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It is for Pakistan to decide what it wants to be, secular or theocratic. Its none of India's business.
They feel as strongly about India as much as we do. Army or no army, Mullah or no Mullah, education or no education, democracy or theocracy, the point is moot. They have the right to hate us.
This mutual animosity will not wither down. Either of them has to dissappear. How and when is where the enrgies should be directed to , rathern than wasting time on eloberating a positive change
Why are Indians here saying that India does not help Afghans overttly and Talibans covertly
Say proudly , we support the Afghans. We let down Badshah Khan in 1947. We are correcting that blunder
Say candidly India supports Talibs covertly. What are mercenary soldiers for, to be hired. We pay a fair price.
And India does all this to harm Pakistan. Isn't that what Pakistan has been doing for last 62 years. There is no love between the two , We are different and we hate each other. Tit for Tat
The one principle that the Pakis's don't understand is that when you tell lies to others , you are actually lying to yourself.
To the point where you actually beleive the lie and act accordingly.
The Pakistani's have the power to change things for themselves - In fact they have ha the power for the last 60 years.
They blame the Americans for the creation of Talibanistan and India for the rest of their problems - All these being the lies that the ISI have told the public for the last 50 years - and of course the Pakistani's beleive every word of it.WHATEVER happened to the Saudi's financing the whole deal ?
How about starting from scratch and creating a new democratic state , no matter how corrupt it is , with no interference from the army.
How about reallocating the Budget towards education ( Non-Koranic )
How about Making the armed forces do whatever the ELECTED civilian goverment does , which is then answerable to the public.
How about becoming a secular state , where the Mullahs do not check the textbooks for education , before letting the students read it.
No wonder isllamic education is still in the middle ages !
The one principle that the Pakis's don't understand is that when you tell lies to others , you are actually lying to yourself.
To the point where you actually beleive the lie and act accordingly.
The Pakistani's have the power to change things for themselves - In fact they have ha the power for the last 60 years.
They blame the Americans for the creation of Talibanistan and India for the rest of their problems - All these being the lies that the ISI have told the public for the last 50 years - and of course the Pakistani's beleive every word of it.WHATEVER happened to the Saudi's financing the whole deal ?
How about starting from scratch and creating a new democratic state , no matter how corrupt it is , with no interference from the army.
How about reallocating the Budget towards education ( Non-Koranic )
How about Making the armed forces do whatever the ELECTED civilian goverment does , which is then answerable to the public.
How about becoming a secular state , where the Mullahs do not check the textbooks for education , befire letting the students read it.
No wonder isllamic education is still in the middle ages !
Pakistan lives in denial. Until Pakistanis accept the malaise that is self-created, they will always be an ailing society, occasionally spreading the germs to those in their neighborhood. Watch this CNN video from Fareed Zakaria's page - Pakistanis blame everyone else but themselves.
For Pakistani and American forces in the Af-Pak region, it is best to get out of habitual analysis. Think outside the box.
Here, the suggestion by 'Stefano Santis' (see a few posts above) is a good one. Circle off southern Afghanistan and Waziristan within a defensive perimeter, watched by drones. Gradually freeze them out through attrition and economic hardship.
For nearly 60 years the Pakistan Establishment has milked the Americans of dollars and free gifts of 'defence' materials. The tribes of FATA in Pakistan learnt to do the same since the naive Americans trusted them to oust the Soviets.
The most losers in the Af-Pak region have been the Americans. The next losers have been Pakistanis. They are yet to realise the cancer eating away their country. They still cannot see that it is NOT India that is their enemy. The ISI and the Pak. army are the real enemies of the well-being of Pakistan. Some major diseases of our bodies are congenital. Pakistanis need to realise that their own cause the most problems, not strangers.
It makes sense for India to do nothing but to watch Pakistan slowly bleed due to the mess it has got itself into. Strategically, events are turning out India's way, without much effort from RAW. India's economy gathers strength slowly but surely.
Therefore, Pakistanis accusing RAW of 'sponsoring' the 'Pak Taliban' is seen as a far-fetched suggestion. However, both RAW and ISI do their jobs of intelligence gathering. India is cultivating friendly contacts throughout the Af-Pak region. Yes, but that is not unusual for any such service. After all, ISI has created 'Indian Mujahideen' cells in India. Why should not India repay the compliments? India does have friends who are keen to help India. In the long term, they may well think India is a better bet.
The comments made by some people on this forum indicate exactly what the problem in Pakistan is. People are more willing to believe in conspiracy theories about India, Israel and the CIA than the facts. The Taliban were created by Pakistan for the purpose of controlling Afghanistan and have since gotten out of control. And hard as it may be for some Pakistanis to accept - yes Muslims are as capable of killing innocents as anyone else.
One has to credit the Pakistani army for the way they have ripped off the US after 9/11. Ever since then, the Pak army has played a double game, running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.
Lets have a look at their report-card in the last 9 years, shall we?
