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I Can't Sleep When I Have Too Much On My Mind
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 5,979 People
I get to feeling so restless.I don't go to bed till like 1:00-2:00
thatgirlkay 22-25, F 1 Response 5 May 9
People always ask me,why I hardly sleep! Stress, that is the cause. I stress about everything. Can I pay this bill, student loans, keeping the car up todate, etc... I have worked since it was legal, and I feel like the more I work, the more things keep piling up. I can't sleep with this stuff on...
vbedwell90 22-25, F 2 Aug 18
Sleep eludes me every night.. Not good for someone with seizures sadly this is my life. Too much on my mind is an understatement... I'm glad some people on here are night owls like me. I just wish I could turn my mind off just for a little while...
Beanbella 31-35, F 3 Responses 3 Jul 26
This happens more oftenthan not lately...and then I wonder if there are others I know awake at the moment. I need an off button for my mind, a "do not disturb" sign in my brain for my thoughts to see and flee from entering. I need someone to cuddle with, a gentle touch and warm embrace. Physical...
RedHotCrazyPerson 22-25, F 2 Responses 6 May 8
And Then My Sister Said ThisI can't sleep tonight. My life has been a stressful mess for several months.... OK, that was a lie. My life has been stressful for several YEARS. I thought I was hiding it well... The fear, the hurt, the sorrow. I have a younger Sister. We are very close... I love her, I...
Kathieredart 56-60, F 79 Responses 54 Feb 19, 2013
Alright, more about me besides my fetish.It is almost 4am and I can't sleep. It's not the "I can't turn off my computer therefore I can't sleep," it's "I have been lying in bed for hours and I gave up trying for a bit." The reason I'm on my computer now is because I'm looking to stimulate my brain besides my thoughts...
Hairaddict67 22-25, M 1 Response 4 Aug 18
Damn, Like right now,it's just annoying sometimes, but well I think too much always, I just think, think, think and think until I found something different to do and I'm just thinking about stupid things now
Melotellixx 13-15, M 4 Jun 4
I've never been able to sleep properly.Even if I go to bed early I always end up thinking and thinking. It's my fav pastime so I cannot do anything but analyzing my day and repeat scenes in my mind.. And sometimes also think of responses I will have when people ask me this or that. I love pretending I know what...
yetanotherhuman 26-30, M 2 Jul 26
It Never Fails.....if i have too much on my mind i can't sleep. no matter what. especially when i had trouble sleeping the night before. its been happening a lot lately
violet1698 31-35, F 2 Responses 4 May 12, 2013
I keep waking up every hour (which sucksso freaking damn much) and school just started, making it all the more suckier. One thing goes out of my mind, another thought decides "OH LETS FUDGE WITH THIS CHICK'S MIND JA?!" and thoughts just keep coming in and won't go away. I wish they would. I. NEEEEEEED...
HollowDreamer 13-15, F 2 Responses 3 Aug 13
Like today i do t knowwhy i have so much on my mind that i cant sleep even though i am tired i cant
desirejanice 22-25, F 2 Responses 3 Jul 22
When words fail to express my feelings,tears flow........
SeeRainbow 26-30, F 3 Aug 13
Uncertainty... Why me?Is this really happening? This really sucks
vtec213 13-15, M 0 Jul 26
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AshleysExperience 18-21, F 4 Responses 5 Feb 4
I went into work early this morningbecause I never went to sleep last night. I was sick of laying there....and being busy is what I do best these days. Now I'm exhausted and back at my place. Take out food would've been a good plan again tonight because I don't even want to bother with making anything...which...
Triscuitan 26-30, M 1 Response 1 Jul 9
Even now, at a time where the nights are nearlyat their shortest, I'm awake and aware, laying on my bed in a nearly pitch black room. Clouds are covering the moon and stars, so the only light I've got is coming from the very tablet I'm using to type this message. Although I'm not dreaming, my head has been infested by a...
TypeCleverNameHere 18-21, M 3 Responses 4 Jun 9
Its like having a thousand voices scream inyour ear and how can you possibly sleep with that😒... This is like 6 out of 7 days of the week so i guess you can call me the walking dead 😂
verox3 16-17, F 2 Responses 4 Jul 13
I seriously need sleep man!I wish there was a mute button to my mind. And a shut down button for my body. So that I can sleep peacefully for once :] I'm serious though lack of sleep is making depression and self harm come back. Like, NONONONO YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!! Reason why I'm 0 days clean Reason...
ravenzewolf 13-15, F 3 Jun 17
So all the time I can't sleep I don't alwaysknow exactly what's going through my mind but there's always something for me to think about that doesn't allow me to fall asleep. Oh well I can live with it.
WolfForLife 13-15, F 3 Responses 5 May 21
Stop trying so hard for peoplewho don't care.
BehappyToday 18-21, F 1 Response 7 May 15
things don't always turn out the way you wantthem to. And sometimes it's really hard to accept and move on. As I slowly grasp the concept, losing sleep is I guess part of my process. It sucks.
shellseverywhere 18-21, F 1 Response 0 Jul 20
SamanthaH234 22-25, F 2 Responses 5 Apr 5
All the damn time even last night these lastfew days have been a battle just to fall asleep and wake up on time like ****
jadetumbler 16-17, F 1 Response 1 Jul 14
SeeRainbow 26-30, F 1 Response 7 a week ago
Soo this is random but I can't sleep .Okay so have you ever been attracted to someone you know you can't have ? What do you do ? Or are you really confident and no you can have it all .
amandalovee24 22-25, F 2 Responses 6 Apr 29
I can't sleep because I think way to much.. And it's always about **** I regret.. I take sleeping pills but doesn't help much. And by the time I fall asleep it's like 4am and I sleep till like 4pm ugh! Lol
stayyoungx 18-21, F 4 Responses 7 Jun 17
Thinking and trying to resolve thingsbut why now? 1-6.30 am all I want to do is sleep and forget about it for an uninterrupted 8 hours or so..
yewus 22-25, F 1 Jul 21
There's so much going on right now....that feeling of being pulled in different directions and not being able to relax is getting to me. I can't remember the last time I had a decent nights sleep. ****, I can't even get my thoughts in order. I seriously need a break from some of the stuff life's been tossing this...
CrowdOfOne 41-45, M 5 Responses 4 Feb 27
This is so me. Every litle thing on my mind,my mind sees as an excuse for not having to sleep.- J.
jaimson 26-30, F 5 Jun 4
Sleepless NightsDo you ever just lay in bed and think or just stare into the darkness? I stare into the darkness for hours on end and can still not clear my thoughts. My thoughts consume my me. I try not to let it get to me, but it does. I can't shake the feeling of remorse for things I wasn't...
Jaybugg 22-25, F 5 Responses 5 Nov 20, 2013
I really need to sleep.But I feel like writing so many emotions right now. My mind is tingly with ideas. I am having trouble settling my problems I get OCD when it comes to problems. Uggghhh. I want to get ny sleeping pattern right again. It does not help I am not comfortable in bed. T_T
Wewerethereinthattime 18-21, F 4 Jul 7
2.25am and I'm wide awake,so much going round and round in my head. Thoughts, feelings, emotions so many things to think and worry about.
