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I'm writing this post from Indian Creek campground on Priest Lake. Yes, they have wi-fi. Yes, I brought my laptop. Yes, I have a problem.
On the fire in front of me, I have chicken cooking in my Dutch oven. To my right is a forest with a stream my daughters like to jump across. On my left is one of the prettiest lakes you can imagine. Life is good.
Behind me, though, is our picnic table and I'm thinking about the ways our family could go greener on our next camping trip (of which there will be several this summer).
First of all, we can skip the individual water bottles and bring large, reusable water jugs from home instead. We hardly ever buy single-serving snacks (like applesauce packs, cheese sticks, etc.) during the school year, but somehow it's a convenience my husband likes to have while we're camping. We also packed plastic plates and utensils. We wash and re-use them, so I don't see why we can't just buy some spare (real) plates, mugs and dinnerware from a thrift shop and keep them with the rest of our camping gear.
The key to making those changes is planning ahead. Buy a big block of cheese and cut it ahead of time or bring a knife, for example.
As far as vacations go, camping is a pretty green option. You usually don't fly in an airplane to get to the campgrounds. You're not using the resources required to take care of guests in hotels. And, most important on my list, you're getting up close and personal with nature. I don't think it's possible to love and want to protect the earth without spending some quality time with it, whether you garden in your backyard or sleep under the stars.
I found some resources that offer tips for greener camping. Check out these links, then let me know—Do you camp? What earth-friendly practices do you follow?
Earth 9-1-1 (one of my favorite tips there is to buy secondhand camping supplies, especially if you only camp a few times a year)
Canadian Living (I like their tip to stop at roadside fruit stands and farmers' markets ahead of time so you can eat local while you camp)
pablosharkman on July 01 at 10:07 a.m.
Here's how obscene camping from a Yuppie's point of view has become —
Title — 15 camping gadgets that add sustainability to your adventure
read closely and see how un-sustainable these options are
Some very bizarre Western ideas indeed. There's actually a lot of literature on camping and staying away from radios, stereos, DVDs and computers and the WWW.
Absolutely necessary to get off of the internet. Even Microsoft has email-free days AT work.
So, Megan, maybe next time just chuck the silicon and microprocessors and capacitors.
Some summer reading, while camping, Bill McKibben's "Eaarth" —
For the last ten thousand years that constitute human civilization, we've existed in the sweetest of sweet spots. The temperature has barely budged; globally averaged, it's swung in the narrowest of ranges, between fifty-eight and sixty degrees Fahrenheit. That's warm enough that the ice sheets retreated from the centers of our continents so we could grow grain, but cold enough that mountain glaciers provided drinking and irrigation water to those plains and valleys year round; it was the 'correct' temperature for the marvelous diverse planet that seems right to us. And every aspect of our civilization reflects that particular world.
We built our great cities next to seas that have remained tame and level, or at altitudes high enough that disease-bearing mosquitoes could not over-winter. We refined the farming that has swelled our numbers to take full advantage of that predictable heat and rainfall; our rice and corn and wheat can't imagine another earth either. Occasionally, in one place or another, there's an abrupt departure from the norm—a hurricane, a drought, a freeze. But our very language reflects their rarity: freak storms, disturbances.


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KEY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES"How We Achieve Our Vision"
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To strive for the highest possible service excellence given approved resources.
Develop an internal assessment process for our current services and programs and update operational and master plans to accommodate recommendations.
Update the Simplified Risk Assessment (SRA) to identify areas that may require additional or revised service delivery.
Further enhance the process to communicate our services and programs available to the community.
Further facilitate the certification of fire department personnel through participation in the Ontario Fire Marshal's (OFM) curriculum.
Employee Development
To provide a work atmosphere that encourages our employees to participate in the growth and improvement of the department.
Review and identify human resource needs of the department and succession planning.
Undertake a review of short and long-term needs of current staff.
Establish talent management program that jointly meets needs of the department and the individual.
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To establish, maintain, or enhance partnerships with external agencies to ensure a cooperative approach to service delivery.
Investigate cooperative training opportunities with other internal and external entities.
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Work with other departments to achieve efficiencies in service delivery to the community including enhanced fire representation of various corporate committees and initiatives.
Use of Technology
To apply appropriate technological tools that ensures our ability to deliver our Mission and achieve our Vision.
Continue to implement and expand the use of the Joint Electronic Fact Finder (JEFF) as the departmental information and records management system.
Implement wireless communications to enhance emergency response and prevention (computers, radios, cell phones, PDA's, GPS, etc.)
Expand the use of the Internet to communicate with the public.
Advanced Training
To provide necessary training and development opportunities to personnel so they can realize their personal and team potential.
Develop a departmental training standard based on National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA), Internal Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) and other guidelines and standards.
Assess the current training program to determine if it meets the department needs.
Develop and deliver a training program that achieves the department's standard.
Develop a records management system and quality assurance program that evaluates the department's ability to meet the standard.
Further define the department mentorship program through the development of guidelines and policies and the resources required to support the program.
Evaluating Department Performance
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Through the City's website, develop a method to facilitate feedback from the public on the services that we provide.
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how to reinstall dolby home theatre
Hi all,
I have an Acer 6920. I formatted all my drives before installing windows 7.
When i purchased my laptop, Vista was installed, and i was asked to copy my backup onto 3 cd"s. When i went to to install my back up discs, it tells me that it can not be installed on windows 7. So i have no dolby home theatre, and other embedded systems. I am a retired person, and only have limited experiance with my laptop. Any help would be gratefully received.
Regards Movictor1
24th April 2012, 04:47 PM #2
Re: how to reinstall dolby home theatre
Windows 7 drivers are available on Acer Support website.
You'll have to choose it from the list and then choose Win & as an operating system.
Everything is there apart from Acer Arcade.


