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Arturo Reyes Sr. (center) father of Mike Reyes, who died of a stroke after years of complications from diabetes, is comforted by family members during his son's funeral at the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
A member of the Corpus Christi Fire Department battles a fire on Holmes Drive after the home exploded, which sent three people to hospital and shattered window up to two blocks away. PHOTOS BY TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES
Ray High School Texan, Carlos Montano, 16, competes in the long jump competition during the Chatter Allen Relays at Cabaniss Field.
Bobby Galvan, owner and operator of Galvan Music Co. at the corner of Crosstown and Agnes, in September, stands in front the building his father built.
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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Darby Troup relaxes in one of the La Palmera sitting areas December 26, 2013 while spending the morning at the mall taking advantage of after holiday sales and returning item he received for Christmas.
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A 2011 dramedy that depicts a Mississippi town's experience adjusting to the changing times of the 60's. Emma Stone plays a southern girl who returns from college determined to become a writer. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan causes quite the stir when she decides to interview black women in the community who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Though some of her closest friendships hang in the balance, Skeeter is unwilling to give up on her new endeavor, and soon more women come forward to tell their stories. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say about it. In addition to Emma Stone, "The Help" stars Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Chris Lowell, Sissy Spacek & Octavia Spencer.
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The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an agreement with Pepsi Co. to supply scoreboards and Pepsi equipment at the Yadkin County Park ball fields in return for an exclusive five-year contract with the soda company.
Jason Walker, department head for Yadkin County Department of Parks and Recreation, has been working on the agreement with Pepsi Co. for the past few months. The soda giant offered to supply scoreboards and vending machines in the ballpark area of the county park if the county would sign a five year contract to exclusively sell Pepsi products during sporting events.
Due to stipulations in the contract the products must be purchased from Pepsi Co. in Jonesville.
Walker said that prior to this agreement team parents and coaches were traveling to places like Sam's Club and Costco and buying soda products in bulk so this new venture would actually balance out and probably save some money since the products will be delivered by PepsiCo.
The vending machines that the company will provide will also result in commission dollars for the county.
Walker said that the park is nearing completion but the parking lot timetable has been set back due to heavy rains around the holidays. He says that the goal is to have the parking lot paved and complete with signage and scoreboards up and functioning before a softball tournament that is scheduled in March.
Other points from the Jan. 7 meeting:
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ASHFORD – It all began in 1967 through 1969, when four brave young men began a journey that would take their lives much too soon.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at the Ashford Church of God Holiness parking lot, a tribute was given in honor of four Vietnam War veteran heroes.
Route 1, from the top of Lens Creek Mountain, to Route 3, Ridgeview Mountain, was named "Vietnam Veterans Highway." Signs were place at the beginning and the end of Route 1 in honor of Cpl. Robert Lee Fleck; Sgt. Nile Dean Shumate; Cpl. Dana Edward Nelson; and Cpl. James Charles Crose.
On Oct. 19, 1967, Cpl. Robert Lee Fleck was killed in action. On June 1, 1968, Sgt. Nile Dean Shumate was killed in action. On March 28, 1969, Cpl. Dana Edward Nelson was killed in action. On April 19, 1969, Cpl. James Charles Crose was killed in action. All to hostile fire.
These brave men served their nation and state with honor and distinction and all of them gave the ultimate sacrifice.
A special tribute was given by Sharon Cain and state Delegate Larry Barker. A 21-gun salute and Taps was done by the Daniel Boone Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5578 from Madison.
All families and friends attended and we would like to thank them. Also, a special thank you to Jackie Williams for allowing this event to be conducted on the parking lot of the church.
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Life without amiable companionship was unthinkable to the sages of the Talmud. According to one rabbinic story, when the legendary miracle-worker Honi the Circle-Maker woke from seventy years of sleep, he faced despair because he was shunned by a new generation of scholars who neither recognized nor attended to him. In his suffering, Honi prayed for death to release him from loneliness, prompting an unnamed sage to utter, "Either friendship or death" (Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 23a).
The benefits of friendship are appreciated by Jewish tradition. Ecclesiastes wrote, "Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falls, for he has not another to help him up" (4:9-10).
