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For those of us who have fallen in love with Danny Ocean and his crew through the first installment, 2001's Ocean's Eleven and with the harder-to-love second in the series, Ocean's Twelve (2004), this film is a must! Where Ocean's Eleven was glitzy and stylish and Ocean's Twelve was more convoluted and mysterious, this one is a mesh of the two. Admittedly, even the cast and crew says that Twelve did not live up to the high entertainment standards set by Eleven. I'm not sure if I totally believe that, but I can say that Eleven and Twelve do seem like completely separate movies…both with different agendas. Thirteen was their way of rectifying the public dismay with Twelve so when it came to glitz and glamour and entertainment, they held absolutely nothing back. The plot (does plot really matter in these films?) revolves around Vegas developer Willie Bank (played with lots of zip by Al Pacino) who fleeces Reuben (Elliot Gould as one of the "eleven") out of his share in Bank's new casino. Enter the rest of the "eleven" to right Reuben's wrong and get even with Bank. The plot, though, is overshadowed by good looking people, good looking sets, and snappy, witty dialogue that Eleven did with perfection. Apparently, this will be the last in the series, but who knows since, at the end of this one, there seemed to be the perfect entree for a number 14.
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Michelle Cardel named Oustanding Woman Graduate Student
Congratulations to Michelle Cardel for winning the Oustanding Woman Graduate Student for 2011.
Michelle is a doctoral student and graduate assistant in Nutrition Sciences who is studying to become a registered dietitian. Michelle has been active in recruiting postdocs and faculty to UAB from her home country of Puerto Rico. She has worked with a hospice service and inner-city children. She also regularly volunteers to provide and serve meals to the homeless in the Firehouse Shelter and raised money for the Norm Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation. Michelle has made numerous mission trips to Honduras and Jamaica, and her work with inner-city children with the Jones Valley Urban Farm Seed 2 Plate project in Birmingham gave her a firsthand look at the serious and pervasive condition of malnutrition or poor nutrition in these communities. Michelle has worked hard to educate women and children about how to choose and prepare nutritious foods, even when selections are limited.
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Michael Arrington over on TechCrunch turns his attention to how the iPhone production numbers crunch, and comes back with:
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that produces the iPhone 3G for Apple, has ramped up production to 800,000 units per week, says a source close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers. This is "above current full capacity" and there may be some concerns with quality control.
Steve Jobs originally, and famously said Apple would move 10 million iPhones in 2008. With the above production, however, that's 10 million a quarter -- 40 million a year! Crazy. And what with 22 countries about to become 42 and eventually 70+ by years end, and reports of cracks in the plastic backing of the new iPhone 3G already filtering in, could quality control be any more important right now?
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Introduction to Reviews of Daniel Rice's Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited: Engagements with an American Original
[2] Still, I must ask the reader: is it not the case that my experience is only becoming more and more commonplace today? I do not mean that all theological and biblical study is dead. Indeed, there seems to be a virtual renaissance in liberationist and post-modernist apologetics among many clergy. But it is in the area of Lutheran confessional theology and its accompanying philosophy that a dearth of interest appears to manifest itself. Do you not find in the most recent seminary graduates an even more profound alienation from this kind of theological thought and speech? Don't contemporary clergy in the ELCA recoil from "orthodox" theology as something suspect at worse and frivolous at best? Isn't theology seen as a luxury when the world is in such turmoil and there is so much global repairing that cries to be done by the ordained? (I would like to hear your response to this question.)
[3] The Catholic theologian, Bernard Lonergan, clarifies the importance of theology in the life of the church when he distinguishes between "undifferentiated" and "differentiated" consciousness in the process of thinking about the faith. He describes undifferentiated thought as that response of the whole believer to the proclamation of the gospel that results in faith and obedience. It is what we primarily aim for in preaching: a kind of address that engages the whole being of the hearer, so that the scriptures "penetrate the sensibility, fire the imagination, engage the affections, touch the heart, open the eyes, attract and impel the will of the reader."1 If I am correct in my perceptions, it is this level of "undifferentiated consciousness" — where the whole person responds to the Christian message with all powers of sense, emotion, imagination, will and intellect — that most clergy exclusively value and seek to address.
[4] It is at the level of differentiated consciousness that we seem to have trouble. Here is where all other levels of consciousness but the intellect are subordinated. Here is where the war is waged over Christianity's claim of truth. It is at this level that theological deliberation is engaged with a dash of detachment, though not uninterestedness. "Differentiated consciousness" is what must be engaged within each of us when we read the Augsburg Confession, pore over Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans, or wrestle with Jaroslav Pelikan's History of Dogma with the intent of grasping with the intellect the full scope and meaning of what we grasp in faith and obedience. It is disciplined thought about God, faith, and the meaning of the human drama in light of the gospel of redemption through Christ and His cross.
[5] This May issue of Journal of Lutheran Ethics offers just such a dialogue on the level of differentiated thinking with three Lutheran scholars reviewing Daniel Rice's 2009 book, Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited: Engagements with an American Original. Each reviewer tackles one section of the book, teasing us with a synopsis of the essays therein, and whetting our appetite for more. Enjoy.
Michael Shahan is Book Review Editor of Journal of Lutheran Ethics.
1. Quoted in Leo Donald Davis, S.J., The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787): Their History and Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990) 69.
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Not the safest religious tradition we've ever heard of, but the Fire Wheel Festival in Sinca Noua, located near the city of Brasov, Romania, does sound like quite a sight. Celebrating the start of Orthodox Lent on March 3, the village asks its young men to roll hay wheels to the top of a local hill before each wheel is set alight. What follows is a true feast with music, drinking, and dancing.
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In this issue we present our annual Quality of Life Index. The U.S. looks like a pretty good choice for retirees. That's good news, now that the collapsing dollar makes the rest of the world so much more expensive. Still, Vicki and I choose to live abroad. We're Americans, but since 1981 (except for brief periods in Austin, Texas and in Las Vegas in the 1990s), we've lived overseas. Why? We have a spirit of adventure, the key to a quality retired life abroad.