* More than $10 billion dollars in aid given to the Pak army, and all used up in buying tanks, planes and artillery to fight against India.
* Dummy 'operations' in Swat and S.Waziristan to make a great show of having done something against the Taliban.
* Continuous attempts to wiggle out of their War-On-Terror commitments by orchestrating a military standoff with India through the 26/11 attack.
* Their foreign policy wonks have even out-eloquented the eloquent Donald Rumsfeld when it came to "inventing" outrageous terms like "Afghan Taliban" and "Pakistani Taliban" (on Paki talk shows, they are of course referred to as the "good" and "bad" taliban respectively).
The US establishment probably realizes who is the real hand feeding the Taliban/Al Qaeda hydra, but then probably fears embarrassment in admitting this to the American public.
Afghan freedom resistance which west calls it Taliban can never be strengthened by Islamabad government if the resistance doesn't have roots in the vast majority of Afghanistan which is Pashtoon people. Also The Afghan resistance which is only a national resistance is not a threat to west or any other country. Islamabad helps Afghan resistance for her interests. There are many countries that help us.
Western invaders cannot justify by killing all Pashtoons with the so-called war on terror. They have to negociate with Afghan freedom fighters. We fight for our freedom. Any power that threatens our freedom we will defeat them and we have proved it. This is probably our final game with most arrogant empire of US to make grave for you in the high mountains Hindo Kush. We urge you to come to table. We have more respect for human life than you.
Let us now see how to defeat Taliban/ISI.
The US /UK/Canada stops aid to Pakistan. Why? Because Pakistan is helping Taliban kill NATO soldiers.
My country men are dying in Afghanistan on daily basis. Why should my tax dollars go to a country which aids my countrymen? Hence the aid to Pakistan stops.
Pakistan will unravel in matter of six months. Why? Because it won't have any money left to pay ISI or Pakistani Army and large number of government employees.
What will Pakistan do? Pakistan will first turn to China and Saudi Arabia. China may help for couple of months. Saudi Arabia is not likely to lift a finger.
So ten months down the road, when my tax dollars no longer subsidize ISI, Pakistan will threaten nuclear Blackmail. It will try to find a way to start war with India and Nuke India.
If the world powers don't step in by then, then the policy of Mutual Assured Destruction takes hold. Pakistan gets wiped off the face of the Map.
If the world powers step in- the only option left would be contain/curtail ISI-Taliban. And to curtail them, dismemberment of Pakistan is essential. If USSR ( a large nuclear power) could be dismembered, what is then so sacrosanct about a rogue nation like Pakistan.
@generated3520570: "its rather better to creat 32 countries from so called democratic bharat"....
Isn't that what the so-called 'Land of the pure' has been trying to achieve for the past sixty years? What have you got to show for it?
Turns out you got divided yourself and Bangladesh got created! Were you born after 1971?
The post of Bin Ibrahim is pure fiction.Indians knows that the danger coming from Afghanistan will hit India sooner or later,if not stopped:the recent events of Mumbai confirms that India is a main target for Islamic terrorism,and that the solution is an honest alliance with Pakistan.Many bloggers suggests the partition of Pakistan,India etc.I rather believethat a partition of Afghanistan would be a good idea.The land where tha Pushtun lives,Helmand and neighborood,should be abandoned by NATO.Hundreds od casualties granted only a 15% affluence to the polls in August.It's abig waste of time,lives,money.The area should be submitted to a kind of no fly zone like that enforced on the north Iraqi Kurdistan before the invasion,and surrounded by military bases of NATO and Afghan army,yust to enforce democracy in the rest of Afghanistan,and stop the spreading of the Taliban cancer.The opium crops should be destroyed by air attacks spreading chemical warfare.The troops stationed around Helmand would be more useful elsewhere.
Should US withdraw from Talibanistan, it could set up bases in India to launch drone strikes against the terrorist leadership which the US claims is trying to harm US citizens and interests.
AND to ARSLAN AKMAL ,
One more Pakistani who blames the whole world for his problems.
The one point that I am going to make to you is this - pakistan has had several choices along the way... and it seems to have made the wrong choices all the way.... Violent terrorism , Violent Coups , allocating over 40% of your Budget to the Army , instead of all srounded education and infrastructure and a liberal society.
As Hilary Clinton has said (In different words) Pakistan showed all the promise but no delivery.
But it is like any nation in Islamia , just plain old Bad Governance.
You seem not to understand the history of India much at all.
India has only been poor after the British looted it for the last 200 years or so. Before that it was considered to be the richest country in the world for 1500 of the last 200 years , and the second richest just before the British took over.
For the marauding Muslim rajahs this was the richest of all islamia.
It seems to me that a lot of you Muslims seem to quote figures and facts out of thin air , and have no answers when real facts and figures are pointed out to you.
Let them rule once again. And as usual let them come via Pakistan, raping and pillaging every thing in the way.
