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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
My ISP...
I am using German Telekom for my mobile ISP. They cap after 300MB. Way, way too low. After that it's 64kbit/s!
My DSL ISP is ok. No caps, but the uplink is tiny. I've got 6 MBit downlink, but only 512kbit uplink. Terrible for uploading photos or other stuff.
Free Mobile in France. 3GB / month (after that it's throttled) and they don't give a shit if I tether. This costs 18 euro a month which is discounted from 20 because DSL isp is also Free. I'm outside of a major city so I only get about 15-20 MBit down and a tenth of that up. The actual box (Freebox Revolution) i'm using is capable of fiber to the house, however, and this exists in cities like Paris. Free is nice. They assign you a static IPv4 address and don't care how you use your bandwith. The Free
I used to wonder why people disliked the French. I think I finally understand.
Cable, 50Mbit downlink.
I'll see what my uplink speed is when the next opensuse level comes out and I torrent it.
Wow, for once the US is better than Europe in mobile, my wife is on Virgin Mobile USA (a Sprint MVNO) and their throttle doesn't kick in until 2.5GB and it's only $25/month for 300 minutes/"unlimited" data/unlimited sms. If they didn't want to raise our rates by $10/month when she gets a new phone I'd be sticking with them.
Wow, for once the US is better than Europe in mobile
Well, you've found one service that's worse... although he didn't tell you how much (or little) the service cost.
My German's a bit patchy, but it looks like the deal is you get the data allowance on a pre-pay tariff for the next month whenever you add €9.95 credit to the account.
It's not a very good deal. I have a German SIM for when I travel there, and €10 gives me something like 1GB data, and I didn't really look for the best deal.
Wow, for once the US is better than Europe in mobile, my wife is on Virgin Mobile USA (a Sprint MVNO) and their throttle doesn't kick in until 2.5GB and it's only $25/month for 300 minutes/"unlimited" data/unlimited sms. If they didn't want to raise our rates by $10/month when she gets a new phone I'd be sticking with them.
Well, it sounds like you're almost level. My phone costs me less than euro20/month for 21Mbps with no limit, and a couple of hundred calls/SMS. And here, unlimited means really unlimited, not some weird species of "unlimited" which has a 2.5GB cap.
FWIW, our home connection is symmetric 100/100Mbps on fiber, also unlimited (no capacity limits, no blocked ports, we can and do run a web server and a mail server, etc.). It's pricey, as it costs us euro45/month, but then we're in the countryside. A similar se
I've got a virgin mobile phone...where I am the network is so lousy that I cannot see anyone hitting the 2.5 GB "cap" without going insane.
As other points out, you have found one of a very few with worse service.
In Denmark you get 1GB with the cheapest subscriptions and most get you somewhere between 3 and 10GB.
My current provider charges 159 DKR ($28) for 1 GB data, unlimited minutes and unlimited text/SMS, 179 DKR ($32) for 5 GB data, unlimited minutes and unlimited text/SMS, 199 DKR ($35) for 10GB data unlimited etc. and finally 299 DKR ($54) for 100GB data (they call it unlimited, but it aint). (All subscriptions are on LTE where available
I am using German Telekom for my mobile ISP. They cap after 300MB. Way, way too low. After that it's 64kbit/s!
My DSL ISP is ok. No caps, but the uplink is tiny. I've got 6 MBit downlink, but only 512kbit uplink. Terrible for uploading photos or other stuff.
That's interesting, since T-Mobile US, which is now partially spun off from DT, offers an unlimited data plan prepaid or postpaid at $70/month (truly unlimited for the phone itself, 500 MB tethering per month), as well as less-expensive options of 2.5 GB ($60) and 500 MB ($50), all with unlimited talk and text. There's also a prepaid $30 plan with 5 GB data/100 minutes talk (not sure about SMS), but that's only for new activations; you can't switch to it from another plan. On the plans with limits, it's at
Believe me, your wireless companies would like to retire the old protocols as fast as they can scrape up the capital budget, at least in the cities and medium-large suburbs, though less so out in the boonies.
The issue isn't just selling you an iPhone N+1 to replace your iPhone N-2 or have your tablet hit your monthly bandwidth cap in 2 days instead of 5, it's mostly that the newer protocols use their radio bandwidth a lot more efficiently, so if they can migrate the 2G and 2.5G users over to LTE or at least
by ickleberry (864871) <firstname.lastname@example.com> on Friday August 23, 2013 @08:20AM (#44652951) HomepageGood old Eircom, the feckers!
No bandwidth cap (adsl line connects at 8m down and 800k up, so there are probably people here with capped connections who can actually transfer more data per month than I can)
8 Mbps down is 1 MB/sec, so 86.4GB/day, so you could hit a 250 GB monthly data cap by about Wednesday the first week. (I'm running 3 Mbps DSL, but since Comcast keeps talking about data caps, and won't let you run servers at home, I've got no respect for their claims to be 10x faster...) Of course, if they're blocking The Pirate Bay, that cuts way back on their total bandwidth needs
My ISP for
- Home
- Mobile Phone
- Tablet
- Work
Everyone has different rules.
Until recently, when we started doing some new cloud projects that have their own connectivity, I had two different ISP-equivalents at work. One was the Corporate IT department network, which connects to my desktop, the corporate email, internal web servers, and firewalled access to the public internet, doesn't have any bandwidth limits other than the 100 Mbps wire to my desk, but has a lot of access filtering to cut out NSFW material, including Dangerous Evil Hacker Sites (I do computer security research
In Europe YOU cap your ISP!
vnstat -m reports 74.04Gib on my home Linux server for this month only. I have had months with a lot more traffic than that.
In Europe YOU cap your ISP!
vnstat -m reports 74.04Gib on my home Linux server for this month only. I have had months with a lot more traffic than that.
I dunno if it's a US-only thing, because the only place I've actually paid an ongoing monthly ISP bill is the US. I guess you're saying you're not capped, right? I'm not either, as far as I know, but my data speed is effectively a cap. I can't even achieve the advertised download rates, especially evenings and weekends when the neighbors are all online. Capping me would be pointless. If I can't get the 15Mb/sec they advertise, why bother, right?
So maybe the poll is more meaningful for people who've got espe
If I can't get the 15Mb/sec they advertise, why bother, right?
Have you tried downloading big files between midnight and 6 AM local time to narrow down where the congestion might be? Some satellite ISPs even turn the meter off during those hours to encourage customers to shift their big downloads to the wee hours when their bandwidth is underused.
If you're downloading a steady 1 MB/sec (so 8 Mbps, ~half of your 15 Mb/sec "official" cable speed), you'd blow through that 74 GiB in less than an 86400-second day, and hit your 250GB monthly cap in 3 days or so. At 1 Mbps (so FAR less than your 15 Mbps), you'd still hit your monthly cap (though maybe you wouldn't hit 300 GB.) You're probably not going to do that watching TV or downloading movies for yourself, unless you're really watching two full-4.7GB movies a night, but if you're running a good bitt
There are plenty of countries that do caps of various kinds. Just because your particular ISP in your particular country doesn't don't assume that there aren't others that do it.