Friendship is clearly more than a social connection in the Jewish context. Friends offer each other help, loyalty, protection, support, unselfish love, and moral guidance. Judaism defines friendship as one of the primary relationships in life, a tie at times exceeding that which bonds blood relatives.
Biblical Friendship
One of the most famous friendships of the Bible, that between David and Jonathan, was sealed by a vow promising eternal amity between their children (I Samuel 20:42). Jonathan saved David from the murderous intentions of his father, King Saul, despite the fact that David was a threat to his own inheritance of the kingship. Similarly, the Moabite Ruth literally left her people behind in choosing to accompany Naomi (her Israelite mother-in-law) to the land of Israel.
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The rabbis of the talmudic and medieval periods had a very specific idea of what a friendship is. The friendships they describe are single sex and single faith–that is, between two Jewish men. (They did, however, include "friendship" (re'ut) as one of the components of marital joy in the wedding liturgy.) At the center of this model is a shared pursuit of holiness, primarily through the study of Torah. One is not even to part from one's friend without exchanging words of Torah (BT Berakhot 31a).
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You can probably find Superunknown in a clearance bin at your local used CD store. It's one of the best albums of the 90s, no question.
Tommy, close your eyes.
I was going to buy Badmotorfinger back in the day, but I missed my chance to get the SOMMS version. It had a Devo cover song!
The last few days I've "rediscovered" the Garden State soundtrack.
Fantastic from beginning to end. Even the Coldplay song doesn't suck.
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Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
You're the first person I've ever heard express that sentiment. Even people who don't like hard rock seem to like Superunknown.
Ah well, to each his own.
Tommy, close your eyes.
After hearing Soul Coughing's "$300" on House last night, I listened to their album El Oso tonight. That is Spanish for "The Bear". Chux, aren't you the one that said bears make everything better?
Last night I also discovered that Shuttered Room, the first album by The Fixx, is now on iTunes. So, next time I purchase songs from there, I will get "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies at Night". I have their greatest hits, but it has live versions of those songs instead. Before adding this album, the only versions of those songs on iTunes were either live or re-recorded versions. I'm guessing this was due to the fact that Shuttered Room was on a different label.
Psychoticbumpschool, Bootsy Collins. Part of my 3.2hr "funk" playlist.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Was that its title in quotes? Or are you saying Mr. Collins is only "quote-unquote" funk?
Heard two different Cake songs yesterday on the radio. When do you normally hear any Cake these days? (BTW, they were, of course, "The Distance" and "Never There" )
"I went to Star Wars Celebration VII in Anaheim, and I didn't get even a lousy t-shirt."


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I want to preface this week's article with a brief observation. It is common, in any market, to attack those people who point out problems or shortcomings. The perception is that people who discuss weaknesses are overly pessimistic, or that they want something to fail.
Here, this is not the case. This column seeks to point out that there are substantial, longstanding problems facing the Toledo region which need to be addressed. However, there can be no solutions until we have recognition that problems do exist. My family hopes to be part of the solution to Toledo's problems, but first we must seek to spread understanding of this region's difficulties.
Toledo, it is no secret, is a dying town. It has been a dying town for decades and, unless drastic change is implemented in a hurry, it will likely continue or even accelerate its decline.
Recently, to gain a better understanding of the metrics that have caused or characterized Toledo's decline, we analyzed several statistics of the Toledo metro area and then compared them to national aggregates. These statistics included personal incomes and labor force numbers, which will serve as the focal point of discussion here.
Between 1969 and 2012, personal incomes in the Toledo metro area grew faster (or declined less) than the U.S. aggregate in only seven of those years. That means that in 37 of the past 44 years, personal incomes in the Toledo market have failed to keep pace with the broader U.S. market.
This failure has naturally led to an oft-cited "brain drain." For direct evidence of this, consider that the labor force in Toledo has expanded faster (or declined more slowly) than national aggregates in only four of the years since 1990.
So, what do these numbers mean? First, they demonstrate a marked inability for Toledo to attract or retain talented individuals. The brain drain is alive and well in Toledo. After all, why would anyone want to stay in a market where personal incomes fail to rise as fast as they, by all accounts, should? Why wouldn't people make a mass exodus to other areas of the country where personal incomes are keeping pace with — or even growing faster than — the U.S. on the whole?