Lulu77xx 26-30, F 4 Responses 6 Apr 2
I really need someone to talk toif there's anybody willing to talk please message me i feel like I'm at the end of my rope
soulalchemist28 22-25, M 2 Responses 0 Jul 13
jaymarkus 26-30, M 2 Responses 4 Jul 20
It's 2:21 and as usual,I'm awake. Worried and stressing... Thinking and debating....
shayex3 26-30, F 1 Response 3 Jul 3
It's one of those nightswhere you just think so much your up all night and all morning.
Winteric 18-21, F 2 Responses 4 Jun 10
This was me last night.I hate that so much.
roselani2005 26-30, F 2 Responses 5 Aug 18
Nearly 1:00 in the morning.Too much going through my mind. Grieving and lonely. Tomorrow will be brighter. Tomorrow will be better. If only tomorrow would come.
handledwell 31-35, F 5 Responses 4 Jul 20
I only sleep when cognitively I have beendrained up until night leaving a few hours to sleep
XxTheInsanePegasixX 18-21, M 1 Response 4 May 21
There's always so much on my mind Especiallyat night , so much to think about words and thoughts turn me on
birdblu 31-35, F 6 Responses 7 Dec 30, 2013
God...I'm so tired but can't fall back asleep!I have so much on my mind. I wish I had money, it would solve so many problems! Everyone thinks I'm a money tree and keeps asking and asking and don't know I'm working my *** off here to support myself.
lostandlonelyone 36-40, F 2 Responses 2 Jul 26
jejeal 18-21, F 1 Response 4 Jun 11
I rarely get a lot of sleep now,because I usually can't stop thinking of people, or things.
youtubeninja 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Aug 4
My bed is comforting,but I'm laying here and not sleeping. Any ideas???
Smilescute2971 41-45, F 6 Responses 4 Jan 8
All the negative thoughts appear.What people may think of me. Do they like me? Do they hate me? Do they think I'm pathetic? Do they think I'm a loser? Do they think I'm a weirdo? When these thoughts appear in my mind, I find it hard to sleep at all. Negative thoughts keep me awake at night. And for some reason...
Skywalker1979 31-35, M 1 Response 2 Aug 9
Too Many Thoughts...My brain won't shut off. It won't slow down. It won't stop thinking up new thoughts. Think. Think. Think. Question. Question. Question. I'm so tired...and yet my brain won't let me sleep. Too much to process. Too much to think about. Too much to do. Too much. Too much Too much...
KassieKat 46-50, F 8 Responses 5 Oct 28, 2011
LikeALullaby 13-15, F 7 Responses 9 Jun 16
I Am So Sleepy...I am so sleepy, but I can't seem to sleep. I toss and i turn but no comfort at all.so I am sitting here trying to make sense of this. Not a clue.. I have to get up at 6am. It is now 3:47am and not a wink...I think it's too much on my plate to the point that it's affecting...
Vont 46-50, F 1 Response 4 Feb 22, 2013
Sometimes it's not because I can't sleep,but because I don't want to because I'm so absorbed in my own thoughts...
RedHotCrazyPerson 22-25, F 3 Jul 21
Why is it soooo easyfor my husband to sleep after we've had an emotional, argumentative day and yet I'm wide awake for the third night in a row? He's just snoring away. He fell asleep after a somewhat awkward conversation in which we were supposed to be working some things out. Seriously?! I'm glad...
Adub712 26-30, F 1 Response 4 Jan 9
"A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow." - Charlotte Bronte
evhutton 36-40, F 2 Responses 3 Aug 8
Its 3am and i should be sleepingbut instead i am thinking experiences that are making me depressed #FML
shadow010 26-30, M 2 Responses 4 May 17


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Pedro to throw sim game on Friday
Heavy rains postpone Thursday's scheduled start vs. Nats
VIERA, Fla. -- The start to Pedro Martinez's season has been delayed. No, not due to injury -- this time, due to rain.
Heavy thunderstorms blanketed the east coast of Florida on Thursday evening, forcing the cancellation of a scheduled game between the Mets and Nationals at Space Coast Stadium. Martinez will instead pitch a simulated game on Friday at 9 a.m. ET at the team's Spring Training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Normally, Martinez's start simply would have been pushed back a day. But with the Mets facing one of their longest road trips on Friday -- a 115-mile drive to Winter Haven to face the Indians -- the team wasn't inclined to bring him along. He had joked earlier on Thursday about the hour-long drive to Viera being the longest he was willing to endure this spring.
So Martinez will throw his simulated game while Oliver Perez makes his scheduled trip to Winter Haven. Thursday's start would have been Martinez's first of the spring, and his first Grapefruit League appearance since 2006. He missed all but four weeks of last season recovering from rotator cuff surgery on his pitching shoulder.
This delay, unlike that delay, was not due to injury, but Martinez was still willing to take the blame.
"I'm El Nino," Martinez yelled, walking through the clubhouse tunnel at Space Coast Stadium and taking claim for the rain. "Big phenomenon. Once every 10 years, El Nino comes."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CATEGORIES MoviesYou'd think being president of the United States would be a dramatic enough occupation, but no. Being leader of the free world is isn't exactly a low-stakes assignment, but in the dream-life of our movies, we also need our presidents to be two-fisted action heroes.
Exhibit A: This weekend's "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," which imagines the Railsplitter splitting open the heads of undead bloodsuckers with an ax. Its star, Benjamin Walker, has already made a career out of playing bare-knuckled presidents, starting with his lead role in the Broadway rock musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." In his comedy act, he's joked that he's been offered such projects as an erotic thriller inspired by the adulterous Warren G. Harding and "James Buchanan: Mars Patrol."
If that's not enough, coming up this September is "FDR: American Badass!" The low-budget, tongue-in-cheek feature stars Barry Bostwick as the wartime leader, who, despite his polio, manages to slay werewolves while seated in a wheelchair pimped out with wheel-mounted machine guns.
And it's not just movies and plays. There's also artist Jason Heuser's set of prints and parody film posters depicting several presidents as muscular fantasy heroes. There's a Walker-esque Lincoln wielding a machine gun and riding a grizzly bear, another Lincoln as a Keanu Reeves-like "Matrix" hero, a zombie-hunting George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt fighting Bigfoot, John F. Kennedy hunting aliens while astride a mechanical unicorn galloping on the moon, Thomas Jefferson fighting gorillas in the jungle, and Franklin D. Roosevelt turning his wheelchair into a Transformer-like armored robot, in an imaginary movie called "FDR: Battle for America" (tagline: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Offering You a New Deal You Can't Refuse").
Of course, the trend isn't entirely new. We've long made our presidents into action movie heroes -- think of Charlton Heston as the young Jackson in 1958's "The Buccaneer" or Cliff Robertson recreating JFK's World War II exploits in "PT-109" (1963). We've even invented fictional presidents who are macho warriors, like Harrison Ford's terrorist-punching prez in "Air Force One" (1997), or Bill Pullman's alien-hunting fighter-pilot in "Independence Day" (1996). Sometimes, art even spills back into real-life, as with former National Guard pilot George W. Bush donning a flight suit and striking a Pullman-esque pose for his "Mission Accomplished" photo op in 2003. Even presidents themselves, then, are susceptible to our need to make the office-holders seem larger than life.
Where does that need come from? In part, it's that we're a young, manufactured country with no organic mythology, so we have to invent one. As the makers of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" have noted in interviews, Lincoln's actual biography (rising from nowhere to save the Union) reads like a superhero origin story. Other presidents, from George Washington to George H.W. Bush, really were war heroes whose actual combat valor was part of their personal mythology.
