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Tampa Bay Buccaneers' new duds are real . . . duds (w/video)
03/06/14ColumnsFor years, Ed Glazer has lived in the shadow of his sibling rugrats, Spanky and Alfalfa, as they hogged all the glory in running those Butterflies of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It has generally been Ed, when he wasn't playing jacks in his office, who was widely credited with inventing all the excitement and feverish bacchanalia in the stands at Helloooooo Sucker Stadium whenever the Daisies of Dale Mabry moved the ol' pigskin into (cue the Gladiator theme) the RED ZONE!!!! ...
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03/06/14ColumnsYou don't need to be Matlock to realize that in this potential courtroom drama St. Petersburg College is probably going to lose.
After all, the college would be arguing for campus safety, common sense and the need to preserve a modicum of academic freedom free of yahoo-esque intimidation.
But this is Florida, the Gunshine State, which has adopted a Deadwood-like mind-set that one must be fully armed 24 hours a day in case some brigand with evil intent sits in front of you in a movie theater, or the Agenda 21 crowd descends from the black helicopters....
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If all goes according to plan, within a year or so Tarpon Springs will be home to one of the biggest indoor gun ranges in the Southeast.
The Reload Gun Range calls for a 57,533-square-foot building that will house 45 various shooting ranges from 100 yards all the way down to 15-yard distances for gun-happy Floridians to hone their "stand your ground" skills bumping off teenagers playing music too loudly or feloniously walking through apartment complexes armed with ice tea and Skittles, or perhaps exacting justice on people who — with full premeditation — dare to text their child's babysitter while sitting in a movie theater....
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03/03/14ColumnsTo you, dearly beloved gentle reader, it might appear that today marks the beginning of the Florida Legislature's annual 60-day session in which our dedicated elected public servants gather to make life better for one and all across the state regardless of race, creed, gender or economic status.
Isn't that quaint, in a McGuffey Reader sort of way?
Forgive a pinch of cynicism, but you might be better off regarding the next nine weeks of stupid that are about to commence as more along the lines of "Eight Years a Knave."...
Tension between schools' MaryEllen Elia, April Griffin palpable
02/28/14ColumnsWinston Churchill once wryly observed in referring to his imperious, difficult ally Charles de Gaulle that of all the crosses he had to bear during World War II none was more burdensome than the Cross of Lorraine.
You have to suspect that whenever the Hillsborough County School Board meets, superintendent MaryEllen Elia peers over at her nemesis, board member April Griffin, and thinks: "This is going to be another bumpy night."...
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02/28/14ColumnsHere is a little-known fact that ought to qualify Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos to hold on to the job in perpetuity.
The Cretekos family tree includes the great opera diva Maria Callas.
You'll recall that in her lifetime Callas was the paramour of a fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate who was cruelly indifferent to her emotional needs, frequently abusive and otherwise acted like an insufferable bully....
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02/27/14ColumnsYou are traveling through a another dimension — a dimension of sound (cue crinkling dollar bills), a dimension of sight (cue a martini), a dimension of mind (cue an empty vessel). You have just entered "The Tallahassee Zone."
Oh, the terror of it all.
Perhaps you are wondering how it was possible for Deloitte Consulting, a company that was awarded $63 million in taxpayer dollars to create a state unemployment benefits website, to turn out to be as efficient as Lucille Ball on a candy wrapper assembly line. ...
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Please let this missive serve as a warm welcome to our gated, chi-chi, hotsy-totsy, insanely upscale neighborhood. All the best for the coming Tampa Bay Buccaneer season in which we sincerely hope you manage to catch more than 22 passes for an electrifying 212 yards, or about $327,000 per reception....
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02/20/14ColumnsIf there is necessary arcane skill intrinsic to running any form of government it is having civil servants expertly trained in the high arts of graphs, flow charts and organizational tables.
And thus the latest draft of a proposed proposal of a concept relating to an idea loosely connected to an initiative concerning the future of the city's very own ruin-in-waiting — the Pier — has plopped on the desk of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman....
Ruth: Hung out to dry in the eye of the storm
02/20/14ColumnsThere came a point as Citizens Property Insurance president and CEO Barry Gilway droned on about the international insurance market, CAT bonds, HO3 policies, loss ratios and Florida domestics when I began to feel like Laurence Harvey's poor brainwashed prisoner of war in The Manchurian Candidate.
Gilway, who met this week with the Tampa Bay Times editorial board, waxed euphoric over Citizens' success in pushing policyholders off on fly-by-night concerns like Big Stinky's Sticky Ribs and Property Insurance. Then I was snapped out of my catatonic state when he suggested he wants the company to become the Mr. Rogers of insurance....
Ruth: End student fair day and let families gorge, gawk in peace
02/20/14ColumnsReader alert. This column is about to take issue with one of Hillsborough County's most literal sacred cows.
A simple question. Now that it is, thankfully, over, do we really need the annual tribute to a heart attack on a stick, otherwise known as the Florida State Fair?
This year's fair ended with about 40,000 fewer people attending the event. It ended with the death of a 14-year-old boy. It ended with a night in which some 200 youths disrupted the fair running through the midway fighting, stealing food and otherwise acting like complete dopes as law enforcement seemed incapable of maintaining security. Best of all, it ended....
Ruth: Book 'em, Danno, on Ignorance 101
02/17/14ColumnsWe all know where this is likely headed — somewhere around 1859.
For if state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Fire and Brimstone, gets his way, Florida's school districts could well find themselves thrown into academic anarchy.
Hays is sponsoring a bill in the Florida Legislature — not to be confused with a citadel of the Enlightenment — that would remove the state from selecting public school textbooks, leaving the choice solely up to individual school districts. Think of Hays' addled idea as an attempt to introduce Common Snore Standards into Florida classrooms....
Column: Publix shopper saved from yearlong exile
02/13/14ColumnsAt long, long, long last the much-anticipated grand opening finally arrived. And no, I am not referring to the Florida State Fair, our region's annual tribute to clogged arteries.
This was far more important. Finally, the Publix at Fletcher Avenue and N Dale Mabry Highway reopened its doors after a nearly yearlong renovation. And for all of us who are twisted, pathetic creatures of habit, once more life has meaning again. ...
Ruth: Personal foul, intolerance, on NFL
02/13/14ColumnsJudging from the fears of a plague of boils descending upon the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, one would conclude that before Michael Sam crushes his first quarterback the NFL will be forced to hire Project Runway's Michael Kors to design its uniforms.
In just a few days since the University of Missouri All-American defensive lineman announced he is gay, Michael Sam has gone from a highly touted NFL prospect to a potential locker room pariah, as if in its 90-year history no manly man battling it out on the gridiron has ever been a homosexual....
For Jolly, Rubio endorsement not all it's cracked up to be
02/13/14ColumnsBy DANIEL RUTH
Times Columnist
Meet Florida's most junior United States Sen. Marco Rubio, the political world's version of a walking Bermuda Triangle.