Make sure you play good host
Everyone, leave Afghanistan alone, especially India. It will turn and bite you, like it rules India for 500 years.
It seems clear to me that anyone who supports the ridiculous position that the TTP is an indian sponsored outfit is either uniformed or in pursuit of a hidden agenda. As to the Army taking on Haqqani, Bahadur and Maulvi Nazir, as much as I would really like to see that, it's not gonna happen. They are Rawalpindi's "good taliban" and constitute's the Army's insurance policy in case things continue to go wrong for the West in Afghanistan. Pakistan cannot avoid meddling in Afghanistan: it needs it firmly on its side to project influence in central asia AND concentrate on its eastern border.
@ vijaypandit
vijaypandit buddy, its rather better to creat 32 countries from so called democratic bharat. that will atleast help to poor people, who remained poor from centuries, and getting poorer and exploited by every day by this dirty class system. KHALISTAN, ASSAM LAND, KERLADESH,THAKARISTAN, BERHMANISTAN AND HINDUSTAN are possible new faces for progress of this continent.
The Pashtunland in Afghanistan ought to be carved out and ceded to Pakistan in order to combine the two Talibanistan. It is the best hope to contain the spread the scourge of Taliban values to the rest of Ummah like Indonesia and Malaysia.
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I never even noticed that they were all University of Miami products. We'll see how much this ranking placates into the season. With our backfield, we're going to running over people.
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sorry guys, but If we're talking healthy RB's I would take portis over willie.
not sure if that factored into the rankings or not.
agreed about portis. and IMO gore is the 3rd best all-around back when healthy (behind LT and sjack). gore is going to have a HUGE season under martz.Originally Posted by steelcityrules!!
hey 43...er...MJG, you may be 1/2-kidding but these are valid points. gore and portis are better backs than willie when healthy.Originally Posted by MeetJoeGreene
a healthy clinton portis i guess that would be similar to a dominant sean mahan huh?Originally Posted by steelcityrules!!
i agree with the rankings being garbage all those mentioned rb's from the u arent as good as willie. i also thought peterson being #2 is a bit high. i know he had the best rookie year for any rb ever but it was only one season
I'm a big Gore fan, but I worry about him under Martz. Martz didn't run the ball AT ALL last year in Detroit. Marshall Faulk put up big numbers with Martz in St. Louis, but he was a different kind of back, with a lot of his damage done by catching passes out of the backfield. I just don't see Martz wanting to pound the rock (but he may have to, though, since the QB's and WR's in San Fran are well below average). They also may have to give up on the run in the 2nd halves of games, since I expect them to be playing from behind more often than not. I also wonder what becomes of the big investment that team made in Vernon Davis, since Martz has never really been a big proponent of involving the TE in the passing game all that much.Originally Posted by ROLROC
while no marshall, gore was already getting touches out of the backfield in the passing game pre-martz. i see his rec #s and TDs increasing this season. this will benefit his/SF running game IMO. if he stays healthy, gore will be a beast. smith is the wildcard...Originally Posted by RuthlessBurgher


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The upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 will make full use of the console's capabilities by running in 1080p at 30 frames-per-second. The announcement was made via Twitter, where Ready At Dawn's chief technical officer and co-founder Andrea Pessino confirmed the single-player focus, by saying "[The Order] is a single player, third person action adventure game."
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@TheRazorRex @elcuco786 Correct. No multiplayer, it is a single player, third person action adventure game.
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I know I'm going to come off as a huge nerd here… But 1080p and 30fps does NOT take full use of the consoles capabilities. I'm pretty excited for this game and it's definitely not a deal breaker for me (It's a single player shooter 60fp isn't gonna make or break it). I was hoping 60fps would be the standard for next gen but it's not looking that way.
"1080p and 30fps does NOT take full use of the consoles capabilities."
I see alot of this going on in different forums.
The fact is, if it's not a twitch shooter or a super-speedy racing game it doesn't need 60fps. This is a 3rd person slower paced action game. The dev described it as The Last Of Us meets Assassin's Creed.
I'm not a Sony fanboy so please don't think that's why I'm defending it. There's so many variables that people don't think about. 1. This game is using a new game engine. 2. Everything will have more complex physics than any PC game has even had. 3. We (the game players) are not developers and even if we are, we haven't developed a AAA experience like this.
About any devs taking "full" advantage of the newly released consoles… That won't happen anytime soon. The hardware and programming tools are too new. But I am betting we will see more 1080p 60fps games in the coming years once devs learn new tricks.
I think Infamous Second is 1080p and 30fps but I don't anyone will complain with that being 30fps because it's still better looking than any PC game (running at double the resolution and settings maxed, that is) to date. Sony even said this game looks better than Infamous: Second Son and that it will be Game Of The Year. That's some big talk from Sony, considering the game isn't out yet but with games like Uncharted and The Last Of Us, I have reason to have more than enough faith in them to deliver.