Still, we've seen the trend accelerate in the last few years. Most likely, that's because, over the past two decades, we've had presidents who were perceived as young and vigorous, with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama representing a new generation of leaders born after World War II. So it's no wonder that their presidencies would inspire macho fantasies. (All three recent presidents are younger than Harrison Ford was in 1997.)
More cynically, political gridlock makes us yearn for a hero who can break through the stalemate and get things done. We all sometimes think of the president, whoever is in office, as an ineffectual figurehead who's not doing enough to advance our own personal policy platforms, so we fantasize about someone who's more hands-on and take-charge.
If that's so, then presidents should beware. The public that lionizes you one day and can turn on you the next. It's the flip side of the same coin that presidents who are regarded as larger-than-life heroes can also become larger-than-life monsters. Just check out the Heroes in Action line of presidential monster action figures. Abraham Lincoln becomes Lincolnstein, Ronald Reagan is a mummy, JFK is Phantom of the White House, Richard Nixon is the Monster from the Watergate Lagoon, Bill Clinton is a werewolf, George W. Bush is a zombie, and Obama is the vampire Baracula.
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Chicopee, Mass - October 6, 2013 - The Springfield College men's soccer team won its fifth-straight game of the season on Sunday led by Danny Amato (Newington, Conn.) with two assists. The Pride shut out host Elms College, 3-0.
The Pride improve to 9-2-0 on the season while Elms drops to 4-7-0. In the last five games, Springfield has outscored its opponents 17-1, posting four shutouts in that span.
After playing 36 minutes of scoreless soccer, Springfield broke through when Drew Sommer (West Chester, Pa.) fired a shot that found its way into the net to give the Pride a 1-0 lead. Amato delivered a long pass from the right wing to set up the scoring chance. Sommer is tied for a team-high seven goals on the season.
Leading 1-0 at intermission, Springfield added to its tally eight minutes into the second half when Amato and Ryan Malone (Chicopee, Mass.) executed a give-and-go following a short corner kick service and Malone deposited the ball into the back of the net to set the score at 2-0. Malone also has seven goals on the season.
The Pride struck again with a set piece at the 78:28 mark on when Tyler Allen (Southbridge, Mass.) lifted his corner kick to Drew Vanasse (Concord, Mass.) who finished with Springfield's third and final tally.
Zach Richard (Millbury, Mass.) made six saves including four in the first period to keep a clean sheet for the Pride. Nick Pennant (Kingston, Jamaica) made six saves for Elms.
Springfield travels to Framingham State on Wednesday for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference game. Elms returns to non-league action on Wednesday at Suffolk University at 8:30 p.m.


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Major: I am double majoring in International Relations and Economics
Country you grew up in: Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, when I was 6 months I moved to the US and grew up in Philadelphia for around 7½ years before returning to Indonesia for 10 years.
Nationality: Indonesian
Parent Occupations: My dad is a pastor and lecturer at a seminary and my mom serves in my church while being a housewife
High School: Sekolah Pelita Harapan International Lippo Village
What was your high school like?
I attended a private international Christian school located in the suburbs of Jakarta that uses the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma Program as its curriculum for the 11th and 12th grade. Over my years there it has become a second home where the teachers and staff are your friends and mentors who help guide you to grow both spiritually and academically. It also emphasizes a strong community through involving students through house team competitions, fantastic performing arts and student committees.
Out of thousands of schools in the U.S., why Calvin?
I have always wanted to return to study in the US and for starters I wanted to attend a Christian college. At first I had two other choices aside from Calvin: Biola and Dordt. Essentially Calvin offered me a great financial aid package which was in fact the key factor in my decision. However aside from that I got to talk with Calvin grads who taught at my high school about life on campus in which I became quite attracted to the prospect of enrolling at Calvin. After choosing and coming to Calvin I have to say that I could not have made a better choice and everything from academics to the community has since exceeded my expectations.
What opportunities for spiritual growth have you participated in?
I attend chapel at least 3 times a week and occasionally go to LOFT or attend a local church near campus. I am also involved in Calvin's Mentoring Program and thus I have a mentor, Professor Mikael Pelz who is also a professor in the political science department. Through our meetings he has helped me recognize goals and priorities and has encouraged me to reflect on my own growth and faith and to succeed both academically and spiritually at Calvin
What's the best class you've taken, or the best professor you've had?
POLS-207 (Introduction to International Relations) was a class that was particularly important for me. Taught by Professor Amy Patterson in the fall semester of my freshman year, I learned to become passionate about international relations. Though I had already chosen IR as a major upon enrolling, the class helped confirmed my fascination with the area of study. Though she has left Calvin, Professor Patterson was a great lecturer who was not only one of the first to challenge me academically but was always ready to help her students succeed in the class. Another great professor for me would be Professor Van Der Heide who has spent time in Indonesia working with government officials and as a result we both have a shared interest in the country which has been the topic of many of our discussions. In fact his experience, helpfulness and passion for economics further influenced my decision to double major in economics.
What challenges have you faced at Calvin?
One of them would definitely be balancing academics, social life and working on campus. It can be difficult especially when you have to sacrifice some of each in order to fully balance the three into your college life
How have you been helped by the student resources available to you?
Calvin Link has been a useful way for me to find jobs on campus and it has led to me applying for several on campus jobs and even getting a great summer job on campus.
What is your most memorable experience at Calvin?
There are so many memorable times at Calvin that I can list however here is one that stands out. As part of a floor activity I had the opportunity to collect sap from Maple Trees throughout campus and turn them into syrup. One night in particular was when I was with close friends just talking, laughing and snapping photos while keeping an eye on the cooking sap to the late hours of the night during a cold winter night. That night made me realize how blessed I was to be at Calvin and to have such great friends.
What do you usually do for fun on the weekends?
Hanging out with friends for sure, whether it is through midnight soccer, round robin ping pong or just staying up late and talking, we always manage to find something fun to do. Calvin also has lots of events and activities happening throughout the year which I usually join in on.
What is Grand Rapids like?
It is a little town that I have grown to love. Being in Western Michigan Grand Rapids is also home to many strange weather patterns that I am quite fascinated by.
How do you get involved at Calvin?
For one I try to attend Calvin hosted events whether it is watching the Hope-Calvin game, watching $1 movies, Calvin's Got Talent or Rangeela. I am also a staff writer for the Chimes newspaper and I write about national news on a weekly basis. Recently I have been involved in the Econ Club where I went on a trip to Chicago to visit businesses such as Google and met with Calvin alumni working in the city. From floor retreats to dorm banquets, there are lots of ways to become engaged with others in the Calvin community. My floor in particular gave me the opportunity to camp and kayak the famous Sleeping Bear Dunes and canoe down the Manistee River. I also help out at Supper House, a service learning opportunity for my dorm and in the fall I will be working for the Student Academic Services as both a tutor and academic coach.
Favorite: Dance Guild, Rangeela or Airband?
I think all are absolutely incredible events that everyone should go see whenever possible! Nevertheless I would say that Rangeela is noteworthy because it reflects the diversity of Calvin's campus and allows everyone to be involved and to get to know various cultures through dance.
What is the community like at Calvin?