For nothing is destined to disappear faster from the radar screen than a full-throated endorsement from the Little Lord Fauntleroy of the Potomac.
Florida's plebe senator was in Pinellas County a few days ago to endorse Republican congressional candidate David Jolly, who is vying to succeed the late Rep. C.W. Bill Young. And with that, Jolly would have seemed to have locked up the avatar vote....


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Oh, and Cho said that tho he does think Drummond will be a good player he's just too raw to be playing with Biz...so it appears he got ruled out fairly early. I think everyone feels Biz was Cho's "push for" pick so it's not surprising that he'd be considering him in thinking about fit. It probably also insinuates that Cho thinks Biz will be > Drummond as he also said he's all about picking the best available and trading for fit.


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IUCN Commission on Environmental Law reaches out to newly formalised International Renewable Energy Agency
IUCN, through representatives of the its Commission on Environmental Law (CEL), attended the final Preparatory Commission Meeting and the Inaugural Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which took place in Abu Dhabi on 3 - 5 April 2011. At an audience with the newly elected Director General, Adnin Amin from Kenya, he expressed the desire to work with other organizations like IUCN, and obtain research assistance. …
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Thinking beyond the norm: Linking energy systems and environmental implications
Proactive rather than reactive planning is needed to ensure that energy systems go in the right places," said Anare Matakiviti, IUCN Oceania Energy Programme Coordinator in opening the regional workshop on "Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for renewable energy projects" held in Nadi, Fiji in April. …
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Projet « Elevage comme moyen de subsistance » : Restitution de l'étude de collecte des données de Base au Tchad
Dans le cadre du démarrage de ses activités, l'équipe du projet « Elevage comme moyen de subsistance » a commandité au Tchad tout comme dans les deux autres pays d'intervention du Projet (Cameroun et Nigeria), l'étude de collecte des données de base. Cette étude a été menée pour identifier les portes d'entrée du projet de même que les différents sites prioritaires qui méritent une attention particulière en termes d'intervention. …
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Fox News Coverage Of Obamacare Was Extremely Misleading
I happened to turn on the Hannity show on Fox News last Friday evening. "Average Americans are feeling the pain of Obamacare and the healthcare overhaul train wreck," Hannity announced, "and six of them are here tonight to tell us their stories." Three married couples were neatly arranged in his studio, the wives seated and the men standing behind them, like game show contestants.
As Hannity called on each of them, the guests recounted their "Obamacare" horror stories: canceled policies, premium hikes, restrictions on the freedom to see a doctor of their choice, financial burdens upon their small businesses and so on.
"These are the stories that the media refuses to cover," Hannity interjected.
But none of it smelled right to me. Nothing these folks were saying jibed with the basic facts of the Affordable Care Act as I understand them. I understand them fairly well; I have worked as a senior adviser to a governor and helped him deal with the new federal rules.
I decided to hit the pavement. I tracked down Hannity's guests, one by one, and did my own telephone interviews with them.
First I spoke with Paul Cox of Leicester, N.C. He and his wife Michelle had lamented to Hannity that because of Obamacare, they can't grow their construction business and they have kept their employees below a certain number of hours, so that they are part-timers.
Obamacare has no effect on businesses with 49 employees or less. But in our brief conversation on the phone, Paul revealed that he has only four employees. Why the cutback on his workforce? "Well," he said, "I haven't been forced to do so, it's just that I've chosen to do so. I have to deal with increased costs." What costs? And how, I asked him, is any of it due to Obamacare? There was a long pause, after which he said he'd call me back. He never did.
There is only one Obamacare requirement that applies to a company of this size: workers must be notified of the existence of the " healthcare.gov" website, the insurance exchange. That's all.
Next I called Allison Denijs. She'd told Hannity that she pays over $13,000 a year in premiums. Like the other guests, she said she had recently gotten a letter from Blue Cross saying that her policy was being terminated and a new, ACA-compliant policy would take its place. She says this shows that Obama lied when he promised Americans that we could keep our existing policies.
Allison's husband left his job a few years ago, one with benefits at a big company, to start his own business. Since then they've been buying insurance on the open market, and are now paying around $1,100 a month for a policy with a $2,500 deductible per family member, with hefty annual premium hikes. One of their two children is not covered under the policy. She has a preexisting condition that would require purchasing additional coverage for $800 a month, which would bring the family's grand total to $19,000 a year.
I asked Allison if she'd shopped on the exchange, to see what a plan might cost under the new law. She said she hadn't done so because she'd heard the website was not working. Would she try it out when it's up and running? Perhaps, she said. She told me she has long opposed Obamacare, and that the president should have focused on tort reform as a solution to bringing down the price of healthcare.
I tried an experiment and shopped on the exchange for Allison and Kurt. Assuming they don't smoke and have a household income too high to be eligible for subsidies, I found that they would be able to get a plan for around $7,600, which would include coverage for their uninsured daughter. This would be about a 60 percent reduction from what they would have to pay on the pre-Obamacare market.
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Andrew Carmellini and pastry chef Karen DeMarco want Locanda Verde to be a neighborhood spot.
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In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
Josh Mandel, state treasurer and Republican U.S. senatorial candidate for Ohio, is denying he physically confronted a campaign tracker. According to Mandel, the tracker approached and confronted him, not the other way around. But the video of the confrontation shows Mandel approaching and getting really close to the tracker first. Ohio Democrats, who said Mandel's campaign is a "campaign of unending dishonesty," were quick to jump on another example of Mandel possibly being dishonest. CityBeat covered Mandel's notorious dishonesty here. Mandel is running against Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown.The presidential debates are tonight at 9 p.m. A full schedule of future debates can be found here. Whoever does better, keep in mind debates rarely influence elections.
Michelle Obama was in town yesterday. She spoke to a crowd of 6,800, asking them to take part in Ohio's early voting process and encourage friends and family to do the same.
Grocery store competition could soon be bringing lower prices to the Greater Cincinnati area, according to analysts.
JobsOhio chief Mark Kvamme is stepping down. The high-profile venture capitalist, who was originally from California, was originally recruited by Gov. John Kasich to lead the Ohio Department of Development. But soon Kvamme hopped onto JobsOhio, a nonprofit company established by Kasich and the state legislature to bring investment into Ohio. Under Kvamme's leadership, JobsOhio, which is supposed to replace the Department of Development, has brought in 400 companies to invest in Ohio, leading to $6.1 billion in capital investment, according to a press release. But the nonprofit company has been heavily criticized by liberal groups like Progress Ohio, which say JobsOhio is unconstitutional. Lower courts have generally legitimized Progress Ohio's claims, but the Ohio Supreme Court recently turned down a case dealing with JobsOhio. The court said a lower court would have to give a declaratory judgment first.
