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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:51 pm
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So, I've been doing a lot of seed bead work, and I found some relatively inexpensive wire ($1.99). I figure, why not, and I go ahead to buy the stuff. After many, many attempts and much, much failure (like the ring pictured on the right), I've begun to develop a little bit more confidence in my ability. ...and callouses on my fingertips.
Anyhow, the latest is here:
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About halfway through, I was comfortable enough in my ability to wrap the two wires together to begin experimenting with spacing. The tightly spaced (no gaps) part was first, then I extended that out a bit. Which do you prefer, tightly spaced (no gaps), or slight gaps between the wires coming around?
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I think I prefer the tightly wrapped section, it appeals to my sense of order. Having said that, one should not discount the aesthetic appeal of a messier twist. My friend made me a ring from purple and copper wire which was quite messily wrapped around itself and I love it. I don't have it here (I wasn't sure it would survive the trip) otherwise I'd post a picture.
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:30 pm
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There is an entropic appeal to wrapping the wire on top of the first wire, instead of alongside it. I suppose it depends on what you're doing with it. I think I could probably do better than either attempt. I may next try to braid three wires together, and then wrap them around a ring.
If I had to consider for larger picture, the "order" ring would must more easily fit into some other piece, a larger structure. The "entropy" ring would serve better as a standalone. I might use the larger wire and larger ring I have for the "entropy" ring idea. Hm, hm..
Thank you for your comments, Alli!
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I like the neater twist, I think, but this is on my iPod so I can't see very clearly at all. I'll get back to you when I can actually see it. ^_^
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I tend to agree with Asa - I like the neater twist better. I feel like the messier twist needs more mess to have the same appeal.
But both are really great!
All this crafting makes me want to show some of my bleaching projects....
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Abijah being sick, his mother consults Ahijah. (1-6) The destruction of Jeroboam's house. (7-20) Rehoboam's wicked reign. (21-31)
Verses 1-6 "At that time," when Jeroboam did evil, his child sickened. When sickness comes into our families, we should inquire whether there may not be some particular sin harboured in our houses, which the affliction is sent to convince us of, and reclaim us from. It had been more pious if he had desired to know wherefore God contended with him; had begged the prophet's prayers, and cast away his idols from him; but most people would rather be told their fortune, than their faults or their duty. He sent to Ahijah, because he had told him he should be king. Those who by sin disqualify themselves for comfort, yet expect that their ministers, because they are good men, should speak peace and comfort to them, greatly wrong themselves and their ministers. He sent his wife in disguise, that the prophet might only answer her question concerning her son. Thus some people would limit their ministers to smooth things, and care not for having the whole counsel of God declared to them, lest it should prophesy no good concerning them, but evil. But she shall know, at the first word, what she has to trust to. Tidings of a portion with hypocrites will be heavy tidings. God will judge men according to what they are, not by what they seem to be.
Verses 7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom there is some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. The righteous are removed from the evil to come in this world, to the good to come in a better world. It is often a bad sign for a family, when the best in it are buried out of it. Yet their death never can be a loss to themselves. It was a present affliction to the family and kingdom, by which both ought to have been instructed. God also tells the judgments which should come upon the people of Israel, for conforming to the worship Jeroboam established. After they left the house of David, the government never continued long in one family, but one undermined and destroyed another. Families and kingdoms are ruined by sin. If great men do wickedly, they draw many others, both into the guilt and punishment. The condemnation of those will be severest, who must answer, not only for their own sins, but for sins others have been drawn into, and kept in, by them.
Verses 21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their temple, the pomp of their priesthood, and all the advantages with which their religion was attended, could not prevail to keep them close to it; nothing less than the pouring out the Spirit will keep God's Israel in their allegiance to him. Sin exposes, makes poor, and weakens any people. Shishak, king of Egypt, came and took away the treasures. Sin makes the gold become dim, changes the most fine gold, and turns it into brass.