Bell makes sure that I will never reach their 30gb cap by having so much down time that it's just not possible. Between that and the 1/2km of untwisted, unshielded, 60 year old phone lines between my house and their nearest switch I never have to worry about going over my cap.
I have many ISP's (Score:5, Funny)by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 23, 2013 @09:02AM (#44653209)
But the fastest one so far is called "NETGEAR", I'm not sure which apartment it belongs to either...
For a few years I tended to use "linksys" as my mobile data ISP, and from my apartment I can usually see 5-10 other wifi nodes, so if my DSL was down or my wifi router was hosed, I could borrow from a neighbor, and vice versa. But when 802.11g came out, and especially by the time 802.11n came out, most of the wifi modems started strongly encouraging users to set up authentication; I don't think I can connect to any of my neighbors' networks any more. (And I eventually had to get 802.11n because the signal
DSL, I live far enough out that I can't get faster than 1.5 megabit. But at least it's unlimited.
"4. Has a cap that is about right"
I think we have some corporate shill infiltrators.
I have a cap, but I have never hit it. Since none of the other options were any good, I went with 4.
I was on unlimited but for a free speed upgrade we got a cap as part of the 'deal'. It was cheaper than the slow 512k thing and i kept our ip config. I have usage records and very rarely do we go over what the cap was adjusted down to.
Saved money, i can increase the limit but paying for wasted stuff appears pointless.
I would recommend my isp, they are local, i don't have issues with them, and i have a choice of other isp's.
It is perfectly possible to have a reasonable cap. If you find that you use a reasonable amount of your bandwidth cap, but still have a good bit left over, that is just about right. It isn't more than you could ever use, but it is more than you do use under normal usage, with some space for unexpected overages.
"4. Has a cap that is about right"
I think we have some corporate shill infiltrators.
That was my vote. I pay for a 50GB cap, which is the plan I selected because it is about right. I think i've hit the 50GB once in the school holidays when all 4 kids were downloading stuff, but that was within a few days of the end of the billing period anyway so I didn't worry about it.
The only time I would vote for "too low" is if I needed more bandwidth but the higher cap was more expensive than I could afford, but if that was the case I'd go for an ISP that can give me Unlimited* Bandwidth at a low low
I don't really know what i'd do with that much bandwidth anyway... apart from maybe download movies and games that I hadn't paid for
Or for streaming high-definition movies that you have paid for. Or for downloading Blu-ray-sized PS3 games from PlayStation Store.
I don't really know what i'd do with that much bandwidth anyway... apart from maybe download movies and games that I hadn't paid for
Or for streaming high-definition movies that you have paid for. Or for downloading Blu-ray-sized PS3 games from PlayStation Store.
They don't count towards the monthly total.
Since when does traffic from Netflix, Amazon, or foreign counterparts not count toward the monthly total? Or are you referring to subscribing to cable TV in addition to Internet and then using video on demand through your cable box? And since when does traffic from the PlayStation Store not count toward the monthly total? Perhaps I've never heard of your ISP or its policies, or perhaps you live in the southern hemisphere (NZAU) and the ISP meters only international traffic. Please explain further.
Some ISPs have made deals with major services like Netflix where traffic to their servers is not counted against quota, in exchange for the service paying a shedload of cash.
These types of deals are one reason for the concern over net neutrality, as they give a big advantage to established players with the benefits of good business relations, effectively making it impossible for newcomers to compete fairly.
SaskTel sells you tiered bandwidth over DSL. Period. No bullshit caps.
Bandwidth? Or traffic? (Score:5, Insightful)
This is a poorly phrased question, given that 'bandwidth' in a networking context usually refers to speed (i.e. quantity of data able to be downloaded or uploaded per second on the connection, in kbps or Mbps etc.). Obviously ~every~ connection to the Internet has some maximum speed it can attain. This maximum is either a hard limitation of the technology being used (e.g. ADSL2+ tops out at 24 Mbps), or an artificial cap imposed by the ISP (a 3 Mbps DSL connection on a line physically capable of faster speeds).
The prevalence of artificial speed caps in a market largely depends on the pricing model. In some countries, ISPs generally distinguish the various plans they offer by their speed - e.g. AT&T has 768 kbps/1.5/3.0/6.0 Mbps speed tiers for their DSL product, with prices increasing as you increase speed. Most cable companies and FiOS also have speed-based tiers. In some other places, plans are usually distinguished instead by the quantity of data you are permitted to transfer in a month (traffic caps or transfer limits). So an ISP will offer plans allowing 30/60/100/200/500/etc. GB per month transfer, with prices increasing as you go, but do not distinguish the plans by speed. The speed you get (regardless of the download limit you choose) will generally be 'as fast as the technology will allow' (for xDSL, this means people with short lines in good condition will get better speed than others).
In some ways you could argue that the two type of caps are comparable (because an artificially capped speed will also, obviously, limit the amount you can download in a month). However few people use their connection in a way that saturates the available bandwidth 24/7, so from the end-user's perspective the two are quite different.
I assume this question is referring to traffic caps, not caps on speed. In which case my situation is as follows (I have homes in the US and Australia so have two quite different situations actually):
Home connection: Cable (Charter), 30 Mbps downstream/4 Mbps upstream; a 300 GB/month transfer cap (but apparently not enforced unless you exceed it by a large amount on a regular basis, and does not attract additional fees)
Mobile connection: LTE, 'fast as the tech will allow'; a 5 GB/month transfer cap (enforced, with extra fees if you exceed it)
Home connection: VDSL2 (TransACT), 60 Mbps downstream/15 Mbps upstream; a 200 GB/month transfer cap (enforced, connection will be slowed to 256 kbps once you exceed the cap, however no extra fees are incurred)
Mobile connection: 3G/DC-HSDPA (which is sold as '4G in the US, but isn't), 'fast as the tech will allow', 2 GB/month transfer cap (enforced, with extra fees if you exceed it)
I typically only use 80-100 GB per month on my home connection so neither the 300 GB cap on my US plan or the 200 GB cap on my Australian plan worry me. The Australian plan is slightly cheaper than the US one (and twice the speed). Also, if I were a heavy user I would have options in Australia, as the same ISP offers 400 GB and 1 TB plans I could move to. In the US though my cable provider is the only option available and I'm on their top tier plan already. So if I needed more data then I'd just have to hope they didn't enforce the cap.
The Australian mobile plan is obviously slower and with a lower limit than the US plan. But it's WAY cheaper ($20/month vs $70+), and still meets my needs.
I made that comment once a while back, and was corrected by someone who pointed out that "volume per second" is just as valid a measure of bandwidth as "volume per month", which I couldn't really argue with apart from as a tech, it didn't sit right. Monthly allowance sounds much better (or cap, but that term gets misused too, at least by telco's in Australia)
Yeah generally the word 'cap' isn't used by Australian ISPs to refer to the amount you can download in a month. They tend to use "download limit" "download allowance" etc. "Cap" is a word which, as you say, is misused by (mostly) mobile phone companies and refers to an amount of money (e.g. $39 cap plan
Here in Anchorage Alaska, we have basically two options:
1. DSL for about 10Mbps *if* you live in one of the few parts of Anchorage that supports it, or 3.5Mbps for everyone else. There are still entire blocks of the city that can't get higher than 768kbps through this service. Oh, and it's about $100 a month. No cap though.
