-35
quote: Arggh. Detection and localisation is/will always be done by active offboard or passive onboard sensors - unless you want to effectively hold out a big sign saying "shoot me - shoot me!" You do know GCI can and will enable both sides to detect and localise each other using off-board sensors, this will occur beyond their respective engagement envelopes. Then both sides will seek to maneuver to their advantage (for a long range missile engagement). The F-35's poor performance will badly count against it here. Even the Su-35 will be able to run around the F-35 at a distance, then able to instigate the attack at its choosing (unless big brother F-22 is around).
quote: You mean like the F-22, PAK-FA... and probably the J-20 (which I still maintain is more an interdiction bomber than an A2A fighter)? Oh, and the F-22 goes a helluva lot quicker than Mach 1.7 in supercruise. ;-)Don't forget, compare the F-35 to its contemporaries.
quote: Nah - there is a trade-off. It (the other plane) doesn't have to be both, if its 90% the RCS [or rather, 110% the RCS :-)] and 120% the kinematic performance, then you'd pick the other plane.
quote: GCI, AWACS, and other EWR/SIGINT assets would be the very first things hit by F-22s.
quote: What contemporaries? The PAK-FA is nothing but a paper tiger at the moment
quote: little is known about the J-20, but if you extrapolate from the previously terrible avionics, missiles, build quality, mediocre flight envelope and non-existent stealth of previous Chinese aircraft, I'm pretty the F-35 will be able to hold its own.
quote: You need both stealth and energy
quote: You think the OpFor are gonna line up waiting to be hit? Especially if they can detect/localise the F-22s?
quote: Paper tiger? Its been flying for over a year now. Strictly speaking, it is every bit as operational as the F-35...
quote: Fundamentally disagree. VLO is a means to an end. You do not need VLO to achieve the same end-objective. Always be aware of that.
quote: What can possibly stop an F-22 four-ship from taking out an AWACs? Or any other target?
quote: I mean, are you kidding? Not even an opposing force of F-22s will be able to reliably stop a flight of F-22s supercruising at almost Mach 2 towards a target AWACS/EWR site/etc.
quote: They should have told the marines to forget about VTOL and just built an upgraded F-22 instead.
quote: They should have told the marines to forget about VTOL and just built an upgraded F-22 instead. .... Alot of pluses there... not too many negatives (VTOL being the only big one really)


text:
The report presents detailed data on consumption trends in the Soy Desserts category in Russia analyzing consumption volumes and values at segment level. It also provides indispensable data on distribution channels along with latest industry news and mergers & acquisitions (of Soy Products market).
Furthermore the report enables readers to examine the components of change in the industry by looking at historic and future growth patterns.
"Soy Desserts Market in Russia to 2016" provides detailed data on market dynamics in Russia Soy Desserts category providing marketers with the essential tools to understand both their own and their competitors' position in the market and the information to accurately identify the areas where they want to compete in the future.
This report brings together intelligence research modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics that account for Soy Desserts sales overall and to discover which categories and segments will see growth in the coming years.
"Soy Desserts Market in Russia to 2016" provides you with the following:
- Historic and forecast growth dynamics by value and volume.
- Historic and forecast segmentation by value and volume.
- Distribution channel data by value (from 2007 through 2011).
- Latest news covering the global Soy Products market.
- Latest mergers & acquisitions in the global Soy Products market.
Reasons To Buy
- Enhance your understanding of the value and volume growth dynamics of the Soy Desserts category in Russia.
- Promote growth in your business with detailed product sales segmentation for both volumes and values as well as sales by distribution channel at the product category level.
- Identify the future pattern of market trends from winners and losers to category dynamics; and thereby quickly and easily indentify the key areas in which they want to compete in the future.
- Improve your knowledge of the latest industry news and mergers & acquisitions. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Definitions
1.2.1 Category Definitions
1.2.2 Distribution Channel Definitions
1.2.3 Volume Units and Aggregations
1.2.4 Exchange Rates
1.2.5 Methodology Summary
2 Russia Soy Desserts Category Value
2.1 Soy Desserts Category Value 2007-11
2.2 Soy Desserts Category Value Forecast, 2012-16
3 Russia Soy Desserts Category Volume
3.1 Soy Desserts Category Volume 2007-11
3.2 Soy Desserts Category Volume Forecast, 2012-16
4 Russia Soy Desserts Distribution Channel Data
4.1 Soy Desserts Distribution Channel Data by Value, 2008-11
5 Appendix
5.2 Disclaimer


