text:
Philips Coupons & Promo Codes
Most popular now: Check Out Clearance & Promotions Section for Huge Savings!.
Latest offer: Philips Gift Sets starting at $39.99.
Check Out Clearance & Promotions Section for Huge Savings!
Free Ground Shipping on All Orders
Philips Gift Sets starting at $39.99
Sign Up for Philips Emails and Receive Latest News & Updates
The Philips Flagship Store offers a wide array of new products as well as specialty pricing on select favorites. We offer a range of television, video, audio, and PC products that are sure to please any visitor to your site.


text:
Carmelo Anthony (ankle) is questionable for Saturday's game.
Pacers coach Nate McMillan plans to deploy a nine-man rotation this season, though he said that exceptional performances could force him to use 10 players.
Coach Rick Carlisle said Seth Curry is "going to be a factor" for the Mavs this year.
Coach Gregg Popovich said it's "pretty obvious" Kyle Anderson should play more.
Marc Gasol (foot) will sit out games as a precaution this season, according to coach David Fizdale.
Jahlil Okafor (right knee soreness) was limited at Wednesday's practice.
Blake Griffin has fully recovered from the quad issue that sidelined him for a majority of the 2015-16 season.
Tyronn Lue said that he wants to keep LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love's minutes down this season.
Josh McRoberts revealed on Wednesday that he's dealing with a stress reaction in his left foot stemming from a fracture he sustained during Game 6 of Miami's second-round series against Toronto.
Magic head coach Frank Vogel said that Elfrid Payton is day-to-day after suffering a strained hip flexor.
Anthony Davis (knee surgery) is not under any medical restrictions at training camp.
Cameron Payne suffered a right ankle sprain during Tuesday's scrimmage.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Top Definition
Much like Eye Bleach, it is the only cure to when somehting so terribly awful stains your gray matter. Used when Eye Bleach, and steel wool are just not d*mned good enough.
-That's so terrible I need eye bleach!!
-Eye bleach?! I need BRAIN BLEACH!!
-Eye bleach?! I need BRAIN BLEACH!!
dari Rupert L. Duffy Minggu, 18 November 2007
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Man's greatest invention, brain bleach removes bad memories and general DO NOT WANT moments. Every household should have a few gallons.
1: Dude, I just walked in on my parents.
2: Have some Brain Bleach!
2: Have some Brain Bleach!
dari Andikun Selasa, 06 November 2007
What one might need in order to erase a particularly nasty memory or image.
Dang, there's just not enough brain bleach to get the image of Lucille in stretch pants out of my mind!
dari Steve F Rabu, 14 Februari 2007
A fictional 'bleach' is used to erase unwanted memories, usually of something traumatizing that was seen or heard.
Similar to 'Eye Bleach', but instead it clears memories instead of just vision.
Similar to 'Eye Bleach', but instead it clears memories instead of just vision.
Guy 1: Oh my god, I just saw a land whale in pink stretch pants!
Guy 2: Here, take my gallon of brain bleach, you're gonna need it!
Guy 2: Here, take my gallon of brain bleach, you're gonna need it!
dari Inkspills Selasa, 07 Juli 2009
Ingesting massive amounts of alcohol, resulting in inability to remember events after ingestion. Experienced brain-bleachers will later try to piece the night's events together by looking at sent texts, talking to friends, etc.
Guy 1: Dude, remember when you started a fight club last night across from the cop shop? That was awesome!
Guy 2: I wish I did, but i blacked out. Everclear is brain bleach for me.
Guy 2: I wish I did, but i blacked out. Everclear is brain bleach for me.
dari jewannabe Minggu, 05 Juli 2009
What one might use to erase a particulary nasty image or memory.
Man, I just saw Olga in skin-tight canary-yellow stretch pants. I need to score me about five gallons of brain bleach!
dari steve-f Kamis, 01 November 2007
Brain Bleach's includes: Ecstasy, marijuana, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bloody Mary's, ETC...
dari TheCrazyTruth Minggu, 05 Mei 2013


text:
Manage Subscriptions
Log Out
Log In
Groundhog Day is on February 2nd. Will there be another 6 weeks of winter or not? Find out the history behind Groundhog Day and test your knowledge with our interactive quiz.
The news landed like a bombshell.
No email address was supplied by
To complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.
Please confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.
For a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information.


text:
MILLERSTOWN - Classroom 102 at Greenwood Middle High School will never be the same. The halls that surround that room will be missing a familiar clicking of heels coming down the corridor.
Special education teacher and sixth grade assistant teacher Carrie Hackenberger died tragically Feb. 11 as the result of an automobile accident near her home in Juniata County.
The 2003 Juniata High School graduate was on her way home from Greenwood when her vehicle crossed in the path of another vehicle at Academia Road on Route 35 in Beale Township, according to State Police at Lewistown. A total of three vehicles were involved.
Article Photos
Photo courtesy of Life Touch
Carrie Hackenberger
Sentinel photo by Tabitha Goodling
A banner stating one of Carrie Hackenberger's favorite quotes still hangs in her classroom.
The school has not been the same-even after roughly a month has passed - said staff members. Her closest colleagues, other sixth grade teachers, said the day after the incident they dedicated class time to making cards and notes for Hackenberger's family. The notes were curled and formed into angel wings which were given to Hackenberger's mother. The center of the "angel" read "If we listen closely we can hear the rustle of angel wings ... and know you are still with us."
Students were given the opportunity to talk with counselors from various sources as part of the school's crises management plan.
Many just wanted to write down their thoughts to the family instead.
Sandra Derr, Mary Lou Blair, and Joan Byers reflected on their friend Hackenberger and her work as a teacher.
"I guess what I want to make known is that she easily made connections with students. She pushed them to do their best and didn't allow students to use their disability as an excuse. She helped them find ways to be successful, and they respected her for that," Blair said.
Derr recalled the day of Feb. 11 well. She had been out of the school for the day and the area was expecting a large snow storm in another day or two. Anticipating a day off due to snow, Hackenberger texted Derr saying, "I may not see you at all this week," and posted a sad face.
That was the last time Derr heard from her colleague.
Derr pats a photo of Hackenberger on her desk. She notes it has not been easy coming to work and not seeing the high-energy 28-year-old who loved horses and barrel racing.
"You could hear her coming down the hall," Byers said of Hackenberger's notable walk and her high heels.
Byers said students best put their thoughts of Hackenberger on paper for the sake of a tribute page in the upcoming yearbook. She pulled out a handful of notes written in pencil by sixth graders.
Those heels were memorable for one student.
"We will miss your heels clanking down the hall and your hair swaying," the child wrote.
Another said, "Miss H was a great teacher ... always caring about us. She would never give up on us until we got it."
Byers pointed out another note that read, "When you ask how to spell beautiful, it is spelled Carrie."
Hackenberger's energetic spirit was noticeable immediately upon her interview with the school five years ago said principal Nick J. Guarente.
"It was apparent that she had an internal drive ... ambitious ... the qualities you look for in an educator."
She jumped right into her role as a special education teacher and brought creativity into the classroom. The week of her death she was using YouTube music clips to help students identify metaphors, similes and personification.
"That was Carrie," Derr said fondly.
The teachers reminisced as they looked over a photo collage of Hackenberger - one photo showed her standing on the horse's saddle - that was connected to the horse.
"Oh my. I hadn't noticed that before," Derr chuckled.
She noted how Hackenberger was busy and always "on the go."
"She played floor hockey at the Lion's Den; she would play flag football with the guys. She even picked up a second job at the Red Zone."
The teachers mentioned a shin fracture Hackenberger had received playing that floor hockey last year. An independent young woman, she refused to let anyone help her.
"She tied her purse to her crutches," Byers said.
While they can laugh about her taste in clothing - notoriously wearing black pants and a blouse with "bling," - they admit there will be grieving for a time to come.
Students say little to the teachers or staff anymore, they said, but now and then a teacher will notice a student mentioning Hackenberger's name.
"I have had a few students raise their hands and ask to go to Miss Hackenberger's room," Derr said, "and they catch themselves and say, 'Oh, wait-'"
Derr then assures them it's OK. They are allowed to say her name - even by mistake.
On Feb. 12, the day after her death, there were a lot of hugs given and received by students, Derr said.
Other students realized they had maybe given the special education teacher a tough time. They now regret that, Derr said.
Hackenberger's personality was not to let the small stuff get to her. She just kept going.
Her classroom is now occupied by a substitute teacher. Classes still go on. Her name still appears in places around the room. A banner with her favorite saying still hangs above the blackboard. It reads, "Never settle for less than your best."
A bulletin board behind her desk has various cutouts of badgers a student had collected and colored for her. Byers pointed out that Hackenberger kept every single one.
In time the classroom will change. The halls may echo again with another set of heels. But the legacy Hackenberger left will remain with those who appreciated her most.
Said Derr, "She had a lot of energy. She carried it everywhere. It was contagious, and I think we all caught it."


text:
Hot Links: Dallas mayor starts talking reform
Today's Hot Links are swerving all over the road:
1. In January of last year, Dallas Plan Commission member Neil Emmons wrote Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert (right) a letter. He urged him to push for disclosure requirements for local lobbyists, as my colleagues Jason Trahan and Gromer Jeffers Jr. reported Sunday. Leppert wouldn't talk for that story. But today, lo and behold, with the City Hall corruption trial grinding on, he is proposing some reforms.
2. Here's the sound of another nail being banged into a box that looks a lot like Paul Quinn College's coffin: Dallas Morning News reporter Holly Hacker explains that the region's only historically black college has lost its accreditation appeal.
3. Why are all those baby bones lying around outside a mobile home in southern Tarrant County? The trailer sits on a street — I'm not making this up — called Tranquility Circle.
Do you have a tip about local lobbyists? Paul Quinn College? Baby bones? Send me an e-mail and let me know. Or join the conversation by commenting below.
If you're on Twitter, follow our blog at DMNInvestigates. You can also check us out on Facebook.


