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It's hard to beat the cute factor of a fluffy little pup dressed up in a Halloween costume. However, Halloween can be one of the most dangerous and scary nights of the year for pets.
Some pets may love being dressed up and being the life of the party while others may shy away from being in a costume or become frightened by some of the other beings in costume. Because of how varied pet reactions can be, you should know your pet and treat them accordingly.
Here are some things to help keep your pet safe this Halloween:
No Sweets for Fido – Almost everyone knows that chocolate can be dangerous and potentially deadly for dogs, but xylitol, an artificial sweetener in many sugar-free candies, is just as dangerous for pets.
Keep it Loose – If your pet agrees to a costume (don't force it to wear something it hates), make sure that it is loose and comfortable on the animal. You don't want to create a potential choking hazard.
No Jim Carrey - Don't put any mask on your pets. You never know what it'll turn them into and it could obstruct their sight, hearing and ability to perform all their normal tasks. Costumes shouldn't cover the nose, eyes or ears.
Avoid the Removables – If your pet is wearing a costume, make sure there are no pieces they can tear off. You should also ingratiate your pet to the costume beforehand by letting them sniff it and get used to the scent. If you skip this step, you run the risk of your pet tearing the costume/outfit to pieces when you aren't looking.
Pumpkins are Scary – Festive plants such as pumpkins and squash can be upsetting to the stomach of some dogs and cats, so don't let them nipple on the decorative plants around the house.
Jack-o-Lanterns are Even Scarier – Carved pumpkins are one of the most common Halloween decorations and are great fun to decorate as a family. However, if you plan to put candles inside and turn them into jack-o-lanterns, be careful where you place them. Curious cats can singe themselves on the flames or even worse a dog or cat could knock over the pumpkin and cause a fire.
Goblins and Ghouls – Your pet is probably not going to be used to having so many new "faces" coming and going at your door. What reaction that will cause depends on your pet's demeanor, but it might be best to keep them in a secluded area of the house to keep them from becoming upset, scared, frightened, angry, somber or whatever their food will become. If you let them stay in the main room, they may also become a hazard, if they are apt to help you answer the door when they hear a knock or a doorbell.
TightWire Act – If you put up any lights or light up decorations that have an electrical cord, make sure to tape them out of reach of your pets. A little nibble on one of those wouldn't make for a good Halloween evening.
Inside Job – Also, unless it is absolutely imperative, I'd recommend keeping your pets inside on Halloween night. There's no telling what costume may get their attention and have them bolt toward it. You also have the concern of some evil pranksters bothering your pets (especially if you have a black cat), if the pets are outside.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Chad Ruhwedel is concussed, the Buffalo Sabres are understandably upset and Flyers pest Zac Rinaldo is certainly in trouble with the NHL.
With Sunday's eventual 5-2 drubbing long over, Rinaldo foolishly took Ruhwedel out with a clear shot to the head. He earned a five-minute match penalty for his efforts and a meeting with Brendan Shanahan today.
"Those are the type of hits that we have to get rid of," said coach Ted Nolan. "Those are not only dangerous hits but you're also putting a fellow player in jeopardy of his career. Head injuries, concussions, we all know how serious they are and we still have guys with flying elbows going directly to the head."
The NBC Sports Network video above doesn't really catch the hit live but it sure caught it with some replays. Bad news for Rinaldo for sure.
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Doctor, Wife Ticketed For Shoplifting At Macy's
Idiots. Maybe we should deport them back to India for pulling that crap. More at link.
Doctor, Wife Ticketed For Shoplifting At Mayfair Mall - Milwaukee News Story - WISN Milwaukee
WAUWATOSA, Wis. -- A doctor and his wife have been ticketed for shoplifting from Macy's at Mayfair Mall.
Police said a Milwaukee physician took his family to the mall to do a little Christmas shopping, loaded up, then left without paying.
It was Saturday evening -- prime time at Wauwatosa's Mayfair mall. Police said the couple counted on that as they embarked on a Christmas shoplifting spree. Police arrested them as they walked out of the Macy's store with more than $1500 in merchandise.
When the couple was arrested, police said the wife told them they came to the mall to go Christmas shopping and figured that Macy's was so busy that they would not get caught stealing.
I guess they forgot about the security cameras?
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They probably figured they could just get away with it. Like Wynona Ryder'Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a
delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly
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possible to pick up a turd by the clean end!'
A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. Sigmund Freud
They should have taken the good doctor and wife to jail.
I've been on lots of shoplifting calls where the suspect had way more than enough money to buy stuff, but just chose to steal it instead.
Then again, doctors normally do rob us of our money when we see them though. At least it's legal that way.CHIRP! CHIRP!
$1500? That's a mandatory trip to jail here.Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
If I lived every day like it was my last, the body count would be staggering.
I intend to go in harm's way. -John Paul Jones
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---- — WILMINGTON — Beatrice M. Lawrence, 95, of ROUTE 86 Wilmington N.Y. passed away at her daughter's home in Lake Placid on Oct. 5, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. Beatrice was born on March 6, 1917, in Wilmington N.Y. the daughter of Guy H. and Mary A. (Pelkey) Stephenson.
Bea enjoyed her family and friends, vacations with them and feeding and watching her birds especially the cardinals. Bea worked many years at the Owaissa club beach house, worked with the youth of Wilmington. She was fondly called ''Aunt Bea'' by all. She also worked at the Whiteface Mountain House and Whiteface Memorial Highway at the castle as a waitress. She was a fire phone operator for the Wilmington fire department and raised the flag at the Town Hall. Bea graduated from the Au Sable Forks High School where she was a member of the glee club and band. Bea was member of the first Girl Scout Troop in Wilmington and fondly told stories of camping and hiking at camp Tapawingo in Plattsburgh. Bea was a member of the Reuban Sanford Post #1775 of the American Legion and of Whiteface Community Church in Wilmington. Bea will be missed for her famous baked apple and pumpkin pies which she made for many parties and occasions.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-laws and two daughters and one son-in-law, Adrian and his wife Andrea Lawrence, Allan and his wife Judith Lawrence of Wilmington and Richard Lawrence of Upper Jay. Cheryl Strack of Lake Placid, Brenda and James Balsley of Milton Fla., 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Bea was married to Adrian E. Lawrence who preceded her and her parents; and brothers, Lawrence, William and Henry Guy Stephenson; sisters, Mary, Margaret and infant, Lucy Ann.
