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Again i was trying to be helpful.
"Just because something is deemed the law doesn't make it just" - SolipsismX
"Just because something is deemed the law doesn't make it just" - SolipsismX
I understand you want technology to stand still. I suppose it makes sense on a psychological point of view.
I'd prefer that you looked at it through a different lens. Mine may have a bit more estrogen in it, but the more Microsoft spends on it's tablet the better the iPad will be in the future.
I think we should all cheer Microsoft on and encourage them to spend an absorbent amount of money researching what really does work.
Absorbent might be correct if toilet paper was meant for wiping away the crap. I recommend Charmin as it is softer and MS is going to need and use a lot of it to clean up this whole mess that is Surface.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." Douglas Adams
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." Douglas Adams
I think you are on to something here. Maybe Microsoft should follow your holier-than-thou attitude and abandon their attacks on the iPad in their commercials See what I did there? Re-read what you wrote from the point of view of Apple engineer's designs being attacked by Microsoft in their adds.
You know, this type of holier-than-thou rhetoric is best reserved for church and for people who are trying to find a way to cope with living their lives with liars, sinners, alcoholics, and drug addicts . I kicked out that good-for-nothing bumm "Microsoft" many years ago after many long attempts to fix him up. Wasted nights, weekends, crying myself to sleep at night and waiting for promises that it will all be better in the next release. Fool me once shame on him, fool me 10 times shame on me.
When Microsoft is at death's door and shows signs of coming out with something revolutionary, then I may talk to him again. Until then, I have disowned him.
Complete, utter poppycock. Total nonsense.The only people who "do not want to use Apple products" are the haters who post in Apple forums. The hubris, arrogance, condescension, and holier-than-thou ignorance of Windows and Android fanboys, and their sycophants, greatly exceeds any perceived superiority complex on the part of Apple fans.
Complete, utter poppycock. Total nonsense.The only people who "do not want to use Apple products" are the haters who post in Apple forums. The hubris, arrogance, condescension, and holier-than-thou ignorance of Windows and Android fanboys, and their sycophants, greatly exceeds any perceived superiority complex on the part of Apple fans.
Microsoft's biggest competitor is themselves. They drove me to Apple. I would not consider Apple's stuff so good, if I had never seen how bad it could be with Microsoft.
I want to buy the best product that benefits ME best. With Android, their business model does not work for me. I don't want to be the product, I want to buy one. I can exploit myself for free on Facebook. I don't need to pay for the privilege for an device that does that for me automatically. Its a no brainier to me.
Even after the PRISM scandal there are still some of you that think Apple doesn't collect your data just like Google, MS, FB, etc.?
They've done it in the past and then 'stopped' yet data still managed to get collected as evidenced by the PRISM leak. Trust me, Apple, MS, Google, and FB are all into "Big Data" and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise.
The links are to articles that provide context about what's being said. No conspiracy theory needed.
I've found that linking to outside sites frequently results in dead links because everyone radically changes their URL scheme every six months.
I'm sure a lot of people at Microsoft knows what went wrong but keep their lips zipped to keep their job. Uncle Fester insists on "Windows everywhere" and doesn't understand that users in general hate dealing with Windows... especially Windows that doesn't look like Windows. Then, of course, Microsoft
Apple had the good sense to base iOS on core OSX, but not call it the same thing. Apple had the good sense to optimize the UI for the iDevice, and optimize the hardware internals for a snappy response and a long battery life. There are features being added in iOS7 that could have been included long ago ( like opening up multitasking to third-party developers), but to do so may have destabilized the platform experience or made it subject to exploits.
As for taste, as you say, it is so lacking at Microsoft that it just taints the already bad UI and the user experience until most users want to escape Windows all together. Meanwhile Uncle Fester is insisting that they need it thrust down their throats like his intent is to make a worldwide supply of pâté, foie gras.
Is that why Microsoft Windows tells you to "Contact your administrator" whenever an error occurred? Because that was really helpful for consumers... /s
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
I am probably enjoy DED's editorial/opinion pieces more than you because it's fun, to me, to read a nice biased (but factually based) pro-Apple piece. It's then especially a fun read if Microsoft is getting pilloried at the same time. DED does these on a weekend and sort of serves as entertainment during a lull in the weeks news.
So, my advice is to set aside the weekend to read something that's not serious or bad news and enjoy a mental romp along with an author of your choice.
GOD, I hope so!!! As long as Uncle Fester is leading the clown parade in Redmond, there will plenty of opportunity for innovation and progress by other companies, including Apple.
FYI: telling strangers in forums that you "feel sorry for them" is one way to look down on others. You're passing judgment on, not empathizing with, the person/people you are addressing.
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
The dot matrix on the Surface is optimized for landscape mode. In fact the number they quote for DPI is based on the landscape mode. If you think this looks like a stinker in landscape, wait until you see text in portrait mode. MY eyes! My eyes!
NOTE: if the Surface tablet refuses to rotate into portrait mode, you may need to go into "Windows settings" and tell it to do so... yeah, you read that right. Depending on the application Surface is locked into the landscape mode.
That's not true at all. Apple is about creating an entire user experience by combining software and hardware. This really starts with the software. The fact that they are great at hardware design is because they are very good at removing the constraints of hardware in order to support the software and then remove the constraints of software to support the user experience.
Apple controls the design of the hardware so they can remove the constraints. Microsoft is bound by those constraints.
What ascii states is a false aphorism - it is widely stated but untrue.
But it has a kicksatand. See. click.
But it has a kickstand. See. click.
I just read an excerpt on Wikipedia on Excel about the way they calculate high precision numbers and that they might not be that accurate. I don't know about you, but if I was a scientist and had to rely on a spreadsheet to do precise numbers like the trajectory of the Enterprise back to a certain date to save some humpback whales and Excel wasn't accurate enough, that could be a life threatening situation. I would prefer accuracy over speed of the calculation. What would you prefer?
Actually Access was a horrible database, Filemaker Pro was and still is a far better database and it runs on both OS X and Windows. I used to sell both Access and Filemaker and even a lot of my Windows customers preferred FIlemaker Pro to Access. Go figure.
I don't have a problem with Microsoft Apps as long as they don't have security issues, bugs and they work well. Even though I used Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, I haven't always been happy with their operation. They dragged their feet in re-writing the code for OS X. Remember they had to run Rosetta because they wouldn't re-write their app? Excel used to originally written natively on the Mac and then ported over to Windows, and then Microsoft changed and did the opposite. When they write natively written apps, they run better than the ported version. I don't know if they re-wrote Office natively for OS X, it would be nice if they did.