text:
They've been released! Check them out here.
Please try to keep discussions about the upcoming patch to this thread. =)
Nice Stuff. Pretty Solid.
Though I thought there would be some sort of change for the Yumi Archer.
Ranged Infantry
All ranged and hand attacks' x0.75 multiplier against Abstract Cavalry and Abstract Coyote Man added.
Finally! =D
The link doesn't work. . . .
Try this one: http://www.agecommunity.com/ypatch1_01.aspx
Pretty good, few grievences
why make the Cassador into just another skirmisher?
Japanese Eco got better, but ashiguru only 5% worse?
India still didn't the have crappy rajputs or the waking targets (Mahouts) addressed
or India's painfully slow unit train time
MaxJ:It's bad that the Dutch dont start with 7 villagers anymore and that the bank XP bounty is decreased
They deserved a nerf for their OPness.
Where's the nerf for the French cuir? If you have 80 villagers, you have an imba eco and can spam the cuir. You dont need any skill.
Chinese army buff vs cav? wtf
Spain-nerf? why? yes they're really op. And where's the porto eco buff for age 2?
And where is the general witht he aura for the European? The Indians have a warchief, the Asians have also a stronger explorer. no, they have 2 explorers (india + japan). That's ridiculous.
AoE3 is a nice game but the balance is bullshit. You worked about 4 months for this poor patch. Really awesome ES! You're like EA. You stop supporting the game after the release.


text:
SALEM - Carolyn Jane Cleveland, 83, of Salem, died at her home lovingly surrounded by family at noon on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
Born January 7, 1929 in Salem, she was the daughter of the late Hobart M. and Ethel "Judy" Weingart Butcher.
Carolyn was a 1947 graduate of Salem High School and held a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics as a graduate of Heidelberg College.
She married her late husband, Alan H. Cleveland, on March 3, 1951.
Her love of children led her to be the founder in 1969 of the First Christian Church Pre-School in Salem, where she worked until she retired in 1999.
An avid reader, Carolyn loved to cook and for many years when she was physically able to do so, she enjoyed working in the garden and apple orchard.
Her ability to counsel and give advice was a gift to many people.
As a member of the First Christian Church, she served as a Sunday School and Bible School teacher, deaconess, Prayer Warriors leader and Faithful Followers class member, Christian Women's Fellowship member, Rachel Group member and more recently, a member of the "Fluff & Fold" group.
Carolyn also had been actively involved in many other groups and endeavors in the community. She was a member of the Red Hats Club, the Salem Book Club, the Columbiana County Home Economics Association and a former Quota Club member. She proudly held leadership positions in each of these organizations.
For many years, she also served as a judge for the baked goods at the Canfield Fair.
Carolyn and her husband, Al, were co-owners of The Shoe Tree in downtown Salem and she was involved as a host of a morning talk show on radio station WSOM.
As a believer in angels, Carolyn had a collection of over 200 angel figurines, many of which were featured at last year's New Year's Eve Salem celebration held at the Salem Historical Society. She began giving oral presentations to groups in the mid 1990s and many knew her as a self-described angel enthusiast.
Carolyn loved the ocean and the beach and enjoyed many family vacations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Survivors include a daughter, Audrey Cleveland Null of Salem and husband, Peter M., son-in-law William A. Mowery, and grandson Matthew A. Mowery.
Other survivors include a brother, Edward H. Butcher and sister-in-law, Lois A., and nephew Hobert E. Butcher, all of Salem, nieces Lynn Butcher Mather of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Patricia Bailey Lightner of Akron, Ohio, Annette Gibbon Cadwell of Naperville, Illinois and nephew John W. Gibbon of Chicago, Illinois, and many great nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Cleveland was preceded in death by her husband, who died on July 6, 2000, and her daughter, Kathryn Jane "Janie" Mowery, who died on January 18, 2012; sister Evelyn Butcher Bailey and brother David M. Butcher.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at the Stark Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the First Christian Church on East Sixth Street in Salem with Rev. Leonard Moore officiating. Calling hours will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will take place at Grandview Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Valley - Humility of Mary Health Partners, 5190 Market St., Youngstown, Ohio 44512 or the First Christian Church, 1151 East Sixth Street, Salem, Ohio 44460.