Calling hours will be at 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 10, at the Whiteface Community Methodist Church. A Funeral Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will follow in Haselton Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Whiteface Range Hall in Wilmington.
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Peace circles do this:
Instead of restricted patricipation primarily reliant on experts it gives an inclusive primarily reliant on community particpation.
Instead of broken state laws being the focus, it's about broken relationships
The focus isn't like the courts ( past conduct, individual responsability, state legal requirements) but rather (Past, present and future conduct) (Individual and collective responsbility) and the needs of all parties.
The results differ as well in court you will find Banishment, punishment and coercion, in circles you will find reintegration, healing/support and trust/understanding.
Courts have fixed rules where circles have flexible guidelines.
In the end for a court system there is a winner and a loser in circles it is finding common ground to maximize all interest.
Why I can sympathize the need for the dog and victim trauma, I can't help to be annoyed that hardly anyone is touching a system that is destined to fail; like ours is starting to do. WE did see Some change with addition of Mental health courts and drug courts (Which I don't feel is being used correctly) I might add, at least in this County. We appear to have a Very long road ahead for a lot of things, failed justice, healthcare, education and of course economy probably all on the horizon once again. We need to focus on fixing those problems so they last and work to the best of everyone, not a select few here and there.
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Very Wise Minded ! OR even Dialetic.. Ying/Yang'ish..
Keep the trial fair for everyone, not all accused people are guilty and in fact can feel just as traumatized as the victim.
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The closer is either the most loved or hated member of the baseball team depending on the situation
Hells Bells played for Trevor Hoffman and his 601 saves. Lights Out, Mariano Rivera. A lot of these images come to mind when describing a great closing reliever in baseball when he's hot. When he's not a closer is the biggest bum or jerk in the world to a baseball fan because he blew the game of the fan's favorite team. John Axford of the Brewers faced this situation again Monday night. He gave up the tying run in the ninth inning after giving up a crushing game winning three run homer to the Reds on opening day.
But if he gets hot and has several big saves in a row he'll become the hero again. For example Eric Gagne had over 80 straight saves with the Dodgers but by the time he got to the Brewers he was blowing leads so he wasn't useful anymore. That is the life of a baseball closer who only pitches an inning or two a day but must have the shortest memory in the world when he pitches again tommorow.


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The Bible According to Thomas Jefferson: How the Founding Father cut and paste the Bible to create his own morality
March 1, 2012
The president sat at his desk in the White House on a winter evening. He'd finished his work for the day and was ready for something more enjoyable. He took out two Bibles and opened them to the story of Jesus. Then he grabbed a knife—or perhaps a razor—and began cutting up one Bible, then the other. The president was Thomas Jefferson. The year was 1804.
Working methodically, Jefferson sliced out the parts of the Bible that he believed and pasted them onto a folio of blank pages. The rest—the parts he didn't believe—he left behind in two maimed, mutilated Bibles.
Thomas Jefferson was editing the Bible, a book regarded by most of his fellow Americans as the word of God. The act was certainly presumptuous, perhaps blasphemous. But Jefferson found the task simple. The worthy parts of the Bible were easily distinguishable from the worthless—"as distinguishable," he later wrote in a letter to John Adams, "as diamonds in a dunghill."
Using the passages he sliced out of his Bibles, Jefferson created a new book, which he called, "The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth." He had it bound but he never published it, and he told only a handful of close friends about it. His copy—the only copy that ever existed—later disappeared and is now lost to history.
But sixteen years later, he created another. In 1820, retired from politics and living at Monticello, Jefferson sat down again, at the age of seventy-seven, to edit the Bible. He purchased six Bibles—two in English, two in French, and two containing both Latin and Greek—and cut them up, creating a second edited version of the New Testament, in four languages.
In this book, he kept the words of Jesus and some of his deeds, but left out the miracles and any suggestion that Jesus is God. The virgin birth is gone. So is Jesus walking on water, multiplying the loaves and fishes, and raising Lazarus from the dead. Jefferson's version ends with Jesus' burial on Good Friday. There is no resurrection, no Easter Sunday. Jefferson called this version "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth."
That book has survived. It's smaller than you might expect—roughly five by eight inches—with a faded red leather cover. Conservators at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History in Washington, DC, painstakingly repaired rips and restored the book. It's currently on display at the museum, along with two of the Bibles that Jefferson cut up to create it.
The exhibition is sure to generate questions: Why did one of America's beloved Founding Fathers cut up Bibles? Was it an act of piety or of blasphemy? Was Jefferson a Christian or a heretic? And what does this book, commonly known as the "Jefferson Bible," tell us about America's religious heritage?
Those questions have no easy answers. Experts argue about all of them, as we shall see. But one thing seems certain: If Jefferson was running for president today, his Bible-slicing experiments would surely torpedo his candidacy.
"There is no way Jefferson could get elected president today," says Steven Waldman, author ofFounding Faith, a best-selling history of the role of religion in America's creation. "You can practically see the attack ad that would be run about him: You see the Bible and you see a hand with a scissors cutting up the Bible. And that's not going to play too well in the red states—or the blue states for that matter."
"I am a sect by myself," Thomas Jefferson once wrote, commenting on his eccentric religious views. Born into the Church of England, Virginia's official religion, Jefferson studied under Anglican clergymen from elementary school through college, and attended Anglican services all his life, although not always faithfully. He wasn't the kind of man who accepts dogmas uncritically. Brilliant and intellectually curious, Jefferson preferred to make his own judgment in matters of religion, and advised others to do the same.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God," he urged his nephew, Peter Carr, in 1787, "because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
Influenced by the intellectuals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson scoffed at biblical stories of miracles but believed that the study of nature proves the existence of God. He thought deeply about religion all his life, and although his views sometimes shifted, one opinion never changed: He believed that no government had the right to impose any religion on any individual. He wrote Virginia's statute on religious freedom and famously coined the phrase "wall of separation between church and state."
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others," he wrote in his Notes on the State of Virginia. "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
Today, that statement seems uncontroversial but in 1800, many people, particularly clergymen, considered it evidence of atheism. "They were of the opinion that not caring about that meant you were not a man of faith," says Joseph J. Ellis, author of American Sphinx, a best-selling biography of Jefferson.
