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There's a revolution happening in retail. Store clerks are getting chatty.
No offense to convenience store workers, who are swell people, but I actually liked it better when some of you were glued to your cellphones.
I first noticed this chat-up-the-customer phenomenon back in football season when a cashier at my neighborhood convenience store saw my Steelers cap and decided to share some pithy NFL commentary.
After about two minutes of musings about the Steelers, whom she clearly knew nothing about, she hit me with this stunning thought: "My two favorite teams are the Steelers and the Cowboys."
"You need to pick one," I muttered sarcastically, interrupting her monologue.
"What do you mean, I need to pick one?" she said.
"Ma'am, there's no such thing as a Steelers-Cowboys fan," I said. "It's like saying your two favorite soft drinks are Coke and Pepsi. People will think you're silly."
"Whaa?" she said, a blank look on her face.
Realizing that I had been sucked into a conversational vortex, I grabbed my beef jerky and receipt and bolted out the door.
As a shy person, I do not like being engaged in small talk by strangers. It's a character flaw, yes, but that's just the way it is.
There is a particular sales associate at my local superstore who has showered me with unsolicited information about her college career. She told me while swiping my yogurt that she attends Tennessee Temple University, that she has classes clustered on Tuesdays and Thursdays and that she wants to be a schoolteacher. She told me all this again on my next visit. Both times I have congratulated her and wished her well, but I'm afraid if she does it a third time I will have to say some smarty-pants words.
All this was rumbling through my mind last Sunday, when I was checking out, again, at my local superstore. I avoided my young student-teacher for a male checkout clerk, who I assumed would observe the man code and speak only when spoken to.
I was wrong.
Halfway through the checkout, he lifted my 48-ounce canister of Metamucil powder (orange flavored, smooth texture) up to his eye level, and asked, in a booming voice that could be heard 30 feet in every direction: "What the heck is this!"
It was the voice that you'd use if you thought you had just discovered a dead body in your bedroom closet.
My eyes widened. "Is this really happening?" I thought.
Just at that moment, my clerk answered his own question.
"Oh, it's some sort of fiber stuff, right?" he said to all the customers who had turned in his direction. "I don't eat much fiber," he said.
I'll alert the media, I thought.
The superstore is run by the smartest business people in the world. I know their clerks are schooled in customer service. But there's a fine line between being nice and being a nuisance.
Especially when it involves timid souls like me who are actually fond of being ignored.
Mark Kennedy is a Times Free Press columnist and editor. He writes the "LIfe Stories" human interest column for the City section and the "Family Life" column for the Life section. He also writes an automotive column, "Test Drive," for the Business section. For 13 years, Kennedy was features editor of the newspaper, and before that he was the newspaper's first Sunday editor. The Times Free Press Life section won the state press award for ...
Here is someone that is obviously educated in the school of journalism; a reporter, writer, and editor of a newspaper in a respected outlet, and he does not like to talk to people unless he generates the time and topic. People wonder why conservatives think the media is made up of "elitists"? This is the same person who would complain bitterly about the horrible customer service he received and how unfriendly the clerk was if he were not shown the proper "respect" from such a lowly person as a mere clerk. How dare that mere commoner, both working and trying to put herself through college, think she could hold a conversation with, much less the attention of, the esteemed Mr. Kennedy. Surely has the proper last name, thinks he is of Camelot.
Mark, I am not going to touch on all of the reasons that your column in Sunday's paper stunk to high heaven. I'm just going to say, you need to chill, it takes 2 to make a conversation. A simple smile will work most of the time. The thing about changing cashiers so you wouldn't have to talk to the young woman and getting the guy who held up your Metamucil? KARMA. Oh yes, you apparently don't realize what a few kind words to someone can do. These are people just like you and me, not robots. If the people behind you in line aren't bothered, why should you be?


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If "Scottish Falsetto Sock-Puppet Theater" sounds like a mouthful, that's because it is -- and these mouthy, high-pitched puppets would like to throw some Christmas cheer your way.
If "Scottish Falsetto Sock-Puppet Theater" sounds like a mouthful, that's because it is -- and these mouthy, high-pitched puppets would like to throw some Christmas cheer your way.
While serial dater John Mayer and serial candy dress wearer Katy Perry haven't even officially confirmed their romance after several months of dating, public outings and photo opps, details of Mayer's customized Christmas present for the pop diva have been unveiled.
Everyone knows jolly ol' Saint Nick as the loveable, bearded fat man who climbs down the chimney to deliver gifts to the children of the world. Well, what if Santa was actually a monstrous, murderous head that emerged from the anus of a devil-eyed reindeer?
Demi Lovato hit the stage at the annual 'Christmas in Washington' special, and the adorable 'X Factor' judge brought her signature rock edge and powerhouse vocals to the table.