I see a lot of your answer going on, unfortunately it's as short sighted as you claim the original statement is. 60fps does not exclude itself to just racers and fps games. A game that runs at 60fps+ allows itself to run smoother, with more animation detail allowing for a far more impressive experience than most 30fps experiences in comparison. A great example is the new Tombraider definitive version, though not 60, it runs around 45 on the ps4 and 30 on the xboxone, the difference is very clear. When running on my pc, I get around 62 – 65 fps (via fraps) with my 760 card allowing for an amazingly smooth experience in comparison to the ps3 or xbox 360 versions which ran at a locked 30fps. Games such as inFamous 1 and 2 ran at 30fps as was usual for that gen, but unfortunately this was also due to hardware limitations. There are obviously reasons for choosing a lower framerate that we aren't privvy to and obviously later in a consoles lifecycle developers will get better, but at this point, you'd think developers would be aspiring to do a little better.
I never said 60fps was limited to FPS and Driving, I was simply stating that if a game doesn't require cat like reactions and responsiveness from the players it's not neccessary. We have new engines that do more with less, that includes frames per second. For PC eletist that's hard to believe but if you googled I think you could learn alot on that.
And if this is going to turn out to be the classic arguement of the PC Eletist vs The Console gamer scenario, I'd like to adress it…
Yes, Tomb Raider's FPS can go above 60fps on PC while the PS4 version may not but I have yet to see a review which states the PC version is the more enjoyable of the 2. As far as the devs claim, the PS4 version of Tomb Raider is the Definitive and better version of the two. And it's not just with Tomb raider but devs of other games are saying Watch Dogs, Thief, ect. will look and play better on PS4.
If you look at PS4/XB1 versions of Tomb Raider, they clearly look amd play better than Tomb Raider on a High End PC maxed out.
Also, going back to the original arguement,
There are reasons why I trust devs when they say "60fps is not needed, 30fps is good enough" especially when these statements are from the industry's top developers.
It's different coming from people who are not deverlopers.
Lastly, I know alot of PC eletists are being sore because there are games like Infamous Second Son and The Order 1886 look better than any PC game to date so while you say "You'd think developers would be apsiring to do a little better." The rest of the world is wondering how these devs went from making strictly psp games to making games for PS4 that look and play better than any PC Game.
I mean we could argue all day but at the end of the day you cant really say "PS4/XBOX1 isnt powerful enough to run the game at 60fps but a PC can." We all know that that isnt the case now days. Now it's more or less developer decision and how to optomize. If devs wanted they could easily say 60fps is the better but in most cases there is no real advantages to it, in the end it would be a waste of resources and energy.
Don't get me wrong, I do love the advantages PC gaming offers as far as being able to slale your own visual settings (AA, High & Low settings) I am a PC gamer at heart. I love my PC but realistically the last "Great" PC game is Crysis 3 & that seems like forever ago.
30fps and 1080p wasn't what I expected… honestly, I was expecting better… and I was sort of hoping there was multiplayer, but I'm still excited to play, I'm still going to get it. Still seems like a GREAT GAME!!!
Actually the article is wrong. It's not native 1080p. It's actually 800p with 4x mmsa or the like. That was the last comment by developer as he said it looks better with the mmsa than being 1080p. He also said it's not set in stone. So the article isn't quite accurate.


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NBC NATIONAL NEWS — Three people are missing after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed in off the coast of Alabama.
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With winter weather upon us you need to know where to look for school cancellations and early dismissals. The process for canceling school actual begins about 4 o'clock in the morning. Contact is made with area superintendents, township supervisors, and Eagan's Bus Service. The internet also provides up-to-date weather reports as well as a list of other school dismissals in the area.
A decision is made as early as possible. With Illinois weather, that's often difficult to do. The decision will always be made with the safety of our students in mind. We encourage you, as well as your children who may be driving, to take your time and drive cautiously during the winter weather. Students will typically be excused for arriving a little late due to weather conditions.
Atwood-Hammond contacts the following television and radio stations whenever there is a schedule change due to weather:
In addition to contacting the above stations, the district will utilize the School Reach automated parent notification system. You have likely received a recorded message from your child's principal. You have the choice to receive these messages at home, work or cell phone…or all three. It's very important the district has your latest contact information, so if a number has changed please contact the school.
Emergency Bus Routes and the School Calendar
Emergency bus routes would allow us to pick up students at the regular bus stops in Garrett, Pierson and Hammond only. Buses would not run on other rural routes. Students living in Atwood would be expected to attend. Those in rural areas would not be expected to attend, however parents may bring their children to school and pick them up if they prefer. Rural student absences would not be considered unexcused. By using emergency routes we would still provide transportation to approximately 90% of our bus students.
Emergency routes may allow us to have school on days we may otherwise cancel. The obvious concern during severe weather is getting to and from school safely. Often highways and main roads are cleared by snowplows, but rural roads may be left snow covered and dangerous especially for school buses. As always, we encourage students and parents to use extreme caution when driving to and from school during the winter months.
