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On Being Touched, Part 2
Given the dismay and even despair I presently feel after hearing that Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate and subsequently sworn in as the newest (and perhaps most dangerous) Supreme Court Justice and knowing that the system of checks and balances that the founders of this great nation so carefully created are now in some jeopardy due to the rightward (or, should I say, wrongward) tilt of all three branches of government, it is even more paramount that I shrug off this disconsolate cloak and remind myself that there is still beauty to be found in the world. Today, I thank Wendell Berry for reminding me of such:
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
— Wendell Berry
Soldier-Made Videos from Iraq, Part 2
The comments that I left on the new PBS blog, Mediashift, led to journalist Mark Glaser contacting the military and asking them about whether the soldier-made videos violate the army code of conduct. In the meantime, I had gone to Youtube.com and watched another video, "The Enemy," which contained much more gruesome footage of Fallujah.
Military spokesman Maj. Matt McLaughlin responded to Glaser. He stated that they sampled some videos from Youtube.com and, "What we saw does not appear to violate policy. It does fall in the category of what some would consider bad taste. Bad taste however is a subjective standard.�
To me, this response has a veiled message: that the US military doesn't want to criticize soldiers; these soldiers are spread thin in Iraq and recruiting is down. Although the military's policy explicitly prohibits soldiers from "photographing or filming detainees or human casualties," they do not want to get into a fight about this, since fights often call more attention to an issue, and right now they are just trying to lay low and get through the rest of this war without the American public becoming even less supportive and more morally outraged.
This has been a learning process for me, as I went from primarily acting out of my mother-bear-with-cubs mentality, to thinking in terms of what these videos are able to convey to the American public. Here is my response, posted on Mediashift:
Thanks for exploring this question further. In its sample of videos, I wonder if the military looked at one called "The Enemy." Here is the URL. http://www.youtube.com/?v=4ZIjXp3uT_4 This was reportedly shot in Fallujah. It contains video of a man being shot to death in the street, multiple pictures of men covered in blood, presumably dead, multiple pictures of blindfolded detainees, a close-up of what looks like an older man shot in the head, an aerial video of about 2 dozen people being blown up, pictures of blindfolded detainees with guns raised to their heads, a picture of a body burned to death with the face still recognizable, and two pictures of men with their heads blown off. And there's more.
I am still worried about how easy it would be for children to access these videos. All I typed in to find this one was "Iraq War." It was the second listing in my results.
However, I am now starting to appreciate a bigger picture here — the bigger picture of helping the American people understand what is going on in Iraq. Perhaps video footage like this will function as the film "Hearts and Minds" did in the post-Vietnam era — helping to inform people and ultimately change the public's tolerance for senseless killing.
Small Kids Need Small Schools: Don't Close Horton
In presenting its budget for the upcoming year, our Cranston school committee is threatening to close one of our community elementary schools, Horton Elementary. Concerned parents in the district are getting together to voice opposition to this plan and let the school committee know that their plan is potentially harmful to children and families. They have established a blog at http://savehorton.blogspot.com.
They are asking concerned parents to come out for a school committee budget meeting this Wednesday, February 1, 2006. The meeting will be held at Western Hills Middle School at 7 pm. For more information, go to the Save Horton blog.
Though we are not directly affected by this threatened school closing, I believe this plan puts the school committee on a slippery slope toward devaluing the community school model. There are other places where funding could be cut. Consideration should also be given to ways to increase student population at Horton, such as allowing open enrollment there to children attending less-high-performing and more crowded elementary schools in the city.
Lincoln Chafee: No to Alito
This was my guess about a week ago, that Chafee would vote "No." It was based on a post I read in the conservative Rhode Island blog Anchorrising.com in which they quoted Brian Nick of the Republican National Senatorial Committee saying on CNN that Lincoln Chafee did not need the Republican party to get elected in Rhode Island. His constituency, when all is said and done, is a percentage of the minority Republican party in the state, and a large swath of the unaffiliated (which I am) and Democratic voters in the state.
Chafee is the only Republican to announce he is breaking with the Republican party to vote his conscience on Alito.
Thank you, Senator Chafee, for remaining loyal to your constituency.
On Being Touched
There is beauty in the world. Though it may seem more than a little self-evident to say so, I feel the need to reaffirm this simple truth. I do so in large part because there is also great ugliness in the world. One need only glance at the day's headlines to be reminded, sometimes painfully, of such. As a clinical social worker working with children and families in a community mental health setting, I do not even need to look at the headlines. I bear witness to the suffering and dysfunction of others as a livelihood. Given the work I do and the world, with all its present horrors, in which this work is embedded, I sometimes lose my way and, shrouded by ugliness, lose sight of the beauty around me. Eventually, my sight—and perhaps my faith—is restored when I take refuge in either the natural world or the world of literature. In particular, I am indebted to the poet, Mary Oliver, for time and again reminding me of the beauteous riches which remain ever at my disposal. Here is one example of such, from her 2005 book, New And Selected Poems: Volume Two….
Lingering In Happiness
After rain after many days without rain,
it stays cool, private and cleansed, under the trees,
and the dampness there, married now to gravity,
falls branch to branch, leaf to leaf, down to the ground
where it will disappear—but not, of course, vanish
except to our eyes. The roots of the oaks will have their share,
and the white threads of the grasses, and the cushion of moss;
a few drops, round as pearls, will enter the mole's tunnel;
and soon so many small stones, buried for a thousand years,
will feel themselves being touched.
George and Hillary, at Hillary's Inauguration
The liberal media is really down on Hillary these days, for example: this piece by Molly Ivins, and Hillary being listed in The Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People of 2005. Nevertheless, I still feel slightly hopeful when I imagine President Hillary Clinton in the White House. Sure, she's straddling fences now, but if she had a better job, she might show some real leadership.
I made this comic using a tool that used to be called Red Meat Construction, but has apparently undergone a vegetarian conversion and is now a much smaller site called Not Meat.