Well, that's just what has happened. Our high school graduates who leave for top post-secondary educations, by and large, do not return. Local small businesses that grow into large businesses and seek to expand beyond the regional market often leave at their first opportunity. Startups seek and are awarded funding from sources outside Toledo and pack up and move before Toledo ever benefits from their innovative ideas.
Second — and even more importantly — these numbers depict a metro market that is unable to grow as fast as the broader domestic economy. If personal incomes here fail to keep pace, and if our labor market struggles to expand, that means there are fewer and fewer dollars available in Northwest Ohio to support new or existing businesses. It means that, just as workers are forced to look elsewhere for good paying jobs, companies must look outside Toledo in order to find the demand they need to support their supply. For most large companies in Toledo this is already the case.
While many successful companies may have headquarters here, they have been doing more and more of their work — or selling more and more of their products — outside the Toledo region.
This failure to keep pace means that we as a metropolitan area are in decline. We have fallen behind other markets and are likely to fall further behind some markets. In fact, we are seeing some previously smaller markets surpass us. After all, areas where personal incomes rise faster than the U.S. aggregate will naturally attract talent to fill high-paying jobs.
Toledo, meanwhile, will continue to suffer. Our local economy will continue to shrink. Why? Because there are not — and will not be — as many dollars to go around here as there are in other markets. People elsewhere have comparatively more to spend. Businesses here have a greater need to export to other regions — or even other countries — to find the demand they need to thrive.
One natural inquiry is whether these numbers are changing, and sadly the answer is no. The reason these numbers aren't changing — why trends aren't reversing — is because we aren't changing. Toledo today isn't doing anything drastically different than it did in 1969. We, for the most part, continued pushing the trends that have led us to exactly where we are and yet somehow we expect that things will magically improve. It's not rational to keep doing the same things over and over while expecting different results.
What can or should we do to stop these trends and reverse course and put Toledo back on track to becoming a thriving market again? We need to do something different, and that doesn't mean more government. This has been the trend in Toledo for decades; first a strong mayor and then regionalization. More government is not, and has never been, the answer to this region's problems, and yet for some reason we are always fooled into thinking the same scheme will work.
Rather, if previous decades offer any lessons for us at all, what we need to take away is that government does not and never will have the answers for making this region successful. Elected officials don't hold the keys for success; in fact they have a tendency to impede progress more than they encourage it. If we want to do better in Toledo, leadership will have to come from the private sector.
Dock David Treece is a partner with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He provides expert content to numerous media outlets. The above information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without
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Jones desire for new opponents is main barrier to Machida rematch
Machida has gone 2-0 since then and was told by UFC exec Marshall Zelaznik in Brazil this week that he is sure to get a title shot if he beats Phil Davis at UFC 163. That isn't necessarily the case, say White.
"The problem with the Machida [rematch] thing is, Jones wants to fight new guys. He beat him. He choked him unconscious," he says.
"That's some of the problems you run into with these champions that have gone on these long spells. He's up here talking about he wants to fight [Daniel] Cormier, he wants to fight Glover Teixeira. He wants to fight new guys. We'll see what happens."
You can't really fault him for that when the UFC has little to no regard for the overall title picture anyway.
Glover is just another HL reel for JJ im afraid (and i dont even like Jones).
I'd agree with that and then follow it up by saying that not all BJJ black belts are equal. Vitor has one from Carlson Gracie and Bonnar's is from Carlson/Sergio Penha.
I hate Jon Jones...now that is out of the way. Glovers Bjj will not come into play because Jones will keep him at a literal arms length away. Jones reach is what gives him the major advantage in most of his fights and I dont see that being any different with Glover. I am interested to see how goose does though because Jones reach wont be as much of a factor. for the record I dont think either one will be the guy to defeat Jones though, that honor will either go to Anderson Silva or hopefully one day Dan Henderson if he can get the shot before he dies
If any LHW is going to beat Jones, I'd want it to be Glover.