One thing, however: Windows was subsidized by Microsoft's huge DOS business. Windows then tried to subsidize a variety of pen, tablet, clamshell PDAs, watches, screens, auto integration and various other things that have never taken off. Through the 2000s, Microsoft had tons of cash to waste in paying for the next big thing, but failed over and over.
Problem is, the cash cow of Win PCs is now drying up. Microsoft doesn't make most of the profits of the industry anymore, so it can't fritter away money on projects forever. So it's now more quickly killing things like the Zune and KIN.
It's now Apple's turn to spend cash on new projects. What has it done: Apple TV, iAd, iPod touch gaming, iCloud, Maps, iOS Auto integration and lots of other stuff that critics have laughed at derisively but which are sustainably making money, despite being "just experiments."
So if you look at the future of Surface RT, it's much less compelling than one of Apple's "hobbies." Meanwhile, Apple has more new billion dollar businesses cranking out cash.
Good insight, and totally true.
Because if you rotated the Surface, the gaudy neon click-in keyboard would be hanging off to the side, and the kickstand would flop uselessly.
The iPad OTOH is fully functional with or without a keyboard in landscape AND portrait mode. In other words, a true tablet from the ground-up, not a desktop in tablet clothing. Post-PC vs. PC pretending-to-be-Post-PC.
I still maintain that the Surface RT and the Surface Pro are actually hybrid laptops.
You have to use them in landscape mode, and you have to use the attached (but detachable) keyboard, and you have to put them down on a table to make them even work, or to get the benefits out of them that Microsoft is selling. They also run desktop software and work best with a mouse. Sure they tell us it's a tablet, but other than the name I don't see the difference between them and some of Dell's convertible laptops, or the (Acer?) ones with the detachable screen.
Take a look the next time you see someone using one in a coffee shop (if you ever do). How is the experience any different than just having a laptop with a touchable screen?
Can you type on it while walking or standing up on the bus? Can you cruise the web with it on your lap? No, and no. (at least not really, and not in practice).
They are fucking laptops, not tablets. They are screwed up little hybrid laptops for people that want to think they have a tablet, but can't really let go of the past.
Or semi-intelligent robots in the case of this post. Though I don't think robots can catch plagues, so you're OK. But viruses ... Are you Mac or PC?
This is not an editorial, it's a hit job opinion piece. This piece presents a lot of opinions as factual data with no source of validity. While I agree with some of your observations, this is poor journalism. The sarcastic tone does not help establish your topic that Surface RT was a failure. This editorial simply displays a level of fanatical "fanboyism" for apple that is usually not displayed in journalism. Again, you are entitled to your opinions and had this been posted under a personal opinion column I wouldn't think less of Appleinsider. Appleinsider is, after all, an Apple news and fan site. I am a very sarcastic person myself and can appreciate a well placed sarcastic quip to accentuate a point. There is plenty of empirical data to present that support the conclusions you posted as self-evident. Lastly, yes I am aware that an editorial is an opinion piece, one that is supposed to reflect the organization's position on a particular topic. If this is the level of editorial that Appleinsider wants to present to the world, I will look elsewhere for my Apple news. I sincerely hope that you can recognize constructive critique and will reevaluate the professionalism of Appleinsider.


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THE PATTON family were out in force to celebrate the 80th birthday of Alec Patton from Mill Street, Tullow.
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Midseason report: Iowa State - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
I know people hate Ubben, but he's better than Bleacher Report.
I don't know how anyone could complain about that little summary of our season thus far.
I'm pretty sure the people who dis-like Ubben were not around when his predecessor was at the helm. Ubben is a major upgrade from Tim Griffin.
His report isn't to far off. The hardest game left seems to be OU, with the rest of the Big 12 teams playing so erratic.
I take issue with calling Lenz "consistent". He has been a lot of good things this year, but consistent is not one of them. He has totally disappeared in something like 3 games this year. I'm sure teams have keyed on him; be that as it may he has not been consistent.
"There are five real good recruits in the state. We got three of them. One couldnt get into school, and the other went to (the University of) Iowa...which is about the same thing." - Coach Johnny Orr
Pretty fair analysis I'd say, I feel he has been always fair to ISU and he seems to write about us a fair amount. I honestly feel if we can consistently win we could become media darlings, the little engine that could if you will. The media already loves CPR and if he starts challenging for top tier B12 finishes I think the media would follow, maybe not in the state but nationally. Now the national media is giving us a little respect, saying winning in JTS is no gimmie anymore. The perception of this program is changing before our eyes.
I have yet to notice a blog from him that is completely unfair.
maybe some day he'll stop having to say "overachieve" and will just say "played to expectations"
Self proclaimed 2012 CF Newcomer of the Year
Most of the comments are pretty respectful towards Iowa State. The times are a changin
Pretty fair. I don't even want to strangle him after reading that.
This is good; more than I expected. Sometimes I wonder if I don't enjoy the thrill of a prospective upset more than an expectation of a win.
Will will win!
Originally Posted by CLONECONES
maybe some day he'll stop having to say "overachieve" and will just say "played to expectations"
That's what I was thinking while reading that.
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Chris (Dallas) [via mobile]
How many QBs in the big 12 are better than Jantz/Barnett. Probably all 9 starters and Bell ad McCoy at least right. How frustrating must it be for Rhoads and Co that they can't get an average offense to go with that defense?
David Ubben (3:20 PM)
No, I don't buy that. Iowa State's QBs are both better than KU's. The offense is based on the ground, and ISU's been running the ball well enough to win, based on what the defense can do. Certainly they'd want to be better, but ISU's offense isn't as bad as it feels sometimes. K-State's D and Texas Tech's are both really, really good.
Craig (Ames)
How much of ISU's poor offensive production in the conference games can be attributed to the fact that we've faced 3 of the top 4 opposing defenses (other than OU) in the conference? Surely heading into games against weaker defenses, there will be an uptick in performance, won't there?
David Ubben (3:20 PM)
Speak of the devil. Well said, Craig. That has a lot to do with it, and I do think you'll see an uptick.
I think this last weekend did a lot for giving us respect, both in terms of our performance against KSU as well as Tech and TCU doing a good job of giving our games against those two some greater perspective.
Originally Posted by chuckd4735
I'm pretty sure the people who dis-like Ubben were not around when his predecessor was at the helm. Ubben is a major upgrade from Tim Griffin.
Griffin was absolutely terrible! I don't think he's done a bad job covering the Cyclones.
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For Tuesday, November 2, 2010
POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Nov 2, 2010
Miriam Hannah Cohn
Oct. 17, 2010
Miriam Hannah Cohn, 90, of Kailua-Kona, a clinical psychologist and Kona Community Hospital medical records department employee, died. She was born in Duluth, Minn. She is survived by son James and sisters Ruth Ellin and Frances Bubley. Private services.