Living in 1st van Reken, an intentional living-learning co-ed community floor, I have met some of the closest friends that I have at Calvin who I am blessed to have. International Passport has also given me the opportunity to meet many other international students who not only share my passion to study and succeed but also come from similar backgrounds forming a solid foundation that I have forged close friendships on. In the Calvin community the professors are accessible and accommodating towards the students and can pave the way to even friendships and mentorships. In truth Calvin has a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere which is great for international students moving to a new country.
Funniest prank someone did to you
Some of my friends on my floor love to post random silly statuses on my Facebook account whenever I am away and leave my laptop open in the floor lobby.


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Your Turn, NH: Who would really benefit from repeal of stand-your-ground?
At the time, Gov. Lynch expressed concerns that drug dealers would murder each other and the police would be unable to prosecute them under the law. Others with more of a flair for the dramatic cried there would be blood in the streets. Those concerns have proved to be unfounded over the past year and a half as the people of New Hampshire have quietly gone about their business, avoiding trouble whenever possible, with many knowing that they are much less likely to become a victim of violent crime.
Senior citizens, women and others the violent criminal sees through his predator eyes as weaker and defenseless are no longer forced to endure beating, robbery and worse. They now have the right to use deadly force in self-defense.
That right is now under attack in New Hampshire because of a bill introduced by Rep. Steve Shurtleff, Democrat from Penacook. Rep Shurtleff's reason for repeal is "because something tragic might happen."
More scare tactics with little substance. Further, opponents of the stand-your-ground law have said you would not be able to sue if you were shot as an innocent bystander. But negligent discharge of a weapon is still a crime, and if you cause harm to an innocent bystander you can and likely will go to prison.
On the civil side, the courts interpret the law, so claims of exemption are nothing more than a gross exaggeration. So what is really behind the attempted repeal of stand-your-ground? As with most things political, follow the money.
Who will benefit from the repeal? With stand-your-ground, there are two protections afforded to the law-abiding citizen: the right of self-defense wherever you have the right to be, and freedom from civil suit if you are forced to defend yourself against a threat to your life.
If this law is reversed and you are confronted by a criminal while out of your home with no way for you to flee and are forced to use deadly force to save your own life, then you will first have to be judged by the police and prosecuting attorneys as to your justification. You will need an attorney to guide you through the process. It is likely a grand jury will be summoned.
Because you had no alternative but to defend yourself, then you will probably not be further criminally prosecuted. However, your real trial is just beginning as you are certain to be sued civilly by the criminal or the relatives of the criminal. The absolute best result you can expect is attorney's fees running into six figures. The worst result from the entire process is incarceration with total financial ruin and bankruptcy. Follow the money.
What the repeal bill does is throw New Hampshire citizens under the bus to the benefit of the trial lawyers. Indirectly some of the money it cost you because you were forced to defend yourself works its way back in the form of campaign contributions to those who took away your right of self-defense. Leave stand-your-ground alone and the people of New Hampshire will go about their business and walk the streets as citizens, not as potential victims.
Terry R. Phair is a retired financial manager in Greenland.
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Kaeden Spencer prepares to race at Akron
Ten year old Kaeden Spencer of Scottsbluff will be racing his soap box derby car in the 2013 national All-American Soap Box Derby race in Akron, on July 27th. Kaeden will compete against 450 other racers at the world championships with an opportunity to win a $50,000 scholarship after winning the annual Oregon Trail Soap Box Derby back in mid-June.
The Akron Derby is actually a weeklong event that leads up to Saturday's event on July 27th and there will be a parade welcoming the racers. They will have a button swap, where everyone who goes exchanges buttons, and they will be visiting the Cedar Point Amusement Park.
The event will also be broadcast on an ESPN channel. Businesses interested in sponsoring Kaeden should call Louis Spencer at (308) 631-7049.
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09-04-2009 18:46
Not sure about anyone else and not really seen any mention of this on forums anywhere.
I've been told that when i use the speakerphone option when making or receiving calls
the person on the other end can hardly hear me at all, no matter what enviroment i'm in.
I can hear clear and perfect, but since having it anytime i've used the speakerphone my voice seems
difficult to hear.
anybody else noticed any issues, or is this a know issue.
could this be fixed in the next update, or somethig that is the way it is.
10-04-2009 0:59
10-04-2009 12:37
ha ha.
it doesn't seem to matter how close or far my mouth is from the phone.
obviously if it's too close then the voice sounds muffled and too loud.
but even at a normal distance my voice does not sound clear at the other end.
10-04-2009 20:34
11-04-2009 10:32
thanks but i just think it's not very good at picking up my voice.
i'm not gonna be bothering re installing the firmware, not worth that kind of hassle.
30-04-2009 19:20 - edited 30-04-2009 19:23
Hi I have just bought a nokia 5800 and don't even know how to turn on the speaker phone during a call. This is my first touch screen phone, so don't suppose anyone could tell me how to use it could you?
Many thanks
01-05-2009 15:46
yea very simple.
make a call as per normal
once it starts ringing if you look at the screen there will be an
"activate loudspeaker" option.
01-05-2009 16:00
5up3rman wrote:
yea very simple.
make a call as per normal
once it starts ringing if you look at the screen there will be an
"activate loudspeaker" option.
Not always. See my post about the `Use BT handsfree' and how it replaced the activate loudspeaker button. Still looking for a root cause, but turning off bluetooth and turning off the phone and back on replaced the normal icons. Otherwise, I was stuck toggling between a non-connected BT and handset. Loudspeaker would only be available via the options button. This may be a bug. More investigation required.
04-05-2009 16:51
Hi there,
I have same problem like yours. Have you fix it by sending the phone to Nokia Care Centre?
11-05-2009 13:20
13-05-2009 23:22
14-05-2009 15:54
If this Post is helpful. A click on the White Kudos star is always Appreciated
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15-05-2009 11:25
28-06-2009 13:37
27-11-2009 18:20
I also have this problem (among others) with the brand-new Nokia 5800 I bought this week. Every call I've managed to make the person I've been speaking to says it's impossible to hear what I'm trying to say, phone keeps cutting out & is heavily distorted.
Is there any way of checking if my phone is from one of the "early" batch? Is there any point trying to get a different one from someplace else or is this problem no better even now? I'm not prepared to send this phone to Nokia to repair, I only bought it this week & I'm not about to send a brand knew phone to the manufacturer within 2 days of owning it, I'd rather get a refund.
13-01-2011 16:11
hi i have loudspeaker problem.when i make a call and then active loudspeaker the option is not work and then i press unlock key then it work and active loudspeakers Pl help me how to active loudspeaker without press unlock key ??????


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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents Silver Duo in concert with guest violinist Lydia Forbes on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus.
UMaine faculty members Phillip Silver, pianist, and Noreen Silver, cellist, form the Silver Duo. The Silvers welcome Forbes for the Homecoming weekend performance. The program includes the Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Major Op. 9 by Berlin-born composer James Simon, who was killed in Auschwitz in 1944. The remaining works are Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in G Major Op. 78 for Violin and Piano and the Trio No. 1 in B Major Op. 8.
The Silver Duo has received accolades from audiences and critics throughout Europe, Israel, the United States, Scandinavia and the Czech Republic. The Silver Duo is a sought-after group due to imaginative programming in which lesser-known masterpieces are presented alongside established repertoire favorites. Forbes is an internationally renowned soloist and chamber music performer. The member of the DaPonte String Quartet has performed throughout Europe and recorded with Sony Classical, CNM and Harmonia Mundi.