Everyone knows Christmas Day is all about tearing open presents, spending time with loved ones, gorging on lots of good food and celebrating the holiday spirit in general. Even though most of us have got the holiday thing down by now, some folks out there might not be aware of some of the unusual and history-making events marking Christmas Day and Christmas Eve in the past.
Al Alverson didn't get the iPad mini that he had ordered through FedEx. However, the blame for the non-delivery rested squarely on UPS.
Last year the 56,000 light Christmas display which adorned Jan Stewart's Fountain Valley, California home went viral, with a YouTube video of the lights in action garnering close to 500,000 views.
Christmas is almost upon us, but that doesn't mean you still can't have some fun with your holiday decorations. Maybe you're the kind of person who waits until the last minute to set up your tree, or perhaps you've noticed some bare spots on the limbs just crying out for a few more ornaments. Or maybe you need a last minute activity to keep the kids busy while they wait for the impending arrival of Santa Claus. Nothing is more maddening for a child than the last few days leading up to Christmas, before all of their holiday loot arrives.
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Today, after a series of in-store appointments in search of what is hot on the High Street right now, we stopped by one of our favourite departments stores, Fenwick! If ever there was a weekend to go shopping just after pay day, it is now ladies. With a jewellery department filled to the brim with brightly coloured trinkets and jewels, a first floor with all the must have labels such as Equipment silk shirts and a top floor with all your need to know mid-market labels, including French brand Thomsen, which is stocked exclusively, we wanted it all and were left with the dilemma of which item we could cheekly treat ourselves to. So if we did had to pick just one Friday pick-me-up this weekend, it would have to be Italian label MSGM's blue and white boldy striped blouse. Perfect for a fun night out, or for doing battle in the boardroom. We lurrvveee.
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These very tender and moist chicken thighs come with a tangy peanut butter sauce that is irresistible.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen
8 Servings
Prep: 25 min. Cook: 5 hours
8 bone-in chicken thighs (about 3 pounds), skin removed
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon chopped seeded jalapeno pepper
2 teaspoons Thai chili sauce
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
2 green onions, sliced
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
Hot cooked basmati rice, optional
Place chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the
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Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender.
Sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds. Serve with rice if
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1 chicken thigh with 1/4 cup sauce (calculated without rice) equals 261 calories, 15 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 87 mg cholesterol, 350 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber,
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this school is the best school ever its nice cuz the classis are smaller than public school and the techers can help you more than if you were in puplic school i will never go to public school again
The teachers there really work with you and they have time to do this because there is only about 10-15 students or less in each class room and its at a small church to it feels more like home school. I came from public school and i would never go back to a school that has 1000 kids or more its rediculous so yess i really like the learning enviourment.Its good for students with add or adhd like me..
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The Irish Catholic newspaper has predicted a 75 percent decrease in Ireland over the next 30 years, which means only 450 priests will be serving in Irish parishes by 2042.
According to TheJournal.ie, the figure was reached by examining imminent retirements and current ordination rates. Currently, there are 1,965 priests serving Ireland's 26 dioceses.
Just 12 men entered the national seminary in Maynooth last month. On average, 50 percent of these men would be expected to drop out of the program.
The president of Maynooth said "massive changes" will be necessary within the church due to the lack of priests.
Right now there are 32 priests under the age of 34 working in Ireland, which is just 1.6 percent of the total number of active priests.
The drop off in numbers will mean hundreds of parishes will be left without a priest according to The Irish Catholic's Deputy Editor Michael Kelly. Senior figures in the church have called the figures "very worrying."
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Years ago, I was on vacation and contacted by Olga Munding, a New Orleans blueswoman who was releasing a record called, Whatever You Want. Agreeing to review it, when I returned to the BBR office, I received a beautiful package in the mail. It was a copy of the CD, plus a 'drop card' that if planted, grew wildflowers in the garden. Attached was a handwritten note, thanking us for our work. In the age of instant downloads and digital messages, I knew Olga Munding's connectedness was different.
I kept the note and did not plant the drop card, because following Olga Munding has been a treasure that I wanted to keep close at hand. As the director of the Jessie Mae Hemphill Foundation, and serving on the Board of the Blues Foundation in Memphis, as well as other important historic blues preservation agencies in the South, Olga keeps planting wild flower seeds wherever she goes.
Olga contacted me again recently to announce a film project she is producing. It is the Anam Cara project. Inspired by Celtic wisdom and philosophical works, it is a film about 'soul friends.' With such an important concept to discuss with readers, I asked Olga if we could run an interview on her work. Between busy camera set ups and costume designer consultations, she was kind enough to correspond with us personally.


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In 1930s China, street performers, despite a long history, were both admired and reviledconsidered pleasant distractions but, ultimately, scorned as pariahs. They shared this ambiguous love-hate relationship with another, somewhat larger segment of society: women. For poor families especially, girls represented only a burdenanother mouth to feed, another body to clothe.