The Goring of President Bush
On January 31, President Bush will stand before the nation and offer his thoughts on the State of the Union. In all likelihood, we, the humble citizens of this once proud country, can expect to be fed more horse manure than all the flies from here to Golgotha. I, for one, will decline this putrid repast. I do not have the stomach for it. Nor the calm or patience. Besides, if I wish to be informed, in an honest and erudite fashion, of the actual state of the union, I will turn my attention to others more suitable than our less-than-esteemed leader to provide such. For example, Gore Vidal has recently written an excellent, albeit lengthy, piece on the current state of affairs in this country, entitled President Jonah. I highly recommend it. Here's an excerpt:
While contemplating the ill-starred presidency of G.W. Bush, I looked about for some sort of divine analogy. As usual, when in need of enlightenment, I fell upon the Holy Bible, authorized King James version of 1611; turning by chance to the Book of Jonah, I read that Jonah, who, like Bush, chats with God, had suffered a falling out with the Almighty and thus became a jinx dogged by luck so bad that a cruise liner, thanks to his presence aboard, was about to sink in a storm at sea. Once the crew had determined that Jonah, a passenger, was the jinx, they threw him overboard and—Lo!—the storm abated. The three days and nights he subsequently spent in the belly of a nauseous whale must have seemed like a serious jinx to the digestion-challenged whale who extruded him much as the decent opinion of mankind has done to Bush.
Originally, God wanted Jonah to give hell to Nineveh, whose people, God noted disdainfully, "cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand,� so like the people of Baghdad who cannot fathom what democracy has to do with their destruction by the Cheney-Bush cabal. But the analogy becomes eerily precise when it comes to the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at a time when a president is not only incompetent but plainly jinxed by whatever faith he cringes before. Witness the ongoing screw-up of prescription drugs. Who knows what other disasters are in store for us thanks to the curse he is under? As the sailors fed the original Jonah to a whale, thus lifting the storm that was about to drown them, perhaps we the people can persuade President Jonah to retire to his other Eden in Crawford, Texas, taking his jinx with him. We deserve a rest. Plainly, so does he.
Global Warming — Not Funny!
EZ Writer from Daily Kos has the scoop on today's Washington Post lead story on global warming. From the story:
The debate has been intensifying because Earth is warming much faster than some researchers had predicted. James Hansen, who directs NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, last week confirmed that 2005 was the warmest year on record, surpassing 1998. Earth's average temperature has risen nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 30 years, he noted, and another increase of about 4 degrees over the next century would "imply changes that constitute practically a different planet."
Princeton University geosciences and international affairs professor Michael Oppenheimer, who also advises the advocacy group Environmental Defense, said one of the greatest dangers lies in the disintegration of the Greenland or West Antarctic ice sheets, which together hold about 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet. If either of the two sheets disintegrates, sea level could rise nearly 20 feet in the course of a couple of centuries, swamping the southern third of Florida and Manhattan up to the middle of Greenwich Village.
While both the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets as a whole are gaining some mass in their cold interiors because of increasing snowfall, they are losing ice along their peripheries. That indicates that scientists may have underestimated the rate of disintegration they face in the future, Oppenheimer said. Greenland's current net ice loss is equivalent to an annual 0.008 inch sea level rise.
The effects of the collapse of either ice sheet would be "huge," Oppenheimer said. "Once you lost one of these ice sheets, there's really no putting it back for thousands of years, if ever."
The story goes on to detail how Hansen has been blocked by the Bush administration from sharing his research with the public.
When Hansen posted data on the Internet last fall suggesting that 2005 could be the warmest on record, according to a Goddard scientist who did not want to be identified, NASA officials ordered Hansen to withdraw the information because he had not screened it with the administration in advance. More recently, NASA officials tried to discourage a reporter from interviewing Hansen for this article and later insisted he could speak on the record only if an agency spokeswoman listened in on the conversation.
"They're trying to control what's getting out to the public," Hansen said, adding that many of his colleagues are afraid to talk about the issue. "They're not willing to say much because they've been pressured and they're afraid they'll get into trouble."
It's frightening to read the comments on EZ Writer's diary and hear from people all over the country who are experiencing warmer weather. There seems to be growing concern about this issue as it becomes an undeniable reality.
State of the Union, Adomian-Style
If you haven't seen this already, it is a real hoot.
James Adomian is like Bush to the nth degree, like sweetened-condensed Bush. It is amazing to watch him and see how he has mastered Bush's mannerisms and persona.
Nancy Green's Vigil Featured in Projo Today
One of our writers here at Kmareka, Nancy Green, is featured in a Projo article by Bob Kerr today:
Nancy Green checks the number in The New York Times every week, then prints it on a piece of paper that she puts on the poster, which she carries to South Main Street in Providence on Saturday at noon.
Sometimes, there are only five or six people there, presenting themselves in opposition to the war in Iraq for those passing by to respond to or ignore. Green, a nurse who feels the need to be publicly counted, was moved to act by none other than Paul Wolfowitz, the former deputy defense secretary and one of the architects of the wrong-way war in Iraq.
Wolfowitz left a lot of people stunned and amazed when he was asked, in the spring of 2004, how many Americans had died in the war. He came up with a figure that was more than 200 shy of reality.
"It made me really angry," says Green. "I knew the numbers better than he did."
She found a peace sign from another time, another national breakdown, and put the numbers of the American dead in Iraq on it and joined the group on South Main Street.
"Investing some time on a Saturday morning, it's not that big a deal," she says. "It's the least I can do."
Since she has been there, she has noticed a shift in the numbers. The ratio of passing drivers who jab an approving thumb skyward compared with those who flash a middle finger has changed from about 3 to 1 to 4 to 1.
It is an unscientific survey, but Green takes it as a hopeful sign.
She doesn't always make it to South Main Street, but her sign is always there with the latest numbers. It is a simple and eloquent reminder of how a war that was supposed to be swift and precise and end with flowers being showered on the American invaders has become bogged down in a deadly muddle of roadside bombs and shoddy equipment and too few people to do the job.
"There is just the number, nothing else," she says. "People know what it is. I hope at some point people are going to say this is too much. They're going to ask 'What's the reason — all these people being sent to Iraq and so many dying?' "
Not many are asking yet, so the small Saturday ritual in Providence continues, along with small gatherings in other places where people discover that they are simply not able to live with this war day after day in silence and indifference.
"It makes a point," Green says of the small weekly gathering. "It brings the issue out in front of people."
When the war is over, Green is planning a small ceremony to burn the sign. She doesn't know when that will be, of course. And she doesn't know how the end will be determined or defined.
So she does her hour on South Main Street in Providence. And people stop and sometimes say a few words through the small sound system. The only rule is to keep it clean.
And dozens of people see the number on the sign and there's a good chance that many of them will think about it, unless they're on a cell phone or listening to an iPod or haven't been told there's a war going on.