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Blurty for My Angel Sakito.
|Thursday, February 12th, 2004
-_- I got three chemical burns on my arm -_- lovely..I leaned on sink cleaner or something when I was washing my hair ick-ness.
Hurts....and itches...blah...
Ok, I'm leaving now..
|Tuesday, February 10th, 2004
I'm still alive...yipee skippy XD Imma work on a new layout for this journal...bleh..I have like a million journals now.
I need to work on my webpage -_- I think I'll do that today, since Danny seems to have forgotten to call me lmao.
My lip doesn't hurt so much today thank god.
Well..last night was sort of weird.. ----- IMed me and well I was suprised and annoyied sorta..*sighs* I don't know how to describe it, I just thank whatever that Shinya (<3) was on the phone so I couldn't and wouldn't do anything stupid..I was more angrier than I let on to Shinya over the phone but still..
I think I lost some weight *dances* Ok..I need to do laundry ^^
*runs off* I'll revamp my reika layout for this.
|Monday, July 28th, 2003
|now -i'm- the one that wants to disappear....
|Wednesday, June 4th, 2003
Yesterday, work was fun. Trish called in sick so for the first few hours, I could take it easy. But she came in around 10pm. She was in a good mood, talking with me and hanging out in my cubical. We were cleaning out her old file cabient and we found this fucking HUGE lollipop. She's like "if people don't work I hit them with this!" I was fucking DYING imagining like a person with a big round red spot on their cheek reporting her and saying "SHE HIT ME WITH A LOLLIPOP!" Then we found Mike's "fart machine" it's this hand held kids toy that makes all these different fart noises. Pat was having a field day with it until Trish took it back haha I was was laughing so hard my face was bright red. Then Pat was drinking soda and she started coughing and soda came out of her nose and she was laughing and crying at the same time, and I had to lean on the floor I was laughing so hard XDD Trish actually yelled at me (in a joking manner) for doing my work so fast..haha so yeah, now she has like nothing for me to do so I have to take my time doing crap work she gives me haha.
Well, I payied for all my magazines and my Gothic Lolita 4 magazine. Woo hoo and stuff.
Aiko was on HeyHeyHey two nights ago..Some other things too..They showed Gackt singing for like a second XD
Reika's a tired man *reads the band's new diary* ^_^ poor thing *pets him*
Well I'm now off to work again ~.~ two more days then I'm free...I also might get to talk to shinya this weekend yay!
well anyway..
^_^ if you wanna see the bigger version you can go here
(I think you can figure out how to use it)
Also take a look at my deviantart thingie thing
deviantART Gallery
(Click the thumbnails and you can view a bigger version and the details.)
Tell me what you think.
|Thursday, May 22nd, 2003
I just e-mailed Reika again. XD
God lmao I'm such a kiss ass "wow you sure are sealing your place as a GREAT musician" hahaha *puckers up* He could suck and I'd still love him ha ha but the fact that he's so fucking talented makes it ten times better.
I just bid on more fucking Jrock shit >.> woo hoo...3 buck Due'le Quartz trading card merrrr lol.
I'm listening to "Kool and The Gang" *dies laughing* this is one of my fav songs..I'm always reminded of my birthday parties when I was young for some reason.
Err -.-" I'm so bored someone say me...please!!!
|Tuesday, May 20th, 2003
Written by Jerry Cantrell
All dreams have died along the way
I coughed up the price, I bought a cage
I've had a hell of a time since I went away
Don't know when I died or where to lay down
Gone, gone away
Yeah, gone, gone away
God knows I've tried, I'm dyed in pain
Strong yet simple drive, the freedom to say
I've had a hell of a time since I went away
Homing on traces of light, that distance fades
Repeat chorus
So they say with time we slowly heal
I caught a flash of your smile throught the fog of a dream
I'll have a hell of a time, I clearly see
I can't be by your side, I'll see you when I sleep
Now you're gone...gone away
Yeah you're gone...gone away
The Unforturnate Death of Lead Singer Layne Staley -- 1967-2002
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Alice in Chains' Layne Staley died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine, an autopsy and toxicology report revealed Monday.
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The death certificate reads Staley's death resulted from "an acute intoxication due to the combined effects of opiate (heroin) and cocaine." The death was classified as "accidental."
The lethal combination goes by the name "speedball" in drug circles. The same ingredients contributed to the deaths of comedian John Belushi in 1982 and actor River Phoenix in 1993.
Down In A Hole
Alice In Chains
Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
In a tomb...in bloom
Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved
See my heart I decorate it like a grave
You don't understand who they
Thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now a man
Who won't let himself be
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly,
But my wings have been so denied
Down in a hole and they've put all
The stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
Has been burned of the taste
I have been guilty
Of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more
of my feelings beneath
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied
Bury me softly in this womb
Oh I want to be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh I want to be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers (Oh I want to be inside of you)
In a tomb...in bloom
Oh I want to be inside...
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, outta control
I'd like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied
God, I miss Layne ALOT today..I'm listening to "Ring Them Bells" with him and heart..ugh I feel like I'm dying..I don't understand why he died..I mean I know WHY..but god..his anniversary passed and I was oblivious..I fucking..ugh..I can't...*listens to Alice In Chains* fuck Layne ment so much to me and my life..It's making me sick to just sit here and listen to it...*sighs*
I'm going to STOP listening to it before I do something bad to myself..
( Ring Them Bells by Heart )
|Sunday, May 18th, 2003
New Layout!!
<3333 Kana.
New icons too
|Thursday, May 1st, 2003
God why did i make a madeth mood theme on lj? now I wanna make a Kao one and a Jiro one XDDD
I'm so bored...and my Shin Shin can't come to blurty anymore ;__;
My tummy hurts Imma watch the God Thumb now lol.
|Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
Let's see..