William O'Neill, former judge and Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, is asking Republican justices Robert Cupp and Terrence O'Donnell to "recuse or refuse." O'Neill says the Republican justices are sitting on cases that involve FirstEnergy, an Akron-based energy company that has contributed to the re-election campaigns of Cupp and O'Donnell. O'Neill says the conflict of interest diminishes faith in the highest court of Ohio's justice system.
A new study on Taser use in Hamilton County found local law enforcement have some problematic policies on the books and in practice. The study was put together by a local law firm that's demanding policy reform.
Americans United for Life (AUL) is celebrating a federal court ruling against Planned Parenthood that maintains Ohio regulations on an abortion drug. The regulations require physicians to administer the drug in a clinic or physician's office, and the drug may only be taken within 49 days of gestation. AUL says health groups like Planned Parenthood want to avoid sound health regulations, but Planned Parenthood argues the regulations make it too difficult for women to use the drug.
Natalie Portman is in a new commercial in support of President Barack Obama. In the ad, she touts Obama's support of women's rights.
It seems most Americans are avoiding or can't afford as many trips to the doctor as before.
One of the most lucrative criminal enterprises in the world is wood.
It turns out the vampire squid is not a lethal ocean predator. Still, who wouldn't run away from that?
In-person early voting is underway in Ohio. Find your nearest polling booth here.
State Rep. Alicia Reece, a Democrat, is not happy with what she sees as another attempt at voter suppression. Reece claims a new billboard, which reads "Voter Fraud is a Felony," is meant to intimidate voters — particularly voters in low-income and black neighborhoods. The company hosting the billboards says there are 30 billboards like it in Greater Cincinnati and the sponsor of the billboards, who chose to remain anonymous, did not ask to target any specific demographic.
The second presidential debate is tonight at 9 p.m. All eyes are on President Barack Obama to deliver a better performance than he did in the last debate against Mitt Romney. The media was quick to jump on the post-debate bounce in polls Romney experienced a mere week after the debate, but political scientists say debates typically don't have much political significance in the long term. Still, the debate will be a good opportunity for Obama and Romney to flesh out their positions and show their abilities to reach out to the public. The full schedule of the remaining debates can be found here. The agreed-upon rules to the debates were leaked yesterday. One notable rule says the candidates may not ask each other any direct questions during any of the debates. Both the Romney and Obama campaigns made a fuss about tonight's debate moderator possibly asking follow-up questions.
But the debate isn't the only important presidential test
this week. While in Youngstown, Paul Ryan, Republican vice presidential
nominee, tried to show he can pass the dish washing test, but little did
he know that savvy media outlets were ready to call him out on his
dishonesty. Brian Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De
Paul Society, said Ryan was only at the group's soup kitchen for the
picture and didn't do much work. The visit apparently angered Antal, who
said his charity group is supposed to be nonpartisan.
Ohio is still weighing options regarding a Medicaid expansion. Critics of the expansion are worried the expansion would cost the state too much money. However, previous research shows Medicaid expansions can actually save states money by lowering the amount of uncompensated care. Medicaid expansions in other states also notably improved lives.
One analyst says Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble will see stronger growth in the future.
A controversial ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court is sparking some local debate. The ruling said juveniles are not entitled to an attorney during police interrogations preceding a charge or initial appearance at juvenile court. Under state law, juveniles are allowed to have attorneys during "proceedings," and the Ohio Supreme Court interpreted "proceedings" to mean "court proceedings."
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced 6,665 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in September. The number is up from September 2011, when 6,143 new entities filed to do business; but it's down from August 2012, when 7,341 entities asked to do business in Ohio. The numbers show a steady economic recovery.
The Ohio Turnpike may get a few changes soon. A new Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) study shows a few options for Gov. John Kasich's administration: lease the turnpike, give it over to ODOT or leave it alone. If the turnpike is leased or handed over to ODOT, tolls will likely rise to keep up with inflation and two maintenance facilities will shut down. However, the revenue generated could be used for new transportation projects — a goal for the Kasich administration. Kasich is set to make his decision in about a month.
In other Ohio Turnpike news, Turnpike Director Rick Hodges announced turnpike tow truck companies will soon be paid less but allowed to charge customers more.
Scientists want to measure human consciousness. The technology could gauge whether vegetative patients retain any awareness.
Meanwhile unemployment in Cincinnati dropped to 7.5 percent in August, down from 8.2 percent in July. Unemployment in Hamilton County dropped to 6.8 percent in August, down from 7.3 percent. The Greater Cincinnati's jobless rate for the month was 6.7 percent, putting it below that of the state (7.2 percent) and the nation (8.1 percent).
Speaking of numbers, a new poll released today shows Obama leading Romney in Ohio – the third such poll in the last four days. The Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll shows Obama leading Romney 53 to 43 percent in Ohio, and by similar large margins in the battlegrounds of Florida and Pennsylvania.
The typically media-shy Republican Ohio Treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel proposed three new rules for members of the U.S. Congress in a rare Tuesday news conference. He said he wants members of Congress to lose their pensions if they became lobbyists, be limited to 12 years in the House and Senate and not be paid if they failed to pass a budget. Mandel says his opponent, sitting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, broke his promise to voters that he would only serve 12 years in Congress. Mandel himself promised to fill his entire term as state treasurer, but would leave halfway through if he wins the Senate race.
The governors of Ohio and Kentucky continue to move toward jointly supporting a financing study for a replacement of the functionally-obsolete Brent Spence Bridge, and both governors favor a bridge toll to fund construction. The Kentucky Legislature would have to approve a measure to allow tolling on the bridge.
Forty percent of Hamilton County's septic systems are failing, and homeowners and utilities are arguing over who should foot the $242 million bill. The Enquirer has an analysis of the ongoing battle.
The Associated Press reports that Andy Williams, Emmy-winning TV host and "Moon River" crooner, has died.
The Enquirer is still doing all it can to keep the Lacheys relevant instead of letting them die off like all bad 90s trends like Furby and Hammer pants. The paper blogged that Lachey finished in the bottom three in the first week of the new Dancing with the Stars: All Stars.
Speaking of those replacement NFL refs, apparently some of them were fired by the Lingerie Football League for incompetence. Yes, there are totally unrelated pictures of women playing football.
After taking a two-month summer break — with a week for some committee hearings and a council meeting — Cincinnati City Council has canceled its meetings for the first half of September.
The council meetings for Sept. 6 and 12 have been canceled, along with all committee meetings for the first week of September and the Job Growth Committee meeting for Sept. 10.
Jason Barron, spokesman for Mayor Mark Mallory, said the council meetings were canceled due to the Democratic National Convention, which is occurring in the first week of September. Barron said many of the Democratic officials in the city are delegates to the convention.
Asked why the City Council meeting was canceled for the second week of September, Barron said he didn't know.
Council did meet once in August, where they approved a ballot measure to lengthen council terms from two to four years, as well as a plan to undo the sale of the Blue Ash airport.All of the committee meetings for the week of the DNC were canceled as well. Strategic Growth Committee chairwoman Laure Quinlivan is not a delegate to the convention, but is attending, an aide said.