1 Kings 14:1-20 . AHIJAH DENOUNCES GOD'S JUDGMENTS AGAINST JEROBOAM.
1. At that time--a phrase used often loosely and indefinitely in sacred history. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably occurred towards the end of his reign; his son Abijah was of age and considered by the people the heir to the throne.
2. Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself--His natural and intense anxiety as a parent is here seen, blended with the deep and artful policy of an apostate king. The reason of this extreme caution was an unwillingness to acknowledge that he looked for information as to the future, not to his idols, but to the true God; and a fear that this step, if publicly known, might endanger the stability of his whole political system; and a strong impression that Ahijah, who was greatly offended with him, would, if consulted openly by his queen, either insult or refuse to receive her. For these reasons he selected his wife, as, in every view, the most proper for such a secret and confidential errand, but recommended her to assume the garb and manner of a peasant woman. Strange infatuation, to suppose that the God who could reveal futurity could not penetrate a flimsy disguise!
3-11. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake. The prophet was blind, but having received divine premonition of the pretended countrywoman's coming, he addressed her as the queen the moment she appeared, apprised her of the calamities which, in consequence of the ingratitude of Jeroboam, his apostasy, and outrageous misgovernment of Israel, impended over their house, as well as over the nation which too readily followed his idolatrous innovations.
8. thou hast not been as my servant David--David, though he fell into grievous sins, repented and always maintained the pure worship of God as enjoined by the law.
10, 11. I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam--Strong expressions are here used to indicate the utter extirpation of his house;
him that is shut up and left in Israel--means those who were concealed with the greatest privacy, as the heirs of royalty often are where polygamy prevails; the other phrase, from the loose garments of the East having led to a different practice from what prevails in the West, cannot refer to men; it must signify either a very young boy, or rather, perhaps, a dog, so entire would be the destruction of Jeroboam's house that none, not even a dog, belonging to it should escape. This peculiar phrase occurs only in regard to the threatened extermination of a family ( 1 Samuel 25:22-34 ). See the manner of extermination ( 1 Kings 16:4 , 21:24 ).
12. the child shall die--The death and general lamentation felt through the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason for the profound regret shown at his death arose, according to Jewish writers, from his being decidedly opposed to the erection of the golden calves, and using his influence with his father to allow his subjects the free privilege of going to worship in Jerusalem.
13. all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him--the only one of Jeroboam's family who should receive the rites of sepulture.
14. the Lord shall raise him up a king . . . but what? even now--namely, Baasha ( 1 Kings 15:27 ); he was already raised--he was in being, though not in power.
17. Tirzah--a place of pre-eminent beauty ( Solomon 6:4 ), three hours' travelling east of Samaria, chosen when Israel became a separate kingdom, by the first monarch, and used during three short reigns as a residence of the royal house. The fertile plains and wooded hills in that part of the territory of Ephraim gave an opening to the formation of parks and pleasure-grounds similar to those which were the "paradises" of Assyrian and Persian monarchs [STANLEY]. Its site is occupied by the large village of Taltise [ROBINSON]. As soon as the queen reached the gate of the palace, she received the intelligence that her son was dying, according to the prophet's prediction [ 1 Kings 14:12 ].
19. the rest of the acts of Jeroboam--None of the threatenings denounced against this family produced any change in his policy or government.
1 Kings 14:21-24 . REHOBOAM'S WICKED REIGN.
21. he reigned . . . in Jerusalem--Its particular designation as "the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there," seems given here, both as a reflection on the apostasy of the ten tribes, and as a proof of the aggravated wickedness of introducing idolatry and its attendant vices there.
his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess--Her heathen extraction and her influence as queen mother are stated to account for Rehoboam's tendency to depart from the true religion. Led by the warning of the prophet ( 1 Kings 12:23 ), as well as by the large immigration of Israelites into his kingdom ( 1 Kings 12:17 , 2 Chronicles 11:16 ), he continued for the first three years of his reign a faithful patron of true religion ( 2 Chronicles 11:17 ). But afterwards he began and encouraged a general apostasy; idolatry became the prevailing form of worship, and the religious state of the kingdom in his reign is described by the high places, the idolatrous statues, the groves and impure rites that with unchecked license were observed in them. The description is suited to the character of the Canaanitish worship.