text:
COLUMBUS - Eleven programs and 46 students from Sentinel Career and Technology Center came together to create this year's chapter display for the 62nd annual SkillsUSA Ohio Championships Tuesday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
This year's display was created out of wood, metal and LED lights, all recycled from the school, said Lauren Somodi, a junior in Sentinel's cosmetology program and at Calvert Catholic High School.
The display featured a piece of metal bent and welded into a merry-go-round, Somodi said.
Article Photos
Team works member Olivia Borer of Sentinel Career and Technology Center studies blueprints while competing Tuesday at the 62nd annual SkillsUSA Ohio Championships in Columbus.
Kalob Vargas (from left), Cody Kuhn, Lauren Somodi and Nick Shumaker prepare to present their chapter display project representing Sentinel Career and Technology Center at the 62nd annual SkillsUSA Ohio Championships Tuesday in Columbus.
"It emphasizes on people's past experiences on the playground and being carefree and risking it all on the monkey bars and going down the slide," she said. "In life, we know there are hard times and speed bumps along the way. If we just take a second and breathe, everything is going to be OK."
The project, which is 6 feet tall and 4 feet-by-4 feet wide, took 687 hours to complete, Somodi said.
Other members of the group that presented the display were juniors Cody Kuhn from Calvert Catholic High School in the building trades program; Nick Shumaker from Fostoria High School in the electrical trades program; and Kalob Vargas from Columbian High School in the electrical trades program.
Other students have had to work together closely as a team, such as the senior team works group.
The team includes electrical trades program students Olivia Borer of New Riegel High School and Garrett Crapo of Seneca East High School, and building trades program students Jared Downs from Seneca East High School and Jerad Raypole from Mohawk High School.
The team had to construct a 4-by-8 platform with an 8-foot and 4-foot wall including a brick wall on the outside and plumbing and electrical in the walls and floors, Crapo said.
"The competition went really well," Crapo said. "All the practice we put in has added up to what we had to do to get everything done today."
Crapo said the team worked on their assigned jobs, but when one member had trouble, the rest would stop and make sure they got back on track.
This is the team's first year competing, Crapo said.
"We have learned how to work close to deadline to be able to get everything done in the six hours we were given," he said. "If we didn't work as a team we would have never got it all done on time."
Building trades instructor Aaron Thompson said the junior and senior team works teams made it to the competition because of the extra hours and hard work they put in to be successful.
Vanguard and Sentinel Technology and Career Center students are to find out the results of their efforts at the awards ceremony at 9 a.m. today at the convention center.


text:
Quite simply... a person... who claps ass's... with his face...a douche bag so to speak.
"Jimmy is an ass clapper, he claps ass's, with his face""So a Douche bag?""Yeah there you go".
Jim Beemstalk가 작성 2008년 12월 26일 (금)
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Top Definition
one really loud and long fart, ie. a fart that sounds like a Harley Davidson at idle.
WOW, did you hear Holly's fart...it was a real ass clapper.
Russell Pridgen가 작성 2007년 11월 21일 (수)
Someone so stupid and fat that when they say something, the only sound is the echo of their ass cheeks resonating.
Jimmy is such an idiot -- what an assclapper!
BelleMere가 작성 2010년 07월 23일 (금)
stupid white girl; especially skanks and hoes that like to take it up the butt, as they do they clap and scream for joy they also have jiggly arms and thighs that are also used to clap fuck.
Yo man your girlfriend is an ass clapper.... last night the people next door thought we were having a party because of all the clapping
assmaniac가 작성 2010년 07월 26일 (월)
A person that has the ability to turn on and off their lights with a large clapping fart.
Poor Grandma May is having a hard time keeping her lights on. Her assclapper is not agreeing with the chili.
Craptronics가 작성 2011년 06월 16일 (목)
pants worn by a male that are tight as hell around the ass region
Booravajat가 작성 2009년 12월 06일 (일)


text:
I have a girl.
She is eleven months old. Pinch me.
Subscribe to my blog here
Twitter me- I'm babysteph
Seems like yesterday you were pregnant. Too, too fast...ReplyDelete
She's beautiful too. Can't believe she's 11 months already!ReplyDelete
I am living in the same delicious wonderland:)
Three boys and then a dimply pink ruffly girl<3
SQUEE! Isn't it GRANDE fun?
She dances, she giggles and she wants to put on my makeup and wear pretty dresses--at 18 months no less.
Tres' wonderful.
<3 sarasophia
Don't you just adore your little girl:) They are just the best.ReplyDelete
The time has gone very fast.ReplyDelete
She is just so precious.
I know what you mean. Having a girl is beyond a blessing.
She is absolutely adorable!ReplyDelete
when's her birthday? my niece is one in september as wellReplyDelete
Aww. So sweet!
You are making me so anxious for my little one to GET HERE!!! ;)
Happy 11 months Ivy LaRue! Are you exposing yourself in that picture? lol. Maybe it's my eyes. I can't wait to see her dance and sing today.ReplyDelete
I love having a girl! All the pink and screeching and giggles and dancing and lip gloss! So happy for you!ReplyDelete
She is too cute. If we ever have kids, I will pray pray pray for a little girl,ReplyDelete
Love those girly toes!
This year went way too fast!
She is so adorable! And I love that dress!!ReplyDelete
So sweet. You know, I really need to stop reading your blog, lol. Reading all this girly sweetness about Ivy makes me want to have another baby!
Hey, I wanted to share with you. I won a $100 gift card for Kmart after reading about the opportunity here. So thanks :-)
I'm just now catching up on a whole week of missed stuff. I don't like being so busy! Glad to hear you're feeling better. Ivy is sweet as always!ReplyDelete
It's amazing how fast they grow, Mamacita is just over 3 & I still keep looking at her "like wow, a girl, really a girl?".ReplyDelete
It does go by so fast doesn't it? But I just love that she is as interested in whatever little thing she is holding as Big Sister would be. Completely unaware that you are taking her picture at all.ReplyDelete
That's exactly how I feel about both of my girls. :)ReplyDelete
She is making the sweetest face. So glad you got your girly girl.
she is beautiful! And getting so big.ReplyDelete
She is growing to fast.ReplyDelete
She is quite lovely. And so is this picture... taken with that awesome new camera of yours.ReplyDelete
She is just so lovely.
Ivy exudes pure joy!ReplyDelete
Mimi's right. It looks like Ivy is exposing herself a little bit. But I think it's a string from her dress and a little bit of pudgy baby armpit.ReplyDelete
*pinch* She is such a cutie patootie. You always have her dressed super adorb too! She's so your's in every shot! :)ReplyDelete
I love this picture! It looks like she's in her own little wonderland, singing to herself. So precious. I must have another baby girl too... ;)ReplyDelete
spectacular picture.ReplyDelete
way too fast!ReplyDelete
Love the photo! And what a great dress.ReplyDelete
I can't believe she's 11 months already!! Some one stop time because my boy will be 2 next month and Ivy will be 1 and I have not approved this!!ReplyDelete
I felt exactly the same way when my little Ava arrived after my two boys!ReplyDelete


text:
Jefferson County: Do the right thing this time
March 28, 2013
Many people are upset by the partisan wars going on in Washington that now seem to be spilling over into West Virginia. Just in the last few months, we have seen 1....
You missed the immature actions of the Commissioners - manuel & nolan were close to leslie smith , they voted not to fire her, mark schiavonne that did a very good job, got fired by Nolan & manuel- Schiavonne was very close to ... You got it , Widmyer & Morgan. Dale Manuel publicly degraded Schiavonne and made up his own rules in spending impact fees. Our county commission is a disgrace!
2 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
A Republician was the third vote on the Jefferson County Commmission, in the appointment of the new Sheriff.
0 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Starts out as a criticism of partisan wars, and ends up as a purely partisan screed against Democrats. Oh well. Part of the problem and doesn't even realize it.
3 Agrees | 9 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Why hasn't the JC BOE announced who they are considering as a replacement for Mr. Dougherty? Is Ms. Ogden being considered, and if not, why not? Education in WV and our schools are an important issue especially right now so where is the transparency and why is the choosing of a replacement proving to be so difficult for the board? Why so hush-hush?
4 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Tiffany Lawrence has passed a lot of anti-parent legislation lately. She makes me angry.
7 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Hear! Hear!
3 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
You can say that Republican so-and-so came in second, or you can say that a majority of people voted against Republican so-and-so, and wouldn't want to let a Republican serve as dog catcher. Your partisan politics seem to affect how you see it.
4 Agrees | 4 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 7 of 7 comments


text:
Source: Games Industry
quote: No, its just misleading when people talk up Android marketshare but such a large amount comes from low end devices that don't get used the same way that a GS3 would.
quote: Its just a lower number compared to other devices, but who cares? This isn't a contest.


text:
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Diamond Peak Ski Resort is opening for the 2012-13 season on Thursday with top-to-bottom skiing and riding, covering 1,840 vertical feet, officials said Wednesday.
The resort will operate the Lodgepole, Crystal Express and Schoolhouse lifts, according to a press release; more terrain is expected to open by Saturday, including Lakeview Quad, which will add several runs off that side of the mountain.
The resort will be in full operation, including the Child Ski Center, Ski and Snowboard School, Rental and Repair Shop, Sport Shop and food and beverage.
Thursday is Passholder Appreciation Day - all Diamond Peak season pass holders can enjoy a free barbecue on the deck of the Base Lodge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Santa Claus will also make his annual visit to Diamond Peak on Dec. 23-25; Santa and Diamond Pete will be on the mountain around the base area handing out candy canes each day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Learn more about the resort and its lift ticket and season pass rates at www.diamondpeak.com or by calling 775-832-1177.