When Jefferson ran for president against John Adams in 1800, Adams' Federalist allies distorted Jefferson's defense of freedom of religion to portray him as an enemy of God. Alexander Hamilton called Jefferson "an Atheist in Religion and a Fanatic in politics." William Linn, a New York minister, claimed that voting for him constituted "a rebellion against God." Yale President Timothy Dwight warned Americans that if they elected Jefferson they would "see the Bible cast into a bonfire…and our children united in chanting mockeries against God."
Despite all that, Jefferson won the election.
But the various lies about his religious beliefs angered him and hardened his antipathy to the clergy, who he described in Latin as "genus irritable vatum"—irritable tribe of priests—and in English as "soothsayers and necromancers."
The nasty campaign of 1800 rendered Jefferson reticent about making public statements on religion. But he remained fascinated with the topic and continued to comment on religion in letters to trusted friends. Those comments are so voluminous and so varied that, for two centuries, both Christians and secularists have cherry-picked Jefferson quotes to "prove" that the sage of Monticello was a believer—or not.
Want to prove that Jefferson was a committed Christian? It's easy.
Jefferson wrote, "I am a real Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus." He called Christ's teachings "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man." He urged "getting back to the plain and unsophisticated precepts of Christ." He suggested that the defeat of Napoleon "proves that we have a god in heaven." In his first inaugural address, he invoked the blessings of "that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe." In his second inaugural address, he sought the blessings "of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life."
Want to prove that Jefferson was a militant secularist? That's easy, too.
Jefferson wrote that "Jesus did not mean to impose himself on mankind as the son of God." He called the writers of the New Testament "ignorant, unlettered men" who produced "superstitions, fanaticisms, and fabrications." He called the Apostle Paul the "first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus." He dismissed the concept of the Trinity as "mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." He believed that the clergy used religion as a "mere contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves" and that "in every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty." And he wrote in a letter to John Adams that "the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."….


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Videos: Proof the Lumia 920 is "Pretty Amazing" – Nokia Lumia 920 Optical Image stabilisation, super sensitive screen demo and more
Following Anandtech's sample that prooves that PureView in the 920 gets significantly more low light in very low light situations, Laptopmag has some excellent hands on videos with the Nokia Lumia 920. They seem to be rather impressed with the phone.
In the video, you can see how the super sensitive display works. Feather light capacitive touch yet it can respond to gloves and finger nails!
That's something that might not sound impressive but will definitely impact positively in day to day use of the touch screen.
Next up you can see the optical image stabilisation in action. Notice how half press (like on my Canon 60D) activates image stabilisation and instantly the picture is smooth. This makes such a difference in getting a clear shot or not.
The Lumia 920 also shines when it comes to steadying your photos and videos. Built-in object image stabilization will prevent blur, and we saw proof when a Nokia rep started shaking the phone. As soon as he pressed the shutter half-way down, the image stopped shaking. Pretty amazing.
Check out the low light test at the end. In low light mode, the competing smartphone captures NO picture. In auto, the 920 gets a clear photo.
Next up, take a look at Cinemagraph in action. We discussed this earlier in this post but this video shows it off better.
How Cinemagraph works
Purely focusing on image stabilisation. Look what happens the moment he hits record. The shake is virtually totally eliminated. And he's shaking on purpose. I love hearing the Finnish accent explaining the camera.
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Today we are getting a lot of "500 internal error"..
Nokia should patent this!!! I don't want Android/iOS stealing this! This is innovation!
Swiping with your key and no scratches? Nokia went Boss mode!!!! This is my new phone!!
"Nokia went Boss mode!!!"
Classic bro!
I think the possibility to use the touch with your nales is huge. My wife have said no to touchscreen (capasitive) because they haven't worked with her long nales or atleast it is very difficult for her to write and do things (no, her nales are not extremly long or anything). Now when I told about the L920′s ability, she said 'I want one', right away…
PureMotion. PureHD+. PureStablization. Call it whatever you want but plz
Don't abuse the PureView!
L920/820 cam might be "Pretty Amazing" against Potato Cams but its really anywhere near the scared PureView. Not at all. Eat this:
**L920/820 cam might be "Pretty Amazing" against Potato Cams but its really not even anywhere near the sacred PureView. Not at all.
And how do you know that? Have you seen pictures? I think PureView fits perfectly for the L920
Ok Toermel, take a big step back and literally scrape off the wrapper that's gonna blind you for next 24hours until you get back to senses and have some logic to re-analyze anew. The read this.
What's being announced about 920/820 camera?
Two enhancements/improvements/innovations:
1. Stabilization – OIS (spring-loaded motion-sensor)
2. Compensation – for excuse of Xenon, with BSI & Power/pulse LED
Now tell me, where is the PureView in that???
Take away these two things and what are you left with?
A standard Nokia 8MP shooter (smoewhat next iteration). And that's all.
Was really hard to understand?
Like I said, had they given us a 16MP-full(8MP default) or even just a 12MP-full(5MP default), as Jay was wishing it so bad,
with just 1xZoom/Pixel-Binning/Over-Sampling any dumb idiot would've understood & justified the use of PureView title.
Hope this helps.
"Take away these two things and what are you left with?"
Take away the 41MP sensor from the 808, and what are you left with?
If you take off your anti-WP blinders you would see that the the 920 is an evolution of PureView and certianly not an abuse of it. In some important ways PureView has evolved beyond the 808′s implementation of it while in other ways it hasn't yet. But PureView will never be a static thing and will continue to evolve and before long both the 808 and 920 will be left far behind from future PureView developments.
I would still like to know how this pureview stacks up against the original…..
Also, it seems the software (WP8) is what that is holding back the release…. Not cool MS… Not Cool
not true. they can't release the full pureview cause the 808 was barely launched. it needs to have a full cycle before the succesor is released otherwise it would compete directly with the wp device and what would be the point then. and even so it wouldn't be the flagship device because of it's size and price. the flagship device despite of their name are aimed at volume sales for the large masses of consumers. a full pureview device would be a niche device for tech enthusiasts and amateur photographers. it wouldn't sell more than a flagship.
i suggest to anyone who wants a pureview pro device to wait for mwc in february.
History has shown that whenever Nokia releases something groundbreaking, there's rarely anything like it released again, for at least a couple years.
6620-N95-N8-808, each of those were about 2 years apart, and for each of them, their successors weren't nearly as good.