The school calendar contains five emergency days for various reasons. Once those days are exhausted, the District would utilize Act of God days for any additional emergencies such as snow, loss of heat or loss of power, for example. Act of God days allow the District to count the day as an attendance day therefore counting toward the state required number of days even though school would not be in session.
It's not likely we will utilize emergency snow routes often. Our first concern is providing quality instruction in a safe environment. If it turns out the weather has a greater impact on attendance than anticipated, we would likely cancel school in the future.
A second alternative would be a Late Start Day. Based on weather reports and input from other districts, transportation officials and road commissioners, we may delay the start of school by 1-2 hours in order to allow additional time for snow removal. This would still count as a full day of attendance. Again, we may not use this option very often due to the difficulty of parents making last minute arrangements early in the morning.


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19-year-old Lance Corporal Andrew G. Patten of Byron was killed along with nine fellow marines in Fallujah in the deadliest attack against American troops in four months. The military says the group was on a foot patrol. Yet to be confirmed as Thursday's attack, a tape could show the last few seconds of life for 10 U.S. Marines killed while on patrol in Fallujah. 11 more marines were injured. The tape, reportedly shot by an insurgent group was aired by the Arabic TV network Al-Jazeera. A banner at the bottom of the video allegedly says "10 American soldiers killed near Fallujah".
The city of Byron released a statement saying the community of Byron is lessened by the lost of Lance Corporal Andrew Patten. The city is asking that all flags be flown at half-mast during December to honor Patten. The date for the visitation and funeral are pending but will be held at Maywood Evangelical Free church.
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It's official! Verizon offers new unlimited price plans
As we also told you yesterday, the 25MB for $9.99 monthly requirement will be added to all Verizon 3G multimedia phones which gives customers access to the internet, games and e-mail. Besides covering the
Those who want the same service as contract customers but want the flexibility of a pay-as-you-go plan can use Big Red's new Monthly Unlimited Prepay Plans which offer the same service as the unlimited contract plans for $5 more per month. Monrhly Unlimited Talk is $74.99 per month and $94.99 monthly includes unlimited texts, pictures and video with the Monthly Unlimited Talk and Text plan.
The new prices start on January 18th and do not affect existing customers unless a change to one of the new plans is requested.
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1. VZ DUB (Posts: 27; Member since: 02 Jan 2010)
The consumer data package for BlackBerry and Android smartphones remains at $39.99 per month.??? ummmmmmmm wow im going a good deal paying 29.99
2. tshow84 (Posts: 65; Member since: 11 Jun 2009)
nope...phone arena is dumb it was never 39.99, it has been 29.99 since dropping from 44.99 years ago...
3. Striker13084 (Posts: 128; Member since: 30 Mar 2009)
No, it is just Phonearenas idiot editor sleeping on the job. it is still $29.99.
8. rockstar323 (Posts: 20; Member since: 15 Jan 2009)
Phone arena has editors? Could have fooled me.
9. Shell (Posts: 28; Member since: 13 Oct 2009)
it's actually $29.99 for personal plan and $44.99 for enterprise plan
11. vzwrep (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Jan 2010)
Actually we still have a $44.99 email and data plan. It is $29.99 for basic email and internet and $44.99 or corporate email and internet. Thanks, VZW
19. n0gar2 (Posts: 71; Member since: 19 Oct 2009)
The corporate charge is just a "let's try and get more money from them since they can afford it" charge. It supposedly adds enterprise server compatibility, but those already cost an arm and a leg as it is. Even RIM can't explain why the extra charge...
4. theGodpapa (Posts: 181; Member since: 15 Dec 2009)
even though I have supported VZW through all these years and countless screen names on this apple fanboy website, I dont understand the logic behind this mandatory data charges. Why ostracize our consumers even more? Bad bad move....and just like this upgrade fees, this will be changed and soon.
5. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
-1,000,000 for phone arena for a stupid typo...and a -1 for the idiot above me...
22. rhomaion (Posts: 187; Member since: 23 Sep 2009)
He may be an idiot but then that makes you a complete jack ass.
6. jrcrow79 (Posts: 477; Member since: 02 May 2008)
the immediate data plans r because vzw is becoming 4G..hence the need to push more bandwidth as apposed to features i.e. ability to talk n surf the web like my iphone 3gs and or video conferencing (att has this also)..I still think in the end prices r all the same..hence someone saying not EVERYONE needs unlimited voice (I dont)..my unused minutes rollover upto 12 months
14. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
Luke Wilson is that you?
16. macron2000 (Posts: 81; Member since: 07 Sep 2009)
Rofl! Man I was having a tuff day and that just cheered me up. Oh my.