1 Kings 14:25-31 . SHISHAK SPOILS JERUSALEM.
25, 26. Shishak king of Egypt came up--He was the instrument in the hand of Providence for punishing the national defection. Even though this king had been Solomon's father-in-law, he was no relation of Rehoboam's; but there is a strong probability that he belonged to Egyptian monuments, who is depicted on a bas-relief at Karnak, as dragging captives, who, from their peculiar physiognomy, are universally admitted to be Jews.
29. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam . . ., are they not written in the book of the chronicles?--not the book so called and comprehended in the sacred canon, but the national archives of Judah.
30. there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam--The former was prohibited from entering on an aggressive war; but as the two kingdoms kept up a jealous rivalry, he might be forced into vigilant measures of defense, and frequent skirmishes would take place on the borders.


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Terry Jones Denounced by Muslim and Christian Leaders
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Reverends and imams speak at the ICA press conference at 10:30AM Friday April 22, 2011. At center is Imam Qazwini of the ICA, to his right Imam Elahi and Imam Mardini, respectively. |
Dearborn–April 22–The overcast morning of Friday April 22 was one that began with the ominous likelihood of violence. Despite the religious significance of the day (Easter to Christians) "Pastor" Terry Jones had planned to burn the Qur`an directly in front of the biggest mosque in the United States as an act of provocation. As the day turned out, however, Jones was prevented through last-minute legal wrangling from going through with what would have been an incendiary act on several levels. The city of Dearborn feared an outbreak of violence, as evidenced by the police presence at the mosque.
But as the day began, religious leaders from the community did not know the burning would be prevented–they thought that Jones might go through with his plan, and they spoke en masse in the auditorium of the Islamic Center of America, speaking one by one against Jones' message of hate, bigotry, and intolerant ignorance.
Present were many news channels and outlets–the ICA room chosen for the press meeting teemed with reporters, looking a little bit like the White House briefing room.
The speakers one by one spoke a message of tolerance–and the theme of all their speeches was that Terry Jones is in fact an extremist and his act of burning the Qur`an is rooted in his deep ignorance, and his behavior stands in stark contrast to the behavior and message of Jesus (as).
The symbolism of Jones' attempt to burn the Qur`an on Good Friday was not lost on the Christian reverends who spoke–all of them expressed their dismay at such an act of hatred being committed on a day which should represent the directly opposite message.
Imam Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America functioned as the moderator of the event, one by one introducing the many speakers who (literally) joined hands to protest Jones' planned act of hatred.
The mayor of Dearborn, Jack O'Reilly, spoke very fluently about the event, pointing out the need to balance the rights of people against one another–while a man in America has a right to protest, the churches local to ICA (which have stood where they are for 50 years) also had a right to perform their Good Friday services in peace. He pointed out Jones' attempts through internet advertising to bring hundreds if not thousands of people to his planned protest, which contradicted his application for a permit to protest which listed only five or six protesters.
The mayor gave perhaps the strongest Christian argument against Jones' planned behavior, citing the Pope's decree that Islam is a valid religion, and that Catholics should treat their Muslim brothers and sisters with respect. O'Reilly also cited Bible passages which he said described Jones' behavior, of inciting fear in people and then asking for money, which Jones had done.
Most of the Christian ministers and reverends who spoke questioned Jones' title of "pastor," pointing out the nature of his message as being contrary to the essential teachings of his religion.
One reverend said "Today is Good Friday… the message of today is about love, not exclusive love, but unconditional love. Love God with all your heart and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself."
He pointed out that the deeper issue in Jones' protest is the issue of racism.
Mustapha Turk of IONA said that if Jones had read the Qur`an he would not burn it because the Qur`an has praises of Jesus (as) on almost every page.
One reverend begged the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan not to react with violence to whatever scene might unfold later in the day.