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Police responded to a call at 2:45 a.m. for a shooting at Interstate 35 and Binz-Engleman, but could find a shooting there.
They then went to the Artisan Salado Falls Apartments in the 3700 block of Binz-Engleman, where they found a man lying next to a bullet-riddled car.
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WAGGGS and the Girl Scouts of Japan is hosting a WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme(WLDP) in Tokyo, Japan from 2-7 October 2012. This event is partially funded by the International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF), the Anne Scott Fund of the Olave Baden-Powell Society and Friends of Asia Pacific WAGGGS (FAPW) and the Asia Pacific Region of WAGGGS.
This event themed "Shared leadership - shaping the future" aims to explore leadership concepts and styles, develop leadership skills for the next generation of leaders, share best practices in leadership and leading others, build a network of internatonal leaders who can support each other and provide opportunity for more Japanese young leaderst o learn and experience leadership in an international setting.
|We learned that leaders have many different qualities because we did many fun activities with a variety of teaching methods that taught us about different leadership styles
This event brings together 42 participants from 21 countries, including 18 participants from Japan.
Besides important sessions on leadership, participants will also get the opportunity to learn about the leadership journey of three prominent leaders in Japan through the field visit to Hon. Yuriko Koike, a female Member of Parliament of Japan, Dr Hideko Kunii, Chair, Ricoh IT Solutions Co. Ltd and Mr Yukio Sonoyama, an expert in crisis management and revitalising corporate companies.
As part of the intercultural learning, the Girl Scouts of Japan has also prepared activities such as kimono wearing and traditional Japanese tea ceremony for the participants.
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An Anderson architect says he wants to help breathe new life into the closed Wigwam gymnasium. Our partners at the Anderson Herald Bulletin report the city's Redevelopment Commission has endorsed a plan to spend $10,000 on a feasibility study on Jesse Wilkerson's ideas, including turning the former high school gym into a convention center.
Anderson Community Schools approved the closure of the facility last summer in an effort to save more than half of a million dollars in utility costs. The district still owns the property, and the paper reports there have been no talks with the city.
Wilkerson says he has had discussions with multiple companies and a National Basketball Association player who he says are interested in using the space.
The study would still need the approval of Anderson's Board of Public Works.
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Patriotism scarce? No, it abounds in many forms
As the Fourth of July, that most patriotic of American holidays, approached last week, Bill O'Reilly and Charles Krauthammer on Fox News ginned up the specter of a patriotism crisis in the country.
They were concerned – very concerned – over a number from a Pew Research Center report. "New poll, Charles," O'Reilly offered as he set up Krauthammer's response. "As adults, do you often feel proud to be an American? Fifty-six percent indicated they do, the rest 44 percent — big number — saying, 'No, not often.'"
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple pretty much dismantled the Faux News bit on his blog the next day. As any pollster or sociologist knows, the way you ask a polling question will sharply alter the response.
The Pew study, Wemple reported, "posed a series of statements and asked whether the sentiment 'applies' to the respondent. For the patriotism question, it asked whether folks feel that way 'often,' rather than just as a general proposition. (It's worth noting that 34 percent said "sports fan" applied to them, a number that strikes me well below what conventional wisdom might suggest.)
Worded with less nuance, other polls have yielded results that should reassure anyone worried about the state of patriotism. More than a dozen Pew polls since 1989 have asked people if they agree "I am very patriotic." Twenty-five years ago, the percentage was 89 percent – as it was the last time the question was asked two years ago. In between, it hovered between 89 and 92 percent.
What, after all, is patriotism? Is it the remark of Navy hero Stephen Decatur early in the 19th century, admittedly stripped of nuance in its frequent retelling, "my country, right or wrong?" Did Wisconsin Sen. Carl Shurz get it right when, citing that phrase, he continued: "My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
I came of age in the 1960s. Debates raged – it's hard, today, to remember or convey the intensity and violence of those angry days – over whether those who questioned our engagement in Vietnam were traitors – or patriots who wanted to set right a wrong country.
Leonard Pitts on this page Tuesday quoted reactions to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia "who called it a work of 'manifold evils' and Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater who called it a "monstrous instrument of oppression."
Wrong though he was on that score, was Goldwater a patriot? Most certainly so.
So, too, were those who through the civil rights movement challenged 200 years of oppression. Derided by foes as un-American and even communist, they had a zeal for the core values of this republic that saw them, for example, die trying to uphold them 50 years ago in "freedom summer."
Will Eric Snowden, who leaked thousands of government documents, be remembered as a traitor who undermined security or a patriot who ignited an important debate over government surveillance?
Our reverence for a person's patriotism can be a shape-shifter. John Kerry, long admired for his patriotism in serving in Vietnam, was pilloried as a presidential candidate by other swift boat veterans as a fake. George W. Bush was challenged by his opponents for evading active service in that same Vietnam War. But whatever you think of his policy response to 9/11, he rallied the country with force and eloquence in the attack's immediate aftermath.
Patriotism, like so much, is complicated.
But is it in short supply? I don't think so – especially if you embrace its many forms.
Bob Ashley is editor of The Herald-Sun. You can reach him at 919-419-6678 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hard work brings full January moon to life
January 16, 2014 • Tamera Schlueter
This week welcomes the first full moon of 2014. Native Americans call it a "Wolf Moon," so named from hungry wolves howling in the biting cold by Indian villages. It's a fitting name, as there is indeed something carnal about a cold, dark January, when spring is but a faraway dream.
We humans have veered quite far from ancestral wanderings beneath that fat, winter moon. We chug away on treadmills in gyms swamped with resolution hopefuls, and grimace upon post-holiday scales. Gone are the days when exercise was just an ordinary part of a hard day's work — for most of us anyway.
There's something about that January moon that stirs an ancient yearning to work with iron and wood; turning nothing into something of bona fide use. Hunka Burnin' Hubby is the January moon come to life.
My husband is a man of few words, but what he makes with his hands speaks volumes for a character grounded in old-fashioned effort. "Wood pile's getting low," he announced a couple days ago. "Want to ride along to cut some more?"