Council members Roxanne Qualls and Cecil Thomas, who chair the Budget and Finance and Public Safety Committees respectively, did not respond to CityBeat's requests for comment as of Friday afternoon.
A special meeting of the Rules and Government Operations Committee is meeting on Sept. 10 — the first committee meeting after the summer break. An aide to committee chairman Wendell Young says the committee is meeting to receive a report from a task force charged with recommending ways to put grocery stores in so-called "food deserts" — neighborhoods where fresh food isn't readily available.
The Livable Communities Committee and Major Transportation & Infrastructure Sub-committee are meeting during the second week of September, but the first full council meeting isn't until the 19th.
Council still has a few big-ticket items it is expected to deal with this year, including proposed budget cuts from City Manager Milton Dohoney (expected to be laid out in November) and the approval of a new city plan, which shifts development emphasis from downtown and Over-the-Rhine to the city's other 50 neighborhoods. More on that plan here.
There are 16 political pieces in the plastic bags, including an ad for the anti-Obama movie You Don't Know Him. All but one are properly labeled with disclaimers that show who paid for each piece. For example, the Mitt Romney flier says it was paid for by the Romney campaign. The Sean Donovan for Sheriff of Hamilton County was paid for by Donovan for Sheriff. But a piece that attacks U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is a mystery — nothing identifies its source. You cannot discover who is behind it. The flier lists 10 reasons why Ohio voters should replace Democrat Brown with Republican candidate Josh Mandel. The piece concludes by saying, "This November 6, Vote for New Leadership for Ohio. Vote Josh Mandel for Senator."
The secret source of the handbill has the earmarks of a dirty trick. Laws and rules governing electioneering make it clear printed material seeking to influence voters must disclose where it came from. The mandatory disclaimer is what a person endlessly hears on TV commercials — "I'm so and so and I paid for this ad." Print material has the same requirement — "Paid for by Save the Seahorses" or whoever is responsible.
So whoever gave the conservative ladies the anti-Brown handbill for their plastic bags seems to have broken the law. Perhaps it was the coal mining industry, perhaps it was the Chinese government, perhaps it was Ayn Rand back from the dead. Without a disclaimer there is just no way to know who paid for the anti-Brown attack. You are left to guess. All we know is that the writer didn't have the guts to stand behind the attack. They preferred shadowy and sneaky over open and upright.
The Federal Election Commission publishes the rules campaigns must follow. It says, "On printed materials, the disclaimer notice must appear within a printed box set apart from the other contents in the communication. The print must be of a sufficient type-size to be clearly readable by the recipient of the communication, and the print must have a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement."
By the way, the group that is tossing the plastic bags into driveways calls itself Women for Liberty. There is no website for the group, although it appears to be an offshoot of another group with the same name that is based in a Washington, D.C. suburb and cites a libertarian philosophy.
Their highly accurate texts were created without seeing the scrolls and they shattered secrecy created by a cabal of scholars who for decades restricted other researchers' and translators' access to the ancient documents.
Steve Rosen's recent Page 1 story in the Enquirer got that right. The other scoop was my 1991 Enquirer story reporting Wacholder and Abegg's triumph. Our photo showed visually impaired Wacholder looking at a dramatically enlarged image on a Mac.
Their ordeal had its origin in a promise by then-HUC president Nelson Glueck in 1969. He agreed to house 1000-plus photographic images of the scrolls lest something happen to the originals. He also agreed with scholars controlling access to the scrolls that no one else would see the HUC negatives while the original scrolls existed.
That included Wacholder. To his frustration, HUC honored that promise even after Glueck's death and despite the growing international controversy over restricted scholarly access to many of the original scrolls.
Today's Biblical Archaeology Society website, biblicalarchaeology.org, recalled how Wacholder and Abegg got lucky in 1989. Chief editor of the scrolls John Strugnell sent a copy of a secret concordance of the Dead Sea Scrolls to Wacholder. It "consisted of photocopies of index cards on which every word in the unpublished scrolls was listed, including its location and the few words surrounding it." It was their Rosetta Stone.
Wacholder and Abegg programmed the Mac to apply their knowledge of ancient literature to the data in the concordance. "I'm sick and tired of all this waiting," he told me at the time.
In 1991, the society's Biblical Archaeology Review published the reconstructions, breaking the more-than-40-year-old monopoly on the scrolls.
And when jealous scholars challenged the accuracy of the reconstructions, Wacholder was dismissive. "I'll match my knowing of the . . . texts - even blind — any of them.
Wacholder died last year. Abegg became professor and co-director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University in British Columbia.
• I've described my fear that the Cleveland Plain Dealer — long Ohio's best daily — will follow other Advance Publications into print obscurity. PD journalists also heard the clatter of bean counters and created the Save The Plain Dealer campaign. Earlier this year, Advance — another name for Newhouse family publications — the New Orleans Times-Picayune as a traditional daily. It fired lots of journalists and now is printed three days a week to accommodate heavy advertising. Surviving journalists also work online every day. With that innovation, Newhouse made New Orleans America's largest city without a daily paper. Smaller Advance dailies suffered the same fate. Poynter.com quoted an email from PD science writer John Mangels earlier this month:
"The multimedia campaign will begin Sunday with a half-page ad in The Plain Dealer, to be followed by bus and billboard ads throughout the city. TV and radio ads will appear soon. There will be mass mailings and e mailings to elected officials, political and business leaders and other people of influence. We'll have a Facebook page with an abundance of content, a petition on Change.org, and a Twitter feed. We're also working to organize community forums where we'll discuss the future of journalism in Northeast Ohio, and the potential impact of the loss of the daily paper and much of its experienced newsgathering staff."
Later, reached by phone, Mangels told Poynter that PD management hasn't said anything about Advance's plans. "The only detail that we've been told by our bosses here is that major changes are coming, layoffs in some number are coming," Mangels said.
• Have you noticed how GOP aspirants for the 2016 presidential nomination are using long-reviled mainstream news media (MSM) to distance themselves from Romney and his disdain for retirees, veterans, Hispanics, African Americans, and young adults? I love the GOP's irony deficit. They've spent decades teaching True Believers that the MSM is an evil, liberal cabal, not to be trusted. Now, these same Republican 40-somethings want voters to believe what the mainstream news media tell them about their aspirations and sagacity. They're also fleeing Romney's transparent hypocrisy and its blowback; benefits to Democratic constituencies are meant to buy votes but benefits for GOP constituencies never, ever should be understood as a way to woo financial support or votes.
• Here's an angle I haven't encountered in post-election coverage: an almost inevitable GOP win in 2016. Not only is a second elected term unusual for modern Democratic presidents, but a third term for either party is rare. Since FDR in 1940, only popular Republican Ronald Reagan was succeeded by a Republican, George H. W. Bush. I'm not alone if my reading to liberal columnists is a fair indicator of grudging agreement. They want Obama to push through agendas they've advocated for the past four years and to find the cajones to fight for his nominations when they go before the Senate led by Kentucky Pride Mitch McConnell.