DEG's new single
Miyavi's new single
Nightmare poster
June Shoxx
DEG's Kai remix album
May Arena 37
- Trying To Get -
Gothic Lolita Vol 5 (the one with Kana in the cute forest outfits!)
Matina Rare photobook
La'Mule gift pack (complete with 2 cds videos, and photobook)
Crackbrain cd
Mother decided to look crap up for the convention on her own. She knows how much the hotels are (well i dont know which one shinya is planning on staying at) she knows how much a plane is, he knows how much registration is. I told her awhile ago there was no sense in my going and she looked up the stuff, and she's going to send me I think as a birthday present.
I dunno..its what two months away? that's not enough time to save...*le sigh* I feel like crying everytime I think about it..
|Monday, April 21st, 2003
Me AND Gackt..but from the stupid babblefish translation it looks like he um...copied and pasted lmao!!
Only problem..Babblefish blows, I am BEGGING any of you who can translate Kanji in anyway shape or form to pleeeease take time out of your busy schedules to translate the e-mail!! please please for me? cause you love me? And you want me to know what my favorite jrocker has said to me ;_;
He updated his journal about a session band thing X.X he lists all the songs he's going to cover..He also said something about how his place as a musican has been increased (maybe cause of my lovely e-mail? lmao XDDD) he's covering "Doubt 99" O.O;; but um...Buck Tick's version? what a dope..why doesn't he just cover hide's version? XDDDD
*dies and doesn't care if it could be an auto-response*
Pleeeeeeeeease someone be kind enough to help me!!
|Monday, April 14th, 2003
I'm so pumped!! I just applied to Blockbuster like 3 blocks from my house.
Pray Pray I get it!!!!
*Does a dance*
If I do I'll have con money AND I'll be saving to get an extra computer ^_^;;
*loves all over*
|Sunday, April 13th, 2003
amphetamine annie-dog
has her leash and a face
her velvet spleen her shackle spine
her diamond curse
it comes with mine
a vessel she
for violent I
confession arms a wake
mine, mine you were always mine
possessed by my taste
and below the angel dog
combs her hair and sings her psalms
the bombs go off
she doesn't notice
it all goes wrong
she sets things tragic
she is venus
she is mars
she's electric
and the struggle of
upon my face we leave no trace
but in her stomach mercury aged
she holds the blood
she carves the knives
she digs the wives in our babies
amphetamine annie-dog
pulls her trash
and her stories
from place to place
and bed to bed
gives of herself and the magnet head
another floor another ceiling
counting stairs with double meanings
is it wrong to be swallowed whole
to disappear in her
to give her the priceless peace
of giving up control
we tumble out into the streets
and annie-dog she drags her leash
pretty face
ugly mouth
bitter bred and so released
and by the no
and by the yes
annie goes if you couldn't guess
a simple man
a sycophant
her elephant with the laughing call
she wants clean sheets
and fresh flowers
and dental shots
and the hong kong glue
amphetamine annie-dog
has her leash and a face
(I accidentally posted this on Kao's journal too XDDDDDD oh well it's staying there lol)
|Saturday, April 12th, 2003
my new layout kicks ass...
I'm sorry Hyde *pets* forgive me for changing it ^^;
|Friday, April 11th, 2003
Hisui please stop singing to me..you're breaking my heart...your voice soothes and stabs at the same time..
I love you..I love you and your perfect japanese..and your perfect voice...god...I wish...
*sighs imagining Hisui in a recording studio*
i extend my hand, and my awareness was left shaking
entombed in this cage, i search for the answer i want
those sadly pledged words, now, flood out.. so much its painful..
i can't return to that time
someday again, time will painfully turn...
once more in the confinement of tears, i shout out from this wall i'm trapped inside..
inside my chest that endlessly sings of tears, you can't find the words you forgot, can you?
"love and hate.." i just chant over and over
nothing but melancholic illusions
i can't return to that time
someday again, time will painfully turn...
once more in the confinement of tears, i fleetingly embrace everything
now, softly swaying, inside this light.. together with this gushing wind
i leave behind my hidden feelings, inside this gushing air
"not never clap eyes on HEAVEN" By Hisui.
|Monday, April 7th, 2003
Damn it..Madeth is on my internet radio..I'm crying..this song always does this to me..god..
I'm sick of talking about this and I'm sure you are all sick of listening to it. Why am I so emotional over them..I can still listen to them be musicans (except Izumi ;_;) just not in the one band I love.
It's not just Reika..I thought it was I thought I loved Madeth so much for awhile because Reika was in it..but that's not the case. I love them all. I love what their music does to me and how it makes me feel. I love each member seperatly because well, I adore them..I dunno..all of them are overly talented. I lose myself in their music..
Um...Raphael just came on...Kazuki's bday today *hugs blue ribbon* ^^
Imma go I'm sick of talking..
|Tuesday, April 1st, 2003
You are Toshiya. Admit it, you just fell asleep
with that pose in that outfit in hopes that
another member of D.E.G. would screw you.
Which Jrock Man-Slut Are You?
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|Monday, March 31st, 2003
Shinya ^_^ hide told me you LOVED spongebob, I thought you'd love this pic.
|Thursday, March 27th, 2003
that's what I am. I get so strung up on Reika it's hilarious >> ok well maybe not HILARIOUS.
It's just amazing, God I love him so much. I respect him with the highest form of the word. I can't even believe that I have a picture he touched and signed. Everytime I watch this man I am in complete awe. Sometimes it's heartbreaking just because he's him.
*twirls around* He's so happy playing drums, I think if the opportunity arised he wouldn't do ANYTHING but play drums. He has such dedication, a devotion, something so little people have now a days.