The Schlueterville setters and I pile into his enormous truck, and watch a parched-brown world go by as we pull a flatbed trailer down sleeping gravel roads. There's something sad and unnatural about a bone-dry winter. Perhaps the Wolf Moon will call in some much needed January snow.
We drive into a friend's field on a waning afternoon, a cornfield bordered by elm, mulberry and ash. Most of the trees are strong and healthy. Others have given up the ghost. We find one fallen in a heap, way back in a mass of tangled brush.
"This'll do," says Hunka, and we haul heavy log chain and a couple chainsaws to the site. The man looks at home in his natural environment, moving with an ease born from making a living with calloused hands. The setters launch into the tall brown grass, disappearing from view in the wink of an eye to flush up quail and track the scent of deer. Across the field a huge horned owl glides from his treetop perch, in search of a quieter place of sentry.
As for me, I put on a show, screwing in spongy orange earplugs and pulling on heavy leather gloves. But my Iowa farm-kid days have long been replaced with an office desk and computer screen. I stomp about in scuffed hiking boots, but am largely out of my element.
Hunka yanks the cord and the saw barks to life, kicking out sawdust as it slices through twisted trunk and heavy branches. Chunks of wood fall to the ground, launching clouds of powdery dust. I step away from the carnage to whistle for the setters, making sure their noses haven't taken them too far.
We worked for hours in relative silence, in a setting far too many people never have the chance to experience. He cuts the wood and chains it together. I pull it from the brush by way of bumper hitch and churning diesel truck. In an odd sort of way, we're a bit like wolves howling in the January cold outside the village, warning the world to stay out of the way.
Tonight we'll build a fire with the wood we gathered, in the stone fireplace Hunka built with his own two hands. Perhaps we'll don flannel and wool socks for cheesy authentic flair, and drink hot chocolate as we watch the flames dance and pop.
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Toledo Manhandles St. Bonaventure to Capture Glass City Tournament, 59-45
TOLEDO, OH - Toledo took care of its business and secured a 59-45 victory over St. Bonaventure on Sunday in the championship game of the inaugural Glass City Tournament in Savage Arena. With the impressive 14-point triumph, the Rockets' run their win streak to five-straight games and improve to 6-1 overall.
UT shot an impressive 44.6 percent (25-of-56) from the floor and 75.0 percent (6-of-8) from the charity stripe to capture its second tourney title in the last nine days. The Rockets also won the John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic in Reno, NV last weekend with victories against Santa Clara and the host Wolf Pack.
The three-time reigning Mid-American Conference West Division champions also did a great job taking care of the basketball against the Bonnies (4-5) and finished with 18 assists, compared to only 14 turnovers.
Senior Yolanda Richardson led four Rockets in double figures with 12 points, nine boards, three dimes and two rejections to garner all-tourney accolades.
Joining Richardson in double digits were junior Andola Dortch with a team-tying best 12 points, senior Lecretia Smith had a season-tying best 11 points and senior Naama Shafir contributed 10 points in the well-orchestrated attack. Richardson and Smith controlled the lane and helped UT post a sizable 36-14 edge in points in the paint.
Shafir was the only Rocket to score at least 10 points in both contests this weekend and was selected the tourney MVP for a second-straight week. The Hoshaya, Israel native averaged a team-high 11.0 ppg and 4.5 apg and was accompanied on the all-tournament squad by Dortch and Richardson.
As has become customary with the Rockets this season, they jumped out to an early lead. Toledo received three points from Smith, as well as field goals from Richardson and Shafir to take a 7-2 advantage at 16:23.
St. Bonaventure quickly retaliated with a mini 5-0 run to knot the difference at 7-7 with 11:30 remaining in the half. SBU collected a field goal from all-tourney performer Alaina Walker, a pair of charity tosses from Ashley Zahn and a single free throw from Hannah Little to draw the teams even nearing the midway point of the opening period.
UT was able to respond, though, with a jumper by Smith and a triple from Dortch to reclaim the lead for good, 12-7, at 10:48.
Toledo continued to play with the advantage as the first stanza wore on and back-to-back baskets from Richardson and Smith made the score 20-15, forcing the Bonnies into a timeout at 5:40.
The Rockets were still not done attacking and closed the half with an 11-1 burst to open up a 30-19 cushion at the intermission. Sophomore Inma Zanoguera sparked the late run with six points to help the home team build a double-digit cushion at the break.
Smith led the Midnight Blue & Gold with nine points in the opening 20 minutes, while Zanoguera and Richardson had six points each.
The Rockets did not take their foot off the accelerator to begin the second period, scoring nine of the first 10 points to open up a 39-20 lead, prompting St. Bonaventure into another stoppage at 17:27. Dortch and Richardson combined to tally all nine points in the run.
Toledo then put the game away with a triple by Shafir, followed by back-to-back field goals from junior Brianna Jones and senior Kyle Baumgartner to expand the cushion to 51-30 at 9:06.
SBU did not go down without a fight, though, and cut the margin to 13 points, 53-40, with a little under five minutes left, but UT stood its ground and did not let the visitors pull any closer.
Emily Michael paced St. Bonaventure with 13 points and Walker had 11 points in a losing effort.
The Bonnies were limited to 31.7 percent (13-of-41) from the floor, including 33.3 percent (5-of-13) from beyond the arc, and 51.9 percent (6-of-8) from charity stripe. SBU was guilty of 19 miscues in the tourney finals , which UT translated into an important 25 points.
The Rockets return to action on Saturday, Dec. 8 when they host Horizon League member Milwaukee. The opening tip against the Panthers will at 2:00 p.m. in Savage Arena. UT will look to avenge a 60-57 setback to UWM on Dec. 18, 2011 in the Klotsche Center.