2. Cable for up to 22Mbps with a 200 GB monthly cap. It's about $115 a month. That's just the internet, and doesn't include actual TV service or anything.
Erm. It's Alaska? It's not that bad even - in the Sahara you have to point a tiny antenna towards the open blue sky and hope you get a ping back in about an hour.
That's nothing. Here on Mars, I have to wait for the window, and latency is two hours if I'm lucky!
Virgin in the UK have a 300GB/month soft limit. If you hit it they start sending you letters literally begging you to use less bandwidth. They can't drop you or have any kind of hard cap because they want to advertise as being "unlimited". All they do is halve your speed after a certain amount downloaded during peak times (which are most of the day and evening).
I asked them to stop sending letters and they did.
No cap.
120Mbps down / 37 Mbps up
$45 / month
I'm not a gamer or p1r4t3 [snicker!] so I'd say I use 10gb of the 150gb I get on USWest/Qwest/CenturyLink/whatever:
My issue is this: 1.5gb down is $45 a month, 7gb down is $50 a month, but since I'm using that "price for life" plan grandfathered from Qwest ($25 a month) it does NOT pencil for me to bump up my plan where a new customer would benefit.
For my mobile internet, I use Three, and I have 15gb/mo. Plenty for my usage pattern on the mobile. I can also tether on the work BB but that's a little frowned upon..
At home I have a Magnet DSL connection, with the line rental bundled. It's fiber to the estate I live in, and have 4Mb down/ 1Mb up. It's a grandfathered connection in the current offerings - i.e. not available. I was chatting with the techs in the company as I know a few of them personally, and they don't have any metering in place on that o
And that probably applies to most of the people who answered "Does not cap my bandwidth".
Not in Germany. In Europe , they are required by law to keep connections advertised as "Unlimited" to actually be "unlimited".
assuming you get near-perfect coverage (I do), is easily the best mobile ISP in England at the minute. I use a tethered phone and get 24/7 3G through which I pull down at least 300GB/mo. For that, I pay £15. On top of which, I get 3,000 texts (which I hardly ever use) and 300 call minutes (which I never use). I called Three a couple years ago after the local tower fried itself, they fixed it within 24 hours and while I was on the call I asked them what might cause a tower to fry. They told me it woul
Addendum: if you're considering a high-traffic mobile connection, Three still offer PAYG voice SIMs, those are what you want. Stick it in a phone, tether it to your computer and when you top up, get the All-In-One 15 package.
I don't have any video service. I stream/torrent everything.
I had comcast. They had a usage meter and said the limit was 250gig. I used to blow that out of the water every month. Normally 600gigs+ a month.
After my promotion was up I switched to ATT uverse(DSL). They say its also 250gigs a month but they do not have a meter at all. Its slower but I know ive been doing more then 250 a month. The line is saturated when I am at work or sleeping. Its at 50% when I'm home surfing.
They have never said anything abo
... but the router I got from them does.
It is a standard Ethernet router. No malice here. It is just crappy, and I am too cheap and lazy to buy a new one. I don't do anything where I would need over 40 Mb/s anyway.
Comcrap used to cap my account at 250 gigs. They even put me on probation for 6 months for going over. "Can I pay more money to move more data?" "NO!!!" Morons. I wanted to buy what they had to sell and they wouldn't sell it to me. Morons is too good. Idiots. So I consistently ran up 245-249 gigs per month every month. I'd torrent linux distributions to make sure I hit the mark. Then this note popped up on my account: "Note: Enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently suspend
I've seen similar odd choices. My ISP offers a 200/30 plan with I think a 200gb cap. That's just stupid. HOWEVER, they have an optional 10/mo add-on which gives you unlimited. Since I switched to that (with 30/10 internet, I don't need 200 down...), I've been easily topping 400-500gb/mo and they've not said a thing. Couldn't be happier.
I have a cap that's pretty low - about 50gb. However, as I live in Western Australia, my internet is so damn slow (about 4mbit - just a few km from our capital city), it's something of a moot point.
We have this NBN nonsense rolling out atm, promising 100mbit speeds but if I look on the plan, nearly all of Perth's surrounding suburbs (including mine) are not listed *at all* up to the end of 2017.
So if we ever get the thing, which is incredibly unlikely, it will be obsolete by the time we get it.
"...by being terrible at what they do"
This is the best poll option EVER. I would click on it repeatedly for days if I weren't so neurotypical.
I was on Rogers in Canada. I was under some kind of grandfathered-in middle-of-the-road high speed connection capped at 95 GB/month, for a little over $60/month. Just started going over that and getting charged for it, so we switched to TekSavvy (local provider), and it's much faster, the "cap" is 300 GB for under $50/month, and if you go over, it they charge you $0.50 or $0.25/GB over, but then *that* caps out at under $70/month total. Then you're automatically on their unlimited plan. Rogers called us
I run a Tor relay at home with our Verizon FIOS service and so far no throttling or bandwidth capping. The one issue I've run into is my daughter can't access Hulu via our FIOS connection as they have detected that our IP address has been used for Tor. It likely was because I ran as an exit relay for a month or two, but decided to configure as a plain non-exit relay after getting a semi-threatening email from Verizon.
My ISP used to have an actual capped plan. You could elect to go for 500MB of monthly download for $50/month or whatever it was back at the dawn of widespread ADSL availability in Australia, and if you went over that you got charged an additional $something/MB, but it was capped at $100. An actual unlimited plan cost $75/month. (I'm probably way off with those figures as it was a long time ago, but you get the idea)
These days my mobile provider sells me a plan with a ~$70 cap, but instead of the cap referri
No caps. For real. No BS. No filtering either.
Why cap internet usage? (Score:4, Interesting)
Imagine if the power companies decided to cap its users. "Sorry but only 200kw/hr per month. Any higher and we either turn you off or throttle your usage by opening a circuit breaker if you use more than 2kw." People would form lynch mobs. And its no secret that power grids are already taxed in many parts of the US. How about if gas companies told you: you have 1000 cubic feet of gas for this month. its either heat your home or cook or have hot water, you cant have all three. The ISP's can happily cry about how their infrastructure is overloaded by file sharing and Netflix yet do nothing to actually invest in more capacity. They instead pander to the share holders to make sure this quarters profits are up, customer be dammed. Yes people can happily survive without the internet but people could also survive without gas and electric and have done so for thousands of years. We have gotten to a point where the internet is starting to become very important in our lives and one day it may be difficult to live without it.
Just a tidbit about power throttling:
Back in high school shop class (I took commercial/residential electrical installation). there was this metal collar that fit onto a meter pan between the pan and meter. It had two 20 amp circuit breakers sticking out of it (the push to reset type). The idea was if someone was on a social assistance program and couldn't afford power, this collar was installed and gave just enough power to run some lights, TV, refrigerator, a fan and *maybe* a single AC unit. This way the person received free subsidized power that they couldn't abuse without modifying any building wiring. If they used too much and tripped the breaker all they needed to do was go to the meter and reset the breaker.