During a war that we know so little about, and often find on the inside pages, these small doses of reality, offered by our neighbors in assorted places, become more and more vital.
The total of American combat deaths in Iraq as of yesterday was 2,239.
When Nancy Green first took her sign to South Main Street, the number was 1,234.
The number of Iraqi deaths is something no one seems quite sure of.
Go, Nancy! You are an inspiration to us all.


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Latham Thomas, founder of Mama Glow and author of the book "Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy," speaks the truth: you can have it all, you just can't do it all.
Where/when do you feel most successful? I feel most successful when I am doing what I love and helping others. When I look at my son I feel successful – I've poured all of my energy into raising him and he is an incredible young man.
What is your number one rule for achieving success? I always listen to the whispers. Listen to that inner voice- the gut wisdom, follow my heart. It's the listening that guides me to making the decisions that are right for me and my unique path. Trusting my self is so important.
With what do you struggle? Time management is the biggest challenge for me.
What one thing do you wish you had more time for? I need to make more time for travel during the cold months- I love to get away when it's cold outside.
With what do you wish you had more help? I would love a few more talented writers to work on the site.
Is the life you're living now, the life you imagined at age 25? You know, when I was 25 I didn't have the capacity to dream this big for myself – that grew with me over time. I would have wanted a beautiful life but I would never have imagined it would be this.
If you went back to age 25, what would you change? I wouldn't change anything. I am who I am because of my life experience.
What is your dream job? I'm living my dream job. I don't call it my job, I call it my joy!
What would you like to see women do more of? I would like to see more women reclaiming their power and stepping outside of the box to lead with their hearts. I would like to see women take better care of themselves – make time to indulge in pleasures because we work so hard.
Who are your heroines? My mother, my grandmother.
What do you admire in/about other women? I admire determination, I admire discipline and compassion.
Is your life balanced? I don't believe in balance, I believe in dynamic equilibrium- everything is always in flux and we give attention to what is needed at that moment. When we work towards keeping a state of wellbeing and being grounded in ourselves then we can better juggle what life gives us. I believe you can have it all, you just can't do it all- so having a team of support around you so you can get what you need done and still be thriving, and glowing.
Read Mogul, Mom & Maid: The Balancing Act of the Modern Woman for more on how women manage career and life.

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ULLIN, IL (WREX) - One of the prisoners that escaped from a detention center in Ullin has ties to Rockford.
U.S. Marshals are looking for Rodney Lamont Brown, of Alta, Thomas Artin Glaab, of Anna, and Miguel Robles-Moya, of Chicago. They are all pictured along the left of this story.
They escaped from the facility Wednesday.
Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Simons says Brown was being held on federal charges as a felon in possession of a weapon. He has ties to Rockford and Alton.
Glaab was being held on charges of possession of methamphetamine.
Robles-Moya was being held on immigration charges.
All three men should be considered armed and dangerous. Police are not sure how they escaped or if they stayed together.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these fugitives should immediately contact 911 for local authorities or the U.S. Marshals at (618) 482-9336 or (800) 336-0102. More information can be obtained from www.usmarshals.gov
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A second, a ruthless tracker of criminals known only as Stew, is unkempt, sleeps in the office overnight and pads about barefoot. "We found Stew in the PC section of a bookshop in Glasgow - the best place to find his sort," says Whitelaw. "The last thing I want is disciplined minds."posted by MrMoonPie at 6:31 AM on October 22, 2000
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Hunger in times of plenty
In order to lead an active and healthy life, we need an intake of at least 1,700-2,000 calories a day. At present, one sixth of the world's population does not have access to this required amount. More people are hungry today than ever before. A large majority of these people - 70% - live in rural areas.
Although the value of calories harvested worldwide exceeds the total amount needed to feed everyone on earth by one third, people are still going hungry. This is because more and more grain is being used for animal feed, fuel and other industrial purposes, rather than for feeding people.
Hunger has many faces and many causes, but one thing is certain: Hunger can only be overcome locally. >>more
The World Map of Hunger
At the World Food Summit in 1996, heads of state vowed to reduce the number of people suffering from hunger to 415 million by 2015. However, since then, the number of people who are malnourished has increased. The hungry as a percentage of the world population has also increased ever since the price explosions on the world market in 2007/2008. Approximately 842 million people, 12% of the world's population, are currently hungry.
Access to land, water, seed, fertiliser and tools is essential to the success of people living in rural areas. Minimal social safety structures, education and additional employment opportunities in rural areas also determine whether or not the human right to sufficient and nutritious food is fulfilled. Accordingly, in most African, Asian and Latin American countries hunger and poverty are essentially a question of regional self-sufficiency. A central message of the IAASTD report is that hunger is primarily a rural problem which can only be overcome locally in the long term.
Facts & Figures
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the estimated total number of undernourished people in the world reached 842 million in the period 2011-13 - one in eight people. The vast majority of hungry people - 827 million of them - live in developing regions.
65% of the world's 842 million hungry live in Asia and the Pacific, followed by sub-Saharan Africa, home to 26% (222 million people) of the world's undernourished population, and Latin America and the Caribbean (6% or 47 million people). The highest prevalence of undernourishment was found in sub-Saharan Africa, where 25% of the total population were undernourished.
In 2013, 19 countries still had extremely alarming or alarming levels of hunger, most of them in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia. The three countries with extremely alarming 2013 GHI scores are Burundi, Comoros, and Eritrea. For the Democratic Republic of Congo and other likely hunger hot spots such as Afghanistan and Somalia reliable data on undernourishment is lacking.
Agriculture produces a third more calories than are needed to feed the world population. Per capita food availability rose from about 2,220 calories per person per day in the early 1960s to 2,860 calories in 2011-13. Developing countries even recorded a leap from 1,850 calories per person per day to over 2,740 in the same period.
In 2013, world cereal production reached a record output of 2,518 million tonnes, up 9 percent from the previous year. Despite this record-breaking harvest, only 45% was used to feed people, 35% was used for animal feed and the remainder for other uses such as seed, industrial non-food and waste.
In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide - 18 000 children per day - died before reaching their fifth birthday. Pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria together killed roughly 2.2 million children. Globally, about 45% of under-five deaths are linked to undernutrition.