text:
Map of open source conferences and events | Opensource.com
Map of open source conferences and events
We've already asked you to help compile a list of open source events and conferences. Now we've got a map. What's missing? Leave a comment with the event name, location for 2012, and URL. Anything you mention here, we'll also add to the list in our Resources section. Feel free to share this map, download the data, and reuse it.
Tip: Big box that says "Layers" in the way of the map? Click the small green double arrows at the top left to hide this menu.
7 Comments
Open Source Think Tank
April 12-14, 2012
Silverado Hotel and Spa
Napa, CA
Can this be embedded on the Events page too?
Open Source Bridge
June 26-29, 2012
Portland, OR
World Domination Summit 2012
July 6-8, 2012
Portland, OR
USA, EU doesnt comprise the world. Useless, discriminatory post. I should soon stop following you guys.
November 2012
Gothenburg, Sweden
Leading Free Software conference in Scandinavia supported by the Free Software Foundation Europe and awards a well known prize. Richard Stallman spoke at this years conference.


text:
on March 29, 2013 - 11:41 PM
March 4, 1950 – March 25, 2013
John W. Farrell Jr., one of Buffalo's leading FM radio disc jockeys during the heyday of album rock in the 1970s, died unexpectedly Monday in his Kenmore apartment. He was 63.
Born in Buffalo, he attended St. Andrew's Elementary School in the Town of Tonawanda and was a graduate of Cardinal O'Hara High School.
He began his career in radio as a student at the University at Buffalo, where he volunteered at WBFO-FM and hosted a music show. He went on to work at the city's FM album rock stations – WYSL-FM, which became WPHD-FM; WBUF-FM; and WZIR-FM.
"He liked overnights. It suited his personality," said Pat Feldballe, a Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame member who was Mr. Farrell's longtime friend and co-worker. "He was known for it, style-wise. He was very laid-back, not hype-y, and his humor was very dry."
"I remember hearing John before seeing him in 1968," recalled Dan Sack, another volunteer at WBFO. "I was in the 'newsroom' of the old Baird Hall studios hearing his very deep voice. When I continued into the control room and saw the announcer on the other side of the glass, I was surprised that the deep voice and the slight figure were of the same body.
"John was a pioneer of Buffalo radio ... stringing together diverse and wonderful music. Friends now who didn't know John tell me how his radio programming changed their music sensibilities."
During his stint with WBUF-FM, Mr. Farrell took classes in radio station technical operations and earned his first-class engineering license. He did engineering work for WBUF and WZIR.
In 1982, he accepted a post as an engineer at a radio station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he worked for about six years.
Returning to Buffalo, Mr. Farrell did engineering work for Pat Feldballe Productions and took a position at Empire State College, where he was a technical support specialist and computer expert traveling among campuses in Western New York and elsewhere in the state.
Surviving are his mother, Patricia G.; two brothers, Terrence and Peter; and a sister, Kathleen Gian.
A memorial Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. next Saturday in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 1085 Englewood Ave., Town of Tonawanda.


text:
England slideshow
Picture this: 9 great players who never won a major league title
We will look at some of the top players who never won the biggest domestic league title throughout their career. More »Mon, Sep 19, 2016 14:00 BST
Premier League: Leicester want Schneiderlin if Drinkwater moves back to Manchester United
Leicester City may be prepared to allow midfielder Danny Drinkwater to leave the club and return to Manchester United, but only if they acquire the services of Morgan Schneiderlin in return More »90Min - 5 hours ago
Mourinho right to criticise underperforming stars - Carragher
Jamie Carragher has defended Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United manager was criticised for publicly slamming some of his first-team stars. More »90Min - 23 hours ago
Premier League: Arsene Wenger confirms Aaron Ramsey will miss two more games sfter missing the return due date
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Aaron Ramsey will miss the Champions League fixture against Basel in midweek and then league game against Burnley, and will probably return after the international break. More »90Min - 4 hours ago
MLB: Two-time All-Star killed in boating accident, aged 24
Two-time All-Star Jose Fernandez has died following a boating accident, the Miami Marlins have confirmed. More »Omnisport - 3 hours ago