Several of the Christian ministers pointed out the burning of churches during the civil rights struggle as being similar to Jones' attack on Islam.
Imam Qazwini perhaps put it best when asked whether he had tried to communicate with Jones.
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I was at the game on Wednesday and it was a good time. Yes, the Brewers lost. I know because I was there and I stayed for the whole thing. It wasn't a bad loss though. The team fought til the end and had a runner on third at the end of the ninth that would have tied the game. Cameron did his best to fight off the tough pitches, but he ended up popping out. It happens, it's baseball. The point is that I got to see the entire thing play out. I got to see Hoffman take down his former team easily in the ninth. I got to see Prince get a big hit. I got to see Escobar steal a big base in the ninth. I got to see it all and the reason I got to see it all wasn't because I had good seats or because I am Ryan Braun's favorite blogger. No, I got to see it all because, and you are not going to believe this, I STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!
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Tara: I can imagine how tired you are I went through the same thing with Lucas, along with the hunger but not wanting to eat (but mostly because I was afraid of getting sick) You ARE getting close to the 2nd I do have some pics of my boys, trying to figure out how to post or display them in my page. I have trouble uploading on my work computer, I think I'll need to get them up from home. The website has been moving slow for me too.
Nicole- I feel pretty lucky that I've only been full on nauseated a couple of times which seemed to pass pretty quickly. It's mostly the queasy feeling. Seems worse if I don't eat, but not wanting to. Your pregnancy with Lucas seemed pretty tough. I can hardly believe he's already 7 months old already! It's a funny feeling to look back at the years we posted hoping you and I would finally be PG. Yeah, the slowness of the site has deterred me that last few days from actively posting. So glad you've been back on here it's wonderful!
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Tara: The baby is taking all your nutrients so when you're not eating as much as you should or when you should it makes sense to be queasy like that. That was everyday of my pregnancy, yes very tough with Lucas. I know, it was such a long time coming for both of us. So happy that you're going to have YOUR miracle now I am glad to be back on here too, missed you all so much!
Amy: You're almost 20 weeks momma!
We are having a blizzard here! It started at 5:30 this morning and it's still coming down. The drive into work was really slow and messy. I'm nervous about trying to get home in this later. Lucas is at my parents (we slept over there last night) and DH stayed home with Aaron. We'll see what the day brings us...
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Nicole- Ewww, a blizzard. That doesn't sounds very nice. I hope you have a safe trip home after work! I've been thinking the same thing...I need to be eating more. According to my scale at home I've lost weight. I'm guessing it's all muscle.
Amy- Congrats!!!! Yay, one of each! Glad everything was measuring good! Are you guys working on names already?
AFM- Had a really nice day yesterday spent with my Mom. She helped me organize some stuff that I was clearing out of the room that will become our nursery. Ran some errands than went and got a pedicure which was awesome. Trying to motivate myself now to shower and go to the grocery store.
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Intervening forces -- whether officially "occupiers" or not -- have a duty to create or support existing rule of law institutions in post-conflict states, according to the new paper "Closing the Transition Gap," the fourth paper in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Expeditionary Economics Research Series to reconsider the United States' approach to military- and civilian-led development in areas stricken by conflict and natural disaster.
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What did I dream about? A Padres rookie who had his first walk-off ever and so, according to team tradition, was drinking Shirley Temples and taking midnight batting practice.
Then Brian Wilson walked in, sans beard, and I gave him a thumbs up for shaving it. He thanked me very pleasantly.
You know what actually happened last night?
(Gotta love that Padres pitcher's motion, by the way.)
Actually, Nate Schierholtz had his first walk off hit. Whether he drank a Shirley Temple or not is unconfirmed. But he didn't just walk off. He hit a home run- his second of the night- that bounced into the Cove. It was one of the purest home run shots I've ever seen, such a smooth and integral motion. I can't stop watching it, over and over.
Nate has totally been a secret weapon this year. Cody's the champion right fielder and everything, but personally I feel real nice about having Schierholtz guarding triples alley and taking a spot in the lineup.