• Propaganda-laden cable news and TV/radio talk shows can lull angry, fearful partisans and voters into believing what facts refute. And I mean refute not rebut. Anything out of sync with those GOP media was rejected as MSM bias. Whether it was a Pavlovian response, delusional thinking or magical realism, the result was Republican candidates, consultants, strategists, voters and Fox News were stunned when state after state went for Obama. Carl Rove went into a spin of denial on Fox News as election returns came in; he believed what Fox News had been telling him for months: Romney in a walk. What was that cliche, something about drinking the Kool-aid?
• This from Eric Alterman in his What Liberal Media? column in The Nation: "They watched Fox News, read The Wall Street Journal, clicked on Drudge and the Daily Caller, and listened to the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Karl Rove, Dick Morris and Peggy Noonan promise them that their Kenyan/Muslim/socialist/terrorist nightmare was nearly over. One election was all that stood between them and a country without capital gains taxes, pollution regulation, healthcare mandates, gay marriage and abortions for rape victims."
Alterman continued: "The less wonderful irony involves the supporting role the mainstream media played in this un-reality show. Post-truth politics reached a new pinnacle this year as major MSM machers admitted to a lack of concern with the veracity of the news their institutions reported. 'It's not our job to litigate [the facts] in the paper,' New York Times national editor Sam Sifton told the paper's public editor, Margaret Sullivan, regarding phony Republican 'voter fraud' allegations. 'We need to state what each side says.' 'The truth? C'mon, this is a political convention' was the headline over a column by Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post 'fact-checker.' Yes, you read that right."
How bad was it? Alterman quoted Steve Benen, a blogger and Rachel Maddow Show producer. He "counted fully 917 false statements made by Mitt Romney during 2012. Just about the truest words to come out of the campaign were those of the Romney pollster who explained, 'We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.' But not only did many members of the MSM give Romney a pass on his serial lying; they actually endorsed his candidacy on the assumption that we need not take seriously any of those statements the candidate had felt compelled to make in order to win the nomination of his party."
• In the expanding universe of online calumny, few American public officials or public figures strike back big time in part because of broad First Amendment protections available to defamers. British libel law makes it much easier for the victim to win. The latest target of false online vilification is Lord Alistair McAlpine. BBC implicated but didn't name him in its spreading child abuse scandal. However, so little was left to the imagination that in Britain's media/politics hothouse that McAlpine was named in myriad tweets.
BBC quickly admitted error and paid him almost $300,000 to salve his bruised feelings. ITV — Britain's Independent Television — followed BBC with apology and more than $200,000 for inadvertently accusing McAlpine of abusing children.
McAlpine is offering to accept a tweeted apology and modest payment from most of the tweeters. He's less forgiving of 20 members of Parliament, journalists and other public officials and figures. They probably face costly libel actions in a country where it's almost impossible for a defendant to win.
• Assume every microphone in front of you is "on." You don't warm up with "There once was a man from Nantucket . . . " on the assumption that mic is dead. Myriad public figures have ignored that Law of the Jungle to their pain. The latest is Jonathan Sacks, Orthodox chief rabbi of Great Britain, who delivers a "Thought for the Day" regularly on BBC radio's Today program.
Here's the Telegraph report and another statement from the overworked BBC apology machine. After Sacks finished and apparently assumed his mic was turned off, host Evan Davis asked, "Jonathan, before you go, you know, any thoughts on what's going on over in Israel and Gaza at the moment?"
Lord Sacks sighed, before replying: "I think it has got to do with Iran, actually."
Cohost Sarah Montague realized Sacks did not seem to know his remarks were being broadcast and she could be heard to whisper: "We, we're live."
Lord Sacks adopted a more formal broadcasting manner and suggested the crisis demanded "a continued prayer for peace, not only in Gaza but for the whole region. No-one gains from violence. Not the Palestinians, not the Israelis. This is an issue here where we must all pray for peace and work for it."
Later, BBC apologized for catching Sacks off-guard. A spokesman said: "The Chief Rabbi hadn't realized he was still on-air and as soon as this became apparent, we interjected. (Host) Evan likes to be spontaneous with guests but he accepts that in this case it was inappropriate and he has apologized to Lord Sacks. The BBC would reiterate that apology."
• So far, I haven't found a news angle beyond prurience in the Petraeus resignation. Yes, there could have been a national security issue, but once then-spymaster Petraeus went public about his extramarital affair, he couldn't be blackmailed. We'll never know how well the CIA would have run under Petraeus, but turning it further into an almost unaccountable paramilitary force with its fleet of deadly drones killing Americans abroad and others would not have been in the national interest. We need a good spy agency. Killing people you're trying to subvert and convert is a lousy game plan.
• Admiring and available women are no stranger to powerful public and corporate leaders. Generals are no exception. Neither are social climbers hoping to use them. All that's missing from the Petraeus soap opera is for some just-married junior officer to claim his general exercised droit du seigneur.
• We can wonder what their frequently mentioned Lebanese origins have to do with the Tampa twins' roles in the Petraeus soap opera, or whether Paula's arms are fitter and better displayed than Michele's. After that, let's get to the fun stuff: the ease with which law enforcement obtains our emails.
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a belated Thanksgiving note. Somehow, I found a turkey on the
Copperbelt in Central Africa where I was editing the new daily Zambia
Times. I did my best to explain how to roast it with stuffing to the
cook in the house I was caring for. He served it that evening with
obvious pride. It was brown, roasted over open coal on a spit he'd
tended for hours. The stuffing was special beyond my dreams: the
sonofabitch had used the kosher salami I'd hoarded for months for
stuffing. I thanked and praised him through clenched teeth and dug in.
It was memorable. And awful.
New legislation will be introduced by Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld on Feb. 19 to require all rental properties to be equipped with photoelectric smoke detectors.
Photoelectric detectors are supported by fire safety advocates because they better detect smoldering, smoky fires. According to the vice mayor's office, these kinds of fires have been linked to more fatalities than the flaming, fast-moving fires picked up by the more traditional ionization smoke detectors.
The ionization detectors also pose another risk: They are often set off by cooking fumes, leading many homeowners and tenants to simply pull out the batteries to turn the detectors off. In some cases, people forget to put the batteries back in, putting them at greater risk of a fatal fire.
Ionization detectors are more common in homes because they are typically cheaper. Their ability to pick up fast-moving fires also makes them better suited for catching fires that can spread more quickly.
Qualls and Sittenfeld are introducing the legislation after hearing stories from Dean Dennis and Doug Turnbull of Fathers for Fire Safety, who both lost children to house fires. "After meeting with Dean and Doug, hearing their story and learning more about photoelectric alarms, we knew we had to do something locally to better protect citizens," Qualls and Sittenfeld said in a joint statement.