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Reports from last month indicated that Doc Rivers and Antawn Jamison had dinner together, but no contract has been offered (thankfully). I'm pretty sure we were all assuming that he would get signed for the minimum to play with the new look Clippers to help with the second unit. I thought Lamar Odom would've been signed by now, but he still wants to sign with the Lakers. Really LO? Other than that we really haven't heard much from LO. It makes me wonder what the front office is up to. Will we be signing a backup PF/C? or are we content with the roster we have already?
I mean it's not like theirs a shortage of NBA PF/C out there. There's a lot of decent back up bigs that are still left over that could help the second unit. Keep in mind we can only offer the veterans minimum, so options are limited.
- Ivan Johnson (Good to have someone physical down low in the post)
- Drew Gooden
- Louis Amundson
- Al Harrington
- Tyrus Thomas
- Jared Jeffries
- James Johnson
- Hamed Haddadi
- Jason Collins
- DaSagana Diop
- Cole Aldrich
Corey Maggette, man the PF spot! jk...
P.S. All better options over Antawn Jamison.


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East Lancashire poaching alert after horrific dead deer discovery (From This Is Lancashire)
East Lancashire poaching alert after horrific dead deer discovery
6:00pm Thursday 6th March 2014 in News
WILDLIFE champions have reacted with shock after a butchered deer carcass was discovered in a field.
The sika deer had been disembowelled and had its head and hind legs removed before it was found by a dog walker on moorland near Clitheroe.
Now police are urging anybody offered cheap meat on the black market to call them immediately.
PC Carl Chew, Ribble Valley wildlife crime officer, said there had been an increase in the number of cases of poaching reported to them.
He said: "The body had been left hidden at the side of the road behind a dry stone wall.
"It could not be established how the deer had been killed or why it had not been taken away, but we have seen an increase in this type of incident in the area.
"There is a black market because it is cheaper than going to the butchers. The problem is you do not know what you are getting.
"There will be increased police anti-poaching patrols in this area and we will also be utilising local gamekeepers, deer managers and members of the public in trying to identify offenders.
"We are getting calls in relating to these offences but I ask the public to report any incidents which they believe are suspicious."
The officer put the increase in reports down to alerts being sent out via the Lancashire In The Know system.
The deer, which was found on Twiston Moor, was reported to police on Monday. There are more than 1,000 roe deer, about 100 sika and only around 20 red deer in East Lancashire.
PC Chew said carcasses would often be sold to restaurants, hotels and pubs for between £40 to £60.
Butchers tend to pay around £150 from licensed shooters for the meat.
PC Chew said: "It is not worth the risk.
"In this latest case the deer had been butchered in a field and you do not know what was hanging around. It was probably left overnight and you do not know what has been at it."
PC Chew said he was planning to hold a rural crime meeting with guest speakers to describe the problems of poaching and what people should be looking for.
Anybody with information about wildlife crime should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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How ironic PC Chew must know a thing about the tenderness of deer meat
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happycyclist wrote:Probably not is the more likley option. Chances are this poor animal suffered before being killed. Likley it was chased down by dogs or shot and probably wounded. Hope they cath these sick barstewards.
Hard times. People need to eat. Good protein. The deer might have been injured or dying anyway and killed by an opportunist and not necessarily by a poacher.
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Immediately after the incident police were looking for three men who broke into the apartment attacked the man who lives there, and fired a shot.
Police say the 24-year-old victim and his girlfriend returned to 105 East Road Apartment-A and noticed the front door was ajar.
The man walked inside to check it out and came across three men with t-shirts covering their faces.
Police say they attacked the victim and hit him in the head with a gun.
As the victim ran out the door, one of the burglars fired a gunshot, but no one was struck. The woman with the victim was not hurt.
Police say the man's head injury is serious, but we don't think it is life threatening.
We don't have a good description of the criminals, and we don't know the victim's name, but we'll keep following the story.
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Our Lady of Grace Grotto, located east of St. Mary's Church in West Burlington, Iowa, was begun in the spring of 1929 by two Benedictine priests, Fr. M. J. Kaufman and Fr. Damian Lavery, the designer. Built during the depression years, many of the creators were unemployed and welcomed something to do. Despite the challenging time of the depression years, it was in hope and faith that the grotto was dedicated by Rev. H.P. Rohlman, Bishop of Davenport (Iowa). The grotto, erected in memory of Our Lady of Grace, was built entirely of donated rocks. Contributions were received from every state and many foreign nations. Many of the rocks came from the Holy Land. Inside the grotto the stature of the Blessed Virgin Mary is flanked by two seashells, one from the Atlantic Ocean and one from the Pacific Ocean. It's domed interior sparkles with the glint of quart crystals found in geodes.
For several years after its completion, the grotto was a tourist attraction. Pastors and parishioners worked to maintain its loveliness. In the fifties and sixties the grotto fell into decay. Trees and shrubs grew so tall that the shrine was no longer visible. The once colorful sunken garden was overgrown with vegetation. Then in 1973 the people of St. Mary's, under the leadership of pastor Fr. Jack Denning, began again. Many volunteer hours were spent hauling away the refuse accumulated during the years of neglect. The crumbled walks and steps were replaced, the ponds repaired, and new electrical and plumbing facilities were installed to replace the old.
On August 15, 1974, the Feast of the Assumption, Most Rev. Gerald O'Keefe, Bishop of Davenport, rededicated the grotto with 700 parishioners and friends celebrating their accomplishment.
Over the years, parishioners have volunteered their efforts to the task of restoration and necessary improvements, including a new fountain and ceramic tile Stations of the Cross. Many of the shrubs have been replaced, perennials have been planted, and mulch and river rocks added as part of a landscaping plan. Continued effort goes toward maintaining the ponds and replacing geodes.
Our Lady of Grace Grotto continues to be one of Iowa's more interesting stops for visitors. It is a garden of peace, inviting people to reflect on their faith.
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I'd rather see Ireland and Argentina go through personally.
Ireland easily capable of beating France and Argentina capable of upsetting both France and Ireland but can't see it
I can't see France dropping a game to either Ireland or Argentina in the group stages of this World Cup, especially if they play most of their 1st XV.
This is such an awful draw. France, Ireland, & Argentina are all ranked above Scotland, Wales & ourselves and yet one's going home before the quarters.
I'll actually take France (boo, hiss) & Ireland despite Argentina beating Ireland 2-0 in the series over these last two weekends. Rather like ourselves it was very much a second or third choice Ireland.