With its focus on impoverished street life, the harsh abuse of children, and crafty and unique means of survival, Wu Tianmings The King of Masks often feels like Dickens Chinese-stylean appealing, sentimental tale, also reminiscent of old Hollywood at its manipulative best. But for all its calculation (unusual in Chinese film fare that makes it to the States) and its sense of inevitability, Masks is a wonderful glimpse into a lost world, filled with both tragedy and delight.
Wang (Zhu Xu), a solitary old man and venerated street performer, wanders through the ancient stone streets of the Sichuan province with his box of delicate handmade masks and General, his loyal pet monkey, for companionship. Wangs specialty is the ancient and secret art of face-changing, a breathlessly swift and nimble method of storytelling through masks in which the hand is truly quicker than the eye. A sincere admirer of Wang is Master Liang Sao Lang (Zhao Zhigang), revered as by the people as the number-one female impersonator and operatic performer. Liang laments Wangs solitude, for it means Wangs art will die with him, and he encourages the old man to find himself an heir.
Wang visits the black market where children, almost exclusively girls, are sold for pittance by their impoverished families, only half believing hell be able to find himself a son. To his incredulity he discovers an angelic little 8-year-old, Doggie (Zhou Ren-ying), who endears himself to Wang by beseechingly calling him Grandpa. Wang buys the child and dotes upon him, serene in his happiness and the security of having a male to whom to transfer his ancient secretsuntil he discovers, by accident and to his horror, that Doggie is a girl. Despite his disappointment and deep embarrassment, Wang finds it hard to abandon Doggie. Although all thoughts of passing along the secrets of the masks are abandoned, he grudgingly makes Doggie a sideshow to his act. For all her ability and shrewdness, however, Doggie remains a child, and she triggers a series of disasters that try both the old man and the little girl.
Wei Minglungs screenplay has few real surprises, but it weaves an effective story highlighted by Wus careful camera work, which emphasizes the solitude and loneliness of Wang wandering the streets while Liang is borne aloft by his admiring throng. The atmosphere provided by the location wonderfully transports viewers into an era when warlords and patriarchy dominated, and where even prosperous children frequently met with sudden disaster.
One element that proves more of a distraction than a complement to the story is a kind of teasing coyness over Liangs gender (and sexual preference). Liang laments being half a woman (as opposed to half a man), and a sense of expectation grows around the inevitable encounter between Liang and Doggiewhich, when it comes, comes as something of a letdown. It never seems to have occurred to either Wei or Wu that following through on this line might have added several levels of intricacy to the already disturbing and rampant misogyny and fear of outsiders depicted in the film. (Of course, its also possible that something was lost in the translation.) Several hints that there is more to Liang than meets the eye go nowhere, and finally Liang proves to be only what he seems: a skilled impersonator.
In a tale of disguise and alienation, not developing the possibilities that reside in Liangs character seems an unfortunate omission. Perhaps its a bit much to expect more social resonance from this sincerely captivating tale, but its inevitable conclusion brushes aside the dilemmas of sexism and classism it spends a good amount of time detailing. But despite this gap, and a gratingly melodramatic and tidy wrap-up, The King of Masks justifies its numerous film-festival honors with its beautiful detail and homage to the traditionand secretsof the artist.


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It's a weekend of wet and wild fun on the water, but Paddle Quest isn't your average adventure race. Organizer Eliot Masters says canoe race takes paddlers across the Wisconsin River near Stevens Point in search of some creative characters.
"The questers are basically going to different locations to find people like bear and the king of the backwaters."
But organizers say you must choose your alleys wisely. Part of the challenge in Paddle Quest is aligning yourself with the right character so you can receive the most tokens.
One Stevens Point paddler knows how to play the game quite well. He's won the event four times now. For Paul Leonard the event is a challenge, but he says he has a slight advantage over other competitors.
"We spend a fair amount of time on the river. We kind of have the unfair advantage of knowing the terrain."
Knowing the water may help a quester, but Leonard says it also takes a lot of skill in the water to complete the challenge. He says the quest can be as hard or as easy as you make it. Some of the competitors may barely make it to every station, and will probably spend most of their time getting water out of their boats.
Paddle Quest may be an arduous task, but competitors say the chance to be crowned the "Protector of the Backwaters" and winner of the quest draws in competitors from near and far for a weekend of fun.
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Ben Bernanke Beats a Chinese Worker
Time Magazine has named Ben Bernanke "Person of the Year" for 2009, the last year in which conversational date shorthand will be easy (oh-ten? ten?).
Wonder what Ben's critics on Capitol Hill think of this citation, especially the first bit…
"He was the great scholar of the Depression who saw another depression coming, and did everything he could to stop it," [Time managing editor Richard] Stengel said of Bernanke. "He's a controversial figure. He's a Republican appointed by a Democratic president. It's a really interesting combination of factors."
Also interesting is Time's list of runners-up, which includes "the Chinese worker," a symbolic amalgamation of all those faraway people whose names are too hard to pronounce anyway. Sorry, symbolic Chinese worker, better luck next year! (Let's go with oh-ten.) At least you have the honor of knowing that you manufactured the clippers Ben Bernanke uses to keep his beard tidy, so in that sense, you win.