Norma Augustine Cook
June 27, 2010
Norma Augustine Cook, 78, of Honolulu died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Delmer, sons Raymond and Jeffrey, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Keolu Chapel, 1461 Kanapuu Drive.
Marciano Queja Eder
Oct. 1, 2010
Marciano Queja "Mario" Eder, 56, of Waianae died in Waianae. He was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by mother Cecilia Q., brothers Nelson H. and Robert, and sisters Rufina Dadis, Marina Bolo, Juana Dumayas and Emelda Eder. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Program: 11:30 a.m. Services at noon. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Virgil Lewis Gettmann
Oct. 25, 2010
Virgil Lewis Gettman, 89, of Honolulu, an Otis Elevator Co. retiree, died at home. He was born in Indiana. He is survived by stepsons Levi M. Jr. and Albert J.K. III, stepdaughters Robertha P. Garcia and Vivian A. Purdy, brother Frederick, sisters Martha Hoban and Ethel Irwin, caregiver Jessie Conceicao-Tabilang, 18 step-grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. No services. Incorrect information published in an obituary Saturday.
Winfred En Sui Ho
Oct. 15, 2010
Winfred En Sui "Tabash" Ho, 83, of Honolulu, president of Ho Son Inc., an Army veteran and a Coast Guard Auxiliary member, died in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Jean O.; sons Wilfred, Kalfred, Stanford and Winfred Jr.; daughters Cynthia Shiira and Sharon Miyasato; brothers Gilbert, Clifford and Donald; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers. Additional information for an obituary published Sunday.
John Shiro Ishiki
Oct. 27, 2010
John Shiro Ishiki, 75, of Kaneohe, a self-employed service technician doing business as Ishi's Appliance Repair, craftsman and an Army veteran, died in the Queen's Medical Center. He was born in Koolaupoko. He is survived by wife Do Ei; sons Mark S. and Jared S.; daughter Sheryl N.; brothers Ricky H., Merrill M. and Pali S.; sisters Janet Y. Uyechi, Sarah S. Takushi and Joyce H. Kawakami; and six grandchildren. Private services. Condolences may be sent in care of Ishiki, P.O. Box 1234, Kaneohe, HI 96744.
George Kaneko
Oct. 28, 2010
George Kaneko, 82, of Honolulu, a retired engineer and an Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Ewa. He is survived by wife Sybil; daughters Joyce Yokota, Dianne Sinco, Jeri Suzuki and Laurie Sickels; son Steven; brothers Robert and Wayne; sister Dorothy Sakamoto; and 13 grandchildren. Services: 6 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Casual attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings. Additional information for an obituary published yesterday.
Janice Kam Sim Chock Kono
Oct. 3, 2010
Janice Kam Sim Chock Kono, 71, of Pearl City, a retired Momilani Elementary School secretary, died in Aiea. She was born in Ewa. She is survived by husband Walter K.; daughters Roberta and Tracee Kono, Darleen Casuga and Daina Goo; brothers Clifford and Gary; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Ronett Kehaulani Leong
Oct. 20, 2010
Ronett Kehaulani Leong, 49, of Nanakuli died in Hawaii Medical Center West. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Francis Kamana; sons Kaipo, William and Christopher Kamana-Leong; mother Amy; sisters Melody U., Amanett Roman and April P. Valenzuela; and a grandchild. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Barry Isami Maeda
Oct. 22, 2010
Barry Isami Maeda, 82, of Honolulu, a federal pest controller at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station and an Army veteran, died. He was born in Waipahu. He is survived by brothers Fred and Alvin. Private services.
Lois Kazuyo Odo
Oct. 20, 2010
Lois Kazuyo Odo, 81, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu Police Department clerical employee, died at home. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Yoso; son James; daughter Gail Cosgrove; brothers Yoshinori and Takuma Tanada; sisters Noriko Umeda, Amy Tamura and Alice Esperas; and four grandchildren. Private services.
Dong Soon Oh
Oct. 25, 2010
Dong Soon Oh, 63, of Honolulu died in St. Francis Hospice-West. He was born in Hae-Nam, Jeolla province, South Korea. He is survived by wife Chu Ja, son Ki Hyun, daughter Kinna Kim and three grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual attire.
Glenn Seichi Oshiro
Oct. 27, 2010
Glenn Seichi Oshiro, 59, of Mililani, a certified public accountant at U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, died. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Jean Y., brothers Rodney S. and Marvin S., and sister Darleen C. Private services.
Primitivo Dominiche Rondon
Oct. 16, 2010
Primitivo Dominiche "Primo" Rondon, 87, of Waipahu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 41 boilermaker and Navy veteran, died in Hawaii Medical Center West. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Sadako, sons Manuel "Manny" Rivas and Fred W. "Willy" Rondon, daughters Mary Pacrem and Hazel Izumi, 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary, mauka chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual or aloha attire. Flowers welcome. Incorrect information published in an obituary Friday.
Yaeko Sasaki
Oct. 11, 2010
Yaeko Sasaki, 95, of Aiea died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by son George; daughter Diane Moore; brothers Tadashi and Maurice Marushige; sisters Helene Fukuda, and Florence and Yoko Marushige; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Private services.
Loretta T. Smith
Oct. 26, 2010
Loretta T. Smith, 91, of Kaneohe, a homemaker, died in Kaneohe. She was born in New York City. She is survived by son Jeffrey. Private services.
Marian J. Sullivan Stalzer
Oct. 26, 2010
Marian J. Sullivan Stalzer, 78, of Koloa, Kauai, a homemaker, died in Garden Isle Healthcare, Lihue. She was born in Albien, Neb. She is survived by sons Timothy and Steven, daughter Michele Dillberg, brother Jim, sister Dorothy, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass: 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Raphael's Church, Koloa. Fellowship to follow at the Dillberg residence. Aloha attire. No flowers or donations.
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Oct. 20, 2010
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Oct. 24, 2010
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Oct. 14, 2010
Lucie Burgos Wong, 86, of Mililani, a retired Army and Air Force Exchange Service worker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Kahuku. She is survived by sons William F.C. III and Russell J.; daughters Cynthia G. Emerson, Wandalee J. Villanueva, Lucille J. Manuel and Doreen F. Acacio; 15 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 8:15 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 9:30 a.m. Committal services: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
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Oct. 25, 2010
Sylvester Robert "Sly" Zablan Jr., 76, of Waianae, a Keehi Marina maintenance worker, died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brothers Ronald D. and Alexander Zablan, and James H. Kaholo; and sisters Winona Kaninau, Marjorie Kaea, Alice Greenwood and Geraldine Kaina. Visitation: noon Sunday at Waianae Boat Harbor. Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Scattering of ashes: 3 p.m.