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tough group.....ireland all the way though best chance ever of going far in the world cup
the mood in the country is good too so come on lads!!!!!
I think it will be France and Argentina. Would personally love for Ireland to go home early
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Kansas City Chiefs QB Brady Quinn (head) is officially inactive for Thursday Night Football. The news shouldn't be a shock, as Quinn had no chance of playing on the short week after suffering a possible concussion.
The Matt Cassel Era lives to see another week. Romeo Crennel has stated that Quinn will remain the starter once he's healthy.
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If nothing else, Im sure well see whales.
I had just done a trip along the Napali Coast about two weeks prior and there were whales everywhere then, so I was pretty confident that we were about to have at least one encounter with a playful group of whales today. If I had only known how many whales we were about to see I wouldve strapped my GoPro cameras down all over the boat because we were literally surrounded by a group of whales for almost ten minutes.


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THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) - Movies like A Beautiful Mind and The Soloist show examples of adults dealing with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Most people afflicted with the disease don't show signs until later in life, but Kevin Williams started showing signs when he was two.
Kevin's mother Sunnie, a Thomasville native, decided to document her sons behavior in a journal. Eight years later she turned that journal into the book "Heaven Sent Me." Williams was at Thomasville High School today to sign books and speak to students. "The book to me is like a roller coaster because like in the beginning it's really funny because it's like oh my god this is kid is getting into everything and than it gets really sad. It's like a roller coaster, it's real sad," said Williams.
Williams answered students questions and showed them family photos. She says she hopes her book finds other parents whose children deal with this disease because she wants them to know they are not alone.
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Proper Gym Music Etiquette
A gym membership doesn't mean you can force your fellow fitness buffs to listen to your music choices. Modern Manners Guy on the etiquette of listening to music at the gym.
I know I've covered a lot of gym etiquette recently, but there's one more thing that really drives me nuts. Call me a music snob, but I think certain music – and music levels - fit certain activities.
For example, at my daughter's ballet recital, I would not expect to hear Metallica. At a wrestling match, I wouldn't expect to hear Lady Gaga. Going to the gym is an activity where you are actually free to listen to whatever you like, but why must you insist on forcing your music onto others by turning up the volume on your device or singing out loud?
Mind you, everyone has their tastes, and we are all welcome to listen to whatever we want. But should everyone else be subjected to our particular tastes as well? At the gym the other day, I was caught in a 20-square-foot music zone caused by one impolite gym-goer. I couldn't escape it! It followed me like a swarm of bees chasing a giant chunk of sugar. Not only was the music loud enough to hear through the gym-goer's headphones, but he insisted on singing along to it as well… badly, I might add. For the record, there is a reason that Wham! broke up in the 1980s, and it's a good reason. Remember the classic "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"? Yeah, me neither.
When working out, be mindful of others around you. It's rude to blast your music through your headphones so loudly that I can hear it over the buzz of a treadmill! And if you are going to listen to music AND feel the need to practice your American Idol audition while on the Stair Master, do not shout it at the top of your lungs. If you need this to get you going, try going to a piece of equipment that is not around others. Or you could go to the gym at a time when it's not as crowded. And even then, the gym employees may object.
In the end, we all need music in our lives. At the gym it's no different. But don't think that your gym membership means you own the place!
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If you are going to camp on a certain day and want to meet with other DNers, come to this post. Don't post for days ahead. Only for the days which are coming up. That way all you have to do is scroll down to see who is there the day you are. So if I am going Sat or Sunday , write where you want other DNer's to meet with you, what time and describe what you are wearing that day so they can recognize you. I may even have a little sign saying "DailyNorseman Meeting Place." Ya'll can do whatever.
I will be there Monday and Tues with Arif. he will be reporting but will meet with us at lunch. So Sunday or Monday morning I will post on the last comment where I will be, How to spot me. ( blue mobility scooter)and what time we should look for each other. Say hello. plan lunch. We don't have to stay as a group but can the meet at times during the day or plan lunch with the others.
Hope that is easy enough. So come to this post, scroll down the day or night B4 and see who has set a plan together and tellthem you will be coming also. THEN??? Just meet and have some fun together or just say hello.Folks can plan whatever they please. Pardon the spelling again. I will check in here the days I am coming.


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Doc Halladay throws perfect game (In the wrong uniform)
Congrats Doc. Today is a bitter sweet moment for me, I am proud and happy for him but wish it was done with a Blue Jay on his jersey. Doc might be the best player I've ever cheered for, I wonder this is how i'd feel if Tony G wins the SuperBowl with Atlanta.


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Kanye Treats Kim Kardashian To Wendy's
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I recently bought the Swords & Wizardry complete rules book and Monstrosities. It sits along side several other OSR games I've picked up over the last year or two. I'd heard good things about this one. While I was skeptical the very lean "rules light" approach would interest me, I'm delighted with the book.
The reason is that it's shifted my thinking about an Old School approach. I've been meaning to take on my own take on a house rules set for OSR play, and the old AD&D fan in me, along with the gorgeous WoTC reprints, was the place to start. I got stalled out in all the byzantine rules, comparing to Labyrinth Lord, ACKS, and even Swords Without Number to find my own "dialect."
It turns out that Swords & Wizardry is a better place for me to start. Rather than disassembling the complexity of AD&D, it offers a clean slate to build up from. Plus, hey, out of the shoot it offers up separate classes and races. I know I'm not alone, but maybe in the minority, that B/X style with races as class drives me nuts.
So! Without more rambling, I've already put together my own house rules below. You can probably see some of the influences of later editions that stray from purists' love for the very original version of the game, as represented by S&W. But, it's much more in the category of a game I want to play now! You'll have to forgive my formatting here, especially on charts, for a couple days. Typos, too! I'll fix as soon as I can sleep on it!
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3 -3 Unable to cast any spells.
4 -2 Unable to cast 3rd or 4th level spells.
5 -2 Unable to cast 5th or 6th level spells.
6 -1 Unable to cast 7th level spells.
7 -1 Unable to cast 8th level spells.
8 -1 Unable to cast 9th level spells.
9 – 12 0 Character may cast spells normally.
13 +1 Additional 1st level spell.
14 +1 Additional 1st level spells.
15 +1 Additional 1st level spell.