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|Tue, 05-27-2003 - 6:33am
Anyway, my biggest issue with Kevin right now is his totally weird behaviors. And, I do know that because there is such a huge contrast between his abilities and his behaviors it really grates on my nerves. For instance, this weekend he was playing in a tournament for his travel ball team. This is an 11 and under league, and he is one of the older players. This was his first tournament with this team. As one of the older players (and one of the better players) the coach is hoping (and expecting) him to be a 'leader.' Now, I watch him play ball ... first game, he played 'catcher' and he pretty much saved the game for them. On the ballfield, he is poised and focused and intense. They won the game, and the coaches all complimented him on how well he did, and what an asset he is to their team. But, in the car on the way to the park, he's talking like a baby, rambling on about stuff, intentionally antagonizing everyone (especially DH.) Or, between games, whenever he was near me or DH, he was being really argumentative and defiant. The constant Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. He is really bright, but acts totally stupid (the male version of the dumb blonde!) We stayed at my sis' last night since she leaves near where this tournament was being played, and it was up in the air whether or not they'd be playing today ... and he asked DH if he wanted to shoot a game of pool, and instead of just walking to the game room like a normal 11 y.o. boy, he skipped ... with this goofy look on his face looking really effemenant (sp?) ... almost like Jack from Will & Grace.
I guess it just kills me because I see him in other settings ... karate, where he is a 1st degree blue belt, a member of the black belt club, where other parents tell me what a nice and helpful kid he is, how kind and patient his is, how helpful he is to kids in lower ranks ... or baseball, where he plays key positions (pitcher, catcher, short stop and first base) and is focused and intense and the complete vision of that "all American kid" living a great life ... or how his teachers in gifted program always say how responsible and helpful he is. Geesh! I'm not asking for perfections, but how about SOME of that evidenced at home with his family? DH tried to warm him up yesterday before the game because he was supposed to be the starting pitcher of the game ... and all Kevin did was whine and complain ... he didn't like the ball DH had, he didn't like the area DH selected, his arm hurt, he wanted to sit in my chair ... but as soon as the coaches got there, there's Mr. Sports-Guy all ready to play. Sigh!
Is this typical of ADHD kids? Or, is it about being 11 (balance between being a kid and a teen?) Am I just too sensitive or too easily annoyed? (I know I am but it is frustrating.) What do I do? Ignore it?
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|Tue, 05-27-2003 - 7:43am
I think they are caught between being expected to act grownup, and wanting to just be a kid for a while longer. Kevin might want to just have fun when he's playing ball and not be expected to save the team, act grownup or be a leader. Maybe it's not that important to him, it's about fun instead. Maybe the whole "You are older, be a leader, save the team, be a hero" thing is just too much responsibility and pressure for him.
Brooke will be 11 next month. She is bright, funny, talented, etc. but darn can she be annoying. I actually bought her a shirt that says "born to annoy" on it lol. She does the stupid, goofy crap all the time. Stands in the kitchen and dances really stupid, talks like a baby, etc. She argues over every little thing and thinks she is supposed to always have the last word. I try to NOT let her get to me. Personally I want her to be a little girl as long as possible. If she wants to act goofy, I let her as long as she's at home or not being overly stupid in public.
My 11 year old nephew acts just totally stupid about 95% of the time LOL. His life's goal at the moment seems to be to see how dumb he can look and act. He makes stupid comments that he thinks are funny, but aren't. Life is just a constant go on with him.
You are the only one who can really judge what is causing these things with him. But to me, he's being a perfectly normal 10 year old!
|Tue, 05-27-2003 - 9:11am
I do think you can talk to Kevin about some of the behaviors though. If the baby talk really annoys you (and I can understand that!) focus on having him stop that one behavior, and let the silly walking and skipping go. Also, being disrespectful is never acceptable, but that's an ongoing battle!
Hang in there! And, try to appreciate he's doing so well in school and sports. It would be tougher if the behaviors were reversed! Kids seem to save the "worst" for their parents.
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|Tue, 05-27-2003 - 5:29pm
I personally have not had enough experience with ADHD to answer your questions about symptoms of the disease. What I do know, or should I say, IMHO, that you should be proud that your child not only feels comfortable around you and DH to express how he truly feels at that moment and to be goofy and silly, but that he knows when to behave properly. He is doing, IMHO, exactly what he should. Being respectful and proper with people outside the family unit, but silly and acting out around the ones he loves and trusts.
Since he knows the difference and can adjust his attitude accordingly, I bet he will grow out of this stage too.
Take care,
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Thanks, all, for your input.


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Thunder would be far from the first team to win a title after moving
Since the end of World War II, eight teams in the four major sports have moved, then won a title.
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Moving on, and upTeams that have won championships within five years of relocating, since the end of World War II:
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Milwaukee Braves, 1957: The Braves arrived from Boston in 1953 already with a young slugger named Hank Aaron on the roster. Success predictably followed.
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1959: Just two years after moving from Brooklyn, the Dodgers won the second title in franchise history, and quickly added two more in 1963 and 1965.
Los Angeles Raiders, 1983: Two years after moving from Oakland, the team won its third — and last — Super Bowl.
St. Louis Rams, 1999: Five years after leaving Los Angeles, the Rams finally won it all behind Kurt Warner and the "Greatest Show on Turf."
Baltimore Ravens, 2000: Picking up where the Rams left off, the Ravens won the Super Bowl five years after leaving Cleveland.
St. Louis Hawks, 1958: Three years after moving from Milwaukee — where they already had future Hall of Famer Bob Pettit — the Hawks (who now play in Atlanta) won their only NBA title.
Philadelphia 76ers, 1967: Four years after leaving Syracuse, the 76ers, with Wilt Chamberlain leading the way, won the first of two titles. The 76ers had filled the Philadelphia basketball void created by the departure of the Warriors to San Francisco in 1962 and, in a delicious bit of irony, beat the Warriors to win the NBA title, after having acquired Chamberlain in a trade with the Warriors a few years earlier.