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University Prep coach Lou Berry was willing to travel almost anywhere this season to keep his players from sitting idle three weekends this fall.
Ohio? No problem.
New York? Sure.
In fact, had plans not stalled, Berry and his players would have bused to Michigan this week.
Instead, they will start their season with an open date, highlighting the logistical challenges faced by the six teams left in the streamlined City League.
"It was tough to tell them we don't have a game because they're really excited to get out there," said Berry, who admits in hindsight that his program waited too long to schedule. "We as coaches see the value in another week of practice. But these kids really want to get out there and play."
With so few City teams, each program must find three nonleague opponents to complete an eight-game schedule — which is one game shorter than 2011.
University Prep, the defending City champion, had just six games on its schedule until earlier this month, when it arranged a Sept. 8 game against Aquinas Institute in Rochester, N.Y.
"They really have rolled out the red carpet for us," said Berry, adding that Aquinas offered to help feed and lodge them.
Many City schools finalized schedules last spring when dates for league games at Cupples Stadium were decided. But each year has become a little more complicated. That's because the City League was reduced from eight teams to six this summer when Oliver and Langley closed. This came a year after Peabody closed, and about a decade after South Vo-Tech folded.
When Westinghouse coach Monte Robinson was playing tailback there in the 1990s, the City League was 10 teams strong. And scheduling wasn't an issue. This year, Westinghouse will travel to Buckeye Local and Steubenville in Ohio, as well as Wheeling Central Catholic in West Virginia.
"We get the schedule done," Robinson said, "but it's tough, because we end up scheduling a couple teams that are probably above our class. But we really didn't have a choice, because we needed the games."
The new scheduling system that the WPIAL installed this year limited the City League's options. In years past, WPIAL schools scheduled at least one of their nonconference games. A year ago, every City League team had one WPIAL opponent on its schedule. But beginning this year, the WPIAL schedules all games and provided no room for non-WPIAL opponents.
"We're going to miss that," said Berry, whose team played Summit Academy in 2011. "I'm hoping we can get that back."
That left the City League to look elsewhere for at least this year and next, including 11 games against out-of-state schools. Allderdice has games against three West Virginia teams. Westinghouse has two in Ohio. Carrick will travel to Fort Hill, Md., a familiar face in the shrinking City League.
Allderdice coach Jerry Haslett believes we might be seeing the final days of the City League. The WPIAL realigns every two years, meaning next year's schedule will be similar to this. But come 2014, things could change.
"Maybe we'll be in the WPIAL after that," Haslett said. "I don't know. I would probably think so."
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If the film "Dog Park" were the only guide to Toronto, one might easily conclude that only 10 people live there and that most of them tend toward obtuse.
Written and directed by one-time Kid in the Hall Bruce McCulloch, "Dog Park" has the outward appearance of a by-the-book romantic comedy. Peel away the layers of contrivances, however, and the leftover plot barely fills a doggy bag.
From the start, the ensemble orbits around Andy (Luke Wilson, also in the recent release "Blue Streak"), who mopes about after his girlfriend left him--and took the dog. The four women in his life are his ex, Cheryl (Kathleen Robertson); his best friend Jeri (Janeane Garofalo); a sexually aggressive nutritionist (Kristin Lehman); and the oh-so-lovely Lorna (Natasha Henstridge).
The idea here is that these characters' dogs reflect what is happening in their owners' lives. The reality, however, is that the people are hardly more complex than their four-legged friends. Defined solely by their dating lives--wary, intrusive, too-quick-to-commit--the characters are so uninteresting, it's difficult to believe they're interested in each other.
Wilson has a certain aw-shucks, nice-guy appeal, while Henstridge ("Species") is undeniably attractive to anybody who can get one eye open. Yet neither has the charm to create a whole character who can transcend stilted scenes and awkward dialogue such as "I liked holding your hair." (Huh?) McCulloch saves the best rant for himself as Jeff, Jeri's long-term boyfriend. Another Kids in the Hall alum, Mark McKinney, steals his few scenes as the dog psychologist unable to deal with humans.
Garofalo, in a smallish part, pretty much walks through the film, yet somehow infuses Jeri with a modicum of personality. Wilson's rising star, plus the combination of Garofalo and the word "Dog" in the title, must have been enough to interest New Line, which is distributing the movie in the United States. But this is no "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," which handled human insecurities with style and humor.
"Dog Park," rather than conflict, has coincidence: Lorna's ex is dating Andy's ex, etc. Their world gets smaller and smaller until, by the end, there are zero degrees of separation between any of the characters. The connections are supposed to be clever, but the result is claustrophobic. And baffling. How can this handful of people move in a circle so small, yet never realize how they are linked?
The too-small-world feel is made more disconcerting by the lack of extras in the bars, restaurant and park, compounded by the absence of ambient noise. Despite otherwise high production values, the story looks--and sounds--as if it takes place in an unpopulated alternate universe. If that's what Canada is like, it sure would ease the minds of the Film and Television Action Committee that spearheaded the anti-Canada "Bring Hollywood Home" campaign. No worries, guys--there aren't any Canadians to take your jobs.
Dog Park, 1999. R for sexuality and language. A New Line release of an Accent Entertainment Co. production. Written and directed by Bruce McCulloch. Produced by Susan Cavan. Executive producer Jeff Sackman. Director of photography David Makin. Production designer Marian Wihak. Editor Christopher Cooper. Music composer Craig Northey. Costume designer Linda Muir. Running time: 1 hour, 31 minutes. Natasha Henstridge as Lorna. Luke Wilson as Andy. Janeane Garofalo as Jeri. Bruce McCulloch as Jeff.


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Hospitality awards to be held today
Nearly 400 workers in Lee County's tourism and hospitality trades will be recognized this morning at the 13th annual Elaine McLaughlin Outstanding Hospitality Awards program at Harborside Event Center, Fort Myers.
The by-invitation breakfast gala celebrates people who've gone above and beyond the call of duty in customer service, and in making people happy to be here.
The program, called the E Awards for short, is named after Elaine McLaughlin, who retired in 2000 as executive director of the county Visitor & Convention Bureau.
Winners in seven categories will be named, along with an overall honoree.
See news-press.com midday today, for news of the winners.
Anytime Fitness has new owners
The 24/7 Anytime Fitness Club at 12901 McGregor Blvd., Suite 1B, is owned and managed by Cordula Reichardt. Her partner in the business is Jim Stewart.
Reichardt was part owner of a Crossfit gym, is a personal trainer and is a certified fitness class instructor.
Their mission is to make physical improvement fun for their members in a clean, functional and friendly atmosphere.
For information, call 481-2237 or visit anytimefitness.com.
Advocacy center board officers elected
The board officers for 2013 were recently announced by the Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida.