And if Glover does touch Jones' chin, and that is if because Jones is an extremely intelligent fighter, Glover can end it.
Will it happen? Maybe not, but I can hope.


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Vehicles travel on East Mulberry after morning rain in San Antonio on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Stormy weather downed trees, contributed to minor traffic accidents and caused the cancelation of playoff baseball and softball games across the San Antonio area Friday evening, and there's a chance showers will continue into the early morning Saturday, Election Day.
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City Manager Richard Pearce said it is encouraging to see new construction, remodeling and other repurposing project activity in Aiken.
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Jesus was not a bottle baby. What happened to Maria Lactans?
David Gibson December 11, 2012 - 9:48am
Speaking of Mary, as we were earlier, one of the mysteries of the modern Christmas is why Jesus is never seen suckling at the breast of the Virgin. "Maria Lactans" was a prominent feature in Marian iconography from the earliest centuries up through the Renaissance -- not to mention an example of the Catholic imagination and an earlier culture's different relationship to the body and its functions.The illustration (via Wikipedia) of Mary squirting breast milk onto the eager lips of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (he was praying before a statue of Our Lady when the miracle reportedly happened) was, for instance, considered a holy image, whereas today it would likely provoke tittering, and frat boy puns.For my Christmas-themed story for Religion News Service, I explore the disappearance of this image, in part relying on Margaret Miles, author of A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350-1750. Her book intrigued me since I read her in the Christian Century a few years back when the book was published. So what happened to "Maria Lactans"?
With the advent of movable type, historians say, came the ability to mass-market pornography, which promoted the sexualization of womens bodies in the popular imagination. What's more, the printing press enabled the wider circulation of anatomical drawings for medical purposes, which in turn contributed to the demystification of the body. Both undermined traditional views of the body as a reflection of the divine.The other major consequence of this new technology, of course, was the mass-marketing of the Bible and the rise of a Protestantism that encouraged a focus on the text of the Scriptures and discouraged the use of images and Catholic practices like devotion to the Virgin Mary and the saints.The cultural shift was so great that even Catholics soon came to regard the breast as an inappropriate image for churches. Instead, the sacrifice of the cross the suffering Jesus became the dominant motif of Christianity while the Nativity was sanitized into a Hallmark card.Ask anybody in the street whats the primary Christian symbol and they would say the crucifixion, said Margaret Miles, author of A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350-1750, a book that traces the disappearance of the image of the breast-feeding Mary after the Renaissance.It was the takeover of the crucifixion as the major symbol of Gods love for humanity that supplanted the breast-feeding icon, she said. And that was a decisive shift from the earliest days of Christianity when the virgins nursing breast, the lactating virgin, was the primary symbol of Gods love for humanity.
Following on the Leo Steinberg work on Renaissance images depicting the genitals of the baby Jesus, I imagine there are some parallels in the disappearance of that motif. Realism in art emerged, but the crucifixion was a much more appealing subject.In any event, there are some efforts by right and left, pro-lifers and social justice types, to resurrect Maria Lactans as a holy symbol to promote various aspects of Catholic teaching. But I have to think it's impossible to "unsee" something as sexual and sensual, or to "re-consecrate" the breast -- even the Virgin Mary's.
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Abe @ 11:00 am, thank you, that's what I was getting at. David @ 10:32, that's my point, the Good Shepherd is the earliest. Conflict? You can't have two "earliest" images of divine love. One is either earlier than the other or they are of the same age. :) I see from your later quote @ 11:11 that Miles's interest is centered on the human body as medium of dispensing divine love. Completely different question. Now I get it.
But is Mary's milk divine? Is it salvific? Maybe this is over-reach even within a narrower scope.
@Abe Rosenzweig 12/12/2012 9:37 amHa! Most definitely!