Colorado Avalanche, 1996: No wonder hockey took off in Denver. In its first year after leaving Quebec (where the franchise had played since 1980 in the NHL), the Avalanche won its first Stanley Cup.
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Misery might be a tame word to describe the feelings of many Sonics fans as the team that used to call Seattle home — the Oklahoma City Thunder — begins play Tuesday night in the NBA Finals.
The thought of the Thunder winning a title so soon after leaving Seattle has reopened the wounds of a painful departure, leaving many struggling with how to deal with their emotions.
But if misery loves company, Sonics fans might be surprised to find out how much of that they have.
"I feel bad for the Seattle fans because OKC is really their team," Sal Martinez, a barber in Westminster, Calif., said Monday morning. "It's hard when a team has success after they leave."
Martinez would know. Now 49, he began following the Los Angeles Rams when he was 7. Eventually, he named his place of business the Golden Ram Barber Shop, making it a shrine to all things Rams.
Like other Rams fans, Martinez had to figure out how to deal with it when the team won the Super Bowl following the 1999 season. That came just five years after leaving Los Angeles. The franchise never won a title in Southern California.
"It was pretty tough," Martinez said. "But they were still my team."
From afar, Martinez shared in the glory of a long-sought Super Bowl title for his beloved Rams. But he said he thinks "75 percent" of Rams fans felt otherwise, either indifferent or actively cheering against the team.
"There were people who had Super Bowl parties and dressed all in black and rooted against the Rams," he said. "I felt like I had invested so much in the Rams that that was still my championship. But every fan views it differently."
The experience of Martinez then and Sonics fans today is, sadly, far from unique in a professional sports landscape littered with teams that have moved.
In the post-World War II era, almost 50 franchises in Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA and NHL have relocated.
Eight won titles within five years of moving, leaving a trail of broken hearts and conflicted feelings.
There are entire sections of libraries seemingly devoted to the plight of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who in 1958 relocated to Los Angeles. A year later the Dodgers began a string of three World Series crowns in seven years after winning just one in 57 years in Brooklyn.
Feelings there were somewhat soothed by the birth of the New York Mets a few years later. Still, the name "Walter O'Malley" is greeted by many in Brooklyn with the same kind of derision as Clay Bennett in Seattle.
Proof, though, of how the emotions engendered by such moves can greatly differ is the case of the NHL's Quebec Nordiques, who relocated to Denver in 1995 and in their first year won their first Stanley Cup after doing nothing more than advancing to the conference finals twice in 16 years in Quebec City.
Vincent Cauchon, a lifelong Quebec City native and radio personality, says fans there largely blamed politicians for the move and instead of hoping the team would lose, or becoming indifferent, almost unanimously cheered the Avalanche when it won the title. It helped, he said, that one of the first moves made by the Avalanche was to trade for goalie Patrick Roy, a native of Quebec City who had been playing for the rival Montreal Canadiens and proved the missing piece in a Stanley Cup title.
"It (the team leaving) was hard to take, but people were happy for them and especially Roy because it was such a major punch in the face to the Canadiens," he said.
(One wonders how Seattle fans would feel if, say, Isaiah Thomas and Jamal Crawford were leading the Thunder to the title.)
Some cities already had another team when one future title-winner left. Boston lost the Braves (and a young minor-league outfielder named Hank Aaron, who had just been signed) to Milwaukee in 1953, but still had the Red Sox. And the pain in some cities was soothed by quickly getting another team, such as Cleveland, which was promised another team within months of losing the Browns to Baltimore (where they became the Ravens and quickly won a Super Bowl).
More ominous for Seattle, though, might be how eerily similar is its scenario with that of another team that has gone on to become an NBA dynasty — the Minneapolis Lakers, who moved to Los Angeles in 1959. When the Lakers left, Elgin Baylor had just completed his second season and the team had just drafted Jerry West.
Spurned fans in Minneapolis could at least take solace that the West-Baylor Lakers needed more than a decade to actually win a title, stymied annually throughout the 1960s by the Celtics.
They also eventually got a team back, even if it took 30 years.
In Los Angeles, Rams fans are still waiting. Martinez is in the group "Bring Back the Los Angeles Rams." Their Facebook page includes links to stories noting the issues facing the current Rams ownership in St. Louis, which has led to rumors the team might return.
Dennis Bateman, a 41-year-old sports writer in Santa Barbara, is another member of "Bring Back the Rams." He said he initially was indifferent toward the team when it left, then found old passions stirred when it won the Super Bowl. That feeling dimmed quickly, though, when owner Georgia Frontiere said almost immediately upon accepting the trophy that winning the title proved the team had made the right decision to leave.
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Hotels should consider setting aside a separate wing or floor for guests who could potentially make extra noise, so other guests can get some rest.
That's the idea raised yesterday by Hotel Check-In reader ToniSuzanne, who's a mom, a frequent traveler and a hotel guest who's been woken up by kids running up and down hotel hallways late at night. She discussed the idea during a popular reader discussion about the pros and cons of staying in pet-friendly hotels.
"In other words, maybe there should be "quiet floors" for those WITHOUT dogs, babies, kids, boomboxes, parties planned, etc...," wrote ToniSuzanne.
As an avid fan of Amtrak's quiet car and the mom of sometimes rowdy boys, the idea caught my attention - and I'd like to know what you think. I wouldn't expect small hotels to reserve rooms for people who might "seem" quiet, so let's frame it as a concept for larger hotels.
Travelers: Do you like this idea - especially, perhaps, if you could choose it? (I could see parents of a newborn not exactly thrilled that they've been put on the same floor as loud teenagers or friends celebrating a 21st birthday.)
Hoteliers: Could a "Quiet Floor" - or perhaps a "Family Floor" - ever work in a larger hotel, whether a Marriott, Hilton, Westin, Sheraton, InterContinental or Holiday Inn? Why or why not?