Admission is $9, or free with a valid student MaineCard. For tickets or disability accommodations, call the Collins Center for the Arts, 207.581.1755. Tickets may also be purchased at the door one hour prior to the show. The performance is supported, in part, by a grant from the UMaine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.


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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group has launched a new website providing information for advisers on tax credits, child benefit and other 'products' of HMRC.
The site – www.revenuebenefits.org.uk – is a partnership between LITRG and rightsnet, the leading providers of information on social welfare law.
LITRG Chairman John Andrews explains:
"LITRG has wanted to do more to support advisers who have to grapple with the "giving" side of HMRC activity, in particular, tax credits and child benefit. So we are pleased to announce the launch of our new website.
"This website has been created with the financial support of HMRC and in partnership with Rightsnet and we will progressively add to its content in the coming months.
"Taxes are complex, but tax credits are even more so. There is a wide array of advisers who do not deal with HMRC on a daily basis, but who need to give appropriate and accurate advice to the millions of vulnerable people who are entitled to benefits which are administered by that government department.
"We have tried to bring together on one website most of the information that such advisers will need in order to give the best advice possible. We encourage advisers to browse the site and to provide us with feedback."
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Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/jobs
Deadline: October 15, 2012
The Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University invites applications for the position of Associate or Full Professor in the field of Byzantine art and architecture, open as to region and focus. Responsibilities will consist of undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision of B.A. and Ph.D. theses and independent work. Applicants will be expected to interact with the Program in Hellenic Studies and other institutions on campus and beyond.
Apply online at: http://www.princeton.edu/jobs with cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references. Job posting #1200404. Review of applications will begin on October 15th, and will continue until the position is filled.
Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
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Mobile Apps
National Naval Aviation Museum App
The official app of the National Naval Aviation Museum. Located aboard NAS Pensacola, Florida, the National Naval Aviation Museum is one of the world's largest aviation museums with over 350,000 square feet of displays and more than 150 beautifully restored aircraft representing Naval, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Aviation. Visitors can watch the awe-inspiring Blue Angels at practice air shows from March through November, take an exhilarating ride in a full motion simulator, experience the ultimate seven story giant screen IMAX Theatre and dine at the Cubi Bar Café, an exhibit in itself.
The National Naval Aviation Museum app is your go to source for information on our aircraft and exhibits. Featuring an interactive map of the Museum and comprehensive guide to the collection, users have the ability to build their own tours, learn more details about the aircraft and displays, and keep track of upcoming events and guest speakers.
Features include:
- Interactive map of the facility giving you instant access to our collection.
- Detailed descriptions, photos and other multi-media of over two hundred Museum exhibits and aircraft.
- Create your own tour of the Museum or select one of our pre-built tours to act as your digital docent.
- Museum Twitter and Facebook feeds for the latest news and updates.
- A complete listing and guides to Museum activities, upcoming events and annual productions.
QR Codes - Museum App
Blue Angels App
Strap in with the world-famous Blue Angels! The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron travels the nation each year representing the best of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aviation, flying the state-of-the-art F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter and C-130 Hercules "Fat Albert." Showcasing the talent, teamwork and dedication of today's military professionals, the Blue Angels provide the American public with a small snapshot of the pride and heroism of the men and women deployed across the globe in defense of our freedom.
The Blue Angels mobile app is your go-to source for the latest news, schedules, team roster and information on the Blues and their mission. Learn the maneuvers, the aircraft, and the history through magnificent aerial video and photography, gaining a pilot's-eye-view of the Blue Angels' intense performances. Save air show dates to your calendar and follow the Blue Angels across the nation. With the Blue Angels mobile app, you become a part of the team as you get to know the personnel that make up the Blue Angels and what it takes to ensure their continued success.
Features include:
- Show schedules with air show locations and links to air show web pages (when available).
- Full team roster (officer and enlisted) and bios.
- All 37 demonstration maneuvers detailed with graphics, in-flight footage and air show narration.
- Official photography and multimedia from the Blue Angels.
- Blue Angels Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds for the latest news and updates.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Ovechkin is an NHL first-team All-Star for the sixth time, but his first as a right wing.
The Washington Capitals star is the second player to make the team at multiple positions, joining Hockey Hall of Famer Mark Messier, a 4-time selection - twice at left wing and twice at center.
Ovechkin, a 5-time choice at left wing, had 32 goals in 48 games - including 23 in the final 23 - and earned his third Hart Trophy as MVP.
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, a second-time selection to the first team, is the only other player in this year's class to have made it before.
The first-timers include Pittsburgh left wing Chris Kunitz, defensemen P.K. Subban of Montreal and Ryan Suter of Minnesota, and Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, the Vezina Trophy winner.
Voting is done by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season.
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Google Maps Mania is an unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
Friday, November 17, 2006
Google Maps Live Race Tracker: Baja 1000
Live Race Tracker: Baja 1000 race - Here is a great new Google Maps mashup of the current race status of the Baja 1000 taking place right now in Mexico. Here are details of the race:
Date: November 14 - 19, 2006
Place: Ensenada to La Paz, Baja, Mexico
20 Wide Open Baja challenge cars at SCORE Baja 1000.
300 crew members and support staff.
5 support planes, 8 support helicopters.
Exclusive Pre-Race and Post-Race welcome parties at Horsepower Ranch.
Celebrity drivers: Patrick Dempsey, Mike Metzger, etc; major national media coverage: NBC.
The Google Map updates every 15 minutes and it also includes Google Earth viewing. More info can be found here..
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Night Jasmine Oceanfront Vacation House in Cudjoe Key
- bedrooms 2
- baths 1
- sleeps 4
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community gated private home
- rates (USD) $ 3,000 - $ 3,500 / month
vacation rental description
Welcome to our home in paradise. Our cozy 2 Queen size bedroom/ 1 bathroom home is located in the fishing capital of the world (Cudjoe bay front, Atlantic ocean front). We have a 80 ft. oceanfront beach on a beautiful crystal clear swimmable Cudjoe bay. 34 ft. boat dock and a kayak ramp.Here you can go fishing, diving, snorkeling, jet skiing, hydrasliding, windsurfing, golfing or kayaking. Lobster hunting is also a local favorite! Fabulous Looe Key is world famous for its diving and snorkeling just a short boat ride away. Day Spa and state of the art gym located 1 mile away. Little Palm island is only moments away for a dining experience of a lifetime. Big Pine Key national preserve, known for its diverse wildlife and Key deer, is just minutes away. Take a fifteen minute drive into Key West to experience the busy and exciting Duval street or experience a gorgeous sunset while you are sitting for a quiet evening on our patio also you can enjoy a glimpse of the constellation of stars in the night sky . Drive 1 minute out to US 1 and you can go south (20 miles) to Key West or north (5 miles) to Marathon, or stay in Cudjoe for dinner at one of our excellent restaurants, or just order pizza. We are located in a very nice neighborhood on a very quiet dead end street.You only need to bring is your clothing , food and supplyies. From our house you can do boating,fishing,jetskiing,kayaking,swimming,sunbathing,biking,walking,grilling,snorkling,waterskiing.
Please, no smoking allowed.
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Adel Mankarious
house rental amenities
- Completely renovated.