text:
- Text Size:
- ASmall Text
- AMedium Text
- ALarge Text
Grab the hairspray, squeeze into some spandex and warm up those vocal chords! In honor of Axl Rose, who turns 52 on Thursday, join us for a look at hair band singers then and now. Tap here for the photos.
The views expressed are not those of this site, this station or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of use.blog comments powered by Disqus


text:
On the Hill, brought to you by the Tahoe Center for Orthopedics, brings you a video report showcasing Tahoe's ski conditions every day.
Breakdown: Join Tahoe 'On the Hill' reporter Matt Hardy for a snowy run down Lake View at Sugar Bowl Resort. Six lifts spinning, 17 trails open (all groomed).
Sugar Bowl's official report: 0" overnight, 0" in last week
Field report: Groomed runs that are softening quickly.
Weather: Sunny and warm with temperatures in the 40s
Liftline status: Nob Hill and Lincoln Express had no lines.
Snowcast: Still no storms on the horizon. Warm and sunny weather.
What do you think of On the Hill? Any adventures you'd like to see? Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Like On the Hill on Facebook, and check out all the videos from Vail and Lake Tahoe.


text:
লিখেছেন- my dick 4 de অগাস্ট de 2003
Nothing other then a Pussy, or an asshole.
My pussy is a guys fuckhole
লিখেছেন- Alexis Nattifaly 12 de অগাস্ট de 2004
Noun: 1. Any orifice into which a penis can be inserted. (e.g. mouth, vagina, anus). 2. A person who is willing and able to have the penises of multiple men into his or her anus, mouth, and vagina.
1. I want to put my cock in all of her fuckholes.
2. That chick is a gang bang fuckhole.
2. That chick is a gang bang fuckhole.
লিখেছেন- johnyfuckhole 3 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2010
Fuckhole: A hole that is fucked.
Fuckholes! This can apply to any orifice on any object, not neccessarily that of a woman, or a man. My friend Bert had a penchant for sticking his penis in pencil sharpeners, for their tightness, but come into some problems when extarcting said member. My ex-girlf had a glas eye that she could remove at a whim and this proved to be a new and exciting way of...
লিখেছেন- boblamovjob 17 de মে de 2006
an insulting term for anyone
You stupid fuckhole!
লিখেছেন- spinspen22 18 de এপ্রিল de 2011
An alternate use of the word fuck, but when expressing instant and extreme disappointment.
Ray was in a hurry to start and drive the truck, but when he turned the key the battery was dead. Ray yelled "FUCKHOLE!" with anger and disgust.
লিখেছেন- Rotaryray 27 de অক্টোবার de 2015
An alternative or upgrade to calling someone an asshole or butthole.
Joe passed me a fake $100 the other day. What a complete and utter f uckhole.
লিখেছেন- Grodzilla 20 de মে de 2008