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Raven Berry, SIU Edwardsville
Alaina Walker, St. Bonaventure
Andola Dortch, TOLEDO
Yolanda Richardson, TOLEDO
Naama Shafir, TOLEDO (MVP)
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Vin Baker Training To Manage A Starbucks
The former Bucks and Sonics All-Star big man, who fought alcoholism and lost nearly $100 million, is bouncing back, and wants people to learn from his journey. Baker's biggest rebound
The former Bucks and Sonics All-Star big man, who fought alcoholism and lost nearly $100 million, is bouncing back, and wants people to learn from his journey. Baker's biggest rebound
The Shaquille O'Neal-Scottie Pippen feud shows no signs of stopping, as the former star big man launched a torrent of trash talk Pippen's way on Tuesday. Shaq: Scottie not in scouting report
Clippers Night is in full effect at Dodgers Stadium. 🏀⚾ pic.twitter.com/doB0JlLcSz
In a Twitter Q&A, LeBron James was asked "are you doing Space Jam 2??" And the NBA star, who recently signed a deal with Warner Bros., tweeted: "Maybe.......Guess we'll just have to wait and see. #LooneyToonsRock" Warner Bros. filed for three new Space Jam trademarks last month.
Steve Kerr will undergo the surgery today for a herniated disk, according to CSN Bay Area. The defending champions open training camp in late September.
The Wisconsin state assembly agreed to spend $250M in tax payer money on a new arena. Team owner Peter Feigin said in a statement that the deal will allow the Bucks to remain in Wisconsin.
The free-agent forward is reportedly being looked at by the Knicks, Rockets and Mavericks. Boozer, 33, may need to agree to a veteran's minimum contract to continue his NBA career. NBA rumor roundup
We celebrate 4x NBA Champion Manu Ginobili's 38th birthday with this vicious dunk. vine.co/v/eXAAEU6D6OD
ICYMI: @kobebryant is helping World Cup hero @CarliLloyd shake off the haters on Twitter: es.pn/1JN3olr pic.twitter.com/cDKYm028pX
With all of the recent contract signings, here's a look at the updated #Pacers roster: pic.twitter.com/oWkzF0OkaD
Well, he wasn't actually banned from the Orange County fair: Since Gilbert Arenas won a stuffed animal on each basketball game, he wasn't allowed to play anymore. Instant Awesome
A week after Riley Curry broke out The Whip and The Nae Nae, Leah Still fired back with her own version ... and a dance-off challenge. Watch
It's your 38th birthday, @manuginobili, so give yourself a break. #TransformationTuesday pic.twitter.com/Kj7lBmQ8UP
There are some low-key players that will be free agents in 2016 who could be in for big paydays if they perform well this season. Chief among them? Guards Harrison Barnes and Jordan Clarkson, says Kevin Pelton. Full list (Insider)
Bol Bol is 6-foot-10 and 15 years old, but he isn't just a rim protector -- as his latest mixtape filled with jumpers, 3's and coast-to-coast buckets shows. Watch
Very excited to be back with the Cavs next season! #ALLinCLE
If you come at USWNT hero Carli Lloyd on Twitter, you better get ready to be owned by one of the NBA's biggest stars/U.S. soccer fans. Bryant sticks up for Lloyd
Pacers president Larry Bird told "The Dan Patrick Show" that Michael Jordan would beat him if they played 1-on-1 now: "I'm 40 pounds more than I was when I played, I'm broken down. I really don't care like I used to." Bird speaks out
In Part 5 of The Phil Files, Phil Jackson said of then-Knicks PG Shane Larkin: "Unfortunately, Shane hasn't grown any since the start of the season." Larkin responded on Twitter: "couldn't grow in an offense I wasn't comfortable in. All good. No shade. Glad I'm across the river now. Wish them luck." The Phil Files
OC Fair tells @ABC7JulieSone that Gilbert Arenas hit the daily max prize limit of 15 on the basketball games, can come back another day.
One of the most HUMBLE people I've met...who truly backs up his words w action. Thx @damianlillard @dame_lillard for being such a great supporter of @SpecialOlympics ????????????
On my way to South Africa for the @NBAAfrica game! Very excited! #nbacares @NBA pic.twitter.com/Hk4iisUROI
Phil Jackson told Charley Rosen of the media criticism he faced in his first season running the Knicks: "As I've said before, the media can do and say whatever they please. It's easy for me to ignore them because I'm doing the job that I've been hired to do." The Phil Files
Amir Johnson describes picking jersey No. 90. (CliffsNotes: Didn't want KG controversy; 90s was an awesome decade) pic.twitter.com/kAUINpMocL
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I seem to be the ONLY Group member uploading anything here -- why do not MORE of you put some on ? Surely there must be more of you doing 'Monochrome' photos -- and it is the SAME in the other Groups I have joined on this site -- nobody seem to be taking any PHOTOS lately -- just talking about it !
Good morning, Pete;
It is time that I said something.
When we look at the results posted so far, yes, we can say that you are "hogging" the photographic uploads, but then, you are the only one providing any photographs. This is not a bad thing. Nice to see that someone is.
One of the ironic difficulties with this system is that, while we have a liking for using film, in order to share what we have done with our film and perhaps our prints from that film, we need to convert it from the original "analogue form" into the more "modern" digital form which can then be sent over the internet to APUG and to share with other people who also like film. Yes, I agree that this is a little weird, but that seems to be what needs to be done.
To this end, I am still working on getting a system set up to do this kind of thing here. I do develop my own black and white film, up to 4 by 5. Then for the purpose of scanning film and making files for printing or sending off to APUG and other places on the Internet, there is a Nikon CoolScan LS-9000ED film scanner here that will do up to 6 x 9 medium format negatives. I did look at something for scanning 4 by 5, but that seems to take going up to something like the Hasselblad FX1 drum film scanner, and right now they have increased in price up to $16,000 USD. I like my film stuff, and I do have a lot invested in it, as shown by the reports of what has been purchased in recent years, but it is not yet easy to consider purchasing a film scanner for what a small car will cost today, although I will admit that the vendor did say that at their price, the shipping was free. Anyway, now there is also the point that a new computer system dedicated to only digital photographic image file processing, without any connection to the Internet, is next on the list, and it will be a lot less expensive than the Nikon 9000ED was. But then I will need to load Adobe PhotoShop Creative Suite 4 onto it along with all of the other programs and drivers for use with the film scanner. This in itself is a significant task.
So, Pete, yes, right now you are the main provider of the photographs we have seen. One of the reasons may very well be that we have not yet caught up with you in terms of the equipment and things needed to be able to do what you are doing right now. Please give us some time.