I could reply at length to many of the comments. In fact, I did reply at length - in my book! One thing that needs to be clarified is that I did not claim that the image of the nursing BVM was the "earliest" image of God's love for humanity. It existed in the early centuries of the common era, but I don't claim that it was a popular and frequent image until the late medieval/early modern period. Nor do I claim that it should be the ONLY (Christian) image of God's love for humanity. I am, however, attracted to its theology, namely that God's love is best represented by nourishment, the gift of life, loving care, etc. This visual statement is needed (at least) to balance the theology of the crucifixion image, i. e. that God's love is best represented by sacrifice.Also, my careful historical/cultural setting (in the book) of the disappearance of the nursing BVM image endeavors to reconstruct what art historian Michael Baxandall called the "period eye." We cannot, engaging our own "period eye" readily interpret the images of quite another period eye.Anyone who doubts the prevalence of images of the nursing BVM should go to the website of Art Resource and type in "nursing Madonna." I suspect (but do not claim!) that many more of such images existed before the Council of Trent banned "inappropriate" images from churches.Again, the "period eye" must be reconstructed before one can say what is "inappropriate" for a particular time/place. The question is, what cultural/religious changes made these images inappropriate when they had not been so earlier?
Thanks for your comments and clarifications, Dr. Miles. Most interesting!
"Trolling!" Now, that's funny. And, thank you so much, Abe, for demonstrating for all of us the very narrow, confining boundaries of your expertise.
One point I forgto, re Nicholas Clifford and the pelican symbol -- the New Orleans Hornets are reportedly going to change their name (thank goodness) to the Pelicans. The Christian symbolism has been much discussed on various blogs:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2012/12/what-sports-team-is-na... Olivier bait.
David G. --Yes, looks like the team will be re-named the Pelicans, no doubt after the state bird. But I don't think it's a very good name for a team. Pelicans are very easy-going, unless you're a fish -- then they'll gobble you up. But they are an awesome animal, much, much bigger than swans, but really ugly. They're so stong -- they dive right down into the water to catch their prey. I love to watch these huge creatures fly. Powerful birds. Let's hope the team flies too.
Thank you for your comments, David. It is, indeed, a Christmas miracle.Just as a point of clarification, despite appearances, I wasn't really giving parenting advice. Research in in the field of ethnopediatrics (how parenting styles/methods affects culture and worldviews) shows that parenting styles wield a profound and seriously underappreciated power over our values, cultural perspective, and anthropology.As you know, people tend to intellectually search for information that confirms their emotionally-rooted biases (or, live in emotional reaction-formation to those earlier biases). It is parenting styles that establish those emotional biases that we then set out to confirm once we're capable of formal operational thought. Likewise, its parenting style that communicates a family culture's (and ultimately the general culture's) attitude toward the self and others--and especially attitudes toward one's body.The point is, that if we really want Catholics to have a healthier and holier view of the body (without lapsing into Jansenism or hedonism) we need to do something different to reset those emotional biases people bring to images like Maria Lactans. If a person's gut-level experience of those images is disgust, or lust, or some other form of discomfort, it is going to be very hard for that person to rewire those reactions just by intellectually gathering more information. And even if they try, the natural thing that will happen is a reaction-formation which is probably just as unhealthy as the original emotional response.Only by challenging the bias against the body at the root can we hope to regain an authentic Catholic sense of the body. Seen in this light, parenting style isn't just about controlling behavior. It's really the most important catechetical program you will employ with your kids, and ultimately, the most intimate yet powerful way you can impact the values the culture around you exhibits.
Frankly, I think one of the best things Catholic parishes could do for new parents-to-be would be to offer them "god-grandparents" who are old hands in the art of parenting and can offer encouragement rather than the usual criticism and judgment parents often get from the Church Ladies and CCD teachers about how their kids behaved in Mass that day. Such grandparents might also get to know the kids and offer suggestions about how they could participate in the life of the parish from a young age. I bless the music director who found a place for my kid during his Confirmation preparation, and sent him Christmas cards expressing appreciation for his contributions. What a blessing such people are!
And from today's RNS: Did Isaiah really predict the Virgin birth? http://www.religionnews.com/faith/beliefs/did-isaiah-really-predict-the-...
"If a persons gut-level experience of those images is disgust, or lust, or some other form of discomfort..."Gregory, discomfort covers a lot of territory. What about modesty or privacy? Or a place for everything and not everything we do that's healthy need be lifted up for public admiration? I have no quarrel with natural processes, but is it "sick" or "mean" or "disordered" not to want to see all bodily functions displayed in public? I don't think we should be censorious about people who are not "comfortable" watching everything pertaining to infant feeding and diaper changing and the rest, and deem them misanthropes.