I'd expect any further PV development to come with the Lumia line, with another large sensor with oversampling hitting in 2 years (and ideally something else that hasn't been done yet).
*L920/820 cam might be "Pretty Amazing" against Potato Cams but its really not even anywhere near the sacred PureView. Not at all.
Why have you posted this 3 times? Once was enough…..
It was correction to original statement, but got misplaced to new instead of response to first post. Couldn't find any option to delete it, but if you can go ahead, most welcome.
No it's really just a cry for attention…
My 3 year old son does exactly the same thing so don't worry, it's a normal thing, you just go with it…
Sometimes ignore it..
But most times try to guide them to a better state of independence…
A little odd for someone somewhat older though…hmmm.
No rich recording? Sounds like shit…
It uses the same high amplitude mic used in the rich recording setup so it can handle loud sounds just fine, it just doesn't have stereo imaging.
As amazing as some people may think this phone is, it wont mean $#!T if they cant release it before the New Iphone. In true Nokia fashion it doesnt seem like this phone is ready to be released. How much will it cost? where will it be available? When? by the time MS and Nokia let us know, it will be too late because apple will have sold millions of New Iphones already.
well apparently wp8 is not ready yet.
Its up to the carriers for the release date. The iPhone 5 isn't loved by the carriers and the FBI having all those 12 million apple user IDs may have hurt the iPhone 5.
Releasing right before iPhone 5 would be suicide. You people don't get it. The smartest thing to do is keep people guessing as to when it comes out, and when the iphone 5 comes out and hype dies down a bit, then release all the news at once and have the phones appear on store shelves.
Releasing it before the new iPhone might not be such a great idea actually. Depends on the carriers really, if they really want to push it, but the Lumia 900 launched quite well because it was halfway between iPhone releases. You can be sure all the marketing and effort once the new iPhone is released will be on the iPhone, and not anything else.
That said, it would have been nice to see it announced that it was ready to be sold today, like with the Lumia 800 announcement.
Totally incorrect.
I-Phone will sell independently of anything that happens in the market.
Better specs, innovations and tech will do absolutely nothing to change the minds of the loyal apple converted.
It's a fact that apple is in a level all of their own, when it comes to brand recognition and cult status. But that doesn't mean I will ever buy another Apple product. Not a chance.
If Apple is the Matrix, then Nokia is the anomaly.
Free your mind…lol.
But yeah, pretty much.
Hey guys, quick question
Did they only release 2 Lumias this Nokia World?
No new Symbian or S40?
Nokia World is the Helsinki event, it is supposed to be tomorrow too. I don't what kind of an event there in reality is, because it is invite only. The New York event was always expected to launch the new Lumias. I guess theoretically it is still possible we hear Asha news tomorrow, but maybe not.
Won't be any new Symbian devices released. S40 devices aren't as big a deal though, they can just announce them when they're ready to sell.
Guys, remember what Lumia motto is all about : The Amazing everday. It means in everyday use for the average joe, the Lumias are made to maje your everyday come put ouf the ordinary.
It's not meant to be a cameraphone beast, or a pioneer in any specific area, its purpose is to deliver pretty well in the average, and bring a new user experience.
If they want to make a pioneer in a specific area, Nokia won't make a Lumia, it will resurrect N series or come up with a new name.
This is a good point. The improvements to the camera in the 920 are really in the whip it out of your pocket and start shooting area, rather than professional photography.
I was talking to my brother about it, who's very much into photography, and he said for both the 808 and the 920, while they offer neat stuff and he'd buy them if he had money to burn, in the end neither of them can do what he can do with his Nikon and interchangeable lenses.
err…… so which phone should I get now….
808 or 920….
If you want the best very compact camera, go for the 808. The cropping potential obviously is awesome.
But personally, even as an 808 owner, I'm still reeling from PureShock concerning the stabilisation innovations in the new 920 PureView. It looks exactly the kind of technology that would save all those indoor shots that all cameras (including the 808) too often ruin. If it works as advertised, of course. I can see the 920 PureView has plenty of practical ability, being so small too – you always have it with you.
Still, of course the big killer would be a combination of both PureView technologies, but in reality that is still ways off and probably would result in a fairly large phone. Maybe in the spring we will see something, but due to expected size I consider that a wholly different product.
I think the Lumia 920 PureView is finally looking like its going to be the no-compromises flagship from Nokia we have been waiting for. Sure, 41 Mpix and qwerty variants would be nice, but as far as thin slab formfactor goes – this is the real deal.
So, I'm keeping my 808 for special occasions, but my daily driver is definitely being upgraded +20 Lumia points.
Just been watching all the videos. I'm gobsmacked. A night time shot with a xenon flash will only get so far, but with image stabilisation, I can get the background scenery in as well. I don't need millions of apps, just the important ones. I want Spotify, and BBC iPlayer, and the ecosystem matches up with how I use my computer.
" A night time shot with a xenon flash will only get so far, but with image stabilisation, I can get the background scenery in as well"
I think you'll find that's not the case at all…
In reality for night time shots, the 808PV should still do a better job.
There may be certain uses_cases where the 920 wins, but overall the 808PV will remain a better all-round camera.
Ofc there's much more to consider than just the camera for many people.
Excuse me. Was the world always been suffering from shaky/blurry photography, especially N8 & 808 before today's announcement?
Come on don't mix up things. 808 is above all. Can't touch that in cameraphone space for foreseeable future, at least up to spring 2013 which itself has a BIG IF in its way though.
The world has been suffering from shaky photography since ever. That is the number one reason I photograph everything of importance twice or thrice, just to make sure the photo that looked fine on the small LCD isn't actually blurry as hell when I open it up on the desktop.
When I was the the Nokia AGM this spring, the demo area had the 808 PureView. That was my first test with it before buying it on launch. I put it in 41 Mpix mode and shot some pictures of a miniature city they had put out there.
It was a dark area with just some spot-lighting and you know what the presenter said "yeah, be careful, the 41 Mpix mode requires a steady hand – it blurs real easy". And it did. Because we were in low-light. Of course I could have invoked the Xenon, but the pics would have come out wholly different.
Now, the PureView oversampling obviously helps some. Especially it helps with noise, that I expect the 920 PureView to be less good at. But there are limits to how far that can go. The oversampling is solving another problem, other than shake. It is solving the problem of gathering light, zooming and noise reduction. But it is not a solution to camera shake per se. Gyro-controlled mechanically compensating camera assembly on the other hand, that is a solution to camera shake – and that's what's special about the 920 PureView.