Enjoy; Ralph, Latte Land, Washington


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When Michael quit Time Warner Cable, it was easy. Too easy. He didn't face retention staff begging him to stay. They canceled the account, and let the couple go. Temporarily. After only a few days, Time Warner began to call them to win them back, With some coaxing and special discounts, Michael and Mrs. Michael came back. Then they learned that the deal that enticed them back was not, strictly speaking, real. [More]
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Why is it that when we take customer service surveys, store employees beg us to either give them a perfect score or not bother? Reader C. used to work for a now-defunct retailer whose name rhymes with "disorders." She was in management, and explains why a perfect score, and only a perfect score, counts. [More]
Celebrity Chef Gives Us The VIP Treatment After We Miss Out On Restaurant Week Deal
Consumerist reader Tom is not the kind of guy who usually goes out for fancy meals. But heck, it was his wife's birthday coming up and one of her favorite local restaurants was participating in Jersey Shore Restaurant Week. It would be perfect — a nice dinner + plus a great deal = a happy wife and an equally happy wallet. But then Tom realized the deal had just expired, and decided to throw a hail Mary pass via social media. [More]
Delta Employees Dig Through Trash To Find "Daddy Shirt" Worn By 7-Year-Old's Late Father
Warning, if you have a heart, you might need to grab a couple of tissues before reading this story, which serves as proof that there are customer service reps out there who actually care about customers. A little boy who lost a shirt worn by his late father was reunited with the treasured possession after Delta Airlines employees searched through the trash to find it. [More]
McDonald's Wants To Fix Service That Customers Find 'Chaotic'
No one expects four-star service at a fast-food joint, but at the same time you expect service to be, well, fast. And somewhat competent. McDonald's currently faces falling sales, and 20% of the complaints they receive are about customer service. Customers complain about "chaotic" service and "unprofessional" employees. Logical conclusion: time to work on their customer service. The chain is overhauling their ordering system in an attempt to make fewer mistakes and speed things along. Will it work? Maybe. [More]
Using The EECB Gets Me A SimCity Refund, But What About Everyone Else?
Consumerist reader Kevin was one of many SimCity gamers ticked off last week (likely plenty are still fuming this week), but unlike many of his fellow players, he was able to procure a refund for the deluxe digital edition. What in the what? "But EA doesn't seem to be giving out refunds!" you might've just yelled at the screen. Kevin attributes his success to the executive email carpet bomb, or the EECB. [More]
Google Promises Nexus 7 In 3-5 Business Days, Will Ship It 4 Days Later
Silly Bryan: he got this idea in his head that "In Stock – Delivered in 3-5 business days" on the Google Nexus 7 ordering page meant that he could order a tablet and it would be delivered in 3-5 business days. He needed it within five business days, and placed an order. Instead of the promised two business days for processing, the tablet was set to ship out on Thursday when he's leaving for the trip on Sunday. 2nd Day Air wasn't going to work. [More]
Time Doesn't Really Fly When Repair Shop Keeps Your Clock For More Than 22 Years
We've heard some horror stories about customer service here at Consumerist HQ, but the examples coming from customers of a clock shop in New York are totally taking the cake. One woman dropped off her timepiece for repairs 22 years ago… and hasn't seen it since.
We understand the desire to take out your frustrations with the folks in customer service, but mocking these people when they're just trying to respond to your complaint can make you look like a bit of a jerk. [via TheBillFold.com]
I Want Toys 'R' Us Protection Plan Help, Manager Threatens To Call Cops
It wasn't very long ago at all that Esdras went to Toys 'R' Us and bought a tablet for his son. Barely four months ago, he picked up the KD Interactive Android tablet, along with a protection plan. A protection plan is generally a good idea when you combine a toddler and an electronic device, even if it is one designed especially for kids. Where Esdras got confused, though, was when the cashier gave him incorrect instructions regarding the protection plan. Just bring the item back if he had any problems, he was told. No plan brochure, no details, nothing. [More]
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LW sells on eBay a lot, and has a neat trick to save on listing fees. He sets up listings in a third-party program, then waits until the site is running a free listings promotion. Then, bam! All four hundred listings go up at once! The plan is flawed, though, because eBay doesn't want to give LW those sweet, sweet fee discounts. He has to call to get them. Over and over. [More]
Should Diners Be Rewarded For Well-Behaved Kids, Or Should That Just Be The Norm?
We've seen the joy that can spread when restaurant employees type in an personalized discount on diner's receipts — perhaps complimenting the customer or simply giving a discount to wish a mother-to-be luck. In another recent case of a generous restaurant server, the worker gave a family $4 off the bill for having "well behaved kids." Sweet, right? Or should it just be expected that if you're dining out, you keep your kids under control?
Boston Market Worker Fired For Telling Exec On 'Undercover Boss' That He Hates Customers
While service industry workers can't go around thinking that every new hire is a mole operating as part of a reality TV show, perhaps it's not the best idea to tell the co-worker you just met how much you despise, loathe and otherwise abhor your customers. A loose-lipped Boston Market worker found himself removed from those customers he hated so, after admitting as much to an undercover company executive on Undercover Boss. [More]
Shockingly, Customers Who Buy Google Products Expect Some Customer Service
We've posted before about how Google's idea of offering product support is to maintain some customer forums and peek in every once in a while. That's understandable for free tools like Gmail and standard Google Voice, but customers who have paid Google for services expect more. For example, many of the customers who have paid to port their phone numbers to Google Voice so far this month have received an e-mail confirming that their port went through…then discover that people who call them are getting a message that the number has been disconnected. [More]
SodaStream Customer Service Finds It Hilarious That Its Products Send Me Straight To The Toilet
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I Use Facebook To Check On My Monitor Repair, Samsung Just Goes Ahead And Sends Me Better One
Graeme has two Samsung monitors, and has had them repaired under warranty a few times. Two years into his three-year warranty, he sent a monitor that snapped off its stand in for repair. Not terribly worried, he checked in on it using Facebook. Samsung took this as an indication that he was unhappy, and should be sent a larger, newer, better monitor.