Richard L. Durnwald, a financial adviser with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, was re-elected president. Joining Durnwald as officers are: Charles Idelson, vice president; Anne Hansen, treasurer; Peter Seif, secretary; and Paul Martin, immediate past president.
Since 1981, Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida has improved the lives of children and their families through a coordinated response to child abuse and neglect, offering a safe and friendly environment. It provides abuse determination services as well as counseling, parenting education and prevention programs. All services arefree.
For information, call 939-2808 or visit cac-swfl.org.
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Stephen Tankel's book provides one of the most detailed accounts of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Stephen Tankel's book provides one of the most detailed accounts of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Part detective, part academic, part chronicler, Stephen Tankel provides what is arguably one of the finest and most detailed accounts of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the terrorist group that represents the greatest threat to India.
Tankel�s analysis of the good and bad jihadis makes for particularly interesting reading as he illustrates how the Pakistani government under Pervez Musharraf divided Pakistan�s militants into what they perceived as good and bad groups. Groups that followed the ISI line were good and LeT became Pakistan�s blue-eyed boy.
And with the ISI behind it, LeT became a sort of mentor/venture capitalist in the war against India. LeT was funded by Muslim members of organised Indian crime, the most notorious one being Dawood Ibrahim who fled to Karachi after the Mumbai bomb blasts in 2003. Criminals still in India connected indigenous militants to LeT. �A terrorist network that became known as the Indian Mujahideen became the primary, though by no means the only, vehicle through which Lashkar escalated its involvement in terrorist attacks in India.� Other organisations that benefited because of LeT include the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the Kashmir Resistance Force and the United Jihad Council.
Another thread that Tankel explores in the same chapter is the relationship between al-Qaeda and LeT. Both groups were wary of associating with each other. LeT because al-Qaeda was the focus of the USA and the world after the 9/11 attacks and the Pakistani government was helping the US in hunting its members down; al-Qaeda because LeT was close to the ISI. But there was no friction from LeT�s side when it came to helping al-Qaeda operatives escape the clutches of the ISI and the US. When al-Qaeda lost its Afghan sanctuary in the aftermath of the attacks, many of its members fled across the border along with other Arab jihadis and the Taliban. LeT had the best network in Pakistan and it made full use of it to help the refugees by providing safe haven, passports and forged documents.
The LeT runs a veritable empire with schools, training centres and mosques, says Tankel. Its aim: Islamic rule in the subcontinent, destruction of Hindu India and bringing down the US and Israel. Can the Pakistani government stop it? Maybe. Does it want to? No.
Storming the World Stage (The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba)
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Publisher: Hachette India
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DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that a Jefferson County District Court judge has sentenced Dallas Colby Cardenas (DOB: 9/3/1991), of Denver, to eight years in prison following his conviction for trafficking a child.
A Jefferson County jury convicted Cardenas in June of trafficking of a child, pimping, pimping of a child and two other related charges for his role in pimping two individuals between May 2010 and June 2010. According to the indictment, handed down in October 2010, Cardenas trafficked a 17-year-old female and pimped another, forcing both to participate in prostitution in the Denver and Lakewood areas. Cardenas had sexually suggestive Craigslist ads posted and coerced the two victims to have sex with individuals who responded to the advertisements.
Cardenas' jury conviction was the first of its kind under the human trafficking law the Colorado General Assembly enacted in 2006.
The Office of the Attorney General obtained the indictment and prosecuted the pair with the assistance of the Denver Police Department, the Lakewood Police Department and the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.


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Waynesboro's Chad Bricker finished in a tie for 22nd place in the Pennsylvania Open golf championship at the Country Club of York on Wednesday. He shot a 1-over par round of 71 on the final day to move up 15 places. He notched four birdies, but had three bogeys and a double.
He was the only local player to make the cut Monday and Tuesday, when Bricker shot rounds of 73 and 75. In the rain Tuesday, Bricker was hurt by a triple bogey 7 on No. 9, but came right back and eagled the par 4 No. 10, a 331-yard hole.
Two other local entrants did not make the cut. Penn National's Kevin Reiber shot rounds of 79 and 75, managing a pair of birdies on Tuesday. Austin Green of Scotland had an excellent first day, shooting 1-over 71 with four birdies, but struggled in the wet conditions and carded an 86 on Tuesday.
Shippensburg University wide receiver Trevor Harman was named a Preseason First Team All-American by Lindy's Sports to highlight a collection of various honors bestowed upon the Red Raiders this summer.
Harman, who led Division II in 2013 with 22 receiving touchdowns, is one of six PSAC players recognized by Lindy's for their previous successes. Harman enters 2014 with 3,302 career receiving yards and 50 touchdowns. He needs 40 receptions, 1,413 yards and nine touchdowns to set PSAC career records in each category.
Harman has been named a Daktronics Second Team All-American for the last two years.
Chambersburg is seeking an assistant field hockey coach for the varsity high school team for this fall season.
Anyone interested can contact athletic director Jeremy Flores (267-4460, or firstname.lastname@example.com).
The Shippensburg Area School District Athletic Department is looking for several coaches for the 2014-15 school year. There are openings for a high school assistant field hockey coach and a high school assistant swimming and diving coach.
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Mercersburg Academy is looking to fill two coaching positions for the 2014 fall season — junior varsity girls volleyball and junior varsity girls tennis.
Anyone interested can submit a resume with relevant experience to athletic director Rick Hendrickson (email@example.com).
Penn State Mont Alto is currently seeking two coaches for its staff — men's basketball assistant coach and women's head soccer coach. The women's soccer will start as a club team, but has potential to become a varsity sport by next fall.
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Wilson College has several coaching vacancies for the 2014-15 sports year. Wilson is looking for a head coach for the men and women's cross country teams, a head coach for the men's volleyball team (part-time), and assistant coaches for the field hockey, softball and men's and women's basketball programs.
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CINCINNATI — First Student Inc. has been awarded a new three-year contract to provide school bus transportation to Berkeley (Ill.) School District 87.
The contract began July 1, and the company is providing the district with 17 buses.
"Our job is to provide safe and reliable transportation at a cost-effective price, allowing the district to focus its resources on the core goal of providing an education to its students," said Roger Moore, region vice president for First Student. "We are pleased to work with the Berkeley School District, and are committed to providing safe transportation and outstanding customer service to the district, students and parents in the community for many years to come."
The First Student buses serving the district will include such safety features as the Child Check-Mate electronic reminder system, designed to ensure no child is left unattended on a bus, and a crossing gate to allow children to cross in front of the bus at a safe distance. Each bus will also be equipped with a GPS system that will allow staff to pinpoint the exact location and speed of each bus.