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In November, the supercommittee announced that they failed to reach an agreement regarding how to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. As a result of the failure of the committee to reach an agreement, the sequestration process was triggered. The sequestration cuts will be implemented in equal increments over a 9-year period, beginning in Fiscal Year 2013.
Unless overridden or amended by Congress, this sequestration mechanism would cause across-the-board cuts in federal government spending, with half of the cuts coming from defense spending and the other half from other government programs including Medicare. Cuts to the Medicare program are capped at two percent. According to initial calculations, the 2 percent cut to physician payments will total $13.49 billion spread out over 9 years.
Because the cuts do not go into effect until Fiscal Year 2013, there is still time for possible Congressional action. For example, Congress could pass legislation to reduce the deficit by the same amount as the sequester, change the cuts associated with the sequester, or eliminate the sequester altogether. Whether or not such changes could be agreed upon is highly speculative, and President Obama has previously threatened to veto any future legislation that changes the sequester cuts. Against this backdrop, ASA will continue to lobby Congress on anesthesiology's unique Medicare "33 Percent Problem," highlighting the added pain that could come from the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
The legislation to increase the debt limit by $2.1-$2.4 trillion is now the law of the land and attention has shifted to the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction (often referred to as the "super committee"). This 12-member committee is comprised of three Democrats and Republicans from the House and three Democrats and Republicans from the Senate. The super committee is tasked by Thanksgiving with developing a plan supported by at least seven members of the committee that includes between $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction (over a ten year period). Congress is then required to take an up or down vote without amendments on the legislation proposed by the joint committee. If the super committee fails to present a plan, or if the super committee's plan does not reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion, or if Congress fails to pass the super committee recommendations; a process of automatic cuts known as sequestration is triggered. These cuts would start in 2013. This sequestration mechanism would cause across-the-board cuts in federal government spending, with half of the cuts coming from defense spending and the other half from other government programs including Medicare. Sequestration is intended to force action by members of the super committee to avoid significant reductions to spending interests considered important to the respective parties. Time will tell if this strategy prevails.
The deal also requires the House and Senate to vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment. If the Balanced Budget Amendment passes the House and Senate by the two-thirds majority constitutionally required, the entire joint committee process and sequestration are unnecessary. It is highly unlikely the House and Senate can agree on language for the Balanced Budget Amendment, and it is unlikely enough votes are present for the Balanced Budget Amendment to pass both the House and Senate
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Nine of the twelve members of the committee have already been chosen. The members of the committee are Senator Patty Murry (D-WA), Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the Bush Administration Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and 2011 ASA Legislative Conference speaker Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA). Senator Patty Murray and Representative Jeb Hensarling will serve as co-chairs of the joint committee.
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The timing of the joint committee work is important because it closely correlates to the expiration of the current SGR fix on December 31, 2011. Unless Congress acts, the SGR will result in physician Medicare pays being cut by over 27.4 percent. The final vote on any compromise agreed to by the super committee must occur by December 23, and a little over one week later the 27.4% SGR payment cut will go into effect absent Congressional action to the contrary.
In late December, Congress passed H.R. 3630 that averted the 2012 SGR cuts through the months of January and February allowing for more time to find a longer-term deal.
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In addition to ASA's ongoing outreach to key lawmakers and staff regarding Medicare payments for anesthesiologists, ASA will also work to bring our issues to the new special joint committee. Additional advocacy activities will be required to determine how possible changes to Medicare payments to physicians under this package would interact with projected Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) related payment reductions in the future.
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Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke & Friends
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1. The Floor 1:39 2. Wild Dog 4:06 3. Goodbye Porkpie Hat 5:11 4. Song To John 11:19 5. The Lochs of Dread 6:53 6. Frequent Flyer 1:09 7. Anna Mae 2:30 8. Theme from Boyz 'N The Hood 9. Big Jam 10:24 10. Every Day I Have the Blues 1:14 11. Giant Steps 1:36 12. School Days 14:39
Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke and Friends is a star-studded DVD released on Heads Up International through Clarke's own Roxboro Entertainment Group on March 27, 2007. The 90-minute presentation chronicles the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert, recorded at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA, in October 2002. With guest performances by Stevie Wonder, Wallace Roney, Bela Fleck, Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Marcus Miller and more, Night School captures performances that range from straightahead jazz to full-tilt rock fusion to twenty-two-piece string arrangements – all on one stage, all in a single night!
"We had great chemistry at the scholarship concert in 2003," says Clarke of the Night School DVD. "The thing I really liked about that concert – aside from raising the money for the scholarship – was that all these great people showed up, and just got up onstage and played with no real rehearsal to speak of. They just got up there, and this energy and groove just sort of happened."
Among Clarke's favorite moments in the concert – and the DVD – is a segment wherein he's joined by electric banjoist Bela Fleck and violinist Karen Briggs in "Song To John," a composition written by Clarke and dedicated to jazz pioneer John Coltrane. Immediately afterward, drummer Stewart Copeland (formerly of the Police) settles in behind the kit and takes the foursome through "The Lochs of Dread," a song penned by Fleck during his tenure in the short-lived bluegrass combo Strength in Numbers.
Throughout the DVD, the musical numbers are intercut with commentary from Clarke on the merits of Musicians Institute and the value of education for young and aspiring musicians. Likewise, various other musicians from the concert lineup also weigh in with high praise for Clarke, his scholarship, his commitment to education in general and his contribution to the jazz tradition and the role of the bass within it.
The tone shifts to the orchestral when a full string section takes the stage to perform a series of compositions from Clarke's vast catalog of film scores. The segment includes "Frequent Flyer" from Passenger 57; the theme from Boyz 'N the Hood; and "Anna Mae," from the 1993 Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got To Do With It?