24. deschats (Posts: 193; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
7. VZ DUB (Posts: 27; Member since: 02 Jan 2010)
yay -2 for sarcasm!!!!! woooooo
10. Shell (Posts: 28; Member since: 13 Oct 2009)
are they kidding... the entice and 8360... those are basic flip phones... what the fuck are they thinking!
12. knuckleballer34 (Posts: 119; Member since: 27 Jul 2009)
Shell, great point, and you beat me to the punch on it! I completely agree...Verizon pushes those two phones as basic bare bones devices, and now they'll want to tack on $10 for services that most people who buy those phones will never use? I'm generally ambivalent towards the "big four" carriers, but as far as those two phones are concerned, that's a senseless move by Verizon. And while I have always stated and supported that they have by far the best network and voice quality, this is exactly how you lose potential customers and rile up competitive individuals who are against you.
17. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
read the article "kncuckles", the 1.99 per MB still applies as the usual pay as you go...I love these post on phonearena when someone changes a plan, theres always someone who didnt read it and the controversey starts....(sorry spelling)
20. n0gar2 (Posts: 71; Member since: 19 Oct 2009)
Well, without getting a data plan, how do you 'pay as you go?' This, like all VZW plans are a scam.
13. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Phone arena please fix this article. The VZW consumer data plan is 29.99.
15. CODYPHOBIA (Posts: 58; Member since: 21 Jun 2008)
Though not confirmed I have been told that we will be able to BLOCK data in lieu of adding the packages. Can't confirm this until Monday....but would certainly be nice.
25. redgrace (Posts: 1; Member since: 22 Jan 2010)
Just wanted to let you know, I am a manager at a Verizon. And I tested this theoy out today on the LG EnV3... it didn't work. I would love Verizon to make it true though.
18. Sufcc (Posts: 33; Member since: 28 Jul 2008)
AT&T has announced matching price plans to be effective monday.
21. 3watts (Posts: 56; Member since: 28 Jul 2009)
at&t... how quickly they follow the leader.
23. rhomaion (Posts: 187; Member since: 23 Sep 2009)
@ 3watts Yeah, how quickly they become competitive... oh right that's a good thing. Sorry retard.


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JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Inspection LLC (L3I) has successfully completed the Quality Management System (QMS) development by meeting or exceeding all of the requirements for ISO 9001 and AS 9100 Certification under the rules of the aerospace standard. L3I passed their ISO/AS audit with 100% compliance and zero non-compliance issues.
Starting in May of 2008, Vice President of Operations, Scott McAfee led the creation, organization and refinement of the comprehensive QMS documentation for procedures and processes that covered the entire L3I business. McAfee elected to create the company's QMS system completely online, for universal access to support, ease of editing and use, with proper login security.
In October, the company met their auditor to review the completeness, correctness, and compliance of the original QMS documentation system. After several weeks of work, including with an ISO and AS conformance consultant, L3I's management team, led by McAfee, finished the rest of the tasks and held their annual management meeting to review both the QMS system and the actual documented results from implemented procedures.
In late December 2008, the final audit was performed over the course of the two-day comprehensive evaluation. The company, its QMS system, and its implementation/usage of the system, all received the 100% compliance rating.
"This world-class international quality standard was imperative for our immediate business expansion plans," said Bill Greene, Vice President of Business Development. "There are some prospects and clients in the aerospace industry that require the ISO certification in order to qualify for business. We wanted to exceed that standard and get our AS certification, since this market is so properly and strictly conscientious," continued Mr. Greene.
Once issued by the audit review committee, L3I's certificates will be
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Conil de la Frontera - a picturesque seaside town with 19,000 inhabitants - is located on the Costa de la Luz (Atlantic coast) in the province of Cadiz, close to the estuary of the river Salado, south of cape Roche.
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Conil is very popular with tourists in summer, but nonetheless it is still a typical Andalusian town with narrow cobbled streets, open-air markets, pavement cafes and tapas bars. Conil hotels are ideal for a relaxing break, but the are usually overbooked in summer, so try to make your reservation some months before traveling. Besides, visitors can find very good fish restaurants where local specialties are offered, such as atún encebollado (tuna cooked in onion) and chocos con patatas (cuttlefish with potatoes). There is even a particular fair in June when the tuna is celebrated, affording the opportunity for tourists to taste delicious tuna dishes at stunning prices.
The town has about 14 km of fine, golden beaches with transparent and crystal waters. Visitors can find various sorts of water sports as well as beach restaurants, which turn into discotheques on hot summer nights. Travelling south to Cabo de Trafalgar, one can view the place where the famous sea battle of Trafalgar was fought.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Shane Victorino finished 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI, and Raul Ibanez hit a grand slam to cap a six-run eighth inning, as the Philadelphia Phillies recorded a division-clinching 9-2 victory over St. Louis in the second edition of a four-game set.
Roy Oswalt (8-9) notched his first scoreless outing since August 19 at Washington, scattering five hits and striking out seven over seven innings.