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Buying a gift for him — him being a husband, father, brother, friend, co-worker, or anyone else you can think of — involves knowing what the particular person will like. More importantly, finding that special, unique, memorable gift is usually the biggest challenge. You want your gift to stand out from the crowd and be cherished for many years to come.
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One of the goals of the SID five-year strategic plan is to engage the next generation of the specialty in government relations activities. In order to facilitate participation early in their training, SID member David Rubenstein proposed a new program. The SID Advocacy Training Program for Residents was created to provide dermatology residents interested in advocacy an opportunity to participate in the process.
Dermatology Department Chairs were asked to nominate residents that have an interest in advocacy and the legislative process. Nominees represented a wide spectrum of educational and career paths, including MDs, MD/MBAs, MD/PhD and MD/JD degrees. Participants in the program's debut represented 14 medical schools from across the United States.
The inaugural program was held in conjunction with Skin Disease Research Day on April 5, 2005, a collaborative effort between the SID, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the Coalition of Skin Diseases (CSD), a group of patient-driven nonprofit organizations.
The AAD consists of 14,000 practicing dermatologists, nearly all in the U.S. The 24 member organizations of the CSD include over 500,000 individual members that serve as representatives for the 65 million people affected by skin disease and disorders. The mission common to the three organizations is to serve patients through education, research and advocacy.
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In Mandarin Chinese, the name is "pipa".
In Japan, the fruit are called "biwa".
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Veterans Day, thankfully, is generally well-observed, with many personal and societal ceremonies and tributes, even if it is not a day-off for many. So, as legal holidays go, we seem to do right by Veterans Day, but I'm more concerned about the other 364 days. First, however, let's consider the legal history.
Originally Armistice Day, the 11th day of the 11th month commemorated the 1918 Treaty of Versailles and the end of the Great War, the "war to end all wars" (was there ever a slogan you more wanted to be true?), and honored those who served in it. World War II forced us to admit the fallacy of the slogan and recognize the Great War as World War I. After the Korean "Conflict" (legal semantics for political purposes), Congress, in 1954, recognized the need to honor all who serve and gave the holiday its present name, Veterans Day.
|Korean War Veterans Memorial
I mentioned my parents both served. They enlisted, as many Americans do, as recent high school graduates. I am particularly indebted to an unknown designer of recruiting posters. My mother marched into the recruiting office fully intending to join the Navy, but an Air Force poster showing young people at the Eiffel Tower changed her mind. The poster was prophetic. My parents would have their second date in Paris, France.
So it was that my siblings and I would grow-up on and around Air Force bases. So it also was that we would see Mom and Dad, as beneficiaries of the GI Bill, each earn a Bachelor's and then a Master's Degree. "The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944," otherwise known as the GI Bill or the GI Bill of Rights, not only carried out the covenant between this nation and its defenders, it transformed my family as it transformed the nation. Homeownership and college lay beyond the grasp, both economically and psychologically, of much of America before the GI Bill; after, everything changed.
On a walk around Denver's Fort Logan National Cemetery, I am humbled by the lives cut short by war, but also by the contributions of the many who served and came back to create even more blessings for our country. I imagine the young people, like my parents, who leveraged their country's investment in them to transform America. Veterans raise expectations, not just for themselves, but for their children and their children's children, and ultimately, for us all. I imagine the Fort Logan vets as entrepreneurs, teachers, police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, builders, engineers, and even lawyers. I imagine them as mothers and fathers. I see the lives you and I live not only as defended, but also enabled by their ideals.
|Denver's Fort Logan National Cemetery
I end this post with another, more personal, photo of a standard government-isssue tombstone. This one is not in a national cemetery, but in a small graveyard near the northwestern shore of Lake Buchanan in the Texas Hill Country. Uniformity connects in death as in life; even the casual observer will know that an American hero is buried here. I am honored to call this hero Dad and I miss him very much.


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Tomorrow, on January 20, Seattle fast food workers and their supporters will be boycotting the big burger chains — McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's. If you want to join them, you can pledge to Boycott Poverty on February 20th. If you want to do more, you can sign up to join a boycott line.
The folks at Good Jobs Seattle tell the story of Brittany, who works at a Seattle McDonald's, and her daughter who live with 7 other people in a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment; she cannot afford daycare or healthcare. Support Brittany and let your friends and family know about the big burger boycott.
You can RSVP here to the Facebook event.
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Commercial contracts often contain an arbitration agreement providing that any dispute arising between the contracting parties shall not be heard before a state court but an arbitral tribunal as contractually agreed. We have several years' experience not only in legal representation before arbitral tribunals but also as arbitrators in commercial and company law matters.
In the field of cross-border trade and for export and distribution contracts, the utmost importance is attached to the arbitral tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris. Proceedings before this arbitral tribunal are characterized by high efficiency, qualified arbitrators and rapid action. The costs that initially seem to be high are put into perspective by the fact that, in contrast to state courts, there is no second (or even third) instance.
However, the language used in ICC arbitration proceedings is mostly English, and the applicable rules of procedure have only very little in common with German procedural law. The ICC Rules of Arbitration are also particularly open to special Anglo-Saxon features such as discovery or cross examination. Due to several years of practical experience in these arbitration proceedings and regular attendance of courses and conferences held by the Paris ICC, we know the rules of procedure and are also able to conduct the proceedings in English.


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Ms. Rushing brings 25 years of human resources experience to Equifax. From 1996 to 2004, she served in several senior HR functions for The Coca-Cola Company, including Senior Vice President of Human Resource, where she led all human resource functions for the global beverage company, from 2000 to 2004. Since leaving Coca-Cola in 2004, Ms. Rushing had been an executive coach and HR consultant with Atlanta-based Cameron Wesley LLC.
Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Ms. Rushing was director, human resource for the Midwest Division of Pizza Hut, a division of PepsiCo from 1994 to 1996. From
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Dear Car Vandal who broken the rear windshield on my crappy old SUV early Sunday am: Santa is very angry with you! There will be no presents for you this year and possibly even NEXT year.
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Clear Channel's KPOJ-AM is the new Portland home for Fox Sports Radio. The station re-brand is effective immediately. Ops Manager Chris Sargent said, Combining our rich relationship with the Oregon State Beavers and Portland Trail Blazers, and now FOX Sports Radio, this is a win-win situation for us. We expect the new FOX Sport Radio 620 to serve the community with great access to sports information and entertainment, while setting the standard of sports excellence in Portland.
The Oregon State Beavers flagship will now air FOX Sports Daybreak, Loose Cannons, Petros & Money, FOX Sports Tonight, and JT The Brick, as well as various weekend programming. The station will continue to air Beaver Nation Live from 6-7 p.m. daily, and sister station KEX-AM will remain the Portland Trailblazers flagship.