text:
Last summer, an empty storefront at 134 S. Washington St. was transformed into a meeting place for Grace Outrageous Ministries. Its founder, Tress Hodkinson, is a chaplain at Mercy Tiffin Hospital and pastor at Union United Church of Christ in Bascom. She established GO as a non-profit ministry.
"We do a lot of outreach and we're a place to serve the community a lot. ... a space for people to live out their faith more," Hodkinson said.
A slogan on the GO Ministries website reads "Don't go to church: Be the church." At the start of the 2012-13 school year, GO members wrote "care notes" to all the teachers in the Tiffin City Schools system. Hodkinson said some of her friends are teachers, and she knew it was a stressful time with the reconfiguration of the schools and the initial bus route confusion.
Article Photos
"We hand-wrote over 200 notes and attached them with a little note pad. We try to be very creative in how we serve our community," Hodkinson said.
Since opening last August, GO members have completed 15 outreach projects and given away items worth more than $600. The congregation collected 150 Bibles and drove them to Appalachia in Kentucky. Hodkinson said those making the trip witnessed extreme poverty firsthand. Last November, 32 people, including several children, went to serve food at the Cherry Street Mission in Toledo.
"They let the kids peel potatoes and stir the baked beans. They said we could bring stuff to do with the people, after they eat ... so some of the little girls brought nail polish. So, there were these homeless people and our little girls were painting their nails. That meant so much to them," Hodkinson said.
On a recent Thursday night, Hodkinson made a few announcements before worship began: the book collection was wrapping up so she could make a delivery to an inner-city Toledo elementary school; March 7 was a children's dedication service; four baptisms were being arranged; and Sister Mary Kuhlman from St. Francis is to give a presentation on human trafficking March 24.
The service began with soft music as the congregation quieted themselves and a few late-comers arrived. Hodkinson gave a Scripture reading from the New Testament, and her message made connections between contemporary people and events and those described in the passage. Communion and music concluded worship.
Most weeks, the congregation works on a project, hears a speaker or has a social hour before disbanding. Whenever a speaker comes in, Hodkinson tries to develop a related service project.
"We don't just sit and listen and then go about our lives," she said.
Hodkinson said some members consider GO their church, while others attend for regular Sunday services elsewhere and attend GO as an extra faith-based activity.
"God put the vision for GO in my heart two years ago. How I thought that was going to be played out and how it actually came to be are actually two different scenarios," Hodkinson said.
A hybiscus tree blooms in GO Ministries' front window, and framed art depicting the "tree of life" hangs in the meeting area. Back behind the main room, Hodkinson's daughter painted a "prayer tree" on the wall on which members can post sticky notes with prayer requests.
A tree seems appropriate as a symbol for Hodkinson's faith journey. She was raised in a dysfunctional family that moved frequently and had no faith affiliation. When she settled in Tiffin 22 years ago, she finally put down some roots and branched out.
"I'm kinda from all over. I was born in North Dakota. My parents were from Defiance, which is how we ended up back here," Hodkinson said. "I think that's what fuels my passion now, to reach out so that other families and other children don't have to go through all that."
She believes if someone had ministered to her mother, life might have been less tumultuous for her and her sisters. Their mother died 18 years ago. Despite the drama, Hodkinson graduated from Northwest University with a degree in business management and did well working in that field. She joined a church and took an active role.
The pastor there took Hodkinson aside and said she had qualities that would maker her a good pastor. For two years, she argued with herself and with God about making such a drastic career change. She also worried about being worthy enough to preach the word of God. By 2005, she was enrolled at Winebrenner Seminary in Findlay where she completed a master's degree.
"I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but two months before I graduated, I got hired at (Tiffin) Mercy as a chaplain," Hodkinson said.
John Halstead hired Hodkinson five years ago as a staff chaplain at Mercy. She said the first six months were difficult because Mercy Tiffin had never employed a non-Catholic female minister. With Halstead's encouragement, she managed to adjust. Now, she rotates as chaplain with Sister Irene Bishop, a Sister of Mercy, and Lukas Hafeli.
"As a chaplain at the hospital, you get to minister to people that would never darken the door of a church. You get to bring the presence of God to them, and that's such an honor," Hodkinson said.
With those duties and weekends at the Bascom church, time management can be difficult, Sometimes Hodkinson can use a certain message at both churches, but it must be adapted to the audience who will hear it. The pastor said her three ministries have meshed.
"I'm amazed at how they flow together, and how someone I've ministered to as a chaplain in the ER, in a tragedy, they know I'm a pastor and they make that connection to one of the two churches," she said. "So I get to carry on that care for them.
"That's one of the things I love ... I really can give broader care to a family because of that."
Establishing GO Ministries involved legal, accounting, logistics and safety aspects that Hodkinson had not anticipated. She recruited two women from a group she had formed (Women Enjoying Ecumenical Discipleship and Service WEEDS) as board members for GO. She said her family also has been very supportive. Her husband, Keith, has helped with promotional activities and setting up the sound system at the church.
"I just learned as I went and I've had people that have given me great advice. Even all my years of business management have not gone to waste," Hodkinson said.
The pastor likes to repeat the story of "The Towel Angel," which is posted on a wall in the back room next to an orange-striped beach towel with burn marks. The true experience happened a few years ago while she was escorting a church youth group to a three-day outdoor concert at King's Island. About 25 people made the trip.
"It was, like, 1 o'clock in the morning and we had to drive home. In one of the cars, the battery was dead," Hodkinson recalled.
Someone in the group offered to jump the battery and get it going, but something went wrong. The battery caught fire. As she was shouting at people to get away from the car, "out of nowhere" an unfamiliar man calmly walked up to the vehicle.
"This stranger says 'I need a towel.' I handed him this towel, he tossed it right on, the fire went out, and with that, he walked away," Hodkinson said.
The towel reminds her and the congregation to have faith that God will meet their needs.
In May, Hodkinson is planning a return trip to the Cherry Street Mission. More projects are to be announced on the website, www.goministry.net. Keith has started recording his wife's messages each Thursday with plans to store them in an archive on the website. Everyone is welcome to attend the weekly services 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Thursday.