The energy level ratchets up several notches in a "The Big Jam," featuring bassist Flea (from Red Hot Chili Peppers), Briggs, Copeland and drummer/percussionist Sheila E. Stevie Wonder follows with "Every Day I Have the Blues" and Coltrane's "Giant Steps," two classics delivered with an ensemble that includes Clarke, Briggs, keyboardist Rodney Franklin (on "Blues") and drummer Gerry Brown.The finale is a monster jam that Clarke himself characterizes as "way off the hook." The free-for-all features Clarke accompanied by an army of no less than 10 bass players – including Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Marcus Miller and a host of other axemen – each taking a turn riffing on an extended version of Clarke's landmark hit "School Days."
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San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is Honduras' second largest city, with more than 1.2 million people living in the urban and surrounding areas. The city is a dangerous place, with gang violence and abject poverty posing serious threats to the development of local children.
SOS Children's Villages established a presence here in 1974 to protect and support the city's most vulnerable residents – its children.
Poverty and gang violence are a threat to children
The city of San Pedro Sula is located in the northwest of Honduras and has an urban population of more than 873,000 and over 1.2 million in its metro area.
San Pedro Sula has the dubious honour of having the highest murder rate per capita of any city in the world. The homicide rate has been attributed to rivalry between brutal street gangs and is being combated by officials through Operation Lightning, which involves saturating violent areas with soldiers and police officers.
Natural disaster
Natural disaster has gravely affected the lives of the majority of residents in San Pedro Sula, beginning with Hurricane Fifi in 1974, and more recently, powerful Hurricane Mitch in 1998. The city is still feeling the effects of Mitch and has had difficulty rebuilding its banana and manufacturing industries.
The SOS Children's Village in San Pedro Sula was founded after the devastation of Hurricane Fifi, which left 5,000 dead, more than 60,000 homeless and many children orphaned.
Large numbers of orphans
The population of Honduras is very young, with nearly 40% of residents under the age of 15. These children often face great difficulties in their childhood including gang violence, family dysfunction, poor housing and lack of access to basic social facilities including medical care. Many of the children of San Pedro Sula are also affected by HIV/AIDS and a strong link has been found between the large numbers of orphans and the region's high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
Child labour remains a concern in all regions of Honduras. Each year, thousands of young girls leave their families to take up domestic work, making them vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse in their employers' homes. Many families are desperate for extra income and children from very poor backgrounds seek work in agriculture, selling merchandise or shining shoes and some resort to begging. Child labour deprives these children of the opportunity to get an education and change their futures.
Crippling poverty drives children to life on the streets
Poverty is a serious social challenge in San Pedro Sula and crippling hardship is a part of daily life for thousands of local families. Many children abandon their homes because of the conditions of abject poverty and after the capital, Tegucigalpa; San Pedro Sula has the highest rate of children leaving the family home.
In San Pedro Sula it is not unusual for children to be the head of a household at a young age, caring and providing for their siblings. These children a denied the opportunity to get an education and instead must work to support their brothers and sisters.
How are SOS Children helping in San Pedro Sula?
The SOS Children's Village in San Pedro Sula offers a safe environment to many vulnerable children, providing medical treatment and educational support. For children who are no longer able to live with their parents, our Children's Village provides a stable and loving home, where these children can experience moments of carefree childhood. Our SOS Children grow up alongside their SOS brothers and sisters under the care of an affectionate SOS Mother.
SOS Children attend the local schools with children from families living in the area. This enables the children to make connections and friendships in the wider community from an early age.
When SOS children are ready to move out of the family home, they are supported by the SOS Youth Programme as they continue their higher education or vocational training. Semi-independent girls' and boys' accommodation is provided, and the young people live under the guidance of qualified youth workers. They stay in close contact with their SOS Mother and siblings as they make the transition to adulthood.
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The committee also found that genetic analysis of individuals with unique sleep patterns has important potential for military operations. This category includes short sleepers, those susceptible to sleep deprivation or restriction, and people who experience unique circadian rhythm effects. Large-scale screenings are underway to identify genes that regulate sleep, and sleep circuitries and functions are being investigated at a molecular level. If a military force could remain fully functional with less sleep than its enemy, the implications for military effectiveness could be significant.
Worldwide Research
The results obtained by the committee indicate that the European Union is the leader in the field of fatigue research, with the United States, Australia, and Japan providing extensive contributions as well. Shift work in railroad operations, similar to military operations whose 24-hour demands encourage irregular schedules based on the clock, has been studied extensively in Europe and Japan. Only recently has the United States begun to fund similar research to better understand the physical, cognitive, and other effects of irregularly scheduled work. Additional countries conducting notable research include Brazil, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and South Korea.
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) involve direct communication of neural signals with an external device. A large body of research is concerned with the ability to detect and translate neural activity and to direct it to control a machine and thereby enhance human performance (Brunner et al., 2011). The most common application is in the realm of rehabilitative medicine. For example, neural implants that enable a disabled person to control a wheelchair, prosthesis, or voice simulator have been developed (Rebsamen et al., 2010; Bell et al., 2008; Brumberg and Guenther, 2010). Conversely, electronic signals may be used to stimulate portions of the brain to induce a particular motor response, although this effect has been demonstrated only in animals (Arfin et al., 2009; Nuyujukian et al., 2011). Although potential applications for performance enhancement may develop in the future, current BCIs are slower and less accurate than the normal human function they are meant to replace.
Critical to the successful use/operation of brain-computer interfaces is the identification of brain regions activated during particular processes. Recently, electroencephalogram (EEG) spectra obtained using neural probes implanted into a subject's brain have been successfully reconstructed as sounds heard by the subject. Future research will seek to extend this capability to analyze EEG spectra of thoughts and convert them to speech. This is an exciting advance that could lead to individuals regaining their lost ability to speak.