So we are wittnessing two different technologies that bring solutions to two different problems. In addition the 920 has better aperture for gathering light than even the 808 so that helps a little too. Now, the killer of course would be the combination of these too. Maybe next year? But I expect that to be a fairly hefty phone, so it is a completely different formfactor and market that one.
Daming Dinning himself said today on Twitter that while the 808 surely kicks but in outdoors kind of situations, there are many cases where the 920 is more useful – video and lowlight indoorsy scenarios being one of the big ones, unless you need to zoom a lot of course.
"be careful, the 41 Mpix mode requires a steady hand – it blurs real easy"
That was for 41MP mode! Beast was built for 5MP default.
"Steady hand" is the universal basic principal of photography ever since, not just for 808 @ 41MP mode.
You're confused AGM.
If only Nokia ran on Android.
Can you imagine 808 on Android? Lumia on Android?
can you imagine mynokiablog without android trolls?
android trolls bring clicks, whats the harm
Fandroids are like sheep being herded to the slaughter. They don't realize Google is collecting much of their life info in their big database. Not just Google, a lot of organized crime is now in on the action too of collecting personal data on Android phones.
"Can you imagine 808 on Android? Lumia on Android?"
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"Holy shit! What was that malware that just deleted all my pictures!?!??!"
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And now Nokia please replace that video on YouTube with this ones…
What people don't realize is Nokia needs time to get all these camera innovations into one phone. I'm assuming Pureview phase three will come out next year and combine the features of the 808 (maybe not the whole 41MP) and 920 to make a new highend phone.
On another note,
I think microsoft is the reason why they didn't announce the availability of these phones because windows phone 8 is still not ready for some reason.
wp8 it seems it isn't ready yet,still getting tweaked. also there aren't deals in place with operators. sure we heard about the american market but everything else is a mistery. they said the finland event will be with carrier participation so that is when they will sign the deals and when everybody will decide on release dates and prices
The PureView 41 MPix is a different form factor, though. It is not going to be a slimslab phone. As far as slim slabs go, this seems to be a very, very well-rounded flagship device from Nokia.
Having said that, of course I'd welcome qwerty and monster camera variants, but those are going to be different formfactors and perhaps a little more on the niche side of thems. Hopefully they'll come later.
the low light comparison was beyond a joke – the nokia rep asked the guy to turn off his flash then take a pic, while the 920 had flash turned on ?????
that's focus assist, not flash. you see the light before he takes the pic.
Nokia could have avoided some confusion by naming, in a general way, their advanced camera tech just as "Pure" and sub naming the 808 as PureView (sensor) then the 920 as PureMotion (gyro).
Instead by using Pure Motion for the screen tech and reusing PV for the 920 camera we got too many uninformed comparisons…
Oh well, branding is hard…
PureView = better than the competition. The 920 camera is better than the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy S3, that's all that matters for the branding.
I like how there are so SO many people being angry about this Pureview they have on 920. Do remember, that 808 has Pureview Pro. See what I did there?
Get over it, please. If you don't own the ™, why are you so hurt over it?
Geez! All of you are already saying this things better then the 808 in video but infact it does not even have rich recording!
Example. Im gonna record a video of my fav rock bans concert right. So how can this be so amazing if the video quality is better but the sound is not. Geez
and why cant didnt nokia use rich recording on this? Doesnt wp support it or is nokia just skrewing us over?
Same microphone, only in mono.
nokia you make a fake in video off byke????? is this true guys??????
I find it dissapointing to still see how slowly Nokia applications start. Even with the new Snapdragon. Waiting and waiting while looking at that Nokia text makes negative associations in my brain, Nokia = always keeping us waiting?
Cool features, though!
the video is fake?????????
Just have to say it one more time since there are still some whiners around griping about "pureview"
Pureview is a technology
Purebiew is not a phone.
hopefully they combine these two tech and release a new purview next year…since I am not looking to change my biggest sensor phone and optical zoom is very important…920 have good features buta big sensor size always ,makes a huge difference.


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Compatibility with BitLocker To achieve compatibility with BitLocker Drive Encryption, it is recommended to install the Rescue and Recovery program to your operating system after the partitions are properly set up with the Microsoft Bitlocker Drive Preparation Tool. When setting up the BitLocker partition, it is recommended to use the Microsoft BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool. The boot partition should be at least 2 GB in size. If you do not use the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool to prepare the BitLocker partition, you must have two partitions on your system when installing Windows 7. One partition should be 2 GB and marked as active; this is where the boot files reside. The other is where your operating system is installed and where your data will reside. When Windows 7 is installed, it will detect the two partitions and should install only the boot files to the smaller partition. Both partitions should be type 0x07. Compatibility with BitLocker without TPM If the security chip (TPM) is not activated in the BIOS Setup Utility, to achieve compatibility with BitLocker without TPM, do the following: 1. Run gpedit.msc from the Start menu. The Group Policy Editor window opens. 2. Click Computer Configuration ➙ Windows Components ➙ BitLocker Drive Encryption ➙ Operating System Drives. 3. Enable the Require additional authentication at startup option. 4. Select the option Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM. Best practice of BitLocker encryption on a system with the Rescue and Recovery program To have the Rescue and Recovery program work correctly with BitLocker in Windows 7, the best practice is: 1. Uninstall the Rescue and Recovery program if it has been installed. 2. Restart the computer and use the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool to prepare the system for BitLocker Drive Encryption. 3. Install the Rescue and Recovery program and restart the computer. 4. Start BitLocker from Control Panel and choose the partition to encrypt. Note: It is recommended to encrypt the Windows operating system partition (usually drive C) only. 5. Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on the screen to encrypt the chosen partition. After that, a recovery key is automatically created. 6. Save the recovery key to a USB storage device. Note: Keep the USB storage device in a secured place. The recovery key is needed when booting to Windows 7 or the Rescue and Recovery workspace. The BitLocker encryption will be lost if the hard disk drive is cleared by the Diskpart commands or other hard disk tools. 7. Wait until the encryption process completes. After that, you can use the Rescue and Recovery program to perform backup and restore operations. For more information about BitLocker, go to the Microsoft Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933246/ Notes: 1. When setting up BitLocker in Windows 7, the BitLocker partition should be after the Windows operating system partition for best results. If it is placed before the Windows operating system partition, the partition number will need to be updated in the Rescue and Recovery ADM settings. 10 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide
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Army Spc. Derek McConnell makes his way around Wayne's 9/11 Memorial by steering his wheelchair in a circle.