text:
Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy S III each take a fast ball in the back
0. phoneArena 16 Jan 2013, 15:57 posted on
Nokia is going all out to prove that the Nokia Lumia 920 is the flagship smartphone that you should switch to and to showoff its durability, the Finnish based manufacturer set up an experiment that had both the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Samsung Galaxy S III get beaned by a fastball in the back; did either phone survive this grusome experiment?...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. ottje (Posts: 22; Member since: 18 Dec 2012)
durable as always
7. NexusKoolaid (Posts: 479; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
But how would the 920 fare against the rigors of Samsung's Mechanical Butt?
46. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
lol, if s3 survived it, why not 920?
56. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Lumia 920 is no match for s3. S3 sells 10x More than lumias and galaxies are thebest . always. ......
59. drubicha (Posts: 19; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
You compare an 8-mos.old phone to 3-mos? What a dumb comparison.
66. maccess (Posts: 742; Member since: 16 Jan 2013)
then tell me how many lumia 920 has been sold in the same period?? still the galaxy sell a lot more..
65. skovach04 (Posts: 3; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
So you were duped then by Samdung. Makes profit for a cheap made phone, yet Nokia is the most durable around and cheaper by $100 to SG3.
70. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
They say that WIN8 sales is on basis of duping innocent buyers. Don't get me worng ... Nokia HW is undoubtedly the best and i am a nokia fan but i hate Vista8 on phone so Nokia cannot take my money ... I ain;t a samsung fan either ... i prefer NEXUS onlly no matter who makes it :)
72. mgignon278 (Posts: 5; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
Vista8? Nonsense. It's easy also for me to say I hate the old MySpace experience in an android phone. Nexus is just wearing different underwear with holes at the bottom.
80. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Not much of a social site fan so don't care what myspace, orkut, chirkut was/were. I don't like VISTA8 (oops WP8) still because there would be no Nokia for you to like and love few years down the line as it will share same fate as NOVEL (victim of M$ extend and exterminate policy). Nokia & Novell will be known as "Once Upon A Time" great companies ruined by a predator called ... you know who :)
87. molwood (Posts: 2; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
Another zombie from Android camp.
99. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
M$ mastered the art of planting zombies long back. They have then all over the world :)
138. -SEUL8TR- (Posts: 113; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
That's true, isn't it MS Nokia are both only shot at getting back into the race, this situation like no company would like to be in..
85. wendygarett (unregistered)
I love to see those Sammy fans use their sales figures to make themselves better and deny the fact that it's made up of poor quality material compare to sturdy Nokia :p
100. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Wendy but just like you i love Apple :D
115. -SEUL8TR- (Posts: 113; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Unfair comparison unibody vs detachable back cover.
Gorrila glass vs ..... What a big joke..
126. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Unibody also describes the design of the frame, e.g. my HTC Sensation has a unibody chassis but the back and sides come off as a separate piece. The 820 survives many of the sake tests and its frame and body pieces fit together in a similar fashion.
130. cat5e (Posts: 13; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
Unfair? Then why S3 is more expensive?
132. -SEUL8TR- (Posts: 113; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Quadcore Exynos CPU not typical commercial crap dragon Adreno 225 which is outdated, no SD card, no system wide file manager no lock screen shortcuts audio output no user replace battery no radio .
149. cat5e (Posts: 13; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
My dual smokes you quadcrap. Stop hiding on specs. I got 32Gig, no need for SD card where I have 25G in skydrive, 5G in Gdrive, 10G in dropbox. Stop living in primeval time, everything is in cloud. Why do I need file mgr? I can easily manage in cloud. I have evrything you have plus more. Now, do you have better camera? Wireless? How do you use your phone outside the street at -15C cold? I bet you have to dissect a hole from your glove. Funny you're proud of your plastic phone.
134. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
I'm sorry but this video looks like a bunch of bulls**t.
The S3 was clearly still recording after being hit while dropping, don't know what they did other than "tap" the broken glass. No continuous shot of it dropping from a different angle.
Also, after that whole issue with OIS launch, it's kind of hard to believe anything Nokia advertises.
Whether the device is more durable or not, the OIS launch was what screwed them over and I believe advertising like this is just hurting themselves more. People don't like to find out they're being cheated on/bulls**tted and people are starting to notice this with Apple.
2. Johnnokia (Posts: 1093; Member since: 27 May 2012)
I have Galaxy S3 and it is a great phone. But when I compare it with Nokia, it looks like chinese cheap device.
No phone is comparable to this great Nokia.
I swear. I'm writing this comment from my Samsung Galaxy S3
10. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
Of course you do. Is that why the word "nokia" is in your username?
18. papss (unregistered)
Because he can't like other phone besides s3 if he has one? Stop being dumb
35. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Go check out his profile, he doesn't mention the device he owns which supposedly is the Galaxy S3 and he only wants a Lumia 920, which smells like a troll to me.
37. Johnnokia (Posts: 1093; Member since: 27 May 2012)
Behave well and write with more respectful way.. I'm not afraid from you to say what I don't have.
36. Johnnokia (Posts: 1093; Member since: 27 May 2012)
I bought Galaxy S3 because I like Android and Nokia did not adopt Android.
I said S3 is a great phone and it is the best Andoid phone.
If Nokia had adopted Android, No one would have cared about Galaxy or Note or Xperia..
Samsung was so lucky indeed
51. drubicha (Posts: 19; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
Android crap is lucky to have a headstart by years. Put them in the same date release and Android will easily be thrown to the garbage bin. Besides mobile OS customer satisfaction in Windows phone is higher than Android, and that is a fact.
94. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
lucky ok thats all it was simple luck lol guess apple were just lucky with ios,microsoft were just lucky with windows,nintendo were just lucky with gameboy,google were just lucky search,facebook were just lucky social network..its all luck and nothing to do with being a good product...take facebook(dont like it myself) not the 1st there was hi5,myspace before it, by your logic the fact that facebook came after should be behind but guess what they are not. apple came into the smartphone world late by your logic as they were not 1st so they shouldnt be seeing the success they are..xbox came into the console market way after sony and nintendo and they are doing extremly well surely by your logic the fact that sony and nintendo had such a head start micrsoft should be doing poor...i could go on and on...if wp8 is a great os then in time it will get market share and if android is a shi*tty os then they will be losing market share ...no matter if your 1st or not if you have a sh*t product you will not get over 50% market share let alone 10%
16. techguy22 (Posts: 227; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
i think 3 people believe you. so kudos.the nokia in your name is just to troll right *rolling my eyes *
40. Johnnokia (Posts: 1093; Member since: 27 May 2012)
I like Nokia and I don't care for your guesses . Try to respect others desire. Every one knows Nokia produce the best phones and most of us left Nokia and went to Apple or Samsung , did that because of outdated Symbian .. just be open minded and accept the truth
19. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
I just found Nokia fanboys are as much blinded as ifanboys..
23. papss (unregistered)
No more blind than you android fans
42. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
based on what? lol
because I blame you as an Nokia fanboy?
you think automatically I am in favor of android?
So funny cause I am not that kind of person
I am the person who loves especially smartphone technology as I am directly working in the field, the second biggest mobilephone carrier in Aus.
And I am also the type of the guy who willing to swich my phone to another if I found better one.
Could be any company cause I am not biased and blinded
I cant see this will heppen to you forever
live with Nokia
Good luck with that
48. papss (unregistered)
I will thanks... Now that I have your blessing I can sleep easy
58. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
rest and peace
64. skovach04 (Posts: 3; Member since: 08 Jan 2013)
..and droidiots eyes were even more stiched not to see the truth.
116. -SEUL8TR- (Posts: 113; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
They surely are, can't see freedom but prefer to use a closed prisonOS. How sad.
143. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
I have Symbain devices, Android devices and an iPhone 4S.....what kind of fanboy does that make me?
164. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
You just found that out now?
These Nokia idiots are he WORST of all.
Just look at all the thumbs up for the guy saying that Android is crap.
They're the most deluded, disturbing and ignorant fanboy bunch around
170. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
lmao look whos back the one sided fanboy, only ever see things wrong when its against android and its users....your tragic kid
android fanboys like yourself are the worst, and all these articles prove it. luckily there are some users on here who arent biased and completely blind to other choices...........if you dont like other options why come and comment? or even look at this article
you and your precious android cult need to get a dose of reality and stop bashing every other choice out there, so insecure arent you lol
24. Shino (banned) (Posts: 196; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
Yeah, but it is chinese cheap device, indeeed, mate.
101. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
But Tiles remind me of rolling eyes and dancing monkeys on the web pages of the 90's. It's as annoying as those web pages.
3. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Not to say it isn't possible, but doing a search of "lumia 920 cracked screen" brings back a bunch of results. Considering a fastball should be around 80-100 mph, and most of the results mention it was dropped a short distance, it sounds a little fishy to me.
I really wish these companies wouldn't make outrageous claims, just stick to the facts. I don't need a phone to be magical or survive a nuclear blast, I'd settle for them not cracking from a drop the height of my head. Beyond that I'll deal with the consequences.
4. blackice214 (Posts: 164; Member since: 03 Jan 2013)
That was gay.
5. Kurdphone (Posts: 4; Member since: 15 Jan 2013)
Samsung is plastic but Nokia Lumia 920 the best phone now
102. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Both are plastic ... the better one sells more :)
122. -SEUL8TR- (Posts: 113; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
WTF LM FAO the best phone, what a joke please do you're self a favour.
Sales are decking and every other carriers don't like WP8 , look at Verizon Sprint, as and T-Mobile also very limited handsets only 2 phones available....
The best phone my foot.
6. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
Shame, poor Nokia, they are trying everything yet GS3 sales continue to get stronger, it will take A LOT more than shooting balls at a GS3 to be successful.
11. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
defensive much?
this was just showing that while the gs3 is a great device its build is poor. plus the 920 can do all needed and survive what this popular phone cant. when you spend that kind of money on a phone you want to know if you drop it accidently etc it wont just smash
and you android fans now will use sales as a plus point yet when they were been dominated by the iphone sales didnt matter
27. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Just wow
How blind are you?
"plus the 920 can do all needed and survive what this popular phone cant"
Can you clarify?
What needs are you talking about?
oh wait you meant that poor Apps?
maybe you can say it is getting better, of course I know
But I also do know it took more than 3 years for Google to catch up Apple's Apps
So I guess you could say this comment again 3year later?
30. papss (unregistered)
Mr Jerry you butt hurt because all topics aren't about android? You know coming into a Nokia section to comment with nothing constructive is typical of a fanboy. Just saying, stop commenting unless you have something real to say... First it's the American comments, now Nokia? I understand that you may not be able to have more than one phone due to funds but don't knock others for choice (isn't that what your precious android is all about?)
47. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
WoW just Wow
"I understand that you may not be able to have more than one phone due to funds but don't knock others for choice (isn't that what your precious android is all about?)"
Typical comment from Trolls
Oh man I feel like I am getting childish talking to you
49. papss (unregistered)
I feel like I have to get a translator to speak to you..
52. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
wow. MrJerry, saying they are blind yet it seems that you can't accept the opinion and also the fact that Nokia Lumia 920 is more durable than Samsung's Galaxy S III.
It's just a simple fact that we can't remove out of the table. We all know that nokia's known best for its build quality.
Also, for crying out loud. You're still bashing WP8 for the apps. The thing is, would you use every app available on the appstore/playstore/marketplace? OF COURSE NOT! The thing is, WP has enough apps to cater what you need and that's the point here.
I'm an android fan and I have a galaxy note II but I can't rule out the fact that nokia's phones are more durable than any other phone in the market.
Those people you said are blind are not blind. You sir, MrJerry are blinded by your fanboyness of what you think is the best. So please, stop bashing every comment around. Thank you.
62. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
and seriously, it's too obvious who puts thumbs down on our comments. Troll
63. papss (unregistered)
It's just funny that we get thumbs down for that
74. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
It was really nice to talk to you guys
I just wanna say one more thing
Get more flexible perspective on matters
There is no best
It's all about preference
And it's always changing
It's not that hard to break your narrowed-mind
162. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
How about get some flexible and more open mind before talking for such thing. You're insisting that we're wrong but the truth is that you just can't accept the fact that NOKIA IS STILL THE KING in terms of build quality and design.
Sir, I think you need to take a look of yourself in a mirror and start realizing what's really wrong in your life instead of reading articles and commenting on it with lack of knowledge and realization.
69. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Like I said
Bravo your imagination
You guys thought I did it for sure while I know the ture that I didn't lool
Live like that and good luck


text:
Magnesium is essential for Calcium metabolism, the production of enzymes and proteins, and the utilization of fats and carbohydrates. Each tablet contains (30 mg) of Magnesium Gluconate.No Artificial Flavor or Sweetener, No Preservatives, No Sugar, No Starch, No Milk, No Lactose, No Soy, No Gluten, No Wheat, No Yeast, No Fish, Sodium Free.
Puritan's Pride
Magnesium Chelate 30 mg
30 mg / 100 Tablets / Item #001100


text:
Since 2006, Jim Floyd has served as the Environment/Health/Safety (EHS) Program Manager for the ALS. On July 8, he took a new position as director of the Lab's EHS Division. Read about the ALS and EHS Division staff who will provide interim support while we recruit Jim's permanent replacement. Read more...
At the invitation of the House Science and National Labs Caucus, the National User Facility Organization (NUFO) organized a science exhibition to describe and demonstrate the work done at national user facilities. Held June 26 at the Rayburn House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the exhibition included a number of live demonstrations, videos, and posters in line with its theme, "Energy, Health, and Innovation." Read more of this story online, and see the flickr album for more photos. (Photo at left and all photos on flickr are courtesy of David Gilbert.)
Nominate Colleagues for Awards!
The UEC would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Ron Slater, who is retiring this month. Many users will remember Ron from his friendly and tireless treks around the ALS ring, and from his diligent upkeep of the "ALS Candy Area" where users can be found around the clock.
It's not too early to start thinking about nominations for the Shirley, Renner, and Halbach awards. These three awards are given out annually at the User Meeting. Nomination forms are online.
Several members will be leaving the UEC at the end of this year, and we will hold elections for new members starting at the ALS User Meeting (October 7-9). Please consider running for the UEC if you would like to represent your fellow users. Being part of the UEC is an informative and interesting experience, and it looks good on a resume!
All users are welcome to contact their UEC representatives to raise issues of concern relating to their own research, or to alert us to issues facing our whole community.
For the user runs from June 20 to July 22, 2013, the beam reliability [(time scheduled - time lost)/time scheduled)] was 97.8%. For this period, the mean time between failures (MTBF) was 38.0 hours, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) was 57 minutes. There were no significant interruptions.
More detailed information on reliability is available on the ALS reliability bulletin board, which is located in the hallway between the ALS and the control room in Building 80. Questions about beam reliability should be directed to Dave Richardson (
, x4376).
Long-term and weekly operations schedules are available online. Requests for special operations use of the "scrubbing" shift should be sent to Rick Bloemhard (
, x4738) by 1:00 p.m. Friday. The ring status can be seen in real time at http://www-als.lbl.gov/index.php/beamlines/beam-status.html.
New Ribosome Research Could Lead to Better Antibiotics
ALS Study Links Vitamin D Deficiency to Accelerated Aging of Bones


text:
Click the link for daily surf reports presented by Nichols Surf Shop, 411 Flagler Ave., New Smyrna Beach
Photos and videos by Sera Frederick. Mayor Adam Barringer welcomed several hundred people to the second annual "Christmas on Canal" on Friday evening with the lighting of the NSB Christmas Tree. Among the local dignitaries he recognized were Canal Street merchants Debbie Peterson and Cindy Jones, who spearheaded the event to encourage shoppers to consider historic Canal Street for bargains.
Editor's note: The following story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith:
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The rain stropped just in time Friday night as Santa Claus prepared to flick the switch lighting the Christmas tree on Canal Street kicking off the holiday season.
Please click attachment to read NSB police patrols report:
Aug. 18, 1927 - Sept. 5, 2010
Dr. Bill Epps, age 83, of New Smyrna Beach, died Sunday at Hospice Care Center, Port Orange. Born in Sanford, Dr. Epps was a graduate of Georgia Military Academy, Stetson University, and Emory University Dental School. He practiced dentistry in both Sanford and Edgewater.