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MILWAUKEE — Since Kohl's decided not to build its headquarters in Milwaukee's Park East Corridor, new ideas are surfacing as to what to do with the vacant eye sore in downtown Milwaukee.
There is lots of talk about the future of the Bradley Center, and Milwaukee developer Gary Gruneau said he is trying to convince the Bradley Center to lease land in the Park East Corridor for the next five years.
In an interview with Milwaukee's Business Journal, Gruneau said: "I don't think there's a higher or better use for it now that Kohl's isn't moving down there. It would be devastating to lose the Bradley Center and the Bucks."
Gruneau is referring to the fact that the Milwaukee Bucks still don't have a long-term lease with the Bradley Center. Gruneau believes the Park East Corridor could initially be leased for parking, and eventually be the spot where a new arena could be built.
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Sometimes you write a post that you believe in and people comment that it's "stupid" or I'm a "fanboy." (I'm still waiting for someone to call me a Yahoo! fanboy.) Other times, someone will make a point and I'll just think:
"wow… that's awesome… he/she really put his/her finger on it…"
Well, that happened to me this morning in relation to a post I wrote on Wednesday called "Facebook's MySpace Moment: Why Twitter Is Already Bigger than Facebook."
I argued then that Facebook had already jumped the shark from a coolness factor perspective. Furthermore, I stated that I believe Twitter's already cooler. In my view, it's just a matter of time (maybe 4 – 5 years) until Twitter surpasses Facebook in revenue and market cap (although I believe Twitter will get bought long before that happens). I also explained why I believed Twitter's 'interest graph" is going to be much more powerful over time to advertisers than Facebook's "social graph" — at least after they really strap the artificial intelligence jets to the actual data to make it sing.
Ok. So far, so good.
Then, yesterday, while the rest of Silicon Valley's bloggers were sleeping, All Things D's Mike Isaac reported that "Instagram beats Twitter in Daily Mobile Users for the First Time, Data Says."
Ugh. I felt a lump in my stomach when I read that.
Obviously, I am a fan of Twitter and not a fan of Facebook. I'm also an Instagram fan.
Truth be told, my first reaction to the news that Mark Zuckerberg had bought Instagram last Spring for $1 billion was: "F—, why didn't Jack Dorsey buy these guys first?"
Dorsey knows Instagram founder and CEO, Kevin Systrom, very well. Systrom once worked for Dorsey as an intern. Dorsey used to tweet Instagram photos all the time. Ever since the deal between Instagram and Facebook was announced, Dorsey's only tweeted photos via Twitter's "pic.twitter.com" photo service.
So, kudos to Mark Zuckerberg for being bold and knowing a good thing when he saw it in Instagram.
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Speculation regarding a summer exit for the Croatia international has been building steadily for some months now.
From the moment that it was announced that Robert Lewandowski will be joining Bayern this summer as a free agent - once his contract at Borussia Dortmund has expired - doubts have been cast over Mandzukic's role.
The rumours have intensified after it was revealed that Pep Guardiola had left the striker out of his squad for the German Cup final.
Disciplinary reasons have been cited for his absence, and they could force him a little closer to the exit door.
Were Mandzukic to be made available, there would be no shortage of takers for a man who has been a regular source of goals for Wolfsburg and Bayern in the Bundesliga and one who has netted 13 times in 48 appearances for his country.
"If Mario stays here, it won't be easy for him because a world-class player is coming to us," Rummenigge told FAZ.
"The question is whether he wants to face up to his competition or would prefer to go to another club.
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Gooch is a winner with US
by Stuart Vose
Academy product plays key role in tournament victory.
Budding star Lynden Gooch was celebrating after winning the U20 National Training Center Invitational with his native United States.
Gooch and his team-mates secured overall victory with a 0-0 draw against Australia, ensuring they finished top of the four-team mini league.
The US had beaten Chile 2-1 in their opening game before running out 4-0 winners against Bermuda.
Gooch was desperately unlucky not to find the net against the Australians, hitting the woodwork on three occasions.
The US U20 squad will now turn their attentions to 2015 U20 World Cup qualifying, which begins early next year.


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continued Palmer said that bridges were an ideal project to go out for bonding.
"If anything is going to be bonded, it probably should be bridges," he said. "The life of a bridge is 75 years. It spreads the cost out among the users over the useful life of the bridge."
Chesterfield Supervisor Gerald Morrow said he felt the county needed to start investing more in infrastructure.
"The reason that the budget is like this is because we keep putting items like this off," Morrow said. "We have some bad roads in Essex County and they do not last as long as these bridges will. Tony said that he could use money from other places for these bridges but if he did then something else would have to suffer."
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Posted by shadesofpurple on 02/27/2010
The best food and very friendly service, the only thing is that this place only has maybe 3 or 4 tables and bare walled.
Posted by Marisa on 01/18/2010
I had never had Ethiopian food before, but the food at Meskel was fantastic. Our waitress took time & explained the dishes on the menu and everything turned out great (especially the avocado salad vegetarian sampler). All and all a great experience and I'm happy to leave feedback for Meskel.
Posted by Ethiopian Food Lover on 12/06/2009
I should know by now that I will never experience Ethiopian food as I have experienced it in London, LA, SF, DC, and even Kigali. After reading the reviews for Meskel, I was hoping that perhaps it would make up for the 3 other disappointing Ethiopian restaurants I have tried in the city. Dead wrong. If anything, it was the most disappointing. Skimpy portions (the vegetarian combo which is usually enough for two people was barely enough for one); bland injera; stingy on the injera (we asked for more and the server brought us ONE small piece); and terrible service (and normally I really don't care/even sometimes enjoy when the service is a bit slow). Eating with a friend who had never had Ethiopian food, I was embarrassed and ashamed of my favorite cuisine. This was compounded by the fact that when I looked over at the table next to us, I saw that the family had each ordered individual entrees - blasphemous for a cuisine that has such a rich culture of sharing from the same plate. Please, someone suggest a restaurant in NYC that does Ethiopian food justice!