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|Glucocorticoid- and androgen-secreting black adrenocortical adenomas: unique cause of corticotropin-independent cushing sydrome.
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|Objective: To describe the unique association of corticotropin-independent Cushing syndrome caused by cortisol- and androgen-secreting black adrenal cortical adenomas with myelolipomatous change.Methods: We report the clinical, laboratory, radiologic, and pathologic findings from 2 patients who presented with androgen excess and typical signs and symptoms of Cushing syndrome.Results: Endocrine investigations showed high serum cortisol concentrations that lacked diurnal rhythm, undetectable plasma corticotropin concentrations, and absence of serum cortisol suppression after overnight dexamethasone suppression tests. Serum levels of adrenal androgens were elevated. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed unilateral adrenal masses (largest lesional diameters 4.0 and 3.1 cm). On the basis of the plurihormonal hypersecretion and the imaging characteristics, adrenocortical carcinoma was considered as a possible diagnosis. However, histopathologic analysis in both patients revealed black adrenal cortical adenomas with myelolipomatous change. After surgery, adrenal androgens normalized, and the signs and symptoms of Cushing syndrome and androgen excess resolved. There was no evidence of recurrent disease at last follow-up.Conclusions: A unique form of corticotropin-independent Cushing syndrome is described: cortisol- and androgen-secreting black adrenal cortical adenomas with myelolipomatous change. Although most patients with corticotropin-independent Cushing syndrome associated with androgen excess prove to have adrenocortical carcinoma, the clinician should be aware of the possibility of benign, black adrenal adenomas in this clinical setting.
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[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:30 am EST @ December 19th, 2014
Best synopsis for a movie ever: A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it. Tha fak more do you want? Although it doesn't top the plot for Flashdance: A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school. Gotta love it. Sometimes, I miss the naive gayness of the 80s. Things were simpler back then.
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:33 am EST @ November 11th, 2013
H.J.: Did I ever tell you to eat up? Go to bed? Wash your ears? Do your homework? No. I respected your privacy I taught you self-reliance. H.J. Junior: What you taught me is that I was less important to you than people who had been dead for over 500 years in another country and I learned it so well, that we've hardly spoken for 20 years. H.J.: You left just when you were becoming interesting.
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
04:39 am EST @ October 15th, 2013
Entertainment is at a funny stage I think. Looking up movies on IMDB used to help me determine whether or not I should watch them. Apart from the rating, I'm aslo keen to know what genre it is. Lately, however, movies touch on many genres, so each time I check a movie it says: comedy, drama, sci-fi, history, adventure, action, crime and horror...
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:35 am EST @ August 14th, 2013
The Last Starfighter and Flight of the Navigator - boy, I sure liked those when I was a kid. Sometimes, I just miss the cheesiness of the 80s. Also, for some reason, I had to watch Tombstone last night. Don't know why, but I just had to. Maybe I miss heroes I can look up to and stories I believe in. Maybe it's just a generation thing. And maybe I'm getting sick of gritty, realistic story-telling and just want to get lost in the fantasy.
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:19 am EST @ July 02nd, 2013
Sorry, folks we're talking movies again, because I just can't find any particularly enlightening game-related topic at this time. Okay, there are many game-related topics, I'm sure, but this is the perfect time not to talk about any of them...
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
06:42 am EST @ June 28th, 2013
Little Miss Sunshine is a movie I didn't get to watch, despite so many recommendations from friends and colleagues. Now, I finally found the time and here are my thoughts. In an age where I just don't know what story-telling is anymore, Little Miss Sunshine made me feel grateful for every minute I devoted to it...
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:12 am EST @ June 18th, 2013
People should put a stop to trailers. Not entirely, of course. But the way they are now, they just seem a bit pointless. They reveal too much. I'm talking about both movie trailers and trailers for video games. Some years back when you went to see a movie, you hardly new what to expect and as a result, the movie was all the more exciting (if it was a good movie)...
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
04:30 am EST @ June 17th, 2013
I'd like to start this week with a question: just where the fuck is Hollywood going? How much is too much? Now, some things look fun, but again, it all seems to hinge on the same stories that were told a million times before. Also, why in the name of tits am I still so easily amused and teased with bullshit like this? This shit really makes me want to pay for a movie ticket.
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04:49 am EST @ April 08th, 2013
I have absolutely no idea what most of you guys do for a living and I find that it's better that way. Still, sometimes I am curious :) so you can write what you do for a living, if you wish. No matter what you do in life, make sure that you give yourself some space to indulge in a hobby of some sort, preferably something that involves creativity in any shape or form...
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05:39 am EST @ April 03rd, 2013
From this day forth, I vow to read more books and play less video games, and watch less movies. The problem with reading books is that it takes too much time and people don't have time to devote several hours a day or even one to a good book. No. It's more important to search for imaginative variations of fisting...
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06:24 am EST @ March 01st, 2013
Who's your favorite villain? We continue in the spirit of the music thread and the movie discussion. Once again, you name three and only three. Also, speaking as a heterosexual, here are my favorite villains: The Joker (Ledger's Joker, naturally) Loki (both in the Thor comics and in the movies The Avengers and Thor) Jim Moriarty in the new Sherlock Holmes TV show (UK version, of course) That's it for me.
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01:59 am EST @ February 28th, 2013
We continue in the spirit of yesterday's musical thread, although in a slightly different direction this time. This time, I'd like you to name three movies. Remember, three of your favorite (or most memorable) movies. If you wish, you can name a trilogy, but if you do so, that's it...
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01:54 am EST @ June 11th, 2012
Wait, what, what, what's this I hear? Prometheus is meh!? No, wait, but it's Ridley Scott and it has Michael Fassbender as a synthetic person in it. What more could you possibly want? Didn't see it myself yet, but Un Om Bun did is and, apparently, he's not happy with it...
[Uros "Vader" Pavlovic]
02:41 am EST @ May 29th, 2012
New Spidey trailer is in: King of seems like they've shown every action scene from the movie. Trailers have become too revealing... seriously.
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03:33 am EST @ April 23rd, 2012
Good Monday, people. Apparently, The Avengers started getting some attention from movie critics. The movie officially hits theaters on May 4, but it's comforting to know that initial reviews are mostly positive. So far anyway. What makes me want to watch this film? Well...
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Ward Historian
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 07:38 AM
There aren't a lot of resources available for ward historians, and the calling is extremely open ended. This can be a wonderful thing for someone who is creative and ambitious. If you go to the Church's "Serving in the Church" section (accessible through the Church's website) you can eventually find the Record Keeping and Auditing Training (Record-Keeping and Auditing Training). This is a publicly available website, and all members may look at the trainings if they wish. On this page, you'll find a training called "Preparing Stake and Ward Annual Histories." This training module explains the very minimum that the Church hopes to get for annual histories. If you do what is outlined in the module, you'll be well ahead of most units. Anything else you do to add to it will certainly be a magnification of your calling.