McConnell lost both of his legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan in July 2011.
"Everything changed in an instant after those two blasts," McConnell said, choking back tears as he spoke. "I have a very different life now, but if I had to do it all over again, I would. So many people have been affected by hearing my story and I've been affected by hearing theirs."
Some of the proceeds from the second annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Run on Sept. 9 will be given to McConnell, a 22-year-old from Parsippany. The funds will be used to help make McConnell's home wheelchair compatable.
The rest of the funds will be given to The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports families with active members of the military.
"He's never asked for anything," said Maria Balarin, who, with her son , is organizing the run. "He just needs our support. He's given this country so much."
The Belarins and town officials , the only one in the state. Dozens more will be held in New Jersey this year.
Siller was a New York firefighter who was on his way home from work on 9/11 when the terrorist attacks ocurred. Stuck in traffic, he strapped on 75 pounds of equipment and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center where he was killed.
McConnell wants to continue to tell his story. An aspiring writer, McConnell said his life is very different than the one he pictured having. But he insists that's just fine.
McConnell spent months in the hospital recovering from the blast. He also lost the use of his right arm due to infections.
"No one made me sign the contract. I saved a lot of lives. I think it was the best thing and the worst thing to ever happen to me, really," McConnell said. "If I can tell others of my story and help them, then that's what I'm going to do."
For more information or to register for the run, visit T2Trun.org.


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U.S. Must Go Nuclear Against Terrorists
The bad guys in the world need to fear the United States.
Daniel Gallington is the Senior Policy and Program Adviser at the George C. Marshall Institute in Arlington, Va. He served in senior national security policy positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Justice, and as bipartisan general counsel for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Recall that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta took a lot of criticism for announcing when we would "rotate" our combat troops out of Afghanistan. The gist of the criticism was/is that it was foolish to announce the timing of the departure, thus informing the Taliban—and the various other violent and corrupt influences there—when to plan their own "surge" to take over or maximize their positions for a takeover.
Maybe it wasn't the smartest thing to do. However, neither was it very smart to fight 1) a massively expensive, 2) manpower intensive, 3) 10-plus year war there in the first place—and, with borrowed money that pushed us into recession. Not to mention that the war was waged against a ubiquitous, secretly financed, and hidden enemy that kills thousands of innocents each year in various parts of the world, in the name of Islam.
We did a ll of this, while depending on fundamentally corrupt local regimes for political, diplomatic and even our military logistic support—not to mention the totally compromised and penetrated Pakistani intelligence services. Also, don't forget that so-called "factions" in Pakistan's officialdom hid Osama bin Laden in plain sight for years, while taking—more like stealing—billions of our dollars for their "cooperation" and "security assistance".
[See a collection of political cartoons on Afghanistan.]
Where/when should we have learned basic lessons like this in the past, lessons we should have remembered before we got ourselves in such a war? How about Iraq—or perhaps even by watching the Soviets invade Afghanistan in 1978 and noting how well they did—when we were covertly supporting the Mujahedeen "insurgents" against them.
But that's in the past, hugely expensive as it was, both in measurable resources and in the untold, but far more precious, human costs. Now, we have a new opportunity to deal with world terror threats against us in ways we probably should have handled them in the first place.
[See a collection of political cartoons on defense spending.]
By shifting to a primarily "strategic" plan against terrorism , one employing strategic weapons and targeting them strategically, focusing primarily on terror organizations and their state sponsor leaderships. And, by using our high–tech weapon advantage to keep the enemy forever back on its heels, disorganized,. A nd above all we must deter state sponsors from covertly funding terror and terrorists.
We could have already begun such a strategic transition. Hopefully, it's pursuant to new, comprehensive, and well thought out national policies, rather than just with a case-by-case terrorist leader "kill list" and by increased use of drones and Special Forces raids. While these tactics are included in the means and methods to help carry out a new strategy, they are not substitutes for the new strategy itself.
The bad guys in the world need to know—and fear—that we can and will take them out in a matter of minutes, with super "smart" precision weapons and other types of precisely targeted munitions, m uch as we did during the Cold War when we targeted the senior Soviet leadership (during the Carter a dministration) pursuant to "PD-59," a strategic nuclear targeting doctrine.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Should the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan Sooner?]
Wait a minute—did I intend to use the word "nuclear"?
Yes. All classes of weapons should be in the new strategic mix, just as the most advanced earth penetrating and high efficiency conventional weaponry should be, delivered either from the air, via ballistic missiles or from space. This is especially important when we are talking about deterring state terror sponsors and other extremists from ever attacking us again. And, it should also be our expressed policy that a wide scale 9/11- style attack against us—anywhere in the world—could result in a nuclear response.
Will there also need to be structural and supporting policy changes to implement this new strategy?
[See 2012: The Year in Cartoons.]
Yes. During the Cold War, and in an effort to get more nations to sign up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , we gave so-called "negative security assurances" to "non-nuclear weapons states", if they agreed to sign the treaty. These assurances were that we would not attack a non-nuclear country with nuclear weapons—if they agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons.
These assurances never "worked" as intended. For example, some countries—i.e., Iran and North Korea for example—signed the treaty as "diplomatic cover" while maintaining their covert nuclear weapons programs. North Korea already has nuclear weapons and Iran is close behind them. At any rate, negative security assurances given for the purposes of the non-proliferation regime should no longer operate to protect the leaderships of state sponsors of terror.
In sum, the first part of the new strategic policy toward deterring both terror and the state sponsors thereof would be to repeal or revise our "negative security assurances" to exempt state sponsors of terror. Next, would be the strategic targeting of the leaderships of terror organizations and the leaderships of the state sponsors of terror, along with a very simple message: "You will be held personally responsible for terror."


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Police didn't have to look far to find two suspects accused of burglarizing a home.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, a man returned to his home in the 4600 block of South Minnesota to find that it had been broken into.
He called police and told them he suspected that his neighbors were the culprits. Officers went next door and were granted consent to come inside.