If I think about kittens nursing and siblings fighting for the mother cat's nipples, I have to wonder: why is the child Jesus looking so serene when his mother is giving to someone else what is rightfully his?
BTW, sent from a friend:http://www.songofamerica.net/cgi-bin/iowa/song/1147.html St. Ita's Vision"I will take nothing from my Lord," said she,"unless He gives me His Son from Heaven In the form of a Baby that I may nurse Him". So that Christ came down to her in the form of a Baby and then she said: "Infant Jesus, at my breast,Nothing in this world is true Save, O tiny nursling, You.Infant Jesus at my breast,By my heart every night,You I nurse are not a churlBut were begot on Mary the Jewess By Heavens light.Infant Jesus at my breast,What King is there but You who could Give everlasting good?Wherefore I give my food.Sing to Him, maidens, sing your best!There is none that has such rightTo your song as Heavens KingWho every nightIs Infant Jesus at my breast."
Jesus was not sentimental about his mother's breasts. When "a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck," he responded, "Yeah, rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it."(I guess it's another one of those things from the gospels that it's okay to ignore, like Call no man father, and Do not multiply words like the gentiles do, and When you pray go into your closet.)
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I attended the Monday night Waitsfield Select Board meeting to hear the cost estimates for three proposed town office plans: the Farm Stand and two variations of the Methodist Church. I was surprised regarding projected energy costs across the three proposals.
Like a car, initial purchase price and the cost to operate over time are important considerations when calculating the full cost of ownership. The future performance of a building design can be accurately measured and this work has been done for three potential town office designs. The numbers are dramatic and they matter; heating costs over a 20-year period range from a low of $9,000 for the Farm Stand design to $80,000 for one of the church designs.
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By voting in the affirmative for the Farm Stand bond vote, we will be doing great service to future generations and saving future taxpayers considerable sums of money by building to the highest energy performance standards.
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Microsoft announces Surface Pro tablet pricing, makes us appreciate Tim Cook all over again
Microsoft has announced pricing and availability for their Surface Pro tablet/laptop hybrid -- tabtop? laplet? -- and it's going to hit on February 9 and start at $899. Unlike the Surface RT, the Surface Pro runs full-on Windows 8 and includes an Intel Core processor (and has the fans to prove it). Our own Daniel Rubino from Windows Phone Central lays it out:
Featuring a Core i5 or Core i7 Intel processor (according to Cnet) with either 64GB or 128GB of storage, the high-end device with a 1080P display wont come with a Touch or Type Pad, requiring an extra purchase. However, users will get the pressure sensitive pen for note taking.
If an iPad isn't enough, and a MacBook Air is too much, you could argue that something like the Surface Pro might be just right. I'm not enjoying Windows 8 yet, so my Windows boxes are staying on 7 for the time being, but I'm eager to give Microsoft's first party version a try. I don't think Surface RT nailed it. In its attempts to be no-compromises, it ended up completely compromised. But it was version one, and Microsoft's trademark typically involves stumbling on version one, persevering, and killing it on version two or three.
When it comes to the pricing, however, what springs to mind is just how important Tim Cook has been for Apple. It's hard to imagine Microsoft is getting the same price breaks on components that Apple enjoys with their hundreds of millions of units of scale, or that their logistics and supply chain management is anything approaching what Apple's put together over the course of the last decade. Under Cook, that's been the element that lets Apple manufacture the best consumer electronics hardware in the world, do it for less than anyone else, and sell it at margins that have made them one of the most profitable businesses this side of oligopolies that control limited fossil fuel resources.
That leaves competitors with cheaper parts, lower margins, or higher prices -- they get to pick two of the three. And it's not like Microsoft can license Windows 8 to themselves on the Surface to make their usual, obscene software margins. It's going to be a learning experience and a struggle, and it'll be interesting and exciting to see how this new drive into hardware goes for them. Anyone planning to eschew an iPad or a MacBook for a Surface Pro?