My only suggestion to you would be to not focus on events that happen at Church. Collect news articles of what members of the ward are doing in the community. Take note of special events, such as graduations, awards, significant anniversaries, etc. From what I can gather, if the ward history is compiled appropriately each year, it would give a good illustration of the personal growth and development of ward members. In essence, it would show how ward members grew as opposed to what ward members did.
Dude. When both Vort and MOE are in agreement, the thinking has been done.
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 10:46 AM
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
If I were a rich man...
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 12:44 PM
My wife has this responsibility in our Ward currently and we've been all over the cyber map to find out what we can from today versus what I knew 30 years ago as a Ward Clerk.
Each Quarter the Ward Clerk is responsible to turn in an accounting of all of the activities of the Ward/Branch. All is the key operative word! Thus it requires the training of all of the Secretaries in all of the Quorums and Auxiliaries to submit their monthly reports and in an understandable format. The Clerk has enough to do with callings and releases; keeping track of who speaks and what topics; (we used to keep track of who bore their testimony each Fast Sunday); Baby blessings; Ordinations; and Confirmations - plus weekly attendance. Tithing and Fast Offerings are parts of different reports and are always kept confidential.
Since being called my wife has put together extensive notes based on Church material for her calling. Of course the Secretaries and Clerk now have someone calling them to accountability on a monthly basis as the Stake Historian wants not only a semi-annual report but a monthly report.
Below is the accountability and responsibility:
Preparing the Annual History
Each stake and ward history has two parts:
1. A narrative summary of the work of the Church and
faith of the members in the geographical area of
the stake or ward. This summary includes
challenges, achievements, and important events
and meetings. Lists of ordinances performed and
changes in officers may also be included.
Stake and ward history specialists should include
faith-promoting events taking place in the lives of
members and in Church units. They may draw
from the following sources to create the narrative
and, where appropriate, may include excerpts from
or photocopies of the following:
• Notes or reports or reminiscences
• Extracts from minutes, and so forth. (These
require the clearance of the stake president or
bishop and should not contain sacred or
confidential material.)
• Stake, ward, quorum, and auxiliary organization
• Correspondence
• Photographs (preferably black and white, with
place, name, and date identification)
• Newspaper clippings (preferably photocopies)
2. Officers Sustained forms from stake and ward
conferences held during the year.
• Officers Sustained (Stake) (32300)
• Officers Sustained (District) (32301)
• Officers Sustained (Ward/Branch in Stake)
Stake presidents and bishops have responsibility to:
• Oversee the preparation and submission of the annual history
• Assign the stake and ward clerks, or history specialists working under the clerks' direction, to compile the history
• Provide guidance and direction so that the assignment can be completed
Stake and ward clerks, or history specialists, are assigned to:
• Keep a current and accurate history by recording historical events as they occur
• Work with organizational secretaries and help them prepare and submit items from their organization that should be part of the annual history
• Prepare and submit accurate and complete histories
Organization secretaries are responsible to:
• Work with the clerk or history specialist and submit historical information from their organization as directed by the bishop or stake president and organization president.
Contents of the annual history
Basic option (4 items):
• A submission cover sheet
• The unit's calendar
• Officers Sustained form (responsibility of stake clerk)
• A narrative summary
Comprehensive option (6 items):
In addition to the contents required for a basic annual history, a comprehensive history contains the following:
• Priesthood, auxiliary, and member reports
• Significant records created by or about the unit, such as:
o Reports with key statistics
o Newsletters
o Special programs and publications
o Slide shows and other audiovisual productions (in hard copy or nonpropietary electronic formats)
o Photocopies of newspaper clippings
Narrative summary
A ward history is not just statistics and minutes, but the spiritual journey of a ward. Often the framework of that story is built upon basic statistics and historical notes, but that is just the framework. The narrative could include:
• Faith promoting experiences
• Goals, activities, special programs, or special recognitions
• Efforts and improvements in missionary work, home teaching, activation, family history, or temple work
• Natural disasters or other challenges and how members responded
• Service projects and how members' efforts effected the community
• Do not overlook important events and activities simply because they don't receive much public notice. Record information that reflects Church members' "manner of life, their faith, and works" (D&C 85:2)
Examples of source materials
• Notes, reports, and minutes from meetings (with approval from the bishop or stake president)
• Interviews with leaders or other Church members
• Personal journals
• Correspondence
• Photographs
• Newspaper articles
• Ward calendar (print from ward website at end of each month)
Things not to include
• Crafts, trophies, and other objects that will not fit in the file folder
• Membership directories
• Contribution information
• Welfare assistance information
• Church disciplinary information
• Notes or meeting minutes with confidential information
• Any information that would be considered private or confidential
Submitting the annual history
• Do not use staples, paper clips or sheet protectors
• Deliver all ward histories to the stake president/stake historical specialist (or stake clerk) before March 1st
• Use the folder provided by the administrative office; if the history is too bulky, use the folder as a cover sheet. If you need a folder, you can order it as described below
• The stake president and stake clerk sign the folder
• Submit the stake history, including the ward histories, to the Church History Department by March 31st
• The new website www.lds.org/annualhistories contains instructions for submitting annual histories, as well as electronic copies of the Stake, District, and Mission Annual History guide, submission cover sheets, and simplified instructions in various languages
• A new e-learning link will soon be available through the new annual histories website
• Additional copies of the Stake, District, and Mission Annual History guide, submission cover sheets, and simplified instructions, may also be ordered through Distribution Services by phone at 800-453-3860 ext 23800 or online at http://store.lds.org (unit login required)
This is lengthy but hopefully helps - anyone who needs to contact me - please do so - chuck ingerson Kingsland GA Ward/Stake
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My buddy and I waded up to this hole. Our expectations were great. It had big trout and lots of them written all over it. Frank picked up one smallish brown on the left as he put himself in place to fish the "Gravy Train."
He fished it for 35 minutes and nary a hit. I fished it for five minutes and same thing for me.
The hole looked awesome and our expectations were high. As we went upstream to fish we noticed a spot with no grass on it where a local had been camped numerous times. We could even see lawn chair indents.
We would have fished it the same even if we had seen the worm dunker's perch.
This hole gave me no delusions of grandeur coming up on it and I walked right up on it. Big mistake. The trout were screaming every direction.
The water blasting down those shallows bounced off that bank before the bush and cut a nice bathtub sized hole under it.
The next time I came back I fished that hole properly and picked up over a dozen trout.
Ain't trout fishing grand!
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Police say Earlywine also faces charges in Robertson and Bath Counties, and more charges are pending in the case.
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