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Col. Riemens-Van Laare entered the Air Force through Officer Training School in 1987. He has served as a group and squadron commander, instructor pilot, mission commander, and flight examiner in the F-15C. He has deployed on several occasions in support of Operation Southern Watch and Operation Noble Eagle.
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Arizona hockey head coach Sean Hogan has resigned as he is taking the head coaching job at Ohio University.
No. 13 Arizona had zero discipline in a 5-2 loss against No. 4 Liberty on Friday
The No. 16 Arizona Wildcats took down No. 11 Central Oklahoma to pick up their second win in as many nights
The No. 16 Arizona Wildcats beat the No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners 5-3 on Thursday, completing the season sweep over OU.
Five Arizona St. starters will miss the two games against Arizona this weekend, giving the Wildcats a good opportunity to end their 34-game winless streak against ASU.
No. 11 Arizona defeated the NAU Icejacks on Friday, but lost to No. 6 Delaware Saturday by a score of 7-4.
The Arizona Wildcats hockey team opened the year with a four-week road trip, and finished above .500 while facing the nation's second-toughest schedule.
Five goals in each game led the Arizona Wildcats to a two-game sweep of the NAU Icejacks this weekend.
The Wildcats had the 3rd toughest schedule last year, and this upcoming year appears to be no different
The Arizona Wildcats finished their 2012-13 schedule on Saturday with a loss to Arizona State at Tucson Convention Center. Robert Schultz finished his hockey career with a 40 save night, but it was...
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A large 'now hiring' sign adorns the front of the store in north Palm Desert.
The opening is set for Sept. 22 at 34660 Monterey Ave., just south of Interstate 10, according to the company's website.
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It was a veritable who's who of San Jose and Santa Clara County politics, business and philanthropists at the Nov. 3 People Acting in Community Together luncheon. It honored this year's top community builders, Judy Chirco of San Jose and Dan and
The three are well known for their community work and leadership activities in a variety of venues. For example, both Warmenhovens have generously given money for social services, education and the arts in addition to creating a family foundation so
But to San Jose and Campbell it promised tax revenue, so the two cities did battle over which would annex the area known in planning-speak as Cambrian 36. After years of jostling, the fight is finally over -- with Campbell getting the land, and San
Unlike the new state citizens redistricting commission, which picks qualified people by lot, the process is shaped by inbreeding. Part of this reflects the nature of the body: Each council member picks a member of the commission, and the mayor picks
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed announced this week that he has nominated a successor to Vice Mayor Judy Chirco, whose term on the City Council expires at the end of December. Councilmember Madison Nguyen, who was first elected to represent the City's
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed breezed to re-election Tuesday along with his City Council allies Pete Constant and Sam Liccardo, pledging to get back to business and tackle the city's budget woes. But Councilwoman Madison Nguyen, who last year handily
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Patrick Altoft posted on Twitter about a new Google rich snippet designed for snow conditions. He searched for [geilo snow report] in Google and up came a rich snippet showing the snow conditions on that mountain. Here is a picture:
As you can see, this rich snippet is pulled from the data on onthesnow.com. It contains the snow depth statistics, new snow stats within 24 and 72 hours, the conditions of the snow, the lifts currently open on the mountain, the trails currently open on the mountain and the current weather. It also shows the last time the data was updated on that web page.
I tested this for related searches such as [killington snow conditions] or [hunter snow conditions and they seem to all work. One condition, it only works for the site onthesnow.com.
This is not a documented rich snippet, as far as I can see. Plus, I do not see any specific rich snippet markup within the source code of the page to tell you how to implement this yourself.
Postscript: You know you've been covering search too much when you forget what you wrote about just two years before. We actually noticed this in January 2011 and it was a feature Google announced back then.
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Castle Hills First Baptist School (CHFBS) began in 1981 by a group of interested members of Castle Hills First Baptist Church and Dr. George H. Harris. The school began with grades 1–6 with an enrollment of nearly 100 students and has continued to grow. Our current enrollment is nearly 500 students - Preschool through 12th grade. Castle Hills First Baptist School has seen nearly 1000 graduates who today are dotted around the globe leading and serving their world. Among these are physicians, lawyers, engineers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, pastors, teachers and missionaries. The biblical worldview and servant leadership principles they were taught at CHFBS is now influencing their generation.
Castle Hills has a long track record for academic achievement. Across the years, 98% of our graduates have been college bound. Routinely, Castle Hills classes score more than two years above national averages on standardized testing. Over the past three years, over 70% of our graduates have been academically scholarshipped to college or university.
The faculty, staff, and leadership of Castle Hills First Baptist School are a uniquely gifted dedicated group of professionals, many with advanced degrees in their fields. The bond between faculty and students is warm caring and supportive. So much more than instruction pours out from the inspiring lives of our teachers.
Castle Hills First Baptist School is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) which the largest body of Christian schools and colleges in the world. For information on our accreditation go to www.acsi.org.


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Sarah Nichelle Saulmon and David Bradley Myers have plans to wed April 29, 2012, at Elite Banquet & Conference Center.
She is the daughter of Julia Saulmon, Sharpsville. She graduated from Western High School in 2000 and attended Vincennes University. She is a pre-school teacher at Microchips Learning Center in Kokomo.
He is the son of Vicki and Michael Culbertson and the late David A. Myers. He graduated in 1997 from Peru High School and in 2009 from Indiana University Kokomo with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.


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Sheba came to the shelter as a stray. Sheba is a small female mixed breed dog, who probably has some beagle in her make up. She is sweet as can be and loves to be with people and to be outside.
Sheba is approximatley 2-3 years old and approximately 40 pounds. She has a beautiful coat and an equally beautiful personality. Come see this special little girl and give her the opportunity to show you how sweet and loving she really is. Sheba desperately needs a forever home soon. Come give her a chance to show you that she will be your special friend forever.
If you are interested in adopting Sheba or one of the many other dogs or cats that are available for adoption at the shelter, please take the time to visit the Douglas County Animal Shelter located at 1755 County Services Road (off Cedar Mountain Road) this week, or view them on line.
Douglas County Animal Control maintains PetFinder listings on their website.
Or you can visit the Douglas County shelter pets in depth and with personal commentaries on individual animals by those who know them best. These photos are posted and profiled daily on volunteer pages at: Rainbow Connections on Facebook Or our sister page at: Furbabies of DCAS on Facebook.