Posted by BrianNYC on 06/15/2009
I had never tried Ethiopian food before ordering from this place. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised and since I eat there often, enjoying the healthy and light cuisine as well as the cultural experience it offers. The experience is quite unique. You eat with your hands, and can order one large injera to share, or have individual pieces. The presentation is rather sparse, but the food is delicious. Definitely worth a try!
Posted by muirin on 05/19/2009
I used to live in DC, so I was used to eating very good Ethiopian food. This is the best place I have found in NYC! The food is delicious and a great value (for 2 people, I usually get the meat/veggie combo platter and an order of doro wat), and the staff is always nice. Highly recommended!
Posted by Betsy on 12/06/2008
Meskel is the only place I've had Ethiopian. That said, my husband and I love this place. The food is delicious - I especially recommend their tangy tomato salad (Timatim Fitfit). We usually get one of the combination plates. There are plenty of vegetarian options. The service is very friendly and a couple times I have walked by when they are closed and they have opened up early for me!
Posted by Local foodie on 01/05/2008
Do you want to know a little known secret? Meskel is truly one of the most wonderful Ethiopian restaurants in the city. The food is an absolute delight to eat and I have to force myself to slow down to be sure to savor every morsel. Each dish from the vegetarian to the meats are spiced to perfection and the injera is perfectly thin, light and freshly made. I eat here a few times a month and won't go anywhere else downtown to get my fix of this delicious cuisine. And, as far as all of the negative write-ups about poor service, I think people are being ethnocentric and foolish. The staff is always gracious and accommodating and not hurried to turnover a table. Isn't this a nice change from the norm? Meskel is a gem. (PS: Silverware is a Western construct, so awaken your cultural senses and eat with your hands as is the custom for this type of cuisine.)


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Las Cruces – A state commission has voted not to change a system that allocates most pronghorn hunting licenses in New Mexico to private landowners instead of the public.
The 4-3 state Game Commission vote on Thursday rejected concerns raised by the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and many of its members. They advocated changing the rules to move more licenses into the state's public lottery system so New Mexico residents get more permits.
Game commissioners say they were worried that private landowners who now get about 70 percent of all licenses will withdraw their lands from hunting without the permits.
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REGION 23 ALL-STAR FOOTBALL CLASSIC SET FOR THIS WEEKEND IN BOONEVILLENovember 27, 2012
BOONEVILLE, Miss. – Northeast Mississippi Community College continues to prepare to host the thirty-ninth annual Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic at Tiger Stadium again for 2012.
Players are scheduled to report on Thursday, November 29 at noon with the annual all-star event kicking off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 1.
All-star coaches are selected on a rotating basis and this year the North squad will be coached by Coahoma Community College's head coach Freeman Horton and his staff. For the South squad, it will be Hinds Community College's head coach Gene Murphy and his staff.
Thirty-three players comprise each roster with each institution contributing three athletes – the remainder of the roster is selected by the all-star coaches but no more than eight players from one school is allowed on one team. A complete tentative roster will be released as soon as one is available.
Athletes immediately hit the field following reporting to Booneville. Each squad – North and South – will have three practices before Saturday's game. Thursday players will only practice once while teams double up on Friday.
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The torch was passed from dirt champions Kane Hekili and Vermilion when Success Brocken edged Casino Drive by a neck in record time while winning the $2.2 million February Stakes (Jpn-I) before 70,000 at Tokyo Race Course Feb. 22.
Casino Drive won the Peter Pan (gr. II) at Belmont Park last year and finished 12th in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
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The University of Colorado Foundation has elected Carl A. ("Spike") Eklund of Denver to a two-year term as chair of its Board of Directors, and Jeremy O. May of Broomfield to a two-year term as vice chair.
Eklund, senior counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP, brings to this role substantial experience and passion for the University of Colorado. He has served on the CU Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005, in roles including vice chair and chair of the membership and governance committees. He earned a B.A. from CU-Boulder in 1967, and a J.D. from the CU Law School in 1971.
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A single telephone call might have made a difference. Through all of this, no one contacted Joseph Botz, Tiller's parole officer.
"Oh boy," Botz exclaims as he's told about the litany of lawsuits and investigations by the circuit attorney, the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and U.S. postal inspectors. "Geez," he says at one point. The situation is definitely cause for concern, he adds.
"I just never knew about it," Botz says. "It sounds like you're telling me a lot more than I can tell you."
Botz says he'll talk with his supervisor as soon as he gets off the phone. Within a week, the corrections department upgrades Tiller's parole status from minimum supervision to regular supervision so that he will be watched more closely. In addition, parole officers will investigate Tiller to determine whether he should be returned to prison, standard procedure whenever a parolee moves from minimum to regular supervision.
Corrections spokesman Tim Kniest says Tiller could remain free because he hasn't been arrested or convicted of a new crime, but his parole could be revoked if he hasn't been truthful about his employment or where he's living.
At the most, Tiller would remain behind bars until April 3, 2003, when his sentence expires.
Inmates aren't the only ones at risk so long as Tiller is free.
Lisa McMurtry, a friend to Tiller's son Tommy, says she gave Tiller $13,500 after he told her he'd help her and two friends set up an investigation agency. "[He said] 'I'm telling you it's a moneymaker' and this and this and that," McMurtry says. Then Tiller convinced her to give him another $5,000 to prevent Tommy's car from being repossessed but told her not to tell his son about it.
The finance company took the car, and Tiller hasn't made good on promises to return her money by July 9.
"Now that it's coming time for him to pay the money back, he's come up with so many lies and so many different stories," she says. "He basically took all three of us for the fool."
Tiller dismisses McMurtry's story.
"That was a personal loan," he says.
Since Harris' license was suspended in September, Sarah Cato has been the lawyer at the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team.
Tiller says his boss is a good lawyer but that she has her flaws.
"Miss Cato, she doesn't like going after other attorneys," Tiller says. "She has on [some] issues, but there's been several cases where other attorneys have actually blatantly screwed somebody. I've argued with her about it and she would not do something."
An odd statement, given that a good portion of the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team's clients claim they were convicted as a result of ineffective counsel.