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For those paying attention, many have been riveted to the development of Andre Smith in recent days. For those of you who aren't draftniks, Smith is an OT prospect from Alabama, many scouts have/had him rated as the top OT prospect and top prospect coming out of the draft, and possibly the 1st or 2nd overall pick. However, Smith seems to be delibertly sabotaging his shot at being a top 5 pick by first getting kicked off the Bama team right before the Sugar Bowl and now not showing up for the combine on schedule and then deciding to leave after rumors of having horrible interviews. Now the question is, what does this do for Denver's draft.
With Smith likely falling out of the top ten, it makes it more likely that he will be available when Denver picks, conversely, it also makes it more likely that players like BJ Raji and Rey Maualuga and Malcom Jenkins will all be off the board when we select at 12. Now there is no denying Smith talent, you aren't a starter for four years at Bama, all SEC, and all American without talent and dedication. And LT is generally the easist position to project at the next level, so many teams at the end of the draft will see a great value at 12 if Smith is still there and will be willing to make a deal to move up and grab him. This has been brought up in some other posts, but I don't think anyone thought Smith would be on the board when Denver drafted.
So teams that are in the back of the draft will likely be willing to part with more for the 12th pick if they think they will get a prospect that has top 5 talent and is rated as the best OT on the boards. This could mean not only extra draft picks this year, but likely another 1st rounder next year for the Broncos. The hope will be that Smith has a coming to jesus moment between now and his pro-day so he doesn't fall like Randy Moss did where teams view him as too toxic and teams will let him slide all the way down the 1st round, but he could be the best thing that happens for the Broncos on draft day.


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Hedge funds posted another positive quarter to start off 2002. The Average U.S. Hedge Fund earned 1.4% net over the first three months of 2002, beating both the S&P 500?s 0.3% return and the NASDAQ?s ?5.3% loss. The Dow, however, rose 4.3% for the quarter. For the month of March, the Average U.S. Hedge Fund gained 2.2% net, its best month since last November.
The market?s March rebound provided long-biased equity managers a chance to make up lost ground, with Aggressive Growth and Value strategy funds among the better performers last month. Emerging Markets and Short Selling strategy funds were the best performers for the quarter overall. Of course, the vast majority of hedge funds engage in short selling to some extent and that was no doubt a contributor to their superior performance last quarter. While U.S. and offshore hedge funds averaged 1.4% net and 1.6% net in the quarter, respectively, the Average Equity Mutual Fund returned only half that, 0.7%. U.S. Emerging Markets funds averaged a 4.7% net gain for March and 9.2% net for the first quarter, extending their strong performance from late 2001. Equity benchmarks show robust gains over the last two quarters in such markets as Mexico, Russia, and Thailand, a few of the countries where Emerging Markets funds invest.
Just over two-thirds of reporting hedge funds showed a positive return for the first quarter while more than 80% were profitable in March. Ten out of the fourteen different U.S. hedge fund strategies in the Van Hedge Fund Index were winners last month while twelve were positive for the first quarter. The stock market was ambivalent last quarter, with investors wavering between promising economic news and Enron-related accounting concerns. The Van Hedge Fund Indices show that these funds were broadly successful despite the volatility among equities.
Among U.S. hedge funds specializing in particular market sectors, Healthcare funds posted the strongest returns, averaging 5.2% net for the quarter. Media/Communication sector funds also were positive with a 2.3% net average gain. Technology funds averaged a ?1.7% net loss, over three percentage points better than the tech-heavy NASDAQ. Financial Services funds, however, were hit hard, averaging a ?8.4% net loss for first quarter 2002.
For March, the best performing strategies were U.S. Emerging Markets, U.S. Aggressive Growth, and U.S. Value/U.S. Several Strategies (tie), which had net returns of 4.7%, 3.9% and 3.8%, respectively. For first quarter 2002, U.S. Emerging Markets funds led with an average 9.2% net gain, followed by Heathcare sector funds and Offshore Emerging Markets funds, with average net returns of 5.2% and 5.0%, respectively.


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Good Morning America on Friday featured an all liberal "Morning Mix" panel to bash conservatives, tout liberal talking points about the midterm elections and the stupidity of Sarah Palin. Additionally, host George Stephanopoulos dismissed the Republican gains, claiming, "...We see, now, every two years, the country just says throw everybody out. Again, it's happened all the time."
Actually, it hasn't. Tuesday's GOP landslide was the biggest swing in House seats since 1948. Journalist Deborah Norville appeared on the panel to interpret the election results as a call for compromise: "Because, clearly, the message of this vote on Tuesday was that Americans are sick of the status quo."
Liberal actress Patricia Clarkson offered bromides about the new Republican majority: "I think the party of no is going to be the party of uh-oh. 'Cause they're not going to get anything done. They're going to see exactly what [Obama's] been up against."
Clarkson also attacked incoming House Speaker John Boehner: "...Everybody's going to have to come together. And I think he's going to have to spend a little less time in the tanning salon."
Rounding out these standard liberal cliches, the Jumanji actress slammed Sarah Palin as dumb: "...Call me crazy, but I would like my President to be the smartest person in the room. And I don't know that she can ever be that."
ABC's Morning Mix panel used to have a more diverse guest list, often times at least having one conservative. Lately it's become more and more of a liberal echo chamber. On the October 27 edition, Daily Beast editor Tina Brown referred to Jon Stewart as "the only trusted branch of government." Comedian D.L. Hughley dismissed Tea Partiers as racist.
A transcript of the November 5 segment, which aired at 8:17am EDT, follows:
[Tina Fey on Letterman, doing her Sarah Palin impression]
TINA FEY: When all her momma grizzlies are winning and they're busting through, busting through that class ceiling. And the momma grizzlies are going to Washington. And they're going to flip their gonna flip your picnic table, Dave.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Tina Fey dusting off her Sarah Palin impression after the GOP's big night, Tuesday. That electoral earthquake just one of the topics on the topics on today's Morning Mix. Joining me around the table today, the anchor of Inside Edition, Deborah Norville, and Academy Award nominated actress Patricia Clarkson, star of the movie Cairo Time. It's out on DVD November 30. And thanks, both of you, for coming in. So much to talk about this week. We have got to start with this election. It really was an earthquake. And the President had to come out the day after and take his medicine. Let's show a little bit of that.
BARACK OBAMA: I'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like I did last night. You know, I'm sure there's easier ways to learn these lessons.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He was smiling by the end of the press conference, Deborah. He finally came out with that word, shellacking. It took him a while, it seems, to absorb these results.