Heck, we all win.
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Those of you who know me well (or have seen this feature) know I have a thing for jewelry and accessories.
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River Island & ASOS triumph at the Drapers Awards
One of the fashion industry's most important award ceremonies was held this week, and once again it was River Island and ASOS walking away with the awards. The Drapers Fashion Awards named River Island as Multiple Retailer of the Year, while ASOS scooped Best eTailer (do you see what they did there?). Lingerie retailer of the year was the suddenly fashionable Marks and Spencer, and the Value Retailer of the year (rather strangely, in my opinion) went to Sainsbury's. What, no Primark? Or even George at Asda? Shocking.
It's been a very good year for River Island and ASOS too have been going from strength to strength. But do you think they deserve their awards? For fans of the brands, the print mini dress above is a £25 ASOS number, and the blue chiffon dress is £39.99 at River Island.


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Excerpts from ebook that gives sexual-abuse survivors a chance to tell their stories
Published: May 22, 2013
He returned to my doorway and I saw the condom in his hand. He removed my underwear and then he raped me. As I lost my virginity in the way nightmares are made of, my rapist asked me a question. "Who loves you?"
"I don't know."
"Say I do." In my dazed state, I repeated that back to him. "I do." Though it wasn't what he meant, he didn't comment. It didn't really matter to him. But in that moment, it mattered a lot to me. One part of my mind was furious. He wanted me to say that he loved me? The rage that this inspired cannot be overstated. Another piece clung to the truth of the statement. "I do." In that moment, though my sobbing continued, a tiny corner of my mind was calm. Yeah. I love me. Nothing he was doing, or would do, could change that. No torture still to come would alter that fact. He couldn't take it away from me.
Then the police were outside my door. Hearing their shouts, my only thought was, What? After checking to see if there was another way out, he surrendered to them. There were suddenly so many voices. A police officer appeared in my doorway and asked me what happened. I said, "He raped me." It was the first time I said any variation of the sentence I would be saying countless times over the following months. The screaming I'd done hadn't been a conscious choice, but this was. I remember thinking, Just say it. If you don't say it now, you never will. So I did. And I've been able to talk about it since.
As the police got my rapist out of the apartment, a female officer sat on the floor next to me. She cursed steadily under her breath. There was a great deal of comfort in that. That someone else would be so angry about what was done to me. I asked how they knew to come. She said that someone had heard my screams and called 911. I don't believe I'd have lived through that morning if the police hadn't arrived. It wasn't until later that I realized it was my roommate who called them. My best friend saved my life. Just the first example of why, despite living through horror I can't adequately describe, I'm extremely lucky. My rapist was never again out of custody.
He pleaded guilty to the crime, and seven months later was sentenced to 24 years in prison. I spoke at his sentencing and wore the gold shirt from the morning of the rape. Now, when I look at it I don't see the shirt I was raped in, but the shirt that I was wearing when I put my rapist behind bars. Once, it was just a nice shirt – now, it's a statement. On that horrible morning, I encountered the worst evil I've known. In the days following, I dealt with nothing but good. The responding officers were wonderful. The detectives made themselves available at all hours throughout the legal process. The assistant U.S. attorney assigned to the case is one of the best women I've had the privilege to know, and someone with whom I still keep in touch. Friends and family came in droves. But I know this is somewhat unique. On the day I met her, the attorney commented that she rarely dealt with survivors who had such a strong support system. I've heard many similar statements from people who are so happy for me because I have support.
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Sigma Sport BC 12.12 STS CyclocomputerPerfect for commuters, savvy savers and the environmentally conscious, the Sigma Sport BC 12.12 STS Cyclocomputer keeps track of miles ridden AND gallons saved. This 12-function computer has a Fuel Saving feature that calculates how many gallons of fuel your own car would have consumed over the same riding distance. Extensive general, bike, time and temperature functions are shown on the easy-to-read display, plus the low battery indicator lets you know when power is weak. There's separate distance and time meters, a transport mode, bike tune-up reminder, speed comparison, and so much more. Integrated storage chip permanently stores all the total values and settings in the device, even during a battery change. Every mile counts with the Sigma Sport BC 12.12 STS Cyclocomputer.
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A new jetliner that's carrying a lot of Boeing's hopes for the future has taken off for a test flight over Washington state.
Some 25,000 people braved the cold and damp at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., to watch Boeing's new 787 passenger jet take off for the first time. The plane is unlike anything Boeing has built before, with about 50 percent of it made of lightweight composite materials.
The jet maker says it will run quieter, put out fewer emissions and also burn 20 percent less fuel than similar sized jets made with an aluminum shell.
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Cambridge, Mass. - Cambridge Bancorp (OTCBB: CATC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend is payable March 31, 2014 to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2014.