The legislation has been endorsed by the Cincinnati Real Estate Investors Association and the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Apartment Association. Representatives from both organizations will join Qualls, Sittenfeld, Dennis, Turnbull and Fire Chief Richard Braun in a press release unveiling the legislation at 10 a.m. on Feb. 19.
The National Fire Protection Association recommends the use of both kinds of detectors. Hybrid detectors with both photoelectric and ionization technologies can be purchased, but they are more expensive than their individual counterparts.
Officials with the Hamilton County Board of Elections have announced the processing will occur today, Thursday and Friday. A total of 286 provisional ballots are being tallied in a Juvenile Court judge race, in compliance with a recent order from a federal judge.
The ballots are being counted today until 4 p.m., as well as from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, and from 10:30 a.m. until the work is completed on Friday. The board's offices are located on the third floor at 824 Broadway Ave., downtown.
Also, the Board of Elections will hold special meetings this week. Both will occur Friday; one at 10 a.m., the other at 4:30 p.m. Board members will discuss "pending litigation" related to the Hunter-Williams race.
Earlier this month a federal appeals court upheld a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott that 286 provisional ballots should be tallied in the 2010 race between Democrat Tracie Hunter and Republican John Williams.
Hunter seemingly lost by just 23 votes out of nearly 230,000 ballots cast by county voters, but 286 ballots weren't counted because they were cast by people who showed up to vote at the correct polling place but were misdirected by poll workers and voted at the wrong precinct table.
Hunter filed a lawsuit in
federal court alleging the ballots should be counted. Dlott had ordered the
local Board of Elections to precisely determine how many ballots weren't
counted due to poll worker error, before she decided. That's when local
Republicans appealed the order.
Williams alleged poll workers correctly followed Ohio law and excluded the
ballots, and that they shouldn't be tallied. The GOP tried to get the U.S.
Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter, but it declined to hear the case in
April 2011. That put the matter back in Dlott's court.
Since the dispute began, Williams was appointed to another vacant Juvenile
Court judgeship in November 2011.
The Ohio Ballot Board on Thursday approved new summary language for Issue 2, which would take the decennial redistricting out of the hands of politicians and task a nonpartisan commission with redrawing congressional lines. The Dispatch reports that the new summary removes factual inaccuracies and included previously omitted information about who would select members of the new citizens commission. Secretary of State and Ballot Board Chairman Jon Husted said the board tried to make the language as generic and concise as possible, but Democrats and voter advocates say the new language is too long and technical and would confuse voters.
Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld became the first elected official in the nation to host an online town hall. The Enquirer reports that Sittenfeld is taking questions on the online tool CrowdHall and by next Friday will have answered them via text or video. He is also asking Cincinnatians to post suggestions as to how they would balance the budget or spend the new casino revenue.
Rush Limbaugh on Thursday theorized that Al Qaeda colluded with President Barack Obama to give up Osama bin Laden to help Obama look good and win reelection.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney defines "middle income" as $200,000 to $250,000 a year. The Associated Press reports that Romney made the comments during an interview broadcast Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America." The Census Bureau meanwhile reported this week that the median household income is just over $50,000. CityBeat's reporting staff wishes management would promote us to middle income level.
Speaking of ABC, they're being sued by Beef Products Inc. for $1.2 billion over a report of the beef filler "pink slime." The beef company says the defaming report disparaged the safety of pink slime.
Obama again apologized for America called Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and called on him and the Muslim Brotherhood to stand with Washington against protesters who are attacking the U.S. Embassy in what The New York Times called a "blunt phone call."
Jimmy Kimmel took the iPhone 4S onto the streets, telling people it was the new iPhone 5, proving that Apple cultists enthusiasts will love anything the company puts out.


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You've probably heard mention of the Weeknd in the past year, and definitely if you get your music from the internet or have an eye on R&B. The gloomy cloud that's hanging over the genre (see: Usher's "Climax") might have originated with him, while his jagged, falsetto-ed recollections of the high life have become typical for stars like Drake. In 2011, he released three critically acclaimed mixtapes for free through his Tumblr, earning himself a record deal and a clutch of powerful friends. This week, those three tapes have been remastered and repacked as Trilogy, and early forecasts have it debuting at Number 2 on the Billboard charts next week (trailing, who else but One Direction). Who is this shady game changer with an earthly voice and good internet game?
Rihanna And Friends Celebrate Drake With Birthday Cards, We Steal Them From His Trash (Whoops!)
Today is Aubrey Graham's birthday, and as the talented singing-rapper completes his 26th year of life, he's smooth-talked his way into the hearts and minds of millions of fans (not to mention his fellow celebrity friends). Likely receiving countless gifts from friends, strangers, and business associates, Drake surely can't keep each and every token, no matter how personal some may be. And that's exactly why we decided to raid his garbage.
Dumpster diving is the classiest of adventures, especially when the trash you're sifting through belongs to Toronto's golden boy. Invasion of privacy, maybe, but like we're taught on various reality shows, what's discarded onto public property is considered free for the taking. Below are our findings: the front covers and inside messages of birthday cards from Drake's grandmother, Rick Ross, the OVO fam, his Rabbi, Rihanna, the Young Money crew, and Chris Brown are all revealed.
The Weeknd Cancels ACL Show Hours Before His Scheduled Performance
For new artists like The Weeknd, Austin City Limits music festival is the perfect venue to play for thousands of adorning fans while also gaining the attention of potential new ones. Unfortunately, those looking forward to watching the "Wicked Games" singer perform today may be disappointed. Hours before his 5:15 p.m. set, The Weeknd cancelled his show due to doctor's orders. His vocals need to rest, which means we won't get to sing along to his sounds of seduction.
A statement was released apologizing for the no-show. "Regrettably The Weeknd will not be performing at ACL Festival today. Early this morning, under Doctors instructions, Abel has been put on a rest period to help with recurring vocal, aural and respiratory issues. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to fans. We hope he will recover quickly. There will be a personal statement later today." DJ Mel was called in to perform in The Weeknd's slot. New artists can't afford to cancel shows, especially not one as large as the ACL Festival. Oftentimes bailing on performances doesn't sit well with fans or the hosts of the festival. But since it was for medical purposes, hopefully the strength of his eargasm baby-making music will help folks get over his absence quickly.