"Anybody could come out here tonight and have a good chance to win. With the starting staff we got, I just happened to have had the ball tonight," said Oswalt about his role in the clincher. "I was able to throw a good game. They gave me a couple runs to work with."
He departed with a seemingly safe 3-0 advantage.
In the eighth, Michael Stutes served up four straight two-out hits -- the last two to Lance Berkman and David Freese which brought the Cards within 3-2. Brad Lidge came on to retire Allen Craig on a grounder to second.
In the home half, Victorino provided the Phils an insurance run with a one-out RBI single. Chase Utley was plunked to load the bases, and after Ryan Howard struck out, Hunter Pence beat out a grounder to shortstop to make it 5-2.
"We've had to battle through a lot of stuff to get here. Bringing Hunter over here, that extra energy to our ballclub, it's a great feeling to once again be at this point," said Howard of his new right-fielder, who arrived from Houston.
Ibanez followed with a shot to right and the home team claimed a seven-run advantage.
Ryan Madson turned in a scoreless ninth and Philadelphia's fifth consecutive NL East crown was assured.
"Our goal is not accomplished yet. It's the first step, and we've got a few more steps to go," added Utley, who has been a key player in all five division championships.
Jake Westbrook (12-9) lasted only 3 1/3 innings, charged in the loss with five hits and two runs -- one earned -- while walking five for the Cardinals.
St. Louis, which had its three-game win streak snapped, fell 6 1/2 games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. The Brewers routed the Reds in Cincinnati later Saturday.
The Cardinals also slipped 4 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the NL wild-card race, with the Braves taking a 1-0 decision over the Mets.
The Phils got on the board in their first at-bat, as Jimmy Rollins stroked a leadoff single, moved to second on a Victorino groundout and scored on Pence's two-out double.
Philly left the bases loaded in the third after Ibanez popped to short, but tacked on one more in the fourth.
Westbrook loaded the sacks with one down on a walk, fielder's choice grounder and a single, then Victorino worked a four-pitch walk to force in a run. Arthur Rhodes got the call and retired Utley on a fly to right and Howard on a grounder.
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Victorino launched a one-out solo shot to center in the sixth off Kyle McClellan to boost the Phils' edge to 3-0, and Oswalt worked out of a jam in the seventh.
Berkman led off with a single and moved to third when Yadier Molina hit a long line-drive single off the wall in left, but Skip Schumaker swung through a third strike to squash the rally.
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"It's called the 'Prairie Dog,' and it's the perfect dance for big, empty concert halls," he declares. "I came up with it at a LaDonnas show a while back. It was pretty sparsely attended, I guess, so I just decided to make a fool out of myself in public. And before I knew it, it was sweeping the nation."
Well, not quite: Although the wigglers on MTV's The Grind may someday start indulging in this hyperkinetic variation on the tango, they haven't yet. But the Acrobats (rhythm guitarist Buenning, guitarist/vocalist Aaron Hobbs, bassist Eliot Zizic and drummer Jason Jones) aren't complaining. After all, the act has only been together for a year, but already it's shared stages with faves such as the Emirs, the Hate Fuck Trio and the aforementioned LaDonnas and has won a dedicated following of its own. And why not? One part pop, two parts bombast and 97 parts youthful exuberance, its chiming guitar excursions exude enough raw vim to charm the Airwalks off even the most cynical listener. And, oh yeah: The music kicks like an oversexed mule.
This last quality has led many onlookers to categorize these twentysomethings as punks, but Hobbs rejects the tag. As he puts it, "We're too happy-go-lucky to be a punk band. Our songs are way too friendly-sounding. I mean, there's still some contention there. We try to poke people a little bit--step on some toes, ruffle some feathers. But it's not that serious. We just try to make it fun."
That's not to say that Hobbs isn't familiar with the punk medium. On the contrary, the guitarist has played in plenty of thrashy collectives, including Small Dog Frenzy, a Denver punk-pop trio that gained a great deal of notoriety in the early Nineties. During its five-year tenure, the group released a pair of singles and an impressive CD, Davenport Champions, on the now-defunct Titanic label. Furthermore, the players inspired more than their share of locals as a result of their DIY values and explosive live shows. Members of Christie Front Drive and Linus are among the many artists who have cited Frenzy as an influence.
Unfortunately, time wore down the threesome, which disbanded in 1995. Today Hobbs blames the breakup on the usual personal and artistic differences. "It pretty much ran its course," he explains. "We were having a good time, but somehow I think we forgot that and started taking ourselves too seriously. It was probably me more than anyone else in the band. Somehow I had it in my head that our songs had to be profound or something. And I felt weird about that, because it didn't really fit with our personalities. I mean, it's cool to have substance to your songs, but you don't have to be a pain in the ass."
Buenning, who pounded the skins for the band, concurs. "Being together for five years should have worked to our advantage," he notes. "But it seemed to work against us for some reason."