Now that I think about it, I believe the power throttle collar was for people who had their power cut and couldn't afford to have it turned back on yet depended on electric for medical conditions. e.g. if they were diabetic, insulin must be kept refrigerated so it was enough for a refrigerator. Maybe it was for both. I forget.
Support your local 'independent' ISPs if you have one. Start one if you haven't.
Hi, Dane.
Luckily for me my ISP, as of mid June, dropped their caps (which were pitiful by modern standards), so I'm now unlimited.
It hasn't been long enough for me to assume that's really going to stay that way.
Was on 18/2m cable modem but only had 50 GB usage (and both directions counted). I was supplementing it with an additional 100 GB of usage for an additional $25/month.
Will be saving a good chunk of money yearly now with this new plan.

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A visit to a sick friend in the hospital is a nice gesture that requires giving up an afternoon of your time.
But visiting one friend on one afternoon wasn't enough for Christina Alexander, a senior at
She noticed the other children in the hospital with nothing much to do except wait for the next medical procedure. She was inspired to create a project that would encourage them, and called it "Cases for Comfort." The children are given fabric markers to design a pillowcase that is theirs to keep.
"I thought it would be cool for them to have something they created and that would be colorful," Alexander said.
Since starting her project last summer, Alexander has delivered 600 pillowcases to Levine Children's Hospital and plans to make another trip in the spring.
Because of her desire to help others, Alexander was presented the Carl Carpenter Gold Heart Award on Thursday by the R.H. Palmer family. Julia Palmer and her daughter, Anne Landry, made the presentation at
Alexander, a member of the Shelby High Interact Club, also recruited members of the club to help her collect materials for the project. Those items will be sent to
"We are so pleased that Christina not only has reached out to the children at Levine Children's Hospital in
Interact president Chase Thompson said the motto of the Interact Club, which is affiliated with Shelby Rotary, is "Service above self." She said the club chooses a different project each month, and has collected 50 pillow case kits for Cleveland Regional.
"As a Rotarian, I am very proud of Christina and all the Interact students for their service above self this year," Leatherwood said. "They are engaged young people who want to make a difference in the lives of others. We adults can learn much from their creativity and thoughtfulness."
Alexander, the daughter of Ted and Patti Alexander, has participated in several mission trips with the youth group at
Spanish Club and Teenage Republicans Club at Shelby High. She plays violin in the
About the Gold Heart Award
The Palmer Family established the Carl Carpenter Award in 2011 to honor Carpenter, who searched 10 years for the owner of a photograph he found after the Belwood tornado in 1989. His simple act of kindness to return the photo changed Julia Palmer's outlook on life and also started a chain reaction of good deeds. Carpenter died in March 2012. The award is presented monthly to recognize people who are helping and inspiring others in the community.
Want to help?
Christina Alexander's "Cases for Comfort" is an ongoing project to provide a creative outlet for children in the hospital. Pillow cases and fabric markers (Crayola work best) may be dropped off at


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NORFOLK -- Students from Old Dominion University gathered to watch the first of 3 debates between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney Wednesday night.
The incumbent and his Republican challenger covered several topics related to domestic policy. Among the issues debated: health care, employment, and education.
'President Obama commented how he wants to lower tuition, and it's been the past 3 years going up 25 percent, and whatever he's doing, I want him to stop,' said Michael Cogar, a member of ODU College Republicans.
'Really, what I see under Obama isn't the direction this country needs to go in. I'm worried about getting a job when I leave college, and I think Romney can do that,' offered the group's president Martin Cornick during the debate. 'He's really addressing the President up front, tackling the economy, which is really an important issue in this election.'
'Both candidates are doing extraordinarily well,' President of ODU Young Democrats Terrell Kingwood told 13News Wednesday night.
Of President Obama, Kingwood said, 'He's pro-abortion, pro-equal rights. He's given opportunities to millions of college student across the United States, not just Virginia,' adding, 'I'm connected to him. I'm connected to him morally, socially, and just economically.'
Fellow member of ODU Young Democrats Kim Kola agreed.
'I mean, the whole point of this election is just relatability to people, and I really feel he understands where I'm coming from as a student, as someone from the middle class, and Romney is just not showing that to me tonight.'
The next presidential debate is scheduled to take place October 16.


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It's late morning last Wednesday — with six shopping days left before Christmas the shoppers at Kinston's Walmart Supercenter mainly consist of those buying food and other regular household items.
Shift Manager Charles Mayhue warned that will change later in the day, however, especially as shoppers seek out those final Christmas gifts.
"When it picks up, it seems like it just floods," Mayhue said. "People come out of everywhere."
He said many big-ticket gifts on sale at Walmart, such as televisions, iPads and other electronics were purchased on Black Friday after Thanksgiving, and have been placed on layaway.
Shoppers "have been very conservative about their money," and focused more on buying household essentials in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Mayhue explained.
He noted toys and bicycles have been popular Christmas gifts among Walmart shoppers, as well as "ride-on" toys such as child-size John Deere tractors.
Many shoppers have been waiting until the last minute in the hope of picking up a good deal.
"You'd be surprised how many people come in and shop for that last minute item," Mayhue said.
Store Manager Matt MacIntosh said electronics have also been popular among Christmas shoppers.
He said staffers working the store's third shift from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. spend much of their time restocking shelves, so when shoppers come in at 7 a.m., "It's as full as it can possibly be."
Walmart will close at 8 p.m. Monday for Christmas Eve, and will be closed all day Tuesday for Christmas.
"That's the only day of the year that we're closed," MacIntosh said.
The store will open again at 5 a.m. Wednesday for the crush of post-Christmas shoppers.
Last Wednesday, Heather Thigpen of Snow Hill and her husband Justin brought their 4-year-old daughter Kadence and 7-month-old son Carter through toy aisles laden with Barbie dolls, Legos, board games, puzzles, even Angry Birds-themed toys based on the popular downloadable video game.
Heather Thigpen said she had found gifts for her immediate family, and was currently shopping for extended family members.
She said it had been "pretty easy" to find the desired gifts.
Rebekah Burke of Kinston also found what she was looking for last Wednesday. She and her girlfriend Kayla Lanekinsyk went shopping in Walmart later in the afternoon, as the number of shoppers began to pick up.
"We've got everything," Burke said as she put a Nerf dart gun — a gift for her nephew — in the trunk of their car. "That wraps it all up."
Last minute by necessity
Some shoppers must wait until the last minute to buy Christmas gifts because they either cannot afford to shop sooner, or they are working up to the last minute.
"You have to budget your money. … You have to pay your bills and you have to get for your kids at the same time," Tanita Simpler of Kinston said as she stood in the Walmart parking lot.
Simpler had purchased the majority of the gifts her 14 and 9-year-old sons wanted for Christmas, but she was waiting to purchase an XBOX 360 gaming console for her older son in the hope the price would drop closer to Christmas.
"Sometimes things take all your money, but as long as you know that your kid's happy it'll be all right," the working single mother said.
Simpler said seeing children with no gifts on Christmas morning will "really have you stressed out, crying."
"It's always something," she continued. "As long as you keep your head up and keep striving and working, everything will be all right. God makes ways, he makes ways — he makes things happen."