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Austin City Limits Music Festival: Anctipating Top Notch Performances From The Roots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence + The Machine And Jack White
Along with 70,000 excited fans we've trekked down to Austin, TX (where it's 80 degrees!) for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival to partake in the live shows by bands that run the gamut of Red Hot Chili Peppers to Florence + The Machine to The Roots to The Black Keys. It's going to be a jam packed three days of rocking out and grooving at Zilker Park to an eclectic mix of sounds. Aside from our excitement to try Austin's famous mouth-watering barbeque, we're anticipating unforgettable moments that shall go down in music festival history. Read more…
Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream Puts The Soul Back In R&B, Despite His Feeling That The Genre Has Become A 'Caricature Of Itself'
Kaleidoscope Dream is the magical sophomore album by Miguel, an LP in which he infuses the sounds of rock, soul and funk into the expanding box that is modern R&B. On "Adorn," which is currently No. 1 on the Hip-Hop/R&B charts, he croons about love and intimacy over the funky bass line. "'Adorn' is romantic, but it's dirty at the same time," he told us the day his album dropped. "It's all the highs of love with all the coolness of the party." Then there's "Use Me," "Do You," "Arch & Point," and "Pussy Is Mine" that explore the beauty of intimacy. While "Do You" is as much about the sensuality ("Do you like hugs? Do you like love?") as it is about sex ("I wanna do you like drugs tonight"), the provocative "Pussy Is Mine" is completely about Miguel's friend with benefits making him feel like it is all his. Read more…
The Weeknd's "Rolling Stone" Keeps It Simple
Sure the self-directed black and white visual to The Weeknd's "Rolling Stone" is minimalistic. There's Abel Tesfaye with a woman's arms wrapped around his neck. And a black backdrop. That's it. What looks like a camera flash flickers and that sums up the video. The beauty, however, is in the simplicity. With little action on screen it's easier to focus on the instrumentation of the African drums, the soft guitar strings. His voice resembling the serene sound of a waterfall is enough to carry the three minute clip. Sometimes less really is more.
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Make Wiz Khalifa and The Weeknd "Remember You" Or Else Be Forgotten
Wiz Khalifa brings the high energy party vibe to a track whereas The Weeknd's Abel Tesfaye offers breathy R&B. For Wiz's "Remember You" from the pushed back O.N.I.F.C. (set to release December 4) the two collaborated for a mix between a sultry slow jam and smooth rap offerings focused on the good life. Against the deep bass, distant booms and scratches, Abel's vocals are steady–not low, not quite high–as he pleads for said woman to make him remember her. Read more…
The Weeknd Finally Goes Major, Releases A New Version Of "Wicked Games," Teases New Album
To say that The Weeknd, the shadowy and affected R&B project of Toronto's Abel Tesfaye, has "buzz" would be to significantly undercut his last two years. Bolstered by a major cosign from Drake, who posted about him on his OVO blog and then featured him prominently on Take Care, and the success of his Florence + The Machine and Lady Gaga remixes, he's gone from a specter on the Internet to an "Must See" act at all the summer's big festivals and "must sign" on every record exec's list. Well, three chillingly good self-released mixtapes and a seat saved next to Diddy later, he's finally been got.
Earlier this week, Tesfaye announced that he will be re-releasing his trio of 2011 Weeknd mixtapes (House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence), mixed and mastered, as Trilogy with the backing of Universal Republic on November 13th. Additionally, he says he's back in the studio working on bonus tracks — "New music for my fans" — for his major label debut. Read more…
Last Lap: Lana Del Rey Releases Official Album Track List
Lana Del Rey Releases Official Album Track List
The day everyone spent the second half of 2011 pining for is almost here — Lana Del Rey's Born To Die album release. The Princess Of Buzz has released the track listing, but don't get too excited, you've already heard most of it before. [NME]
Paul McCartney Reveals The Inspiration Behind Kisses On The Bottom
Did anyone else get some seriously vivid imagery of Paul McCartney kissing someone on the butt when they heard the name of his new album? Luckily, McCartney revealed the titled of the album, Kisses On The Bottom, is a lyric from Fats Waller's 1935 song, "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself a Letter," which has cleared our minds of foul thoughts. Phew. [Billboard]
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga And Tyler The Creator Lead List Of O Music Awards 2 Nominees
The inaugural O Music Awards were held in Las Vegas back in April of this year, and we were there with behind-the-scenes coverage every step of the way (remember our punch drunk interview with Rebecca Black?). The show was such a resounding success that the powers-that-be have decided to hold another one this year. On Halloween, no less! We'll have more details on location and timing of the event to follow in the coming days and weeks, but for now, check out the complete list of O Music Awards 2 nominees and begin voting TODAY.
New York, NY, September 27, 2011 ? Following the success of the inaugural O Music Awards from April, MTV Music Group today announced that O Music Awards 2, the multiplatform event celebrating and honoring the artists, innovators and fans of digital music culture will return for this year?s second awards festivities live on October 31, 2011. The multiplatform experience will utilize MTV Music Groups multiple screens. Fans will be able to watch the entire show live on OMusicAwards.com, as well as select performances across MTV Music Group websites (MTV.com, VH1.com, CMT.com, LogoTV.com and MTVHive.com). In addition, there will be integration in television, mobile and tablets. This cycle?s nominees span multiple musical genres and decades and include a mix of established and up-and-coming artists.


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Samsung Galaxy S3 4G issues
Ok so i was really excited about going from my iPhone 4 to the S3 4G model.
Looked so good on paper and had heard good things about it.
However since i have got it about 3 months ago, im now at the point where i just want to throw it at a wall and go out and by an iphone 5.
I can deal with the short battery life due to 4G draining the battery.
However, it is constantly freezing and restarting, and also lags like a at certain times. I type a sentence of text and look up and the phone is half way through the sentence still catching up -_- I will admit the restarts are a lot faster than an iPhone which i like, but in comparison the iPhone would only freeze maybe once every 6 months at the most so it was never a problem, as opposed to every day..
But recently what annoys me the most of all, over the past two weeks, i will be messaging people and then my message wont send. I go back out of the message to the list of all my messages, and it says i have no messages. So it pretty much deletes all my messages and i cant send a new one. I need to restart the phone to get them all back. Definatly not what i wanted in a phone.
I have heard of others who have had the problem too.
Anyone here having the problem, or had the problem and have a fix for me so that i dont have to throw it at a wall and go and get an iphone 5.
Thanks - 01-21-2013, 07:01 PM #2Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M - 4.2.2
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S3 4G issues
Hmm wouldnt be surprised. Someone mentioned there was an option in message settings that automatically deletes messages when the trail goes past a certain number. However that wouldnt account for deleting every single message in my phone. And if it was this option then they wouldnt come back when i restart the phone.
I turned the option off anywyas just to rule it out. Sure enough it kept happening later that night..and the next day....and the next -_- - 01-22-2013, 03:11 AM #4
Re: Samsung Galaxy S3 4G issues
I have NEVER had my S3 freeze on me, not once. And even with all my battery saving options on, it doesn't lag when typing. You either have a lemon, or you have jam packed it so full with apps or something on the internal memory or an app you have installed is causing all your issues. What do you have installed app wise?
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- 01-23-2013, 09:20 PM Thread Author #6
Re: Samsung Galaxy S3 4G issues
Not a lot at all since i have gotten it.