text:
APWA Home Page
Sign In
Discover APWA
Who We Are
Mission Statement
Board of Directors
What We Do
Join Now
Renew Now
Benefits and Information
Special Offers
Types of Membership
Request More Information
Canadian Taxes
Chapter Websites and Summaries
Chapter Events
Chapter Leader Resources
APWA Store
Members Only
Members' Library
APWA National Awards
Resource Center
Member Directory
Buyer's Guide
APWA Reporter Magazine
Mailing List Rental
APWA Reporter Online Media Kit
News/Press Releases
National Public Works Week
Social Media
APWA at a Glance
APWA International
Discover Public Works
What is Public Works
Careers In Public Works
United States
Community (Outreach)
High School
6th - 8th
K - 5th
Diversity Toolbox
Diversity Committe
National Public Works Week
Be Involved
Be an Advocate
Legislative Action Center
Priorities and Positions
Federal Advocacy
State and Chapter Advocacy
APWA Washington Report
Be a Volunteer
National Nominations
Chapter Websites and Summaries
Join Now or Renew
APWA Advocates
US Congressional District Map
APWA Advocacy Tips
APWA Legislative Action Center
Sign Up For APWA Advocates!
Action Alerts
About APWA
APWA Advocacy Priorities
Frequently Asked Questions
APWA Washington Report
Get Connected
Center for Sustainability
House of Delegates
Standing/Program Committees
Technical Committees
Emergency Management
Engineering and Technology
Facilities and Grounds
Fleet Services
Leadership and Management
Solid Waste Management
Utility & Public Right-of-Way
Water Resources Management
Partnerships & Task Forces
Public Works Historical Society
Canadian Public Works Association
Emerging Leaders Academy
Young Professionals
Social Networks
APWA Connect
President's Blog
Learn & Grow
APWA Calendar
North American Snow Conference
Call for Presentations
Donald C. Stone Center
Professional Development
Continuing Education Units
Public Works Institutes
Graduate Studies
Education Alliances & Partners
Solutions by Topic
Construction Management
Education and Training
Emergency Management
Engineering and Technology
Fleet Services
Grounds and Urban Foresty
Leadership and Management
Solid Waste
Utility and Right of Way
Water and Sewers
Winter Maintenance
National Conference
North American Snow Conference
International Public Works Congress & Exposition
Sustainability Conference
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Information on CEUs
Login to view your CEU transcript
CEU Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Official Chapter CEU Application Form for Chapter Workshops/Seminars
Official Chapter CEU Application form for Chapter Conferences
Process for Receiving your CEU transcript
Education Reports
Education Summit Report 2007
Education Survey Report 2007
Public Works Institutes
Graduate Studies
Contact Us
Print-Friendly Version
It is APWA's series of interactive Internet educational programs. Hear it through your speaker phone; see it on your PC. Each program is led by top experts in the field who convey new ideas, new methods, and new technologies in a fast-paced two hour time frame.
Where is it held?
Right in your own office. All you need is a speaker phone for the audio portion and Internet connection for the visual portion. If you are hosting or need to train a group of 5 to 25 or more, you will need an LCD projector to hook up to a laptop or PC, a screen, and a separate phone line for the conference phone.
Are there additional charges?
No. The $175 per connection fee covers one phone connection (audio) and one Internet connection (visual). The number of people in the room viewing the program is up to you. The call-in line is a toll-free 800 number. Multiple connections at one location will require an additional fee. Please call the Click, Listen & Learn team at 1-800-848-APWA for more information.
Can the audience ask a question?
Definitely. Through use of the online Q&A chat box, questions can be keyed in directly from your computer to the presenter(s) and answered during the designated Q&A segments during the live program. Additionally, interactive polling questions throughout the program give you an idea of how your peers throughout North America are responding to the same issues facing you.
Should I encourage all staff to attend?
Absolutely! The true benefit of this medium is that you can gather office and field personnel together in one spot so that all information is heard and understood uniformly. Post program discussions are encouraged to determine how the lessons learned in the broadcast can apply to your city or agency.
Do I need to involve my IT Department?
Not necessarily. You are using only a phone and an Internet connection. Complete connection instructions will be sent to you via email approximately a week in advance of the program. There will always be an option to participate in a test the week of the program. The web connection is easily accessible through the home page of the APWA web site at
on the day of the program and is password protected. The software that is used is "firewall friendly," so you should not have any problems. For more information, check out our FAQ page at
Click, Listen & Learn Programs Main Page
Education Main Page
Contact us
APWA Legal Notice
Privacy Policy
Site Map
© 2011 American Public Works Association


text:
Director, Public Relations & Marketing - Katie Bausler
Phone: 907.796.6530 Fax: 907-796-6295
Public Relations
University of Alaska Southeast
Soboleff Annex,
11120 Glacier Highway,
Juneau, AK 99801
Katie Bausler holds a Master of Arts in English from Middlebury College and a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communications Arts and International Relations from San Francisco State University. Most courses for her Master's Degree were taken at the Breadloaf School of English, UAS campus. She has more than 20 years of radio and television broadcasting experience as a writer, host, narrator and producer. Katie worked with former UAS Marketing and Public Relations Director Kevin Myers to develop the Alaska College Track public television series, which since 2004 has been telling the stories of Southeast Alaska Native students, many of them the first in their immediate families to attend college. She now encourages students to start a life adventure at UAS. Learn. Engage. Change.


text:
Notes From CEO Joanne Lang: Presenting At Founder Friday
By Joanne Lang (Founder & CEO, AboutOne)
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a friend Ellie Cachette, CEO of ConsumerBell (one of AboutOne's strategic partners) asking me if I was interested in being a presenter at the Women 2.0 Founder Friday in New York. I am very proud to be a member of Women 2.0 and the work they do, so I changed my schedule to be there.
Women 2.0 hosted six global Founder Friday networking mixers for women entrepreneurs and their friends on Friday, February 3, 2012 in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York


text:
CHAMPION - Susan P. Jaskowick, 53, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Health Center following complications due to a stroke.
She was born Jan. 9, 1960, in Akron, the daughter of Robert E. and Sheila Barker.
Susan was a 1978 graduate of Warren Western Reserve High School. She was a sales representative in the bearing industry for 25 years, was self-employed and a family caregiver.
Article Photos
Susan was of the Catholic faith and an active member of AA.
Her hobbies included gardening and computer games, and she was the lighting technician for the band Wet Lemon.
Survivors include her husband, Kevin Jaskowick; a son, David A. (Joanna) Jaskowick of Champion; her mother; and siblings, Michael (Theresa) Baker of Newton Falls, Stephen Baker of Navarre, Fla., Kathleen (Scott) Perry of Westerville, Sister Deborah Barker, H.M., of Parma; Colleen (Michael) Williamson of Independence, and Maureen (William) Shreves and Nancy Barker, both of Vienna.
She was preceded in death by her father and a sister, Cynthia Barker.
Friends and family may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel in Warren. A funeral service will follow at 5 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Thomas Eisweirth and co-celebrant Pastor Kenneth Hopkins Jr. officiating.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Animal Welfare League, 545 Brunstetter Road S.W., Warren, OH 44481.
(special notice)