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Austin's Field served as a dumping ground before the eponymous local coach and Mathare Valley neighbors cleaned it up. (All images © The Soccer Project. Used by permission.)
Nairobi | I am in the backseat of a taxi with camera and pillow on my lap when I see my first matatu. It is a fuchsia minibus with a giant picture of Mariah Carey above the taillights. It is thumping loud music and appears to display some kind of strobe light. A man is hanging outside the door—he periodically jumps off the moving vehicle, thrusting out a hand to those trying to leap on board, then shoves them safely down the aisle. He thumps the side of the bus and the driver takes off.
In the next seven days, under the gray, muggy skies of a Kenyan winter, we stand in the dust clouds and wait on matatus. Most have a name. We see Fàbregas, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Jordin Sparks, Sir Alex, Messi and Luke [Boughen]'s favorite: WESYDE written in huge letters across the front, AM THE FATHER OF THIS GANGSTA SH** written in huge letters across the back.
Some take on a collage format—pictures slapped haphazardly across the back. We see Jesus alongside 50 Cent. Wayne Rooney is inexplicably pasted over an American flag. The matatu emblazoned "Pirates of the Caribbean" has a plastic skull and crossbones attached to the front grill. We watch with wonder and appreciation until we see a number 32 or 41, and then we make a run for it.
Once we are packed inside, we pass our 15 shillings forward and stare out the window as our insides vibrate to sounds of Rihanna. We are being dropped in Mathare Valley, the oldest slum in Africa. It is similar to Brazil's favelas and Argentina's villas but poorer; fewer people are able to jerry-rig electricity, and the only place you can get water is at the top of the slum, at a faucet next to the soccer field. Women line up in the mud to wash clothes, babies and fruit, then they fill jugs to haul down to their homes on the other side.
We are coming for the Saturday football. Our friends are George, Tito, Bonfas and Keffa. They grew up here as friends and are now making their way out. George grew up in Mathare and, although he has just left, he is working toward a degree in social development while working with Mathare kids. "People think Mathare is all drunks and drug addicts," George says. "But that's not all of us."
The impetus behind our trip was a photograph of Keffa taking a penalty kick with hundreds of people watching. When we saw it, we knew we wanted to find Austin's Field. The Saturday format is tournament-style—everyone puts in 20 shillings, the winner taking home the loser's money. This amounts to 35 cents per person, so there is some stake in the outcome. Many of the men make changaa, a homemade alcohol brewed in the slum that earns them about six dollars a day. But if a team manages to win the tournament, each player stands to make up what they lost by playing instead of brewing.
"Brewing isn't work you do because you want to," James, a brewer, says in Sheng as we interview him at the base of the river. We thought we would be able to communicate in Africa, but you learn quickly that English-as-an-official-language does not mean that it is the language people actually speak. Sheng is a mixture of English, Swahili and of the tribal languages spoken by more than a dozen tribes living in Mathare. Bonfas translates as he stands with us at the base of the river, our faces warm from the fire pits heating barrels of alcohol.
"I do it because it's the only thing I can do to make money for my wife and son." James is a water-hauler—filling buckets from the faucet at the top of the slum and then hauling them through the narrow garbage-paved alleys back to the riverbank. He wears Copa replicas, the sides blown out, his feet appearing through the soles, the cleats digging into the mud and sewage water as he hikes all day back and forth. "Most people drink a little to get some steam, it's the only way you can do it," he says. "But Saturdays is the chance to show people I'm not just another drunkard … I am proud because I can play football."
On this Saturday his team is all brewers—they play hard and well and every game is close. The sideline is full—women with babies propped on hips, kids in Salvation Army cast-offs and men in ball caps. When the brewers score, everyone roars, men and children darting onto the clay field. James stands out, his short dreadlocks flying as he races forward.