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SPURRED BY shipments to the United States, South Korea`s automobile exports jumped to 139,500 units during the first half of this year. Almost all the exports were by Hyundai Motors, which claimed 98.6 percent of the total with 137,600 cars. At the current pace, Korea`s total car exports this year are expected to reach 290,000 units. The good Korean performance was attributed to the successful debut of Hyundai`s Excel subcompact models in the American market during the spring.
CRUDE OIL PRICES closed lower on New York`s Mercantile Exchange Wednesday as speculators continued a selling spree fueled by OPEC`s failure to reach an agreement on the world`s oil glut. Crude for spot delivery during the current contract month of August fell 39 cents a barrel to $11.99. The September contract closed at $11.96, 30 cents below Tuesday`s close. On the cash markets, West Texas intermediate fell to $12.30 from $12.35.


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A fire destroyed parts of a home in Nelson County Friday afternoon. It started around 2:30.
The man called firefighters after he smelled smoke coming from the attic. He managed to grab his pets before making it out safely.
Fire officials were able to get the fire under control within half an hour. Officials think it was the case of a chimney fire that raged out of control.
"He had a fire last night [in his fireplace] and he said he had a small one going today. The way it looks right now, it started in the rafters beside the chimney," said David Graves of the Rockfish Fire Department.
Fire fighters said the upstairs level of the house is ruined.
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Drunk Fan Rushes Mound to Fight Pitcher in Minor League Game [VIDEO]
Fans can get close to the action at minor league sporting events, but this is a little much.
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Germany loves David Hasselhoff. The feeling is definitely mutual.
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The United States' run in the World Cup came to an end with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Belgium on Tuesday. Goalkeeper Tim Howard came out a winner, though, notching 16 saves -- the most in a World Cup match since 1966.
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A while back Grazia Daily noted that the lovely Michelle Williams and Carey Mulligan appeared to be playing a game of dead ringers with each other, working super-cute pixie 'dos, angelic faces and prim-collared outfits. In light of this and the fact that Michelle turned up at the BFI London Film Festival over the weekend sporting a peroxide, retro and Tilda Swinton-esque quiff, we feel it's very possible that she's finally breaking away from ol' Carey. On the other hand, there's a good chance that it's got something to do with the fact that Michelle's currently playing Marilyn Monroe alongside Judi Dench in Simon Curtis' upcoming film 'My Week For Marilyn' for which she had to undergo a complete makeover.
Either way, we love the crop, which is sitting very pretty atop that beautiful hot-off-the-catwalk S/S'11 lace Erdem frock. What are your thoughts peeps?
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Windows 3.0 turns 20
John - wrong way round on Windows-OS/2
OS/2 wasn't an offshoot of Windows, it was the other way around. In fact, the box for Windows/286 (the precursor of Win 3.0) proudly proclaimed that the "Program Manager looks and feels just like the one in OS/2". Windows was originally just a way to get people with legacy DOS machines ready for the switch to OS/2, which was being jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft at that time. OS/2 2.1 had Win 3.0 built in, and OS/2 Warp had WIndows 3.1 running in it's own memory space, making it a better operator of 16-bit Windows software than Windows 95.
Blighty to get mobe-download barcode rail tickets
Works well in Switzerland
But then, we don't have barriers before we get to the trains. The only time it needs scanning is when the inspector comes along. Since all the public transport is managed under the same umbrella organisation, it works on buses too.
Rogue iPhone dev unmoved by App Store spin
Shill, Schiller/? Too close for comfort, methinks...
V-22 Osprey, stealth jumpjet 'need refrigerated landing pads'
1 inch thick heat resistant stuff?
I think the material already exists - plastered to the outside of the Shuttle.
Historian slams 'absolutely crazy' UK time zone
Geographically, there should be a Western Europe Time Zone
Given that time is a measure from when the Sun is highest in the sky - named Midday, and dependent on longitude. Since the difference in midday is one hour with every 15 degrees of longitude, al of Europe from Ireland and Portugal in the West should be on GMT until one reaches Poland and the Baltic states. There may need to be some shifting slightly, as the "heel" of Italy would be in GMT+1 if the line was strictly delineated. Sweden would be in GMT+1 (since most of the country is further East than 15 degrees), but Norway would be GMT. So physically it is Spain, France, Germany, Benelux and Denmark that are wrong.
Obama embarks on car emissions cutback
Emissions, or consumption?
If the standard is for emissions, that would rule out plug in electric cars, since the electricity requirement would boost emissions at the power station enormously. If whoever it is simply mpg at the vehicle, then everything would be roses. Except of course at the power station...
Doro PhoneEasy 338gsm
Ideal in schools
As a teacher, I am extremely wary of phones with cameras (and I know of several places where they are simply banned). This would be an ideal solution to that problem.
Apple Mac Mini (Early 2009)
Two monitors?
Does that mean you can have different pictures on both, or is it just the same screen duplicated?