text:
A history of open source content management system Drupal
The rise of Drupal and the fall of closed source
The story of Drupal's beginning sounds like a story ripped from the pages of a cyberpunk novel. It was in a small apartment during college that Dries Buytaert created what would become one of the most widely-used open source content management frameworks. As a forum for his friends, early-Drupal was used as a communication tool for monitoring the group's fragile Internet connection, which was expensive and being spliced between them.
The evolution of Drupal since its introduction to the open source community in 2001 is a significant touchstone for the development of how the open source community and commercial private enterprises interact in the digital arena.
In the mid-90s, careful observers were noticing a new kind of economy emerging as a result of open source. This economy was based on creators freely sharing and further refining high-quality content with users who would provide helpful feedback, and often, make contributions of their own. More than a thriving ecosystem generating user-sensitive content and ideas, however, open source communities stood, and currently stand, for an ideology of communal work and collaboration. Open source communities are driven by a commitment to the success of the collective and to user contribution.
It is understandable then that politically-savvy open source community members saw a natural dovetail between the group and the public sphere. And, if users and creators could work together to create a sustainable, thriving online network around useful content, surely open source principles could be successfully incorporated in many other industries and social communities as well. For one, the open source community has become one of the foremost proponents of democracy on the Internet.
Future designers, developers, and creators can learn from Drupal's legacy of sustaining such a powerful force in promoting open source projects as starting points for spurring on more democratic communities. The philosophy of open source development transmuted into a movement for open source governance, with an increased emphasis on the value of deliberation and educated compromise among participants. The strides made by the open source community provide a continuing example of how a group can operate efficiently and build outstanding projects and ideas, exemplifying the potential for participatory democratic systems.
As we all know, one of the greatest strengths of all open source communities is their flexibility—open source projects can adapt to users' needs with extreme efficiency, allowing development to remain relatively unshackled from commercial pressure.
Drupal is a prime example of this. Drupal's first real distribution was the result of the independent project: DeanSpace, created in 2003 by Zack Rosen and Clay Johnson as the central platform for Howard Dean's online presence for the 2004 presidential election. Dean supporters continued to encourage groups around the country to create their own websites and network with DeanSpace. The flexibility and independence of each web enclave of Dean supporters mimicked Drupal's program structure—a core + module format.
DeanSpace served as the community's command center, coordinating wider activities, while local groups crowd sourced outreach strategies and events. This provided uniformity in core functions and added versatility where needed. Dean's campaign stood out from the rest of the superPAC-funded candidates with its grassroots organization and crowd sourced funding. The campaign embodied a commitment to voter representation and made a huge stride towards a more active political dialogue between citizens and representatives.
After Dean's withdrawal from the race, DeanSpace was dissolved and recreated into CivicSpace—a platform that enables efficient and versatile civic engagement and coordination. Users for smaller affiliated groups can create a customized node and use the tools at hand to create events, post pictures, and distribute local news on the subject; all the while maintaining connection to the larger organization, allowing for wider coordinated activities. The managers of CivicSpace set out to make the project more than just an offshoot of the Drupal community; they wanted it to be a major contributor. Today, CivicSpace is widely considered to be the first Drupal distribution.
Additionally, the creation of CivicSpace elevated Drupal as the CMS/CMF of the people. Consequently, those citizens who chose an online platform (Drupal) to organize their efforts became known as thenetizens. The notoriety Drupal achieved through enabling such a dominant voice for civic engagement became a scintillating feature of both the product and the community, a feature that would cause increased success. With the dawn of the age of the conscientious consumer, the public had become increasingly disenchanted with products of the commercial industry, and the opportunity to turn to the open source community for software development became not just financially appealing, but ever-more ethically compelling. As stories of pervasive corporate exploitation increased, citizens became skeptical of corporations with which they had felt familiar and trusting.
Thus, the rise of Drupal coincides with a movement that values thoughtful collaboration over aggressive competition. Contrary to tmany proprietary software companies and products, open source projects tend to become increasingly user-friendly and the communities around them actively work to welcome newcomers to the fold. The driven and radical altruism of many open source communities offered this new movement the authenticity they hungered for and one-upped the commercial competition's biggest selling point—affordability.
It wasn't long before the usability, affordability, and ideology driving the popularity of open source began to pose a major threat to the commercial software industry. At first, the industry reacted with indifference, but one infamous case wherein Microsoft released a series of attack ads against the open source giant OpenOffice revealed that open source was becoming more popular than anticipated. When members of the industry realized, however, that open source wasn't going away, the market began to adapt. Software giants began their own open source projects, some as an attempt to court open source users and others as a way to promote further interoperability between systems. Open source communities began to influence new projects and the foundation of a new economic model.
In 2007, Dries Buytaert founded Acquia, a Drupal consulting firm that contracts with businesses, non-profit organizations, and government departments to provide specialized insight and Drupal support. Other companies began to organize, reflecting the continued emergence of an industry built around access to specialized knowledge and intellectual property. Open source consulting agencies provided an additional bridge between the community and the wider public, creating a new market for open source development. Many projects from the open source community had to assimilate to the new demands of the wider market, forcing further innovation in the areas of wider usability for non-experts and data management.
This only broadened their original base and drew in new developers and voices to the community. This new direction did not co-opt open source communities and drag them toward commercialized software models, and only open source platforms like Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress straddled the lines between private use and commercial enterprise.
Larger, more notable companies began to transition their software and webdev needs to open source solutions, and, as a result, created demand for increased technical support and expert advice. There arose new niches for open source to fill. What started as a strictly private and user-driven experience grew increasingly sensitive to market demands, but still continued to be first and formost a community dedicated to authentic user-driven innovation and collaboration. The developments remained relatively untethered from the dictates of the sometimes-panic of the company boardroom.
In 2009, Drupal experienced a Cambrian explosion of notoriety when they nabbed what is possibly their most high-profile user to date—Whitehouse.gov, with Acquia consulting the transition. News outlets buzzed about the purpose behind the move due to the fact that the White House itself characterized the shift to Drupal as signifying a new, more open and transparent government. The collaborative nature of open source software and code was expanded beyond the practical reality to encompass a message of civic engagement and cooperation. Impressed by the security and capabilities of Drupal, other prestigious clients like the U.S. department of Commerce, the Louvre, and the International Monetary Fund became clients and users as well. At this time, in order to ensure universal access to quality code and promote further stability, Dries Buytaert instituted a code freeze to the core Drupal code. This freeze locked down Drupal's source code in order to prevent additional bugs from swarming out of a programming misstep in the source code, safeguarding the creations built by the diverse community of users.
With new themes and plug-ins added daily, Drupal continues to be one of the most versatile platforms available. For tasks Drupal cannot accomplish, the community continues to innovate and integrate with other platforms, enhancing the functionality for all users. So, what's next for Drupal? Gauging by their history, we can expect Drupal's appeal and use to continue to broaden throughout the civic, social, and business spheres. Additionally, it seems unlikely for it to stray from its roots as a collaboration-driven, operator-sensitive system with supporters, users, and developers firmly entrenched in the open source community.
15 Comments
Great to see the commercial aspect of Drupal being written about. It seems like people often have the mistaken notion that the only way to profit from software is either to sell it directly, or provide support.
Drupal is a prime example of how open source software can enable more commerce than proprietary software by freeing developers and clients from the need to purchase the framework (empty dollars given to closed CMS companies) and instead concentrate on building content (productive dollars being given to designers to make something people/advertisers will pay for).
I'm not sure the fall of closed source is really touched on, is it?
very nice post indeed mate.
Open source: everyone profits except the dev.
That is not entirely true. If this dev is a smart person, he(/she) makes sure to learn. Programming skills are hot these days. It can get the dev a job for sure. And if this dev looks around a bit, he will find some interesting business models, so he can profit from his own efforts. Enough to even switch to this full time. I have seen many 'friends' in open source projects move to running their own business, providing services on their 'products'.
I have an entire consulting company based on core open source projects with customizations I have made.
I can assure you I have profited!
Yes Robin, you may be right. I am developer and I am trying to do business both on developing and other online paid service business like - matrimonial website, job recruitment website etc. Do not know I will succeed or not. But open source helped me to dream about this. If there is no open source then I have to hire many developer to make a website like monster.com. By using open source I think, I alone can make a website nearly like monster.com.
People were called Netizens long before Drupal, dude.
Nice description of growing an open source project and balancing it with commercial needs.
Great post. This was a really nice look at Drupal and what drives the project. I thought this would be a valuable article for my readers, so I included it on my roundup of January's best security, web design/development, and CMS content. http://www.wiredtree.com/blog/januarys-best-web-designdevelopment-cms-se... Thanks again.
Nice article - I am trying to move beyond wordpress in order to build more scalable and robust ecommerce sites. I found the article very educational. Thanks.
When business uses open source its very much flexible with auditability. Providing a good support.
Thanks for the informative post.


text:
EAST LIVERPOOL - Buoyed by one of the largest turnouts in recent years, the East Liverpool Potters under direction of third-year head football coach Rick Prescott are eagerly awaiting the start of official practice, which is just a little over three weeks away.
"We've been averaging in the mid-50's thus far this summer for weightlifting," said the Potter mentor. "We should have about 70 players, grades nine through 12 when practice officially starts. Those numbers will enable to us to play a full slate of freshmen and junior varsity games, which will help in the development of the younger players."
Prescott is particularly impressed with this year's Potter senior class of players, saying, "We've a got a real good group of kids. The seniors work at jobs during the day and then come up here and work at night. They are good kids who aren't afraid to put in the time and effort."
In continuing to talk about his group of 18-20 seniors, Prescott said, "They want to do things in life. This group of seniors has learned to be leaders and they want to do a nice job. The younger players are seeing what it takes to be successful in both football and in life from the older guys. I really like the entire group of players that we have this year."
Prescott has assistant coaches who can also provide direction and instruction. They include Dave Skinner (OL-LB), Carl Congo (QB-Sec), Josh Ludwig (TE-DT), Jason Duke (WE-Sec), Jim Olmstead (RB-OLB), Eric McMahon (OL-DL) and Gary Lutton (OL-DE).
Skinner most recently was the head coach at Wellsville, directing them to the Division VI playoffs in 2011.
Fact Box
Aug 30 Carrollton Away
Sep 6 Indian Creek Home
Sep 13 Salem Home
Sep 20 Cambridge Home
Sep 27 John Marshall Home
Oct 4 Wheeling Park Away
Oct 11 Vincent Warren Local Home
Oct 18 Oak Glen Away
Oct 25 Beaver Local Away
Nov 1 Weir Away
Home games will start at 7:30 p.m.
Away games will start at 7:00 p.m.
The Potters will face four opponents this year that they didn't face during the regular season in 2012.
"We will open at Carrollton, which should be a good game for us," said Prescott. "Wheeling Park has been on and off the schedule over the years. It's good to have Salem back on the schedule. At one time, the East LiverpoolSalem game was one of the longest running consecutive year's rivalries in the state. We scrimmaged them last year, so we aren't completely unfamiliar with them."
The other new school on the slate isn't very familiar at all to most Potter fans, Vincent Warren Local.
"It's a one-year deal. They are much like us," said Prescott. "At one time, they had been a big school. Like us, they are now Division IV.
Duke explained where Warren Local is located, saying, "They are southwest of Marietta. They are close to Belpre."
As we closed the interview, Prescott said, "We are looking forward to an exciting year. We want to build on last year's late-season success, when we won three of our last four games to finish with a 4-6 record."
According to Prescott, the East Liverpool-Oak Glen game on October 18 will be the WTOV Channel 9 Game of the Week.


text:
On possible distractions with the Getzlaf and Perry contract talks: "Everybody is happy it's done, but it didn't bother us at all. We were just focused on our game. But those two signings are huge commitments, and they're a sign for the organization and the fans and the team that we want to win here. When you lock your players to long-term deals, that's what gives the foundation for this franchise. That's great news.
"If they can play eight more years, I can too. I'm in better shape than they are."
If anyone can do it, he can.