His sister Vinique plays with another group of men. She stands with them, her hands in the pockets of her black warm-up jacket, talking with them as though it's nothing that she's surrounded by men … although she does admit, "Sometimes, later on, guys will come up to me while I'm working or just out walking and say, 'I saw you! You were that girl playing football! Let me shake your hand.' They want to buy me a soda just because I can play. It's embarrassing …" When she's not playing football, she braids hair in her sister's beauty shop. There are four sisters in their family. When the violence broke out after the Dec 07 presidential elections, they stayed in a displaced-persons camp outside the police station for three weeks. "Too many people knew how many girls were in our family," she says, playing with her braids.
Kenyans never thought it would happen in their country, and Mathare Valley never thought it would happen in their slum—not when members of different tribes have lived next to each other in corrugated-tin homes for the past 40 years. But when President Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu, was announced the winner of the election despite strong evidence to suggest that Raila Odinga, a Luo, should have won, riots broke out all over the country. Vinique's Luo neighbors stormed her family's Kikuyu home and told Vinique and sisters that they were traitors. This happened in slums across Kenya: neighbors turning on neighbors, dragging members of certain tribes from their houses and clubbing them to death. Riots between Luo and Kikuyu gangs raged in the street; more than 100 homes in Mathare were burned.
Now Kenya is once again calm. In Mathare, Kikuyus and Luos play with and against each other on Austin's Field at the base of the slum, the same field where many of them voted just six months ago, standing hopefully in long lines in the dirt. The election prompted the largest turnout in Kenyan history.
The field, once the site of tin homes burned to the ground in a land dispute, has its own history. After the homes disappeared, the land became a dump. People hauled their garbage here from all over Mathare. After that, residents cleared it into a field. The goalposts kept disappearing—the potential building material posed too strong a temptation—until permanent goalposts could be erected. When we ask why it is called Austin's Field, George says, "Because he's always there."
Austin has long, thick dreadlocks he keeps packed beneath a beige knit cap. If you played football in Mathare and are under the age of 25, he's the one who coached you. He brought the field into being and now spends all day there, coaching one team and then the next. He coaches for free—he makes no money on football whatsoever—and he seems to us like the type of guy who should win a hero-of-the-universe award.
"I came to Mathare when I lost my family—I had nothing and nowhere else to go," he says. "Coaching was what kept me going." We watch him coach 14-year-old girls—when he calls them together in the center of the field, they hang onto every word. Two of them wear beige knit caps, just like him.
Postscript | A World Cup preview, with hard hats for goals
Cape Town | Playing pickup has always felt to me like an adult form of pretend, reenacting the big games, imagining that you are playing in a stadium with thousands of people watching. Nowhere did this feel more true than when we found workers at Green Point Stadium, scheduled to host nine matches at the 2010 World Cup, playing pickup during their lunch break. They eat their sandwiches on tea breaks so that, at lunch, they have time to play. In the shadow of the stadium, they use their helmets as goals and play in yellow jumpsuits and heavy work boots.
One worker watching from the side tells us, "If I couldn't play inside the stadium, at least one day I'll be able to tell my son, 'Your father built this stadium.' " Twenty minutes after it starts, the lunchtime game ends. When I say, "Already?" the man shrugs, "It's better than nothing." Then they put their helmets and suspenders on and walk back to work.
We have been to three continents and 17 countries now—enough to see that fondness for the game spreads across the world, no matter how old you are, what your job is, what language you speak or what God you pray to.
In Cape Town, Ryan's camera locks on the face of a worker swept up in the game. While some of the men were skilled—they were players—you got the sense that this round-cheeked, round-bellied man had not thought of himself as a player in a long time but today, for some reason, he decided to take part. His face was lit with the best smile I had seen anywhere. There was joy in his face … surprised, innocent happiness—that is a feeling we come across in many places we visit.
You cannot help but feel hope, great hope, looking at smiles like that.
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Since the publication of this review, Amazon has released several free over-the-air software updates for the Kindle Fire, including OS version 6.2.2, released January 18, 2012. These updates provide some general enhancements, allow a degree of parental control, improve the rendering speed, display width and navigation performance of its Web browser, and allow you to selectively hide items in the home screen carousel. We recommend installing these updates.