text:
Charles McNeil "Charlie" Mullennex Sr., 85, a well-known supervisor for the West Virginia Division of Highways, departed this life Sunday evening, Oct. 7, 2012, in Davis Memorial Hospital at Elkins.
He was born Friday, Aug. 19, 1927, at Hendricks, a son of the late Charlie and Sallie Hannah Mullenax Mullennex.
On Nov. 28, 1947, at Oakland, Md., he was married to the former Marguerite Pearl Sherman, who survives. They celebrated 64 years of marriage.
Also surviving are one son, Charles McNeil "Hap" Mullennex Jr. (Lisa Jones) of Parsons; two daughters, Katherine Lynn "Kit" Mullennex of West Virginia, and Donna Marie Mullennex (Steve Sturms) of Parsons; two special daughters, Barbara Davis Dearborn and Sarah Lipscomb; six grandchildren, Todd, Ryan, Travis, Chris, Amanda and Augustus "Gus"; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family, having been preceded in death by three brothers, Jefferson Mullennex, Frank Mullennex and Dale Mullennex; and one sister, Alma Mullennex Holden.
He was a graduate of Parsons High School with the class of 1947. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II and earning the Victory Medal. He worked construction of the Bay Bridge in Annapolis, Md., worked for the railroad, the Pennsylvania Glass and Sand, D & W Truck Lines and the West Virginia Division of Highways in Elkins and Buckhannon as superintendent of equipment. He was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church at Parsons. He was a member of the Pythagoras Lodge 128 A.F. & A.M. of Parsons. He loved everything about the steam engine trains. Charlie was an avid outdoorsman, enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing on Gandy Creek. Above everything in his life, he loved his family and friends and spending time with them.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor Thursday, Oct. 11, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Neil Parsons will officiate. Interment will follow in Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, where Pythagoras Lodge 128 A.F.&A.M. will conduct Masonic rites.
Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Charles McNeil "Charlie" Mullennex Sr. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.


text:
Faces of Food Safety: Des Moines District Office Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector Michelle Cox
Growing up, all Michelle Cox could think about was being a teacher. She could envision herself in the classroom making a difference in young lives, which she assumed would have a lasting impact. She would become one of those teachers who students would remember forever.
Today, Cox is making a significant contribution as a teacher, but her students are not in the classroom; they are her colleagues within the Food Safety and Inspection Service's Office of Field Operations. Cox is a Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector, or SCSI, a job that involves supervising and training inspectors. SCSIs such as Cox manage food inspectors, including those who examine meat and poultry in large slaughter plants. They represent management in labor issues, and they promote equal opportunity and safety principles and programs. They also perform a variety of food safety inspection activities. But it is the instruction part of the job that has most captured Cox's heart. "This is one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever had," she said.
Lifelong love of animals
FSIS was not Cox's first choice of employment. Or second. Or 22nd. She majored in animal husbandry, is an honest-to-goodness cowgirl, having competed in professional rodeo competitions and her way through college was paid for by way of a rodeo scholarship. "Not too many people can claim that," she joked.
The fact that she ended up at an agency that has at the core of its mission ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged, is not a big leap. She said she has always had a love and care for animals, and is concerned about treating them humanely.
Corporate loss is FSIS' gain
Cox found her way to FSIS in 2002 after she was laid off from a corporate job. "I was a single mom, and my job had been downsized. The only job I could find at the time was at a cold storage facility" — a facility that she said held FSIS-inspected products that were being exported or shipped domestically. She was a shipping and receiving clerk at the facility. After a conversation with an FSIS inspector on the job, she was encouraged to take the test for a food inspector. "I got the job."
"When I started my federal career, I was assigned to a beef plant. My supervisor at the time encouraged me to be the best inspector
I could be and he challenged me in so many ways. For example, he would give me a scenario to think about and he asked what I thought. From there, we would reason out a solution, using regulations to validate the answers." And sometimes the answers were easier than the demands of the job, she mused.
"If you sit back and take the easy route, success will pass you by. If you jump in with both feet and do all that you can, you will be rewarded both professionally and personally."
Michelle Cox
Cox is the first to tell you that the work of an inspector is not easy There are the physical demands of the job and the shear burden of having the weight of public health on your shoulders. "I have to tell you that because of the stress and pressure involved as a new employee, I was sometimes ready to throw in the towel, but because of this supervisor's watchful eye, patience and ability to listen, I held on." And it was on that job, she said, that she learned many lessons which would carry her through life, giving her more good days than not.
A decade later saw a rise in the ranks for Cox
Cox said it was persistence, patience and a drive to succeed that has fueled her rise within FSIS. "Success is what you make of it. If you sit back and take the easy route, success will pass you by. If you jump in with both feet and do all that you can, you will be rewarded both professionally and personally."
And Cox has been rewarded for her hard work. In 2006, she was promoted to Consumer Safety Inspector or CSI. In this position, Cox trained new food inspectors and was responsible for making sure that establishments followed their plans for preventing product contamination. Two years later, Cox received another promotion, this time to Supervisory Consumer Safety Inspector — the position she currently holds.
Award Winning Employee
In 2011, Cox was awarded the Administrator's Award of Excellence for the creation of an informal training program for newly promoted CSIs. The program provides an overview of what new inspectors will encounter on the job and what they need to know to be successful. "There is no wiggle room when it comes to protecting the public health. It has to be right the first time."
Cox said she has grown enormously since beginning work at FSIS and has dreams of even greater professional growth at FSIS.
"I enjoy my job. The people I work with every day are great, they make my job easier. I truly feel like I am doing something important by protecting consumers."