text:
For this week's Retrotechtacular we're looking at Linotype Machines; mechanical marvels that brought about the mass production of printed media.
It was a cold dreary day in 1876, when a German inventor living in America named [Ottmar Mergenthaler] was approached by [James O. Clephane], who required a faster way of producing legal briefs. Various patents existed for newspaper typewriters but they did not work very well, so [Mergenthaler] set to work on a new design. Traditionally type sets were cast on one machine, and stamped on another to create the text. On a train [Mergenthaler] thought, why not just combine the machines? And with that the idea for a revolutionary machine was born.
The Linotype Machine has a library of matrices, which are character molds that create the slug — the name for a cast line-of-type. The operator uses a keyboard to input the line of text, which then releases the matrices of the corresponding letters. These are then transferred to the casting station, where type metal is cast into the matrices in a process called hot metal typesetting. The matrices are then returned to the library, and the cast lines of text are cooled, removed, and used for stamping in the mass production of printed media. It sounds simple enough, but now realize the entire machine is mechanically automated; as long as you keep filling it with type metal, you can continue producing slugs simply by typing on the keyboard.
The machines were used from the late 19th century all the way up to the 60's and 70's until they were replaced by more efficient offset lithography and computer typesetting.
After the break, check out the fascinating documentary from the 1960's, you will marvel at the mechanical workings of the machine. If you don't have 35 minutes to blow, at least check out 1:30 to 6:45 for the basic overview. But you probably won't be able to stop watching.
Continue reading "Retrotechtacular: Linotype Machines, Mechanical Marvels"


text:
Firm, 95% Feather/5% Down Neckroll Pillow
Overview & Details
- Neckroll pillow made with a firm blend of 95% feather fill and 5% down.
- Creates interest in any room while also adding comfort to beds and sofas.
- Also available in down and TCS® Down Free™ fills, so you can find the perfect pillow for your needs.
- Made with care in our La Crosse, Wisconsin factory.
- Exclusively ours.
- Imported and domestic materials
Neckroll pillows are a great way to add a finishing touch to your bed or other furniture. With its classic cylindrical silhouette and firm, supportive construction, our down-blend neckroll makes any bed more luxurious and comfortable. The pillow also makes a fresh, functional accent on certain styles of sofas and chairs.
Made from a lofty blend of 5% down and 95% feather fill, our neckroll offers a firm feel with just the right amount of cushioning. Whether you're using it solely as an accent piece to create interest in your room, or as a functional head pillow, this fashionable bedding accessory offers great looks and endless comfort. The feather and down blend provides firm support for your neck as you lie in bed – or back support for when you're in a seated position.
Make your spread even more luxurious and inviting by pairing the neckrolls with several of our other plush pillow options, including boudoir pillows, gusseted pillows, bolster pillows and more, each sold separately. The neckroll is also available with down and TCS® Down-Free™ fills, in varying levels of firmness, so you can find the perfect pillow for your needs. Available exclusively at The Company Store®.


text:
Sen. Rubio's daughter remains in hospital after accident
Amanda Rubio in fair condition, undergoing tests
The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio remains hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury following a golf-cart accident.
Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said Sunday that Amanda Rubio is undergoing neurological testing. Conant says the long-term prognosis is positive for the senator's oldest daughter.
Amanda was airlifted Saturday to Miami Children's Hospital after the golf cart in which she was riding was involved in a collision in a private gated community.
Rubio had been campaigning in Florida with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney when he was notified about the accident. The senator left Romney's campaign to be with his family.
Rubio has four children who continue to live at the family's West Miami home while he commutes to Washington.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Top Definition
Similar to Tebowing, Teoing is posing with your arm around your imaginary girlfriend's shoulder, just like Manti Te'o did many a lone night by himself (with a large Samoan man on the other end of the internets).
When I ordered dinner for two and had a conversation with the empty seat next to me, people thought I was insane. Truth is, I was just Teoing
po ccccchris Јануар 18, 2013
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
To have sex with an imaginary woman or object
"Where was Manti during that title game?"
"Oh he was out te'oing"
"Oh he was out te'oing"
po ND69697 Јануар 17, 2013
The acto of hugging an imaginary person.
Lacey: Yo, McCarron, did you see Te'o trying to tackle me? It looked more like he was hugging an imaginary girlfriend.
McCarron: Yeah man, he was totally Te'oing
McCarron: Yeah man, he was totally Te'oing
po ImaginaryFriend Јануар 16, 2013


text:
Top Definition
So did you get laid last night? No, just some jean jamming. Man, my dick is chafed!
โดย jrjohnson78 19 เมษายน 2006
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Dry humping with jeans on. Often causes irritation and chafing.
Justin Timberlake at 2011 Spike Guys' Choice Awards: "are we going to spend 2 straight hours jean jamming them until chafing occurs and we have to walk all funny for 3 hard days?"
โดย 51westside 08 กรกฎาคม 2011


text:
Rosalind: Vanessa Redgrave; Orlando: Ian Bannen; Director: Michael Elliot; Designer: Richard Negri.
Rosalind was originally a boy actor playing a girl, who dresses as a boy as a disguise, but meeting her boyfriend pretends to be impersonating herself. Modern actresses necessarily lack the first level of these complications and may find it hard to sustain the remaining two levels of impersonation. However, Redgrave succeeded admirably in the role. HMR.
Photographer: Tom Holte. Courtesy of Arts and Humanities Data Service.


text:
- What We Do
- Agriculture and Food Security
- Democracy, Human Rights and Governance
- Economic Growth and Trade
- Education
- Ending Extreme Poverty
- Environment and Global Climate Change
- Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
- Global Health
- Water and Sanitation
- Working in Crises and Conflict
- U.S. Global Development Lab
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, but have until recently received limited attention from the affluent regions of the world. These diseases include schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, and three soil-transmitted helminths, commonly known as hookworm, roundworm and whipworm.
More than 1 billion people suffer from one or more NTDs. These diseases affect the world's most vulnerable populations, almost exclusively poor and powerless people living in rural areas and urban slums of low-income countries.
NTDs coexist with poverty because they thrive where access to clean water and sanitation are limited and people live without protection from disease vectors. NTDs are also recognized as a contributor to poverty since they can:
- Impair intellectual development in children.
- Reduce school enrollment.
- Hinder economic productivity by limiting the ability of infected individuals to work.
Their impact on individuals and communities is devastating. Many NTDs cause severe disfigurement and disabilities, including blindness.
Fortunately, seven of the most prevalent NTDs can be controlled through preventive chemotherapy that has been proven to be safe and effective and that can be delivered in an integrated manner through mass drug administration.
USAID support for NTDs focuses on the scale-up of efficient and sustained preventive chemotherapy in an integrated manner so that control of all and elimination of some of these diseases can be achieved.
USAID has become a global leader in large-scale implementation of integrated treatment programs for NTDs. Over the past 7 years, the U.S. Government has leveraged $6.7 billion in donated medicines, resulting in the delivery of more than 1 billion treatments to approximately 467.9 million people through our integrated programs.
USAID's NTD goals are to contribute to:
- Elimination of onchocerciasis in the Americas by 2016.
- Elimination of lymphatic filariasis globally by 2020.
- Elimination of blinding trachoma globally by 2020.
Last updated: September 29, 2016
Subscribe to the Global Health E-Newsletter and updates by entering your e-mail address below. Take a look at some of our past issues.
Follow USAID Global Health on Social Media:


text:
How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho
If anyone in Kootenai County could have predicted the Democrats' downfall, it was Dan English. He had spent most of his life in the Idaho Panhandle and monitored more than 100 local elections in his 15 years as county clerk. The first ballots he counted, in 1996, revealed tight contests between Republicans and Democrats, but in the years that followed, the margins only widened. By 2002, the Democratic presence had been so whittled down that only one Democrat -- English himself -- still held an elected county office. For his re-election campaign that year, he distributed wooden nickels labeled, "Save the Last One," reminding voters of a bygone time when his party dominated the county. That caught the attention of USA Today, which observed that English was a rare political survivor in what had become "the most Republican county in the most Republican state in the nation." Once again, English was spared.
But by Nov. 2, 2010, when he faced another election, Kootenai County had swung even further to the right. President Obama was especially unpopular with Idaho Republicans, and any association with his party and policies had become a political liability. English is a gentle, affable man with bipartisan appeal: His children served on active duty in Iraq; he founded the nonprofit North Idaho Youth for Christ; and he was civically engaged well before he became clerk, serving on the school board and city council. English knew, however, that his record no longer mattered as much as the letter "D" beside his name. "You don't have anything to worry about. People like you," his friends assured him, but English had doubts. That November evening, he noticed the election supervisor studying the absentee ballots -- often a preview of the final totals -- with particular intensity. "I have to run this again. Something's not right," she told him. When she left the room, English pulled the results from the trash. "Sure enough, there I was, losing." He called his wife and said, "I think this may be the end of the run."
In the end, not a single Democrat was elected to a partisan office in Kootenai County. All three county commissioners, as well as the clerk, the assessor, the sheriff, the treasurer, the county attorney, and the coroner were Republican; so were the nine state legislators representing the area. Voters even backed a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Raúl Labrador, by a 10 percent margin over Democratic incumbent Walt Minnick. (Labrador is now one of Congress' most conservative members.)
To outside observers, it may have appeared that the county swung along with the nation's political pendulum. American voters leaned right in 2010, awarding Republicans a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. But in Kootenai County, something far more enduring than partisan realignment had tipped the scales. As English put it, the 2010 election marked "the end of an era" -- not only politically, but demographically. Conservative newcomers, primarily from Southern California, had helped quadruple the county population since 1970. Allied with conservative North Idahoans, they systematically transformed the local politics.
It was part of a much larger pattern: Increasingly mobile Americans were deliberately seeking out communities that reinforced their own social and political values. Elsewhere, conservative emigrants helped push certain suburbs of Boise, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City and Phoenix further to the right, while liberals relocated to urban centers and college towns. The shift had a polarizing effect: In 1976, less than a quarter of Americans lived in counties that voted overwhelmingly -- by more than a 20 percent margin -- for either presidential candidate. By 2004, nearly half of Americans did.
The consequences have only begun to emerge. Journalist Bill Bishop and sociologist Robert G. Cushing, in their widely praised 2008 book, The Big Sort, suggest that the U.S. has become a patchwork of ideologically distinct communities that elect representatives who are frequently unwilling to compromise. No wonder, they write, that Congress is gridlocked, and issues such as health care, which once crossed party lines, are now definitively partisan. "What happened," writes Bishop, "wasn't a simple increase in political partisanship, but a more fundamental kind of self-perpetuating, self-reinforcing social division." Americans had created communities that functioned as "social-resonators" in which they could hear the "amplified sound of their own voices and beliefs."
Indeed, Kootenai County's transformation suggests that the most indelible impacts may be felt in the echo chambers themselves -- in the counties, red and blue, where the majorities' values are reinforced in every facet of local government, and where it's easy to forget the way the other half thinks. "It's taking us a step back," one self-described conservative told me, "because by making our own private Idaho, we're insulating ourselves from the world."
Thank you again for a fine article & I do hope in the future more rational & "middle of the road" folks land in North Idaho. You make an excellent point regarding the national political scene as well.
Mary Franzel
Many people moved here to get away from something (to put it kindly), but not all of us did ... at some point, the "Rally Right" crowd will push too far and the pendulum will swing back.
I'll add one thing: the ultra conservative crowd skews older; it's mostly empty-nesters, age 55 and older. That matches the overall demographics of North Idaho, for now, but as more young people move here for jobs, the political climate will change, too.
As evidenced by the signs at the rally from the photo the conservatives in northern Idaho like real conservatives across the country are deeply concerned about an emerging left wing socialist\fascist state. Webster defines fascism as a "political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition" If you want to purge everyone in your county that does not follow a narrowly defined set of beliefs then it seems like all you need to cross the line into fascism is a real charismatic leader. You already have the guns for the forcible part. The thought of the coming of the anti Obama is really scary but that could never happen in the good old USA especially in a meat and potatoes place like Idaho right?
I have lots of problems with Seattle governance, including lack of sufficient fiscal accountability, but your oversimplification doesn't come close to describing the political situation I'm familiar with. (I've been active in local politics for forty years. As a grass-roots Democrat.)
If they try the same tricks that worked locally to overtake the national political scene there will be a revolt among the populace that fully demonstrates the reason behind the second amendment. Or if they just stay local they will either eat themselves alive or die of boredom reading each others trashy novels. What a misguided and hypocritical bunch!
I grew up in Lincoln County in Northwest Montana. The county was dominated by the Democratic Party until the early to mid 1980s. The elections were determined in the Democratic primary. Republicans did have a chance in the general election.
Lincoln County has completely flipped and elections are determined in the Republican primary. It is very conservative and dominated by Tea Party/gun rights Repulicans. All of this change in Lincoln County, MT, happened without an influx of conservative Californians.
The loss of thousands of union jobs in the timber industry in NW Montana and in the mining industry in NW Idaho seems to the be the connecting point of the political change in this region.


text:
Don't Be Fooled by Irene Scams; Hire Licensed Contractors for Repairs
BALTIMORE, MD (August 29, 2011) Hurricane Irene left her mark on the State of Maryland and most of the Eastern seaboard. While Maryland weathered the storm in large part because of a coordinated response led by Governor Martin OMalley, many homeowners saw their homes damaged by winds, falling tree limbs and torrential downpours. The Maryland Home Improvement Commission, a professional licensing board under the umbrella of the Maryland Department of Labor, urges all Marylanders to avoid being ripped off by Irene-related scams and only hire licensed contractors for repairs.
Hurricane Irene proved to be a formidable storm. Thousands of Marylanders had their homes damaged by falling trees, high winds and torrential downpours and must now replace siding, repair roofs, replace water-damaged drywall and floors and repair chimneys, said Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez. I strongly urge those Marylanders whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Irene to avoid hiring any just anyone with a tool belt and hammer. Protect yourself. Only hire licensed contractors. Get several estimates, only pay upon completion of the work and check your contractors licenses.
Too often, unlicensed contractors arrive after a major storm or a natural disaster with disingenuous offers to help, said Maryland Commissioner for Occupational and Professional Licensing Stanley J. Botts. The Maryland Home Improvement Commission stands up for homeowners and protects consumers from predatory contractors.
The Maryland Home Improvement Law requires contractors, subcontractors and salespeople to hold a current Maryland Home Improvement Commission license in order to solicit or perform home improvement services in the state. Penalties for working without a license include criminal fines or imprisonment. The Maryland Home Improvement Guaranty Fund offers homeowners protection from shoddy work and compensates homeowners who suffer economic damages due to the work of a licensed contractor. The fund only protects homeowners who use licensed contractors. Consumers can check on contractors licensing statuses and complaint histories by calling the Maryland Home Improvement Commission at 410.230.6309 or visiting our website.
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the demands of Marylands dynamic economy. Follow DLLR on Twitter (@MD_DLLR) and Facebook.


text:
Top Definition
The technique of building a barroom and decorating it with attractive furnishings and lighting as well as providing for music facilities so as to make the environment fascinating and thrilling so that the bar patrons may be spellbound in a state of intoxication, literal or otherwise.
We are all impressed by the architectural design of the bar. It is a paragon of fine barchitecture.
av uttam maharjan 20. januar 2010
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
It's unfortunate, but businesses and organizations don't have engine lights that blink and flash when we need to pull over and look under the hood. read more
Page 16 of 127
12 Things You Might Do If You Had a Perfect Marriage
You must realize that there are two very imperfect people in your marriage. But with God's help, you can overcome the challenges. read more
Do You Have a Space Invader?
Men, here are 5 C's that move men from the "red zones" of life to the "end zones" of celebration. read more
How Do You Find Your Wife's Secret Switch?
This wife explains eight ways to ignite it. read more
4 Things to Do When You and Your Spouse Have Nothing in Common
What have you done to build your relationship with your wife lately? read more
10 Ways Not to Hate Being Single
Chase after complete freedom and abundant life, not only in this season, but in every one to come. read more
4 Ways to Love and Honor Your Wife Well
Any man would do well to treat his wife this way. read more
Do You Have a Father-Son Bucket List?
Here are some simple ideas that cost nothing or very little. read more
4 Ways to Make Valentine's Day About Your Spouse
Remember, men, this is not about you. read more
Dating: Is There Truth to Your Advertising?
What's at the heart of your dating agenda? read more


text:
School pride
Bright future is envisioned for new facility, city students
November 11, 2013
After three years of work, Williamsport Area Middle School — formerly Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School — officially was dedicated at a ceremony Sunday afternoon....
Outstanding-job, Williamsport Area School District!!
What BETTER, a way, to drag the (local) general-population into the 21st Century, than with a state-of-the-art educational-facility!!!!!!!
1 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Sure is Shaman, Now that Millions of our tax dollars have been spent, educate the students please. We did not have to be dragged either.
1 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 2 of 2 comments
Post a Comment
You must first login before you can comment.


text:
Comparative Causation
Francesco Parisi
University of Minnesota - Law School; University of Bologna
Vincy Fon
George Washington University - Department of Economics
American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 2004
George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-30
As Calabresi (1996) pointed out, no consideration has been given in recent legal and economic literature to the idea of distributing an accident loss among a faultless tortfeasor and an innocent victim on the basis of the relative causal contribution of the parties to the loss. This criterion of apportionment of liability, which we call comparative causation, is the object of this paper. We present a brief intellectual history of the principle of comparative causation and provide a positive economic model. In order to identify structural features of the rule, we first consider a rule of pure comparative causation where liability is allocated on the basis of causation, regardless of parties' fault. The economic model brings to light some interesting features of the rule, but also unveils the limits of such a criterion of liability with respect to induced activity and care levels. The paper then extends the economic model to consider the workings of the comparative causation rule in conjunction with negligence rules. Applying the comparative causation rule under a negligence regime induces a combination of incentives that no known liability rule provides.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 27
Date posted: December 10, 2001
Suggested Citation
Contact Information
© 2016 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
This page was processed by apollobot1 in 0.234 seconds


text:
Evernote Denies 'Secret' Acquisition Rumor
With great anonymity, comes great responsibility.
On Thursday, a post on Secret, the anonymous messaging service, lit up Twitter: "I work at Evernote and we're about to get acquired." According to three people close to the company, the post–which was screen grabbed and shared multiple times on Twitter–is not true. Evernote CEO Phil Libin denied any acquisition.
@jon Not a shred of truth to this, FWIW.
— Phil Libin (@plibin) February 6, 2014
Though the rumor quickly fell with a thud, the moment highlights the quick rise of Secret, another app that uses anonymity as a selling point.
While the largest player in social media, Facebook, relies on authentic identity, there are a growing number of apps helping users send sensitive information through ephemeral messaging or anonymity.
Whisper, an app that lets users broadcast messages anonymously–with only their location as an identifier–recently raised $21 million in a fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital. Meanwhile, Confide, an app that helps people send sensitive, encrypted texts, raised $1.9 million this month, billing itself as the Snapchat for professionals. Snapchat, meanwhile, recently raised $50 million from a hedge fund at a valuation up to $2 billion.
Secret, which just launched on Jan. 30, has spread quickly through Silicon Valley's echo chamber. The service, which notes whether a post is from a friend, someone in your address book, or a friend of friend, is now filled with rumors about tech startups, venture capital and random gripes about startup life. It is often impossible to parse fact from fiction in the wild, wild west of Secret, but (at least among the techies), the app is hard to ignore. As Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai tweeted:
current status: completely addicted to @getsecret and WUT.
— naveen (@naveen) February 5, 2014