In the world of tablets, there are great products and there are cheap products, but very few great, cheap products. Fortunately, for those of you unwilling to shell out $500 for an Apple iPad 2, and wary of buying a piece of junk, Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire tablet should be at the top of your wish list.
The Kindle Fire is not the best tablet I've seen this year, but I have to give credit to Amazon for seeing something that no other manufacturer--not even Apple--was able to grasp. When you look at the gap between what tablets are capable of doing, and what people actually use them for, you'll find that most people just want to be entertained.
The Kindle Fire is here to entertain us, and at $199, I suspect many will take Amazon up on the offer. If you need a tablet that can keep up with your jet-setting, spreadsheet-editing, video-chatting lifestyle, I can point you to a few dozen better options. For the rest of you, read on.
Design and features
The Kindle Fire is a tablet with a 7-inch screen, giving it a similar look and feel as the RIM BlackBerry Playbook or
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With it, you can read e-books using Amazon's popular Kindle software, download Android apps and games using Amazon's Appstore, purchase music using Amazon's MP3 store, and watch videos using Amazon's video on-demand and download services. The common thread here is that Amazon's digital stores and services are all loaded and ready to go out of the box. In fact, there's no getting around them since they're baked into the home screen navigation.
Many basic features are covered, as well. You can browse the Web (more on that below), e-mail your friends, read common document files (including PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and others), view photos, and listen to locally stored music files, without any hiccups. A common Micro-USB connection on the bottom of the Kindle Fire allows you to easily connect to any Mac or PC to transfer any content you want to take along. While you're down there, you'll find a headphone jack and the Kindle's power button. Flip it over and you'll find two adequately powered speakers sitting on the top edge. You'll have a tough time not covering up the speakers with your hand while watching videos in landscape view, but it's not impossible.
Software and services
For software, you're really limited to the Amazon way of doing things. You can download third-party apps, but they come by way of Amazon's app store. The underlying software may be Google's, but key Android features, such as Maps, Gmail, Calendar Navigation, and the Google App Market, are all absent.
The unspoken deal you're making with Amazon here is that in exchange for an inexpensive tablet, you're agreeing to get your apps, your games, your books, your music, and your videos through its services.
It's a benevolent dictatorship, though, and to be fair Apple runs its tablet the same way. Just like the iPad, Amazon seems open to the idea that offering competing services, such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Rhapsody, Pandora, comiXology, and others. To see what apps are available, just head over to Amazon's online app store and poke around.
The other good news is that Amazon's services don't suck. Their music store is absolutely on par with iTunes in terms of selection, and their prices are cheaper in most cases. Amazon's e-book store is arguably the most popular in the industry and put the Kindle brand on the map. Their freshly unveiled Newsstand offers over 400 full-color magazines and newspapers at launch, which can be purchased as single issues or subscriptions. An overview of their selection can be seen on Amazon's site.
And then there's video. In my view, this is where Amazon's tablet really shines. If you're just looking for an e-reader, a low-cost e-ink reader is arguably a better value than the Kindle Fire. If you just want apps and games on a $199 device, an iPod Touch will deliver more content. But when it comes to watching video, the Kindle Fire's combination of 7-inch IPS screen and a one-click library of TV shows and movies (not to mention Flash-based Web content) is an unmatched proposition.
Under the browser's settings, Amazon includes the ability to force Web pages to either a mobile view or desktop view, which is handy if you abhor mobile-optimized sites, or if you're willing to sacrifice beauty for faster page loads. You'll also find a setting for disabling Amazon's accelerated page-loading technology, if you're creeped out by the idea of Amazon's computers predicting your browsing habits (they promise the collected data isn't linked to your account, but you can never be too safe, I suppose). On that same note, there's no private browsing mode on the Kindle Fire like the one found on both the iPad 2 and Google's Honeycomb browser.