- 47" Mounted High definition flat screen TV in living room with satelliteTV and blue-ray dvd player.
- 4-car garage.
-Computer with high speed internet access and WiFi.
- long driveway to accommodate RV's and/or boats.
- One triple , one double and two single kayaks available for use.
- All brand new applicances .
- extra super capactity washer and dryer , refrigerator and freezer .
- steps down to large backyard and beach area for swimming or enjoying the sun.
- two Gas grills and patio furniture available on both decks.
- Deep water channel directly on front of the property.
-Some snorkling / fishing equipment on site.
-34 ft. Ocean front boat dock, fish cleaning table, kayak ramp and out door shower.
-Four bicycles.
-Boat ramps nearby two miles away ( mile marker 21 ).
-Ironing board and iron.
-All linens and towels are provided.
- gourmet kitchen complete with all the amenities.
- central heat/air.
- complete fence for privacey.
- outdoor patio furniture.
activities and attractions in Cudjoe Key The Florida Keys
A memorable vacation of a lifetime is right here for you in sunny
Florida! Minutes by boat to the best diving and snorkeling in North
America! Great sport fishing, boating, sailing, and windsurfing
takes place right from our front yard! Sightseeing and shopping in Key
West is just 20 minutes away! Whether bicycling or swimming, you'll
be in awe of the lush tropical gardens and exotic wildlife that
surround you. It's a national treasure! And Bahia Honda - the best beach in the Keys (and many think the world) is just minutes away! After another memorable day in paradise, let the tropical ocean breeze caress you as you sip an afternoon tea or other beverage in our shaded lounge area. It's all
within a few minutes of your quiet and comfortable accommodations.
vacation rental rates
Monthly rental $3000.00 to $3500.00
Contact owner for special rates, Rates are negotiable depending upon availability and season , 3-6 Month rental available.
There is a $100.00 security deposit that is refundable if there is no damages,losses or extra cleaning needed.
Adel Mankarious
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Cudjoe Key
- Boating
- Fishing
- Dining
- Jetskiing
- Kayaking
Top things to do on a budget
- Swimming
- Sunbathing
- Biking
- Walking
- Grilling
Top things to do with a family
- Snorkeling
- Diving
- Sailing
- Waterskiing
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Source: money.cnn.com – March 1, 2004: 5:42 PM EST
Outsourcing: what to do?
As more U.S. companies move jobs overseas, debate rages on answers to a divisive issue.
By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – If you haven't turned on a TV or read a magazine or a newspaper recently, you probably haven't heard that your job is moving overseas.
Odds are, it's not, of course. But a growing number of jobs are, and many of them are higher-skilled jobs that once seemed immune to outsourcing.
U.S. companies moving jobs offshore has helped keep the job market in its most painful slump since World War II, creating tremendous worry for millions of workers and triggering a vigorous national debate about how best to respond.
Here are some of the more common proposals, along with some of the arguments for and against:
Scrap WTO, trade pacts
Some people argue the United States should simply pull out of the World Trade Organization, NAFTA and other world trade pacts, a view proposed by three candidates for president: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Oh., Rev. Al Sharpton and Ralph Nader.
"The WTO, as long as we belong to it, will not let us protect the jobs," Kucinich said in a debate last week. "This is the reason why we have outsourcing going on right now. We can't tax it. We can't put tariffs on it."
Kucinich says he would withdraw from most existing trade agreements and negotiate new agreements on a case-by-case basis, requiring trading partners to meet certain environmental, labor and human rights standards.
Critics say similar protectionist steps have led to slower economic growth and would likely do so again.
"We need reforms that will enable us to thrive in a dynamic, open, world market and not seek to shut our borders and go down a path proven to lead to reduced national wealth and overall lower standards of living," said Aaron Lukas, a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
Of course, none of the proponents of these measures are likely to become president this year, and such proposals would be unlikely to pass Congress.
Other Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry, the leader in the race to face President Bush this fall, and his closest rival, Sen. John Edwards, suggest less drastic measures, including greater enforcement of existing trade pacts.
Protect government contracts
Especially loathsome to opponents of outsourcing is the idea of federal and state governments sending jobs overseas, right alongside "Benedict Arnold" companies, as Kerry calls them.
Slow visa entries
Temporary work visas for high-skilled foreign workers also irritate outsourcing opponents. Not only do they take jobs from U.S. workers in the short run, but visa holders sometimes return home and make future offshore outsourcing even easier for U.S. companies.
"I find it rather ironic that people who claim to wear the free market mantle would turn around and support government meddling in the marketplace of labor — right now we have the government encouraging people to dump their cheap labor here," said Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology Professionals Association of America (ITPAA), a worker's rights group.
Supporters say many visa holders end up staying in the United States, helping U.S. companies develop new technologies that create jobs and becoming consumers in the broader domestic economy.
"I find it ironic that some of the same folks against jobs going overseas also don't want people to come here who would be benefiting and creating more jobs in the United States," said the NFAP's Anderson.
Caller ID
Sen. Kerry and other outsourcing critics also want to require workers in overseas call centers to reveal their location in service calls.
Not only would such a measure carry on the spirit of the existing requirement to mark foreign-made goods with their country of origin, it might also allow customers to decide whether they want to discuss personal information with a call-center worker in, say, Vietnam, where privacy laws may not be as stringent as they are in the United States.
Opponents say this will hurt how call-center workers do their jobs, meaning the U.S. companies using those centers will have to pay more for their services.
Compromise alternatives could be to pass measures that would ensure the privacy and security of customers' information.
Helping displaced workers
It's all well and good to discuss the long-term economic benefits of trade, as most economists do. But those arguments ring hollow with the millions of workers who will be unemployed or have lower standards of living while they wait for those benefits to come to fruition.
"People lose in trade, and because our social safety nets here are so thin to begin with, the resistance is greater than it is in some of the other industrial countries," Lael Brainard, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a left-leaning Washington think tank, said in a January speech on outsourcing.
Some possible solutions include increased unemployment insurance, wage insurance, and a system that would let workers carry health benefits from job to job.
Such measures would require government spending, and so are viewed with some skepticism by conservatives — but they're likely to be politically popular, and conservatives don't dismiss them out of hand.
"We have to acknowledge that individuals can face transition costs when trade barriers come down," said Lukas of the Cato Institute.
Lukas and like-minded conservatives, including President Bush and Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, believe an even better response is to improve grade-school education and spend government money retraining workers at community colleges.
"The capacity of workers, after being displaced, to find a new job that will eventually provide nearly comparable pay most often depends on the general knowledge of the worker and the ability of that individual to learn new skills," Greenspan told Congress last month.
While almost everyone agrees that U.S. grade-school education could be better, some critics doubt education is the only answer to outsourcing, noting many unemployed workers already have advanced degrees.
In January, for example, there were more unemployed workers 25 or older with college degrees than there were unemployed workers without high school diplomas, according to the latest Labor Department data.
"No one criticizes the higher education system here — that's why we still draw as many foreign students as we do," said Kirwin of the ITPAA. "Most of the jobs we're sending abroad currently require a college education just to get in the door."