Just the standard things that came on it, facebook, skype, twitter, shazam, instagram, and the only game i have is temple run.
I always close them and every day i do a ram clear too.
It has the telstra software that came with it too. Other than that thats about it i think
Is there any way to delete S Voice? Someone was mentioning that was crashing their phone here and there.
So could be something to try i guess. It just frustrates me more than anything and i never use it. - 01-24-2013, 10:01 AM #7
Re: Samsung Galaxy S3 4G issues
I have had every single one of these problems as well! On a daily basis!! It is driving me insane. This is the second phone I have had, because the first one had problems as well. I am also with Telstra, and I emailed the store I got it from, and all they said is I would need to go through the same process again as the first time. Which means they send it off for 2 weeks, all they do is a factory reset, and send it back!! I love the phone, but I am over the problems!!!
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To eat organic or not eat organic, that is the question. Well not really – if price and convenience of shopping were not a consideration I'm assuming we would all eat organic. At least those of us that have eaten organic and recognize the importance/benefit! I love organics, crave organics and honestly cannot walk into a local, organic grocery store without experiencing a little bit of the Big O!! The colors, the smells – everything is alive, fresh, and brimming with nutrients. You should eat how you want to look and feel – bright, enthusiastic and crisp. Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables at each meal and eat them first!!
According to Live the Organic Life.com the definition of "Organic" refers to food grown without synthetic pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, hormones, fertilizers or other synthetic or toxic substances. No artificial flavors or colors have been added. Organic food does not include foods that have been irradiated or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Organic food is produced by farmers who focus on using reusable resources and to conserve the soil and water so to ensure environmental quality for future generations.
Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.
Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, or sewage sludge-based fertilizers, bio-engineering, or ionizing radiation.
We recognize that eating organic may be more inconvenient and costly than running to your corner grocer or big box store and stocking up. But the benefits far outweigh the costs - especially on the "Dirty Dozen". This is made up of the 12 fruits and vegetables that are the most contaminated with pesticides - which are bad for all of us but can be most harmful to pregnant women and children. The top 5 offenders include apples, celery, strawberries, peaches and spinach. As a general rule I always recommend to patients to try to buy organic products if you consume the skin of the fruit or vegetable. I also suggest buying organic butter and organic/free range animal products as well since hormones and chemicals are stored in the fats of the animals we are consuming.
On a lighter and cheaper note to compliment the Dirty Dozen we also have the Clean Fifteen. These are the produce with the least amount of chemicals and pesticides. The top contenders are onion, sweet corn*, pineapple, avocado and asparagus. The Clean Fifteen do not need to be organic. However - most sweet corn is genetically modified (GMO) so I would personally recommend buying organic sweet corn if you're looking to stay away from GMO.
The full list of both the dirty dozen and clean fifteen can be found at http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/. Print it out and put it with your shopping list. Try to eat 5-10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, an apple a day won't keep the doctor away but if you tell her you're eating 5-10 she'll be ecstatic!!
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August 02, 2011 at 08:21 PM
Thanks!y Your advice to "buy organic if you consume the skin of the fruit or vegetable" is easy and helpful to remember when I'm at the store and can't remember which fruits/veggies to buy organic. It sure is expensive but like you said - worth it in the end.
August 02, 2011 at 08:57 PM
Thanks for the information. I am suspicious about the designation 'Organic' because I am uncertain who is monitoring the foods and how stringently it is controlled. I am unfortunately wary about those kind of claims in the store since it would be an easy way to make more money. However, I know that foods that are truely organic are much healthier for our bodies. My Dad had a huge garden when I was growing up and he grew nearly all our produce using the methods in a large textbook entitled, "Organic Gardening" ... and that was long before 'organic' became a buzz word. There is a significant difference in the flavor as well as the nutritional content of the foods.
I did not know about the 'dirty dozen' or about the 'clean fifteen' and that was useful information to me. Thanks for getting accurate information out there!
Jan Leasure
August 03, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Dee; I never thought about the tip of "consuming the skin" as a reminder of what to buy organic -- what a great and simple thing to remember. So I have a question then; Would citrus (limes, lemons, oranges, grapefruit, etc.) not need to be organically grown to be pure, etc?
Dr. Jade Leasure
August 03, 2011 at 04:05 PM
Unfortunately eating organic can be very costly. Stick to buying organic if you consume the skin helps decrease the cost for those items you should always have organic. As far as limes and lemons - if you are using the rind, I would most certainly buy organic. If you are not, and are only eating the inside (such as a banana or orange), you can stick to regular!
Dr. Jade Leasure
August 03, 2011 at 04:22 PM
Thanks for your comment Dee! Sometimes when we get to the store its overwhelming with all the choices, labels, numbers and more. Having a way to pick and choose which are absolutely necessary to have organic, and which we can do without is a great help!
Dr. Jade Leasure
August 03, 2011 at 04:25 PM
It's amazing to compare something like a raspberry that is organic to one that is not. The colors are completely different, and the taste varies too! If only everyone could have their own "victory gardens", we would save quite the $$ at the markets! We are glad we could clear up some information and hopefully make shopping for fruit and vegetables a little easier!
Sandy Mejers
August 03, 2011 at 08:05 PM
Thanks, for the great info. I personally love anything that's organic made. Nothing beats knowing that the food I'm consuming was all naturally made and chemical FREE! And although it is a bit more expensive to shop on the organic side, it's definitely worth every cent!
Walter Trillhaase
August 04, 2011 at 12:31 AM
My theory is that we waste a lot of money on junk. If we put it into our bodies we should be willing to spend a little more to eat healthier. In the long run staying healthy will help keep you out of the doctor's office. That in turn will save more than you are spending on fresh and organic foods.
Jan Leasure
August 04, 2011 at 02:57 AM
Your comment is interesting; I hadn't looked at it from that angle, but the money spent treating my parents for serious health issues that may have been postponed or eliminated with a consistent healthier diet were far more costly than any healthier alternative foods would have been.
Dr. Jade Leasure
August 04, 2011 at 03:12 PM
Absolutely! Thanks for the support Sandy. It's our personal goal to educate the public on the importance of what we put in our mouths. Don't forget also that the fewer the ingredients the better the product! Your apple and zucchini don't have or need nutrition or ingredient labels!! If you can't pronounce an ingredient you probably shouldn't be putting it into your body - organic or not! ;)
September 10, 2011 at 09:01 PM
WOW! What a wealth of information! I completely agree- "You should eat how you want to look and feel – bright, enthusiastic and crisp". We have started slowly buying more and more organic. At first I was overwhelmed and didn't know where to start however given some thought we started with what we consume the most of. This was dairy- no growth hormones please! My kids consume a TON of milk so we started with milk and yogurt, continued on to eggs and butter. My family also loves fruits especially strawberries- which are now on the organic only list! Since we have made these small but powerful changes we have all felt better! We too crave organics and fresh crisp tastes! Thank you for the information! Keep it coming!!!
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