I'm also a little surprised to see that Amazon hasn't included much in the way of parental controls on the Kindle Fire. Users are given a password option for the screen lock, and a password lockout option for the Wi-Fi connection, but there are no detailed controls for limiting playback of locally stored age-restricted material, or mature game content. Apple has done an exceptional job implementing these sorts of controls on its iOS products, and it's the sort of thing that would make the Kindle Fire much easier to recommend for children and teens.
To seal the deal, Amazon includes one free month of all-you-can-stream Instant Videos, including popular TV series such as "Lost" and "24," as well as popular movies, like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Last of the Mohicans." If you're already enrolled in Amazon's $79/year Amazon Prime program, this free instant video content sticks around and you can enjoy other perks such as free two-day shipping and Amazon's Kindle Lending Library. Nonmembers can still pay for content a la carte. TV shows are priced at $1.99 per episode. Movies can be rented for between $2.99 and $3.99, or purchased typically for around $14.99. Free apps for Netflix and Hulu Plus are also available if you want to venture beyond Amazon's offerings.


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Man trapped when truck hits back of school bus in ProctorApril 10,2014Rob Mitchell / Staff Photo
Rutland Town Firefighters, State Police and Regional Ambulance service rescue workers prepare to extract a man from the cab of the truck he was driving when it hit the back of an empty school bus stopped at a railroad crossing.A man was injured and taken to the hospital after the truck he was driving ran into the back of an empty school bus that had stopped for a railroad crossing on Route 3 in Proctor this morning.
The man was trapped in the truck for about an hour while firefighters and rescue crews worked to cut away the truck around him and remove him from the cab. Emergency workers set up an IV bag while firefighters used a sawsall and a circular saw to cut, then peel away the roof of the truck cab. They removed the truck door, and then lifted the man out onto a stretcher.
He was taken to the hospital by Regional Ambulance Service around 9:30 a.m.
The bus driver was shooken up, but not seriously injured, according to police at the scene.
The truck was carrying three dogs; two in carriers in the back of the truck and one in the cab of the truck.
One dog escaped and ran around the accident scene while troopers tried to call it closer to attach a leash; the dog eventually ran off up the railroad tracks.
Det. Sgt. Butch Abdelnour of the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, coaxed one of dogs from the carrier into his car and sat with another by the side of the road, waiting for a family member to come to collect the canines. He had been in the area and responded to help out.
Rutland Town Fire Department, multiple State Police troopers, Rutland Town Police, the Rutland County Sherrif and Rutland Regional Ambulance responded to the scene.
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CUBBIES March 16th, 2010
So I know what I said before about never coming back, but I just couldn't help myself when it comes to the 2010 Cubbies. The Cubs are too damn good NOT to write on the internet about! This Is The Year. Plus, I couldn't stand the thought of that douchebag Vince writing some stupid crap like "we don't think the Cubs are that good this season". Hey buttface, it's only you! There is no we! 'We' would imply you had friends, which you don't.
Before I get to the Cubs, I want to say a few things about some of the things that have been going on at this god forsaken site lately.
- I don't see what everyone's problem with Ryan Braun's restaurant hiring good looking people. We do this in Chicago all the time. You know why? Because if we hired a fat girl to work at Giordano's she'd eat all the pizza!
- Here's something I actually agreed with, the Opening Day post. I love Opening Day because I can go down to Wrigley Field about 8am and start doing Jager bombs. I usually get so drunk I totally miss the game, lol. One time my boy Danno got so wasted he got thrown out of the bleachers. That's like getting arrested in jail. Classic. I never miss Opening Day.
- You people in Milwaukee have some crappy tattoos. You need to get some cool barbed wire around your muscle like me. You'd probably have to stop eating cheese and actually work out to do that though. NEVERMIND!
- Finally, this pro wrestling post may be the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. What's next, MPD? What Star Trek characters are Brewers? What Dungeons N Dragons guys are Brewers? What Brewer would be the best at World of Warcraft? Way to show your nerd colors, nerd.
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