Apple restyles iPod Shuffle
For clearing that up - like I say, no iPod of any sort, so I was genuinely puzzled.
Dock port?
I don't have any model of iPod, so I am just going on what I have seen of friends' units, but isn't the normal docking port wider than that? How does one get the tunes in to the player - a mini-USB port?
ASA indignates prematurely over billboard sex ads
Forget giving offence
Why are they bothering to investigate, when the ads are already in clear breach of the "no prescription drug" rule?
UK scientists hit by lack of brains
Just open up more Brain Depositories
"After 5pm, please deposit brain through door"
2008's top three touchscreen phones
Readers either love the iPhone or hate it?
Not entirely true. I couldn't care either way. I won't buy one, but that's because I don't need one. If you gave me one, I'd very happily use it.
Grove: Intel should make electric car batteries
Produces less carbon?
The only way a car running on battery power can move whilst producing less carbon is if it is powered by a nuclear power station. Assuming it lasts long enough to compensate for the extra carbon required to make the batteries, that is.
Microtune boots up for in-car TV
Damn, I didn't think of that, digital TV on the Shuttle for teh win!
km/h please
"kmph" is too clunky, and not a usual measure (at least, not on any speedometers I have read)
FCC plan for mobile contingency fails
How useful would 8 hours be anyway?
During the first 8 hours of a power outage due to a natural disaster, isn't it likely that the hurricane/tsunami/whatever will still be happening, and so people will still be sheltering and trying to stay alive. It is surely in the 24 hours following the abatement of said hurricane/tsunami/whatever that communications are most needed?
US Justice Department free to track mobile phone users
If every there was a reason to buy a 3G phone
there it is.
Mine's the one with the coin in it, to use the pay phone on the corner.
BOFH: The paperless cafeteria
Nice nod to Xerox at the end
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Vintage IBM tape drive in Apollo moon dust rescue
Is it really so hard
to recreate the hardware from scratch? The engineering drawings must still exist, or at very least the data storage specification. we hear this kind of thing all the time - the BBC Doomsday project, this kind of tape archive, older picture formats. Surely, since the archives are on magnetic tape, as long as one has a read head wide enough (or in the case of the Doomsday, a laser travel assembly long enough), the rest is in the software?
Spooks foils fictional Russian plot
And not merely from an Internet café in Ealing
but from a USB key, left in a rear facing port of a computer in an Internet café in Ealing, ready to be triggered by the next login.
Mine's the one with the "Knighthood for Q" campaign badge on it.
Mozilla security chief: Apple should open up
Odd that no-one has noticed
That the person quoted in the article is called Window.
The one with the OS/2 logo, please. Yes,the one you can't reach into and steal anything from, thanks.
Nokia pays
8 2* years' royalties in advance
@AC re. N810
I said DECENT keyboard, not half-arsed mobile phone push pad. And yes, Agenda please.
PDA anyone?
Will this mean that finally there will be a new "Psion" PDA? One integrating WiFi, Bluetooth and decent media applications, with a decent keyboard? One can only hope. As mentioned, there are plenty of apps waiting, just no-one wants them on a phone.
Phoenix eats dirt
The real reason?
amanfromMars poked it through...
A quarter of UK adults to go on child protection database
So its goodbye to Scouting
The Boys Brigade, Church Lads and their ilk. All that will be left will be "yoof clubs" run by paid members of the social Services. And of course, we know they are ALL trustworthy - just ask children's home residents in Jersey...
Undercover teachers to track gang members online
Great - another absorber of time
So when exactly will I have time to prepare and mark lessons, given that when I am in front of my class I am 100% focussed on their education?
Once again, teachers being expected to take on another social responsibility that parents should have, rather than performing their specific role - i.e. imparting specialist knowledge and preparing children for examinations.
Botnet sics zombie soldiers on gimpy websites
French punters offered petite Eee PC rival
=.33 "Donation"
Actually this is more likely to be the required "green tax" to offset the cost of recycling your old equipment. It's a French thing, you wouldn't understand.
'Extreme porn' law could criminalise millions
One bright side
It might cut down on on the spam, and streaming traffic from certain websites, making t'Internet a faster experience for all.
Biologists track down elusive lungless frog
Reminds me of the Kevin Bloody Wilson song
"I've got a tongue, that's ten inches long, and I've learned to breathe through me ears"
How big an eco-hazard is IT equipment?
Power consumption CRT vs LCD?
Can someone point me in the direction of the figures showing that CRT screens consume less power than LCD? I am surprised, given that CRTs need hefty voltages in order to liberate the electrons from the cathode, and then steer them across the screen.
Is it to do with the backlight necessary on an LCD? Presumably the phosphor screen on the CRT glows without any further electrical input, whereas LCDs need a fairly hefty light source in addition to the "trigger" current that turns each pixel on or off.