Shawn Hill and Melshawn Moore, both of Kinston, were working as bell ringers for the Salvation Army in front of Walmart last Wednesday.
They said they were scheduled to work nearly every day, collecting money in the Salvation Army's signature red kettles, through Christmas Eve. They also said they would not get paid until Christmas Eve, leaving them little time to shop for their loved ones.
"Hopefully, everything should work out, if I get off early enough," said Moore, who will also celebrate his 26th birthday on Christmas.
He added: "It is what it is — I get paid on Monday, it's the day before my birthday and I still have Christmas shopping to do."
Hill eagerly rang his bell, smiling and waving at Walmart shoppers, greeting them and telling them to smile because "Santa's watching."
"I pray to God every morning that I make it to work every morning, with my health and strength, to be on time," he said.
Hill, who has to purchase gifts for his children, parents and siblings, said he might not be able to shop before Christmas, but expected to see some very good after-Christmas deals.
"The main thing that they want is for me to come home for Christmas," he said of his parents and siblings — his children live out of state. "That's like the biggest present."
Maj. Robin Starr, corps officer for the Salvation Army's Kinston office, said bell ringers will get off in "plenty of time" on Monday to go shopping.
"Usually we shut down around 2 or 3 p.m. so everybody can do their shopping and get back to their families — including us; I know my kids would like for me to be home on Christmas Eve," he said.
The funds raised through the Salvation Army kettles are meant to cover programs at Christmas and the rest of the year.
Starr said Friday the goal this year is to raise $60,000, but "at this point it doesn't look like we're going to reach our goal unless we do exceptionally well."
Avoiding the crush
Wayne Waters of Greene County came to the Kinston Walmart with his wife Melanie last week.
They were not Christmas shopping, though, but rather buying household items while visiting relatives in Kinston.
"We've pretty much wrapped up our Christmas shopping," Waters said as he sat in his pickup truck, waiting for his wife to come out of the store.
Waters said he and his wife did the majority of their Christmas shopping online, allowing them to avoid the crush of stores.
"I've never been one to wait in line at a store at 4 a.m.," he said. "Granted, I might not get the deal from shopping in the store, but paying the extra money is worth not standing in a line."
Frances Deaver of Wooten's Crossroads walked up to the Sears store at Vernon Park Mall last week with her daughter, Peggy Pate of Scott's Store in Duplin County.
Deaver said she was buying a washer and dryer for her and her husband. She said she typically gives money to her loved ones at Christmas.
"Let them spend and run around and do all the walking," she explained. "I always try to make sure that my grandkids get something that nobody else does."
Pate said she was still catching up on Christmas shopping for her nieces and nephews.
"It's just been a real busy season for us, we've had a lot of activities," she said, citing a visit she made to a daughter who lives in California. "I just didn't get everything done before now, and I'm still trying to catch up, to finish up."
Pate said she is not focusing on buying the latest, hottest items.
"Being a grandmother and an aunt, that's not as big of as an issue now as when our kids were young," she said. "We're just getting things that we know they can benefit from."
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Do you ever compliment random strangers on their name choices?
Not like on the internet, but in real life. The other day I was in a public bathroom at the sink and a lady was changing her baby on the changing table, and I heard her call him Calvin. Calvin is my complete favorite boys' name that I thought nobody else in real life liked but me so I whipped around and was like OMG did I hear you right I love the name Calvin OMG! And I just got a job at a store that sells tween girl clothes so I get to hear a lot of names & I usually compliment the parents if it's something I like. Does anybody else do this or am I just weird?Felicity ~ Calista ~ Claudia ~ Beatrice "Betty" ~ Carlotta ~ Millie ~ Cora ~ Audrey ~ Violet
Calvin ~ Jude ~ Miles ~ Oliver ~ Roscoe ~ Benjamin ~ Leo ~ Adrian ~ Isaac ~ Colin
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I wouldn't say I do - but if I've ever been introduced to someone and it's a name I love, I'll tell them! Or if it's unusual and I like it, I will tell them then also
June 6th, 2013 03:01 AM #5Proud Auntie/cousin to;
Noah (29-5-10), Silke (23-8-11), Sophia (18-11-11), Victoria (13-8-13) & little Alex (18-12-14)
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All the time, I emailed some documents to a government agent last week with a PS saying how awesome I thought her name (Perpetua) was!Thrilled to be mother to @gnes Ei1ish Madeline and Fe1icity Bridget Be@trice
If we'd had boys the list was: Godfrey, Seamus, Alexander, Michael, Felix, Peter, Ignatius & Sebastian.
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Sometimes. It depends on a person - if a met a little crying Vesper with mother here shouting at her loudly I definitely won't say a thing. But if I just talk to a person next to me in bus, I usually compliment on her/his name - we got a lot of really good names children in my area


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September 29, 97
Vol. 13 , No. 02
Jackie Robinson and His Legacy: 50 Years Later
Kirby Puckett, Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith-the absence of these names would leave enormous gaps in any discussion of America's favorite pastime, but before the desegregation of baseball, it would have been unthinkable to include them.
Fifty years ago, when the Brooklyn Dodgers really were the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to enter major league baseball, and his entry, called "Baseball's Great Experiment," was literally a roaring success. Since then, Jackie Robinson has achieved a sort of mythic status. Besides being a phenomenal baseball player, Robinson has been associated with being a pathbreaker and tearing down segregation. Tygiel has spent much scholarship examining the social and historical forces involved in Robinson's integration into white organized baseball, not just as it relates to the game but as the game relates to America as a whole. In addition to telling Robinson's story, Tygiel examined the stories of other pioneer black players and what happened to the Negro Leagues after desegregation.
Tygiel received his Ph.D. in American History from UCLA; he specializes in the history of California, labor, carpenters, and baseball. He taught history at the Universities of Tennessee and Virginia. His books include Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy (1983), Working Men in San Francisco (1992), The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (1994), and The Jackie Robinson Reader (1997). In addition, he has published articles in American Heritage, California History, and Labor History.
From the Fellows
Welcome to what we believe will be another good year (maybe the best yet) for the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Both of us have been working hard to ensure that students will continue to have a voice in the selection of speakers and the planning of events. We believe that the Athenaeum makes a significant contribution to the intellectual and social life on our campus.
Reservations are required for Athenaeum dinners and should be made by returning the reservation page of The Fortnightly to the box in the Athenaeum lobby. Please cancel your meat reservation by noon on the day of the event if you cannot attend. No jeans, shorts, or T-shirts, please.
Afternoon teas in the Athenaeum have already begun, and we would like to encourage all of you to attend. Tea begins at 3:00 p.m. and lasts until 4:30 p.m., providing a perfect midafternoon break. An assortment of desserts are served, along with the ubiquitous rice crispy treats and a choice of coffee, tea, or fruit juice. In addition, Parents Library contains copies of numerous newspapers and magazines.
Please let us know if you have any questions about Athenaeum programs or suggestions for speakers.
Training to Lead: The Impact of Sports on Leadership
When Jack Kemp was named the Republican candidate for Vice President in August of 1996, he energized a floundering campaign with his message of tax cuts to stimulate growth and expand opportunity for all Americans. Kemp's energy and leadership was key to the Republican rebound in the polls. Unquestionably, his ability to command an audience and develop an overall strategy for the campaign was based in his background as a leader on the football field. For Jack Kemp, success in athletics contributed heavily to success in politics.