Cato sees herself as a cross between a janitor and a fireman.
"I'm making an effort to try to clean up the mess for the clients," she says. "We are working diligently every day to try to address the new cases, as well as try to catch up on the work that was to be done."
Really, Cato says, the mess isn't as ugly as it may seem. It's as much a failure to communicate as anything else, she insists, regardless of the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel's conclusions.
"Good communication was not had in a lot of these files," she says. "It's not that the work was not done -- the work was done, and it was not relayed to the appropriate parties as to what was done. People don't understand, also, that because you send money to a law firm and there's not a lawsuit that is immediately filed, that is not an indicator that there was not work done."
Yes, the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team sometimes demands more money before it files anything in court, Cato says, but that's because it takes so much time to review cases, Cato says. "You have to do that ... review before you can give somebody an intelligent answer," she explains. "Nobody can work for free."
Cato says clients sign retainer agreements that make it clear their money won't necessarily result in anything being filed in court, but she stops short of saying that happens in all cases. "I try to make it a practice to do that," she says.
Several people who say they were scammed say that's not what happened in their cases. And that's not what Mills has heard. "Everybody I've talked to in this situation was under the distinct impression that that by paying this money, they were in fact going to get some results, not just get an evaluation," he says.
Cato, who formerly worked in the St. Louis city counselor's office handling nuisance-property cases, is cagey about who hired her. She says she answered a newspaper advertisement.
"Actually I was hired by the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team," she says. "I was hired by the corporation." Who, exactly, conducted the job interview? "Well, I spoke with a couple of different people, and eventually I took over the stock," she says.
As the current owner of the Civil Rights Legal Defense Team, Cato says she's in charge, but she's not eager to take responsibility for judgments against the company. "I'm not going to encourage anybody," she says. "Whoever it is needs to talk to their attorney and figure that out."
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The Northern Cape mining town of Kathu will be represented at the SARU National Club Championships for the first time after Sishen Rugby Club beat neighbours Kuruman 22-18 in a nail-biting Griquas Super League final last Saturday.
It will be Sishen's maiden appearance at the season-ending tournament, to be held this year at the Rustenburg Impala Rugby Club from 15-21 September, and which will feature non-university teams only for the first time in its 38-year history.
Sishen's victory also meant heartbreak for Kuruman for the second year running, after they had finished the 2011 league unbeaten, only to lose the final to Kimberley Police in an historic, post-extra time penalty shoot-out.
Sishen will join three other clubs already qualified, namely Villagers Worcester (Boland), Blanco (South Western Districts) and Durbanville-Bellville (Western Province). Interestingly, none of the four appeared at the 2011 tournament and, like Sishen, it will be Durbanville's first appearance on the national stage.
The identities of the remaining 12 automatic qualifiers and two invited teams will be confirmed over the course of the next two-and-a-half months as the various provincial leagues reach their climax.
Elsewhere around the country, Varsity Cup champions Tuks geared up for their upcoming unofficial heavyweight title clash in Durban against SA's top-ranked non-university club, College Rovers, with a ninth straight victory – 27-14 over Naka Bulls – in the Blue Bulls' Carlton League.
The Champions' Challenge has the backing of SARU as well as the KZN and Blue Bulls Rugby Unions, and takes place on Friday 22 June at Mr Price Kings Park (kick-off 17h00), as the curtain-raiser to the 'Barney's Army' charity match between tThe Sharks and a John Smit World XV. It will be the first time since the 1991 National Club Championships that Tuks play in KZN.
"A match between the Varsity Cup champions and the country's best so-called 'open' club is a game which many people have been calling for," said SARU CEO Jurie Roux. "Providing non-university clubs with increased exposure and better competitive platforms is one of SARU's priorities and we look forward to making further announcements later this year."
Tuks' victory gives the Pretoria students a four-point lead over nearest rivals Pretoria Police, who hammered Silver Valke 95-0 to move one step closer to representing the province at the Club Champs.
Across the Jukskei River, Union caused one of the biggest upsets of the weekend in the Predator Super League when they beat Raiders 34-19 on a bitterly cold afternoon at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Johannesburg.
In other results, Wits beat Brakpan 22-10, the vastly-improved NWU Vaal hammered Alberton 55-7, and Club Champs hosts Rustenburg Impala eased past Pirates 45-26. Valke clubs in particular proved very competitive against the league's university clubs, Springs beating national club champions NWU Pukke 24-15 and Boksburg going down 41-29 to UJ in a tightly-contested affair.
In Mpumalanga, there is little to separate Middelburg and Witbank Ferro's as they vie for the Highveld title, after Middelburg beat East Rand Police 50-12 and Ferros crushed Elsburg 66-0 in the cross-border Merlin league also featuring the best Leopards and Valke clubs not competing in the Predator.
The top Highveld team will play the Lowveld champions at the end of the season for a place at the Club Champs, with Nelspruit and Witrivier the favourite at this stage to emerge from what has proved to be a highly-competitive 2012 Lowveld league.
And in the Western Province Super League, Club Champs qualifiers Durbanville-Bellville beat Belhar 60-31 to record their eighth straight victory and move within five points of Maties at the top of the league.
A bonus-point victory by 17 points or more for Durbell in their next match, against second-from-bottom Villager, will ensure that the northern suburbs side finish top of the league after the first round. Such an achievement would be fully deserved for Durbell, after they Maties 22-20 at the Danie Craven Stadium last month to underline their class.


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No it is a modchip correct? It won't make any difference.
No it is a modchip correct? It won't make any difference.
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Buy another wii, preferably second hand so it is older. Trade a friend who has an older wii.
in other word, my wii cannot be mod?(softmod,hardmod or even drivekey)
Thank you very much! which model number should I get in able to mod it? Or which model number I should not get? excluding mine? LOL
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It can be softmodded to play games from sd/usb devices. It cannot play from backup disks. Important difference worthy of being understood.
Thank you so very much! You gave me a lot of info. I'll just exchange it to my friends or relative.
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Lol they will never know the difference, unless they come over to your house and see how cool your wii is, and be like "can you do that to mine to". then you'll be like uhhh.