Ten years old: the world's first MP3 player
Because sony already had their digital player, the MiniDisc, which was a higher quality sound than MP3. Of course, the file format was proprietary (ATRAC), and although it was licensed quite widely, Sony never really marketed the idea, not made it simple for users to download from the Internet (although ripping CDs is simple). Now of course, the Sony Connect Store is closed, so the only easy way is to rip CDs again.
Village shaken by GPS-driven tank invasion
@Alex \m/
Wrong Donington mate - the festival is in Leicestershire, not Shropshire.
Bluetooth's coming home
At last, a sensible advertising model
I like this idea - unobtrusive, obviously opt-in, targeted and ubiquitous - and, it seems, easy. Apart from having to switch to visible, I don't see many problems with this idea.
Gates kicks off farewell tour in Vegas
@Deep Tank
Because he made his cash by illegally squeezing out legitimate competition, and pushing substandard software and services on a public which had little choice, due his illegal monopolistic practises.
Asus dropped hard disk from Eee PC at eleventh hour
Not the only find & replace cock up
Back in the day, there were many more British exam boards than the "big three" that now exist in England. One, the Midland Examining Group (or MEG) was responsible for many Physics papers. This board amalgamated to be become Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (or OCR), and all the old syllabi were duly converted to the new name. So we Physics teachers had to teach (if we were to follow the syllabus to the letter) that electricity was counted not in Megawatts, but Ocrawatts....
Mozilla rubbishes IE Firefox security study
Mozilla, running on eComStation. What are you using?
US judge debenched for jailing entire courtroom
@Walter Brown
Oh come on! WMD found "in small amounts scattered throughout iraq, [sic] to the tune of 3 times the amount initially reported to congress", and you say "they refuse to report this though, that would make them look bad!". I am sure that Fox News, Sky News would LOVE to report this, if it were true, so close are they to the Republican opinion. Even the BBC would report it, as they are (still) fairly unbiased. The fact is, NO weapons of mass destruction have been found, in any kind of quantities.
And what exactly is a "rouge" country? One that has turned a little red?
Another lift from the BBC News website
Has anyone else noticed the "special relationship" that seems to exist between the BBC News and El Reg? General news starts on the Beeb, ends up here, tech news appears here first, pops up on El Beeb later the same day?
If I didn't know betterm I'd say there was a conspiracy...
Brown pledges to be greener than greens
Electric/hybrid cars are NOT the answer
Basic Physics (Fleming's left and right hand rules) should indicate to anyone the wasteful nature of generating electricity from raw fuels, and then using that electricity to generate motion. Optimistic calculations give the overall energy transfer rate for these two processes to be 10%. Electric powered motion only makes sense with mass transport - trams and trains - and for reducing LOCAL pollution (i.e. within a town). The overall pollution, and global warming due to energy use (which nearly always ends up as heat), rises overall in all cases.
The best way to reduce energy loss is to use mass transport, or individual transport (i.e. a bike or a motorcycle, where you only cart around enough "deadweight" to carry yourself). In terms of energy used per passenger (the best comparison), my diesel Long Wheel Base Land Rover when carrying my whole family (7 of us) beats a hybrid car carrying one person.
Lifelike, sexy robot infiltrators influence Belgian mobs
With leather?
How I wrote an iPhone application
Ah! A blast from the past
In the spirit of the "retro" PET article, finally a code listing that we can type somewhere, and then wonder why it doesn't work. Do we get a "corrections" section in next month's issue?
Jordan mulls mamtastic epitaph
In honour of El Reg
I've gone titsup
Storage Virtualization: A Register survival guide
If I could walk that way...
...I wouldn't need a guide to Storage Virtualization.
Virtualised taxi called, virtualised coat retrieved.
Boeing, Ford in hydrogen engine fanfare
"It has a bit of special tech sauce, too: rather than coupling its propeller mechanically to the car engine, like Orion, it seems to use a generator and electrically-spun props."
So it loses 70% of the stored energy in the fuel converting it to electricity, and 70% of the electrical energy converting it to kinetic energy? Very fuel efficient... I guess that the generator is a backup to solar cells, but even so, they are carting a lot of mass in the fuel, generator and motor for a 10% (theoretical maximum) conversion rate.
US law on age proof in explicit images is ruled unconstitutional
Minority report...
First, I agree with the findings of the court - child pornography is despicable, but forcing people to record the ages (and, IIRC the addresses) of anyone photographed, whether naked or not, whether for commercial purposes or not, is the wrong approach.
However, and only slightly related to this, has anyone else noticed the tendency for these decisions, when made by a panel of judges, to be made by the smallest majority? Two in the case of three judges, three in the case of five, four in the case of seven. It seems that the attitude is one of bet-hedging: we'll make a decision, but in the event of that decision being later shown not to be the correct one, the judges can say "oh well, we were nearly right. If only X hadn't tipped the balance" etc. etc.
IBM patents making money from patents
Thge next filing will be
"A method for restricting the use by an unlicensed third party of an idea or business process with commercial value, for a defined and agreed period of time, whilst allowing the details of that idea or business practice to be published."