When Kemp entered the political realm as a Congressman representing the Buffalo area and western New York, he was already known to millions because of his accomplishments in professional football. Kemp is a graduate of Occidental College where he was a star quarterback and he entered the new American Football League soon after graduation. He eventually became the starting quarterback for the San Diego Chargers and grew into the role of a team leader. He was captain of the Chargers from 1960 to 1962 and also of the Buffalo Bills, the team he helped lead to the AFL championship in 1964 and 1965, when he was named the league's most valuable player. Showing his penchant for leadership and organization, he cofounded the AFL Players Association and was five times elected president.
After Kemp's transition to the political realm, he continued the same pattern of leadership and success. He represented the Buffalo area for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1989. He served for seven years in the Republican
leadership as Chairman of the House Republican Conference. Kemp served for four years in the Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and proved to be one of our nation's most innovative leaders. He was the first and strongest advocate of Enterprise Zones to encourage entrepreneurship and job creation in urban America and of expanding home ownership among the poor through resident management and ownership of public housing.
Kemp is a codirector of Empower America, a public policy and advocacy organization he cofounded in 1993 with William Bennett and then-ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick. Empower America is dedicated to three founding principles at the core of Kemp's convictions: expanding freedom and democratic capitalism; promoting policies to expand economic growth and entrepreneurship for our nation; and advancing social policies that empower people, not government bureaucracies.
Jack Kemp is visiting Claremont McKenna College as Chair of the Henry Kravis Leadership Institute's conference entitled "Training to Lead: The Impact of Sports on Leadership." His talk this evening at the Athenaeum is the keynote address for the conference and follows a panel discussion to be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Mary Pickford Auditorium.
The dinner at the Athenaeum is for members of the CMC community only. The public is invited to the address at 6:45 p.m. and overflow seating will be accommodated in McKenna Auditorium with live, remote broadcast.
Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey
David Horowitz is anything but a moderate. In his recent book Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey (1997), Horowitz traces his startling political odyssey from '60s radical to '90s conservative. P. J. O'Rourke has called Radical Son "one of the best political memoirs I've ever read." In his memoir Horowitz describes his encounters with some of the leading figures of American politics and the intellectual struggles that ultimately led to his rejection of the radical Left. While proceeding through his own intellectual journey, and to some degree America's, Horowitz relays a deeply personal account of three generations of one American family's infatuation with the radical Left from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the collapse of the Marxist empire six decades later.
Horowitz was one of the founders of the New Left and an editor of Ramparts, the magazine that set the intellectual and revolutionary tone for the movement. It is in this capacity that Radical Son introduces the reader to an aged Bertrand Russell organizing a War Crimes Tribunal over the war in Vietnam and to Tom Hayden, the radical everyman who Horowitz claims instigated the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention and is now a California State Senator from West Los Angeles. It was Horowitz's encounter with the radical icon of the '60s, the Black Panthers, that began his reconsideration of his ideology.
David Horowitz is president of the Los Angeles-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture and editor of the journal Heterodoxy. Through these vehicles he has become a leading critic of both Hollywood and political correctness on college campuses. He may be the most hated ex-radical of his generation, becoming as prominent on the Right as he was on the Left.
In his address Horowitz will recount some of the high points from his best-selling book, focusing on the events that led to his ideological transformation. He will also share some of his observations about the state of America's college campuses.
A Celebration of the Negro Leagues
From 1889, when Fleetwood Walker played catcher for the Toledo Major League club, until 1947, when Jackie Robinson stepped on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Negro baseball players were excluded from the Major Leagues by an unwritten "gentleman's agreement" among club owners.
In 1920 Chicago American Giants owner Rube Foster met with owners of other independent Negro professional teams to form the first successful organized Negro League-The Negro National League. For the next 30 years the various Negro Leagues would stage heated rivalries, competitive World Series, and very popular All-Star games and create almost mythical heroes, such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charlston, John Henry Lloyd, Martin Dihigo, Ray Dandridge, and John "Buck" O'Neil.
Despite their underground popularity, the Negro Leagues often struggled for survival, with teams and leagues folding on a regular basis. Ironically, it was the integration of the Major Leagues that proved to be the death knell for the Negro Leagues. As a tribute to their undeniable talents, 13 former Negro League players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame solely for their performances in the Negro Leagues. More Negro players are destined to be inducted in the future.
Please join us for a panel discussion of this eventful period in baseball history, including a discussion of the business and economic aspects, invention and creation, and legacy of the Negro Leagues. The distinguished panel will include Kathy Robinson, the niece of Jackie Robinson; Tia Wright, the granddaughter of Lou Dials; Dick Simpson, a Negro League historian; and Earl "Stick" Robinson, a player in the Negro Leagues. The panel will be moderated by Southern California native, Bobbie McDonald, President of the Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce, and author of the book, Black College Football: 100 Years of History, Education, and Pride (1993). The presentation will include artifacts from Negro League games.
Classical Guitar
Back by popular demand! Last spring Athenaeum guests were transported to new aesthetic realms by Gordon O'Brien's muse, and now he has consented to return. O'Brien's brilliant technique and artistry are outdone only by his modesty and cheerful attitude.
O'Brien has been labeled one of the world's finest musicians. He certainly started out as a prodigy, beginning the study of guitar at the age of 6; within a year he was beyond the ability of his first professional teacher. By the age of 12 he had played with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and on the CBC. The years since have only added skill and maturity to his music. He has taken first prize at several international contests, including The John Williams Australian International, the Leo Brouwer International Guitar Concerto Competition, the Edward Stotsenberg Classical Guitar Competition, and the N.G.S.W. International Guitar Concerto Competition. His studies and tours have taken him around the world to play with the world's masters and he is now acknowledged as a master himself.
The evening's program will include "Elegy for Guitar" by Mertz and "Pavane (pour une infante defunte)" by Ravel, as well as music from Bach, Brouwer, Narvaez, Albeniz, and Barrios.
O'Brien's concert is the first in the Stotsenberg Chamber Music Series that will be continued spring semester. This series is funded by a gift from Ed and Dorothy Stotsenberg, friends of CMC.
Show and Tell in the 21st Century: The New Juror
Scientific "people watching" is how Jo-Ellan Dimitrius describes her work. As the lead jury consultant for the O.J. Simpson legal defense team, she applied the latest in social science techniques such as mock juries and focus groups to construct the perfect jury questionnaire. She then tabulated her responses and graded each candidate on a variety of categories including empathy, punitiveness, and leadership. With this data on hand and a bit of her trademark intuition, Dimitrius selected the jury that produced a not-guilty verdict in the so-called trial of the century.
Though her job is certainly at times glamorous, Dimitrius first examined the profession of jury consulting through the eyes of a dedicated academic. She is a graduate of Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University, where she earned a Ph.D. in criminal justice and politics. Dimitrius has long been interested in the relationship between the television and radio media and the ability of an individual or corporation to receive a fair jury trial. The 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial, and it is Dimitrius's belief that media saturation and instant communication have increased the tendency of the public to prejudge high-profile cases. As a jury consultant, Dimitrius selects cases-ranging from the policeman accused of beating Rodney King to Heidi Fleiss to corporations facing toxic law violations-where she can assist the underdog who has been the brunt of significant public criticism before trial.