The slate wiped clean, Hobbs hooked up with Zizic and Jones, two longtime friends whose own outfit, Jorge Coyote, made occasional appearances at the Lion's Lair. Still, jokes Zizic, "we've probably played more shows with Acrobat Down in the last year than we played the entire time we were in Jorge Coyote."
For a brief period, Zizic, Jones and Hobbs performed as Race Bannon, a name that paid tribute to a character on the cartoon Johnny Quest. Zizic and Jones subsequently took a two-month sojourn through Asia, after which the principals, supplemented by drummer-turned-rhythm guitarist Buenning, regrouped under the Acrobat Down moniker. Since then the quartet has been plugging away on the club circuit, evolving into an act whose gigs are marked by solid chops and spontaneity. Indeed, the band switches course so many times in a given performance that you need a scorecard to keep track.
Much of these guys' unpredictability can be attributed to their predilection for inviting guests to join them on stage. In addition to the traditional guitars-drums-bass lineup, the band has been known to feature extra vocalists, supplementary guitarists and horn players such as Old Bull's Needle trumpeter Tim Franklin and Blast-Off Heads clarinetist/guitarist Shaggy. In addition, the core Acrobats enjoy trading instruments. During the band's grand finale, "Bird," Buenning often surrenders his guitar in favor of the drum kit, providing a backbeat as Hobbs blows gleefully on "the green horn," a plastic noisemaker that Zizic picked up in Montreal. ("It's just like the one that Bart Simpson uses to do beer bongs in The Simpsons' St. Patrick's Day special," he boasts.) All in all, an Acrobat Down appearance is more like a party than a concert, and that suits Hobbs just fine. "We try to make our shows a little different every time," he admits. "And so far, we've been pretty successful."
"When we started this band, we wanted to really mix it up so that things would stay interesting," Jones adds. "I mean, we'll let anybody come up and perform. They don't even have to play an instrument. They can juggle if they want to. Just so long as it's entertaining."
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Fifth Avenue Apple Store experiences a water leak
The Apple Store on New York's Fifth Avenue is a veritable marvel of engineering, with its glass cube leading down into an underground space. But putting the store underground like that makes it more vulnerable to water leaks, and sure enough, that's what's happened earlier today in New York. The Post reports that heavy rain in the city caused water to erupt through the ceiling of the store, sending employees running and sliding tables around to protect the merchandise.
The issue doesn't sound so bad; the water was mopped up quickly, and the store never actually closed. But the Post also says that one worker on site claims there's an issue with the stone slabs in the store entryway, which sit above the underground retail space. Incoming customers walk across those every day, and past construction in the area may not have been up to snuff. If that's the case, it seems there might be more renovation in the Fifth Avenue store's future -- hopefully the employees there can avoid another indoor downpour.
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Tempe High School plans to be home to the East Valley's newest International Baccalaureate program.
It takes two years to apply for the prestigious high school program, but the school has already started the process, said Kate Glenn, assistant principal.
She is accepting applications from 25 to 30 incoming high school freshmen, who will take two years of challenging classes to prepare them for the diploma program, which is for juniors and seniors.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, created in 1968 and slowly gaining in interest in the Southwest, offers a demanding interdisciplinary curriculum that includes an international view of world history and philosophy. Students also must take music courses, write a 4,000-word essay and commit to community service.
Currently, Westwood High School in Mesa and Chandler High School are the only two south East Valley schools with the program. Two schools in Scottsdale have the programs, too.
Earlier this year, the Tempe Union High School District governing board allotted $24,000 to train school staff in implementing the program.
"We've been studying IB for over a year in our district," Glenn said. "The faculty even voted if it was something we wanted to pursue and they overwhelmingly said 'Yes, this sounds great. Let's do it.'"
While the course is rigorous, Glenn said it's not only for gifted students.
"The curriculum targets students who are self-motivated and capable, who work hard," she said. "I don't want to kid anyone; it is rigorous. But the students who succeed in the program are a wide range — gifted kids, honors kids ... regular education kids."
Most of the students who have expressed interest are from the district, but Glenn said she hopes it will attract students from surrounding cities.
City Councilwoman Onnie Shekerjian has been a staunch supporter of bringing an IB program to Tempe.
The location at Tempe High is good, she said, because the school has a high number of students from low-income backgrounds, and the federal government is trying to encourage rigorous programs, like IB, at lower-income schools.
When the school district told the council about its plans, members agreed to help find funding, she said.
"We've got our state lobbyists working at the Capitol to help fund international programs and we're working with a federal lobbyist to see if there are some grants available," she said. "They realize we really need to be providing more choices."
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• For information or an application, call Kate Glenn at (480) 736-4103.


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This unique table is of an oval design with a hollow tube
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this table is truly a one of a kind. To make it more interesting is the fibre optic rod the runs the perimeter of the glass and changes colors via a light engine that is located in a nearby cabinet.… Read more Read less
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