In other words, I wish to patent patents. I should make a mint - there are millions of them, and of course I shall request that the patent apply retroactively. I'll just have to remember to pay myself the fee for using my own patent.
US trade body knocks up disk drive, PC vendors
It means the same in British too. I don't understand the title, either...
MP warns against Microsoft monopoly in e-gov services
Security and quality? Hmm
"Some open source projects cannot meet our needs for quality or security,"
Given the insistence on MS products, obviously HM Gov needs poor quality and shoddy security. She's right then, open source won't meet those needs.
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Don't Believe The Hype: 'The Hobbit' Didn't Set Any Box-Office Records
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By Christopher Zara | December 19, 2012 1:18 AM EST
Once again the Hollywood trumpets are sounding for another "record-breaking" weekend at the box office, this time for Peter Jackson's Middle Earth-set fantasy "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." As was reported over and over again on Sunday and Monday, the 3D adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's troll-laden children's novel raked in $84.8 million in ticket sales this weekend. It's the best December opening ever, crushing the previous $77.2 million record set by Will Smith's "I Am Legend."
Or so we're told. The reality, of course, is that "The Hobbit's" record-setting haul simply reflects the mundane reality that moviegoers are paying more to see it. Average ticket prices have risen by more than a dollar since "I Am Legend" opened in 2007, and that film didn't have the benefit of pricey 3D theaters. If you start to do the math, it looks pretty close in terms of the actual number of tickets sold -- with "The Hobbit" selling about 10 million tickets compared with 11 million for "I Am Legend."
What's more, once ticket prices are adjusted for inflation, "The Hobbit" didn't even come close to beating Peter Jackson's previous Tolkien adaptation, "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," which opened in 2003. That film, also a December release, took in $72.6 million on its opening weekend, and it did so at a time when the average ticket price was almost $2.00 less than it is today.
Even if we didn't factor in the additional cost of 3D and IMAX theaters, "Lord of the Rings" still beat "The Hobbit" by about 2 million tickets. That's based on a rough estimate of the films' box-office grosses divided by annual average ticket prices provided by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
But if so many more people went to see "Lord of the Ring" than "The Hobbit," why is the Hollywood echo chamber touting yet another box-office record? Two reasons. First, "record breaking weekend" makes a more clickable headline than "no records were broken this weekend." And second, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TXW) -- like all the "big six" majors -- really wants us to by the hype.
To be certain, "The Hobbit" did perform well, and it's clear that hardcore Tolkien/Jackson fans rushed out to see it. But the film, so far, has not garnered the same gushing critical acclaim bestowed upon its predecessors. Moreover, it has been a project beset with controversy. Jackson himself has gone on the defense after a mixed response to his pioneering 48-frames-per-second film rate, which some critics dismissed as a jarring. The movie also caught heat from animal-rights groups after 27 animals, including horses, reportedly died during production in New Zealand. PETA has even called for a boycott. Amid such baggage, it's easy to see how the simple modifier "record-breaking" could become such a sought-after commodity.
As IBTimes reported last month, some journalists in recent years have begun to criticize the oft-reported box office numbers presented every week by Nielsen EDI. By simply spouting off raw tallies, critics say, reporters are being lazy, not taking into account the context of a film's budget, the number of screens it opens on, or how long its been playing. All things considered, being No. 1 at the North American box office doesn't necessarily correlate to a movie's profitability.
"The Hobbit" opened on Dec. 12 on 4,045 screens. The next-biggest movie to open this weekend was Travis Fine's "Any Day Now," which played on 16 screens. That Jackson's mega-budget epic would open at No. 1 is a given. The real story is that it performed ever so slightly below expectations. But then that's not a great headline either.
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GROVEPORT — William Reed Peugh, 75, of Groveport lost his hard fought battle with cancer on Aug. 16, 2010.
He was born March 12, 1935, in Mount Vernon to Aredus and Thelma (Heffelfinger) Peugh. He was a Navy veteran and retired from DCSC. He was a member of the U.S.T.A. and enjoyed his retirement as a Standardbred Trainer. He always looked hard for the heart in every horse.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Jim; and sister, Connie.
He is survived by brothers, Chuck, Jerry (Carolyn) and Danny, sister, Barb, sister-in-law, Carolyn and their families; his children, Mike Peugh, Terry (Randy) Ingmire, Greg (Mary) Peugh, Diana (Timothy) Durant; and his grandchildren, Corine, Deidra, Jennifer, Colin, Shelley, Cameron, Grant and Madison.
Family will receive friends today, at the Myers-Woodyard Funeral Home, 587 Main St. in Groveport from 5 p.m. until time of the service at 7:30 p.m. By dad's wishes he will be cremated and his ashes scattered in the woods where his race horse Miami Jewel, also succumbed to cancer, was buried. They both had a ton of heart.


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