Dimitrius will elaborate on her perceptions about the role that the information age plays in the jury system. She is the third speaker in the series justice and the Law, which focuses on potential pitfalls in the efforts of America's courts to decide cases justly. This talk has been rescheduled from September 24.
The Case for Public Morality
The perennial debate over how (or, indeed, over whether it is possible) to reconcile the personal liberties of individual citizens with the conflicting moral and ethical convictions of the larger community pits what professor Harry M. Clor calls the "libertarian" versus the "traditionalist." The libertarian contends that government regulation of any expression-however shocking, offensive, or threatening that expression may be (and to however many people)-has no place in liberal society. Censorship amounts to no more than legislated conformity; moreover, in a society as pluralistic and multicultural as America's, no aesthetic or ethical consensus is possible. The traditionalist counters that in a democracy the majority are entitled to exert at least some influence over the moral and cultural environment in which they must live and rear their children.
The controversy raises two questions: Where do we draw the line? and Is it right to draw any lines at all? Professor Clor, in his controversial new book Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography (1996), contends that peaceful coexistence of the libertarian and the traditional is possible, but that such compatibility hinges upon a clear definition of just what public morality is, as well as an understanding of its philosophic justification.
Dr. Clor, the second speaker in the Gould Center-sponsored series Censorship, Politics, and the Culture of Transgression, has written many books and articles on subjects ranging from classical political philosophy to American constitutional law to contemporary moral and political theory. Professor of political science at Kenyon College, where he has taught since 1970, Clor is a past NEH fellow and has served as a consultant to the National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography and as an evaluator on proposed projects for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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According to the Chicago Tribune, Professor Daniel S. Amick of Loyola University of Chicago plead guilty to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act:
Professor Daniel Amick pleaded guilty (last) Friday to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, admitting to removing 17 artifacts, including arrowheads, from public lands on two field trips to New Mexico, according to the statement by U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gonzales.
As part of the agreement, Amick pledged to return the artifacts and help investigators track down others still missing in a long-term scheme under investigation by the Bureau of Land Management. If Amick adheres to the terms of his probation, the judge in the case has agreed to drop the charge.
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The average temperature in Kinston may have gone up in the last three years, but electric usage has gone down, thanks in part to the city's education of residents on how to conserve power.
High power bills and ways to cut costs have been an ongoing concern in Kinston for years, but recent records from Kinston Public Services are proving the city is making more of an effort to conserve.
Last year, Kinston used 418,092 megawatt hours, its lowest total in almost a decade, and more than 48,000 fewer hours than its high in 2007.
"Over the last two years, we've seen the amount of usage decrease," Sears said. "Part of that can be attributed to mild winters."
KPS also looked at its last three full years of electrical usage amongst customers, along with temperatures for the year.
In 2010, the average temperature was 61.8 degrees, with nearly 140 million kilowatt hours being used. The temperature rose to 62.3 degrees in 2011, resulting in 131.8 million kilowatt hours being used and just 119.4 million with 62.5 degree temperatures last year.
Rhonda Barwick, director of KPS, said education efforts and weather have helped residents conserve, but an improving economy has the city's corporations using more power.
"It's important to note that during this same three-year period, our large industrial customers have increased their consumption. Their usage is impacted more by the economy or demand for their products than simply weather conditions," Barwick said.
Information and Resource Specialist Sheri Williams said the city has made an effort to be available in the community to educate residents.
"We do energy fairs twice a year, and also do public speaking," Williams said. "I'm available to go anywhere, speaking at meetings, schools or other events. We always have links on our website, kinstonpublicservices.com, to education people about energy saving tips, our energy efficiency credit program and free energy audits."
Customer Service Supervisor Justin Boyette said customers also receive information from employees when they have issues with their bills.
"We give them papers with instructions on how to conserve energy," Boyette said. "The sheets have topics on things such as efficient heating and cooling, weatherproofing your home, effective appliance use and lighting wisely."
There are specific guidelines for thermostat use that can cut power bills, Boyette said.
"When it comes to using less energy, the thermostat plays a huge role," he said. "We tell people to keep them no higher than 68 in the winter and 78 in the summer. As a result, the bills aren't as high and neither is consumption."
Brantley Uzzell moved to Kinston in February after living in Snow Hill. He said he had heard horror stories about electric rates in the city, but he hasn't been affected due to his planning.
"I'm actually paying only $10 or $15 more a month for utilities here than in Snow Hill, and I live in a house with 1,000 more square feet," Uzzell said. "I got a 16-seer heating system, new appliances and a water heater. The heating system has helped the most. The guy who installed it said I'd save 20 to 30 percent on my bill, and even though I paid $800 more, it will pay for itself in a few months."
Uzzell said he also looked at tips the city was providing.
"I usually keep the temperature around 70 in the winter," Uzzell said. "I looked around for energy credits and ways to be efficient, because it's a big concern here."
Kinston resident Layton Edmondson said he has paid attention to the energy saving tactics the city is informing people with, but has also incorporated a few of his own.
"I've purchased 13-watt LED light bulbs, and have seen a significant decrease in my bill," Edmondson said. "I've also bought devices from Lowes to cut off lights in a room after a certain amount of time, so if I'm away for 10, 20 or 30 minutes, the lights will shut off. It's all powered with a remote control."
Edmondson said he enjoys being able to conserve energy.
"There's a thrill of trying to figure out what I can get my bill down to," Edmondson said. "I have family members who have $400, $500 bills, and mine might be $80, $90 a month."
Although temperatures have been milder in years past, the upcoming winter is projected to produce colder weather, which could increase energy usage amongst residents.
WCTI Channel 12 meteorologist Skip Waters said the unpredictability in weather makes it harder for him to make his projections.
"In the past 12 hours, the models flipped flopped so much," Waters said. "There were projections for a big snowstorm Saturday in North Carolina and Virginia. Twelve hours later, it shifted westward toward the mountains of North Carolina and we'll get cold rain. If there are fluctuations in a l2-hour span, imagine how difficult it is to monitor a long period of time."
Waters said he believes there will be a cold and wet winter though.
"Based on the trend, I think the rest of December leading into January will tend to be cold with shots of rain and near misses of snow every five to six days," Waters said. "This month looks to be colder than normal, with a couple of days at average or above normal temperatures. It's still too early to tell until we can get a consistent pattern going for several days in a row."
Even if the temperatures fall, Sears said there's no way an assessment can be made on consumption rising.
"It's a false assumption for the city to make," Sears said. "It's up to each independent user. It may be colder, but we can't make an assumption on a significant increase."
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What if our colors were white & gold? We'd have a black & gold and now our white & gold.
Personally, I agree with bigdub -- so many different color combinations to choose from. No reason to limit our color choices.
Please cue the nickname of the day and thats the letter it will start with....this was a tough one and I almost went with my friend John who is pushing the New Orleans Quest....then the guy on my oatmeal box came up with New Orleans Quakers, but I opted to stick with what I heard so often from my ex-wife.....how about the New Orleans Quickies!