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This Minute at Runco
Runco at WestWeek 2010Tuesday, March 23, 2010
WestWeek 2010
March 24 - 25, 2010
The Pacific Design Center hosts West Week, an internationally-recognized design trade event that welcomes thousands of design professionals each spring. The event includes top industry keynote speakers, showroom programs, book signings, exhibitions, product launches and the 14th annual 'Stars of Design' ceremony. Experts discuss and present such items as trends graphic & interior design, urban landscape, photography, contemporary art and architecture. Highlights of the event include programs hosted by Architectural Record, Elle Décor, House & Garden, and Metropolitan Home. Runco will be debuting new products and offerings inside the Audio Video Interiors Showroom, G280. Watch the Runco Blog & News section for more updates!
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The Runco DifferenceMonday, March 22, 2010
Posted by Dave Cullen
Shopping for a new television is a lot like purchasing a new vehicle. It involves countless hours of research and frequent visits to your local dealers. If you've ever been looking for a luxury vehicle from the likes of BMW or Mercedes-Benz, then you'd know how well the dealers treat you and the special experience one receives when purchasing such fine automobiles. Runco is the BMW of home theatre and the experience you'll receive is very rewarding as I know first hand.
A few months ago I was in search of a new flat panel for our media room. I have previously owned Pioneer Elite products and at the time I had Pioneer's last generation 60" Elite KURO monitor. I sold it and began my quest for the perfect product. I am not an audiophile, but, like audiophiles whose search for perfection involves the perfect reproduction of music; my search involved the perfect reproduction of film. I am huge movie buff.
My Pioneer had state-of-the-art black level performance at the time and no one could match its deep, inky blacks on Blu-ray movies. However, the Pioneer's performance on standard-def material and even on several Blu-rays was less than optimal. Although the panel produced deep blacks it lacked shadow detail (crushing blacks) and the picture processing was not cinema-like. I wanted a flat panel that not only would produce deep blacks, but also reveal the smallest of details within those inky blacks and also process a true cinema-like experience in the home. What I craved was something I would later learn is called OPAL technology.
LED LCD's, plasma, 3-D ready… which way should I go? After some pretty heavy researching I entered the Runco domain. Through their newly re-designed website I was able to browse all of their products, read reviews, manuals and spec sheets on everything Runco had to offer.
I decided to call Runco and inquire about some of the products I was interested in. To my surprise, this wasn't a call center located outside of North America, this was their actual office. Within a minute or so I was connected with someone in their sales department. Duane Castillo, a Runco inside sales rep who answered all of my questions regarding the various flat panels and the ideal viewing conditions for each. Duane recommended Runco's new OPAL technology and a dealer in my area who could meet my needs.
I contacted Clinton Howell of H2 Systems in Burlington, Ontario. Clinton was very helpful and answered all of my questions. I have controlled lighting in my viewing environment and Clinton suggested a Runco XP-OPAL 50 DHD as the successor to my Pioneer Elite. I wanted a smaller screen this time around as the 60" was too big for the room.
I realized through speaking with Clinton that Runco offers flat panel solutions to meet every client's viewing environments in pretty much every budget. To my surprise, Runco panels are very competitively priced with similar products from the industry's other high-end top performers.
Runco trains their authorized dealers well. H2 Systems installs Runco products ensuring the product performs at its absolute finest. They calibrate the panel to match the client's preference in a variety of different viewing environments. This is not your typical big box store approach where you carry the TV out and bring it home. This approach ensures you get exactly what you paid for, an excellent television that truly brings the cinema into your living room. I was very impressed.
This whole process of selecting and purchasing my new Runco was nothing short of the best customer service I have ever received. I know of a very few select manufacturers that you can talk with one-on-one regarding their products and Runco is one of them. The Runco staff is very friendly and because of Duane going the extra mile through the entire process, my wife and I are now Runco customers for life. H2 systems were an absolute pleasure to work with. Clinton's top notch customer service, helpful advice and knowledge of the home theatre industry is priceless.
That is the Runco difference. It's a wonderful experience and in the end it's worth every penny.
Dave Cullen has a diploma in Journalism and is currently in school for work in the health care industry. He is an avid videophile and a huge fan of Runco products.
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Dream BigMonday, March 15, 2010
Posted by Duane Castillo
Saturday Academy was founded in 1983 with the goal of engaging motivated young people with in-depth learning and problem solving, by connecting them with community instructors and mentors. Since then, more than 145,000 students throughout Oregon and SW Washington have had the opportunity to participate in the program. Originally the focus was on technology based interests, but since its founding the organization has grown to include programs that cater to the creativity of youth with classes in theater/acting, history, film/photography, and writing. The group also sponsors internships with various local technology partners such as OHSU for high school age students through their ASE, (Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering programs).
Runco was given the opportunity to support Saturday Academy at a recent fundraiser at the Oregon Zoo by donating the use of two Runco CX-OPAL47 LCD displays for a slideshow on Saturday Academy's impact in the lives of youth. Several attendees were impressed by the clarity and quality of the Runco CX-OPAL47 LCDs, and there were numerous windows in the facility which created the perfect environment for Runco's Optical Path Alignment™ (OPAL) technology. Several members of Saturday Academy were delighted to see their story presented beautifully as attendees signed in for the event. Saturday Academy teaches and inspires children and teens that they are only limited by themselves. This reminds me of Runco's long-standing core dedication to technology innovation in the custom home theater market. As a Runco employee I was proud to be a part of this event and as a parent I look forward to giving my son the opportunity to participate in Saturday Academy. To steal a phrase from the Saturday Academy,"…teach them to dream BIG!"
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Catfish with Brown Butter-Pecan Sauce Recipe
My husband is from the Midwest and grew up eating fried catfish. This dish is one of his favorites, and yet the rich, toasty pecans and tangy citrus are a perfect complement to any fish. —Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 catfish fillets (6 ounces each)
- 6 tablespoons butter, divided
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Lemon wedges
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt, cayenne and pepper. Add catfish, one fillet at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet, cook fillets in 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat for 2-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fish to a serving platter and keep warm.
- In the same skillet, melt remaining butter. Add pecans and cook over medium heat until toasted, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in lemon peel and juice. Serve with fish and lemon wedges. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Catfish with Brown Butter-Pecan Sauce in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2012, p92
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The Texas Music Theater in San Marcos, Texas has seen glory and hard times over the years, but when Gray Gregson and friends decided to make the place a major performance venue they really got into it from the ground up. Gray is here to tell us how they gave the place a new life coming up on the SVC podcast.
Gray, it's great to have you with me here on the SVC podcast all the way from the Texas Music Theater.
That's right, San Marcos, Texas.
All right, tell me a little about the Texas Music Theater. You've got lots of different acts in there. It looks like you're doing a lot of stuff.
Oh, we're doing all kinds of stuff. We designed this to really be very musician friendly. It was built actually by musicians and to be partners for the music…live music. We put in all-new digital sound and lighting with acoustics on the place and we just wanted to make sure we provided the highest quality experience for the music makers as well as the audience. We have all kinds of bands—we have the local and regional and national touring acts and we can do small shows, large shows, and we're open Thursday, Friday, Saturday, mainly, but we can be open any given night of the week. We do Americana, Texas country, rock, indie rock, mainstream rock, blues, Latin salsa—all kinds. We have a college here. We have like 35,000 college students and about 200-seat large venue. [Timestamp: 1:49]
Oh, well that's going to be a big audience, and I know that theater has gone through its share of ups and downs over the years. How did this big renovation come about? This is one of several cycles that venue has gone through, isn't it?