Pet listings on each of these pages are updated daily; therefore, some animals featured may be adopted prior to your visiting the shelter. Finding forever homes for these pets is the goal, so please consider giving another loving pet a home if the one you first saw has already been adopted. Come see these sweet dogs and cats and allow them to show you just how special they each can be once they are given a chance to be loved and have a home.
Adoption fees for dogs and cats at the shelter are $25 and there is a $10 micro chip fee. That means for $35 you have the opportunity to make a friend for life and the opportunity to give a homeless fur kid a forever home.
All dogs presently receive intake inoculations for kennel cough, parvo and distemper (cats receive distemper as part of a five way vaccination). All pets adopted from the shelter are required to have their rabies shots and be spayed or neutered within thirty days of adoption, unless they are kittens or puppies, Kittens and puppies are given extended time. The Douglas County Animal Shelter phone is: 770-942-5961. If the line is busy, please keep trying as there is often limited staff to answer calls. However, messages left will be returned as time permits.


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In the late 1990's I lived in Nashville. In Nashville, everyone is a songwriter or musician, or both! The joke was that the most used pick-up line is, "You want to co-write?"
Writers' nights and live music were on every street corner, literally, and a stand-out amongst all the bars, clubs, cafe's and lounges is The BlueBird Cafe. There you must audition to be accepted to play the open mic and people come from all over the world to stand in that audition line. It is a tiny cafe with seating for maybe 100, if that, and those seats fill up every night of the week to see anything from aspiring singer/songwriters on the open mic nights to seasoned multi-platinum hit writers swapping tunes, new and old.
My favorite, by far, are the Writers in the Round nights where they bring in four songwriters and place them in the middle of the room, all facing each other, while, we, in the audience, surround them. What happens from here is something magical, unscripted and totally captivating as the writers seem to forget that the audience is there and they truly swap songs, licks and stories. I saw Kathy Mattea in this format and sat about 18 inches from her.
The 2012 season at Listen Live Music will feature four of these shows that we are calling "Bringing Nashville North - Writers in the Round." We were so pleased with the way our first in this series turned out this past January and we had over 30 people show up to this virtually unadvertised show!
We have a "resident" for the year who will act as the fourth writer and 2012 host, Center Valley resident Jackie Tice. Multi-award winning, Acoustic World Folk artist, Jackie Tice is hailed as "an important voice among songwriters." She embraces and communicates an inclusive world view through the lens of her mixed Native American Cherokee and Eastern European ancestry. Her appearances at the United Nations, UNICEF, and with performers from five continents, have solidified her reputation as an International artist bridging the relationship of Nature and Human Nature through incisive songwriting, soulful vocals and spirited Native American Flute compositions.
Greg Clayton of Australia's Spirit Horse Productions declared her, "truly unique…one of the most open and expressive vocal artists in the USA today." Apprearing with Tice in this second installment of the series will be music industry veteran Larry Ahearn, Canadian singer/songwriter and activist Amy Campbell and NJ's all-american boy Arlon Bennett. Find out more about all of these people as you read on.....
In September of 1966, Larry Ahearn landed at Villanova University and immediately began working at the nearby Main Point in Bryn Mawr. Between 1966 and 1976 he was an integral part of all aspects of Main Point operations, booking promoting and producing many of the now legendary shows that took at the Main Point in its "golden years." Throughout that period he also began to write and perform his own music as a solo artist, and later, with the Larry Ahearn Group (Tom Crosthwaite, Bill Cannon, Bill Shultz, Chris Shannahan, Dan Rossi).
He has shared the bill with artists like Tom Rush, Jimmy Buffett, Livingston Taylor, Jaime Brockett, Janis Ian, Elvin Bishop, Velvet Underground, Sha Na Na, Spider John Koerner, Eric Andersen, Good News, Blood,Sweat & Tears, Pearls Before Swine and John Prine.
After years of booking, promoting and producing music, sports and theatre, most notably as a team member with the worldwide Concerts For Human Rights tour with Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour and Tracy Chapman, Larry found himself in China in 2004-5 with the Harlem Globetrotters. He's back in the USA now and has returned to his first love: writing and performing songs in an intimate atmosphere – Full Circle.
Amy Campbell brings together classical training and folk sensibilities to create music that reaches into human experience and comes back with stories written from the soul. Devoted equally to lyrical craft, innovative musicianship, and engaging performances, Amy's dozen years of writing, composing, and touring have cemented her position in hearts and playlists across the world.
Seven years of touring have led to several noteworthy appearances: Campbell has performed as a supporting act to Penny Lang, Veda Hille, Justin Rutledge, Richard Bruckner, Old Man Luedecke, and Thea Gilmore (in the UK); toured as support for Emm Gryner; and is a regular at noteworthy folk venues Club Passim (Boston), Hugh's Room (Toronto), and The Blacksheep Inn (Wakefield, QC), among others. Festival appearances include "The Stan Rogers Festival" (Nova Scotia), "The Cutting Edge of the Campfire Festival" (Boston), "Ladyfest NY" (New York), an MPress Records showcase at the IndieGrrl Festival (Nashville), The Amherst Island Folk Festival (Ontario), and Island Folk Festival (Victoria, BC).
"Simply put, Campbell is well poised to one day inherit Joni Mitchell's place as Canada's quintessential female singer-songwriter," says Cindy Filipenko of Herizons.
Arlon Bennett's emergence in the Folk/Americana scene has grown steadily. His foot-tapping songs will draw chills, laughs, and the contemplative 'Hmmm...' while he engages you with an All-American 'aw-shucks' charisma that you don't see around too often. While accumulating songwriting awards throughout North America, he has opened for such acts as Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Jill Sobule, Michael Smith, Lesley Gore, and has sung with Livingston Taylor. Arlon also was twice selected by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, to perform in his Music2Life showcase featuring America's best songs of social consciousness. Arlon is equally proud that his lyrics to "The Ace in Grace" (from his 1999 debut, Fountain of Dreams) were used in the official statue dedication of late tennis champion, humanitarian and personal hero, Arthur Ashe.
When: April 29, doors open at 5:30, music at 6pm
Where: Listen Live Music at the , 510 East Main St, Macungie PA
Details: $10 in advance at listenlivemusic.org or at the door. Seating is limited to 50. $5 fruit and cheese plates, pasteries, desserts and snacks, coffee, tea, soda, water will also be available.