text: So, the "holiday season" has begun. Beginning in September, the stores' shelves were already being stocked with all the latest must have gadgets. The 'season' began with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas being lumped together into a generic sour smelling pudding designated as "The Holiday Season." Our ears are continually being assaulted with "Jingle Bells" and "Mama Kissing Santa Claus." Am I the only one that thinks something wonderful has been tossed into the trash? Am I the only one that remembers the magical times of the past?


text:
Yale's Chair of the Acting Department Ron Van Lieu, who auditioned Nyong'o, says the Oscar-winner relied on "instinct and an innate sense of truthfulness" when she first started. "She's incapable of lying as an actor, so she had all of that but very little technique."
Mexican-born and Kenyan-raised Nyong'o, 31, was hit by the acting bug after watching Steven Spielberg's 1984 film The Color Purple starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.
"I was 9 when I watched The Color Purple," Nyong'o tells PEOPLE. "It was the first time I remember seeing people who look like me onscreen, my textured hair and complexion. It struck me that I might want to do that someday."
She went on to study acting at Hampshire College and later enrolled in Yale, where she starred in numerous productions that ultimately got her the audition for 12 Years.
Here are rarely seen photos of the Oscar winner on stage during her grad school days.
Matt Otto
T Charles Erickson
T Charles Erickson
For more on Nyong'o's life before the Oscars, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on stands Friday


text:
IMPORTANT: Please click "End Session" to clear your personal information. (Credit Card info is always hidden from view).End Session
Cookies are not enabled in your browser.
You must have Cookies enabled for the best experience on our site and to make a purchase.
Learn how to enable Cookies in your browser or call 1-800-426-8020 for assistance.
Roll over image to zoom in |
This image is not Zoomable
Need Help? 1-800-426-8020
Review Summaryby PowerReviews
Best Uses
Reviewed by 34 customers
Displaying reviews 1-4
Previous | Next »
Best Uses
Comments about Men's Kettle Mountain Jacket:
Finally got one just before they sold out
Bought on sale so no complaints about price. Would have paid full price and still saved money over Barbour which I felt were no where near the quality of this jacket. Windproof and waterproof. Should last me many years.
Comments about Men's Kettle Mountain Jacket:
The jacket was changed from the online version. Pockets and other a tab on the collar were removed. Lining was non existent. Was going to return, but my son liked it ? Gave it to him. No wonder it has been discontinued.
Comments about Men's Kettle Mountain Jacket:
This jacket is indespensable. It is the perfect weight for cold mornings and warm afternoons in CA.
Comments about Men's Kettle Mountain Jacket:
Excellent for everything
Displaying reviews 1-4
Previous | Next »