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If the world (by that I mean the majority) decides to use something then others will try to exploit that, if people in the future will use Apple products then viruses will be a threat on that platform (maybe sooner than we think), if Windows RT version will become popular then viruses will be created for it someday, right now Windows 8 Pro look pretty secure but as every other Windows it will fight the endless onslaught. It's inevitable.
The reason there are less viruses on mac products is that they are one locked so you cannot install any 3rd party apps(if enabled), and 2 macs in general do not have as large of a user base as windows worldwide... therefore a person deciding to make a virus can either choose to write one for an OS with many users or an OS with little users. With Macs becoming more popular your chances of a virus being written becomes greater..
$899 is more than Im willing to pay for something like the Surface Pro. If you consider it's another $129 for a Touch cover and you're approaching a grand. Personally I would get a Mini mad a Chrome Book and a Kindle Paperwhite. I would be spending less money and have dedicated devicesinstead of 1 giant compromise,
$899 + $129 is "approaching a grand"?? Is that Apple Math?? LOL!
With a Mini, a Chrome book, and a Kindle, you'll have 3 little compromises. And no ability to run ANY Windows app that you want. If you don't do enough computing to need more than what those devices provide, then you probably shouldn't buy a Surface Pro. For those folks who typically travel with a tablet AND a laptop, the Surface Pro *could* turn out to be the perfect one-device solution.
Stuart.....you sound a bit defensive. And the "Apple math" snipe was weak.
Maybe he doesn't need to run ANY Windows app. Right now you can run PP, Exel and Word with ease on any iPad, which are the most widely used programs by MS.
If you feel buying something "approaching a grand" then do it dude.
You may have noticed the letters "LOL" right after my Apple Math comment. In Internetspeak, that means "Laugh Out Loud". It is generally used to connote that a previous statement was (intended to be) funny. In other words, a joke. I hope that clears that up for you.
I have not tried it myself, so please confirm: On an iPad you can create a PowerPoint presentation, using all the same features that you can when running PowerPoint on a Windows PC? And you can create an Excel spreadsheet using ALL the same Excel features (of course, including things like embedding other Office objects) that you can when running Excel on a PC? Likewise, for Word documents? I can run a mail merge from my Access DB mailing list and Word document?
Thanks for the info.
Wow, you have lots of knowledge on this device and it sure looks like you have done your research. And the things you can do on it......I assume you are one of the lucky people that actually own one, right? Wait, it is not available yet.
I heard the 2015 Porche Cayenne is absolutely fantastic. Have not driven one yet, but I read about it on a blog.......SOLD! Good enough for me.
With the price, limited availability and missing the holiday shopping season with Pro it almost looks as if the don't want to succeed. Weird but they probably like to make it even harder for themselves.
I hope that the RT version will be improved and will become the main direction for developers. Screw the legacy apps, RT has two advantages - weight and battery life. Only RT has the potential to become a great tablet so just give me a 128GB model, bundle the TouchCover instead of Office and fix some minor shortcomings with 2nd gen.
I'm glad you approached the subject I am starting to feel. This tablet isn't an iPad competitor. It is a MacBook Air competitor. Full (non mobile based) OS (I know, you could argue Windows 8 is, to it's glory/fault, mobile based), Full PC apps, fixed storage space.
This is Microsoft's take on the MacBook Air - Not an ultra book, not a tablet. But a combo of both.
Interesting if it is enough to pull out a win in the enterprise IT department.
Re: "That leaves competitors with cheaper parts, lower margins, or both."
Bingo. For decades, Apple has suffered all manner of logical and illogical criticism for pricing Macs higher than Wintel PCs. I think the company is happy staying in the upper range of the personal computer market, for now anyway. But not in mobile.
It took Apple 6 or 7 years to get the kind of volume discounts it gets on components like flash memory. It all started with the 2005 iPod nano, which replaced Apple's most popular iPod at the time, the iPod mini. The nano became Apple's best selling device, they were able to get better and better deals on flash memory as sales ramped up, the deals got better as iPhone sales skyrocketed, and with iPad sales volumes, they've cornered the flash memory market.