"we might make dollars, but we don't necessarily make sense"
"always be sincere....whether you mean it or not"
What if our colors were white & gold? We'd have a black & gold and now our white & gold.
Personally, I agree with bigdub -- so many different color combinations to choose from. No reason to limit our color choices.
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after much thought and deliberation, here you R!! the nickname for today is the New Orleans Ramparts!
Moving on from all the WhoDatChristian back-and-forth foolishness...New Orleans Nobles. All the imagery and meaning of Royals, plus alliteration, minus the complete unavailability.
June 18: New Orleans Rising
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The disillusioned "gay activist" called "Marc" who appeared in a YouTube video condemning the Gaza Freedom Flotilla for alleged homophobia, that was tweeted by the Israeli Government Press Office, has been identified as an Israeli called Omer Gershon.
This definitely proves that the video is either a hoax or a piece of propaganda designed to discredit the flotilla and use a mask of concern for gay rights to pinkwash Israel and justify the persecution of Palestinians in Gaza.
Last night The Electronic Intifada confirmed that one of the first people to tweet the video was Guy Seemann, a staffer in the office of the Israeli prime minister.
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Gershon, as an Israeli, could not possibly have been so naive as "Marc" claimed to be in the video about either the flotilla or the situation in Gaza. It is puzzling that a piece of propaganda that was meant to pass as the genuine work of an activist previously uninformed about the situation in Palestine would use a figure who is fairly well-known in the Israeli gay scene.
Gershon has been profiled in leading Israeli publications such as Haaretz, Maariv and Ynet (here and here).
A 2008 report gave his age as 33 and said he lived in Tel Aviv. Gershon was described as a "producer, entrepreneur, and PR manager for clubs." Gershon says he went to school in New York where he got a degree in marketing and advertising at the age of 25 and lived there for almost four years. He also said he had volunteered for IGY (the youth LGBT organization in Israel) and a women's rights org called "Ladies Circle."
In 2011, he appeared in a promotional video for XL Energy Drink featuring a man beating a Muslim woman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW1cX7UFP-k
Questions still remain about who commissioned the "Marc" video and the role of the Israeli government in disseminating it. Is this official Israeli government propaganda?
We thought it was important to debunk this project for a few reasons. The message of the video—however clumsy, transparent and fradulent—attacked Palestine solidarity actions and tried to undermine the relationships the Palestine solidarity movement has with other movements and activists such as LGBT rights. It may have also had intelligence gathering objectives. In the YouTube video description, "Marc" explicitly asked people to write to him. "Let me know if you've had similar experiences- firstname.lastname@example.com." It is hard to believe anyone might have written to "Marc" sincerely offering information about LGBT and Palestine solidarity activists and organizations, but the creators of this video clearly invited such contacts.


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UPDATE: A Gaston County jury has rejected a second-degree murder charge and has instead found Taras "Maurice" McGirth guilty of death by motor vehicle and involuntary manslaughter.
McGirth was sentenced to a prison term ranging from a minimum of two years to a maximum of three years..
Sleeping pills and over-the-counter "enhancement" drugs were the focus in a second-degree murder trial Wednesday.
GastonCounty jurors in the trial of Taras "Maurice" McGirth will decide what caused the Tega Cay, S.C., man to drive into oncoming traffic and cause a crash that killed a 20-year-old Crouse man.
The collision took the life of Andy Hovis more than two years ago along Dallas-Cherryville Highway.
Hovis' parents watched as McGirth took the witness stand Wednesday.
The 49-year-old man talked of his medical history and told jurors he didn't remember anything about the crash.
McGirth testified that he was going through a typical day when he suddenly woke up in a Charlotte hospital, unaware of what caused a traumatic brain injury and a severed colon.
Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell implied McGirth's blackout was the result of mixing Ambien with an herbal male enhancement pill.
McGirth denied the accusation from the witness stand, saying he never took the male enhancement pills, only Ambien and a prescription drug to treat high blood pressure.
What jurors believe should dictate whether they find McGirth innocent or guilty of a second-degree murder charge and death by motor vehicle.
Blackout at exit 14
McGirth testified that he had a routine in 2010. He took his blood pressure medicine and Ambien to help him sleep.
McGirth said he'd take the sleeping aid each night between 8 and 9. He would wake up at 5:30 a.m. and get his son off to school.
McGirth testified that he followed the routine on Nov. 11, 2010, the day of the fatal crash.
After watching his son get on the school bus, McGirth said he headed to Bessemer City to see his girlfriend.
McGirth drove more than 30 miles before taking exit 14 off of I-85. No sooner did he merge onto the exit ramp than he blacked out, McGirth said.
Four people testified Tuesday to McGirth's erratic driving. According to testimony, McGirth's sport utility vehicle drifted on and off the road and struck a mailbox, concrete barrier and median before slamming into Hovis' car.
McGirth's car landed on its top. Rescue workers had to cut apart Hovis' vehicle to get him out.
Both men were taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, and Hovis later died from his injuries.
Traces of Ambien
Two doctors testified Wednesday. The first analyzed McGirth's blood after the crash. She said while testing the sample she found no trace of alcohol but did find Zolpidum, the generic name for Ambien.
Another forensic toxicologist told jurors about how the sleep aid works.
Ambien can help people get restful sleep but has been known to cause bizarre behavior, according to Dr. Andrew Mason.
But the impairment wears off and should cause nothing more than slight grogginess if a person follows the instructions and allows eight hours for the medication to wear off, Mason said.
Mason said he read the statements from witnesses and McGirth's medical history.
He testified that McGirth was in a profoundly impaired state when the fatal crash occurred.
Herbal enhancement
Talk of pills came up again when McGirth was on the witness stand.
Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell showed McGirth a picture of a bottle of herbal male enhancement pills.
N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper David Ferguson testified Tuesday that he'd taken the photo at the crash site. Ferguson said the pill bottle came from McGirth's car, and that he saw another bottle of the pills in McGirth's bag of belongings at the hospital.
During cross-examination, McGirth said he did not have the pills in his car or in the hospital room.
McGirth said he was familiar with the pills because a distributor in Atlanta mailed them to him to pass along to a barbershop owner to sell in the business.
Bellasked McGirth if he'd read the warning label on the herbal enhancements. McGirth said he had.
Bellpointed out part of the label that cautioned against combining the herbal mixture with other medications.
McGirth again said that he'd never taken the pills.
"You really wouldn't want the jury to know that you used it with any other medications, would you?" Bell said.
Previous episode
McGirth testified that he didn't know why he blacked out the day of the crash. But he pointed to a similar episode a couple of weeks before the fatal collision.
According to McGirth, he wasn't feeling well one night and went outside for some air. More than an hour later, McGirth said his neighbor found him passed out in the driveway.
McGirth's neighbor also testified about the incident — saying that McGirth was barely coherent when he found him.
Both men testified that McGirth went to the hospital that morning, stayed for observation and took some tests.
McGirth said he never got a true explanation for the episode.
Closing arguments
The defense finished presenting its evidence about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Jurors will hear closing arguments Thursday morning, and then begin deliberations.
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