DEBORAH NORVILLE (Anchor, Inside Edition): It took him a while. And it seems to still be taking a while. That press conference, what was interesting, is he expressed concern for the members of Congress who lost their seats because they, I think, as you put it, stood up for what they believed in voting for the Obama Care policy and the continuation of the stimulus. But he never associated their vote to his particular program. Subsequent to that, you know, Robert Gibbs came out and said we would be open to the extension of the Bush tax cuts. So, I think there is a process that is continuing on even to today.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He's going from denial to acceptance.
PATRICIA CLARKSON: Well, I also think he's still has a little something to smile about. He still has the Senate. And what can they really do, to be honest? I mean, even if it gets through the House, it has to get through the Senate. He still has all the power.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Has that veto.
CLARKSON: He still has the veto power. I think the party of no is going to be the party of uh-oh. 'Cause they're not going to get anything done. They're going to see exactly what he's been up against.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's part of the hope, I think, of a lot of Democrats, Deborah. Now that Republicans have control of the House, they going to have to share responsibility.
CLARKSON: They're going to have to take- yes.
NORVILLE: I think what they're all going to have to do is they're going to have to I find a way to be conciliatory towards each other. Because, clearly, the message of this vote on Tuesday was that Americans are sick of the status quo. And they want to see movement on the issues they care about, which are fundamentally jobs and the economy.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's exactly right and, you know, we see, now, every two years, the country just says throw everybody out. Again, it's happened all the time. And they do want, they do want to see the parties start to work together. Whether we're going to see that or not, I don't know.
NORVILLE: Hope springs eternal.
CLARKSON: But I actually think they're going to have to, John Boehner- everybody's going to have to come together. And I think he's going to have to spend a little less time in the tanning salon and-
[Stephanopoulos laughs.]
STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, he actually started- he faded over the course of the campaign.
CLARKSON: What was that great quote? Something- why make orange aid when you're [sic]
NORVILLE: What he said to Diane was that it wouldn't be a Slurpee summit, but there might be a nice bottle of Merlot that comes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: My guess is you will see President Obama and John Boehner on the golf course before year's end. They want to see that picture. How about Sarah Palin though?
NORVILLE: If for no other reason than we get to continue to see Tina Fey.
CLARKSON: Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's see how she declared victory the other night.
[Clip of Sarah Palin PAC commercial.]
CLARKSON: Her own show. Finally. Which is exactly what she should be doing.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Reality shows?
CLARKSON: Not running for President?
NORVILLE: Not politics?
CLARKSON: -Is her show. No. I just, you know, call me crazy, but I would like my President to be the smartest person in the room. And I don't know that she can ever be that. But, you know, I do think that she's a great personality. I think she has a lot to offer, in terms of- for the Tea Party, for the Republican Party, for television, in general. But-
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's the question. What game is she playing here?
NORVILLE: Well, I think she's playing the Sarah Palin game. But I think she's done it in an ingenious way of allowing that game to include a great segment of Americans who feel like they've been disenfranchised, who feel like no one is been speaking voice to their concerns. And the commercial that you just ran, the last thing she talked about, is we can do it together. Going back to the earlier point. People are tired of the divisiveness. And when Sarah Palin, as polarizing a character as she can be, talks about togetherness, it does resonate.
CLARKSON: But, they do have to move, The Republicans have voted against every, single thing that President Obama has tried to do. And somebody's got to move. Somebody's got to give. And she's responsible. They are now coming out against, you know, they were going to maybe go soft on trying to trying to reform Obama Care. And they're already up in arms about it.


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Memphis, Tenn. – TSSAA Regional Administrators recognized several Memphis City Schools staff and teams during an award luncheon in Jackson, TN on November 7, 2012. MCS recipients of the 2012 A.F. Bridges Award were: Ridgeway High School's Jim Long for Principal of the Year; White Station High School's Mark McDonald for Athletic Director of the Year; Douglass High School's Elizabeth Marable for Female Coach of the Year; East High School's Sam Bachelor for Male Coach of the Year; Nicholas Owens, a teacher at Kingsbury High, for Official of the Year; and Hamilton High and Wooddale High were recognized for sportsmanship.
The A.F. Bridges Award recognizes 63 individuals from across the state that represent the best in high school athletics in each of the 9 athletic districts. It was expanded 13 years ago to include awards for School System Administrator of the Year, Principal of the Year, Athletic Director of the Year, Female Coach of the Year, Male Coach of the Year, Official of the Year, and Contributor of the Year. Nominations were made by a Citizenship/Sportsmanship Committee in each athletic district and the final selection was made by a State Selection Committee.
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5:00pm Saturday 11th January 2014 in News By Pete Grant, Reporter
UNDETERRED by rising water levels, builders on the riverbank have resumed work on Marlow Rowing Club's new headquarters.
Despite water levels creeping upwards towards the building site over the last two weeks, work is now underway to bore holes to support the main infrastructure of the £2.5million Watersports Hub.
Club spokesman Lynne Moran said: ""The builders are naturally keeping a close eye of the weather forecast and the water levels and we will continue to push ahead with our programme of works as planned and just hope that the weather stays mild as it has been"
She confirmed that the Thames has been lapping at the edge of the working area this week.
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Where I work, SilverStripe is being used by many groups for small team sites. We aren't using the multisite module and we prefer to keep each team site independent.
At the moment there's probably around 15 sites and it looks like it could grow rapidly (people love it).
I'm finding it difficult to make upgrades and enhancements. I currently have a startsite that I duplicate when I start a new team site.
I'm thinking of doing something like the following so I'm wondering if any of you have done this or if you foresee some obvious pitfalls.
I'm thinking instead of duplicating the StartSite folder, I'll just create the NewSite folder and inside of it, just create a symbolic links to the folders I want to always be the same (sapphire, cms, themes and all the modules). I could probably make links to most every thing in mysite too. Any changes I just need to change the files in the StartSite folder.
Is there a way to have SilverStripe load a _config.php that just has the unique information for that site and then load an addition _config_common.php file (similar how apache loads many config files)? I just built a new page and I need to add information for the lucene search module to find it. I need to add those lines to every _config.php file I have. If I could have a _config_common.php to just load the common items that would be great.
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I do not have that much seperate sites, but I have the same problem. SilverStripe is not build to manage multiple clients with one installation. You can have multiple themes but only one code folder.