Good luck fighting over the remaining worldwide flash memory production, Microsoft. You'll need to out-bid your competitors, which doesn't do wonders for your margins. And good luck cutting deals for touchscreens, processors, and all those other expensive components. You can't enjoy economy of scale when sales volumes are "modest," now can you?
Clearly, Rene, you don't enjoy anything that has a soul and, is exciting to use. As much as I love the iPad's and MB Air's design; the software is boring and without a soul. Windows 8 is new and exciting. Microsoft did a fine job of bringing something fresh and exciting.
Surface RT is far more capable than an iPad or an Android tablet. It doesn't have a retina display but you hardly notice it if you are not comparing the two side by side. Most of the things you need an app for can be easily accessed through websites. Yes, you can 'pin them' to the start screen. There is no comparison between the software.
I would clearly like to know what is that you are not enjoying about the Windows 8.
No, the point is to start a conversation so more people can visit the site. It is not a bad idea if they can provide solid facts. Right now, all I see is their personal opinion without a shred of real evidence. I think iPad's are highly overrated. It is a good tablet with its fair share of disappointments.
You went defensive pretty easily. Apple's trademark is to take a single innovation and hammer it down over and over again. Apple's marketing strategy created a mind set for people to think they make the best hardware and software. I watched a YouTube video about a person pretended that iPhone 4 was actually iPhone 5. I tried it with a couple of people "saying iPad2 was actually iPad 3 and the iPad 3 was actually iPad 2. Funny thing is people were telling me ipad 2 has a brighter display than the iPad 3?
The Surface Pro is a laptop. If you think of it that way it helps understand where it fits. I'll be getting one for the office to replace my ancient Lenovo which has had touch capabilities with Win7 since the beginning. In fact I think I bought it during the Vista days and later reloaded with Win7 (2008?). No matter. Some members of my team have newer Macbooks - still no touch capability. Interesting.
Regardless, the Surface Pro will be my enterprise laptop - joined to the domain, managed by group policies, the works. I'm not saying everyone will do that but part of my job is to check this stuff out and see if it's truly "enterprise ready". Bleeding edge and all.
I've been using an Asus Transformer Prime (with the keyboard dock) and it's pretty good (way better than the iPad) but the experience is still a bit too removed from "business" to be viable as a laptop replacement. I'm not knocking the iPad - it's been great as a mobile device for specific applications and focused use cases but tablets, in general, are not very good as a general computing devices in the workplace.
The Surface Pro, with a full OS, should be the right balance between function and portability. Based on what I've read and seen so far, however, I'd probably never recommend Surface Pro as a consumer device. I'll know for sure when I get my hands on one.
it can't be all that bad, after all iMore (an Apple-centric news site) is covering the mere announcement of it.


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During a trip to Toledo Ohio Gov. John Kasich quipped that, although he knows they can be frustrating to motorists, he "can't wait" to see all the orange road construction barrels since their annual appearance means local workers on the job.
Kasich was at Modern Builders Supply on Phillips Avenue on April 9 for an Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) news conference to officially kick off a record-setting construction season. ODOT has 936 projects planned for Ohio's roadways, amounting to an estimated $2.5 billion in contracts, the most in state history, Kasich said.
"People are going to see a lot of orange barrels. They are going to sit in some traffic. But when you're sitting there, you know, thank the lord that there are people working, that our roads are getting better, that Ohio's will be more prosperous as a result of it," Kasich said.
About $580 million of that budget is earmarked for projects in Northwest Ohio, said Todd Audet, deputy director for Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) District 2, which comprises Northwest Ohio.
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"If you've driven the roads after this year you've noticed the pavement is in pretty bad condition," Audet said. "It's a long time in coming and we couldn't have went another year without this money to do the work."
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"It's safer, it's faster and it's business friendly and if there's anything we need it's more job creation," Kasich said of widening roads in Northwest Ohio.
Kasich credited the record-setting budget to money raised by his administration's controversial financing plan, passed as part of legislation in 2012, which borrowed $1.5 billion against future turnpike tolls. The legislation also allowed turnpike revenue to be spent on other roads, not just the turnpike. Kasich promised to spend 90 percent of those funds in northern Ohio.
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