Role of Nanotechnology
The implementation of BCIs and many other HPM technologies is enabled by nanotechnology, which can be instantiated in a wide variety of technologies and fields relevant to HPM, including electronics, microelectromechanical systems, energy harvesting and storage devices/systems, and biomedicine. Especially intriguing for HPM is the use of nanotechnology for biointerfaces—materials, smaller than cells, that could possibly interact directly with the body on a biological level. For example, subdermal nanoparticles inserted into the body could enhance sensory perception (Cash and Clark, 2010).


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Written by Jeffrey Hammond, Professor English and George B. and Willma Reeves Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts
"Can You Hear Me Now?"
This past Christmas I received an intimidating present: my first cell phone. It doesn't surf the Internet or come with "killer apps" that do everything under the sun. It's just a tiny phone. I've learned how to charge it and make a call, and though I still feel like an astronaut whenever I use it, this gadget has already proved its worth. Didn't it save me a bundle in long-distance charges when I got snowed in during a recent trip to Ohio?
Like 270 million other Americans, I am finally connected. Wherever I go, I can now reach out and touch someone. Of course, the fact that anyone can also reach out and touch me might alter my preferred experience of solitude. As John Donne might say today, no man plugged into an enormous grid of voices is an island.
It would be easy for someone my age to play the Luddite and condemn all such newfangled devices as the devil's work - as a conspiracy between technology and commerce to steal what's left of our souls. But how can I? As part of that dwindling population who can remember the bad old days before personal computers, I can attest that word processing, e-mail, and the internet have enriched my life immeasurably, especially my writing life. Gone are the days of retyping entire manuscripts with each revision, or brushing Wite-Out over every typo. E-mail put to rest those endless games of phone tag with editors. And with the internet, I can do fact-checking and even some basic research without going to a library.
In my fitful attempts to stay current, I have adapted to each innovation as it came along. With the "mobile phone," however, I don't feel the same eagerness to leap to the new platform. Something about the constant connectivity that cell phones provide gives me the creeps.
The digital world's key selling points have always been connectivity and interactivity with others. As the popularity of social networking sites attests, technology doesn't just enhance community: it creates it. Post your profile on any version of "My- Face," and you're no longer alone - or not, at least, in virtual reality. Go to a blog and jump into an animated conversation with perfect strangers. Visit a news site and take a poll with thousands of unseen peers. You can do all kinds of things online - many of them simultaneously - and feel as if you are part of something. These online actions will be fairly constant, too, because computers are meant to do things: in this point-and-click world, "friend" has become a verb.
If the sense of community fostered by technology makes people feel less lonely, that's a good thing. But I wonder if the constant interaction fostered by the digital realm is making us forget how to be alone. There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely - a difference that the seductions of cyber-community are threatening to efface.
For people under the age of 30, the technological tail has been wagging the educational dog for some time now: interactive and collaborative approaches to learning have dominated their schooling. While this has been mostly for the good, such approaches tend to downplay the importance of the individual, along with the development of such private habits as self-reliance, patience, and reflection.They might even be undermining the sense of being an individual in the first place. Not only are young people in danger of forgetting how to be alone, but they might be missing out on the solitude and silence needed for genuine self-reflection.
And here, of course, is where those devilish cell phones come in. I can personally attest to their value during snowstorms and other emergencies. But whenever I step outside and see a student walking by and talking on a cell phone, I wonder if the fear of being alone has become so great that it cannot sustain a solitary walk across campus. Has silence become so unbearable that every quiet moment must be filled with talk? Is it possible to ponder a serious issue during a phone chat? Or notice the clouds, the trees, and the faces of other people?
Maybe it is: I've been assured that young people are adept at multitasking. But to multi-task is, by definition, not to single-task: to concentrate on one thing for a sustained period of time in search of a solution. Some things simply cannot be done in collaboration or amidst a sea of distractions. And at what point does multitasking degrade into off-tasking or even no-tasking? The Washington Post recently ran an article by Daniel De Vise (March 9) about the increasing number of college professors who are banning the use of laptops in their classes because the diversions of being connected are too powerful. If laptops are distracting, cell phones are proving even more so. According to a recent estimate in the Post (August 13, 2009), Americans driving while using their cell phones account for some 340,000 accidents per year.
It has always been hard to be alone and think. My fear is that technology is making it even harder. Indeed, the not-so-private cell phone conversations that I overhear suggest that privacy itself is becoming antiquated. If so, will private thoughts become outmoded? With cyber-connectivity routinely providing instant access to whatever we want at the moment, can we develop the patience to figure out what we really want over the long haul? With everyone from Bertrand Russell to Brad Pitt sharing bandwidth on that great equalizer known as the web, it's getting harder to decide what matters and what doesn't. And with technology pulling everything into the "real time" of the immediate present, will the past become less real? Will our capacity for memory shrivel up like our tails once did?
Defending the need to live at least some of our lives unplugged probably makes me sound like the hopeless Luddite that I've always tried not to be. Maybe I should start a blog to defend myself. Then again, would a true Luddite own a cell phone? Although I might be an Omega user, that Christmas present is right here in my briefcase, snug in its box with its charger and a manual that I plan to read before the next snowstorm hits.


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Dept. Of Children & Families Warns Of Public Aid Scam
Several fake websites are offering to help people apply for public assistance, if they provide financial and personal information.
Wiping Your Smartphone Memory Clean
Phone numbers, passwords, bank account information. If you put all that stuff on your Smartphone, do you know how to get it all off? As CBS4's Chief Consumer Investigator Al Sunshine explains, don't assume you've wiped your Smartphone clean before you get rid of it.
The Dangers Of High Tech Q-R Codes
First there were "bar codes." Now Q-R codes are popping up on product labels, magazine ads and billboards beckoning consumers to click or scan. But buyer beware. CBS4's Jorge Estevez explains how those black boxes with white dots could cost you dearly.
iPhones May Put Personal Information At Risk
The iPhone has revolutionized modern technology. But some say it's an open door for dark forces to do their worst.