I've managed to tweak the themes functionality to have a common theme which is share with the others. Also I have modified the manifest builder to include the code I want at build. This way I have some controle over the code and can use the same code everywhere.
But I still need to use seperate installations since the config needs to be different.
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The talk describes per-task delay accounting, a newly introduced kernel mechanism that provides a direct measurement of time spent by Linux tasks waiting for CPU time, completion of submitted I/O and in resolving page faults caused by allocated real memory, all of which delay the forward progress of the application being run within the task. We discuss how such measurements help in resource management and metering, which are increasingly important given virtualization trends. We also describe other related accounting mechanisms introduced in the kernel.
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What metaphors for sex are used in your country?
In his talk, sexuality educator Al Vernacchio laments the flawed metaphor that many Americans use to talk about sex: baseball. Instead of this regulated and competitive framework, he suggest that we think about sex like pizza -- a communicative and collaborative experience.
The baseball metaphor is indeed very common in the US. So I wondered, what metaphors for sex are commonly used in other countries or in other languages? Are there Americans, too, who grew up with a different metaphor? And what else besides pizza would be a helpful new one?
Share some funny or interesting euphemisms for sex from your own culture!
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Jul 18 2013: Well Deepak.....when you state....'but in India it is a taboo and nothing much is discussed.' I guess you aren't referring to the era of the Kama Sutra. :):);)
But then historically, open discussion about sex in societies goes in cycles..............just look at Victorian England or early Rome and by and large the biggest no no on open sex discussions are Middle Eastern religious based.
But what has got me curious is this statement of yours.....
'Anyway we are at the end of our journey and everyone will soon understand in the time to come.'
Like to elaborate/enlighten us thereto??
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The Acer looks better in real life than it does in pictures. But it still doesn't look as sleek or nice as the Samsung. One other disappointment. . . . It's a little too snug to fit into my Solo Storm Bag. I can make it go, but I have to work at it. This was my perfect solution for the Samsung.http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Universal-10-Inch-Tablet-STM751-4/dp/B008Y8E25Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406020868&sr=8-1&keywords=solo+storm If you have any bag solutions for this Chromebook, please share them. Fit and finish are fine. The speakers are quite a bit louder than the Samsung and are more than adequate. I'll still continue to use my Bluetooth headsets when using in public places, but for home, I'm very pleased so far with the speakers.
Last night, I caught myself smiling when I noticed that my battery life was 60% and it said that meant that I had 5 hours and 43 minutes left. I haven't owned this long enough to get a feel for the battery but it's looking promising.
This display leaves a little to be desired. Compared to the Samsung, it is better! But I'm still looking for an affordable Chromebook with a high quality, high resolution display. I've found the keyboard to be very adequate and easy to type on. And the track pad rocks! At least as good as the Samsung and it is one of the best track pads I have owned on any computer.
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Due to the cancellation of Tuesday June 3rd Tryouts- we will be utillizing the rain date, Monday June 9th, as a make-up date. The schedule will remain as follows:
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- Players will participate in game-like environments in front of numerous professional coaches to evaluate players in realistic settings. Tryout games may take place in 3v3, 5v5, 8v8 or 11v11 settings depending on age group allowing lots of touches on the ball for the players and lots of opportunities to be observed in game related activities. Goalkeepers will be included.
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8:00pm Tuesday 18th February 2014 in News By Chris Gregory, Senior Reporter
A NEW taxi-bus service in Hook, which has been backed by villagers, has been given the green light.
The service, organised and paid for by villagers through Hook Parish Council, will start on Monday.
Councillor Mandy Butler told a meeting of the parish council that the scheme had been approved by the traffic commissioner.
It will involve an eight-seater van making regular journeys between Holt Park, to the east of Hook, and the village centre.
The estate was left with limited public transport when the number 10 service was axed in October 2011 after Hampshire County Council slashed £2million from its bus subsidy target. The number 100 service is also set to cease this month in a shake-up of the timetables by operator Stagecoach.
Cllr Butler said: "It is a major milestone.
"We were able to make an application to the traffic commissioner in conjunction with Capital Cars (which will run the service). It has been very frustrating because it's taken a long time for it to be registered."
The scheme is part of a long-running campaign by the parish council to get better public transport provision.
The six-month trial has a budget of £8,000, but the parish council does not expect the cost to reach that figure. Concessionary fares will also be available.
New 'hail zones', with the logo of Capital Cars, will appear in roads in the east of the village where people can signal for the van to stop.
Timetables were delivered to more than 1,100 homes in eastern Hook over the weekend, and will also be available from businesses in the village centre.
Councillor Martin Whittaker, who chaired the parish council meeting, told Cllr Butler: "I thought it would never happen because buses have proved difficult for us in the past. But you managed it – well done."
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The Samsung S3 Mini is a lite version of the Samsung S3 smartphone. It sports a smaller 4" screen with a resolution of 480×800 and is an entry-level phone compared to the more pricy and feature-packed S3. This phone does not support 4G, which is curious since the S3 does. It supports 2G and 3G, as long as it works well with your carrier.
And this is the part of the review where I state a friendly warning. The vendor selling this phone states the phone is compatible with GSM carriers, such as AT&T and T-Mobile. This may not be entirely true.
I purchased this phone while setting up service with T-Mobile here in the US. I wanted an unlocked phone that my wife could use with our new service. The vendor sent us a Samsung S3 Mini "Orange" phone that originated in Europe and had European firmware installed on it. While the phone worked fine and upgraded itself properly, we were never able to get any speeds more than 2G with a data speed of about 100Kbps, which is painfully slow. The smartphone was unable to host any smooth streaming media due to this slow bandwidth.
I then learned that the phone does not support the US T-Mobile 3G transmission frequencies. It will work with T-Mobile, but only at 2G speeds. If you live in the US and plan to use this phone with T-Mobile as your carrier, expect only to use 2G service. This may be fine for some people. If it is, this phone is worth considering.
The charger is an international charger that comes with a North American adapter. The phone comes with a pair of headphones and a battery. It does not come with an SD card, case, or protective cover, as is typical with cell phones in general.
We were able to return the phone and get our money back from Amazon. Amazon is very good about returns. While this phone didn't work for us and it was advertised to work with AT&T and T-Mobile, in fairness to the vendor who sold it, they also do say that "not all carrier features may be supported." You're best to take this into consideration before purchasing this phone.
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