Yeah, this…I think—if I'm not mistaken this theater was built in 1941 and then they re-renovated it back in the 1950s and it was called the Holiday Theater, and then later on it went through a bunch of different things and a couple of clubs, restaurants—different things, but when we got it we just gutted the whole place. [Timestamp: 2:23]
So you sort of re-did the whole thing and I guess you did, what—new flooring, new audio system—very extensive renovation?
Oh yeah, the renovations were a collaboration between my brother Scott and our other partner, Allen Shot, and Scott actually bought the building first and he had this bright idea that me being…getting older and in the music business, he wanted to give me something to do, and plus get me down here where he lived. I was living in Austin and then in San Antonio so I was…north and south and he wanted to get me close to the family. Scott, my little brother, he got a Master's in Science from Harvard and my partner Allen is a operator here in town, so that's how the project started. We totally ripped it apart—tore everything down, we excavated the floor because it had a slanted floor and we wanted a flat surface down below, so we could have a big dance floor if we wanted it. So we carved out the whole floor, hauled out about 20 dump trucks full of concrete and dirt and poured a whole new slab, and at that point in time I put pull pipes underneath the slab to the FOH to the stage. I have one left and right—so I have two of them. [Timestamp: 3:31]
OK, so you put in a completely new sound system in there. What kind of speakers was that new system based around?
We're using all Renkus Heinz—the line arrays are Renkus Heinz, the rear line arrays are Renkus Heinz, the subs are Renkus Heinz. I had some other stuff that I use on stage for monitor—I have some JBL stuff but mainly all the wedges are all Renkus Heinz also. [Timestamp: 3:55]
And with as many iterations as the place had been through, I would figure that it's probably not the best for sound when you started the project. What was the biggest problem you faced with this? Was it acoustics?
That was the main thing I discussed this with them—a couple of good friends of mine…mainly Rocky Gianetta, Fault Line, he is a systems design guy out in California—we've been friends a long time and then another good friend of mine who's named Steve Emler, he's the FOH guy for Tesla, but they're both friends of mine and we discussed this whole system and the acoustics and we decided to spend a lot of time on getting the acoustics of the room correct and that makes the PA work a lot better so we did a…quite a extensive amount of acoustic treatment to the room. [Timestamp: 4:36]
What all did you have to do for that? It sounds like it was quite a project in itself.
First of all, around the stage, I used basically three products. I used some MBI—they make these things called Cloud Lite Acoustic Baffles. We hung those from the ceiling down all the way around the stage, on the sides of the stage and out about 20ft. out from the stage to about 10ft. from the floor. We've got like 40ft. ceilings. Then on the back of the stage I used a product by Hunter Douglas which is a honeycomb textile product and what we did is on the back wall of the stage it was all brick, and we thirded out about…with 2x4's and put loose insulation behind it and this Hunter Douglas product was mounted on there on rails and its…1 inch of it has about the same acoustic absorption of four inches normally so it would be three inches we had…we got about seven inches with only having to put out about four inches and that really dampened the sound down back there…it had a cloth finish on it because I didn't want the guys around the…front stage being up here against anything that would be fiberglass or anything like that. The ceiling was the big catch. What I did is MBI also makes a Lapendary product which you'll see in big arenas, and over the stage area—it was fairly easy compared to the rest of the venue—up in the ceiling we hung that between the bar joists. It's probably hanging about almost 2ft. below the ceiling and it stretches like big banners and what happens it's perforated on one side and the sound goes through it, hits the ceiling then it traps it but over the main part of the ceiling, the whole big bulk of it, we had to build a grid system out of a unistripe and we stretched that stuff across the whole ceiling all the way to the back of the room and then in the back of the room I had hollow spot mannings and back in those corners built those traps. I also treated the back wall and then on the side wall to take care of any flutter between the electric light side walls because it basically gets to going square on the side, I used some of the MBI wall Lapendary and I put it in the big square panels and I put decorative clothes on it—some of them I put big Texas flags on them, some of them I put logos and stuff and put that stuff all up and down the side walls—took all the flutter out and it really quieted the room down. We can be running 100dB and you can still talk in there. It took care of all the stand in ways out which is like…we had probably roughly a 4.5 second A time in there. [Timestamp: 7:08]
Well, it sounds as though that would be one aspect of it that would have a lot to do with how performer friendly the place is and whether visiting musicians would want to come back again.
Well we've been having really good…all the musicians that come in there are just really…just can't believe how it sounds. We're real proud of the acoustics in there. It came out better than I expected to be honest. [Timestamp: 7:28]
So what other sorts of things have you done to make the place performer friendly?
Well the one thing that I thought of…I've looked at all the venues that I played in my life and I thought, "Man, let's make this easy," so as you load in through the back of the building we have an alley that goes down the side, we have a big fenced in back patio right off the back of the venue that's just for the cuing area for the bands and you come through the gate there and you literally…it's only 10 ft. to the stairs that have a ramp, a 38 in. ramp, that comes out…all the way out the back doors right into that back stage area, that patio and you can load your stuff right up on the stage. It's literally out of your truck to end up on the stage less than 20ft. [Timestamp: 8:09]
Well that makes a big difference in making it friendly for the bands and their road people. If they even have roadies. A lot of times now even the bigger acts don't…it's just the musicians themselves loading everything in and out.
We also built a real nice green room back there. I have a real nice washer and dryer for the bands, a frigerator back there, a microwave. I have a big flat screen TV and out in the…out in the audience area I mounted a remote control camera for the bands so they can pan, tilt, and zoom around the room and look at all the audience. [Timestamp: 8:39]
All right well that sure gives them a good preview of what sort of crowd they're playing for.
They all get a kick out of that. Yeah we've got a full bath and shower back there also. [Timestamp: 8:48]
So with all the changes that building has gone through I would think that one other thing that might have been a challenge would be the power. Did you have any issues with having enough power and grounding problems and things?
Well we went round and round with the city because we were running out of space on our property and we had to put in a huge transformer for that, so once we finally got that issue worked out we already had it in the plans. I already have a isolation transformer for the sound system. We got the power transformer from Limtech and we also got a Limtech panel with motorized breakers for the sound system so the sound system's totally isolated from anything in the building. I put a 400 amp three face disconnect over on the lighting side. The lights are on the other side of the stage on the sound power, and so the lights have separate power for themselves, the sound system has a isolation transformer separate for itself, and then the rest of the building, the air conditioners and all are all on their own power. [Timestamp: 9:44]


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Dan Fink, the Chief Administrative Officer of Lee Memorial Health Systems, describes the pediatrician shortage in Southwest Florida as significant.
If you've called a pediatrician lately for an appointment you may have discovered you'll have to wait for the doctor to see your child.
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Chanson Savakinus has leukemia. His family is fortunate there are doctors locally who can treat him. He is forced to undergo six blood transfusions a month.
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It's been an interesting first round thus far in the 2011 PGA Championship, with a variety of players having very good hat streaks followed by equally abysmal cold streaks. Such is the case for both Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson, both of whom started red hot before running into some trouble. Watson hasn't quite seen the wheels fall off and is very much in contact with the top of the leaderboard, but things are going all wrong for Woods.
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Steve Stricker currently leads, sitting at five-under through his first nine holes. Last week's winner Adam Scott is in a tie for second right behind him, and he's shooting three-under through 16 holes. Phil Mickelson is even-par through 15. Still to tee off are the likes of Martin Kaymer, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy.
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